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THE 2ND (THIRD IF YOU COUNT THE BASQUIAT MIX)
OF OUR MIXES FROM OR RELATING TO NEW YORK CITY.
AND THIS TIME PRESENTED BY WIRESHAKER…….
In 1975, Connecticut-raised gangling teen-aged Stooges fanatic Thurston Moore found himself spending more and more time travelling the 70 miles between his suburban hometown and the scuzz pits of NYC. Joints like Max’s Kansas City and CBGBS.
Ears and mind wide open, he absorbed the new sounds of the city: the first stirrings of punk and later no wave, and soon overcame his inherent shyness to become an active participant himself, mingling in the circles around Patti Smith and Lydia Lunch.
Of course, he eventually found himself in a band which, after the obligatory line-up and name changes, ended up as Sonic Youth. And the rest is…
Inspired by his recent autobiography, here’s a selection of the sounds which he would have encountered in the Big Apple.
1 PATTI SMITH-PISS FACTORY
2 SUICIDE-GHOST RIDER
3 DEAD BOYS-SONIC REDUCER
4 RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS-LOVE COMES IN SPURTS (ALBUM VERS)
5 TELEVISION-LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL
6 TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS-THE CLOSET
7 JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS-CONTORT YOURSELF
8 BUSH TETRAS-TOO MANY CREEPS
9 THE RAYBEATS-TIGHT TURN
10 MARS-3E
11 DNA-DETACHED
12 THEORETICAL GIRLS-YOU GOT ME
13 KONK-ELEPHANT
14 LIQUID LIQUID-CAVERN
15 THE LOUNGE LIZARDS-BOB THE BOB
16 DEFUNKT-THERMONUCLEAR SWEAT
17 BAD BRAINS-SAILIN’ ON
18 SONIC YOUTH-THE BURNING SPEAR
MORE SOUNDS FROM THE BRITISH BLUES SCENE.
THIS TIME SELECTED BY PV, GAZ SMITH & M.McCARTHY
1 JOE COCKER-DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
2 THE GROUNDHOGS-STILL A FOOL
3 DR FEELGOOD-SNEAKIN’ SUSPICION
4 LONG JOHN BALDRY-INSANE ASYLUM
5 LEW LEWIS-RIDER
6 PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP-CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE
7 THE MANISH BOYS-I PITY THE FOOL
8 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-NOBODY KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE DOWN
9 THE TROGGS-EVIL WOMAN
10 VINEGAR JOE-NO ONE EVER DO
11 THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION-HARMONICA
12 SAVOY BROWN-LIFE’S ONE ACT PLAY
OOH, THAT’S INTERESTING SHE SAID
-NO.5 IN THE ‘BETWEEN THE CRACKS’ SERIES,
A SELECTION OF FAIRLY CURRENT, SLIGHTLY AVANT-GARDE,
CLASSICAL, SOUNDTRACK TYPE GEAR
FOR THOSE LATE NIGHTS,
EARLY MORNINGS?
PUT TOGETHER THIS TIME BY AK&PV.
1 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER-SLEEP DEALER
2 BUDI UND GUMBLS-TANZ DER KORPERLING
3 MARAL-SETAR ROCK
4 TOMAGA-DUB DIVERS
5 MOTHERLAND-BATTLE OF QADESH
6 SSIEGE-VIRGO OSCURA
7 HOLY TONGUE-DEY SEY
8 BEN LAMAR GAY-DRESS ME IN NEW LOVE
9 DALI MURU & THE POLYPHONIC SWARM-SHAPESHIFTING
10 FOUR TET-LOVED
11 ANNE MULLER-SOLO REPEAT!
12 PABLO’S EYE-WORSHIP & PASSION
13 DUVAL TIMOTHY-MORNING
14 FEDERICO ALBANESE-BY THE DEEP SEA
15 FATIMA AL QADIRI-VOLVER
16 OLAFUR ARNALDS & ALICE SARA OTT-REMINISCENCE
Another interesting selection
of releases, and all from
this century……
Brought to you by
PV, Wireshaker and Rosko.
1 Veronica Vasicka-From Here
2 Jane Weaver-Heartlow
3 Trees Speak-Pyramid
4 Vanishing Twin-Non Guardare
5 Abstract Concrete-Sad Bogbrush
6 GilScott-Heron-The Crutch
7 Penza Penza-Stompin & Motorik’n
8 Gruff Rhys-Sadness Sets Me Free
9 Speakers Corner Quartet-Geronimo Blues
10 Duff Thompson-Sleight Of Hand
11 Das Koolies-You Killed My Robot
12 Modern Cosmology-Trauma Release Makes Free
13 IXNA-Galileo
14 Torn Sail-Birds (Edit)
15 Alabaster DePlume-Who Is A Fool
BRITISH BLUES HAD IT’S HEYDAY THROUGHOUT
THE 1960’S AND EARLY 70’S. WHERE UP & DOWN THE COUNTRY
THE CLUB SCENE THRIVED.
THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
TO FIND ANY BRITISH ROCK BAND THAT WAS’NT
INFLUENCED BY THE BLUES.
PT.1 KICKS OFF WITH A SMALL SELECTION
OF FAIRLY WELL KNOWN ARTISTS/BANDS FROM AROUND
THAT TIME DIGGIN’ THE BLUES….
1 THEN YEARS AFTER-SPOONFULL
2 THE PRETTY THINGS-BIG BOSS MAN
3 HUMBLE PIE-I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
4 CHICKEN SHACK-IT’S OK WITH ME BABY
5 TASTE-RAILWAY AND GUN
6 SLADE-RAVEN
7 CREAM-SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
8 FLEETWOOD MAC-MY HEART BEAT LIKE A HAMMER
9THE ROLLING STONES-VENTILATOR BLUES
10 ERIC CLAPTON-STEADY ROLLIN’ MAN
11 JEFF BECK/ROD STEWART-YOU SHOOK ME
12 JOHN MAYALL-PLEASE DON’T TELL
13 THE SMALL FACES-YOU NEED LOVING
14 THE ANIMALS-DIMPLES
15 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-SITTIN’ & THINKIN’
16 THEM-JUST A LITTLE BIT
17 JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS-STEPPIN’ OUT
18 THE BEATLES-YER BLUES
SO, HERE’S ANOTHER BUNCH OF X ART STUDENTS/ARTY TYPES DOING WHAT THEY (PROBABLY/POSSIBLY) DO BEST?
1 MAGAZINE-MY MIND AIN’T SO OPEN
2 PINK MILITARY-SPELLBOUND
3 WIRE-THE OTHER WINDOW
4 BLUR-FAR OUT
5 RADIOHEAD-BLOW OUT
6 PERE UBU-NON ALIGNMENT PACT
7 THE BEATLES-HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
8 MARTIN CREED-GIFT ATTACK
9 THE DURUTTI COLUMN-FIRST ASPECT OF THE SAME THING
10 THE DURUTTI COLUMN-SECOND ASPECT OF THE SAME THING
11 ULTRAVOX-ARTIFICIAL LIFE
12 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-MOVEMENT
13 GANG OF FOUR-PARALYSED
14 TV ON THE RADIO-I WAS A LOVER
15 THE FEELIES-FORCES AT WORK
16 IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS-WAITING FOR YOUR TAXI
17 WRECKLESS ERIC-RAGS AND TATTERS
18 PARQUET COURTS-THE MAP
19 BLACK MIDI-BMBMBM
Art students forming bands, bands being arty,
(not unlike the ‘INCHXINCH’ playlists?)
Brought to you by Mr Mark McCarthy, Mr Gaz Smith & PV.
1 The Monochrome Set – The Jet Set Junta
2 The Psychedelic Furs – Mr Jones
3 Soft Machine – Box 25/4 Lid
4 10cc – Art For Art’s Sake
5 Clock DVA – 4 Hours
6 Pulp – She’s A Lady
7 XTC – This Is Pop
8 HMLTD – The West Is Dead
9 Roxy Music – Editions Of You
10 The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
11 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie (NRZ Edit)
12 Gang Of Four – Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time
13 Mercury Rev – Nite And Fog
14 Tom Waits – Down, Down, Down
15 Sonic Youth – Spoon
IN OUR CONTINUING TRIBUTES TO FOLKS WE LOVE…..
(SEE ‘*ODDITIES/TRIBUTES’……..BOWIE, ROXY,*
STEVE MARRIOTT, DYLAN, COHEN, ZAPPA ETC………)
ROSKO HAS LOVINGLY PUT TOGETHER THE
LATEST & VERY LISTENABLE SELECTION OF JAZZ & BLUES-
INFLUENCES OF THE LATE & GREAT DON VAN VLIET,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CAPTAIN BEEFHEART**
1 JIMMY REED-ROLL AND RHUMBA
2 ONE STRING SAM-I NEED 100 DOLLARS
3 LEADBELLY-GOOD MORNING BLUES
4 LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA-ST JAMES INFIRMARY
5 SON HOUSE-DEATH LETTER BLUES
6 ROBERT JOHNSON-TERRAPLANE BLUES
7 HOWLIN’ WOLF-THE RED ROOSTER
8 THELONIOUS MONK-EPISTROPHY
9 SLIM HARPO-I’M A KING BEE
10 ORNETTE COLMAN-EVENTUALLY
11 MUDDY WATERS-ALL ABOARD
12 LITTLE RICHARD-TUTTI FRUTTI
13 JOHNNY ‘GUITAR’ WATSON-THREE HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT
14 JOHN COLTRANE-GIANT STEPS
15 JOHN LEE HOOKER-CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE
16 ALBERT AYLER-FREE AT LAST! (STEREO)
17 BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON-YOU’RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY
18 BO DIDDLEY-COPS AND ROBBERS
19 ELMORE JAMES & HIS BROOM DUSTERS-DUST MY BLUES
This week we have a very special guest- Lola Leng Taylor,
with a lovely little Country mix to take us through the weekend….
1 Willie Nelson-Can I Sleep In Your Arms
2 Townes Van Zandt-Poncho & Lefty
3 Lee Halewood-Have You Made Any New Bombs Today
4 Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Dolly Parton-Knocking On Heaven’s Door
5 Rab Noakes-Mississippi
6 Patsy Cline-She’s Got You
7 Tommy McLain-Before I Grow Too Old
8 Bill Monroe-Blue Moon Of Kentucky
9 Ernest Tubb-Thanks a Lot
10 Bob Dylan-Alberta #1
11 John Prine-Illegal Smile
12 The Marshall Tucker Band-Can’t You See
13 Marvin Rainwater-I Gotta Go Get My Baby
14 Tom T.Hall-That’s How I Got To Memphis
15 Bobby Charles-Tennessee Blues
16 Hank Williams-I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
17 George Jones-Treasure Of Love
18 Townes Van Zandt-I’ll Be Here In The Morning
A lovely little selection of fuzzy disco, funk
and alt soulful breaks to dig the sunshine to.
Greetings from Cornwall.
X.
1 Los Yoyi-Banana
2 The Mighty Mocabos-The Next Message
3 Roy Porter Sound Machine-Hip City
4 The Supremes-High Energy
5 Frederick Knight-Let Me Ring Your Bell
6 Howard Tate-Every Day I Have The Blues
7 Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion-Pa! Pa! Pa!Pa!
8 Magic Source-Genius Of Love
9 Darondo-Let My People Go
10 Jah Wobble-Guangzhou Funk
11 Leon Thomas-The Creator Has A Master Plan
12 The Daktaris-Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti
13 Prince Fatty (Feat-Shniece)-Expansions/Dub
The accepted Anglo-American critical consensus would have you believe that before the sudden early 70s emergence of Kraftwerk, Can, Amon Duul, Faust and their comrades, German pop was a wasteland populated only by Bavarian oompah bands and middle-aged, middle of the road schlager merchants as epitomised by James Last.
This is an attempt to counteract that notion (although Hansi himself does get to top and tail proceedings).
Here are all sorts of things you were never told about: Teutonic takes on Bossa, exotica, psych, sunshine-pop and, from Cindy & Bert, Sabbath as well as much stranger and stronger stuff.
And you might also have noticed that being right-on as ever, we’ve avoided use of that rather demeaning K-word.
Prost!
