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Ok, so this show wasn't exactly what I would call slick but that doesn't mean it wasn't fun. David and I talked a little bit more about Matilda, big news concerning Rastamouse, and did a Silly News segment that probably went on far too long but was pretty funny due to David's increasing despair and frustration with humanity. There was also the brand new single from Bono & The Edge from the musical Spider-Man: Turn Of The Dark and an utterly brilliant combination of the final speech in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and the music at the end of Inception to close the show.
Also included are small tributes to Bob Dylan, who turned 70 last week, and Gil Scott-Heron, who sadly died the day before the show.
For those of you who have a soft spot for David and live in the St. Albans area, he is performing tonight at The Goat Inn at 6:40. Be there or be a rectangular cuboid.
Speaking of David, he will be joining me in the studio next week!
Until then, please like the Facebook page and follow the show on Twitter!
Alex
Setlist
Born In Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Cemeteries Of London - Coldplay
Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Miss You (Dr. Dre Remix) - The Rolling Stones
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Part 2) - Propellerheads
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
It's My Life - Talk Talk
Time - Chase & Status ft. Delilah
Rise Above 1 - Reeve Carney ft. Bono & The Edge
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - The Smiths
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
The Great Dictator vs Inception
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Monday, 23 May 2011
May 21st 2011
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First of all: WE'RE BACK! We have found a new location to store the shows. The website we now use doesn not stream directly, like the old one did, but its a simple case of clicking the link to hear it.
Secondly, with the exception of Kathleen's guest appearance, this is probably the most fun I have had doing a show so far. According to some Christian radio network in America, the world was supposed to end. And it didn't. But that didn't stop me making fun out of it repeatedly! Especially when David made his customary phone call.
Also featured is a small tribute to "Macho Man" Randy Savage (complete with a dodgy impression of him), my despair and missing out on the opportunity to see Pendulum live, David and I reliving our childhood by listening to the song from Matilda, and an imaginary rap off between David and WWE performer John Cena. A very fun two hours.
See you all next week, what with us all still being here! Please like the Facebook page and follow the show on Twitter, and don't forget to tune in to the next show via the Radio LaB website or tuning into 97.1 FM if you're in the Luton area.
Alex
Setlist
The Bones Of You - Elbow
Heart Full Of Soul - Rush
Where'd You Go? - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Touch Too Much - AC/DC
Reason Is Treason - Kasabian
Ecstasy - Rusted Root
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Bad Bad Man - John Cena & Tha Trademarc ft. Bumpy Knuckles
Rap Choon - David Hoare
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Propellerheads
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Sweat (David Guetta Remix) - Snoop Dogg
What Is And What Should Never Be (Live) - Led Zeppelin
Missing - Beck
Let Loose - Brunz ft Eazy & Gabriel
Try, Try, Try - Smashing Pumpkins
I Need A Dollar/Life So Hard - Aloe Blacc
Make It Wit Chu - Queens Of The Stone Age
Last To Die - Bruce Springsteen
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
First of all: WE'RE BACK! We have found a new location to store the shows. The website we now use doesn not stream directly, like the old one did, but its a simple case of clicking the link to hear it.
Secondly, with the exception of Kathleen's guest appearance, this is probably the most fun I have had doing a show so far. According to some Christian radio network in America, the world was supposed to end. And it didn't. But that didn't stop me making fun out of it repeatedly! Especially when David made his customary phone call.
Also featured is a small tribute to "Macho Man" Randy Savage (complete with a dodgy impression of him), my despair and missing out on the opportunity to see Pendulum live, David and I reliving our childhood by listening to the song from Matilda, and an imaginary rap off between David and WWE performer John Cena. A very fun two hours.
See you all next week, what with us all still being here! Please like the Facebook page and follow the show on Twitter, and don't forget to tune in to the next show via the Radio LaB website or tuning into 97.1 FM if you're in the Luton area.
