Show 39

Fuzzbox 'Pink Sunshine'
Sacha Distell 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'
The Style Council 'Long Hot Summer'
Lovin' Spoonful 'Summer In The City'
Brian Fahey 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal' (intro music)
Reggie And The Full Effect 'Your Bleeding Heart'
Dashboard Confessional 'Screaming Infidelities'
Kamikaze Test Pilots 'Kenny Rogers (With A Shotgun)'
'The Drunk'
Jim Bob 'Mr Blue Sky'
Peter Cook And Dudley Moore 'One Leg Too Few' from Beyond The Fringe
The Suicide Machines 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It'
Scary Kids Scaring Kids 'Losing My Religion'
Five Hour Flight 'Don't Stop Believing'
Ivor Cutler 'In My Room There Sits A Box'
Death Notes 'Obsession'
Zeni Danussi 'Danger Zone'
'My Guitar Bleeds'
Pennywise 'Surfin' USA'
Groucott And Haynes 'High On The Time'
'On My Mind'
The King Blues 'What If Punk Never Happened'
The Skunks 'YMCA'
The Tansads 'G-Man'
The Wedding Present 'Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?'
Captain Ska 'Liar Liar'
The Jinkies 'Scooby Doo'
Illuminatus 'Gosling'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 38

Liberty Belle March (intro)
The Specials 'Do The Dog'
The Ramones 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'
Human League 'Sound Of The Crowd'
The Clash 'I Fought The Law'
Nouvelle Vague 'Teenage Kicks'

Jimmy The Squirrel 'Two Too Many'
'This One's For You'

The Dears 'Thrones'

Skafari 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'
Arrogant Sons Of Bitches 'Come As You Are'
Los Propelleros 'Smoke On The Water'
Forever Never 'Empty Promises'
'Thanks For Letting Me Know'
Jay Jacobson 'Soulless World'
Captain Kremmen Double Trouble Part Two
The Bates 'Billie Jean'

Yunioshi 'Invisible'

Stanley Odd 'The Controller'

Love At Death Beach 'Transfixion'

Yunioshi 'Thriller'

Sammy Davis Jnr 'The Candyman'
Jesse 'Mother Earth'
The Wedding Present 'Back For Good'
The Pogues 'Maggie May'
Argument Clinic sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 37

Theme from The Sarah Jane Adventures (not my usual intro music, played in tribute to Elisabeth Sladen who died last week)

The Undertones 'Here Comes Summer'

Pantera 'Walk'

Dawn Trader 'Angel' and 'Running For Your Life'

Jimmy And The Sounds 'Little Victories'

Sham 69 'You're A Better Man Than I'

A Guy Called Gerald 'Voodoo Ray (Stanton Warriors Remix)'

Ska Daddyz 'Hotel California'

The Trojans 'Stand By me'

ioHann And The 77 White Sheep 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'

Captain Kremmen Double Trouble episode 1

Dubstar 'Anywhere (Crunch Chill Mix)'

Japanese Government Railways '3 Wise Monkeys'

Scarletts Wake 'Echoes'

The Skatellites 'Guns Of Naverone'

Nathan Gooding Mixtape

John Otway And Wild Willy Barrett 'Cor Baby That's Really Free'
Interview with John Otway
John Otway 'Bunsen Burner'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 36

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)
Prodigy 'Spitfire'
The Ska-Dows 'Apache'
The Selector 'I Can See Clearly Now'
The Riffs 'Peter Gunn Theme' (I should have played this last week for my anniversary as it used to be my opening theme music, but I forgot to take the disc with me)
De Heiderossjes 'Wannabe'
Sunset Takeover 'I Kissed A Girl'
The Trashmen 'Walking My Baby' and 'King Of The Surf'
Fuzzbox 'Pop Muzik'
Fat Boys and The Beach Boys 'Wipeout'
The Tracelords 'Daddy Cool'

L.E.W.I.S. 'Simon Says'

Sharp Practise 'Come To Know' and 'I Will Decide'

Interview on the phone with Dan Stephenson, somewhere in France on his bike ride.
Nik Kershaw 'Wouldn't It Be Good'
Joy Division 'Walked In Line'

