A break from my self-imposed hiatus, to mark the passing of Humphrey Lyttleton. He died at the weekend.
I have been listening to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, on and off, for about 20 years and loved his dry wit and risque humour. I don't know what'll happen to ISIHAC now, but he'll certainly be missed.
Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts
Monday, 28 April 2008
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Where's the Skill In That? Returns
Great news from the 'Mixing It' boys.
Check out the Resonance Homepage, and contribute as you see fit...
"Mark Russell and Robert Sandall, presenters of BBC Radio 3's much-missed contemporary music mash-up 'Mixing It', return on Wednesday 16th April at 9pm, with a new weekly programme for Resonance FM: 'Where's The Skill In That?'
Named after a much-quoted remark in listening sessions for the programme, 'Where's The Skill In That?' broadcasts in London on 104.4 FM and worldwide via resonancefm.com.
The programme's musical remit remains the same: that's to say, not wilfully obscure, but certainly the more experimental end of the music scene, alongside songwriters doing interesting things, contemporary classical and jazz/improv, and strange uncategorisable listening....
'Mixing It' was broadcast for 17 years from 1990-2007 on BBC Radio 3.
'Where's The Skill In That?' will be broadcast every Wednesday at 9pm on resonancefm here: resonancefm.com/sche... - you can of course listen online, and in the London area on 104.4fm."
And the first two playlists:
Where’s The Skill In That?
Prog 1 - 16th April 2008
The Go Team
Bull in the Heather
Mi single, Grip Like a Vice
3’04”
Robert Wyatt
Out of the Blue
Domino album, Comicopera
3’49”
Jonny Greenwood
There Will Be Blood; Prospectors Arrive
Nonesuch album, There Will Be Blood OST
2’06”; 4’35”
Guessmen
Sunglasses
Co-lab album, Back from the Bins
3’42”
SFQ (Simon Fell Quintet)
Hard Frame, Plus Soft Hard Interpolation 1
From '13 Rectangles' CD on Bruce's Fingers Label
4’06”
Hercules and Love Affair
Easy
5’22”
DFA album, Hercules and Love Affair
Burial
Endorphin
3’03”
Hyperdub album, Untrue
Zeitkratzer/Lou Reed
Metal Machine Music
Asphodel album, Metal Machine Music
7’00”
B For Bang
Julia
Cargo album, Across the Universe of Languages
4’09”
Oligopolis
A Legitimate Tool Of Statecraft
3’05”
The Bad Plus
Life on Mars
Emarcy album, Prog
6’06”
Where’s The Skill In That?
Prog 2 - 23rd April 2008
Steve Jansen
Cancelled Pieces
Samadhi Sound album, Slope
3’21”
Autechre
Simmm
Warp album, Quaristice
5’00”
Médéric Collignon
Improlibration
Sonic Arts Network compilation, Blood, Muscle and Air
3’23”
sonicartsnetwork.org
Astrolabioanima
Aleanto
Slam album, Astrolabioanima
4’51”
slamproductions.net
To Rococo Rot
Helvetica (zigue zigue)
Domino album, ABC123
3’14”
Human League
The Dignity of Labour, Part 2
Virgin album, Reproduction
2’54”
Rothko
Suddenly Becomes Light
Trace album, A Life Lived Elsewhere
4’25”
tracerecordings.com
Essie Jain
Talking
Ba Da Bing album, We Made This Ourselves
4’57”
Autechre
WNSN
Warp album, Quaristice
4’57”
Melissa Madden Gray
Heart Murmur’
Sonic Arts Network compilation, Blood, Muscle and Air
2’58”
sonicartsnetwork.org
Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego
The Sinking of the Titanic
Touch album, The Sinking of the Titanic
6’30”
Check out the Resonance Homepage, and contribute as you see fit...
"Mark Russell and Robert Sandall, presenters of BBC Radio 3's much-missed contemporary music mash-up 'Mixing It', return on Wednesday 16th April at 9pm, with a new weekly programme for Resonance FM: 'Where's The Skill In That?'
Named after a much-quoted remark in listening sessions for the programme, 'Where's The Skill In That?' broadcasts in London on 104.4 FM and worldwide via resonancefm.com.
The programme's musical remit remains the same: that's to say, not wilfully obscure, but certainly the more experimental end of the music scene, alongside songwriters doing interesting things, contemporary classical and jazz/improv, and strange uncategorisable listening....
'Mixing It' was broadcast for 17 years from 1990-2007 on BBC Radio 3.
'Where's The Skill In That?' will be broadcast every Wednesday at 9pm on resonancefm here: resonancefm.com/sche... - you can of course listen online, and in the London area on 104.4fm."