Alex
Setlist
The Bones Of You - Elbow
Heart Full Of Soul - Rush
Where'd You Go? - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Touch Too Much - AC/DC
Reason Is Treason - Kasabian
Ecstasy - Rusted Root
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Bad Bad Man - John Cena & Tha Trademarc ft. Bumpy Knuckles
Rap Choon - David Hoare
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Propellerheads
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Sweat (David Guetta Remix) - Snoop Dogg
What Is And What Should Never Be (Live) - Led Zeppelin
Missing - Beck
Let Loose - Brunz ft Eazy & Gabriel
Try, Try, Try - Smashing Pumpkins
I Need A Dollar/Life So Hard - Aloe Blacc
Make It Wit Chu - Queens Of The Stone Age
Last To Die - Bruce Springsteen
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
Friday, 20 May 2011
Technical Difficulties!
Hello all, just to let you know there probably won't be many podcasts of the shows for a while, if at all, due to an issue with storage. We'll try to get this sorted but the archives are run by the shows American producer Dow McKeever from his storage files and he is a busy man so this is isn't a priority for him. But he we has told me he will try and sort it when he can.
In the mean time, here is the latest recording, taken from the show that aired on the 7th of May. It is only the first hour, due to...you guessed it, lack of storage!
Will update this blog when recordings resurface. In the meantime, you can listen to the show live every Saturday from 10am till Noon GMT at http://www.beds.ac.uk/radiolab or if you are in the Luton area you can set your wireless to 91.1fm.
Click Here To Listen To Hour 1 of the 7/5/11 Show
Setlist
Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3
Going On - Gnarls Barkley
Lord Of The Thighs -Aerosmith
Sing Another Love Song - Sinepost Audio
Get Some - Lykke Li
Are You In? - Incubus
Hows Your Sex Life (The Room Dubstep) - MiCrowJupiter
In the mean time, here is the latest recording, taken from the show that aired on the 7th of May. It is only the first hour, due to...you guessed it, lack of storage!
Will update this blog when recordings resurface. In the meantime, you can listen to the show live every Saturday from 10am till Noon GMT at http://www.beds.ac.uk/radiolab or if you are in the Luton area you can set your wireless to 91.1fm.
Click Here To Listen To Hour 1 of the 7/5/11 Show
Setlist
Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3
Going On - Gnarls Barkley
Lord Of The Thighs -Aerosmith
Sing Another Love Song - Sinepost Audio
Get Some - Lykke Li
Are You In? - Incubus
Hows Your Sex Life (The Room Dubstep) - MiCrowJupiter
Monday, 2 May 2011
30th April 2011...Half Of It, Anyway
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This show was interesting to say the least. I had my best friend, one Jamie Slough (himself a presenter at the University of Hertfordshire's Crush Radio), in the studio with me, which was very fun. But we almost didn't have a show! A paperwork issue (ie lack of it) meant the security guard wasn't aware that I was going to be there, therefore he wouldn't let me into the building, despite pleas from two of our managers. But, being the stubborn sod that I am, I simply went back into the building through another entrance and went into the studio! (Shh, don't tell my manager)
It was also a pretty good week for Radio LaB itself, as the station was featured as Student Station Of The Week on the Steve Lamacq show on BBC 6 Music. There was an interview with Laura, one of our managers, and a 90 second trailer of our shows, featuring a recording from this shows bagpipes incident! To listen to it, click here and start playing it at the 1:43 mark.
This weeks show featured a selection of new music from unsigned acts courtesy of The Luton Scene, and also an interview with its creator Natalie Mason. This is a great project and is helping to get acts in and around Luton noticed and help get the music scene in the area strong again. Please check out its Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blog and Soundcloud pages and check out the bands, including Natalie's own band Dead Cells.
Now, regarding the recording of the show itself. A technical issue meant that only hour two ended up getting recorded, but thats better than having no recording at all! Its a big shame as Dow McKeever, the man who archives and produces this show, had asked me to play a song of his that his wife had written, and I did...in the first hour! So I shall be playing it next week to make sure the woman who sings on the song, Christel Guarnieri, can hear her song get played on the radio. Also missing is a great conversation between Jamie, myself, and David with featured a bunch of silly news stories, and David's song pick, Silver by A Hundred Reasons. Again, shall play that next week to make up for it.
