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Force Majeure

There was no show today and therefore no playlist, tweets or podcast to accompany it. For our NZ audience the reason is obvious, but for the literally tens of listeners overseas who may not be aware, Christchurch was hit by an earthquake today. We’re all hunkering down bracing ourselves for the magnitude 6 after-shock we’ve been promised.

Personally I think it was my promise / threat to play country music on yesterday’s blog – there’s nothing the genre likes better than some misfortune, tragedy or epic event to get it’s teeth stuck into.

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Forewarned Is Forearmed

NPR Music Spotlight On Country Archive
NPR Music Spotlight On Country Archive

Just a word of warning ahead of tomorrow’s edition of The Joint – for most of the week I’ve been listening to NPR’s Spotlight On Country podcast series.

It’s too early to say how exactly this will affect my choice of songs in Saturday’s playlist, possibly in the form of a Merle Haggard threesome or a Waylon Jennings Sesh.

Or maybe I’ll just play George Jones‘ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” whilst quietly crying in the studio. Am I alone in thinking that one of the This Mortal Coil line-ups could do a fantastic cover version of this song, maybe as a bonus track on the forthcoming 4AD boxset?

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The show: Spring is round the corner

Lovely new single from Tommy Ill – “Robot”. Catch Tommy Ill at Goodbye Blue  Monday on Saturday 11 September. Fingers crossed we can get him into the show for a quick chat.

Simian Mobile Disco have been busy. Their new Delicatessen & Delicacies singles series features food in the titles. The first two singles are Aspic/Nerve Salad and Cazu Marzu/Thousand Year Egg. Casu marzu (Sardinian sheep’s milk cheese riddled with insect larvae) could well be the world’s deadliest cheese.

OMG FTW?!? The Fall have been confirmed for Monday 13 December at The Powerstation in Auckland. See you there.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 77Mb mp3

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 85Mb mp3



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John Safran vs Chris Morris

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Sunday Night Safran

This one almost slipped below The Joint radar. It’s the match-up we’ve all been waiting for as Australia’s answer to Chris Morris takes on John Safran’s British mentor.

By match-up I mean invites on Sunday Night Safran as a guest, and by takes on I mean cordially interviews about his film Four Lions.

The head to head starts at about the 31 minute mark.

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Never quite understood the appeal of Father Bob though…

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Box(set) of Orange Juice

Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle

The NME reported yesterday that Domino Recordings are set to release an Orange Juice 7 disc boxset on the 8th of November, possibly due to overwhelming public demand after The Joint played the title track of Edwyn Collins’ new CD “Losing Sleep” last Saturday. Possibly.

Entitled “Coals To Newcastle”, the release will comprise their entire discography plus video footage.

I’m particularly looking forward to the latter because it will include the official promo for “What Presence?!” – which I reckon to be the best Orange Juice single and a piece of video I’ve never seen. Derek Jarman directed to boot.

Sure, you can stream it online at Muzu.tv or vh1la.com or some other off -the-beaten-track video site but NOT if you live in New Zealand. We have to put up with some dodgy VHS footage of an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance or one of those motionless YouTube tributes…