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Boulevard of Broken Biscuits

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Labels: audio, content, top-level

Labels: archive, audio, content, top-level

Labels: archive, audio, content, top-level

Labels: archive, audio, content, top-level

Labels: archive, audio, content, top-level

Labels: archive, audio, content, top-level

Boulevard of Broken Biscuits was an early track really recorded just as a bit of a piss about, but turned into something that a) was relatively funny and b) people liked. Recorded in just two takes, the track is below in all its 3 minutes 51 seconds glory.

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Boulevard of Broken Biscuits

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Another little piano ditty, worked out solely by ear.

Only resembling the original tune from the film Amélie slightly (due to the beefed-up octave accompaniment and simplified melody line), this is a nice little tune, though the sound quality isn't fantastic.

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La Valse D'Amelie (Cover)

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This is easily Christopher's biggest auditory claim to fame on the World Wide Web, and it isn't even that good.

Originally intended as a jazzed-up piano version of the Doctor Who theme, this piece eventually evolved into something which very barely resembled the original, but is at least a nice little piano ditty to listen to.

The piece was put on the Doctor Who fan remix site whomix.trilete.net and has since attracted literally thousands of downloads (partially due to the fact that it was at the top of the list when the site's creator, mutagene, went away).

Not bad for your MP3 collection.

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Jazz Who

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Innocent Girl was a song conceptualised by Bunnyreaper and a fellow named Gregory Curzon, who at the time was the most random person Bunnyreaper knew. Whilst on an incursion to the land of Religious Education, in between playing rummy and poker the two pretended to be Russian, thus spouting the phrase "In Soviet Russia, innocent girl rapes you" - meant to describe the backwards nature of Soviet Russia. This created the song "Innocent Girl".

The time span between the concept and the actual realisation is huge - we're talking about a year. Still, Christopher has a habit of waking the dead, and this he dead in this piece.

WARNING: The following song, although not explicit, contains sexual themes. You should not proceed if under fifteen years old.

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Innocent Girl

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The Hiatus Theme (formerly known as The Best Song In The World) was the first thing ever to be made and published online under whatever we were then called- probably XavierFace.co.nr. Since then we still haven't got it out of our heads. Originally the Muse cover of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good", this song has been looped, sped up, chopped up and warped beyond anything you could think.

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Hiatus Theme

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Sessions is the collective name for all of Joe's (bunnyreaper's) old solo audio works. They can all be found below. To listen, simply left click, and the file will play in a new window. We ask, however, that rather than return numerous times to listen and waste our bandwidth, that you save the file to your computer by right-clicking and selecting 'Save Target As...".

WARNING: Some of the following tracks contain profanity, strong sexual references, and violent language. Users under the age of 18 should not proceed.

Session 1 - A 37-second clip about arsenic tweed.

Session 2 - 55 seconds of forks.

Session 3 - A lesson on how to have babies.

Session 4 - An idea for the 'Don't Drink And Drive global campaign. The inspiration for The Goblin. 1 minute.

Session 5 - Where Joe describes a non-existent sexual encounter.

Session 6 - Joe complains about how Animal Planet is becoming clean, and free of bestiality.

Session 7 - An attempt to lure people away to stop following the naive ways of Christianity, and to worship their penis instead.

Session 8 - Joe talks about his wife, Ashley. Joe doesn't have a wife.

Session 9 - Possibly the worst recording of Doctor Monroe in history. He gets interrupted by MSN midway through.

Session 10 - Nearly a minute of pointless obscene language.

Session 11 - A deeply disturbing minute of Joe hitting the microphone, and sounding scarily like Eric Idle.

Session 12 - Joe talks about his life.

Session 13 - Joe talks about the Communists and their heated bread.

Session 14 - A message for Greg Curzon.

Session 15 - A minute about a naked Chinese man.

Session 16 - Ashley Jackson's body.

Session 17 - Joe follows some advice he gained earlier in the day.

Session 18 - A few sped-up seconds about Doctor S***flap.

Session 19 - Joe has shot his cat. He asks for medical attention. But a hero is on hand!

Session 20 - A poem about horses.

Session 21 - How to make babies, section 2.

Session 22 - Joe is America.

Session 23 - Hello Jack Newman.

Session 24 - Joe talks about spitting on people he dislikes.

Session 25 - If you can work out what the hell Joe is talking about here, email me. I'm fascinated. chris@hiatusmedia.com

Session 26 - Joe is horny. Nothing new there, then.

Session 27 - Joe decides to run over his Dad. In a boat.

Session 28 - Joe makes a loud noise.

Session 29 - Joe talks about 'glue' sniffing.

Session 30 - What was intended to be the definitive Dr. Monroe recording, but turned into drivel because Joe forgot what he was talking about.

Session 31 - Joe talks about eyeglasses.

Session 32 - Some more on the life of Ashley Jackson.

Session 33 - Joe goes cannibalistic, then is turned back to the real world by MSN.

Session 34 - Joe talks about the snakes in his childhood.

Session 35 - Something. See Session 25.

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The theme tune used in How To Be A Homosexual has been renamed to a simpler title of "Hiatus Theme".

You can find it here.

Return to How To Be A Homosexual

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About

A project spanning two years (and the rest), How To Be A Homosexual was the beginning of a revolution. Sparking interest from all four corners of the globe, the scripts and animation that comprised the project became the foundation for YourHeartWillStop, our old site, and spurred both creators on to greater products.The How To Be A Homosexual scripts were a product of Joseph O'Brien's mind, a selection of surrealist dialogues and random tomfoolery put to paper when he was bored. The characters in these scripts took physical form in an art lesson, where Bunnyreaper drew some small sketches and Pianoabuser enlarged them. These were then brought into Flash, animated, and thus the animation series XavierFace was born. The series ran for six episodes, then stopped - partially for educational reasons, and partially because the birth of YourHeartWillStop was beginning. All of those animations can be found here, along with other goodies.

Episodes

The cartoon series, as has already been mentioned, ran for six episodes. Here you can find them all, including the sixth - an episode never originally released.

How To Be A Homosexual Episodes

Scripts

You can find the scripts, in an act-by-act, scene-by-scene form, here.

How To Be A Homosexual Scripts

Extras

The How To Be A Homosexual Theme

The theme tune was possibly the best thing about XavierFace and How To Be A Homosexual. Nowadays, it resides on the site as the Hiatus Theme, but the essence is the same - 50 seconds of sped-up hard rock bliss.

The Original Trailer

Another little gem, the XavierFace trailer was another work of genius, and probably got the most laughs. Synchronised to the theme tune, it works as a great music video if nothing else.

xfPod

A rather embarrassing take on the iPod adverts of the time. No more to be said on this one.

Old Character Models

The character models for XavierFace went through a few phases, and this page shows you the second. The first ones are lost in a sketch book somewhere, and may resurface at some point. Until then, feast your eyes on this portfolio.

The Future

So what does the future hold for How To Be A Homosexual? In the words of fanboy and sad case Michael Kay, "this is the best thing I've ever seen". It's certainly the biggest project we've ever attempted, and the first that's combined a scripted performance with animation. Even the Goblin was based off a short improv.The honest answer is, we don't know. There have been talks of making a new series, or compiling the best bits from the scripts, using frame-by-frame techniques, starting anew and all sorts, but no action's been taken yet. The reason for this is evident. Take a look at HiatusMedia.com - this is the extent to which we work, and focusing purely on one project hinders us creatively. HiatusMedia is created for whims and fancies, and something on the scale of How To Be A Homosexual...well, it's a miracle it lasted so long in the first place.

Then again, keep your eyes peeled. There may be life in this yet.

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