THIS IS WHERE MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TOOK OVER, SO REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT THREE SONGS ARE HER CHOICE.
J-Lo 'On The Floor'
Black Eyed Peas 'Meet Me Halfway'
JLS 'Love You More'

The Procession 'Sometimes' and 'Johnny Got A Raw Deal'

Dennis Brown 'Revolution'

Desmond Decker And The Isrealites 'Fu Manchu'

Silver Bullet 'Bring Forth The Gillotene'

The Cult Of Dom Keller 'You Are There In Me'

The Moleskins 'Mosquito'

The Silly Willys 'You Won't Wake Up'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 35 My One Year Anniversary Show

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

Captain Dangerous 'Forgive Us We're British'
'Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You'

Duke 01 'RTK'

Max Wall 'England's Glory' (first record I ever played, to celebrate my anniversary)
Splodgenessabounds 'I Fell In Love With A Female Plumber From Harlesden NW10'
Gonads 'I Lost My Love To A UK Sub'
Nirvana 'The Man Who Sold The World'
The Wailers 'Tall Cool One'
Aqualung 'Just For A Moment'
Charles Penrose 'The Laughing Policeman'

New Generation Superstars 'Beat 'Em Down'
'Ain't Got Time'

'Self Preservation Society' from The Italian Job

Spires 'Martyr'

Dick Venom And The Terrortones 'Rocking and Rolling Vampire Man'
'Lilly And The Killers'

Iggy Pop 'Lust For Life'
Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel '(Come Up And See Me) Make Me Smile'
Booker T And The MGs 'Green Onions'
D-Mob 'We Call It Acieed'
Tubeway Army 'We Have A Technical'
The Freshies 'Wrap Up The Rockets And It's Gonna Get Better'

C81 Side Two

Continuing the series, this is the B-Side of the C81 cassette. This was given away with the NME in 1981.

The Raincoats 'Shouting Out Loud'

Josef K 'Endless Soul'

Blue Orchids 'Low Profile'

Virgin Prunes 'Red Nettles' (not played)

Aztec Camera 'We Could Send Letters'

Red Crayola 'Milkmaid'

Linx 'Don't Get In My Way'

John Cooper Clarke 'The Day My Pad Went Mad'

James Blood Ulmer 'Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher'

Ian Dury 'Close To Home'

Gist 'Greener Grass'

Subway Sect 'Parallel Lines'

John Cooper Clarke '81 Minutes'

Show 34

'Liberty Belle March' (intro)

The Who 'My Generation'

Sex Pistols 'C'mon Everybody'

The Jam 'A Town Called Malice'

Stanley Odd 'The Oddysey' 'Letter To A Critic'

Bison 'Big Trouble In Great Yarmouth'

The Highliners 'Benny Hill Boogie'

The Fall 'Bingo Master's Breakout'

Tracy Ullman 'My Guy'

Kirsty MacColl 'There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis' (rare country version)

Toots And The Maytalls '54-46 Was My Number'

Rebel MC 'Street Tuff'

Suzanne Westwood 'When I'm With You'
'Tired Of Being Alone'

Sweet Jane 'Bleed'

Dana Jade 'Galaxy'

Bob Dylan 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'

Dana Jade 'Little Sister'

Byron Lee And The Dragonaires 'Frankenstein Ska'

Sapphire Lane 'Sapphire Lane'

The Prisoners 'There's A Time'

Snuff 'I Will Survive'

Reel Big Fish 'Take On Me'

The Loco 'Don't Worry Be Happy'

Toy Dolls '(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles'

Lonnie Donegan 'Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour On The Bedpost Overnight?'

