Month: December 2011
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Move over Gaga it’s Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – JPop sunshine for the darkest day
I can’t really describe the excellent video for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s PonPonPon, other than to say it’s a great antidote to the darkest longest day, and strangely even looks slightly festive, in a warped Japanese kawaii kind of way. No idea what the video or song is about, but it’s the catchiest thing you’ll hear…
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Working Xmas Day – Wind-Up Birds
Just heard this on 6Music, and of course every time I do a CD or mix or themed podcast I ALWAYS hear tracks that would’ve been perfect for it just after I’ve put it out. This would have been a dead cert for Bah Humbug II – a story of not wanting to do Christmas…
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RC 213: The Unoriginally Titled Xmas Show
For a season I either hate or feel meh humbug about, I don’t half do a lot of CDs/shows/mixes about it! Here’s the Xmas episode of Radio Clash, where I rant about shitty dubstep, play Jingle Bells on a saw, have a totally Punk Rock Christmas, meet some rather scarily friendly Cuddly Daleks ™, play…
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John Peel’s Shed
This is one for those of you in the UK, but over Xmas (until the 28th) you have to listen to John Peel’s Shed – wonderfully touching story about the transformative effect of radio and specifically a box of records won from John Peel’s Shed in 2002. I think a lot of people have been…
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The death of Dubstep?
In every genre there usually comes the ‘breakout moment’ into mass consciousness – as it goes overground away from the dedicated fans and into the wider world. In dance music this usually spells the death of that genre, not (just) in some hipster ‘I heard it first’ sense but usually because that means the evolution…
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Bah Humbug II
It’s been 5 years since the original Bah Humbug (the event and the CD – still up!) hit the world…in fact Kirk has repeatedly told me he plays the CD every year…so I thought in the sake of giving him another CD to play (it must be the only one he has) I’d create BAH…