A big thank you to to Natalie for coming on the show to talk to us and to Jamie for coming to the studio (and showing me how to control the sound levels for my booming voice), I hope they'll both be back on the show soon.
Alex
Setlist
What You Won't Hear
Wild & Young - American Bang
Yes - Coldplay
Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head - Gorillaz
Derezzed - Daft Punk
Sing Another Love Song - Sinepost Audio
Silver (Live On Top Of The Pops) - A Hundred Reasons
What You Will Hear
The Luton Scene Block:
Lets Go! - Lost Without Cause
Letters From Vienna - 2000 Fast Women
The Portrait - Strange Folk
25 Below - Pearl Handled Revolver
Priceless (Not On TV) - Load
Here Be Dragons - Dead Cells
Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Flashing Lights - Kanye West
Dear Rosemary - Foo Fighters
Our Velocity - Maxïmo Park
Boy Falls From The Sky - Reeve Carney
This show was interesting to say the least. I had my best friend, one Jamie Slough (himself a presenter at the University of Hertfordshire's Crush Radio), in the studio with me, which was very fun. But we almost didn't have a show! A paperwork issue (ie lack of it) meant the security guard wasn't aware that I was going to be there, therefore he wouldn't let me into the building, despite pleas from two of our managers. But, being the stubborn sod that I am, I simply went back into the building through another entrance and went into the studio! (Shh, don't tell my manager)
It was also a pretty good week for Radio LaB itself, as the station was featured as Student Station Of The Week on the Steve Lamacq show on BBC 6 Music. There was an interview with Laura, one of our managers, and a 90 second trailer of our shows, featuring a recording from this shows bagpipes incident! To listen to it, click here and start playing it at the 1:43 mark.
This weeks show featured a selection of new music from unsigned acts courtesy of The Luton Scene, and also an interview with its creator Natalie Mason. This is a great project and is helping to get acts in and around Luton noticed and help get the music scene in the area strong again. Please check out its Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blog and Soundcloud pages and check out the bands, including Natalie's own band Dead Cells.
Now, regarding the recording of the show itself. A technical issue meant that only hour two ended up getting recorded, but thats better than having no recording at all! Its a big shame as Dow McKeever, the man who archives and produces this show, had asked me to play a song of his that his wife had written, and I did...in the first hour! So I shall be playing it next week to make sure the woman who sings on the song, Christel Guarnieri, can hear her song get played on the radio. Also missing is a great conversation between Jamie, myself, and David with featured a bunch of silly news stories, and David's song pick, Silver by A Hundred Reasons. Again, shall play that next week to make up for it.
A big thank you to to Natalie for coming on the show to talk to us and to Jamie for coming to the studio (and showing me how to control the sound levels for my booming voice), I hope they'll both be back on the show soon.
Alex
Setlist
What You Won't Hear
Wild & Young - American Bang
Yes - Coldplay
Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head - Gorillaz
Derezzed - Daft Punk
Sing Another Love Song - Sinepost Audio
Silver (Live On Top Of The Pops) - A Hundred Reasons
What You Will Hear
The Luton Scene Block:
Lets Go! - Lost Without Cause
Letters From Vienna - 2000 Fast Women
The Portrait - Strange Folk
25 Below - Pearl Handled Revolver
Priceless (Not On TV) - Load
Here Be Dragons - Dead Cells
Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Flashing Lights - Kanye West
Dear Rosemary - Foo Fighters
Our Velocity - Maxïmo Park
Boy Falls From The Sky - Reeve Carney
Monday, 25 April 2011
Easter Podcast Special
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The one weekend that David was around to co-host the show with me, the studio was shut. Boo!
So we got together over the Easter break and recorded a podcast, just like the old days. As well as bringing along a batch of great songs David brought his guitar and performed on of songs, which I took the liberty of filming:
If you enjoyed that and are in or around the St. Albans area, then pop down to The Mermaid on Hatfield Road (its directly opposite Oaklands college) this Wednesday (the 27th) at 8:30, where he will be headlining and performing a half hour set. His sets are always hilarious and great fun to experience, so please do come along.
And thats yer lot! I shall be back in the studio this coming Saturday (the 30th) from 10am. It will be a new music special featuring music via the brilliant web campaign The Luton Scene, and hopefully its creator Natalie Mason will be available for a chat about the project too.