Spires 'Spiral Of Ascension'

Sapphire Lane 'Outcast'

The Toasters 'Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 33

Yunioshi 'Hakushi' 'Ctrl'

Order Of Voices 'Don't Falter' 'For Me'

Groucutt And Haynes 'Happy' 'Living For Now'

Jake Morley 'Freddie Laid The Smackdown' (recorded for The Oliver Sessions, watch the video here)

The Higsons 'Conspiracy'

EDDI READER INTERVIEW

Joe Brown 'I'll See You In My Dreams'

Flying Pickets 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

Billy Bragg 'A13 (Trunk Road To The Sea)'

Kirsty MacColl and Billy Bragg 'A New England'

Snuff 'Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads'

George Formby 'When I'm Doing Acid' (not really GF)

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan 'Diamonds'

Sapphire Lane 'Age Of Violence' 'Huntdown'

Joanna Newsom 'Colleen'

Snuff 'Sound Of The Underground'

Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Teenage Depression'

Adam And The Ants 'A.N.T.S.'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 32

'Liberty Bell march' (intro)
XTC 'Senses Working Overtime'
Department S 'Is Vic There?'
Wire 'Eardrum Buzz'

Groucott And Haynes 'You Come Alive'
'Rain' (both tracks recorded live in the studio, see the video here)

Illuminatus 'Clarify' 'You'll Never Know What This Means'

David Sylvian and Rhyichi Sakamoto 'Forbidden Colours'
Magazine 'A Song From Under The Floorboards'

The Beatles Mash Up Medley
'Sgt Peppers Paradise City' (Guns N'Roses)
'Rigby Stew' (Green Day)
'Paperback Hey Ya' (Outkast)
'Let It Be Me' (Shaggy)
'Don't Let It Be Anger' (Oasis)
'We Will Rock You Together' (Queen)
'Let It Be No Cry' (Bob Marley)

The A-Train 'Morning Dream' 'Beginning'

Soft Cell 'Heat'
Desperate Bicycles 'The Medium Was Tedium'
Smily Culture 'Cockney Translation'
The Wedding Present 'My Favourite Dress'
Johnny Cash 'I Walk The Line'

Forever Never 'You're The Voice'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 31

'Liberty Bell March' as a change from playing the version from Monty Python's Flying Circus, I played a version believed to be the oldest surviving recording from 1896.

The Undertones 'You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)'

Order Of Voices 'Reaching Down' The Fall'

Barnum Meserve 'Autumn Park'
'Winter's Mourning' (live in session, watch the video here)
'Broken Window' (live in session, link above)
'She Lies Beneath'

Long Dead Signal 'Asleep At The Wheel'
'Nostalgia'

New Generation Superstars 'I Won't Stop'
'Save Me'

This week's Mash Up Montage from Nine Inch Nails:
'Another Spot In The Sun' (Pink Floyd)
'Rhythm Is A Hand That Feeds' (Snap)
'Don't You Want The Hand That Feeds Me' (Human League)
'Come Together' (The Beatles)
'Bad Like A Hole' (Michael Jackson)

Dr Suess Green Eggs And Ham
Alexi Sayle 'Pop Up Toasters'
New Cassettes 'Silent Guns'
Eddi Reader 'Muddy Water'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 30

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

The Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up'

Incassum 'In Vain' 'The Beckoning'

Redtrack 'The Trier'

Dr Feelgood 'Milk And Alcohol'

The Andrew Oldman Orchestra 'The Last Time' (played to introduce this weeks Mash Up Montage by The Rolling Stones)
'Get Off My Cloud/That's Not My Name' (Ting Tings)
'Sympathy For Teen Spirit' (Queen and Nirvana)
'Satisfaction' (Fatboy Slim)
'Sympathy For The Devil/Loaded' (Primal Scream)

Long Dead Signal 'Black Waltz'
'Again Again'

The A-Train 'The Hippopotamus Hunt' 'Dependence'

Jimmy And The Sounds 'Heart For Rent' 'Capital'

Ade Edmondson And The Bad Shepherds 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight'

Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain 'Life On Mars'

The Barnum Meserve 'Broken Window'
'She Lies Beneath'

Spires 'Broken Hourglass'

Kevin Rutkiewicz 'Fair Drawn In'

Johnny Cash 'Personal Jesus'

David Bowie 'Pictures Of Lily'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 29

As this was a school holiday, I was joined by my daughter Emily. Rather than doing her own mini-show, she invaded my two hours. Hopefully you'll realise which songs are the choices of an eleven year old girl.