1 James Last-Nothing
2 Paul Nero- This Is Soul
3 Hazy Osterwald Jet Set-Swinging London
4 Vivi Bach & Dietmar Schonherr-Molotow Cocktail Party
5 Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-The World is Gone
6 Mary Roos-Blauer Montag (Mas Que Nada)
7 Hildegard Knef-Von Nun An Ging’s Bergab
8 Inga Rumpf & I.D Company-I Watched The Women
9 Sibylle Baier-Give Me A Smile
10 City Preachers-Come Back
11 The Rattles-If You Don’t Come Back
12 Cindy & Bert-Der Hund Von Baskerville (Paranoid)
13 Peter Herbolzheimer-Frogdance
14 Gunter Noris-Gemini
15 Eugen Thomass-Undergroovin’
16 Carlos Fendeira-Gimmi Moro
17 Tommy Haggard Orchestra-Peeled Tomato
18 Rolf Wilhelm-Do It Yourself
19 Orchester Werner Muller-Bodybuilding
20 George-Butterflies Never Cry
21 Slapp Happy-Little Girls World
22 James Last-Voodoo Lady’s Love
THE SECOND IN OUR DUBBED BEATS SERIES
WITH A SLIGHTLY POST PUNK
THEME?WANDERING IN & OUT.
& THIS TIME BROUGHT TO YOU BY
GAZ SMITH, PV & MARK McCARTHY.
1 PANDA DUB-WHO AM I
2 MUNGO’S HI-FI-BABYLON KILL BY DUB
3 JAH WOBBLE-ALBATROSS
4 THE POP GROUP-3:38 (DENNIS BOVELL DUB)
5 DEPECHE MODE-DREAM ON (OCTAGON MAN DUB)
6 SOFT CELL-TAINTED LOVE/WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? (DUB)
7 THE DUB PISTOLS-BLUE MONDAY (GAUDI STEPPER DUB)
8 KILLING JOKE-CHANGE (DUB)
9 THE SKATALITES-FUGITIVE DUB
10 ABA-ARIGINAL-ABA-JOE DUB
11 THE GORILLAZ-SLOW COUNTRY (STRICTLY RUBBADUB)
12 BAUHAUS-IN FEAR OF DUB
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The second in our series of alt/pop/crossover Classical, linking the likes of the Balanescu’s/Bowie/Eno/David Byrne/Marianne Faithfull/Warren Ellis/Mica Levi etc…
1 Emahoy Tsegue/Maryam Guebrou-The Mad Man’s Laughter
2 Masayoshi Fujita-Harp
3 Michael Galasso-Angkor Wat Theme III
4 Balanescu Quartet-Hanging Upside Down
5 Marianne Faithfull-Ode To Nightingale
6 David Bowie-Some Are
7 Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher-Biala Flaga
8 Olafur Arnalds-Day 1, Erla’s Waltz
9 Mica Levi-Empty White House
10 Vijay Iyer-Sensorium
11 Yosuke Yamashita-Seijaku
12 Roger Eno/Brian Eno-Desert Sand
Trippin’ around the World, number 6 in our series
for some folks to tap their toes to…….
1 Khojali Osman-Malo Law Safeetna Inta
2 King Ayisoda-Wekena (Edit)
3 Gabor Szabo-Fire Dance
4 Francis Bebey-La Condition Masculine
5 Eddy Senay-Safari
6 Jose Mauro- Ponto De Chamada
7 Ahmed Abdul-Malik- Takseem (Solo)
8 Magdy El Hossainy- Music De Carnival
9 Jose Marquez- La Negra Lorenza
10 Claude Cooper- Hardenhuish
11 Sven Wunder- Hibiscus
12 N’draman Blintch- Saigner-L’afrique
13 Henry Mehanna- Raqsah Arabiyah
14 Kenji Endo- Curry Rice
She said it’s like a ‘back to mine’ for weirdo’s, and I was
thinkingwhat an interesting selection of electronic meanderings,
and then she said, if it don’t mess up your ears, it’ll mess up your mind…..
Yes, well it’s the fourth in our series of experimental and non-experimental
bits n bobs of electronica to keep the odd few happy.
Featuring-
Second Woman
Sunroof
Martin L Gore
Walls & Daphne Oram
Jim O’Rourke
Brian Eno
Jane Rush
Add N To (X)
“Well, they’re oughta be a Beatnik movement
at all times……….”
Continuing on from the brilliant, very hip and very cool
‘Beats & Boho’s’ presented by ‘WIRESHAKER’
many moons ago……(way back in May 21’)
We have Pt.2-
“A selection of boho and beatific inspired/influenced type behaviour
for swinging kittens & great nits!
-to swing us through the weekend and beyond……….”
1 Del Close & John Brent-Basic Hip
2 John Barry -Blues For Beatniks
3 Rod McKuen-Gallery of Assorted Beats 1.
4 Carol Kaye-Twisted
5 Paul Gayten-Beatnik Beat
6 Rod McKuen-Gallery of Assorted Beats 2.
7 Juliette Greco-Guinguettes
8 Red Price & The Blue Beats-Roarin’
9 Patsy Raye & The Beatniks- Beatnik’s Wish
10 Harvey Anderson-Monday Night At 8pm
11 Rod McKuen-No Pictures Please 1.
12 Jerry Dammers-Riot City
13 End Byrnes-Kookie’s Mad Pad
14 Rod McKuen-No Pictures Please 2.
15 Adolph Deutsch-Basal Metabolism
16 Henri Salvador-C’est Le Be Bop
17 M.J.6-Tracy’s Theme
18 Buddy Morrow-The Black Cat
19 Rod McKuen-No Pictures Please 3.
20 Megatons-Isis
21 Moondog-Street Scene
22 Langston Hughes-Motto/Dead In There
23 Jazz Star-The Jazz Scene
24 Tom Waits-Diamonds On My Windscreen
25 Carl Sandburg-On Beatniks
26 The Four Freshman-Tuxedo Junction
Another collection of interesting, quirky, electro,
slo beats, dub, guitar & motorik type (Alt ) Grooves
that are naturally alternative to the earlier (and mostly funky) ‘Grooves’ pt.1 & 2.
Does that answer your question? she says.
Then let’s just get on with it…………….
1 Patrick Cowley-Spiked Punch (Dub)
2 The Swinging Laurels-Disco Laurels
3 Claude Cooper-Tangerine Dreams
4 Ixia-Somebody Said
5 Bush Tetras-Funky Instrumental
6 Babani Soundsystem-Touni Minwi
7 Liquid Liquid-Bellhead
8 Patrick Cowley-Mind Warp
9 New Fries-Mt Tambora
10 Humanoid-Quantel
11 Colourbox-Punch (12”Vers)
12 Thee Oh Sees-The Virologist
13 Carcass Identity-Freedom Principal
14 Spit Like Paint-I Can’t Remember
Years ago, Gideon Coe once did a whole show on 6Music of songs
under two and a half minutes. It was brilliant.
Here’s my take on it with the first ‘150 Seconds or less’ *playlist.*
Rockin’ Rik Lego.
1.*Amazing Snakeheads-Testifying*
2.*Fleetwood Mac-Farmers Daughter*
3.*Ramones-Go Lil’Camero Go*
4.*Groovey Joe Poovey-Honolulu Rock A Rolla*
5.*Primal Scream-Velocity Girl*
6.*Simon & Garfunkel-59th St Bridge Song***
7.*James Brown-Bewildered*
8.*Tom Waits-Franks Wild Years*
9.*Helen Love-So In Love With You*
10.*Cramps-Rock On The Moon*
11.*Jock Scot-Good God*
12.*Aretha Franklin-Coca Cola Ad*
13.*Moon Mulligan-Seven Nights To Rock*
14.*Alf/Alexis Korner-Blues When It Rains*
15.*Wah!-Can’t Put Your Arms….*
16.*Reparata & The Delrons-Captain Of Your Ship*
17.*Fifth Dimension-Go Where You Wanna*
18.*Talking Heads-Thank You For Sending*
19.*Paul Weller-Lullaby Fur Kinder*
20.*Stockard Channing-There Are Worse Things*
Roxy. Remade, Revisited
The overdue follow-up / companion to 2015’s Roxy Music mix.
As before, we’ll be featuring the members’ extra-curricular activities -solo releases; outside projects like 801 and MacKay’s gig as musical director for the TV series Rock Follies- with a couple of covers chucked in for good measure.
But this time round, there’ll also be an ear cast towards ancillary members: the pre-Manzanera guitarists Roger Bunn and Davy O’List (that’s him on the Peel session and Jet track) and the rotating cast of supply bassists: Rik Kenton, Sal Maida (Milk ‘n’ Cookies), Johnny Gustafson (Big Three) and John Wetton (Mogul Thrash). Also, because he’s possibly the band’s most beloved member who EVERYBODY got on with, The Great Paul Thompson gets a bit of individual spotlight with early outfit Smokestack Crumble and his solitary Roxy composition, Your Application’s Failed.
To conclude with the opening, Pachelbel’s Canon was used as the walk-on music at their early live performances.
Ah, Roxy; their crazy music drives you insane. This way…
1 Pachelbel-Canon In D Major
2 Roxy Music-Out Of The Blue
3 Roxy Music-Re-Make/Re-Model (Peel Session)
4 Roger Bunn-Crystal Tunnel
5 Jet-My River
6 Smokestack Crumble-Got A Bad Leg
7 Brian Eno-Severn Deadly Sins
8 Andy Mackay-Walking The Whippet
9 Phil Manzanera-The Flex
10 Rik Kenton-Bungalow Love
11 Milk ’N’ Cookies-Chance To Play
12 The Big Three-You’ve Got To Keep Her Underhand
13 The Mogul Thrash-Sleeping In The Kitchen
14 Roxy Music-Your Application’s Failed
15 Rock Follies-Glenn Miller Is Missing
16 Siouxsie & The Banshees-Sea Breezes
17 Ian McShane-Avalon
18 801-You Really Got Me
19 Bryan Ferry-Another Time, Another Place
Another fine selection of 50’s & 60’s Rockin’ n Rollin’
Country & RnB tunes
to see you through this Easter period.
Intro……
1 Buddy Holly & The Crickets-Rip It Up
2 Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats-Henrietta
3 Charlie Gracie-Wildwood Boogie
4 Earl Chatman-Take Two Steps Back
5 The Delco’s-Arabia
6 Charles Epps-Rock With the Boogie
7 Sonny Burgess-Sweet Misery
8 Buster Brown-Madison Shuffle
9 The Harptones-Is This Really The End
10 Eddie Fontaine-Cool It Baby
11 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra-All Nite Long
12 Eddie Fontaine-Nothin’ Shakin’
13 The Hal Singer Sextet-Corn Bread
14 Ronnie Hawkins-Forty Days
15 Kid Thomas-Rockin’ This Joint To-Nite
16 The Falcons & Band-I Found Love
17 Sir Dee’s Group-The (Grandfather’s) Clock
18 Val Bennett-Caldonia
19 The Duvals-Cotton
20 Earl Epps-Be Bop Blues
21 The Mariners-Zindy Lou
22 Bob Luman-Red Hot
23 The Rhythm Addicts-Oomp Oomp
24 Meri Ellen & Her Cohorts-My Funny Valentine
25 Fats Domino-The Fat Mans Hop
Outro………
The second in the series-Basement East
music for pleasure/
& this week features-
PV aka the slippery1. (PV)
Gaz Smith (GS)
Mark McCarthy (MM)
1 (PV) Adrian Sherwood/Temple Of Sound & Rizwan-Paradise Of Nada Remix
2 (GS) The Fall-Theme From Sparta F.C.#2
3 (MM) Jonathan Richman-Parties In The USA
4 (PV) The Hermon Knights-Tale Of A 280LB Shoe Salesman
5 (GS) Future Utopia (Feat, Kae Tempest)-We Were Still Are
6 (MM) Dan Le Sac Vs Scrobius Pip-Thou Shalt Always Kill
7 (PV) Mac Rebenack-Storm Warning
8 (GS) Sonny Boy Williamson-Help Me
9 (MM) Eels- Susan’s Apartment
10 (PV) Che-Hong Beck-Blowing The Whistle
11 (GS) Marc Almond-Gosudaryunia
12 (MM) The Cosmetics-Black Leather Gloves
13 (PV) Augustus Pablo-Credential Instrumental
14 (GS) David Bowie-Pallas Athena (live)
15 (MM) The Wedding Present-Davni Chasni
HAD A COUPLE A DELIGHTFUL DAYS WADING THROUGH
A WHOLE LOT OF BLUE NOTE ALBUMS, SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY
THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES FROM THE
LEGENDARY NEW YORK LABEL.
