The Show: Rat Boy Hype Men

This amazingly scientific chart of the phenomenon known as 'vocal fry' is courtesy of Science News.
This amazingly brilliantly scientific chart showing the fingerprint of the phenomenon known as ‘vocal fry’ is courtesy of Science News.

Fraserhead here. Four years behind the times as usual because I’ve only just found out about the phenomenon of the vocal fry register and how it is terrible for young women in the USA to practice it (but it’s okay for men to do so). Happy to admit that “vocal fry” has never bothered me but “upspeak” does get on my tits. Some reading for your Sunday morning below…

NPR: From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We ‘Policing’ Young Women’s Voices?

Naomi Wolf: Young women, give up the vocal fry and reclaim your strong female voice

Al Jazeera: Stop telling women how to talk

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-07-25-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

The Show: Moodymenn

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-07-18-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

The Show: Where we become the Food Network for a short amount of time

“Don’t use the microwave, use the oven instead.
Don’t use margarine, use butter instead.
Let’s be healthy. Fuk bread.”

A recipe for bread AND butter pudding…

Two freaky crabs, a scorpion, a fork and a crystal ball.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-07-11-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

The Show: mi-X-tape

Happy 10th anniversary MIXTAPE CONNECTION!!!

Join in the fun down at Smash Palace, 172 High Street tonight from 8pm.

Bill!
The dark side of Indie Slut aka Human Pleasure Bill.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-07-04-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

The Show: Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir

RIP Patrick Macnee (1922-2015)

With Fraserhead recently regaining his RDU DJ licence we’ve had various professionals drop into the show to audit and assess our performance. Yesterday it was the turn of Yvnalesca* to swing by and make sure we were doing the show properly. Ironically the biggest balls up was when we plugged Yvnalesca’s Sunday afternoon set at Civil & Naval​. Fraserhead kept calling the bar “Civil & Union”. Apologies. Anyway, head on down to Civil & Union Naval in Lyttelton tomorrow afternoon for some mellow beats.

* Catch Yvnalesca, Scheme and Sheldon Williams on RDU’s newest show – HEDSPACE, Wednesdays 6pm-7.30pm, for their take on techno.

** UPDATE: Since this incident came to light RDU management have reassessed Fraserhead’s DJ licence and he will remain on a restricted licence for the next 6 months.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-06-27-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm