Tag: Music radio
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RC 216: Pop Is Dead 1 – Radio Musicola
I started the Pop Is Dead mix back in 2004 or 2005 – yes 7 or 8 years in the making! Finally got round to doing it, and I’ve collected so many songs about the music industry that I decided to do a series of shows about the State of the Music Industry – starting…
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Playlisted to death & Peel vs the Playlist
A few days ago there was a flurry on twitter as BBC Radio 1 live twittered this week’s Playlist meeting. What was said was very revealing and I think revealed a lot about where I think Radio 1 has gone wrong, especially as there really isn’t the same 80’s style monoculture anymore – the feeling…
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Radio Clash is 3!
Yes Radio Clash is 3 years old today – started on 29th November 2004…how far we’ve come! 140+ shows (actually 3 more recorded and in the pipeline), 1,000s of listeners, online and traditional press, interviews, silliness, ghey metal, Traffic Island Discs, mushrooms and lots and lots of music…
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Podcasts – it’s all gone Pete Tong!
In the latest edition of Computer Music (Feb 06) there’s an interesting interview with Pete Tong, the dance/Radio 1 DJ and A&R person. According to the article he’s one of the people at the Beeb who are spearheading podcasting – the Essential Mix podcast is out there (Essential Mix is mostly commercial dance, but is…
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WFMU! Freeform in Feed form…
Usually I regard most radio-stations (usually corporate conglomerates) joining podcasting as happily as a half-eaten cockroach in my sandwich…but WFMU is a station that has a long history in supporting experimental and cutup audio, the closest to podcasting as I know it and unlike others is a non-commercial, freeform radio station. And as well as…
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MuppetPastor: Radio days
Those of you who liked the anti-Radio/radio nostalgic theme of Show 25 will probably like the new post over at Reverend Menagerie’s blog, including 4 tracks that remind him of the death of radio and money in music. Check it out, it’s a great blog: http://www.muppetpastor.org