Guns N'Roses 'Sweet Child Of Mine'

Martyr De Mona 'Eva' 'Identity'

This is where Emily takes over:
JLS 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Nickleback 'Rock Star'
Sandi Thom 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker'
Rihanna 'Only Girl In The World'

Sweet Jane 'Something For My Soul' 'Close Your Eyes'

Melonheadman 'This Life'

Elvis Costello 'Oliver's Army'

Stanley Odd 'Sonarcotics'
'Winter Of Discontent'

Tom Moriarty 'Smile If You Wanna Get High'
'Every Trick In The Book'

Bobby Brown 'My Prerogative'

Forever Never 'We Close Our Eyes'
'Boombastic'

Florence And The Machine 'Dog Days Are Over' (requested by Emily's friend Sophie via facebook during the pre-recording)

Mash Up Montage; Guns And Roses
Guns N'Jovi 'A Prayer Of Mine'
Guns N'Roses vs Nirvana 'Smells Sweet Spirit'
Fergie vs Guns N'Roses 'Sweet Child Of My Humps'
George Michael vs Guns N'Roses 'Sweet Monkey Of Mine'
Guns N'Roses vs The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's Paradise City'

Incassum 'So Red'
'Space To Breathe'

Spires 'Symmetry'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 28

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)
Landscape 'Einstein A Go-Go'
David Sylvian 'Red Guitar'
Nirvana 'Heart Shaped Box'
Fairground Attraction 'Perfect'

Robin James 'Under Around'
'Alive Allowed'

The Quails 'Games With The Devil'

Queen vs Black Sabbath 'Paranoid Rock'
The Beatles vs Status Quo 'Can't Buy Me Caroline'

Redroom 'I'll Be Fine'
'Lean On Me'

Wayne Zenith 'Cupboards (Of Despair)'
'Weak Bag Shit'

Amy Winehouse vs Queen 'Crazy Little Thing Called Rehab'
Sugarhill Gang 'Rapper's Delight'
Pat Boone 'Smoke On The Water'
'Enter Sandman'
Paul Anka 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
Eric B And Rakim 'I Know You Got Soul'
Boney M 'Daddy Cool' (intro only to demonstrate that the bass line is used in 'Come As You Are' by Nirvana)
Nirvana 'Come As You Are'

Illuminatus 'Murdocracy
'Cave In'

Queen vs The Verve 'Bittersweet Rock'
Tony Basil vs The Ting Tings vs A-ha 'Mickey's Not My Name'

Wayne Zenith 'The Day I Stubbed My Toe'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 27

Recorded Wednesday 26th January 2011 Broadcast Tuesday February 8th 2011

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

AC/DC 'Highway To Hell'

Echo And The Bunnymen 'The Killing Moon'

Scritti Politti 'Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)'

Art Of Noise 'Close (To The Edit)'

AC/DC vs Ray Parker Junior 'Thunder Busters'

Ed Parrish 'The Journey'

My Only Chance 'Lauren' 'Lay Here'

Suzanne Vega 'Tom's Diner'

Urban Myth Club 'Fragile' 'Friday Night'

Robin James 'Inishlakes' 'Breathe'

The Jam 'A Town Called Malice'

The Who 'I Can See For Miles'

Mulatu Astatqe 'Tezeta'

Steven Lindsay 'Put Up The Flag'

Ramones vs Jet 'Are You Gonna Be My Blitzkreig Girl'

This week's Mash Up Montage featured Nirvana:

'The Final Teen Spirit' (Europe)

'Spins Like Teen Spirit' (Dead Or Alive)

'Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up' (Rick Astley)

Boston 'More Than A Feeling'

The Kingmen 'Louie Louie'

I played the last two tracks to demonstrate how 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was knitted together using the riffs from the two songs.

Devon Sproule 'Keep Your Silver Shined'

Yunioshi 'Believe It' 'Thunderbird'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 26

Recorded Wednesday 26th January 2011 Broadcast Tuesday 1st February 2011

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

Madness 'Our House' (to celebrate the fact that we have moved house)

Spock's Beard 'Solitary Soul'

Cooper Temple Claus 'Amber'

Interpol 'Specialist'

Tom Wardle 'All I Need' (on CD to introduce Tom as a guest)

Tom Wardle 'Me And My Boy' (live in session, watch it here) 'The One That Got away' (live in session, same link as above)

The Barnum Meserve 'Autumn Park'

