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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.

+ Download 12pm – 2pm – 137MB

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.

Instead, we’ve crudely bolted together two unedited sets of other people’s work. Extracts have been played on past episodes of The Joint but here, in their full glory, are the Zilla & Buddy Peace “A Friendly Game Of Chess” mix CD from 2003 and last year’s “South Yorks Vol 1” promo by Kid Acne & DJ Slick Dixxx.

+ Download 12pm – 2pm – 164MB

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)
• SALLY SHAPIRO – Find My Ghost (Dntel Remix)
• DNTEL – The Distance (Metronomy Remix)
• METRONOMY – Trick Or Treatz (Klaxons Remix)
• KLAXONS, THE – Gravity’s Rainbow (Van She Remix)
• VAN SHE – Kelly (Cut Copy Remix)

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 114MB

The RDU studio, along with many other buildings in Christchurch, is still out of bounds following the earthquake on the 22nd February.

In the meantime the hosts of your favourite shows are dialling it in (if you’ll pardon the expression). By that we mean people are putting together mixes at home and supplying them to the station to be scheduled to play in their usual timeslots.

Via some magic we don’t pretend to understand – allegedly it involves a laptop, a transmitter and, quite possibly, tin cans and string – RDU therefore continues to broadcast.

So, in that same spirit we present what we’re calling the Hostless ADHD Mix. Think of it as pure, concentrated Joint – more songs in 60 minutes than we normally fit into a three hour show. Download it below or listen to it live on RDU 98.5FM on Saturday 26th March at midday (New Zealand Time).

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

• Gorillaz –  Orchestral Intro (Featuring Sinfonia Viva)
• Run DMT – Disaster Babe
• Lorn –  Grandfather
• These New Puritans –  Introduction
• Delphic –  Ephemera
• Tha Pope –  Jungle Juke
• The HIVs – Daddy Fix Me Up
• Unnatural Helpers – Sunshine / Pretty Girls
• A Sunny Day In Glasgow –  This Assclown Eats Ambien Or Nobody Likes You (No Art)
• Keep Shelly In Athens –  Rainy Night
• M.I.A. – The Message (DBHB Redux)
• Vaccines, The –  Norgaard
• Sleigh Bells –  Straight A’s
• Pig Out –  Ecstasy Rap
• Madvillain – Papermill
• Abba Ag Gargando –  Timbouctou Session
• The Art Museums –  (I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence Dear
• JJ – I’m The One / Money On My Mind
• Svpreme Fiend –  Zain
• British Sea Power –  Thin Black Sail
• Beans –  Anvil Falling
• Flats –  Mucky Pup
• These New Puritans –  Canticle
• Earl Sweatshirt –  Luper
• Solar Bears –  Division
• Teej –  I Got Electrocuted
• A Sunny Day In Glasgow –  Moments On The Lawn
• Shit Browne –  38°54’n -01°26’e – 07.06.1989 07-24 Eternal Love
• DJ Lil Rome & DJ Yung Tellem –  Kill Da Circle
• Beans –  Gluetraps
• Shit Browne –  Shes A Party
• Sir Yes Sir –  Have I Hell
• ///▲▲▲\\\ –  Spit Shine
• Sweet Bulbs –  Down On My Life
• Velvet Davenport – Mystery Micheal
• DJ Diamond –  Ready Mother Fucka
• Tough Knuckles – Downtown Girl
• The Vaccines – Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)
• Da Easy Crew –  Rastamouse Theme

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 82MB

On Tuesday 21 February 2011 at 12.51pm a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch and Lyttelton.

Many lives have been lost (147 at last count), the damage is widespread, and many people still have no power and water.

This is much, much worse than the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Our thoughts go out to those who have lost loved ones, family, friends and colleagues. We can’t imagine what you must be going through.

I’m not sure when we’ll be back on air. RDU 98.5FM is out of action but music doesn’t feel that important right now. Keep up to date with RDU happenings at www.facebook.com/RDU985FM.

To all those affected by the earthquake – kia kaha. We will get through this. But it’s going to be hard and it’s going to take a long time.

More earthquake info…

• www.canterburyearthquake.org.nz
• Christchurch recovery map
• Wikipedia: 2011 Christchurch earthquake
• Geonet: recent earthquakes
• Christchurch quake map