THE JOINT RADIO SHOW

Saturday 19 September 2009Thursday 5 November 2009

The show: I ran all night

Apologies to long time listener Greg Curline. He got a bit freaked out today because the DJ Foundation and Master Gunnery Sergeant Bill Dower set sounded like an announcment that the USA was about to invade Iran.

Released in 1984 on K-tel Master Gunnery Sergeant Bill Dower “Armed Forces Workout” features the voice of United Statets Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Bill Dower giving exercise instruction over such classics as I Ran (So Far Away), Eye of the Tiger, the Rocky Theme, Beat It, and Always Something There To Remind Me. Gaining copyright permission sure seemed much easier back in the day. [Thx WFMU]

Today’s playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

RONNIE LAWS – Always There
VITALIC – See The Sea (Red)
THE XX – Basic Space (Astronomer Remix)
FUCK BUTTONS – Surf Solar (Edit)
MAJOR LAZER featuring PRINCE ZIMBOO – Baby
NAIF ORCHESTRA – Check-0ut Five
PRIVATE – My Secret Lover (Diplo Remix)
MASSIVE ATTACK – Splitting The Atom
THE MARY ONETTES – Puzzles
ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE – They Don’t Want **NZ**
DANIEL JOHNSTON -Freedom

Download 12pm – 1pm here

1pm – 2pm

ISAAC AESILI – Stranjah **NZ**
MACBETH – Make Drum & Bass Betta **NZ**
J*DaVeY – End Of The World (Mama’s Back)
J*DaVeY – Mr Mister (Future Screw Mix)
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – Higher Than The Stars
LAKE HEARTBEAT – Southbound
DJ FOUNDATION – I Shot U Babe
DJ FOUNDATION – Sitting In Gitmo
DJ FOUNDATION – Hot Girls Hot Guys
MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT BILL DOWER – I Ran
L QUE & WERD2JAH – Dub Runners **NZ**

Download 1pm – 2pm here

2pm – 3pm

LIGHTNING BOLT – Funny Farm
LADYHAWKE – Professional Sucide **NZ**
ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Scenes From The Double Life Of A Mattress
ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Don’t You Want To? (Follow)
ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Goodbye
KLAXONS – As Above So Below (Justice Remix)
ROYCE DA 5’9″ – New Money
SICK CYCLE – Tweak Frenzy **NZ**
MAX KEISER & STACEY HERBERT – The Truth About Markets – 05 September 2009
BORIS – Farewell
ZOLA JESUS – Clay Bodies
A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW – Headphone Space
BUMBU SAUCE – Jiggernaut

Download 2pm – 3pm here

Saturday 12 September 2009Friday 18 September 2009

The show: Spring starts here. 911 rewind.

Eight years and one day since The Day The World Changed Forever™. It seems like a lifetime ago. Luckily we still have comedian David Cross to remind us of those bizarre days…

“I don’t think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel, our ties with the Saudi family and our military bases in Saudi Arabia. You know why I think that? Because that’s what he fucking said! Are we a nation of 6-year-olds? Answer: yes.”
David Cross

And here is one of the weirdest things we remember from those strange days – America: A Tribute to Heroes where George Clooney (FTW?!?!?!?!?) wrangled America’s stars into fronting up to sing “America the Beautiful”. By the really nervous body language displayed by Al Pacino and Tom Cruise it seems likely that they did it at gun point. Or they were expecting a plane to land on the studio. After all, it was filmed on 21 September 2001…

Today’s playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

The Juan Maclean – Tonight
Coyote – Pacific breeze
Justus Kohncke – (It’s gonna be) alright
Fuck Buttons – Surf solar (edit)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Higher than the stars (Saint Etienne visit Lord Spank mix)
Pat Les Stache – Much more love
Major Lazer – Lazer boom
Major Lazer – Hold the line (Toadally crossed out remix)
A Place To Bury Strangers – In your heart (Cereal spiller remix)
Fever Ray – Seven (Crookers remix)
Joakim – Spiders (Metronomy remix)

Download 12pm – 1pm here

1pm – 2pm

Wasted Dunedin Guy – Make drum & bass better **NZ**
MacBeth – Make D&B betta **NZ**
Shit And Shine – King’s Heath Shit and Shine Appreciation Society
Smith & Mudd – The delivery man
Subway – Lowlife
David Cross – My Child Is Enthralling, Especially When It Says Something Unexpectedly
DJ Foundation – USA
Bumbu Sauce – Jiggernaut
Daft Punk – Tron Legacy theme (John Roman remix)

Download 1pm – 2pm here

2pm – 3pm

Instituto Mexicano del Sonido [IMS] – Sinfonia Agridulce
Roxy Music – Ladytron
Roxy Music – If there is something
Roxy Music – 2HB
J*DaVeY – The end of the world (Mama’s back)
Candy Claws – Lantern fish
Gentle Friendly – RIP static
Air France – GBG belongs to us
Boris – Buzz in (Optimo remix)
Music Go Music – Goodbye, everybody

Download 2pm – 3pm here

Wednesday 9 September 2009Thursday 10 September 2009

Some wisdom and perspective from old geezers

Depending upon who you talk to about music (and we’re really generalising here), the older the music fan the more likely their perspective (from the moral high ground) seems to be that:

(a) everything was better in the old days
(b) there’s no new music worth listening to, and
(c) <insert comment here that always make you roll your eyes>

As we’ve always said, the older you get, the bigger the music back catalogue gets, and the more you get to choose from. In other words, take the open-minded approach not the close-minded approach.

So it was quite refreshing to come across some recent musings from “old geezers” who have always had interesting things to say about music. Just when you expect them to take the “grumpy old men” approach they surprise us by being quite open-minded and philosophical about things…

Nick Hornby on the liberating effect of MP3 blogs
Where the author of “High Fidelity” embraces the internet and majorly props Hype Machine. Nice one Nick. Some gems…

Keeping in touch with the things that help us feel alive – music, books, movies, even the theatre, if, mysteriously, you are that way inclined – becomes a battle, and one that many of us lose, as we get older…

[On MP3 blogs] …some of these post songs from new bands, and some post scratched old vinyl funk records, and if you spend an hour messing about you’ll find 20 or 30 great songs you never knew before. In other words: there’s no excuse…

All I know is that if you love music, and you have a curious mind, there has never been a better time to be alive.

Paul Morley interviews Mark Moore
As part of his Showing Off series for The Guardian, music journalist / critic / promoter Paul Morley chats with Mark Moore of S’Express about the stigma of liking disco.

Bill Drummond’s 2008 lecture “The death of recorded music”
Living legend Bill Drummond gave a lecture on the death of recorded music at BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking ‘08 festival in Liverpool. See also the Bill Drummond interview in The Quietus “Recorded music has run its course”.

Saturday 5 September 2009Saturday 12 September 2009

The show: Return of The Herb Whisperer

DJ Foundation - Paradise — DJ Foundation "Paradise" gatefold sleeve

Clutching a sackful of Soul Jazz CD’s and Rough Trade vinyl, The Herb Whisperer has finally returned from the UK. The pick of his purchases is the new DJ Foundation LP “Paradise” and today we played side one in it’s entirety.

For some reason we still have difficulty believing DJ Foundation lives in Mosul, but not as much difficulty as the man himself has living there. Listen to this SBS interview with Metal Postcard’s Sean Hocking to find out more.

Today’s playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm