Month: October 2005
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Perils of being a DJ #1
1. Having Truly Scrumptious from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang running round constantly your head. Probably the most horrible and over-sachharated tune ever, so of course I’m using it for a mix…
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John Peel or ‘4 Real’?
Hmm…as the dust has settled on the John Peel day/week/memorial single activities I can see more clearly why was beginning to be bemused by this John Peel Day and Radio 1 spectacular… Firstly (and most importantly) the music they played was great – I really wished they’d do this more often; rather than a public…
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Web 2.0…sequels are so dissappointing aren’t they?
I always find it funny the changing allegiances between all the tech-pundits, Dave Winer among them. It usually goes something like this, this week the writer loves Yahoo, and hates Google, whereas last month he (for invariably and sadly they are always male) was praising Google and hating Yahoo…they all seem to do that. Maybe…
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Radio Clash 49: Play at the Wrong Speed – Remembering John Peel
A show as a tribute and a reminder of the genius of John Peel, a DJ that inspired me and many other people; and introduced us all to some good and very odd new music. And played a fair amount of it at the wrong speed…! I guess there’s going to be a media blitz…
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Radio Clash mentioned and played on WFMU’s Do or DIY show
With the server outage I didn’t get to mention this – that I got mentioned on one of my favourite shows and podcasts, the Do or DIY show on WFMU, by People Like Us and the home of all things avant-retard. Radio Clash got a mention on the September 14th show (after BSF’s We Will…