Playlist, 18 October 2009

The Show
On tonight's show we had: tracks from the wonderful new Dramatic Funk Themes Vol 2, new tracks from Kelpe, The Emperor Machine, Roj, GaBlé, Jonny Trunk, lullatone as well as music from Lost in Space and, er, Klingon rap! Plus of course a track by Peter Herbolzheimer.

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium, our disinformer-in-chief brought us tales of the return of Polaroid, sabotage FROM THE FUTURE and how to run your city on bunny power.

The Music
1. Alan Hawkshaw: Fuel Injection from Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 2
2. Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins: 7 Inch from Fascinating Fingers
3. Ananda Shankar: Back Home from Ananda Shankar And His Music
4. Pete Rugolo: Space-A-Delic from Lost In Space 40th Anniversary collection
5. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Caravan from Flipside
6. Peter Herbolzheimer: Wade In The Water from Big Band Man - The MPS and Polydor Studio Recordings
7. Jonny Trunk: Hot Coals from Scrapbook
8. Nick Ingman: Thrust from Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 2
9. The Emperor Machine: Black Ken (Embryo Version) from Space Beyond the Egg (The Embryos)
10. Kelpe: Moving Picture Three from Cambio Wechsel
11. lullatone: A Plastic Bag in the Wind from Songs That Spin in Circles
12. Ira Kris Group: Reza from Between Or Beyond The Black Forest
13. GaBlé: I'm Ok from I'm Ok
14. Roj: Rejoice! He Is Here from The Transactional Dharma Of Roj
15. Stu Phillips: Portugal - Cascais from Surf, Sex And Cycle-Psychos
16. Klenginem: SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'
17. Keith Mansfield: Jagged from Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 2

The Disinformation

• BBC defends decision to change the ending of nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty
• Boffins 'write directly to memory' of living brains
• Meet George, the registered Hypno-Cat
• Blunkett in brain donation pledge
• Smile Polaroid instant cameras are back and here
• Could the LHC be getting sabotaged FROM THE FUTURE?!?
• Beans and macaroni cheese best comfort foods, academics find
• Stockholm - powered by bunnies
• YOUR DNA AS IPHONE WALLPAPER
• Dolphins are baskets. Jelly ball
• Have You Seen This Man’s Face In Your Dreams?
• Uh-Oh: Chinese Scientists Create Black Hole
• Meet Klenginem, the Klingon rapper!

Playlist, 11 October 2009

The Show
On tonight's show we had: more tracks from the new Roj album, music from a new album by the wonderful Jonny Trunk, French space disco from the past, present and future, Basil Henriques, OMO and more from MPS - the label we can't leave alone.

On the disinformation front, MC Zirconium brought us tales of irritable Mayans, tweet away those calories and poop for cash.

The Music
1. The Simonsound: It's Just Begun, single from 2008
2. Jonny Trunk: Wife Swapper from new album Scrapbook
3. Monty Alexander: Here Comes The Sun from MPS collection
4. Basil Henriques: Love At First Sight
5. Roj: Go Without Me from new album The Transactional Dharma Of Roj
6. Broadcast: Before We Begin from Haha Sound.
7. Black Devil: Follow Me, primeval space disco from France
8. Bernard Fevre: Stay On Grey from new/old album The Strange New World of Bernard Fevre
9. Pixelh8: Chocolate Milk from The Boy With The Digital Heart
10. Peter Herbolzheimer: Nerve Wrecker
11. Basil Henriques: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
12. Billy Thorburn: A Journey To a Star from The Organ, Dance Band and Me
13. Roj: The Process Revealed from new album The Transactional Dharma Of Roj
14. Esquivel: Latin-Esque from eponymous 1962 album
15. Jonny Trunk: Crank Two from new album Scrapbook
16. OMO: ROV from new album The White Album

