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For your dose of Wednesday Weirdness this week, I’ve been getting animated.
Here’s the result of me spending an hour or so with a few marker pens and some BluTac, once as a gif and then re-edited with extra effects (accompanied by more of my original music in the video).
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Good morn-eve-ternoon to you, wherever you may be on this grey and rainy Tuesday.
Yes, rain!
Nobody mentioned there would be rain as well as a global pandemic, and a social lockdown; so I don’t even have the luxury of sitting in the garden to bring you the Isolation Radio show today, as the Melodic Randomiser isn’t waterproof and it is pretty miserable in our leaky shed.
So, a sofa-bound edition of the show starts like this…
My Morning Jacket, with “I Will Sing You Songs”, from 2003’s It Still Moves album…
…followed, by a truly amazing coincidence, by Dave Grohl; ex-Nirvana drummer and now Foo Fighters frontman, who once described MMJ as his favourite band.
Here he is in his current incarnation, with a song from the Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace album, beware the deceptively quiet intro to “Let it Die”
Which segues rather nicely into the jangly psychedelia of The Black Angels for our third and final track of the day, this is “The Executioner” from the 2014 album, Clear Lake Forest
I hope you have better weather where you are and whatever the climate, I aim to bring you more aural sunshine tomorrow.
Stay safe, stay dry, be froody to each other.
Peace
X
The start of another calender week (I’m not prepared to attempt anything more specific than that) means, well, it means exactly the same as every other day for the last 32, it’s time for more from the Melodic Randomiser, coming to you via the Isolation Radio show.
Dusting off a classic 1982 album to start with; The Party’s Over by a band which was the brainchild of the late, great Mark Hollis, this is “Mirror Man” by Talk Talk
And staying in the decade that fashion forgot, here’s some Gary Numan and an album track from 1980’s Telekon, called “Photograph”
There is no obvious connection to the final song today, but that’s the nature of the Randomiser and its still a fine selection; The Wombats and 2015’s “Sex and Question Marks” from their Glitterbug album.
I hope your week has got off to a positive start, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing. I’ll be back here tomorrow, reality permitting, to provide the soundtrack to a small part of your Tuesday.
Have a marvellous Monday.
Peace
X
Into the second full month of the Isolation Radio show now and the Melodic Randomiser has picked a real corker to start us off today.
The world lost a great rock and roll star when Malcolm Young died three years ago, but “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” is him and his brother Angus at their thundering best. Here’s AC/DC, from the classic 1979 album, Highway to Hell
Taking a hard left turn away from heavy riffing now, with some gentle string quartet accompaniment to David Byrne‘s “Finite=Alright” from 1997’s Feelings album.
And staying with a more chilled vibe to end today’s playlist, here’s a song from 2016 by Australian synth-pop duo, Empire of the Sun, this is “There’s No Need” and its rather nicely made unofficial video, from the Two Vines album.
That should leave you both invigorated and relaxed, enabling you to enjoy the rest of your Sunday and look forward to more tunes tomorrow.
Have a lovely day and be groovy to each other.
Peace
X
A full month by anybody’s standards, thirty one days old and the Isolation Radio show is still going strong, aided and abetted by the vicissitudes of the Melodic Randomiser, which has picked for today’s first audio delight…
…a 2013 rap supergroup; Run the Jewels and a track from their eponymous debut album, “36” Chain”, along with its…interesting video.
We follow that with a nice bit of minimal acid electro from Posthuman and a track off the 2018 Mutant City Acid album, this is “Gods of Technology”
And, closing today’s zigzag meander through the musical landscape, we come upon the self-titled, modern prog/space rock album by the always excellent Secret Machines and an 11 minute epic called “The Fire is Waiting”, enjoy.
How was that for a big finish? Fantastic stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree. Join me tomorrow for another blast of random tunage and in the meantime, as a wise man once said; always look on the bright side of life.
Peace
X
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Thirty days since the Isolation Radio show hit the ether and the vibes just keep on pouring out of the Melodic Randomiser, so let’s see what it’s generated for us today.
The opener will certainly blow away a few cobwebs in a blast of saxophonic riffs, because it’s a tune by Brooklyn band Moon Hooch, from their 2016 Red Sky album, this is the official video for “Booty House”
Then it’s time for some Kraftwerk and a song from 1975’s Radioactivity, with another original promo clip, here’s “Antenna”
And, by another strange Randomiser coincidence, the final track today is from Belgian, commuter-obsessed Kraftwerk wannabes, Metroland.
From the 12×12 collection, here’s the 12″ mix of a song named after the designer of the London Underground map, “Harry Beck“, originally from their 2012 Mind the Gap album.
Which wraps up another show and hopefully eases you into your weekend, so I’ll say au revoir for now and catch y’all on the flip side.
Keep on keeping indoors and stay safe.
Peace
X
As we enter week five of the Isolation Radio show, the sun is still shining, the birds are still singing and the Melodic Randomiser is still churning out some banging tunes, the first of which is by The Smiths.
This track is from the essential Hatful of Hollow album, from a 1983 John Peel session, this is “Handsome Devil”
Next up, a song I originally discovered on a free NME cassette compilation, back in 1988, this is the fabulous Ghost Dance and “Grip of Love”, from the Gathering Dust album.
And we’re finishing off today with a stone cold, solid gold, broke the mould perfect pop classic from ex-Eagle, Don Henley, here’s 1984’s sublime “Boys of Summer”
And with that, I’m outta here, be good to each other and I’ll see y’all tomorrow.
Peace
X
It’s the end of week four on the Isolation Radio show and the lockdown shows no sign of stopping the Melodic Randomiser from cranking out cracking tunes.
The first platter that matters today is from the 2006 album, Eye to the Telescope, by the extremely talented KT Tunstall, here’s “Silent Sea”
After which we jump forward to 2015 and a fine return to form for eccentric ’80s electro-poppers Blancmange and “Bloody Hell Fire”, from their Semi-Detached album.
Purely by coincidence, our final track is by another band from the same musical ouevre, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; only this is one from back in 1981, and their second album, Architecture and Morality, this is the epic “Sealand”
I enjoyed that little trio, it made nicely eclectic listening. I hope you’ve been finding something to interest you in some of these musical sojourns into the past, I know I’ve heard a few things I haven’t played in a while.
We will do it all again tomorrow, but I bid y’all farewell and wish you health and happiness until then.
Peace
X
Following on from last week’s Wednesday Weirdness post, here’s a little more digital fiddling for you.
I like a challenge, so this entire video is made from the same single photo I have used for every piece of Isolation Radio artwork on so far, all of which are still on Instagram.
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So…this would be…Tuesday?
If it’s all merging into one huge mega-day and you don’t know your ass from your metaphor, never fear, the Isolation Radio show is on hand with its trusty accomplice, the Melodic Randomiser to bring you bang up to date…
…to 1994, with Everything but the Girl and possibly their most famous hit, “Missing”, from the Amplified Heart album.
Not changing the pace too much, we go back a couple of decades and slip across the English Channel to France, for some Jean Michel Jarre and “Oxygène, part IV”, from 1976’s groundbreaking Oxygène album.
And we end up in 1977 with the proto-Human League and a track from The Golden Hour of the Future, this is “Disco Disaster”
A strange mix, I admit, but that’s what it’s all about here on the Isolation Radio show and there’ll be more tomorrow.
Stay safe and love each other.
Peace
X
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