Tag: ska
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RC 316: 20-20 / Grandpa winter
A frosty farewell to 2019 and Neil Innes and a 20/20 vision of what’s to come and a ritual for the sun to come back, and winter to go far far away and come again another day! The first podcast of 2020 includes a very eclectic mix of jungle, folk, hardcore, Mexican ska, hauntology and…
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RC 299: Running Away Into The Sunset
From Sunset to Sunrise, from Metal Muppet Baby Shark to Catching A Godlike Pussy, we take a trip into the far blue yonder soundtracked by disco, northern soul, electronica, punk, heavy rock, ska, pop, hiphop, indie, hi-nrg, indie and a small shedload of queer artists. We talk about social media, avoid Br*x*t, Time passes…, My…
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RC 290: Well Tempered
A listener once said they knew if it was a good podcast if I sounded pissed off at the start. Well, welcome to an extremely good episode then! A well tempered Clash, forged in the heat of online battle, which raises the question, where’s the real one? (oh it’s an old joke, and not even…
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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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RIP Rico
Sad to hear about the death of Rico Rodriguez at a grand old age of 80. This statesman of ska and trombonist had a long career coming from Cuba to Jamaica, been taught by Don Drummond, working with producers Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid and Vincent Chin and then leaving for the UK and working with…
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The Squire of Alsatia
A new uptempo mix from me, like the previous mix, Tabula Rasa which was an existential psych mix without many psych tunes, it’s far from just some tunes thrown together, there are layers and multiple themes. It’s deep, yes this mix has a sort of manifesto, a journey which spans from xylophone jazz to electro…