Tag: Television programs
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RC 307: Upside Down Under
In which we are the Grand Mage of Oz (Music Level 20) and go to the Great Original Upside Down, Down Under with Australian music and songs, far too many Men At Work covers, Ed Sheeran rapping, funky 80’s soul, antipodean Pulp covers, an original accordion recording that became a Negativland track, a bit of…
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Oh Delia
If you don’t know of my love of Delia Derbyshire and the mostly unsung heroes of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, well then start here. She produced and engineered the famous Dr Who theme (and if you watch the great Alchemists of Sound documentary, Ron Grainer asked ‘Did I really write that?’ when he heard it,…
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Tim on the Night Nurse Show
I’m a guest on this week’s Night Nurse Show (#108 – Misadventure), along with Scott, Stefan and Jools. It’s a funny show, covering DJs having misadventures in darkrooms and slings, Stefan has a fan, Anti-Jools, 1983 totally gay fashion, revisits an old show for some good news, drinking on the Tube, and I crack out…
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Pop is Dead: Top of the Pops axed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5099894.stm Not surprising, but very sad – maybe pop is dead? Ironically I’m working on a Pop is Dead mix about the music industry…maybe I should work in some TOTP stuff…