The show: Slo-mo disco rules the day

At the risk of becoming a Hipster Runoff meme… Ain’t nothing like doing a show when my Macbook keeps playing the dreaded spinning beach ball of death – I  suppose it’s like having a built in cosmic disco effects unit, just less predictable. A good reminder that live radio is great fun.

In today’s WTF?!?!? segment – remember this lovely number from 1986? Doesn’t it bring back memories of shitty school discos or shitty redneck nightclubs? Gotta love the one hit wonders. Boy’s Don’t Cry possibly hit the big time because of the major labels being investigated for payola back in the 1980s. Have a read of Fredric Dannen’s “Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business” for details.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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Boy’s Don’t Cry – I Wanna Be A Cowboy

The show: Five plus a day

Does your daily food intake include a cockroach quota? Tyler the Creator’s does.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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Here’s a bonus 45 minutes of silver age electro from Intergalactic Gary that we can’t fit into our 2 hour slimline version of the show. Thanks to BoomBangBlam for tipping us off.

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The show: Old acquaintances and new friends

As promised, today we played tracks from some old acquaintances such as …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (didn’t realise they’d been around since 1993! but they were one of the first bands we played on The Joint when we started the show way back in 2001), Fujiya & Miyagi, and Destroyer. But even I wasn’t expecting The Herb Whisperer to play Wang Chung / Huang Chung!!!

We weren’t kidding about Rastamouse either.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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2pm – 3pm

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The show: Nice weather for ducks

Ah. Sun showers. My favourite. Too nice for dubstep. Too changeable for summery pop. How about a smattering of bleepy, acidic techno and house instead? Yes, that’ll do the trick.

Reminds me that we must play this classic on the show sometime soon…

But if you need something really colourful and crazy check out the Miike Snow “Rabbit” video. It’s got everything. Kid with beard, booty, crazy colours, AND 2 Live Crew. Thx for the tip off Mercutio Messenger…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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As promised, here’s a bonus hour of music – it’s the beatless set Optimo put together for FACT Mix 214

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The show: Deano von Lounge pays a visit

Deano von Lounge
Deano von Lounge discovers some hash resin in his rare vinyl grooves.

Deano von Lounge only makes it back to Christchurch once a year from Osaka, Japan so it’s our pleasure to have him play his most recently acquired vinyl classics and rareties.

And here’s the playlist in full (unfortunately we’re limited to 2 hours only for the foreseeable future) …

12pm – 1pm

  • MontaukMagic
  • The Gerald Wilson Orchestra – California soul
  • The Flirtations – Nothing but a heartache
  • Etta James – Seven day fool
  • The Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “in” crowd
  • Primal Scream – The revenge of the hammond connection
  • Prince Buster – Dancing time
  • Prince Buster – Ten commandments
  • Prince Buster – Al Capone
  • Johnny Moore – Red is danger
  • The Angry Mexican DJs – Phoenix City (Skamba mix)
  • Resident Filters – Wak dat beat
  • Coldcut (feat. Floormaster Squeeze) – Beats + pieces edit
  • Wet Wings – Stockholm **NZ**

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1pm – 2pm

  • Canyons –  My Rescue (Dr Dunks Disco Extension)
  • Lone –  Cloud 909
  • British Sea Power –  Who’s In Control
  • Mint Royale –  Don’t Falter
  • Al Caiola – Mod Squad theme
  • Mulatu Astatké – Yègellé tezeta
  • Cut Chemist – Sound of the police (Part B)
  • Jack (Mr Bongo) Costanzo & Gerry Woo – Jive samba
  • Manny Corchado – Pow-wow
  • LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
  • New Young Pony Club – The bomb (Kaos Disco Bomb extended dub)
  • Kraft Punk – Daft Punk is bootlegged at ma house
  • The Fall – Rowche rumble

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