And the first two playlists:
Where’s The Skill In That?
Prog 1 - 16th April 2008
The Go Team
Bull in the Heather
Mi single, Grip Like a Vice
3’04”
Robert Wyatt
Out of the Blue
Domino album, Comicopera
3’49”
Jonny Greenwood
There Will Be Blood; Prospectors Arrive
Nonesuch album, There Will Be Blood OST
2’06”; 4’35”
Guessmen
Sunglasses
Co-lab album, Back from the Bins
3’42”
SFQ (Simon Fell Quintet)
Hard Frame, Plus Soft Hard Interpolation 1
From '13 Rectangles' CD on Bruce's Fingers Label
4’06”
Hercules and Love Affair
Easy
5’22”
DFA album, Hercules and Love Affair
Burial
Endorphin
3’03”
Hyperdub album, Untrue
Zeitkratzer/Lou Reed
Metal Machine Music
Asphodel album, Metal Machine Music
7’00”
B For Bang
Julia
Cargo album, Across the Universe of Languages
4’09”
Oligopolis
A Legitimate Tool Of Statecraft
3’05”
The Bad Plus
Life on Mars
Emarcy album, Prog
6’06”
Where’s The Skill In That?
Prog 2 - 23rd April 2008
Steve Jansen
Cancelled Pieces
Samadhi Sound album, Slope
3’21”
Autechre
Simmm
Warp album, Quaristice
5’00”
Médéric Collignon
Improlibration
Sonic Arts Network compilation, Blood, Muscle and Air
3’23”
sonicartsnetwork.org
Astrolabioanima
Aleanto
Slam album, Astrolabioanima
4’51”
slamproductions.net
To Rococo Rot
Helvetica (zigue zigue)
Domino album, ABC123
3’14”
Human League
The Dignity of Labour, Part 2
Virgin album, Reproduction
2’54”
Rothko
Suddenly Becomes Light
Trace album, A Life Lived Elsewhere
4’25”
tracerecordings.com
Essie Jain
Talking
Ba Da Bing album, We Made This Ourselves
4’57”
Autechre
WNSN
Warp album, Quaristice
4’57”
Melissa Madden Gray
Heart Murmur’
Sonic Arts Network compilation, Blood, Muscle and Air
2’58”
sonicartsnetwork.org
Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego
The Sinking of the Titanic
Touch album, The Sinking of the Titanic
6’30”
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Ghost Box
I've managed to record last Sunday's Freak Zone, and enjoyed both it and the accompanying podcast. I also caught last week's Podcast which featured an interview with the guys responsible for Ghost Box - a collective of electronic and eclectic projects. Very good. Sign up at the Website and receive three free tracks...
Sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/
http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/news.htm
Sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/
http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/news.htm
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Please Stop Staring At Me
OK, some self-regarding nonsense for a while...
Following the Comment on the previous post 'All The Best Freaks Are Here', by Stuart Maconie, here are some expanded thoughts on the edition of the 'Freak Zone' Podcast that I heard. Please feel free to scatter 'IMO' liberally throughout this...
I stumbled upon this 'cast on iTunes while looking for something else. As I said, I rarely listen to DAB radio (I only have one, and that's in the kitchen, and other family members don't share much of my music taste), so was pleased to see this on offer, particularly with the title of "FreakZone: Brazilian Grooves and Bert Jansch 24 Feb 08".
With a running time of 19:33, and with the music rights issue, it was fairly obvious that music would be presented in brief extracts (although I have heard full radio shows before as Podcasts, contrary to what Mr Maconie suggests - perhaps they simply stumped up the royalties).
My main problem was that the Podcast didn't stand up as a separate entity. It was clearly edited from the full show (which I haven't heard yet) and came across as confusing, repetitive and shallow, and, most importantly of all, didn't do justice to the album under consideration. Three 30 second bits of tracks linked by some (but not enough) biographical detail - why no mention of Danny Thompson, given the earlier mention of The Pentangle? - which was repetitive, and seemingly sourced exclusively from Wikipedia.