The News

• Japanese Airlines asks Passengers to Drop a Deuce Before Boarding
• Chinese media tempted by fantasy of women-only Swedish town
• Taiwan city launches new cash-for-poop initiative
• UK CCTV game – catch criminals, win money!
• Tweet what you eat diet shames people into calorie counting
• iCanSee iPhone app turns your phone into a magnifying glass
• UPDATE: iSnack 2.0 is now "Cheesybite"
• More Sprinkles!: Custom $25K Cupcake Cars
• Maine couple wins wife-carrying championship
• Japan Boasts Largest Population of Centenarians
• Bible Translation Wrong — God Didn’t Create The Earth Says Academic
• Mayans 'Fed Up' With 2012 Doomsday Scenarios
• The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Is Now Real

Playlist, 04 October 2009

The Show
On tonight's show we featured: more MPS, more organ, new music from OMO and Roj plus lots more.

In addition to X, your musical guide, Z, our disinformer-in-chief, will be misinforming us about, amongst other things, edible cars, space pee and Q.

We shall also be discussing the recently announced winners of this year's Ig Nobel awards.

The Music
1. Max Greger: Walking from Greger's Groove Party
2. Lenny Dee: The Honeydripper from In Dee Mand
3. Panta Rhei: Caleidoscope from Epilogus
4. The Simonsound: Bakers Dozen from Lounge On The Farm 2009
5. Ursula Bogner: Begleitung für Tuba from Recordings 1969-1988
6. Billy Thorburn: Some Sunny Day from The Organ, Dance Band and Me
7. Ethel Smith: Fifi - Bring Her Out Again! from Shes Got Rhythm!
8. OMO: Advantage from The White Album
9. Seeland: Captured from Tomorrow Today
10. Roger Limb: Yellow Moon
11. Peter Herbolzheimer: Fever from Big Band Man - The MPS & Polydor Studio Recordings
12. Dieter Reith: Knock Out (DJ Bongoboy Edit) from Between Or Beyond The Black Forest 2 and Knock Out
13. Roj: Bongo Workout from The Transactional Dharma of Roj
14. Don Ralke Orchestra: Black Panther from The Savage And The Sensuous
15. Arthur Lyman: Ringo Oiwake from Taboo - The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman
16. Alan Lorber Orchestra: Up Up And Away from Lotus Palace

The News

• Swedish parents win right to name sprog 'Q'.
• Business Reply Mail pamphlet encourages office workers to revolt.
• First There Was Pirate, Now Facebook Comes In Latin.
• Rodents ate my car.
• Proof that President Obama is a Borg.
• Your child's head looks weird. How to fix your baby's misshapen nog.
• Off the Air plates let you serve dinner on a test pattern.
• Money for Nothing: One Man's Journey through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions.
• Kraft Foods Australia names new snack ″iSnack 2.0″.
• Hey kids, do you like space? You do? Do you like ... erm ... really? Do you like urine... really NASA?
• The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Winners.

Playlist, 27 September 2009

The Show
The great experimental easy-listening pianist Arthur Ferrante (of "and Teicher" fame) sadly left us this week so we played some of his music. The urban spaceman himself, Neil Innes, came to Edinburgh on 2 October the which gave us a chance to play some of his music. There was also more from the MPS label, tracks from new albums by Kelpe, Broadcast + The Focus Group and lots more besides (mainly of the organ persuasion).