1 JEREMY STEIG-HOWLING FOR JUDY
2 ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS-DAT DERE
3 MONK HIGGINS-GOTTA BE FUNKY
4 ART TAYLOR-BLUE INTERLUDE
5 SONNY ROLLINS-POOR BUTTERFLY
6 NIGEL KENNEDY-MIDNIGHT BLUE
7 HORACE SILVER-OPUS DE FUNK
8 EDDIE HENDERSON-INSIDE YOU
9 THELONIOUS MONK-OFF MINOR
10 ELVIN JONES-REZA
11 LABI SIFFRE-I GOT THE…
12 DAVID McCALLUM-HOUSE OF MIRRORS
He said ‘make sure Hip-Hop gets mentioned in the first sentence’, I said O.K
She said ‘being part of this world is about being fu$$ed up’
There was some old fella pointing this way an that
& a bunch a kids shouting
We’re doin’ our thing, we’re doin’ our thing…..whatever that was/is/was/is?
Turn the TV on son.
Intro-
1 Terry Thomas- Bring Back The Cat
2 Mrs Mills- I’m Just Wild About Harry
3 Al Coker- Don’t Go Baby
4 Gene Brown- Big Door
5 Beck- Farewell Ride (Subtle Remix)
6 Sugar And Spice- Come Go With Me
7 Hal Blaine – Hallucinations
8 The Ramones- Blitzkrieg Bop
9 Soul Supreme- Orbit
10 Dr. John- Loop Garoo
11 Kikagaku Moyo- Dancing Blue
12 Carcass Identity- Kundu Basket
13 Claude Cooper- Magic Circle
14 Dion- I Can’t Help But wonder Where I’m Bound
15 gene Ammons- Swinging For Bernie
16 Chet Atkins- Pagan Love Song
WE GOT SOME DEEP FUNK
THIS WEEK
FOR ALL YOU FUNKY PEOPLE-
THE THIRD IN OUR SERIES…
1 JOE SAVAGE & THE SOUL PEOPLE-ALL THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE (PT.1)
2 BOB THEILE EMERGENCY-HEAD START
3 SOUL SUGAR-GET UP & GET IT/VERSION
4 WALLIAS BAND-MUZIQAWI SILT
5 BARRY WAITE & LTD-FUNKY STING PT.2
6 FAUSTO PAPPETTI-SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS
7 DENNIS COFFEY TRIO-IT’S YOUR THANG
8 GEORGE JACKSON-LOVE HIJACKER PT.2
9 JOE HOUSTON-KICKING BACK PT.1&2
10 EXPLOSIONS-GARDEN OF FOUR TREES
11 CLARENCE WHEELER & THE ENFORCERS-BROASTED OR FRIED
12 PRESTON EPPS-AFRICA
13 JAMES BROWN-FUNKY BROADWAY
14 CLARENCE WHEELER & THE ENFORCERS-DOIN’ WHAT I WANNA
15 JAMBO-HARRAMBEE
16 CLARENCE WHEELER & THE ENFORCERS-SHAM TIME
The initial idea was to trace how Psychedelia morphed into Prog Rock (as absolutely nobody called it at the time, the favoured phrases being, according to disposition, Progressive Music, Underground, Techno-flash or Pomp Rock) but, as is often the case, this mix took on a life of its own and became something very different from the original proposition: stretching back to the 1930s, taking in some of the Progressive Jazz experiments (Stan Kenton came up with that name) of the 50s, tipping the trilby to the UK’s post-skiffle instrumental boom spearheaded by the Shads, before concluding with a freak-out in 1960s L.A.
Still plenty of Prog trademarks, mind: ambition, fancy time-signatures, unusual instrumental combinations, exotic influences, studio tomfoolery, gongs, (lots of gongs) and virtuoso playing to make up for the paucity of vocals.
On the other hand, things have been kept relatively brief with only the final track breaking the 5 minute barrier. Something few self-respecting Prog acts would countenance.
1 Reginald Foresythe-Garden Of Weed
2 Stan Kenton-Thermopylae
3 Jimmy Giuffre-The Train And The River
4 Fred E Katz-Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet-Blue Rondo A La Turk (Edit)
6 Kenny Graham-Chant
7 Joe Meek And The Blue Men-Glob Waterfall
8 Russ Conway- China Tea
9 The Federals-In A Persian Market
10 Sounds Incorporated-Taboo
11 The Shadows-Wonderful Land
12 Davy Graham & Alexis Korner- 3/4 A.D
13 John Fahey-Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV
14 Gabor Szabo With The Chico- El Toro
15 Duke Ellington- Blue Pepper
16 Graham Bond Organisation- Spanish Blues
17 Manfred Mann- Mr Anello
18 The Beach Boys- Let’s Go Away For Awhile
19 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention- Invocation & Ritual Dance Of Young Pumpkin
Finally catch up with an old friend
from the Basildon punk scene, Rockin’ Rik Lego.
Now happily married & settled north of the border in Glasgow.
-who recently sent us a pile a homemade CD’s
(not too dissimilar from the DTB’s)
of some of the music that’s been keeping him busy over the years,
which we’ve been busily working our way thru…..
So this is a small selection of some the more recent
bits an’ bobs he’s been listening to.
- Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble-Rebuild a Nation
- Charles/Lamacq-Yazoo Shout Out
- Dry Cleaning-Scratchcard Lanyard
- Lucinda Williams-Fruits Of My Labour
- William Shatner-Garbage Man
- Dead Thatchers-Nae Pasaran Ya Bass
- Mogwai-Boltfor
- Betty Wright-Shoorah! Shoorah!
- Sprints-Literary Mind (Tom Sharkett Remix)
- Leonard Cohen-Memories
- Angel Olsen-Go Home
- Redskins-It Can Be Done
- U Roy-Fisherman Style
- Gabriels-Love And Hate In A Different Time
- Primal Scream-Jesus
(Diggin’ the roots of Soul)
Doo-Wop #2
1.the sparrows – i stole your heart
2.the shells – baby oh baby
3.the clovers – if i could be loved by you
4.the earls – remember then
5.the bobbettes – mr lee
6.little butchie saunders – linda lou
7.copesetics – collegian
8.the camelots – don’t leave me baby
9.the coasters – hongry
10.marv johnson – come to me
11.brenda lee & vocaltones – i ain’t gonna give nobody
12.the orlons – don’t hang up
13.barbara gale & the larks – who walks in when i walk out
14.the jayhawks – don’t mind dyin’
15.buddies – i waited
16.5 thrills – my baby’s gone
17.the scaletones – everlasting love
18.the olympics – i can tell
19.the orchids – you’re everything to me
20.bobby capri & the velvet angels – the night
21.the safaris – image of a girl
22.the valentines – don’t say goodnight
23.bertha tilman – oh my angel
The 3rd (and probably the last) in our series of the drummers beat,
the many influences of Krautrock and especially Can & Neu.
Some of the usual suspects & some new.
1 Stereolab-Jenny Ondioline (alt vers)
2 Automatic-Signal
3 Turing Machine-Syncronicity lll
4 The Horrors-Sea Within A Sea
5 Wall Of Death-Tears Of Rainbow
6 Peter Bjorn And John-I Know You Don’t Love Me
7 Hookworms-Teen Dreams
8 Primal Scream-Shoot Speed/Kill Light
9 Death Cab For Cutie-Doors Unlocked And Open
10 Cave-Oj
11 The Brian Jonestown Massacre-had Hande Med Dem
So this week we have the 5th instalment
in our series of Reggae (Soul, Disco)
With the usual splattering of covers,
soulful tunes & funky grooves…..enjoy.
1 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires-Express Yourself
2 The Techniques-I Wish It Would Rain
3 Sydney, George & Jackie- Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
4 Jackie Mittoo- Mother Funk
5 Barbara Jones- Oh What A night
6 Dennis Brown-Sitting And Watching
7 Tyrone-How Sweet It Is
8 Jackie Opel-Higher And Higher
9 Duke Reid Group-Soul Style
10 Ken Parker- Somebody To Love
11 Slim Smith- Just A Dream
12 Risco Connection- Sitting In The Park
13 Cedric Im Brooks- Sabebe
14 The Techniques- You Don’t Care
15 Hortense Ellis- Groovy Kind Of Love
16 Slim Smith- Let It Be Me
17 Jackie Mittoo- Get Up And Get It
18 Toots Hibbert- Knock On Wood
19 The In-Crowd- Love Harmony
20 The Gaylettes- That’s How Strong My Love Is
Let’s go baby! – Another selection of french (influenced/inspired)
bits n’ bobs
which you may (or may not) find pleasant to listen to over the next hour or so?
……….smart.
1 Francoise Hardy-Viens
2 Ronnie Bird-Chante
3 Les Prospection-Casing
4 Gillian Hills-Tut, tut, tut, tut
5 Don Ellis-Theme from the ‘French Connection’
6 Jacques Dutronc-La Metaphore
7 Francoise Hardy-C’est a l’amour auquel je pense
8 Francis Bebey-Fleur Tropicale
9 Jarvis Cocker-Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous
10 Josephine Baker-De temps en temps
11 The Liminanas-Migas 2000
12 Milt Jackson-Paris blues
13 Francis Coppieters-Piano in transit
14 Mick Harvey-Fils indigne No.2
15 Lesley Gore-Je ne sais plus
16 Fatty Nautty-Tumba pt.2
17 B.Lubat-Aubergine time
18 Brigitte Bardot-Ce n’est pas vrai
19 Jean Sablon-Vous qui passe sans me voir
(Same !@#$ Different Day)
Straight in to 23
from lounge to loungin’
Bullybones steps up with his
sweet laid back hip hop selections
head bobbin’ toe tappin’
an playin’ wit ya mind.
Intro-
1 Loungin’ – Guru
2 Belize – Danger Mouse & Black Thought
3 Transmitting Live – Bucc Rogerz
4 Comatose – P.M.Dawn
5 Constellation – LTJ Bukem
6 The Upgrade – J-Live
7 Trains And Planes – Zion I And The Grouch
8 Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
9 Replay – Visioneers
10 All Good – Chaka Khan – De La Soul
11 Work It Out – Jurassic Five – Dave Mathews Band
12 Speed Of Sound – Soulstice
13 Excellent – Blackalicious
14 Here I come – The Roots
15 Funky Voltron Edan
16 For Those Who Don’t Know – Opio
17 Cosmosis – Tony Allen
18 Onto The Next One – Jay-Z
19 Shake It Off (Bad Dreams 2) – Lyrics Born
SHE SAID ‘LET’S SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT,
LET’S MAKE A CHANGE. LET’S LEAVE IT AS IT IS,
LET’S HAVE MORE OF THE SAME’.
THEN SHE GOT ON HER OLD BICYCLE
WITH HER BRIGHT TANGERINE AVOCADO SHAPED COAT
AND WHIZZED OFF DOWN THE ROAD.
1 THE ROLLING STONES-SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS)
2 HUMA UTKA-CHIRONIAN WOUND
3 ABDULLAH IBRAHIM-MINDIFF/SOTHO BLUE
4 COSMIC VOICES FROM BULGARIA-KAZHI, KAZHI, ANGIO
5 DERYA YILIDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK-THE TRIP
6 EL MICHELS AFFAIR-MURKIT GEM
7 GAUDI MEETS THE REBEL DREAD-E=MC2
8 GARETH JONES/DANIEL MILLER-OH YEAH (SUNROOF MIX)
9 TOM WAITS-DIAMONDS ON THE WINDSHEILD
10 HUMA UTKU-TRUTH FROM THE DEEPEST SOURCE
This year kicks off with Wireshaker – Fragments from 2022.
“A mixture of new purchases (even one that actually came out in 2022!) and some things I discovered for the first time while digging through the stuff residing in seldom visited corners of the collection. A bit of everything really, but a slight bias towards lounge / easy / exotica because lots of my charity shop finds this year came from there”.
1 Tarentel-A Crystal The Size Of Our Moon I The Heart Of A
Pulsating White Dwarf
2 Montrose-Good Rockin’ Tonight
3 Aki Aleong-Voodoo Drums
4 Arthur Lyman-Afro Blue
5 The Congos-The Ark Of The Covenant
6 Don Ralke-Ritual Of The Cobra
7 The Poppy Family-Free From The City
8 Project Gemini-The Children Of Scorpio
9 Amon Duul-A Morning Excuse
10 Don Shinn & Friends-Heaven Was Made To Be
11 Roger Webb-Dazzle
12 Wynder K Frog-Bad Eye
13 Vanity Fare-Megowd (Something Tells Me)
14 African Music Machine-Tropical
15 Jeffrey Lee Pierce-Hey Juana
16 The Premiers-Shawnee
17 Sandy Nelson-Whittier Blvd
18 Sonny Bono-My Best Friend’s Girl Is Out Of Sight
19 Trombones Unlimited-Grazing In The Grass
20 Urban Rewnewal Project-Computer Girl
21 The Vincent Units-Carnival Song
22 Mercury Rev-Parchman Farm (Carice Van Houten)
23 The Carousel-Strawberry Fayre
24 The Young Tradition-Lyke-Wake Dirge
25 Zygmunt Krause-Folk Music (excerpt)
Odd electronic & percussive meanderings to ease us gently out of the old year & into the new. This episode of EX-EL is brought to you from the wonderful collection/brain of Rosko.