I didn't like the dedication of less than 5 minutes to this album, followed by 13 minutes of Professor Justin Spear (complete with comedy voice) and his thesis on Brazilian Bossa Nova - it just seemed unbalanced.
in brief:
00.00 - 00.20: intro, complete with scat,
00.20 - 00.25: "...we'll have three tracks from... Avocet. Enjoy"
00.25 - 01.05: confusingly, given the introduction, some 'retro-garage'
01.05 - 01.25: we learn it's BJ's favourite of his own albums, and was only released on CD 15 years after the vinyl release
01.25 - 02.00: (a bit of) Kingfisher
02.00 - 3.15: another mention of the delayed CD release and some (interesting) biographic detail, and some info on the nature and recording of the album
3.15 - 3.50: (a bit of) Avocet
3.45 - 4.40: repeated recording details, and another mention of it being BJ's favourite. A mention of Martin Jenkins, without context, and no mention of Mr Thompson. The tracks are apparently named after birds, based on birds and have an ornithological bent
4.40 - 5.20: (a bit of) Bittern, with an abrupt edit into Dick Dale
6.00 - 'witty banter', and stuff I'm not hugely interested in. Chacun a son goût, of course.
Now obviously, in a live radio show, if you're playing an 18 minute track, there's less talk to be edited in, and I have no other FZ 'casts to compare it with. A main issue with this particular one was the repetitive nature of the information, and the omission of important info (cue 'funny' nerdy voice: musicians, label, in/out of print, previous and subsequent albums for an idea of where it fits into the oeuvre). I have the album - vinyl - but I think I would be in the dark listening to the Podcast on its own.
Now Stuart, thanks again for your comment - I couldn't resist rising to the challenge to explain my thoughts beyond my brief sketch. The Podcast certainly provoked me to re-visit the album on my iPod, and I will try to remember about the existence of BBC 6Music in future, and maybe 'Listen Again'.
Keep up the good work, and keep playing those 18 minute songs.
Any job going at the BBC for a 40 y-o disillusioned scientist with a passion for music, and prog in particular?
Following the Comment on the previous post 'All The Best Freaks Are Here', by Stuart Maconie, here are some expanded thoughts on the edition of the 'Freak Zone' Podcast that I heard. Please feel free to scatter 'IMO' liberally throughout this...
I stumbled upon this 'cast on iTunes while looking for something else. As I said, I rarely listen to DAB radio (I only have one, and that's in the kitchen, and other family members don't share much of my music taste), so was pleased to see this on offer, particularly with the title of "FreakZone: Brazilian Grooves and Bert Jansch 24 Feb 08".
With a running time of 19:33, and with the music rights issue, it was fairly obvious that music would be presented in brief extracts (although I have heard full radio shows before as Podcasts, contrary to what Mr Maconie suggests - perhaps they simply stumped up the royalties).
My main problem was that the Podcast didn't stand up as a separate entity. It was clearly edited from the full show (which I haven't heard yet) and came across as confusing, repetitive and shallow, and, most importantly of all, didn't do justice to the album under consideration. Three 30 second bits of tracks linked by some (but not enough) biographical detail - why no mention of Danny Thompson, given the earlier mention of The Pentangle? - which was repetitive, and seemingly sourced exclusively from Wikipedia.
I didn't like the dedication of less than 5 minutes to this album, followed by 13 minutes of Professor Justin Spear (complete with comedy voice) and his thesis on Brazilian Bossa Nova - it just seemed unbalanced.
in brief:
00.00 - 00.20: intro, complete with scat,
00.20 - 00.25: "...we'll have three tracks from... Avocet. Enjoy"
00.25 - 01.05: confusingly, given the introduction, some 'retro-garage'
01.05 - 01.25: we learn it's BJ's favourite of his own albums, and was only released on CD 15 years after the vinyl release
01.25 - 02.00: (a bit of) Kingfisher
02.00 - 3.15: another mention of the delayed CD release and some (interesting) biographic detail, and some info on the nature and recording of the album
3.15 - 3.50: (a bit of) Avocet
3.45 - 4.40: repeated recording details, and another mention of it being BJ's favourite. A mention of Martin Jenkins, without context, and no mention of Mr Thompson. The tracks are apparently named after birds, based on birds and have an ornithological bent
4.40 - 5.20: (a bit of) Bittern, with an abrupt edit into Dick Dale
6.00 - 'witty banter', and stuff I'm not hugely interested in. Chacun a son goût, of course.
Now obviously, in a live radio show, if you're playing an 18 minute track, there's less talk to be edited in, and I have no other FZ 'casts to compare it with. A main issue with this particular one was the repetitive nature of the information, and the omission of important info (cue 'funny' nerdy voice: musicians, label, in/out of print, previous and subsequent albums for an idea of where it fits into the oeuvre). I have the album - vinyl - but I think I would be in the dark listening to the Podcast on its own.
Now Stuart, thanks again for your comment - I couldn't resist rising to the challenge to explain my thoughts beyond my brief sketch. The Podcast certainly provoked me to re-visit the album on my iPod, and I will try to remember about the existence of BBC 6Music in future, and maybe 'Listen Again'.
