Month: March 2022
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RC 364: Ukraine In the Membrane
When the ship goes down, you’d better have an humanitarian corridor – mashups, Ukraine drag queens and current events looking large over everything, indie rock and Britpop, swing metal, latin, disco, ambient, neo-classical, Japanese punk and computer game exotica, modern rave, and bid a drum and bass farewell to MC Skibadee and err, swing n’…
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Pet Shop Boys vs Soft Cell – Purple Zone
No not a mashup – it’s only taken 4 decades but Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys collaborate with a track called Purple Zone. I’m guessing from the lyrics Marc Almond took more of a lead, but then again the backing sounds like classic Pet Shop Boys/Chris Lowe (keeping a ‘Lowe’ profile in this video,…
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You Sang My Song – Billie Eilish, Dolly Parton, Katy Perry, P!nk
This came around randomly but I LOVE this – artists reacting to fan covers of their songs. Billie Eilish is already someone who is special, really genuine and despite the scary image, nice….as is Dolly Parton, P!nk and Katy Perry. There something reallly wholesome about these, and supportive – and I think we need more…
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Disney and Don’t Say Gay
I’ve been watching several of these videos and they sum up not just what’s wrong in Florida and Disney with the Don’t Say Gay bill they helped fund (as did many other corporations including the new owners of Sky and Dreamworks) but also wider problems – with class, representation, and exploitation. The latter point is…
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The Story of Eric Prydz – Call On Me*
*sorta. Ooh boy….where to start? Firstly this is a great video from HowardHandz about the debacle which was the mega-hit Eric Prydz – Call On Me, sampling Steve Winwood’s Valerie. I obviously came in during the middle of this, because BigBadBaz, a regular feature on this blog/podcast over the years posted his remix on GYBO…
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Departure – Personal Therapy
Sometimes you hear a mix and you can feel there is something deeper, that it had to be made and reflects the turbulent times and something inside them. The aptly named ‘Personal Therapy – of Foreign Affair, from False Acquaintances’ is one of those, described by departure as ‘A collection of my built and pent…