Playlist, 09/03/08

FEATURED ARTIST: Jean-Jacques Perrey I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting one of my heroes, Jean-Jacques Perrey, last weekend when he appeared with Dana Countryman as part of the series of Radiophonia events run by the AV Festival in Gateshead. M. Perrey was gracious enough to spare some time for an interview and that interview was broadcast in tonight's show. If you missed it, tune into Leith FM again on Wednesday 20 March from 10pm-12am to hear a repeat of the show. The Music 1. The Moog Cookbook - Sweet Home Alabama (Ye Olde Space Bande: Plays Classic Rock Hits, 1997) 2. Stereolab - Variation One (Moog OST, 2004) 3. Charles Trénet - L'Âme Des Poétes (Charles Trenet - L'Ame d'un Poète) 4. Tom Siddevelt/Kid Baltan - Sonik Re-Entry (Electronic Toys 2, 1999) 5. Les Paul - Lover (Les Paul Now!, 1969) 6. Harry Breuer - Minute Merengue (Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 1, 1958/1993) 7. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Flight Of The Bumblebee (Moog Indigo, 1970) 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Theme (100 Greatest TV Themes, 2005) 9. Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Dance of the Hours (The Best of Spike Jones & His City Slickers, 1992) 10. Perrey & Kingsley - One Note Samba/Spanish Flea (Spotlight on the Moog, 1967) 11. David Chazam - La Cuenta Reves 12. Dana Countryman - Lovesick Martian Boy (Interplanetary Materials, 2004) 13. Le Tone - Joli Dragon (Le Petit Nabab, 1998) 14. Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman - INTERVIEW (March 2008) 15. Jean-Jacques Perrey - La Panthere Cosmique (Moog Sensations, 1970s/2001) 16. The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra - Metal Swing Sing Sing (Tvpopmuzik, 2007) 17. Messer Chups - Bride of the Atom (Bride of the Atom, 2006) 18. Jean Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman - Hernando's Hideway/Tico Tico (The Happy Electropop Music Machine, 2006) 19. John Buzon Trio - Caravan [Eat Static Remix] (v/a - Electronic Excursions In Hi-Fi Stereo, 1999) 20. Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A. (Moog Indigo, 1970) The News

• A Social Network For Babies.
• Spielberg may be launching a social network around the topic of UFOs and the paranormal.
• Snakebots (and here)
• 6 million people hurt in the UK last year while texting and walking
• London police: The war on... photography (and here)
• 30 years since Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy made its debut on BBC radio
• Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, dies aged 69.
• Wink control
• One-way ticket to Mars
• Jules Verne space truck
• Gramophone-style speaker for your iPod (and here)