Keep up the good work, and keep playing those 18 minute songs.
Any job going at the BBC for a 40 y-o disillusioned scientist with a passion for music, and prog in particular?
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
All The Best Freaks Are Here
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
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
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Working from Home
OK, the first day of this brave new world...
Working from home is pretty good - if only I was being paid for it...
I caught a bit of the Radcliffe & Maconie show last night for the first time in weeks and was impressed by the "A Toys Orchestra" track towards the end of the show. The track played - Invisible - was in the Pink Floyd mold and very good.
Their website - here - is rather Flash-heavy, and mostly in Italian, but there are full tracks available to sample, which is always a Good Thing. I detect bits of Porcupine Tree, Floyd and even Caravan in there, I think. The new CD is out soon, and might be worth investing in.
Working from home is pretty good - if only I was being paid for it...
I caught a bit of the Radcliffe & Maconie show last night for the first time in weeks and was impressed by the "A Toys Orchestra" track towards the end of the show. The track played - Invisible - was in the Pink Floyd mold and very good.
Their website - here - is rather Flash-heavy, and mostly in Italian, but there are full tracks available to sample, which is always a Good Thing. I detect bits of Porcupine Tree, Floyd and even Caravan in there, I think. The new CD is out soon, and might be worth investing in.
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Size of Sorrow
Some recent acquisitions from the dreaded W*ppit. Hell, I've stumped up my £50 for the cancelled ADBS, so I might as well go on a magpie-like trawl through the database of rather odd obscurities they have:
Piggy - Sigue Sigue Sputnik,
Blistered Heart - Badly Drawn Boy,
Ray Of Light - Sigue Sigue Sputnik,
Oceans - Gary Numan,
Don't Let Me In - Steely Dan, from something called 'Old Regime',
Pissing In The Wind - Badly Drawn Boy,
Size Of Sorrow - Tears For Fears,
Fall In A River - Badly Drawn Boy,
Metal - Gary Numan,
Everybody Loves A Happy Ending - Tears For Fears,
Asylum - Gary Numan.
A pretty uninspiring selection, I have to say, although it is my fault, of course. My mood was lightened by Episode 4 of the current series of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show, broadcast last week and ripped with HiQ (see previous posts). If anyone wants some of these, leave a message here somewhere, and I'll get back to you somehow.
T - 3; M - 3; D - 3. Rather average day, really.
Piggy - Sigue Sigue Sputnik,
Blistered Heart - Badly Drawn Boy,
Ray Of Light - Sigue Sigue Sputnik,
Oceans - Gary Numan,
Don't Let Me In - Steely Dan, from something called 'Old Regime',
Pissing In The Wind - Badly Drawn Boy,
Size Of Sorrow - Tears For Fears,
Fall In A River - Badly Drawn Boy,
Metal - Gary Numan,
Everybody Loves A Happy Ending - Tears For Fears,
Asylum - Gary Numan.
A pretty uninspiring selection, I have to say, although it is my fault, of course. My mood was lightened by Episode 4 of the current series of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show, broadcast last week and ripped with HiQ (see previous posts). If anyone wants some of these, leave a message here somewhere, and I'll get back to you somehow.
T - 3; M - 3; D - 3. Rather average day, really.
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Xmas Radio
Not much on telly over the festive period (apart from Dr Who, although Catherine Tate fills me with dread), but radio might be the answer...
Almost exclusively BBC Radio 2 and 4:
The Saturday Play on the 22nd with David Tennant,
MR James at Xmas from the 24th for 5 episodes,
Jeeves Live on the 24th,
Best of ISIHAC on the 24th, too,
Lord Peter Wimsey for 10 episodes from 24th,
News Quiz of the Year on the 25th,
Humph in Wonderland on the 25th,
Count Arthur Strong on the 25th,
A Stephen Fry investigation of puns on the 26th,
A new series of Count Arthur Strong (?) from the 28th,
The Now Show on the 28th,
plus all sorts of festive music on R2 and R3
I think Listen Again and my Hi-Q software will come into play at some point.
Mmmmm..... Nice...
Almost exclusively BBC Radio 2 and 4:
The Saturday Play on the 22nd with David Tennant,
MR James at Xmas from the 24th for 5 episodes,
Jeeves Live on the 24th,
Best of ISIHAC on the 24th, too,
Lord Peter Wimsey for 10 episodes from 24th,
News Quiz of the Year on the 25th,
Humph in Wonderland on the 25th,
Count Arthur Strong on the 25th,
A Stephen Fry investigation of puns on the 26th,
A new series of Count Arthur Strong (?) from the 28th,
The Now Show on the 28th,
plus all sorts of festive music on R2 and R3
I think Listen Again and my Hi-Q software will come into play at some point.
