Tag: Michael Nesmith
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RC 389: Ghosts
A ghostly ‘not halloween’ edition of Radio Clash, more Halloween-adjacent than the plastic chinese proxy-Xmas junkfest that Halloween has become. Ghosts of Xmas Capitalism… So we have songs about ghosts, existence, falling out of planes, dark paths, a trance cover of Wendy Carlos, a hard house cover of Somewhere Over The Radio, feminist queer punk,…
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Micky Dolenz saves Shiny Happy People
Shiny Happy People is a song that even R.E.M. has disowned, so to hear Michael Stipe – the band are happy to wear their Monkees influences on their sleeves – praise this cover by Micky Dolenz is high praise indeed. And yes it works in the frame of the Monkees psych bubblegum pop, and there’s…
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RC 384: Tender Silence of Night – Deep Dive #2
It has only taken me a year and a half to get around to the second Deep DIve (!) – I was going to put this out in a few months after the first Deep Dive but never got around to it. The catalyst for this bonus podcast was a new controller – the five…
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RC 362: Streaming For One
The loneliness of the long-distance streamer – after the streaming goes wrong…. This is not the version announced here, as that had severe technical issues so after that run through I re-recorded it late on a Monday night solely to an audience of Russian bots. Not sure there will be another ‘Radio Clash Live’ for…
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RC 360: Deep Dive 1 – Time of Your Life (OKCU)
A new year, a new series, Deep Dive – a journey through the stacks of Radio Clash, the tunes that didn’t get played, the tunes that were left on counter, a bit like the Odds and Sods podcasts of old. From metal Dubstar covers to drum and bass coldness, acid 80’s pop and industrial made…
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RIP Mike Nesmith
Aww no it’s obviously the season where we lose good people…Mike Nesmith of the Monkees and basically inventing music television fame has died aged 78. Here are some of my fave Mike Nesmith tunes – Tapioca Tundra, Listen to the Band, Mary Mary and The Girl I Knew Somewhere both of which he didn’t sing…