1 Cybernaut Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
2 The Voice of the Night Aki Tsuyuko
3 A Measured Room Brian Eno
4 Muzak Paintings Positive Movement Part 2 No. 3 Cybe
5 Fairy Tale Joel Vandroogenbroeck
6 Por Quê Anno Luz
7 Раз ONE Kate NV
8 Desensitization And REProcessing Rich Ruth
9 Toucan Ocean Jon Hassell
10 The Valley of the Saroos Joe Meek and The Blue Men
11 Movements (Chapter III) Leon Vynehall
12 At Dawn Christina Vantzou
13 Strip 2 (feat. Hans-Joachim Roedelius) Dieter Moebius & Tim Story
14 Our Wretched Fantasy Rachika Nayar
15 Improvisation on a ‘Concerto Generator’ Laurie Spiegel
16 Raiments Ami Dang
17 Workaround One Beatrice Dillon
18 Ashita Yasuaki Shimizu
GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID-
SOME BELIEVE AN SOME DON’T,
MAN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE SPIRIT IS CONTINUOUS
WHETHER YOU’RE FREAKIN’ OUT OR TUNIN’ IN-
I LOOKED ‘ROUND THE CONGREGATION,
SOME OF THE USUAL FACES, OLD
FRIENDS TO BE SURE, AN SOME NEW,
& ALL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR SITUATION-
GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID-
JUST AN ALTERNATIVE
PLAYLIST FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON?
OR ANY OTHER TIME
YOU WANT TO FEEL A LITTLE
JOY IN YOUR LIFE….
HAPPY CHRISTMAS 22….
LEONARD COHEN – BIRD ON A WIRE
JOHNNY CASH – OH BURY ME NOT
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
NINA SIMONE – COMPENSATION
TOM WAITS – CLAP HANDS
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – I FOUND A REASON
DEPECHE MODE – GET RIGHT WITH ME
THEE HEADCOATS – JOHN THE REVELATOR
JOHNNY CASH – ONE
LEON RUSSELL – A HARD RAIN IS GONNA FALL
CHRISTINA VANE – JESUS MAKE UP MY DYING BED
THE COX FAMILY – I AM WEARY (LET ME REST)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – INTO MY ARMS
MARTIN GORE – MOTHERLESS CHILD
GILLIAN WELCH – REVELATOR
LEONARD COHEN – IF IT BE YOUR WILL
PAUL ROBESON – WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD
So if everyone’s hip to the new layout, she said, we’ll just push on….
Thanx for comin’ he said, an thanx for making my life complete.
The tension was gripping & then someone at the back just started laughing.
1 Fumaca Preta-Pupilas Dilatadas/Toda Pessoa
2 DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoka-Kumu
3 Moontribe-Technology
4 Emperor Sly-Gatecrasher
5 Djfreshmoney-Whammo
6 James Last & Orchestra-Inner City Blues
7 Senior Allstars-Wrong Number/Dub
8 Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment
9 Anna Meredith-Nautilus
10 The Blazers-Sound of Mecca
11 Beautify Junkyards-Manha Tropical
12 Follazoid-Trees
13 The Psychedelic Aliens-Hijacking
14 Cassandra Jenkins-Hard Drive
15 The Buzzcocks-Oh Shit
As you may have already guessed, this weeks ‘World Trip’ has a slightly Psychedelic leaning. So jump aboard the magic bus and join us on our journey to far off lands……
1 Prince Fatty & Shniece Mcmenamin-Black Rabbit
2 Maghrebika-Neftakhir (part 1)
3 Celestine Nyam-M’bembe
4 Los Pakines-Tomalo O Dejalo
5 The Heliocentric-The Sunshine Makers
6 You Olarang-Cyclo
7 Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests-Musicawi Silt
8 Phuong Tam-Co Nho Đêm Nao
9 Brownout-Olvidalo
10 Debo Band-Blue Awaze
11 Ros Seresyothea-Jam 10 Kai Theit
12 Ernest Ranglin-Earth Sound Pt.1
13 WAI-Hone Taiapa
14 Tribo Massari-Walk By Jungle
15 OrquestraDe Tambores De Alagoas-Acao Dinâmica Ao Cacador
16 Laxmikant-Pyarelal-Soul Of Bobby
17 Groupe RTD-Liso Daymo
18 Munehiro Narita-White Rabbit
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PASCALE tracklist 1 Audre Lorde, Dahomey 2 Duval Timothy, Morning 3 Yussef Kamaal, Mansur’s Message 4 Yves Tumor, Psalm […]
WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT HE SAYS MR GOLDEN VOICE, WE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT! TAKE OFF THOSE […]
1 MICKEY BAKER-NIGHT BLUE 2 THE VENTURES-RAM-BUNK-SHUSH 3 THE IMPACTS-BEEP BEEP 4 ROLAND ALPHONSO-YARD BROOM 5 SHOJI YOKOUCHI & HIS […]
GUEST OV.ER! #2 SECOND IN THE SERIES FROM OV……ER! 1 AIR MAX ’97-INSIDE OUTSIDE 2 BIOSPHERE-OI-1 3 DEPECHE MODE, TIM […]
ANOTHER ONE COOL TUNES TO BEHOLD! FROM THE EAST END OF LONDON BASEMENT PT.3 1. THE ETHIOPIANS-REGGAE HIT THE TOWN […]
/PRODUCED/ETC… 1 ALEXIS KORNER-THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO) 2 DEL SHANNON-SHE’S GOT SOUL 3 EASYBEATS-GOOD TIMES 4 TRAFFIC-BERKSHIRE POPPIES 5 CHRIS […]
One careless owner, though with own hair and teeth. 1 Lucifer Over London – Current 93 (7.50) 2 The Cold […]
FOLKS HAVE INTERESTING VIEWS ON COVERS. I’VE HAD MANY A LATE NIGHT DISCUSSING THE SUBJECT. SOME HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, THEY […]
1 LITTLE BEAVER-MONEY VIBRATIONS 2 JOHNNY ‘GUITAR’ WATSON-A REAL MOTHER FAR YA 3 ZAPP-FUNKY BOUNCE 4 SLY & THE FAMILY […]
(TYING UP SOME LOOSE ENDS) THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF PLAYLISTS FOR GEORGIE HOPTON… (MUSIC FOR SPACE#4) 1 DAN […]
(LADIES PLEASE!) THE 3RD IN A SERIES OF PLAYLISTS FOR ARTIST GEORGIE HOPTON… 1 PJ HARVEY – CHANGE IN C […]
THE FOLK EDITION THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF PLAYLISTS FOR ARTIST GEORGIE HOPTON 1 NICK DRAKE-PADDLING IN THE RUSHES […]
THE JAZZ EDITION THE MUSIC FILLS THE SPACE… THE MUSIC FEELS THE SPACE. BUT WHAT IS THE SPACE WITHOUT THE […]
SO, IF BY CHANCE YOU LIKE THE ‘ON/OFF’ MIX/ES, YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT- ‘KRAUTROCK-SPACEROCK’ ,‘MOTORIK!,‘HANSA’,‘MUTE’, ‘ELECTRONIC MONSTER’ […]
1 BILLY MURE & HIS SUPER SONIC GUITARS-SUPERSONIC2 LILLIE GREENWOOD-BOOGIE ALL NIGHT LONG3 MILTON ALLEN-DON’T BUG ME BABY4 THE RAY-O-VACS-PARTY […]
1 DILLINGER-TIGHTEN UP SKANK2 LEROY SMART-CHANNEL ONE FEEL IT3 LEROY SMART/AGGROVATORS-CHANNEL ONE FEEL IT4 DILLINGER-CHECK SISTER JANE5 DELROY WILSON-COOL OPERATOR […]
1 NENEH CHERRY-DIRT2 DESTROY ALL MONSTERS-BOOTS3 ALBERT AYLER-SUMMERTIME4 TREES SPEAK-SOUL SEQUENCER5 THE FOUR LADS-ISTANBUL (CONSTANTINOPLE)6 AAVIKKO-STREET PILOT7 AAVIKKO-PELIHELVETTI8 NANCY SINATRA-NOT […]
1 GWENIFER RAYMOND-OFF TO SEE THE HANGMAN (PT.1&2)2 NINA SIMONE-LASS OF THE LOW COUNTRY3 HOWLIN’ WOLF-OOH BABY, HOLD ME4 WILLIAM […]
1 fritz pauer-they’re coming 2 byron lee-birth control 3 st vincents latinaires-broasted or fried 4 buck owens-act naturally 5 […]
1 F.S.O.L-FAR OUT SON OF LUNG2 THE ORB-HALLELUWAH3 LOOP GURU-APHRODITES SHOE4 ORIGINAL ROCKERS-DEMAT DUBRIM5 PATO BANTON VS D.J.ORB-BEAMS OF LIGHT6 […]
IT’S BRILLIANT & WE RECOMMEND READING IT! & IN THE MEANTIME,THIS SHOULD WET YOUR APPETITE… 1 HOWLIN’ WOLF-MOANIN AT MIDNIGHT2 […]
1 Don Covay-I don’t think that I can make it2 Bettye Swan-Make me yours3 Little Richard-Nuki suki4 Bernard Purdie-Soul bossa […]
1 THE SEEKERS-BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE2 TEA & SYPHONY-JOURNEY3 STEREOLAB-LES YPER-SOUND4 HARUOMI HOSONO-CHOO-CHOO GATAGOTO5 TEA AND SYMPHONY-FAIRGROUND SUITE6 BERNARD PARMEGIANI-SONS/JEU7 ROCKERS ALLSTARS-POORMAN’S […]
1 DOLLAR BRAND-HAJI2 TIMO LASSY-AFRICAN RUMBLE3 JAMES MOODY-HERITAGE HUM4 B LUBAT-AUBERGINE TIME5 HERBIE MANN-ODALISQUE6 III CONSIDERED-UNWRITTEN RULES7 HARRIOTT/MAYER DOUBLE QUINTET8 […]
I PICKED UP THE EARGASM 12” ON ONE OF MY REGULAR BUYING TRIPS AT THE NOTTING HILL ‘RECORD AND TAPE […]
1 BABA ZULA-ESEN TAKSIM2 ALTIN GUN-TATLI DILLER GULER YUZE3 ALTIN GUN-GOCA DUNYA4 ERKIN KORAY-YALNIZAR RIHTIMI (ACCOUSTIC)5 ERKIN KORAY-ESTARABIM6 SELDA-ECO’YA DONDER […]
A MIXTURE OF TURKISH PSYCHE, FOLK, ROCK, JAZZ, FUNK & POP TUNES TO TICKLE YA FANCY! 1 ERKIN KORAY-TURKU2 BARIS […]
1 GIL SCOTT HERON-JAZZ2 BLACK SABBATH-WAR PIGS3 ROBERT WYATT-PIGS4 BUTTER 08-BUTTERFUCKER5 NEU!-LA BAMBA/KD6 BO DIDDLEY-WHO DO YOU LOVE?7 THE AU […]
1 ROTER ROT-GET AWAY DARK SIDE2 NAKED LUNCH-LA FEMME3 COLD CAVE-MEANINGFUL LIFE4 THE PARTY’S OVER-CRASH5 CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE-FLYING TURNS6 […]
1 NEIL DIAMOND-KENTUCKY WOMAN2 DOLLY PARTON & PORTER WAGONER-CURSE OF THE WILD FLOWER3 BOB LIND-ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY4 KITTY WELLS-5 LEONARD COHEN-THE […]
1 YOUN SUN NAH-GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN2 ECHOKRANK-NEW WAVE, OLD PROBLEM3 PHOENIX CITY ALL STARS-WHITE RIOT4 LUDWIG RUTH & […]
THE 2ND IN OUR ‘AFRO FLAV!’ SERIES, THIS TIME SELECTED BY ROSKO. (YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT THE […]
1 KRAFTWERK-GEIGER COUNTER/RADIOACTIVITY2 ROXY MUSIC-LADYTRON/2HB (EARLY DEMO’S 1971)3 JOHN LENNON-WELL WELL WELL4 CAN-SAFE5 LORD ECHO-C90 ETERNAL6 KING SPORTY & THE […]
INSPIRED BY THE MAIN KANE, AKA THE SAILOR BOY…OI OI CAP’N. 1 BUTTER 08-MONA LISA2 LES GEORGES LENINGRAD-NEBRASKA VALENTINE3 THE […]
1 ABDULLAH IBRAHIM-BLACK AND BROWN CHERRIES2 QUINCY JONES-BABY ELEPHANT WALK3 TAKUYA KURODA-RISING SON4 RAY CHARLES-MARY ANN5 RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK-THE CREOLE […]
1 ALICE COOPER-CHANGING ARRANGING2 ROXY MUSIC-THE BOGUS MAN3 SPARKS-GIRL FROM GERMANY4 JAPAN-SUBURBAN BERLIN5 THE DRESDEN DOLLS-GIRL ANACHRONISM6 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND-I’M […]
1 MAHALIA JACKSON-GOD SHALL WIPE ALL TEARS AWAY2 THOMAS A DORSEY-HOW ABOUT YOU3 HANK WILLIAMS-JESUS REMEMBERED ME4 MCCAULEY SPIRITUAL SINGERS-JESUS […]
1 MILDLIFE-PHASE II2 THE COMET IS COMIN-COSMIC SERPENT3 THE LAST ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC SPACE JAZZ & PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE-HORACE4 SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS-THE […]
1 dorothy ashby-wine2 crash course in science-kitchen motors3 lee hazlewood-boots (original melody)4 soul brothers-bugaloo5 patti drew-hard to handle6 the clash-bankrobber/dub7 […]
1 SAUL WILLIAMS-TWICE THE FIRST TIME2 DJ KRUSH-BEYOND RAGING WAVES3 PORTISHEAD-HUMMING4 COOL BREEZE-TIK TOK (COME ON)5 DANNY BREAKS-ANOTHER DIMENSION6 WAX […]
1 BONOBO (FEAT- INNOV GNAWA)-BAMBRO KOYO GANDA2 BOUBACAR TROARE-MALI TWIST3 TINARIWEN-TIWAYYEN4 ABDOULAYE CISSE-KODJOUGOU5 ALEMAYEHU ESHETE-HODE FERA6 ALI FARKA TOURE-ASCO7 HAMLET […]
