Tag: mtv
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RIP Mike Nesmith
Aww no it’s obviously the season where we lose good people…Mike Nesmith of the Monkees and basically inventing music television fame has died aged 78. Here are some of my fave Mike Nesmith tunes – Tapioca Tundra, Listen to the Band, Mary Mary and The Girl I Knew Somewhere both of which he didn’t sing…
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Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters of the mashup steal
I’m fed up of people thinking stealing mashups without credit is fair game. Latest being Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters, with members formerly of Steel Panther who have covered DJ Schmolli’s Rock of Ages as well as a Lady Gaga vs Linkin Park mashup originally by DJStronGer22, rebooted in 2020 with credit by William Maranci. They…
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GYBO/Bastard Interviews
Inspired by my GYBO RIP show (well that’s what C-Tel told my anyway 😉 his Acid Ted blog is interviewing all the legendary Bastard/GYBO crowd from the early days – he’s already had great interviews with Ben Soundhog (part 1 and part 2), Frenchbloke (part 1 & part 2) Andy Dunproofin (part 1 and part…
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Little Boots (Tensnake Remix) and Record Store Day
Yes I did Record Store Day, I travelled down to Rough Trade East (there aren’t any record stores near me anymore apart from another smaller Rough Trade in the west!) and found I had to queue (see picture – oh by the way I’ve sold my photographic soul and joined Instagram). Also they inflicted two…
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RC 216: Pop Is Dead 1 – Radio Musicola
I started the Pop Is Dead mix back in 2004 or 2005 – yes 7 or 8 years in the making! Finally got round to doing it, and I’ve collected so many songs about the music industry that I decided to do a series of shows about the State of the Music Industry – starting…
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Kevin Blechdom and Blevin Blechdom do Jackie
Just heard this on Do or DIY’s latest podcast which as usual is amazing and wonderful *shelves current podcast and starts again ;-)* and it’s great to hear some new music from Kevin Blechdom (of Bastard fave cover ‘I Will Always Love You’ with Dsico), also reunited with Blevin Blechtum as Blechtum from Blechtum where…