Playlist, 29 March 2009

The Show On the show this evening we played more of the interviews we recorded at the first UK Maker Faire the other weekend, another track from the latest Monsterism compilation, another track from the Moog Cookbook's last album "Bartell", tracks from some new Dutton Vocalion reissues and much much more besides - including, of course, the ukulele. The Music To open, two tracks from the newly-reissued Beat at Cinecitta series to welcome MC Zirconium back from Italia: 1. Nora Orlandi - A Doppia Faccia (Beat At Cinecitta: Volume 2, 1970/1997) 2. Armando Trovaioli - L'arcidiavolo - L'arcidiavolo (1966) - - Beat At Cinecitta - Music from Italian 60s & 70s Cinema: Volume 3 - 1966 3. Guy Pedersen - Indian Pop Bass 4. Clubman - Round Up (Roaring Blue: Return Of The Instro-Hipsters Vol. 3, 2008) Dutton Vocalion continue to reissue some great albums: 5. David Carroll - Jungle Drums (Dance And Stay Young/The Feathery Feeling/Percussion In Hi-Fi) You can get this next track for free from Comfort Stand: 6. Jack Fetterman and the in Hi-Fi Music Direction - Acapulco 2000 (Two Zombies Later, 2003) 7. The Moog Cookbook - Novocaine for the Soul (Bartell, 2005) Following an interview from the recent Maker Faire in Newcastle with Mike Cook from the North of England Arduino Group, we played a geetar-based track to celebrate his great achievement, the Arduinocaster: 8. Guitars Unlimited - Expresso The Emperor Machine has a new EP coming out in April: 9. The Emperor Machine - Black Ken (Black Ken EP, 2009) Two tuba tracks: 10. Jack Parnell - When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba (Trip to Mars, 1958/2009) 11. Scotch & Soda - The Lonely Bull (Two Zombies Later, 2003) Then it was time for what is becoming a regular feature in the show, "ukulele corner": 12. J J Appleton And Tamara Hey - I Want You (Beatles Complete On Ukulele Vol 1, 2009) 13. Sophie Madeleine - The Knitting Song (LOVE.LIFE.UKULELE, 2009) Then we had an "interview" with the Tone Float from the first UK Maker Faire followed by a milk bottle themed track: 14. Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (Tales from Turnpike House, 2005) We closed the show with another track from the latest in the Monsterism Island series of compilations put together by Pete Fowler: 15. Gruff Rhys - Wild Robots Power Up (A Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island, 2009) The News

• Italian court says use of marijuana ok...for shepherds
• Earth Hour: Turn Off Your Gadgets and Do Things in the Dark
• Grow bigger breasts with Stem cells
• ASTONISHING FINDINGS! People trip over pets! The solution: Don’t Do It!!!
• Take the hassle out of praying - pay a computer to do it for you
• 'Tickle monster' cleared by judge
• Sweden's "Pirate Party" Makes a Run for the E.U. Parliament
• BRING YOUR CELL PHONE TO THE OPERA, PLEASE
• German boffins decide revenge is inefficient
• Mend a broken heart - with aspirin
• And Indian boffins ponder how to cook up a good space curry
• Giant fire-breathing baby robot