YA’LL, GET ILL. GO GO GO GO. YES ITS’S BAC, SAME OL, SAME OL DTB ECLECTIKNESS FOR YOUR EAR DRUMS […]
A MIX OF AMBIENT, SOUNDTRACK, CLASSICAL & OTHER SUITABLY RELAXING TYPE SOUNDS. 1 BRIAN ENO-MATTA 2 NILS FRAHM-A WALKING EMBRACE […]
MORE FROM THE ON/OFF MIND…… IT WAS & THEN IT IS… THEN IT WAS AGIN. 1 THROBBING GRISTLE-THE THIRD MAN […]
IT’S THE END OF THE SUMMER/SOMETIME IN THE LATE 70’S/EARLY 80’S/KENSINGTON MARKET/A SMALL CAFE ON THE FIRST FLOOR/A SPACE INVADERS […]
THE NIGHT MOVES ON…… A NATURAL FOLLOW UP/CONTINUATION TO THE LAST ‘ON/OFF’ SESSION? NOT QUITE HALLOWEEN, BUT QUITE HALLOWEEN! 1 […]
THIS WEEK FOLKS WE HAVE A ‘MIXED BAG’ OFFERING FROM OUR MAN ON THE WEST SIDE, ROSKO. 1 A HAWK […]
(JAMAICA JAZZ N’ SKA) EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY OF THE ALPHA SCHOOL FOR BOYS, THE TEACHINGS OF SISTER MARY IGNATIUS […]
TAKING IN SOME DUBBY, DISCO, SOUNDTRACK & PERCUSSIVE HEAD NODDIN’ TOE TAPPIN’ TYPE GEAR. MAYBE NOT AS FUNKY AS THE […]
SO ELSIE, HE SAYS THE MATCH STARTS IN 15 MINUTES BABES. BABES, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I TOLD IM TO […]
YES INDEEDY FOLKS! ‘ALL THAT JAZZ’ IS ON THE AIR! & WHAT A MARVELLOUS SELECTION WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS […]
(TAB SPIDER WAS A DAMNED FAN WHO LOVED DRESSING UP. HE USED TO GO TO A CLUB CALLED CROCS IN […]
IT SEEMS A LONG TIME THEN NOW, BUT THAT WAS THE SUMMER? SHE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS AT HER DISPOSAL […]
Following on from the recently posted & fairly obvious nod to the UFO scene- ’14 HOURS’, we now bring you […]
SOME MORE JAZZ FUNK, SOUL & DISCO FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF CLUBS LIKE THE GOLDMINE ON CANVEY ISLAND, THE […]
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES/A FEW OF THE ORIGINAL DTB GUYS GET TOGETHER IN A SMALL BASEMENT IN THE EAST […]
THIRD IN OUR SERIES OF JOURNEYS FROM AROUND THE WORLD… 1 ARTS ASSO-SANJO KAYAGEUM 2 ABAYNEH DEDJENE-BALENDJERE 3 KAKO’S NEW […]
MORE FROM THE EAST END BASEMENT… 1 DILLINGER-COOL OPERATOR 2 LEE SCRATCH PERRY-GREEN BAY INCIDENT (LORD SASSAFRAS) 3 DOCTOR ALIMANTADO-PLEAD […]
AFTER LAST WEEKS MOD EXPLOSION, SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE (WHO NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE?) OF THE 2ND HALF OF THE […]
‘THEY CALL US MODERNISTS NOW JAZZ WAS MY THING AROUND 59/60-THEN LATER IN THE 60’S THEY CALLED US MODS’… ‘JIMMY […]
LOOK OUT FOR THOSE GUITARS SHE SAYS…& THOSE NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HITTING THE SCENE… 1 BLACK DICE-ABA 2 ULTRAVOX-ROCKWROCK 3 […]
HE HAD HANDS AND THAT AND THIS/HE HAD THE MEANS/HE HAD A HAT THAT FITS AND STARTS/HE HAD THE MEANS/SHE […]
ENJOYING THE SOUNDS OF THE REGGAE REVIVAL/SKA & ROCKSTEADY. FIRST OFFERING FROM THE EAST END BASEMENT. AS WITH A LOT […]
MORE ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’ THIS WEEK FOLKS… 1 LITTLE RICHARD-LONG TALL SALLY 2 STICK MCGHEE-JUNGLE JUICE 3 RAY HARRIS-WHERE’D YOU […]
THE MANY RELAXING & NON-RELAXING SOUNDS OF THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER PART.2 /THE DOORS OF DECEPTION/ LANGUAGE/SCIENCE/BLAH/AS WITH PT.1, SO MANY […]
VOTE FOR ELVIS…YEP, SURE WILL, CAN’T DO ANY WORSE THAN OUR SHOWER OF SH! 1 elvis presley-lonesome cowboy 2 elvis […]
So, following on from the earlier ‘Country-Folk’ 1&2, ‘Girlfolk’ & the ‘West Coast Alt Country’ offerings, we have ‘Country-esque’, which […]
KEEPING UP WITH ROSKO’S RECENT SOULED#4-WE HAVE THE FIFTH IN OUR SERIES- 1 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-BETTER THEE THAN […]
BEHOLD SHE SAY’S, MORE OF THE SAME…ILAR?/MODERN MUSIC FOR MODERN PEOPLE PT.3/EASY THERE, BUDDY. 1 MIDORI TAKADA-CATASTROPHE 2 AKSAK MABOUL-MASTOUL […]
THE STATION WAGON WAS PARKED OUT THE BACK, I HAD A BAT IN MY POCKET & THE WIND WAS HOWLIN’ […]
MORE REGGAE HUSTLE! REGGAE GOT SOUL, DISCO FUNK #3 1 JIMMY LINDSAY-EASY 2 JOHN HOLT-ROCK WITH ME BABY 3 BORIS […]
BACK IN THE GARAGE WITH MY BULLSHIT DETECTOR……AN HOUR’S WORTH OF PUNK/PRE-PUNK/GARAGE & SPUNK! 1 THE CLASH-GARAGELAND 2 THE SMALL […]
(GUEST ROSKO) MORE SOUL…FOR YA SOUL! THIS WEEK FROM ROSKO-DIGGIN’ THE MAIN THING… 1 JAMES BROWN-THERE IT IS 2 THE […]
more curios inna land of roses red, chess fingers an eyeballs eclectica, be thankin’ ya kindly. 1 JOYCE GRENFELL-WELCOME 2 […]
Like most kids growing up in the early 70’s I was introduced to reggae through the Youth Clubs & local […]
ALL THAT JAZZ #4/PULLS INTO THE STATION/10 CARRIAGES LONG/SHE SAYS THIS ONE’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT/SPACE TO THINK/TO MEDITATE/ENQUIRE?/SOULFUL SHADES/AN SHADES […]
NO TO THE NOT/SHE SANG LIKE SHE WAS SINGING/I THOUGHT LIKE I WAS THINKING/A CANDID APPROACH IS WHAT’S NEEDED HERE […]
SNIPPETS & ECLECTICA, THE FIRST OFFERING FROM OV…………ER! 1 DE LA SOUL-ROYALTY CAPES 2 LEON BRIDGES-BALL OF CONFUSION 3 THE […]
January in England: time for escape. So pull up a pair of baggies, slip on a Pendleton, wax down yer […]
REMOVE EDGES FIRST, IT SAYS. THE LIST OF CANDIDATES WAS LONG. TOO LONG. THAT’S ALL YOUR GONNA GET FROM US, […]
Some new acquaintances which crossed the Wireshaker threshold during the past 12 months. The usual mix of new releases, historical […]
THIRD IN OUR DELIGHTFUL SERIES OF POPTASTICAL COVERS FROM A BYGONE AGE. 1 HUGO MONTENEGRO-HIGHER GROUND 2 THE PERSUASIONS-ALL ALONG […]
THEM’S THAT THEN…WHOOSH. 1 MARIACHI VARRGAS DE TECALITLAN-LUPITA 2 RATATAT-CHERRY 3 NINA SIMONE-BACKLASH BLUES 4 MAARJA NUUT & RUUM-MUUTUJA 5 […]
The big apple…big city of dreams…some songs reminding us of New York City. Almost a follow up to the Banquets […]
LET’S GET READY TO TUMBLE… 1 AUDIOBOOKS-DANCE YOUR LIFE AWAY 2 SONS OF KEMET-MY QUEEN IS MAMIE PHIPPS CLARKE 3 […]
HE CAME IN FROM THE NORTH/SAID/MAN THAT BIRD COULD SING/SAID HE LISTENED TO ‘DROP THE BISCUIT’ AT LEAST TWICE A […]
LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE. 1 GAZELLE TWIN-JERUSALEM 2 JULIE ANDREWS-BURLINGTON BERTIE FROM BOW 3 JOE STRUMMER-LETSAGETABITAROCKIN’ 4 BIG YOUTH-BIG […]
CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE ‘RIO ROCK’ BOYS AGAIN RECENTLY-(FROM WAY BACK WHEN KENSINGTON MARKET WAS THE PLACE TO […]
TO THE DOOR DEAR FELLOWS, INSIDE, OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE, INSIDE. I COULD HEAR THE CLICKETY CLACK. LIKE A MOTH TO THE […]
ERE’ ANG ON A MINUTE THERE MISTA! AFTER A COUPLE A MOVIE/SOUNDTRACK GUEST MIXES,THE SLIPPERY1 RETURNS WITH SOME MORE OF […]
Dusk had swept in bringing a hush in the air, separating the day folk dragging themselves home from work and […]
SO, THIS WEEK PEOPLE, I GOT SENT A NICE LITTLE JAZZ PLAYLIST FROM ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DTB FOLK, ROSKO- […]
FROM WEST TO EAST. HE’S WATCHIN’ YA, ALWAYS WATCHIN’ INTRO. 1 DENNIS ALCAPONE-NUMBER ONE STATION 2 THE CLASH-JAIL GUITAR DOORS […]
SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE GOSPEL TUNES, MOSTLY TAKEN FROM THE 40’S & 50’S & ONCE MORE REACHING INTO THE ‘ROOTS […]
LLLLLLBY. FISH AN CHIPS. CAPTAIN NORMAL HAD A SMALL ANCHOR TATTOO ON HIS LEFT WRIST, OLDIE PAUL HAD NOWHERE TO […]
1 the metal boys-sweet marylin 2 jacques dutronc-cactus 3 charlotte gainsbourg-irm 4 serge gainsbourg-marilou reggae dub 5 francoise hardy-la tua […]
HERE WE GO AGIN…ANOTHER COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES FROM THE MIND OF A MAN WITH NICE LIPS. INTRO 1 JIMI HENDRIX […]
Call him Bobby, call him Zimmy, call him what you damn well please; the boy from the north country, the […]
MORE MODERN MUSIC FOR MODERN PEOPLE! KITSCH, COOL OR OTHERWISE? IF THE FIRST IN OUR ‘EASY BUDDY’ SERIES HAD A […]
GETTIN’ DOWN ON IT! HOT ON THE HEELS OF LAST WEEK’S REGGAE #1, ANOTHER ROUND OF REGGAE- (SOUL, DISCO & […]
MORE CONTINUOUS JOLLY JOLLY, PLEASURE SWINGIN’ MUMBO JUMBO FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF TICK TOCK FRIENDS…LETS GO. 1 LINTON KWESI […]
REGGAE GOT SOUL, DISCO & FUNK FOR THAT MATTER! SINCE THE RELEASE OF SOUL JAZZ’S ‘HUSTLE!’ REGGAE DISCO ALBUM WE […]
From the recent 50’s & 60’s stateside ‘Twistin’ extravaganza, we continue with one of our favourite themes, ‘Youth Culture’, more […]
YAPPY YAP AN SINNERCAT MET UNDER THE BRIDGE EACH EVENIN’ JUST TO SHOOT THE BREEZE, SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE A […]
…THIS WEEK, FOLLOWIN’ ON FROM SHINDIG! (ROCK N’ SOUL DANCE PARTY #1) http://dropthebiscuit.net/?s=SHINDIG%21 WE HAVE ROCK N’ SOUL DANCE PARTY […]
UP AN ATOM! JO JO, FRANTIC SURF BOY & KITSCH BAMBOO HEADED FOR THE END. 1 DAVE PIKE-FREE IMPROVISATION/DOORS OF […]
MORE FROM THE 80’S/90’S & BEYOND. 2ND IN THE ‘INCHXINCH’ & SIMILAR TO THE ON/OFF SERIES? TAKE IT AWAY MAESTRO! […]
As my Canadian brother-in law- is fond of saying, “I like every kind of music: Country AND Western”. This ones […]
YES, SHE SAYS. FOLLOW ME TO THE DISCOTHEQUE WHERE APPLE IS THE STRANGEST FRUIT. HERE’S TO LIBERATION!…YAY TO THE MAN/WOMAN/BEAST, […]
MORE GROOVES FOR THE FUNKY FEW! -PT.2 SEE’S US BAC WITH A MIXED BAG OF HEADY SOUL, FUNK, JAZZ AN […]
It’s taken awhile for a worthy follow up to the slippery1’s ‘Shoft Shyke’ posted, back in 2014,but Wireshaker has finally […]
ALONG COMES A TALL MAN, CAPE & HAT, CAPE & HAT. MEMORY & THOUGHT ON EACH SHOULDER… SHOULDER… SHOULDER. HE […]
MODERN MUSIC FOR MODERN FOLKS. 1 YASUAKI SHIMIZU-UTSUKUSHIKI TENNEN 2 AKSAK MABOUL-CUIC STEPPE 3 YASUAKI SHIMIZU-UMI NO UE KARA 4 […]
(ROCK N’ SOUL DANCE PARTY#1) 1 OTIS REDDING- LOUIE LOUIE 2 THE BUSTERS-BUST OUT 3 DON GIBSON-SWEET SWEET GIRL 4 […]
OH NO, NOT ANOTHER DTB!!! 1 THE CREATION-HOW DOES IT FEEL 2 THE GORLLAZ/MARK E.SMITH-GLITTER FREEZE 3 SARAH WEBSTER FABIO-STILL,A […]
A VARIETY OF LATIN-ESQUE, TOE TAPPIN’ SELECTIONS FOR THIS WEEK FRIENDS- 1 OCHA-UNDRESS MY MIND 2 SENOR SOUL-SUNSHINE SUPERMAN 3 […]
It WAS around 7.30 in the evenin/mornin then!/no it wasn’t/THE TRAFFIC was’NT MURDEROUS either/G&T’s ALL ‘ROUND he say’d/no he didn’t/IT […]
NO BETTER WAY TO FOLLOW UP LAST WEEKS PUNK/NEW WAVE COMPILATION THAN WITH SOME REGGAE/DUB? LOSING TRACK OF ALL THE […]