Mmmmm..... Nice...
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Am I Still Ill?
Seemingly, yes.
Still, there's more chance to catch up with the ADBS and rip the latest Count Arthur Strong Show. That and copy a few of the ancient cassette tapes I re-found in the garage yesterday.
Ho hum. Or should that be ho-ho-ho hum?
Normal (grumpy) service to be resumed tomorrow, I hope.
Still, there's more chance to catch up with the ADBS and rip the latest Count Arthur Strong Show. That and copy a few of the ancient cassette tapes I re-found in the garage yesterday.
Ho hum. Or should that be ho-ho-ho hum?
Normal (grumpy) service to be resumed tomorrow, I hope.
Friday, 7 December 2007
Plague
Friday again, and nothing to do. I did listen to the Count Arthur Strong episode (No.3) from earlier this week, which wasn't quite up to the majesty of previous episodes, but still passed the time nicely.
Recent acquisitions:
Rag And Bone - The White Stripes,
Can Of Ghost - Loop Guru,
Highways 2 - Tyrannosaurus Rex,
New Paths To Helicon Pt I - Mogwai,
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson, in celebration of its 25th anniversary, or something,
Red Light Ahead - Conspiracy,
Sploosh! (Youth & Simon's Hydrophonic Decimation) - Ozric Tentacles,
Pteranodon (Hallucinogen mix) - Ozric Tentacles,
Hope - Bjork,
The Fifth Plague - Laurie Anderson,
Holiday - Scorpions.
T - 3; M -3.5; D - 2
Recent acquisitions:
Rag And Bone - The White Stripes,
Can Of Ghost - Loop Guru,
Highways 2 - Tyrannosaurus Rex,
New Paths To Helicon Pt I - Mogwai,
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson, in celebration of its 25th anniversary, or something,
Red Light Ahead - Conspiracy,
Sploosh! (Youth & Simon's Hydrophonic Decimation) - Ozric Tentacles,
Pteranodon (Hallucinogen mix) - Ozric Tentacles,
Hope - Bjork,
The Fifth Plague - Laurie Anderson,
Holiday - Scorpions.
T - 3; M -3.5; D - 2
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
"Why, if they had one neck, you'd hack it through.."
Which is exactly what my mood was like yesterday.
Despite the downpour of rain, I'm in a much better mood today.
I'm currently working my way through the backlog of Dnny Baker's ADBS (sorry to keep going on, but Podcasts (ADBS, Thinking Allowed, Baker&Kelly, Now Show) and old 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' MP3s are the only things keeping me going these days). New 'Count Arthur Strong' available today, so that'll be ripped...
Some 'Folk and guitarists' today:
Helping Hand - Pentangle,
Cracking - Suzanne Vega,
Pearl (2) - Judee Sill,
Donor (2) - Judee Sill,
Three Hours (Alternate Version) - Nick Drake,
Straight Lines - Suzanne Vega,
Crazy Face - Van Morrison,
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright - strangely soul-less version of the classic - maybe I'm too used to the Jeff Buckley version,
Milky Way - Syd Barrett,
Winning A Battle, Losing The War (Andy Votel) - Kings Of Convenience,
Chorale - Richard & Danny Thompson,
I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain - Tim Buckley,
Baby Blue - Emiliana Torrini,
Tuulilta Tuleva - Värttinä,
Rainy Night House - Joni Mitchell,
T - 4; D - 3; M - 4
Despite the downpour of rain, I'm in a much better mood today.
I'm currently working my way through the backlog of Dnny Baker's ADBS (sorry to keep going on, but Podcasts (ADBS, Thinking Allowed, Baker&Kelly, Now Show) and old 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' MP3s are the only things keeping me going these days). New 'Count Arthur Strong' available today, so that'll be ripped...
Some 'Folk and guitarists' today:
Helping Hand - Pentangle,
Cracking - Suzanne Vega,
Pearl (2) - Judee Sill,
Donor (2) - Judee Sill,
Three Hours (Alternate Version) - Nick Drake,
Straight Lines - Suzanne Vega,
Crazy Face - Van Morrison,
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright - strangely soul-less version of the classic - maybe I'm too used to the Jeff Buckley version,
Milky Way - Syd Barrett,
Winning A Battle, Losing The War (Andy Votel) - Kings Of Convenience,
Chorale - Richard & Danny Thompson,
I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain - Tim Buckley,
Baby Blue - Emiliana Torrini,
Tuulilta Tuleva - Värttinä,
Rainy Night House - Joni Mitchell,
T - 4; D - 3; M - 4
Thursday, 22 November 2007
"This is my dressing-room; my inner scrotum"
A welcome return to Count Arthur Strong the other day. Splendid stuff, and made me laugh out loud half a dozen times. Great.