Alice In Chains 'We Die Young'

Electric Worry 'Clutch'

My Only Chance 'How To Kill A Mocking Bird' 'No Regrets'

Martyr De Mona 'Am I Sorry' 'Try To Mend'

Toot And The Maytalls 'Monkey Man'

Dandy Livingstone and Rico 'A Message To You Rudy'

Bob Marley and the Wailers 'Concrete Jungle'

Neville Staple 'Gangsters'

The Ruts 'Babylon's Burning'

Morrissey 'The Never Played Symphonies'

Damien Dempsey 'Factories'

The Libertines 'Time For heroes'

Wayne Zenyth 'There's A Bee (In My Coke)' 'The Day I Stubbed my Toe'

Ian Dury And The Blockheads 'Itinerant Child'

Adam And The Ants 'Press Darlings'

Pink Floyd vs The Bee Gees 'Staying Alive In The Wall'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 25

The second show I recorded on my first day day back after Christmas, and as I said in the last blog, I wasn't firing on all cylinders at all. After a break and some lunch I was feeling a bit better so carried on.

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

Volcanoes 'Talking Shadows'
'Harlequin'

Patti Smith 'Birdland'
Funeral For A Friend 'Escape Artists Never Die'
Marilyn Manson 'If I Was Your Vampire'
Misfits 'Hunting Humans'
Sir John Betjeman 'A Child'
The Slits 'Love Und Romance'
Remma 'Worm Young'

Blabbermouth 'I Return'
'Nostalgia And Humour'

The Lines 'Over And Out'
'Slow It Up'

The Idle Hands '40 Nights'
A Friend Like You'

The Beatles/Joan Jett/Cypress Hill/Rage Against The Machine 'Mash Together'
The Jesus And Mary Chain 'April Skies'

Rosie Doonan 'Victor'
'Lady Blue'

Manic Street Preachers 'Some Kind Of Nothingness'
The White Stripes 'Blue Orchid'
Alan Bennett reading Winnie The Pooh by A.A. Milne
Coolio vs Guns n' Roses 'Gangtas Paradise City'
John Otway 'Poetry And Jazz'
Camper Van Beethoven 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'

Nephu Huzzband 'Black And White'
'We Speak In Whispers'

Theme from Grange Hill (outro)

Show 24: Very Poor!

My first show after the Christmas break, (my Christmas special was repeated to fill in the gaps), was not a good one. My brain and body have not yet got used to my new dietary regime and the withdrawal of caffeine is playing fuck with my concentration. That and the fact that I'm only eating fruit and raw vegetables during the day means that my stomach is protesting in the worse possible way so that I cannot stray too far away from a toilet. As a result I feel sluggish and punch drunk. To demonstrate the fact that I wasn't on top of my game today, I played an Oasis song by mistake. I had loaded a compilation CD into the computer system and selected a couple of tracks from it while I left the studio to make a drink and go to the toilet. It wasn't until I returned that I realised my error, (putting in the wrong disc) and had inadvertently played a song by a talentless plagiarist pile of shit called Oasis. Even worse was the fact that I was recording two shows, as time commitments mean I won't be free next week.

'Liberty Bell March' (intro)

New Generation Superstars 'Nothing To Lose'
'Save Me'

Jake Morley 'Feet Don't Fail Me Now'
'Inside My Mind'

Oasis 'D'ya Know What I Mean' (played by accident, as explained)
Pulp 'Disco 2000'
Depeche Mode 'It's No Good'
Leftfield 'Original'
Sunscreen 'Pressure Us'

Adrian Bower 'Season's End'
'Bad Luck Woman'

Vic Reeves 'I Remember Punk Rock'
Hhymn 'These Hands'
Blackfoot 'Highway Song'

Broken Links 'In Your Headlights'
'What Are You Waiting For?'

Japan 'Ghosts' (played in tribute to Mick Karn)
The Wombles 'Remember You're A Womble' (played in tribute to Elizabeth Beresford)
Alan Bennett reading Winnie The Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Jellybottys 'Peter Cushing Lives In Whitstable'
The Toy Dolls 'James Bond Lives Down Our Street'
Pearl Jam 'Release'
Theme from Grange Hill (outro)