Hope you've had a great Easter and haven't overdone it on the chocolates! See you Saturday
Alex
Setlist
These Are My Twisted Words - Radiohead
The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Army Of Me (Sucker Punch Remix) - Bjork & Skunk Anansie
Come Alive (The War Of The Roses) - Janelle Monáe
Apocolypshit - Molotov
Money Folder (Four Tet Remix) - Madvillain
The Greebo Song - David Hoare
Take A Look Around - Limp Bizkit
Venice Queen - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The one weekend that David was around to co-host the show with me, the studio was shut. Boo!
So we got together over the Easter break and recorded a podcast, just like the old days. As well as bringing along a batch of great songs David brought his guitar and performed on of songs, which I took the liberty of filming:
If you enjoyed that and are in or around the St. Albans area, then pop down to The Mermaid on Hatfield Road (its directly opposite Oaklands college) this Wednesday (the 27th) at 8:30, where he will be headlining and performing a half hour set. His sets are always hilarious and great fun to experience, so please do come along.
And thats yer lot! I shall be back in the studio this coming Saturday (the 30th) from 10am. It will be a new music special featuring music via the brilliant web campaign The Luton Scene, and hopefully its creator Natalie Mason will be available for a chat about the project too.
Hope you've had a great Easter and haven't overdone it on the chocolates! See you Saturday
Alex
Setlist
These Are My Twisted Words - Radiohead
The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Army Of Me (Sucker Punch Remix) - Bjork & Skunk Anansie
Come Alive (The War Of The Roses) - Janelle Monáe
Apocolypshit - Molotov
Money Folder (Four Tet Remix) - Madvillain
The Greebo Song - David Hoare
Take A Look Around - Limp Bizkit
Venice Queen - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sunday, 17 April 2011
16th April 2011...Sort Of
Well this show was a disaster! With it being Easter everyone had gone home and I found the computer that we use to run everything had been switched off! No knowing the Password, I plugged in my laptop and did the best I could without it, not knowing what was going on the air. And with all the system down, I was unable to record the show, so mercifully there is no evidence of this show! But for those that missed the show, I give you this, the song's playlist. Seek them out via YouTube and picture me scrambling around trying frantically to get things working again!
Also, just to let you all know there will be no show next weekend as the station is shut for Easter weekend. Instead David and I are going to record an hour long version of the show in podcast form just like the old days. He will be bringing his guitar along and singing songs about Charlie Sheen, among other things. See you next week, enjoy the music!
Alex
Setlist
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2
Sick, Sick, Sick - Queens Of The Stone Age
Buzzin' - Mann ft. 50 Cent
Digital Man - Rush
Piledriver Waltz - Alex Turner
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Promise - Slash ft. Chris Cornell
Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix) - Yelle
A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
Beetlebum - Blur
The Guns Of Brixton - The Clash
15 Step - Radiohead
Civilization - Justice
Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Right On Time - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows (LOVE Version) - The Beatles
Dear Friends - Elbow
Also, just to let you all know there will be no show next weekend as the station is shut for Easter weekend. Instead David and I are going to record an hour long version of the show in podcast form just like the old days. He will be bringing his guitar along and singing songs about Charlie Sheen, among other things. See you next week, enjoy the music!
Alex
Setlist
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2
Sick, Sick, Sick - Queens Of The Stone Age
Buzzin' - Mann ft. 50 Cent
Digital Man - Rush
Piledriver Waltz - Alex Turner
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Promise - Slash ft. Chris Cornell
Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix) - Yelle
A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
Beetlebum - Blur
The Guns Of Brixton - The Clash
15 Step - Radiohead
Civilization - Justice
Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Right On Time - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows (LOVE Version) - The Beatles
Dear Friends - Elbow
Saturday, 2 April 2011
April 2nd 2011
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On this show I was joined in the studio by my friend Kathleen and over the course of two hours we had songs about gay pirates and a club for villains, a chat with David about an innovative new use for Guitar Hero controllers, silly news stories and the stupidity of Manchester City player Mario Balotelli, a brand new song from Jane's Addiction's upcoming album, and Kathleen's repeated mentions of Cherry Lube.