Oh my god! More Girls!! With Guitars!!! And attitude!!!! 1 siouxsie & the banshees-metal postcard (mitageisen) 2 big in japan-suicide […]
a slightly different, more modern feel to the original ‘country folk’. this episode looks at one of the original outlaws, […]
where d’ya get those shades from dude? i said/an he said dirk bogarde/but he didn’t really/that’s when i came across […]
first there was…then there was…no,no, first there was…then there was…no, no, first there was…then there was… now we’re livin’ in […]
Take a couple of gallons of adolescent working/lower middle-class testosterone; sprinkle liberally with a mixture of Purple Hearts & LSD; […]
IT WAS IN A BASEMENT OR A GARAGE, 1976, THEN IT WAS 1956. THE SUN WAS SHINING, THEY WERE TOASTIN’ […]
PLAYLIST INFLUENCED/INSPIRED BY A RECENT VISIT TO THE ‘BOOM FOR REAL’ BASQUIAT EXHIBITION-NOT THAT WE’D NEED AN EXCUSE TO PLAY […]
EVERY SO OFTEN YOU GET LUCKY AT A BOOT SALE OR A CHARITY SHOP? -EARLY ONE MORNING, IN THE LATE […]
The time: any Friday or Saturday evening between 1969 & ’72, around 11.30PM. The place: most British provincial town centres, […]
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE, SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH D………………DARKNESS? HE SAYS, DARKNESS. WELL,I HAD TO ADMIT, IT WAS’NT WHAT […]
‘MOVIE’/‘SOUNDTRACK’ BAG- ALSO CHECK THE ‘FUNKY’ ‘SOULTIME’ & ‘SOULED’ THEMES… 1 WAR-THE KINGSMEN (YOUNGBLOOD) 2 ISAAC HAYES-RUN FAY RUN (THREE […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR CRITTERS! Just before we move on, we got our main man ‘wireshaker’ to share a few bits […]
Gettin’ ready for another new years? prepare then, in typical DTB style, the rollercoaster sounds, the many mixed up Reggae […]
NOW HERE’S THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT……(DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDZ)……NO, NO, IT TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS……NO NO, THAT’S NO […]
A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A GIANT MONSTER WHO ATE PEOPLE ALIVE. NOWADAYS WE HAVE DTB61. 1 A.AOCH & […]
an introduction to my suit, she said. allow your friends a chance to meet you them us, she said. friends […]
YIPPEEEEEE……….HERE’S FOR YOU FOLKS THAT LIKE YOUR MUSIC IN A VARIED FASHION…..GAWD BLESS YA! 1 MAVIS STAPLES-SEE THAT MY GRAVE […]
EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC#2 FOLLOWING ON FROM LAST WEEKS EX-EL#1, WE NOW HAVE THE SECOND IN THE SERIES, THE IMAGINATIVELY NAMED EX-EL#2. […]
EXPERIMENTAL-ELECTRONIC #1. 1 MARK SHREEVE-URSA MAJOR 2 MICHAEL GARRISON-CLOUD BURST 2001 3 KUBUSSHNITT-RA 4 NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA-THE CRADLE OF LIGHT 5 […]
RARE GROOVES, GROOVES, OR OTHERWISE?- A MIXTURE OF FUNK, SOUL, JAZZ, OR OTHERWISE………MMMM! 1 CYMANDE-PROMISED HEIGHTS 2 BO DIDDLEY-HIT OR […]
THE KID AT THE AIRPORT, MAYBE 12? SEEMED REALLY PROUD OF HIS SICK BAG. HE SAID THIS IS WHERE I […]
The soundtrack to an early 70’s August afternoon during the school summer holiday when rain’s stopped play at Old Trafford, […]
THERE WAS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE HAD FOR SURE- 6 O’CLOCK. SHE HAD SPIDER LEGS. BUT NO WORRIES. THE […]
1 And as the third decade of their strivings and wanderings approached, the children of the tribe of Elvis who […]
‘ON/OFF#4- CHECK ’ON/OFF’/1/2/3, ‘INCH BY INCH’ & ‘CROCS’ & THE ‘POST PUNK’ SERIES FOR SIMILAR THRILLS AN SPILLS. 1 PRIMAL […]
THE STEPS LED TO/AND THERE WASN’T REALLY ANYTHING WORTH/APART FROM PRETEND SLEEP & A PICTURE OF VANCOUVER ISLAND/& HE SAID […]
A little more random worldliness/an favourite hot tunes……for your pleasure. 1 unknown artist-son thoeung (cambodia) 2 uppers chapter 2-samarin bolga […]
I went into the bathroom an splashed some cold water on my face, the soap was expanding an the little […]
a fairly mixed bag of rock in/out grooves/mostly from the early 70’s/some funkier/electronic prog rock/ a couple of more unusual, […]
OK kiddiewinks, it’s that time agin, time ta slip into the flyin’ capsule that’s trouble bound………so let’s just all open […]
ANOTHER LOVELY LITTLE SELECTION OF ‘POPULAR COVERS’ FOR US ALL T0 TAP OUR TOES TO….. 1 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG-HEY JOE 2 […]
AN OLD BOY SITS ON THE PARK BENCH- GREY CORDS, CREASES, BRIGHT GREEN SOCKS AN TAN BROGUES.YELLOW PATTERNED HAWAIIAN SHIRT, […]
Summer/sun/barbecue/carnival/festival time/more joys from the Sound System/following on from ‘Mr Reggae Man’/‘LoversDub’/‘(punk) Rockers time’ & other Ska/Rocksteady favourites, we have […]
More rockin’/rollin’/rompin an stompin’ from RIO ROCK…an beyond…..revisiting the early 80’s (or is that the 50’s?) Kensington Market/sharp dressed nights […]
Belmondo’s Borsalino, Crisp green shirt like Miles. Croissants and cappuccino, Latest Italian styles. Canary-yellow Vespa, Suzette’s riding pillion. Clean living […]
THROUGH THE LOOKIN GLASS, OVER THE RAINBOW, BY THE GARDEN GATE, HEAR THE TRUMPETS, BOB’S YOUR UNCLE, FANNY’S YOUR AUNT. […]
APACHE BEAT, DINGERBEAT, OR JUST A NOD TO THE DRUMMERS (KLAUS DINGER & JAKI LEIBEZEIT) FROM NEU! & CAN?………WE’VE ALREADY […]
When Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell returned to England from Jamaica in 1962, he came equipped with good-looks and easy charm, […]
SHE SMILED/HIS LEGS WERE ALL GANGLY, BUT HE RODE WELL/HE WAS COWBOY JOE/SHE WAS FROM OUTA SPACE/THE SCENE WAS IN […]
LAST TUESDAY EVENING I WAS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL WITH BROTHER LOU TO SEE JAZZY B IN CONVERSATION WITH […]
PURPLE-THE 3RD IN THE SERIES FROM THE ‘FOLK N’ BLUES CLUB’ 1 DAVE VAN RONK-PLEASE SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS […]
WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SOUNDTRACK/MOVIE SERIES THIS WEEK, WITH ANOTHER GUEST MIX, MOVIE & MUSIC LOVER (& ANOTHER ONE OF […]
WELCOME FRIENDS……………WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF GLUM! ANOTHER ECLECTIC SELECTION TAKEN FROM SOME ALBUMS I BEEN LISTENIN TO THIS WEEK. […]
Initially intended as the next in the ‘on/off’ series/but somehow turns into something different/but what/featuring a couple of new 7”/something […]
LAST IN OUR SERIES OF SOUL/ROOTS OF SOUL SERIES-THE EARLY 50’S. SIMILAR TO PT.3 (THE LATE 50’S) WE LOOK AT […]
WE’VE NOT REALLY FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON ‘DANCE‘ MUSIC, BUT I THOUGHT THIS ONE MIGHT FIT IN WELL WITH THE […]
IN PT’S 1&2 WE’VE PLAYED SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE ‘SOUL/ROOTS OF SOUL’ TUNES FROM 60’S (& A FEW FROM THE […]
So this week friends we’re celebrating the 50th DTB. Welcome to the future…..well, the past……………who would’ve thought I’d still be […]
A bit a fun this week/bac to basics/takin’ a poptastic look at British YOUTH CULTURE (& I thought everything we […]
Bit of a mixed bag this week-some Lovers, Dub & some Toastin’- mostly twelves from the mid/late 70’s & early […]
Linking in rather nicely with the soundtrack series- we have a lovely little selection from WIRESHAKER……… Roxy (or Plaza, or […]
I was a man of technology wasn’t I? I had a typewriter. I knew the way of the (new) worlds […]
Diggin’ thru the vinyl & old cd re-issues for some classic funkiness…So whether you remember those nights out at the […]
lets listen to some music together shall we…what about the new drop the biscuit, I’ve heard it’s pretty cool, with […]
This 2nd edition of the Folk n Blues Club is brought to you by Wireshaker- The DTB Folk & Blues […]
This is a journey into sound………electronica, post post punk, a mixed bag? some might say a little more challenging? -there […]
SO IT’S A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ROSSPUNK AN MYSELF, MORE (OR LESS) OF THE SAME OLE NONSENSE COMIN’ UP……PV. […]
Originally ‘Jazz for Moderns’ & tying in with the earlier ‘Modernist to Mod’ playlist,I wandered slightly off piste- though sticking […]
So, I’m sitting in front of my typewriter, tap tap tap it goes……no hold on, it’s one of those newfangled […]
The British Rock n’ Roll Scene- This week boppers we’re focusing our attention on the rock’ n’ roll, skiffle & […]
AFRICAN MUSIC SEEMS TO BE GETTING EVER MORE POPULAR AT THE MOMENT-AND SO THIS WEEK WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE SOME […]
CRACKIN’ THE WHIP AGIN, WHOOSH WHOOSH-SIGHT N’ SOUNDS NOT HEARD FOR DAYS-ANOTHER WEEK OF MAYHEM……….WHOOSH WHOOSH. 1 GARY NUMAN-I NEARLY […]
This week folks, we welcome back ‘Wireshaker’ with his ‘Around The World’ mix. Following on nicely, though quite different from […]
YEP, ALWAYS INTERESTED IN A COVER OR TWO. 1 ROCKABYE BABY-JUDY IS A PUNK 2 NINE INCH NAILS-MEMORABILIA 3 SENOR […]
YESSIREE, ALL TOOLED UP AN READY TO GO………ANOTHER RIP ROARIN’ TRIP THRU YOUTH CULTURE. 1 RED PRICE-ROARIN’ 2 JACK SCOTT-GREASEBALL […]
THIS WEEK- FOLLOWING ON FROM PREVIOUS REGGAE, ROCKSTEADY & SKA EXPLOSIONS- THOUGH PROBABLY MORE IN KEEPING WITH ‘(punk) ROCKERS TIME […]
-THE NEXT IN THE ‘BLUES AN BOOGIE’ SERIES- THIS WEEK WE GONNA HIT YA WITH A BIT MORE SWING N’ […]
He said he was born an raised in a caravan of love, born an raised, he said- I said let’s […]
I ONCE KNEW A YOUNG GIRL WITH FRECKLES, SHE SAID THAT SHE’D LOVE ME FOREVER…….I ONCE KNEW A GIRL ON […]
Back to his best! with another episode of DTB-number 42 to be exact. From a recent trip to Copenhagen-just catchin’ […]
WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR THE MUSIC HIT ME, & I THOUGHT I’D SOLD MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL, […]
IT’S CARNIVAL TIMES AGAIN FOLKS! – AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY – LAST YEARS MIX WAS MOSTLY REGGAE & DUB- SO […]
More Gals with attitude…………… 1 SUZI QUATRO-DEVILGATE DRIVE 2 THE 5,6,7,8’S-MY BOYFRIENDS FROM OUTER SPACE 3 WANDA JACKSON-ROCK YOUR BABY […]
Hello darlings-one bag of mixed normals she says! welcome back to DTB, the show you just can’t trust! lots more […]
Drop The Biscuit gets the opportunity to hang out and play some tunes with Ruby Taylor from Worthing’s Yumi and […]
