Musings on the byways of popular culture
The end of November marks the end of an era, as Edinburgh based station Tak Tent Radio sadly closes down. I have contributed many mixes to them over the years, on subjects as diverse as dreams, Afro-Funk, Rockabilly, natural disasters, etc and my final one is on INSECTS. The Garden of Earthly Delights mixes will carry on of course without subscription on my Mixcloud page. Meanwhile I hope you dig this Skylarking groove!
15 tracks chosen and introduced by David Bowie. Among all the items taken from his office for the recently opened V&A exhibition on his work was a paper titled “Memo for radio show – list of favourite records”. So with a bit of editing of old clips featuring him talking about his choices and the full list of the records he loved most this is, Memo For Radio Show a Skylarking mix for Tak Tent Radio
The Hollywood Argyles : Sho Know a Lot About Love Alan Freed & His Rock ‘n’ Roll Band : Right Now, Right Now Little Richard : True Fine Mama The Beatles : Across The Universe Roxy Music : Mother of Pearl Legendary Stardust Cowboy : I Took a Trip On a Gemini Spaceship Jeff Beck : Becks Bolero Ronnie Spector : Try Some Buy Some The Walker Brothers : The Electrician Miles Davis : Someday My Prince Will Come Charles Mingus : Ecclusiastics Edgar Froese : Epsilon In Malaysian Pale pt.2 Richard Strauss : Four Last Songs (excerpt) Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme (excerpt) Sonic Youth : Tom Violence
I hope you dig my latest two hour mix of music from 1988 including film/TV clips, link in comments.
The Fall : Cab It Up! Sonic Youth : Silver Rocket Morrissey : Suedehead The Primitives : Crash The Stone Roses : Elephant Stone Public Enemy : She Watch Channel Zero Prince : Alphabet Street Scritti Politti : Boom! There She Was The Go-Betweens : The Streets of Your Town Pixies : Where Is My Mind Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians : What I Am Julian Cope : Charlotte Anne Prefab Sprout : Hey Manhattan Talking Heads : Nothing But Flowers The Waterboys : And a Bang On The Ear The Pogues : If I Should Fall from Grace with God Crowded House : I Feel Possessed Steve Earle : Copperhead Road Janes Addiction : Thank You Boys Enya : Storms In Africa The Fall : Carry Bag Man The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu : Burn The Bastards A Guy Called Gerald : Voodoo Ray Leonard Cohen : First We Take Manhattan Thomas Dolby : The Key to Her Ferrari Nirvana : Love Buzz Robert Palmer : She Makes My Day Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : The » Continue Reading.
A two hour mix of some of my fave music, TV, adverts and film samples from 1977. This is the final 70’s mix in the series and was one of the hardest to do, (my favourite one to do was 1972 if your curious). It’s not meant as any definitive overview of the year, I couldn’t fit in ELO, Donna Summer, X-Ray Spex etc, but is pretty much what I was listening to when I was 15. I was probably the only kid I knew who raved about Aja and NMTB at the same time in my school, haha. I hope you dig it anyway!
Sex Pistols : Pretty Vacant Ramones : We’re a Happy Family Penetration : Don’t Dictate Blondie : Rip Her To Shreds Ian Dury : Wake Up and Make Love With Me Buzzcocks : Orgasm Addict Wire : 12XU Radio Stars : Nervous Wreck Wings : Girls’ School Suicide : Cheree Hawkwind : Spirit Of The Age Be Bop Deluxe : Life In The Air Age (live) John Martyn : Big Muff Steve Miller Band : Electro Lux Imbroglio/Sacrifice Jackson Browne : Cocaine Peter Gabriel : Moribund » Continue Reading.
