Tag: Dusty Springfield
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RC 388: Autumn – Everything Must Go
We say hello and wave goodbye to summer, holidays and camping, Autumn is here and so we have a autumnal podcast about change and endings with mashups from virtual camping with PDS Mix’s Mashup Summer Camp, and actual camping with music and chat relating to Jaunt 4 where I was walking along the Jurassic Coast.…
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RC 377: Where’s There To Go?
Looking for a wintry reflective podcast to kick off the new year? Look no further than Radio Clash’s latest episode, featuring Arabic resistance music, bluegrass and folk mashups, and nods to Terry Hall and the late David Bowie. With insane metal and pop/glitch manga fusion, this podcast has it all!
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RC 278: Snow Pucker Lips aka Snow Business
If spring can take the snow awayCan it melt away all of our mistakesMemories made in the coldest winter… As is completely predictable and traditional, I do an episode about snow and it’s mostly all gone in my part of London by the time I upload it. This is for those affected by Snowmageddon-it-can-stop-now, I…
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Disco Queerness
I’ve been working on a disco mix using rare, camp/gay and psychedelic disco for the last few months, originally called Disco Sickness but it mushroomed into a two-part mix. Here’s the first part, an uptempo celebration of Pride month (it’s London Pride today, so yes it’s rather late!) and also the U.S. same-sex marriage Supreme…
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Goodbye goodbye goodbye, Gerry Goffin
Sadly the porpoise is waiting: Gerry Goffin the songwriter has died – with Carole King he wrote some amazing songs. I’ve posted Porpoise Song before when Davy died, so here’s another, Goin’ Back performed by Dusty Springfield who recorded quite a few Goffin/King songs. And No Easy Way Down, which ties for my favourite Dusty…
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RC 246: Songs That Kiki & Herb Taught Us
Kiki DuRane (Justin Vivian Bond) and Herb (Kenny Mellman) aka Kiki & Herb were a San Francisco 90’s drag/cabaret act who in their lifetime produced some great and funny covers of a wide variety of music especially in medleys and with monologues. Kiki was a drunken and rather tired old cabaret singer and Herb was…