ERE’ HANG ON MISSUS! YES-THIRD I N OUR SERIES OF SOUNDTRACKS-ALTHOUGH THIS IS TAKEN MOSTLY FROM 1960’ & 70’S EUROPEAN […]
I entered the shop- on the wall facing, the clock was runnin’ backwards-so I went back to 1977, an bought […]
HOT PRESSURE! HE SAYS/HOT PRESSURE!/IT WAS A SMALL CLUB/UNDER THE ARCHES/THE MUSIC WAS LOUD/SOUND BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS/THE AIR WAS […]
Last Sunday I did my monthly radio show on 1BrightonFM. I was lucky enough to be joined in the studio […]
There were mysteries to be solved/Janine was part of the coffee bar scene/in the 50’s, like Le Macabre/it was all […]
A few little ditties for your sunny delight! Dinosaur Jr – Just Like Heaven David McWilliams – The Days […]
O.K, so I might be pushing the Spectoresque theme a wee bit here-Although there are a couple of Spector productions, […]
Gather round the maypole all you pagan warriors. All hail the Green Man! Spring is finally in full bloom and […]
from skaville n.y – via skaville tokyo……..the train whizzes off into the wilderness-stopping at the stations that no-one else wants […]
this week friends/we have the first part of a mute records playlist/one of my favourite independent record labels/ from the […]
Remembering a time during the school holidays when the would show all these strange European TV shows. Belle and Sebastian, […]
He was messin’ around with the goods.She lived above the Skiffle club on the 2nd floor, a tiny flat in […]
Whole Lotta Love- Adil Gut Feeling-Devo Velvet-The Big Pink Twisted-Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Dense Beasts-David Byrne Gardenia-Iggy Pop Wake Up […]
MOVIN’ ON WITH THE SOUL THEME-(SOULTIME 1&2/SOULD ETC……..) THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME ‘SOUL N’ BLUES’- VERY HANDY FOR THOSE […]
Welcome back to my desert island. I am a little nostalgic this week, digging inspiration from my deep and distant […]
C’mon sinners, let’s go down……………C’mon down. Slightly longer mix again this week pilgrims, as I tried to accommodate the new […]
Pull up a comfy chair and relax. Thanks for joining me again here on the wonderful world of podcast radio. […]
Kind of a theme, but not a theme this week -Almost fitting in with the post punk series? But then […]
Just recently spoke to Rosspunk, who reliably informs me that we have a few listeners in Brazil- great news- modern […]
Word up! Thanks for joining us for another bop and stroll around the outer reaches of pop! CCS – Whole […]
GO BUDDY GO GO GO… -So, this being the first DTB of 2016, I just wanted to wish all you […]
This week we have a very special mix & a first here at DTB. A JOINT guest mix-by John & […]
Been thinking about this as a theme for a while now, but proved to be a bit challenging as I […]
A sad week this week, the passing of one of the most influential British artists of our time- -DAVID BOWIE- […]
Do you dream in colour? I dream of electric sheep. Does that make me strange. Stranger than fiction and Swooping […]
JUST CHECKIN BACK THROUGH A FEW BITS ‘N BOBS WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS ONE -ODD LITTLE ITEMS RELATING TO […]
Well, this is the my last show this year and to fly in the face of convention there will not […]
THERE WAS STATIC ON THE T.V.-AS I WALKED IN AN CLOSED THE DOOR. WHAT’CHA WATCHIN’ KIDDO? STATIC POPS, IT HELPS […]
Gearing up for Christmas. Hope you are all enjoying these shows as much as we do. Mucho Love RPX […]
Rosspunk is back on the radio again this week. What a goody bag. So, let’s get this party started right. […]
THE JAZZ QUINTETE PLAYED THE COMIN’ OF THE SKELETON ARMY…… 1 JOE HENDERSON/ALICE COLTRANE-WATER 2 SPANKY & OUR GANG-SUZANNE […]
I’m back with a mixed bag of sweeties. They are sweet and yummy. So please, get stuck in and enjoy. […]
SOME SWEET AN HEAVY SOUL TREATS THIS WEEK- IF SOULTIME PT’S 1&2 DEALT MORE WITH THE 60’S- THEN ‘SOULED’ SEEMS […]
Halloween Ghoolies, ghosties and long legged beasties and things that go bump in the night, With this week’s Halloween special, […]
Some funka–psycha-soula-delica!…… Back in the early /mid 90’s I DJ’d a few times down Magick-mostly warm up slots-So this is […]
THE COWBOY EDICION- SKILLZ HE SAYZ- HEY JOE, WHATSUP MAN? AH NUTHIN MAN, MA BUCKETS GOTTA HOWL INNIT! BOOGIE WONDERLAND […]
Strange bedfellows? Not in my mind. The playlist to clubs like the Batcave included many ‘Glam’ tunes. I have tried […]
ANARCHIST EVENING ENTERTAINMENT MAGIC THEATRE ENTRANCE NOT FOR EVERYBODY ………. Klip klop klip klop went Donkey, drip drop went the […]
Moving away from the pulsebeat! I’m not living my life in the line anymore, just expressing myself the only way […]
So this week we have a lovely little selection of bands/artists from the poppier end of the West Coast alt/country […]
Come a little closer friend……. 1 the safaris-wipeout 2 underworld-skyscraper 3 leonard cohen-passin’ thru 4 dorse lewis-mexican twist 5 […]
Clickity click. Those wheels keep turning and churning out tune after tune. The last throes of summer and I can […]
It’s another August Bank Holiday-which means only one thing in West London-The Notting Hill Carnival…. In the early eighties I […]
ANOTHER SLIGHTLY RANDOM COLLECTION OF ORCHESTRA’S…………………… JUST RIGHT FOR THOSE ODD LITTLE MOMENTS THAT SIT BETWEEN OTHER ODD LITTLE MOMENTS? […]
It’s a game of chance she says-roll ze die, see where it goes……….no one knows! 1 sparks-this town ain’t big […]
Sorry about the break! Needed a little holiday n all. Well I’m back with some new fun and games. Lots […]
-The time seems just about wrong for another dip into some of the more exciting & interesting ditties & meanderings […]
Dropping in a little late this week. I am back after a little live diversion and will be regularly assaulting […]
a rHumBa rhuMba !!! MaKe My FuNK a P-FuNK….I wAntS tO gEt FUnked uP- befORe & aFteR thE gUnFire- thERe […]
To celebrate reaching 50 in 2004, Sundridge Park Mansion was booked. A black tie event, a menu of fish and […]
More ‘rock n’ roll- ‘all flavors’ from the tape an vinyl collections of the guys from ‘Rio Rock’ in Kensington […]
Rock is a broard church and one that normally gets a bad press. Here is my take on Rock and […]
Before Punk, there was Funk! The Goldmine, the Lacy Lady, Room at the Top, the Global Village-All through the Seventies […]
Ride you devil-ride! agh……Thrill’s, Chill’s an Spill’s- The Circus is in town! It’s wild ya know, round n’ round they […]
Up a bit, Left a bit, Down a bit- FIRE… 1 The Who-I Can’t Explain 2 The Beazers-Blue Beat 3 […]
This week’s special mix is by Wireshaker-one of the original Friday night ‘Drop The Biscuit’ crew, celebrating the most influential, […]
whirls,twirls, bleeps,guitar solo’s, avant garde electronica? A mixed bag that may contain traces of the following- The Cosmic Jokers-Galactic Supermarket […]
-I was recently out walking along the seafront at Bradwell-on-Sea when I bumped into an ex-punk from Tottenham & his […]
A very special mix of reggae tunes from a dear friend who now lives in La La Land (Los Angeles […]
Roxy, along with Bowie were probably the 2 biggest influences on most people I knew, from the early- to mid […]
Swerving left and right, trying to avoid the middle of the road. We may succeed in getting through this alive. […]
Put the needle on the record…… Munk & James Murphy – Kick out the Chairs Nick Cave & Warren Ellis-Song […]
Behold! The 32 forms of Ganesha, The patron of arts and sciences and the deity of intellect and wisdom. As […]
MELANESIA, it read -songs and games from Bellona. A carved wooden mask on a bright yellow background, who could resist? […]
This week we have another very special guest mix- Artist, Chocoholic, Fruit & Veg obsessive, Georgie Hopton! We’ve known Georgie […]
Beautiful misty mornings. Feeling like we are coming out of hibernation. Spread your wings, butterfly. At one moment, ‘what am […]
Come on baby! let’s get ready for some more a that foot foot foot stompin’ ECLECTIC……ness…..ness……ness…………ness………..ness……..mess. 1 sweet-ballroom blitz […]
Still got the pedal to the metal. No signs of slowing down. The constant to and froing from the smoke […]
This week we have a very special guest, Candida Doyle from Pulp. Put together & in conversation with a good […]
No, do not adjust your eyesets, it’s not the Ronnettes or the Crystals, it’s the Royalettes. The Rosspunk mentioned to […]
Keep them doggies rollin’. Round and round and round she goes. Where she stops, nobody knows. Well, it’s been 2 […]
Been on a bit of a roll this week, Funny how sometime inspiration flows in torrents. Got loads of fine […]
Between 1989 & 95 we used to go to a small club in London’s Soho called the Hardclub- run by […]
The 27 Club is list of musicians that died aged 27. The list includes, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jim Morison, […]
WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN FOLKS- ANOTHER VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DTB, AS WE EMBARK ON YET ANOTHER JOURNEY […]
From the sublime to the ridiculous. Into the New Year as I mean to carry on. I want to thank […]
Hey thrill seekers! Stand by and strap in for another prime slab of artisan aural excitement. You’d think I’d grow […]
The calm that follows the storm? – a time to chill after the hectic rush of Christmas – an’ so, […]
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well […]
In the world of films, songs are often a little off kilter, histrionic, camp or just plain wrong. Yes, we […]
Age 24, struggling up Tulse Hill from a night out in Brixton. Stinking of Thunderbird wine. Ripped jeans and Nikes. […]
Ska, Rocksteady, Jamaican R’n’B- There was a huge amount of top quality music coming out of Jamaica through the 60’s, […]
I TRIED TO PLAY AN ECLECTIC MIX OF TOP INTERESTING TUNES, AN HE JUST SAID – TEAR ALONG DOTTED LINE […]
The Law of Fives states simply that: ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR ARE MULTIPLES OF […]
– SOME DUSTY OLD VINYL, A COUPLE A FORGOTTEN CD’S, AN SOME OBSCURE SOUNDTRAX – IF YOU ONLY OWN ONE […]
