Tag: UK Singles Chart
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RC 381: This Is My Church / 50th
Recorded on my 50th birthday, this is the church where I heal my hurt. It’s a speed garage special for punk rockers with flowers in their hair (in the pouring rain or buying them for yourself). We also have a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a middle finger to complaining neighbours, various mashups new and old,…
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Best of Bootie Mashup 2021
And a few hours after I posted my 25 favourites of 2021, Bootie posted their much more organised and professional yearly mix/album of their favourites of the year. Spook! And I’m glad to say, I made the cut with my Driving Miss Crazy bootleg. I know Adriana is a Olivia Rodrigo fan, but I noticed…
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RC 342: Rockin’ Up The Pop Charts – Mashup 2021
Rocking and Rolling In The UK and Popping (sh)It up Everywhere which is about as welcome as a rock in your pop and a turd in your Corporate Sponsored Drink. So I’m getting my revenge by mashing and mixing up pop and rock and everything else and giving it the respect it deserves (i.e, none…
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Incredible Original Nuttahs
Just over 25 years ago, Ragga Jungle went mainstream with M-Beat ft General Levy and my favourite Shy FX and UK Apachi’s Original Nuttah. It was a sound that was unapologetically British and mostly London-based, and it was an eclectic mix of soul, reggae, jazz, ragga, West and East, all in one bass-heavy C-Lab Akai…
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RC 313: Old Age (15th Birthday Part 1)
On this day in 2004 not much happened, Girls Aloud were #1 in the UK with a forgettable single, My Boo (??) by Alicia Keys was #1 in the US Billboard Charts…an actor or two died that had been forgotten or their kids were more famous than them. Looking through the headlines it was a…
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RIP Pete Shelley
Somehow missed the news that Pete Shelley, frontman of the Buzzcocks has died. Loved his music ever since I heard ‘Ever Fallen In Love’ so many years ago… What Do I Get is a seminal punk song, and one I love greatly, as well as a lot of their back catalogue, they really were one…