Today (Thursday), there's a Kraftwerk thing on Radio 4, and I need to catch up with the 'Days of Our Lives' Pink Floyd documentary on Radio 2. Plus, there's the Charles Hazlewood show from last night, which I fell asleep 10 minutes into.
I've now downloaded the full version of Hi-Q from here, as the 96 kbps on offer from the free version is becoming too restrictive. While I'm on this spending splurge, and as the 'All Day Breakfast Show' is reportedly becoming more reliable from Wippit (and iTunes), I think I'm going to subscribe to the annual thing and take it from there. Watch this space...
As work simply becomes a question of turning up and then leaving 5 hours later, I spent most of the early morning constructing plastic toys for my son on his birthday.
Ho hum.
Gone To Earth - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from the first, better, 'Damage' CD,
All Of My Mother's Names - DS,
Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - DS,
Weathered Wall - DS,
Waterfront - DS,
I Surrender (Single Edit) - DS,
Gone to Earth - DS,
Orpheus - DS,
Blinding Light Of Heaven - Sylvian/Fripp,
Pulling Punches - DS,
The Scent Of Magnolia (Edit) - DS, from the bonus disc from the 'Everything & Nothing' compilation.
This is my 300th post.
T - 4; M - 4; D - 2
Today (Thursday), there's a Kraftwerk thing on Radio 4, and I need to catch up with the 'Days of Our Lives' Pink Floyd documentary on Radio 2. Plus, there's the Charles Hazlewood show from last night, which I fell asleep 10 minutes into.
I've now downloaded the full version of Hi-Q from here, as the 96 kbps on offer from the free version is becoming too restrictive. While I'm on this spending splurge, and as the 'All Day Breakfast Show' is reportedly becoming more reliable from Wippit (and iTunes), I think I'm going to subscribe to the annual thing and take it from there. Watch this space...
As work simply becomes a question of turning up and then leaving 5 hours later, I spent most of the early morning constructing plastic toys for my son on his birthday.
Ho hum.
Gone To Earth - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from the first, better, 'Damage' CD,
All Of My Mother's Names - DS,
Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - DS,
Weathered Wall - DS,
Waterfront - DS,
I Surrender (Single Edit) - DS,
Gone to Earth - DS,
Orpheus - DS,
Blinding Light Of Heaven - Sylvian/Fripp,
Pulling Punches - DS,
The Scent Of Magnolia (Edit) - DS, from the bonus disc from the 'Everything & Nothing' compilation.
This is my 300th post.
T - 4; M - 4; D - 2
Monday, 19 November 2007
Radio Highlights
Interesting radio schedules this week and in the run-up to xmas:
Mondays 6.30pm Radio 4: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue link
Tuesdays 6.30pm Radio 4: Count Arthur Strong link
Thursday 11.30apm Radio 4: Kraftwerk: We Are the Robots link
Plus, the return of Word of Mouth some time soon link
And... With the overwhelming lack of things to do at work, and with the seemingly imminent departure (?) of Danny Baker from BBC London, I'm considering a subscription to Wippit (aaaargh!) for the All Day Breakfast Show in Color as a kind of masochistic xmas present to myself.
Mondays 6.30pm Radio 4: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue link
Tuesdays 6.30pm Radio 4: Count Arthur Strong link
Thursday 11.30apm Radio 4: Kraftwerk: We Are the Robots link
Plus, the return of Word of Mouth some time soon link
And... With the overwhelming lack of things to do at work, and with the seemingly imminent departure (?) of Danny Baker from BBC London, I'm considering a subscription to Wippit (aaaargh!) for the All Day Breakfast Show in Color as a kind of masochistic xmas present to myself.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Tired and Emotional
Interesting Danny Baker BBC London show yesterday. Nick Hancock and Rory McGrath turned up - after a long lunch at the Groucho Club - to promote their 'They Think It's All Over' DVD game, and got cut off after 20 minutes for swearing and generally being arses.
Good fun, if all a little juvenile, and Rory even tried chatting Amy Lame' up whilst going on about his "Bearded Tit" 'gag' autobiography.
Catch it while you can on 'Listen Again'. It'll be there until the 20th - Go to Wednesday and forward to 1:00:00 or thereabouts.
