Tag Archives: BCB

The Twilight Sad on The BCB Sessions – woo!

Hello!

Hope you enjoyed the show. Had lots of fun. Delighted to welcome The Twilight Sad as our band in session for the evening. Big thanks to Albert Freeman for doing the twiddly bits and recording the tunes.

The Twilight Sad at BCB, October 2010

The Twilight Sad at BCB, October 2010

Here’s what I played…

Wed 28 Oct:
Penguin Prison – A funny thing
Ingrid Olava – Warrior Song
Chicken Lips – Kudashuda
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – Wrong car
Cloud Control – Meditation song
Gui Boratto – Colours
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – And she would darken the memory
Blackgold – Shine (this was the pot luck track! Sounds a bit like Gary Barlow singing… )
Sky Larkin – Year Dot (cracking remix by Minotaur shock. Sky Larkin are playing at ‘Constellations Festival’ in Leeds on Nov 14th)
Shamanix – Blood Drop (Bradford producer who’s got a great ear for catchy mixes: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shamanix/72786374283?filter=1)
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – Cold days from the bird house

Continue reading →

Miscellaneous BCB Plays 5th to 12th October

The following is a brief list of some of the other new releases played recently on BCB.

When I say some I mean I don’t know all the new releases played on BCB, so this is just what I know about at the time of writing.

When I say other I mean that this list does not include tunes that have appeared in other playlists here on the BCB Music Blog.

Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Plays 1st – 10th September 2010

The following is a brief list of some of the other new releases played recently on BCB.

When I say some I mean I don’t know all the new releases played on BCB, so this is just what I know about at the time of writing.

When I say other I mean that this list does not include tunes that have appeared in other playlists here on the BCB Music Blog.

Continue reading →

BCB music shows web 1.0 and web 2.0

In the BUN era (see Untitled Noise 1 year on) our music shows’ individual websites and web 2.0 presence was the only way find out what we were all up to, and it was not easy to keep up to date with all shows.  In the SUN era this blog has brought things together nicely in a hub, but our original tentacles still spread healthily.  So I thought it would be a good idea to fill you in on what we have out there on the internet.   Here’s what I know of, starting with general BCB stuff, then working through the week (I may modify this entry if and when I get more information):

General BCB stuff

www.facebook.com/bcbradio
www.twitter.com/bcbradio

Monday

Going North From Nashville

www.myspace.com/goingnorthfromnashville

Selection Box

www.twitter.com/selection_box
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7278081700
www.myspace.com/selectionboxbcb

Continue reading →

Cover up / Selection Box Show 144

A different sort of Moon Delight after being Rammed.

A couple of weeks ago my best chum described me as a “Paul McCartney aficionado”, which is certainly not something I would say was true at all.  I do think he used to look like my mum, but I don’t think that counts and my mum probably wouldn’t be chuffed (although if I was told I looked like someone handsome enough to trap off with the young Jane Asher I’d probably be delighted).  I am, however, one of those few people whose answer to the query of favourite Beatle would be answered with positive messages for the unidexter-divorcing vegetarian former mullet-sporter.  Whilst I could never for a moment defend the sheer horror of the likes of Ebony & Ivory, That Fecking Frog Song With Ruperb The Bear In The Videoor even the ineffective hey-let’s-all-be-nice-to-one-another-man anti-war lamery of Pipes of Peace, McCartney seems to be largely overshadowed by the beautiful corpse of his probably-an-awful-twat-in-real-life mate and his over-bearing political conscience.  Yeah, stay in bed for peace, John, that’ll work.  Thanks for that.  You’ve been a massive help. Continue reading →

Ça n’etait pas moi: Selection Box 143

Dont worry, you can still count him on your Famous Belgians list.

Don't worry, you can still count him on your Famous Belgians list.

Last week I accidentally ruined any remaining vestiges of childhood innocence for BCB’s Tez Burke.  A man with a beard as fulsome and manly as Tez’s should probably have left Playmobil and Ker-Plunk behind a long time ago (though Lego is allowed – you can never truly tire or grow out of Lego.  God, I miss Lego.  I’m off to buy some Lego…), but I suppose William Blake would probably argue that our days of innocence are not to be dismissed in our grown up cynicism.  Whilst I agree to an extent, this doesn’t forgive The Songs of Innocence which are, contrary to what your English teacher may have tried to tell you, a load of old shit.  (I give you this, from Laughing Song: “When the meadows laugh with lively green / And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene / When Mary and Susan and Emily / With their sweet round mouths sing “Ha, ha he!”  Sorry, but that’s rubbish.  Did he not think, “Hmmm, needs a bit of work”?) Continue reading →

Putting Up The Bunting: Selection Box 141

Well, thats disturbing. I Googled jelly and this photo of Phil Cope popped up.

Well, that's disturbing. I Googled "jelly" and this photo of Phil Cope popped up.

For someone to forget to bring a load of records needed for a radio show is pretty daft.  To do it not only twice, but two weeks running -with the frustration of the previous occasion fresh in the mind – is the actions of a frankly hopeless prize bellend.  I am that soldier.  Thankfully it was not quite as many as last week, but was still sufficient to throw me off kilter a bit.

I can only assume that my focus has been confined far too much to next week’s 3rd birthday extravaganza, which may rather pathetically turn out to be a ménage à un at this rate seen as prospective guests have decided that they’re terribly busy watching television that evening.  There was a half-hearted “maybe” from Phil Cope, who I attempted to lure with the promise of jelly and ice cream, though he has previous when it comes to forgetting to turn up, and last time he did come on as a guest he blotted his copybook by bringing along a right load of cack to play in the form of Ebony & Ivory.  A solo celebration is beginning to look all the more appealing by the second.  And it means more jelly for me, nom nom nom…

Continue reading →

King Μίδας in reverse: Selection Box 140

If I’d have had the relevant track by The Hollies to hand I would have played it, but then that was the point – I didn’t have the tracks I was supposed to. The chorus of “He’s King Midas in reverse” would’ve been appropriate, seen as everything I touched seemed to turn to anything but priceless radio.  I can’t pretend that all ums and aahs in usual shows are finely scripted and rehearsed, and nor can I pretend that I don’t regularly change my mind on what I am going to play whilst the show is actually in progress – sometimes the ways things flow in my head doesn’t actually work in practice and I change the admittedly-vague plotting of the programme accordingly.  The surprise from your point of view will be to learn that there is a sort of demi-plan, though, and when this half-baked idea turns out to be scuppered by a metaphorical faulty oven, it throws everything into something of a whirl.  Or in this case, I forgot to turn the oven on and then found that the microwave had fused.  Or something. Continue reading →

Something to feel Springy about

The Morning Benders “Excuses” on Vimeo.

As spring finally tries to get its act into gear and we see a few more sunny days coming our way, there’s nothing nicer than a bit of uplifting musical talent. And thanks to The Morning Benders that oh-so-appropriate track is here. The video for ‘Excuses’, from their new album ‘Big Echo’ (to be released on the 9th March 2010) manages to just miss the super cheesiness usually achieved by these sort of videos. The happy group of coincidentally ultra-talented musical friends bash out a rough and ready but spot on version of this loveable track.

So stay inside where it’s warm, look out the window at the sunshine and pretend it’s summer already…