Playlist, 20/01/08

FEATURED ARTIST: John Carpenter This week saw the 60th birthday of influential movie director and soundtrack composer John Carpenter so we marked the occasion by making today's featured artist. The Music 1. The Arrows - Bongo party 2. Billy Mure - Dizzy Fingers 3. The Electric Junkyard - Oliver 4. Fisher Rock Band - Othello 5. Sagor & Swing - Bora Bora (Orgelplaneten, 2004) 6. Red White and Blue - Eleanor Rigby 7. John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13 Main Title (1976) 8. Simon Hasely - Precinct (Bite Harder - The Music De Wolfe Studio Sampler Vol. 2, 2007) 9. Willie Bobo - Knock On Wood (Jazz Swings Pop) 10. Leonard Nimoy - If I Had A Hammer (Highly Illogical) 11. Telly Savalas - Who Loves Ya Baby? 12. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Chelsea Morning (Four Sider) 13. Gareth Williams - Theme From The Fog (1980) (The Essential John Carpenter Film Music Collection, 2005) 14. Matt Berry - Man or Beast 15. The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Look A Py Py 16. Liberace - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 17. Max Greger - Big Train 18. Nick Ingman - Down Home (Bite Harder - The Music De Wolfe Studio Sampler Vol. 2, 2007) 19. Yma Sumac - Tree of Life (Miracles) 20. Ennio Morricone - The Thing (excerpt) (Once Upon a Time (The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection, 2005) 21. Neil Norman - JOHN CARPENTER #3: Escape from New York (Greatest Science Fiction Hits, Vol. 4, 1998) 22. Wing - Sing (Wing Sings The Carpenters, 2003) 23. Biddu Orchestra - Eastern Journey 24. Bobby Darin - Caravan (Seeing Is Believing) The News:

• NASA in Virtual Space
• Darkest ever material created
• A magnetically levitating chaise
• Bionic vision contact lenses
• Origami spaceplane
• The 160MP Digital Camera
• A Tent For Your Laptop - the LapDome
• Mystery Astronaut Carving in Ancient Temples in Salamanca, Spain by Inside Ieronimus Cathedral, built by Episcope de Salamanca in 1102
• In-car Karaoke
• The TV Etch-a-Sketch
• Lightsabre Lamp lights your home up with dorkiness.
• Nude Italian models in kit-on protest
• Have a threatening breakfast with the gun-shaped egg maker