Good fun, if all a little juvenile, and Rory even tried chatting Amy Lame' up whilst going on about his "Bearded Tit" 'gag' autobiography.
Catch it while you can on 'Listen Again'. It'll be there until the 20th - Go to Wednesday and forward to 1:00:00 or thereabouts.
Jean Genie
Well, the Charles Hazlewood Show last night was, as ever, interesting and annoying in just about equal measure.
The music mix wasn't eclectic as it has been previously, and I could have done without three of the last four tracks, but each to his own.
James Brown: Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved; Album: Revolution of the Mind
Jamie T: Calm Down Dearest; Album: Panic Prevention
Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me); Album: Small Change
David Sylvian: Jean The Birdman; Album: God’s Monkey
- Hang on. This was introduced as Jean - to rhyme with Dean or Gene - despite the title being sung a dozen times or more. It was also described as recent. Well, if 1993 is recent then, yes, it's recent. Plus, it's from the Sylvian/Fripp album 'The First Day', not God's Monkey... Plus, it's hardly the best example of his 'husky voice'. How about something from 'Nine Horses' or 'Blemish'?
Vashti Bunyan Session:
Train Song
Winter is Blue
Maria Callas: Non Piu Mesta from La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Cecilia Bartoli: The Marriage Of Figaro - Giunsi Alfin Il Momento .... Al Desio (Mozart)
now you start to lose me...
Wyclef Jean: Where Fugees At; Album: The Ecleftic
Wyclef Jean: Diallo; Album: The Ecleftic
Youssou N’Dour: Birima; Album: Eyes Open / Joko From Village To Town / The Guide - Wommat (3 CD Set)
Pauline Malefane: Last Winter
Hmmm.... 7/10 for this show, I think.
The music mix wasn't eclectic as it has been previously, and I could have done without three of the last four tracks, but each to his own.
James Brown: Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved; Album: Revolution of the Mind
Jamie T: Calm Down Dearest; Album: Panic Prevention
Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me); Album: Small Change
David Sylvian: Jean The Birdman; Album: God’s Monkey
- Hang on. This was introduced as Jean - to rhyme with Dean or Gene - despite the title being sung a dozen times or more. It was also described as recent. Well, if 1993 is recent then, yes, it's recent. Plus, it's from the Sylvian/Fripp album 'The First Day', not God's Monkey... Plus, it's hardly the best example of his 'husky voice'. How about something from 'Nine Horses' or 'Blemish'?
Vashti Bunyan Session:
Train Song
Winter is Blue
Maria Callas: Non Piu Mesta from La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Cecilia Bartoli: The Marriage Of Figaro - Giunsi Alfin Il Momento .... Al Desio (Mozart)
now you start to lose me...
Wyclef Jean: Where Fugees At; Album: The Ecleftic
Wyclef Jean: Diallo; Album: The Ecleftic
Youssou N’Dour: Birima; Album: Eyes Open / Joko From Village To Town / The Guide - Wommat (3 CD Set)
Pauline Malefane: Last Winter
Hmmm.... 7/10 for this show, I think.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Charles Hazlewood is Back
One of my favourite radio shows, Charles Hazlewood's Radio 2 programme returns tonight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/hazlewood/
BBC Radio 2, Wednesdays, 2200-2300 (10 - 11pm)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/hazlewood/
BBC Radio 2, Wednesdays, 2200-2300 (10 - 11pm)
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
And the Man in the Mirror has Sad Eyes
Tuesday, and nothing much to report, I'm afraid. I didn't get round to listening to ISIHAC last night, so I'll have to catch up at work today...
Shuffle 'Not Classical or Spoken':
Bassically - Taps Stanley Clarke,
Why Am I So Short? - Soft Machine,
Up To Me - Jethro Tull,
St. Louis Blues - Herbie Hancock,
Turn That Heartbeat Over Again - Steely Dan,
Riverman - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from Damage,
Jughead - Prince. God, this is awful,
Heart Of Lothian (I. Wide Boy II. Curtain Call) (Album Demo) - Marillion,
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel,
Soldier Of The Heart - Judee Sill,
Bros - Panda Bear. This is very interesting, but I just wish it went somewhere,
Kokoku - Laurie Anderson.
M - 4; T - 3; D - 3
Shuffle 'Not Classical or Spoken':
Bassically - Taps Stanley Clarke,
Why Am I So Short? - Soft Machine,
Up To Me - Jethro Tull,
St. Louis Blues - Herbie Hancock,
Turn That Heartbeat Over Again - Steely Dan,
Riverman - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from Damage,
Jughead - Prince. God, this is awful,
Heart Of Lothian (I. Wide Boy II. Curtain Call) (Album Demo) - Marillion,
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel,
Soldier Of The Heart - Judee Sill,
Bros - Panda Bear. This is very interesting, but I just wish it went somewhere,
Kokoku - Laurie Anderson.
