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Show 197

Five Finger KitKats!

13 April 201301:59:12NE1fm 102.5
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About this show

Kev and Nixxi came back after a fortnight apart with Nixxi announcing some fairly massive news: she had a new job and was moving to Northern Ireland. Kev immediately reached for the sad music, while Nixxi insisted it was exciting rather than tragic. The move to Donaghcloney meant the following week's Show 198 would be her last in the NE1fm studio for a while, although the pair were already talking about ways she could still join the show remotely.

Before any of that became too emotional, food took over. Kev had apparently discovered calorie counting and arrived with chicken instead of the usual Tesco haul, while Nixxi worked her way through crisps. Both had also found five-finger KitKats, which were instantly promoted to the much more impressive 'KitKat fist'. Kev's had been comprehensively smashed, but both agreed that adding another finger somehow made the whole thing taste better.

Twitter supplied plenty of the night's nonsense. Kev and Nixxi picked apart disastrous hashtags, including the confusion caused by #nowthatchersdead being read as 'Now that Cher's dead', Susan Boyle's infamous album-party hashtag and Blackberry's unfortunate RIMJOBS recruitment tag. Mustang was in Interact discussing everything from tomatoes and ketchup to chickens and eggs, while Mike phoned in with an accent convincing enough to make Kev think a farmer had rung the show. Kev also introduced Nixxi to Accidental Partridge, a Twitter account collecting perfectly ordinary posts that sounded like something Alan Partridge might have said.

The second hour brought more food-related ambition as Kev and Nixxi compared their McDonald's Monopoly stickers and worked out just how impossible Mayfair was to find. Nixxi admitted she had even picked a discarded sticker up from the street, while memories of a previous McDonald's prize led to an increasingly dangerous discussion about the size and colour of her old iPod dock. Barry requested Rank 1 after being thrown out of a party for asking the DJ to play something good, Leslie declared Kev and Nixxi '#nuts', and the pair ended the night arguing over who should supply the cake, flowers, money and balloon for Nixxi's leaving show the following week.

Music played

27 tracks
  1. Armin van Buuren Feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like
  2. Flo Rida Feat. Lil Wayne - Let It Roll Pt. 2
  3. The 1975 - Chocolate
  4. Mat Zo & Porter Robinson - Easy
  5. Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith - La La La
  6. Nelly - Hey Porsche
  7. Paffendorf - Be Cool
  8. Pink - U And Ur Hand [Bimbo Jones Radio Edit]
  9. Jupiter Ace - Wheel Of Life
  10. Alex Gaudino Feat. Mario - Beautiful
  11. PSY - Gentleman
  12. Paul Van Dyk Feat. Saint Etienne - Tell Me Why [The Riddle]
  13. Chase & Status Feat. Plan B - End Credits
  14. Pink Feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me a Reason
  15. Sonique - I Put A Spell On You
  16. Clean Bandit - Mozarts House
  17. Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me
  18. Drumsound and Bassline Smith Ft. Fleur - One In A Million
  19. OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself
  20. Daft Punk - Around The World
  21. Nicky Romero & Nervo - Like Home
  22. Rank 1 - L.E.D There Be Light
  23. Ann Lee - 2 Times
  24. Shapeshifters - Lolas Theme
  25. Ellie Goulding - Explosions [Stay Radio Edit]
  26. Eric Prydz Feat. Floyd - Proper Education
  27. Red Carpet - Alright