Lexx On The Remedy
Our man Lexx has done a guest mix for the good Dr Robs radio show in Japan, The Remedy. Get it here for some Monday morning sounds.
Tom Tom Club Gave Good Video / Chris Frantz ‘The Talking Head’ Radio Show
I just interviewed Chris Frantz for a project I am working on. He has a radio show that going out in the States that is well worth checking. You can click ‘Recent Episodes’ here and listen again.
Radio 4 / Ibiza Documentary
Life is funny sometimes. I have had the book, ‘The White Island (Two Thousand Years Of Pleasure In Ibiza)’ by Stephen Armstrong on the bookshelf for about five years and kept thinking, I’ll read that one day. Last week I picked it up and have been really enjoying it. The best bit for me was...
Savage Music 025 / 1969 Part 6
This is the last part of Jon Savages 1969 series – a very important year for him and music in general. Only four more shows to go in the series. Download
Noise In My Head
While we are on the subject of radio here’s another one from a friend of the family. Celebrating its 5th anniversary, Noise In My Head is a weekly show that airs every Sunday night on Melbourne based community broadcaster Triple R (102.7FM) before being archived online here at the Noise In My Head site. Hosted...
Dr Rob’s On The Radio!
If I had to stumble across someone on the airwaves late at night talking quietly and playing amazing music then Dr Rob would be him. And he’s actually doing it. Our good doctor is on the radio and I thought a few of you might be interested. He’s been working with the local radio station,...
Savage Music 024 / 1969 Part 4
I haven’t run one of these for a few weeks so here’s the fourth part of Jon Savage’s 1969 6 parter. Have a listen if you’ve never tried them. He’s funny, slightly camp, full of amazing knowledge and importantly a music fanatic to the core. Download
Savage Music 023 / 1969 Part 3
Part 3 of the 1969 series here from Mr Jon Savage. There’s a world of knowledge here if you fancy some weekend listening. Download
Savage Music 022 / 1969 Part 2
Part 2 of the 1969 series here with Savage kicking off talking about the first gigs he ever went to that year – Spooky Tooth and The Who. This show kicks off with The Jeff Beck Group’s ‘Plynth’… Download
Savage Music 021 / 1961 Part 1
After a few weeks away here’s Jon Savage back in full effect. It’s the first of six shows that focus on the year of 1969, a year that Savage thinks is very important. As he says in the introduction – it’s the year of the moon landings, Woodstock, Charles Manson’s murders, Altamont, the 60s coming...
The Balearicist’s Guide To The Revolution / What Is Balearic?
This seemed to be the perfect post to follow the Amnesia videos. We spoke to Alasdair McGregor, one of the producers behind the documentary, who along with Mark Jackson (ex-Eastern Bloc) made this around ten years ago with various people discussing this history of balearic, what it means and what it’s all about. The voices...
Savage Music 020 / Sun Songs 4
Here’s the final part of Jon Savage’s Sun Songs series of radio shows. Maybe one to re-approach in a few months time but as always its fantastic music crossed with good old knowledge. Download Tune in weekly to ByteFM for the Savage Music shows.
Savage Music 019 / Sun Songs 3
Part three of the Sun Songs programs in the series of four – here’s Savage Music. This one starts off with a cut up of ‘Yellow Sunshine’ by Yellow Sunshine that he got from Downstairs Records in New York then into new psychedelic band The Assemble Head and a recent Bernard Sumner track. As ever,...
Widow Basquiat / The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones
‘Widow Basquiat’ by Jennifer Clement is one of those books that once you pick it up you don’t want to put it down. Written in conjunction with Basquiat’s muse Suzanne Mallouk it’s a sometimes distressing read into life and love with the artist. It doesn’t hold back about their various drug addictions as well as...
Savage Music 016 / Moon Songs 3
Sunday means Jon Savage and here’s this weeks show, the third and final part of the Moon Songs trilogy. From Nick Drake, to Bowie, Can and Byrne and Eno… Download Tune in weekly to ByteFM for the Savage Music shows.