A new Podcast has belatedly come to my attention, the Freak Zone on BBC Radio 6Music. It's not often I get to listen to DAB radio, as a) besides the cricket on 5liveExtra, there's not much there, b) Radio 7 is available on the 'net, c) Radio 6Music is usually full of babbling DJs playing the usual indie-kid stuff, and d) I forget it's there.
I was expecting great things of this 'cast, having occasionally caught the full show in the past, but I was disappointed by both the brevity and the content. The Bert Jansch 'Avocet' album was featured, but the three tracks were only played for about a minute each. The last 10 minutes of the 15 minute programme were filled with 'witty banter' between Maconie and someone else about Brazilian Bossa Nova. Tiresome.
Recent download from here and here and the Avocet album featured in today's playlist:
FreakZone: Brazilian Grooves and Bert Jansch,
Avocet - Bert Jansch, magnificent,
Were You Blind That Day? - Steely Dan, an early version of Third World Man from 'Gaucho',
The Bear - Steely Dan,
The Second Arrangement - Steely Dan,
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin, a recording of the recent O2 show,
Kingfisher - Bert Jansch,
Come And Get It - Badfinger,
California - Joni Mitchell,
The Priest - Joni Mitchell,
La Fuente Del Ritmo - Santana,
The Lovecrafter - Patti Smith,
Ghost Dance - Patti Smith.
T - 4; M - 3.5; D - 3
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I'm sorry if the 'witty' banter wasn't to your taste. I'm probably as sniffy sometimes. But as I thought you might have guessed the podcast can only feature interviews and speech with 30 second music clips, like every other podcast on Earth. This is because of the licensing laws on music. Otherwise you'd be getting free music. I wish it were otherwise but till iot is, maybe you should stick to listening to the full show if you can bear the banter
SM
Hi Stuart.
Thanks for your comment. Please see my 'Please Stop Staring At Me' post (the next one up) for some further thoughts.
Cheers.
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