This week on The Bugcast: Manny Martinez, William Orbit, Jimmy Cricket, Glen Hansard, amateur radio, TuxJam Half-Cut, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.
Songs played Strange Pink – Pencil Chewer – from Hull, UK – source NSFW * Carosone – Alex (feat. Aussens@iter, Colin M) – from Europe – source * So Said Mende – I Didn’t Authorise That – from Australia – source NSFW * Ridgewell – Flavour of the Month – from Ipswich, UK – source * DID – Feel The Love (feat. Junior Paes) – from France – source * MorWeen – Stone Reminders – from Paris, France – source * Salanje – Follow The Monkey – from Germany – source * Anyone’s Guess – Re_Tep (Point) – from Orlando, FL – taken from the album Point:Counterpoint NSFW*
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics* Facebook: Manny Martinez from Anyone’s Guess has died * BBC News: Madonna and Blur producer William Orbit dies aged 69 * BBC News: Comedian Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80 * BBC News: Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash * Moo passes her Foundation exam * Idle Fantasy * TuxJam Half-Cut review
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