Tag: bbc
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WTIL 1969
Really nicely done. Groovy! (via The KLF Facebook page) EDIT: The original track is of course Gershon Kingsley’s Popcorn. Bit of Tony Blackburn at the end, confirming it is indeed Top of the Pops.
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The Last Pirates
Just like the pirate stations, I don’t know how long this video will stay up, but this is a great documentary on London pirate stations of the 1980’s and 90’s. Kiss, Kool, Passion, Fire, used to listen to a lot of those (and remember the anger over Jazz FM). Not exactly the last pirates, there…
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Captain Ska – Liar Liar
A good musical rebuff of Theresa May which has already charted. Dunno if BBC has to play it, I think they can avoid political statements because there is an election coming up… Also Jan Ravens does a scarily good impression of Theresa May, I agree with what she said on Andr*w N**ll, she seems to…
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Pls like
If this is BBC3 in it’s digital-only form, then this is a great improvement! Learned of this comedy show via ThriftshopXL and it’s very funny look at vloggers and Youtubers (and quite a few home truths in there too, worked with a few people like this, and love the one about music and the Millennial…
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Radiophonic Podcasts
Here are a couple of Radiophonic podcasts/mixes I’ve been listening to – first is Attic Podcast #6 which they recently reposted, which is a good introduction with tracks from Maddalena Fagandini, Daphne Oram, John Baker and of course Delia Derbyshire all the way through to Glynis Jones, Malcolm Clarke, Peter Howell and Elizabeth Parker. As…
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Mogwai scores Atomic
Mogwai have scored the soundtrack to a documentary ‘Atomic – Living In Dread And Promise’ by Mark Cousins about atomic energy and nuclear weapons, and you can see the trailer above. It’s part of a series commememorating the 70th anniverary of Hiroshima. Looks and sounds amazing, and I’m sure it will be eye-opening for those…