Month: February 2019
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New Epic Beard Men Album On The way
I was looking up the new album releases for this year and was struck by how meh the list was. As Kirk famously said, ‘sequels are so disappointing aren’t they?’ and so many of them are retreads from well-established artists or the same-old. I want something new, something novel! I want to hear something that…
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Baby Crumpl Shark
Baby Shark has been haunting my dreams and nightmares…do do de do do do…. And now the Crumplbangers Gang have created a Baby Shark mashup album. Has it jumped the baby shark? No! no no no no no no….Radioshark, Rammshark, Mupshark, Lennoshark, Warshark, CairoShark, Minishark, it’s all there. My faves are the Baby Shark vs…
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Malcolm Clarke on the Radiophonic Workshop
Malcolm Clarke was a composer and engineer for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, composing the music for many Doctor Who series. Apparently he wrote about the Workshop and his career for a thesis on interactive CD format (remember them?) and his son Ollie with Ray White has wisely converted and adapted the format for the web…
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Pet Shop Boys on Social Media
New Pet Shop Boys EP ‘Agenda’ is out, and everyone is going on about the Trump-baiting track called Give Stupidity A Chance. I’m loving another catchier track with a wonderfully shady lyric video ‘On Social Media’. Might seem odd for someone who looks like the poster child of all things social to post this, but…
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Mogg’s Message for The Common People
From The Joe website and via Peter Daniels, here’s the Victorian Haunted Pencil Jacob Rees-Mogg and his rendition of Pulp’s Common People. CANNOT UNSEE. Very funny though.
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RC 298: Riddle of the Sphinx
The inscrutable smile of the Sphinx brings February and the No-Snowmadeddon, and also the most accessible and upbeat Radio Clash in ages falls from the sky (just as I was telling people how eclectic and strange the music is on the the podcast…oh well. service as usual next time, most likely). AND under two hours!…