Tag: Alicia Keys
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RC 381: This Is My Church / 50th
Recorded on my 50th birthday, this is the church where I heal my hurt. It’s a speed garage special for punk rockers with flowers in their hair (in the pouring rain or buying them for yourself). We also have a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a middle finger to complaining neighbours, various mashups new and old,…
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RC 313: Old Age (15th Birthday Part 1)
On this day in 2004 not much happened, Girls Aloud were #1 in the UK with a forgettable single, My Boo (??) by Alicia Keys was #1 in the US Billboard Charts…an actor or two died that had been forgotten or their kids were more famous than them. Looking through the headlines it was a…
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RC 312: True North
Good Hello! A journey to the Big 10-8 Northland where the men are men, the women are women and the Northern soul is exceedingly funky via a new album by Negativland in nearly two decades. We also visit Girl Land, Timbuk3, Somaliland, Euroland, Lizland, Ruskyland, Discoland, Fleetwood Mac via Dubland, Moondogland, AFXland and 80’s Soul…
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MAKING PANCAAAAKKESSSS!
Sent in by joe, a reader of this blog who said ‘Reminds me of the “nobodys here” loop you played on one show.. it’s mezmerizing’. Yes it is strangely hypnotic – either in spite of or maybe because it breaks rule #3* of mashups – don’t overlay vocals, but oddly the versions on YouTube with…
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Copyright State of Mind
I cautiously welcome the new proposed changes to UK copyright law to allow format shifting (ie. what pretty much everyone does already, which is copy CDs they own onto their iPods or computers, crazily this has been officially illegal) and parodies – like the excellent Newport State of Mind above. Cautious because we’ve been here…
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Radio Clash 24: Tired, Screaming and Promotional
Red, Red Wiiiiiine….! Listen here to Radio Clash 24: Tired, Screaming and Promotional (28Mb, 49 mins) team 9 – screaming pro (Beck vs MJ & JJ) DJTripp – We Will Rock Beverly Hills (Weezer vs Queen vs Joan Jett) ‘Scream if you want to go Faster’ Warped mix Lance Lockarm – Shotlicker (Missy vs Aphex)…