Category: Audio
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I Predict A Riot
This year was V Festival’s 10th anniversary, and I think that one way or another I’ve been to the last nine of them, starting with V97 and Blur (featuring Phil Daniels doing his Parklife stuff). This year was inevitably our biggest ever effort with some fabulous music in the Virgin Radio tent making it harder…
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Selling Radio Downloads
With podcasting and the success of download sites such as iTunes, there’s a growing market for download-only media. Recently, Audible launched in the UK, and the BBC are now selling MP3 CDs of some of their programming. But not every drama or comedy the BBC makes is available to buy. There are obviously criteria which…
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Jack FM
A Guardian piece on the Jack FM radio format that’s been invading America of late. I had quite a good listen to the Dallas version of this service when I was there a couple of months ago. In the States you see many more posters for local radio stations anyway, and although I’d heard a…
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Live 8 Again
So what’s the final verdict on the weekend? A great concert, certainly. Some great performances (and some pretty terrible ones). Hundreds of thousands of people giving their support to a great cause that has truly got the country behind it. But, but, but. Still the doubts linger. Full credit to Pink Floyd (and The Who…
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Brian Wilson
I was very lucky last night to get a chance to go and see Brian Wilson play a concert in the rather lovely surroundings of Hampton Court. What a fantastic night. The weather was obviously excellent, and it was a shame that we didn’t bring a picnic like just about everyone else. The concert itself…
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Live 8
No ticket for me, but then it’ll be better on the TV anyway. Andy Kershaw, writing in today’s Independent, is very angry. When Bob Geldof first announced the line-up for the Live 8 concerts, African artists were notable by their absence. And this whole thing is about Africa after all. But a week or so…
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Ben & Kirsty
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Kids Music
My nephew is now two, and a while back my brother surprised me by playing a CD from They Might Be Giants that he’d heard on Jonathan Ross’s radio show which is for pre-school kids. Now St Etienne and Belle & Sebastian are getting in on the scene.
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Rigoletto
The underground is festooned with posters for the Royal Opera House’s Rigoletto. But the photo of Paolo Gavanelli in the poster, makes him look like an evil John Peel. You can see the picture currently on the ROH home page here.
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Decent Radio
While the Radio Times releases its BBC-centric list of the Top 40 Most Powerful People On Radio (link ironically to The Scotsman as I couldn’t find it on the Radio Times website), I’ve been enjoying some other decent radio. The funniest programme at the moment is undoubtedly The Armando Iannucci Charm Offensive. I got to…
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Copyright Lunacy
It seems that The Beatles haven’t made enough cash and that the British government want to give them the rest of my adult life to keep earning. That way, EMI will invest more money in new bands. Alternatively, their shareholders will get richer, and the record companies will get let off the massive screw-ups they’ve…
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Cheap/Free Downloads
Not that I’m in any way recommending it, but if you enter the Coca-Cola win a music download (or ringtone) on promotional cans, you currently pretty certain to win. I’m edging towards a full free album’s worth of tracks.
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Listen To Something Interesting
The BBC’s extended podcast rollout has started this week. Keep up to date on this page with what’s available. The Today programme interview is up now along with a 1Xtra show. Look for more in the coming days. In particular, From Our Own Correspondent is a must listen.