Also, I captured the moment I gave Kathleen her birthday present for your viewing pleasure:
There were mentions of a few community projects being championed by Radio LaB and its presenters. Firstly, Radio LaB itself have been inviting local poets to record audio versions of their work. If you would like to listen, or are a poet in the Luton area and would like your work featured, please go to the Radio LaB website.
And secondly, one woman has seemed to have heard our collective cries that there is no real representation for local bands and artists in the Luton area. Natalie Mason has set up a project called The Luton Scene which champions new, unsigned acts from and around Luton. Please take the time to check out its Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Soundcloud or Blog, this is a great concept and is helping to promote many great up and coming acts.
Also featured: an example of Radio LaB's new Poetry From The Community Project and highlights from the first (and hopefully last!) Radio LaB Rap-Off between host of The Lunchbox Tor and one of our managers (and host of Monday's edition of The Guest List) Connor Hughes.
I hope you like it, I think its the best one yet! Just as a side note, there will not be a show next Saturday as I will be attending this, but I will be back the following Saturday on April 16th.
See you all in two weeks!
Alex
Setlist
The Fly - U2
Positive Contact - Deltron 3030
Inside The Cage (David Gilmour Girls Mix) - Juliette & The Licks
Warped - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
Skipper Dan - Weird Al Yankovic
The Acid Queen (Live) - The Who
'A Dedication' by William Grieg - Radio LaB: Poetry From The Community
Detroit Rock City - KISS
Planetary (GO!) - My Chemical Romance
Wow - Kylie Minouge
End To The Lies - Jane's Addiction
Gay Pirates - Cosmo Jarvis
Club Villain - Your Favourite Martian
Radio LaB Rap-Off - Posh Tor Cond-eminem-ation vs The Fresh Prince Of Luton Borough (Conor)
Band On The Run - Foo Fighters
On this show I was joined in the studio by my friend Kathleen and over the course of two hours we had songs about gay pirates and a club for villains, a chat with David about an innovative new use for Guitar Hero controllers, silly news stories and the stupidity of Manchester City player Mario Balotelli, a brand new song from Jane's Addiction's upcoming album, and Kathleen's repeated mentions of Cherry Lube.
Also, I captured the moment I gave Kathleen her birthday present for your viewing pleasure:
There were mentions of a few community projects being championed by Radio LaB and its presenters. Firstly, Radio LaB itself have been inviting local poets to record audio versions of their work. If you would like to listen, or are a poet in the Luton area and would like your work featured, please go to the Radio LaB website.
And secondly, one woman has seemed to have heard our collective cries that there is no real representation for local bands and artists in the Luton area. Natalie Mason has set up a project called The Luton Scene which champions new, unsigned acts from and around Luton. Please take the time to check out its Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Soundcloud or Blog, this is a great concept and is helping to promote many great up and coming acts.
Also featured: an example of Radio LaB's new Poetry From The Community Project and highlights from the first (and hopefully last!) Radio LaB Rap-Off between host of The Lunchbox Tor and one of our managers (and host of Monday's edition of The Guest List) Connor Hughes.
I hope you like it, I think its the best one yet! Just as a side note, there will not be a show next Saturday as I will be attending this, but I will be back the following Saturday on April 16th.
See you all in two weeks!
Alex
Setlist
The Fly - U2
Positive Contact - Deltron 3030
Inside The Cage (David Gilmour Girls Mix) - Juliette & The Licks
Warped - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
Skipper Dan - Weird Al Yankovic
The Acid Queen (Live) - The Who
'A Dedication' by William Grieg - Radio LaB: Poetry From The Community
Detroit Rock City - KISS
Planetary (GO!) - My Chemical Romance
Wow - Kylie Minouge
End To The Lies - Jane's Addiction
Gay Pirates - Cosmo Jarvis
Club Villain - Your Favourite Martian
Radio LaB Rap-Off - Posh Tor Cond-eminem-ation vs The Fresh Prince Of Luton Borough (Conor)
Band On The Run - Foo Fighters
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