As the RDUnit goes live to air it’s only reasonable to point out that the latest scientific research seems to conclusively prove that listening to radio makes you happier.
We’ll gloss over the fact that this particularly survey was carried out by the vested interests of the Radio Advertising Board in the UK and, instead, put the theory to the test later today when The Joint is back on air at Midday NZ time.
*** Apologies – this should have been broadcast last weekend but our inability to master the fundamentals of e-mail meant it didn’t happen. This, of course, makes The Rapture pun and reference even lamer than it was 7 days ago. ***
The second of two mixes blending excerpts from Chris Morris‘ Blue Jam CD and our favourite earworms of the last couple of months, plus one oldies thrown in for a very good reason.
In case we don’t all make it to the end of the show we thought we should start with “Sister Saviour”, there’s nothing like a bit of Rapture to bookend your day. The Joint does welcome Harold Egbert Camping‘s prediction of today’s events with open arms, a clear conscience and (of course) fresh underwear.
Back on track with a pre-recorded mix for our usual RDU timeslot. It’s the first of a two part effort (“two part special” seems too grandiose a phrase), taking excerpts from Chris Morris’ Blue Jam album from 2000 and dropping them inbetween a bunch of tunes that have taken our fancy in the last few weeks.
We’re still fine tuning our R18 Vintage Cuts banned records special and, to be honest, it’s getting difficult to pin down what exactly constitutes a ban on a record.
If you’re a member of Anal Cunt playing grindcore to an audience of 50 people in West Newton, Massachusetts, you can’t exactly claim your new limited edition split 7″ single on Stinky Horse Fuck records has been banned just because the Clear Channel won’t put it on the playlist.
Add in the fact that media outlets very rarely officially “ban” songs these days, they just ignore them or advise presenters against playing them at certain times of the day, and we’re entering very murky waters indeed.
Whilst we continue to sift through the semantics of censorship we will take the easy option leave you with the countdown from #25 to #1 from John Peel’s Festive Fifty from 1996.
As is always the case with these old radio shows the quality is not always the highest – they’ve been ripped from cassettes, they have crude edits when the tape has had to be flipped over and songs have been dubbed in from other sources when someone forgot to do the flipping and missed a track – but the same could be said of a normal episode of The Joint.
If the suspense of finding out who is in the top spot is too great for you there’s always a spoiler online.
When it came to putting together our own original mix of music this week, time was thin on the ground. Hey, those post-earthquake chemical toilets don’t assemble and empty themselves you know.
We’re using the continued lack of entry to the RDU studio to piece together some mixes from ideas we’ve had over the years.
One of them was to try and construct a show of nothing but remixes that were all linked together. Every act had to appear in the playlist twice, both in the guise of remixer and of original artist, with these tracks following each other in the running order. The aim was to finish the show with a remix from a band that started the whole programme off.
To be honest, having to describe the premise is hard and does make the whole project sound awful, but we have managed to piece 80 minutes worth of music that does adhere to the basic principles.
It’s called the Remix Circle Jerk because it is a series of remixes that come full circle and, let’s be frank, it is also an exercise in wanking off.
And here’s the playlist in full…
12:30pm (ish) – 1:50 pm (ish)
CUT COPY – Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – Into The Galaxy (Architecture In Helsinki Remix)
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI – Neverevereverdid (Cave Rave Remix By Yacht)
YACHT – The Afterlife (The XX Remix)
XX, THE – VCR (Four Tet Remix)
FOUR TET – No More Mosquitoes (Boom Bip Remix)
BOOM BIP featuring GRUFF RHYS – Do’s And Don’ts (Her Space Holiday Remix)
HER SPACE HOLIDAY – Sleepy California (Super Furry Animals Remix)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS – Golden Retriever (Killa Kela Mix)
KILLA KELA – Everyday (Franz Ferdinand Remix)
FRANZ FERDINAND – I’m Your Villain (Lindstrom Extended Mix)
LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE – Looking For What (Sally Shapiro Remix)
The Joint is a weekly radio show broadcasting every Saturday 12-1.30pm (NZT) on RDU 98.5FM in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The Herb Whisperer, Fraserhead and occasional guest stars play a super dope selection of cosmic disco, French electro, tragic indie, hip hop, house, dub(step), nu-Krautrock, and the occasional guilty pleasure, all interspersed with dashes of bitter cynicism. Find out more about us »
