Month: October 2013
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Petition to the BBC to release Delia Derbyshire’s music
Amazing that Delia Derbyshire’s music has been hidden away for so long…her work has had the odd compilation appearance but unlike the others in the Radiophonic Workshop she’s never had officially an album of her own, a box set or ‘best of’ of her massive back catalogue. She’s arguably the most famous Radiophonic workshop via…
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RC 249: A is For Acid Accordion (Odds and Sods #15)
Spell Acid? T-U-R-N-O-N. That is correct! Now spell Accordion? M-Y-R-O-N-F-L-O-R-E-N. That’s correct! Now spell Antidisestablishmentarianism? Not done an Odds and Sods show for a while, and this motley and curious collection surely qualifies. Even an intro via Speak and Spell (yes I edited it to make the words) via Pink Floyd and some accordion playing…there…
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Super Tory Boy
Meant to post this yesterday – great game by Usvsth3m aka Rob Manuel and b3ta friends – Super Tory Boy a Super Mario spoof where you get to play Dave, Gideon or Boris and privatise those services, grab the packets of cash and stomp on the proles. I’ve only gotten to Junior Minister so far,…
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TV Killed the Lower East Side
Even the style is retro New York video art in this humourous video by Jade Katzenellenbogen – but the real star of this story about gentrification in New York’s Lower East Side is Petunia, the rat. If Kardashians can have a show, so can she! I assume it’s a she, unless it’s a genderqueer rat?…