On my show this month:
It's almost inevitable that August will be a month of rain, because I've decided to make my August show a bit of a Summer Special! There's Summer classics from The Undertones:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-64687-1106518000.jpg.jpg) and The Barracudas, new Summer songs including Nick Pride & The Pimptones:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-2213073-1303657953.jpeg.jpg) and Charmpit plus some Summer cover versions with The Jesus and Mary Chain:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-243280-1508598478-3527.jpeg.jpg) taking on the Beach Boys and Frank Sidebottom:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-267701-1189027874.jpeg.jpg) being Mungo Jerry and Eddie Cochran!
'Secret Songs from the Sixties' features two crazy cuts from a groovy new compilation on Born Bad Records called 'Voulez-Vous Cha-Cha? - French Cha-Cha 1960-1964'. And current French band Juniore:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-3357190-1446198635-2877.jpeg.jpg) are back with a brand new track on a compilation CD called 'Shenanigans', to celebrate the 1st birthday of their UK label Outre Disque. C'est tres bon!
And we say g'day to three bands from Melbourne, Australia, with new tracks by Terry:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-48124-1153232112.jpeg.jpg) and Tek Tek Ensemble plus in the 2nd hour of the show I'll be joined by The Stroppies:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-5682749-1506342350-6402.jpeg.jpg) who introduce 4 songs of their choice for the feature 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue'.
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In my teens I was an avid listener of Peel plus Mark & Lard and always wished I could play obscure songs at the wrong speed and utter some nonsense into a microphone. This sort of happened in my twenties when I accidentally stumbled into DJing at Moles Club in Bath for their regular Thursday nights called 'Purr'. From 2000 - 2009 I had the opportunity to play whatever I liked inbetween the live bands and witnessed early gigs from the likes of Art Brut, The Futurheads, Gossip, The Long Blondes, Los Campesinos and Wild Beasts, all playing in this tiny venue with me constantly pushing my way through the drum kit to get myself back into the DJ booth! I later became a promoter there myself and booked mostly bands who disappeared off the face of the earth, but I did manage to book a then unknown Metronomy for £60! When I eventually threw in the promoter towel at Moles club, I ended on a high by booking the late great Frank Sidebottom. Yes, I did get to see him without his head on! But he wouldn't let the support bands see him!!
I very occasionally continue to promote gigs in Bristol under the name 'Go Ape', with shows including The Lovely Eggs, Piney Gir, The Thyme Machine, Tunabunny, Sam Coomes (Quasi) and co-promoting Damnably shows with Shonen Knife and Otoboke Beaver. I'm also a keen collector of Indie/Alternative Christmas records, and in recent years I've helped to compile the annual Indie compilation CD 'A Very Cherry Christmas' for small DIY label Cherryade Records (the label who originally released the first two Lovely Eggs albums).
Wanting to get into radio but not really sure how to go about it, a few years ago I started making an occasional podcast. It's imaginatively called 'Radio Radio' (yes, after the Elvis Costello song) and I've interviewed bands/artists including Allo Darlin, Bis, Helen Love, Kid Carpet, Momus, Paul Guided Missile's Dream Themes band, The Spook School, They Might Be Giants and more. You can find them at podomatic.com/podcasts/radioradiopodcast
Outside of music, I've sometimes been known to review new crisp flavours on my facebook page and I collect toy robots (although the shelves are now getting a bit too full for many more). I live with my suffering girlfriend Becky and Lily our cat.
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