HANSA TONSTUDIO- HANSA BY THE WALL- BLEAK, MOODY, ATMOSPHERIC- A LOT A FOLKS WILL BE AWARE OF THE BOWIE/IGGY/ENO CONNECTION […]
I am a poet and I don’t even know it. I put together a show originally based on the letter […]
So here we are folks – PT. 2 of our Bowie related Series – covers/originals /an a couple a interestin […]
I’m told I entered this world pissing but then I was told many things. One of them being the legend […]
He said – it starts off bad, an just get’s worse! Dunno what he was talking about? So I ran […]
From France to Spain, from Paris to Santiago. This is a selection of music that entered my consciousness. From heard […]
‘BOOGIE’S THE THING’ HE SAYS, AN WHO ARE WE TO ARGUE? BLUES ‘AN BOOGIE… ………. WITH SOME ADDED RHYTHM, SWING, […]
Cor Blimey! A little bit of ow’s yer father. From the dizzy heights of recent activity to our staple diet. […]
RAZZLE DAZZLE she says- Dr Pickles was a serious man, with serious feet, an serious hands. -I wish the layout […]
This week’s mix/ playlist was put together especially for ‘Drop the Biscuit’ by Martin, an old school friend of mine, […]
DJ Playlist from Persia Lounge in Worthing from Rosspunk. I recently provided DJ support to this duo in July. For […]
In some parallel universe? King Tubby meets Joe Meek, he says- So here’s a (fairly) modern mix/ playlist (post 1970’s!) […]
pt. 2 – late 60’s. Diggin’ the vinyl again- Welcome to Pt.2 of DTB Soultime, the late 60’s. Here’s another […]
Look closely at the image, you are feeling tired, very tired. You are going to sleep. A deep, deep sleep […]
IWASDIGGIN’THEBLUESWHENABATB LACKCROSSEDMYPATH…………………… THEBIRTHDAYPARTYTHEVENTURES DIAMANDAGALASBESSIEJONES ANDGROUPSCOTTWALKER LEONARDCOHENROYORBISON NEU!JOHNNYCASHC.W.STONEKING SCREAMIN’JAYHAWKINSREVERAND GARYDAVISTOMWAITSLILMCCLINTOCK PJHARVEYMARTINLGORE. SLIPPERY1.
I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, ‘I’ll take care of that […]
Come on, come on, you boys, line up, line up, lets be havin ya- Got some arms, got some legs […]
N N N N N Ninteen Floating up into the stratosphere, looking down has given me a new sense of […]
Every so often a book comes along that deserves a special mention- So here then is a playlist based on, […]
Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin’ daddies, Knock me your lobes. Go, sound my chick to hip me when my juice is […]
A KALEIDASCOPE OF SPUNKY FUNKY PSYCHE JAZZ, HEAVY FUNK, DISCO, AN AFRO FUNK FOR YOUR PLEAZURES (OR NOT?) – PLAY […]
Sleep comes down over the exhausted participants. One last twirl before ‘lights out’. They’d been dancing all night like their […]
All the gals gathered ‘round Mabel’s record machine to listen to the brand new platter from the ‘Drop the Biscuit’ […]
There were 2 books on the table (did I say books? I meant doors!) There were 2 doors, an it […]
Staring into the abyss, two black pools reflected my image back to me. I turned to run, screamed, but found […]
This guest week’s mix comes from Paul Hillery (Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours).. I came across him from the facebook […]
Well folks, this might be a bit of a shot in the dark? although I was pleasantly surprised to find […]
Hell’s Angels on Wheel’s. The ‘Poet’ strikes a blow! Crazy mixed up world of brawl’s, babes and bikes. Tearing down […]
-Continuing on with our Post Punk series- POST PUNK VOL. 1 – (Indie/reggae/dub/ jingly/jangly type stuff) – Posted 16/Aug/2013)- We […]
A mix that reminds me of the summer gone and the summer to come 1. Your Love (Onur Engin re-edit) […]
Here’s an idea… …..……nah, I’ve had that one already. Oh OK, here’s another.. 1, Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Rockers to […]
Four and twenty cannibals sitting down to lunch. Gobble gobble, glup glup, munch munch munch. Put on your pith helmet […]
HERE’S A FEW A MY FAVOURITES- A NICE LIL SELECTION OF SOME OLE TIME COUNTRY/FOLK TYPE TOONS, MOSTLY FROM THE […]
We talkin’ bout a difference sorta frequency fellow pilgrims- adjust your bass,adjust your drum, adjust your mind. This one tune […]
While lots of bands have been influenced by reggae, very few white bands have pulled off convincing sounding reggae sound. […]
Jörgen Johansson is the maker of the acclaimed FADING YELLOW comp series, first volume was released 2002 and in February […]
Slim used a coat hanger to ease the lock, Jerry was the lookout, an things were lookin real good. She […]
So here we have it folks – Well who would’ve thought it, A WHOLE YEAR! (that means around 52 mixes/playlists!!!) […]
So here we have a mix of Bowie covers/ songs that Bowie covered himself, an also some friends/influences/ production type […]
This is a mix for a new bar we have here in ‘Sunny Worthing’ it’s my version of a Balearic […]
A pair a light blue brothel creepers were doin their own thing, some heavy drum n’ bass was playin in […]
When I heard ‘Just Dropped in’ by Kenny Rogers it made me think maybe I can do something with this. […]
from the late 40’s, the be-boppers- Diz, Bird an the like,an the all new-cool ‘Modern’ Jazz sounds, driftin out from […]
Happy new year! Here is a roundup of random treats from 2013. Thanks for listening and looking forward to powering […]
-first we weren’t, then we was, then we weren’t agin – now it’s done! ………..an it’s a cracker! (well sort […]
Pick n’ Mix In the words of the late, great Lux Interior ‘Get On Board the Drug Train’. No, seriously […]
mash it uptown, rank it downtown ! following on from a earlier show – July 2013 – Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae […]
Well not as you know it. I wanted to broaden the field and include bands that seem to have swallowed […]
He said ‘I love punk, but it’s dead innit? Welcome back to DTB- Episode 12,to the monster with the 2 […]
A break from the ‘norm’. A show for a day. Not just any day the ‘the day’. Please celebrate with […]
In it’s heyday-the late 70’s/early 80’s there was no better place for your musical education than Kensington Market! -in terms […]
Little bits of lovelyness left over from my meanderings through the outer reaches of popular music. The mad, the bad […]
In the mid to late 80’s we were listenin to a lot of down tempo type soundtracks like Bladerunner/Diva/the Hunger/Betty […]
1998 -2001 I’m spaced out! 98 and just back from a sojourn in La La Land. Not sure about dealing […]
lets have a beatnik party I say! Cool. -what a mess ! what a waste! what utterly bad taste! Yeah, […]
Sit down, relax, maybe order a chicken tikka massala. This not what you would expext in the ‘Bengal Palace’, even […]
I finally got thru to Sandra, she said you’re not a special agent, I bet you’re not even special, an […]
94 -98 La La Land. Santa Monica by the sea. Sun, Sea & Surf. Living the dream. REM King […]
Walk this way folks- an welcome to another cupboard full a fun! The guy across the road was watchin, I […]
I am always getting bits and bobs leftover from the Lifeline as well as other stuff I’m am discovering/rediscovering. Well […]
Picked by the Face as one of the top clubs of the 90’s- Magick was run by three handsome fellas […]
91 – 94 bitter sweet years. Highs and lows. Globetrotting different bands. Beaches in Thailand, full moon parties (hi Segs), […]
welcome to this week/months offering-most of these tracks were put together from a set of playlists which were originally for […]
Rosspunk presents……. Lifeline 7 Reprise. I really don’t think I did the last episode justice. There was so much happening […]
Stop that horsin’ around an lets get on with the show! -Welcome there folks, climb into our little window of […]
Rosspunk presents……. A ‘light bulb has come on’, a eureka moment! From a small sweaty subterranean basement in Southwark, a […]
By special request – the sound of the topmost ska an rock steady – some very boss sounds- an early […]
Rosspunk presents…….. A smorgasbord of leftovers from ‘The Lifeline’ and beyond. I threw this little lot together because I just […]
I know the meaning of life an it doesn’t help me a bit…. (howard) testing testing, one two, one two…………. […]
85 – mid 87. Yeah I know the date is specific but 87 is for me another eureka moment! Prior […]
THe EleCtrONic monster! REcoMmenDed listenin’ WiTH the usE of gOod quAlity HEAdPHoneS. (- If it don’t mess up your ears […]
Rosspunk presents….. High jinks, wrapped up in tape and lost highways. Got my eye’s wide open and trying everything […]
I stood in front of the mirror- I looked old an tired- there was a Japanese rock ‘n roll record […]
Post Punk, Better Badges and the Doors of perception. 79 -82 Things are moving fast, I have moved into a […]
DTB – Soultime- early 60’s. Welcome to DTB Soultime- here’s a selection of some our favourite Soul tunes from […]
Did you ever make mix tapes for you friends? Well this is homage to those days. In the 90’s I […]
Biscuit sessions 5. – Brought to you by the slippery 1. Set the controls to the centre […]
4 blUes 4 A pOund The Filth and the fury! In 1976, England was a dark shade of grey. We […]
THIS WEEK WE WELCOME YOU TO PART ONE- OF A FUNKY/KITSCH/PYCHE WORLD OF 60’S & 70’S SOUNDTRACKS- WITH GUYS GUNS […]
Rosspunk presents………Cheesecloth shirts, flared jeans, cowboy boots, sitting in the back of my sister’s friends van on the way to […]
da doo da da doo da doo! From a (very)hip shakin’ Elvis to a small (Soho?) coffee bar, from […]
-tracks selected by a few of the regulars an thrown together by the slippery 1. ‘Croc’s on a Saturday was […]
3rd episode of ‘Drop the Biscuit’ These magic machines (the Voice-O-Graph was probably the best known) were very popular […]
Rosspunk Presents I’m calling this selection of tunes ‘The Lifeline’. It is gonna be the first in a series that […]
No windscreen Kevins or Sharons or Dancing Handbags!! EPIC…. One of my fave venues ever, so many happy memories Ah […]
1st episode of ‘Drop the Biscuit’. Sweedlund showed me around one day, and in shouts explained how a record is […]