The Music
1. The Les Reed Orchestra - Big Drum (On The Brink Return Of The Instro-Hipsters, 2007)
2. Pedigree cuts - Naughty nelly (Kitschtastic, 2008)
3. Peter Herbolzheimer - Hi-Jack (Big Band Man - The MPS & Polydor Studio Recordings, 1973)
4. Ferrante & Teicher - Baia (Soundproof, 2007)
5. Yusef Lateef - Brazil (At Cranbrook And Elsewhere, 2009)
6. Ethel Smith - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Bolero (With The Bando Carioca, Bob Eberly) (Shes Got Rhythm!, 1948)
7. Lenny Dee - The Peanut Vendor (In Dee Mand, 2009)
8. Panta Rhei - Mandarin (DJ Bongoboy Remix) (Misc Recordings)
9. Broadcast & The Focus Group - Let It Begin / Oh Joy (Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, 2009)
10. Kelpe- Wind In The Windows (Cambio Wechsel, 2009)
11. Edmundo Ros - London Is The Place For Me (Vaba-Ba-Boom)
12. The Rutles - Cheese and Onions (The Rutles, 1978)
13. Ferrante & Teicher - Caravan (Hi-Fireworks, 1953)
14. David Hasselhoff - Looking For Freedom (1988)
15. Ursula Bogner - Inversion (Recordings 1969-1988, 2008)
16. Ferrante & Teicher - How High The Moon (Blast Off!, 1959)

The News

• Dog learns to read
• French Parliament May Mandate Full Photoshop Disclosure
• Dungeon & Dragons Sodapop
• UPDATE: Google logo mystery explained
• Moby Dick being translated into Japanese Emoticons
• At last - left-handed underpants
• Crackpot Noel Edmonds' Cosmic Ordering? There's an app for that! and here
• Robot Fish Tweets
• Chas 'n' Dave, il est fini
• Tandem Robo-Biker Pedals For You
• Dick is back - Spotted Dick back on council menu
• HOFF in Berlin 20th anniversary concert? and here

Playlist, 21 June 2009

The Show
Tonight's show was the second of our two-part celebration marking two years on the airwaves at Leith FM! Yes, we really have been getting away with this nonsense for two whole years now.

So, as we did on last week's show, the crew of Moonbase brought you some of your (and our) favourite tracks from the last two years. But that's not all - tonight's show also marked the annual appearance of our space disco correspondent from London, Jeff, who brought us some of the latest sounds from the funkier end of the galaxy.

The Music
1. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass - Sounds Of The 70s (Sounds Of The 70s, 1970)
2. KPM All Stars - Dave Allen At Large (Live At The Jazz Cafe, 2008)
3. Barry Gray - Robot Man (7")
4. European Sound Stage Orchestra - The Hell Raisers (Girl In A Suitcase (Upgraded), 2009)
5. Major Swellings (aka Prins Thomas) - Assquake (Major Swellings, 2005)
6. Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman - Funky Little Spacegirl (Destination Space, 2008)
7. Squarepusher - A Real Woman (Just A Souvenir, 2008)
8. Setsubun Bean Unit - Rettsu Kissu (Setsubun Bean Unit, 2007)
9. Fanfare Savale - Ciocârlia (Speed Brass of the Gypsies, 2004)
10. The Bird & The Bee - Witch (Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, 2008)
11. P.T. Walkley - The Lucky Ones (Mr. Macy Wakes Alone, 2009)
12. Sonseed - Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine (First Fruit)
13. The Advisory Circle - Civil Defence Is Common Sense (Other Channels, 2008)
14. John Baker - PM - Computers In Business (The John Baker Tapes Volume 1: BBC Radiophonics 1963-1974, 2008)
15. Arcadion - Fly Vision (EP, 2009)
16. Le Disco - Phantom Rock (Toby Tobias Mix) (Tele Music Remixed, 2009)
17. Kana TNT - Kod Hang Kam (The Circle of Karma) (Zud Rang Maa, 2008)
18. Vinnie Bell - Caravan - 16 Big Hits
19. Ladytron - Skools Out... (604, 2001)

The News

• Solar LED Cap
• Burglar Chews Through Steel Bars
• Retrotweeting: using Twitter with a Commodore 64
• Orthodox Jews now have "kosher" search site
• Tennis star Maria Sharapova wears geeky light-up phone dress
• NASA to fire a big exploding rocket at the moon
• Men Are From Cheese, Women Are From Onions
• Documentary about Jean-Jacques Perrey
• New 'People Simultaneously Air Guitaring' Record Set

See you on the 26th of July!