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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty six


Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today, to get through this thing called life.
Electric word life, it means forever and that’s a mighty long time, but I’m here to tell you there’s something else…

…and that something else is day forty six of the Isolation Radio show, in the day of our Melodic Randomiser May 10th 2020.

We begin the Sunday service with a song by Ministry, from their 1989 album, The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste; here’s “So What”, which contains lyrical imagery some of the more sensitive congregants may find disturbing.

A distinct change of tone now, as we sample a little New Muzik from 1981 and “They All Run After the Carving Knife”, from their second album, Anywhere

Now please could we all stand for the final hymn by Nine Inch Nails, from the gospel according to Pretty Hate Machine, this is “The Only Time”

A somewhat unconventional trinity, I’ll give you that, but we are a broad church and all musical genres are welcome, (having said that, there is a bowl of water by the door and I’d appreciate it if any Phil Collins, Queen or Sting could be left tied up outside) especially in these trying times.

I hope the rest of your Sunday is peaceful and relaxing, I’ll see you again tomorrow for more tunes and the weekly Cosmic Photo Challenge post.

Stay safe, fix up, look sharp, be kind.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty five.

What a beautiful day to be sitting in the garden with the Melodic Randomiser by my side, ready to provide a trio of tunes for today’s Isolation Radio show, easing you into your Saturday evening with…

…Belly and without doubt their most famous song, the single “Feed the Tree” from 1993’s Baby Silvertooth album.

Then we turn to Thomas Dolby for an ’80s pop classic, “Hyperactive”, from his 1984 The Flat Earth album

And we finish today with a 2001 track by Sum-41; “In Too Deep” from the All Killer No Filler album

That’s your lot for this sunny Saturday, I’ll be back for your musical Sunday sermon tomorrow.

Have as good a night as you can and stay safe.

Peace

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Cosmic Photo prompt.

Welcome to Friday’s regular prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, providing your inspiration for Monday’s show and tell post.

In another attempt at keeping it non-specific yet themed, to account for the current global socialising peculiarities, I’m giving you the task of capturing whatever you consider to be; My Summer space.

Not my space, you understand, that would be difficult and…a little creepy, but wherever you will be/would like to be spending your days of Summer.

Obviously gardens spring to mind, but I’m aware a lot of you may not have that luxury and might be dependent on other outside spaces, or may even be trapped indoors completely, so hopefully it’s inclusive enough for everyone.

See you on Monday or tomorrow for day 45 of the Isolation Radio show, either way, enjoy your weekend.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty four.

All the fours, 44, as they probably say in bingo, but here on the Isolation Radio show we only take three suggestions a day from the Melodic Randomiser and today’s first cut out of the box is…

…Hawkwind again, (the law of averages alone means they should pop up at least once a week) with a fantastic, shiny, chrome-plated space rock beast of a song from Sonic Attack, here’s “Living on a Knife Edge” from 1981

We follow them with a song from Tunng‘s 2010 folktronica album, …And Then We Saw Land; this is the official video for their rather lovely, hippity-hoppity, plinkity-plonkity, “Hustle”

And if they weren’t different enough from each other, how about rounding off this eclectic selection with some La Roux and Major Lazer‘s dancehall reworking of her “Bulletproof” single, from their 2010 collaboration, LazerProof

Nice mix, huh?

Yeah, I thought so, too.

Anyway, back with more tomorrow, now I think there’s a photo prompt for me to come up with.

Have a wonderful weekend, stay safe and be patient, we’ll get through this.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty three.

Good day to you, wherever you may be and welcome to another session with the Melodic Randomiser, surfing the waves of the ether via the Isolation Radio show for the forty third day running.

I have cheated slightly today, in that I have picked the first track myself as a tribute to Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 73. This is “Antenna” from their 1975 Radioactivity album

Then a band who I suspect don’t find themselves listed next to German techno pioneers very often; Blue Öyster Cult, with a song from their excellent 1980 album Cultösaurus Erectus, here’s “The Marshall Plan”

Taking us to the end of this listicle is a lady with a unique sound called Zsuzsanna Eva Ward. She goes simply by ZZ Ward and this is the title song from her 2017 Storm album

I hope you have a good evening, I’ll see you tomorrow for another wander through the memory banks.

Stay safe, stay strong.

Peace

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#1linerWeds: Wednesday Weirdness.

I’m running a bit late today with my Wednesday Weirdness post, I just don’t know where the time has gone today.

I have once again stitched together some of the micro-videos which have been accompany the Melodic Randomiser posts on Instagram and added some more new music.

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty two.

What do you get when you multiply six by nine?

42, of course.

And we have reached that momentous milestone today on the Isolation Radio show, ably assisted by our very own Deep Thought, the Melodic Randomiser.

If none of this makes sense to you, fear not; Ignore my ramblings and listen to the music instead.

First up, Voodoo Trombone Quartet and a track called “The Phantom” from 2007

Which isn’t something you’d usually find next to “Bomber”, the title track of the 1979 album by Motorhead…

…nor, for that matter, do you generally find them back to back with Depeche Mode, but here they are anyway, with “Never Let Me Down Again” from the 1987 album, Music for the Masses

More tomorrow.

Be good, look after your towel, be froody to one another.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day forty one.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be…the couch.

Yes, the rain has returned and the Isolation Radio show has moved back indoors for the day, accompanied by the dulcet tones of the Melodic Randomiser‘s first choice.

Which is almost another great tune…

I’m sorry, I’ll read that again.

Which is “Almost”, another great tune by OMD, from their 1980 debut album, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Then we jump ahead 14 years, to an album from Hootie and the Blowfish called Cracked Rear View and the song “Hannah Jane”

Before fast forwarding to Lunar Lane, the 2015 album from French electro-popsters Jabberwocky and the track “Dizzy Youth”, which features Irish contemporaries Young Wonder

And that’s your lot for today, hopefully tomorrow’s selection will be from the sunnier climes of the back garden.

Stay safe, live long and prosper.

Peace

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The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

A very good morning to you, wherever and whenever you may be reading this and welcome to another Monday edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, prompted this week by my suggestion that your photos are taken; From an unusual angle.

I wasn’t sure what direction I was going to take for this, but I saw a nice idea for a collage on a Facebook photography group on Saturday and was inspired to make this…

…wherein three of the sunsets are always at an unusual angle, whichever way up it is.

But that’s not really in the spirit of photos taken from the requisite obtuse perspective; so it occurred to me that this accidental selfie, edited after I took it the other day, holding my phone whilst standing in a socially distanced supermarket queue, might qualify instead…

Having said that, I thought I should still make an effort to actively attempt to capture something in an unconventional or indirect way, so this happened…

How did you do with your weekend homework, have you got something to show the rest of the class?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day thirty nine.

Hello, welcome to Sunday’s edition of the Isolation Radio show, bringing the sermon of the Melodic Randomiser into your lives for a short burst of musical worship.

The first lesson is read by MGMT; here’s the title track from their Little Dark Age album

Next, if you turn your orders of service to page two, you’ll find the gospel according to Rage Against the Machine. They are insisting that you “Wake Up”, something about which you have very little choice, with this track from their eponymous debut album

And we close today’s devotions with a chapter from the book of Big Audio Dynamite, specifically a verse called “A Party”, taken from This is Big Audio Dynamite

Ah, men. But maybe there’ll be some women in tomorrow’s selection.

Stay safe, be kind, enjoy the rest of your weekend and wake up refreshed for…well, more of the same, I guess.

Peace

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