M - 4; T - 3; D - 3
Monday, 12 November 2007
Clue
Hurrah! 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' is back is back for its 50th Series.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/clue.shtml
All we need is a Podcast...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/clue.shtml
All we need is a Podcast...
Monday, 5 November 2007
Rain and Tears
Another Chelsea Monday, and nothing to do. The two hour commute through static traffic and chaotic Tube didn't help my mood.
All Tracks between 2.30 and 4 minutes turned up this rather splendid selection:
Eastern Girls - Landscape
To The Women In My Life/Le Lis - Billy Cobham
The Other Half - Marillion
Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac
Drive - The Cars
Dachau Blues - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Looking Around - Yes
Hello Chicago (Chicago 1979) - Yes
A.W.O.L. - Robert Wyatt
"Bleibst du mir stumm, störrischer Wicht?" - Richard Wagner, from Siegfried of the 'Ring Cycle'. I removed the whole Cycle because it was inaudible in the din of the Tube, but put it back a couple of weeks back. Was very useful when I was cutting the lawn yesterday...
Emergency 72 - Turin Brakes
Rain and Tears - Aphrodite's Child
Blossom - Nick Drake
Strange Things Happen - Billy Bragg
Automotive Engineering - Jethro Tull, after the 'blues' phase, then the 'prog' phase, came the 'folk' phase and this, the 'not very good' phase.
Uniform - Jethro Tull. See above,
Godman - David Sylvian
The Army Now - The Art Of Noise
Untitled - Tom McRae
Babooshka - Kate Bush
No Baker and Kelly Podcast last Friday - due to 'technical difficulties' - and a shambolic BBC London show with Baylen Leonard and some guy. I turned off after 10 minutes.
T - 2; M - 4; D - 3
All Tracks between 2.30 and 4 minutes turned up this rather splendid selection:
Eastern Girls - Landscape
To The Women In My Life/Le Lis - Billy Cobham
The Other Half - Marillion
Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac
Drive - The Cars
Dachau Blues - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Looking Around - Yes
Hello Chicago (Chicago 1979) - Yes
A.W.O.L. - Robert Wyatt
"Bleibst du mir stumm, störrischer Wicht?" - Richard Wagner, from Siegfried of the 'Ring Cycle'. I removed the whole Cycle because it was inaudible in the din of the Tube, but put it back a couple of weeks back. Was very useful when I was cutting the lawn yesterday...
Emergency 72 - Turin Brakes
Rain and Tears - Aphrodite's Child
Blossom - Nick Drake
Strange Things Happen - Billy Bragg
Automotive Engineering - Jethro Tull, after the 'blues' phase, then the 'prog' phase, came the 'folk' phase and this, the 'not very good' phase.
Uniform - Jethro Tull. See above,
Godman - David Sylvian
The Army Now - The Art Of Noise
Untitled - Tom McRae
Babooshka - Kate Bush
No Baker and Kelly Podcast last Friday - due to 'technical difficulties' - and a shambolic BBC London show with Baylen Leonard and some guy. I turned off after 10 minutes.
T - 2; M - 4; D - 3
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Kermode Rant
It slipped my mind during my recent cold, but I'm becoming increasingly annoyed by the Five Live Mayo/Kermode Podcast.
Leave aside that 1 out of 4 are not Kermode, but someone else who hasn't seen many films,
Leave aside the annoying ident jingle that encroaches into the beginning and end of it,
What really annoys me is inviting the director/star of the latest film on the show to ask them asinine questions: 'Do you think it's your best work ever?', 'What was x like to work with?', 'What makes you so great?'. And then be really fawning about the film in question - 'challenging', 'remarkable', 'really well edited'.
The worst in recent weeks was last week with some American guy with a deep voice, and then two bozos live from the US.
Total discussion of films, approximately 20 minutes.
Leave aside that 1 out of 4 are not Kermode, but someone else who hasn't seen many films,
Leave aside the annoying ident jingle that encroaches into the beginning and end of it,
What really annoys me is inviting the director/star of the latest film on the show to ask them asinine questions: 'Do you think it's your best work ever?', 'What was x like to work with?', 'What makes you so great?'. And then be really fawning about the film in question - 'challenging', 'remarkable', 'really well edited'.
The worst in recent weeks was last week with some American guy with a deep voice, and then two bozos live from the US.
Total discussion of films, approximately 20 minutes.
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