Johnny Moonbase Playlist, 1 February 2009

The Show A recent acquisition, the great reissue of The World of Johnny Howard, prompted us to think just how many "Johnnies" there are in the world of Moonbase music. So on the show this evening, every track was either by a Johnny, written by a Johnny or mentioned a Johnny in the title... The Music 1. The Johnny Johnson Orchestra - Saturday Night 2. Johnny Keating Orchestra - The Clown (The Easy Project - 20 Loungecore Favourites, 1963) 3. Johnny Pearson - Delhi Discotheque (Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 1, 1996) 4. Johnny Guitar - Fawn Ngeo (Dance of the Ngeo) (Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s-1980s, 2007) 5. Johnny Howard - Sugar, Sugar (The World Of Johnny Howard/Moonlight Serenades, 1970/2009) 6. Johnny and Charley - Yenka Riketik (7") 7. Johnny Harris - Stepping Stones (Movements, 1970) 8. Johnny Hawksworth - Rhythm Maker (Music for Dancefloors: The Cream of the Chappell Music Library Sessions, 2001) 9. Johnny Scott Band - Race the Sun (Luke Vibert's Further Nuggets, 2002) 10. Johnny Williams - The Time Tunnel (100 Greatest TV Themes, 2005) 11. Dick Hyman - The Legend Of Johnny Pot (Moog, 1969) 12. John Baker - Johnny Johnson Jingles (The John Baker Tapes Volume 2, 2008) 13. Jonny Trunk - Zeus (The Inside Outside, 2004) 14. Johnny Teupen - Minikillers I (Popshopping vol.1, 1968) 15. The Johnny Patrick Sound - Clockwise (Watch With Teacher, 2008) 16. Johnny Howard - Ode To Billy Joe (The World Of Johnny Howard/Moonlight Serenades, 1970/2009) 17. Elmer Bernstein - Johnny Staccato (100 Greatest TV Themes, 2005) 18. Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra - A Man Called Ironside (Six Million Dollar TV Themes, 1972) 19. Johnny Pineapple - Na Ka Pueo (Hawaiian Holiday) To close the show, something a little off the usual Moonbase radar but one of my musical heroes left us far too young this week: the great singer/songwriter and pioneering guitarist, John Martyn. So I felt we should mark his passing. As it happens, he recorded a great tune with the name "Johnny" in the title: 20. John Martyn - Johnny Too Bad (12" Extended Mix) (The Electric John Martyn, 1980/2003) The News

• UPDATE: Polaroid has been saved!
• UPDATE: Majel and Gene Roddenberry head (back) into space
• UPDATE: Concerns about LHC black holes re-surface
• Wikipedia decides perhaps it is a good idea to have authorative sources after all - furore ensues...
• This week in toasters - yes toasters are back in the news!
• The jellyfish that has discovered eternal youth
• Where should the Hubble telescope look next? You get to choose...
• Lampshades made out of bowlers and top hats
• Mars Spirit Rover engages in some "unexplained behaviour"
• Scientists invent £2 bulb that lasts for 60 years
• Chimps are brighter than human children of the same age
• Half of Britons do not believe in evolution

Jean-Jacques Perrey is 80 today!

Bon anniversaire, Monsieur Perrey! Send your birthday wishes to the great man via his guest book. Also, watch the new video for Funky Little Spacegirl starring Jean-Jacques and Dana Countryman. DJ Bongoboy

Brian Blessed - in Outer Space?!

Brian Blessed will be on Midweek tomorrow (Weds 14 Jan) on Radio 4. He's going to be talking about his plans to head into space! We wish you well, sir.

Matt Berry - Witchazel

Looks like Matt Berry's new album Witchazel will be with us soon. You can hear an advert for it on Matt's MySpace page or directly via this link.

Playlist, 11 January 2009

The Show We had all sorts of tasty treats on the show tonight. We got our hands on the KPM All-stars gig CD we mentioned on last week's show. This coming Thursday marks the centenary of the birth of jazz drummer extraordinaire, Gene Krupa. And finally we have heard about a wonderful new covers/remix project featuring lots of cheesy covers of lots of cheesy 80s tunes. The Music 1. Esquivel - The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (See It In Sound, 1960/1999) The fine folk at Jazzman Records have released another compilation of their 7" single reissue series in the form of a CD called Welcome to the Party. From it, we played a belter of a track by the master of Egyptian jazz: 2. Salah Ragab - Egypt Strut (Welcome to the Party, 2009) Bruce Campbell is coming to Edinburgh next month! I managed to track down an example of his vocal stylings - which begs the question when are you going to record an album, Bruce? 3. Bruce Campbell - Hungry Like The Wolf The Buffetlibre DJs have put together an amazing new project (Rewind 2) involving some 90 bands either remixing or doing cover versions of their favourite tunes from the 80s and 90s. This follows on from their original Rewind project which was put together last year. The most amazing thing is that it's non-commercial and you can download all the tracks entirely free of charge! Keeping with the Duran Duran theme of Bruce Campbell's effort, we played a nice and cheesy cover of a famous tune by that Duran side project Power Station: 4. Chin Chin - Some Like It Hot (Power Station cover) (Buffetlibre Rewind 2, 2009) Then it was time for the first selection of tracks from the KPM All Stars gig at the Jazz Cafe in 2006, these ones all by the great Alan Hawkshaw: 5. KPM All Stars - Dave Allen At Large (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) 6. KPM All Stars - Grange Hill (Aka Chicken Man) (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) 7. KPM All Stars - Countdown Excerpt Only (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) 8. KPM All Stars - Channel 4 News At 7 (aka Best Endeavours) (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) Thursday marks the centenary of the birth of Gene Krupa who was largely responsible for turning the drums into a solo-ing instrument as well as having a hand in turning the "traps" of old into the drum kit we recognise today: 9. Gene Krupa - Caravan (Mills-Tizol-Ellington) Live At The New School, 1973/1999) 10. Sergio Mendes - Bim-Bom (Four Sider, 1967) Dave Dee (of Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch fame) sadly passed away this week so we played a cover of one of their big hits: 11. Liberty Studio Orchestra - Zabadek 12. Stu Phillips - Sunday Art & Football (Surf, Sex And Cycle-Psychos: A Diverse Potpourri Of Antediluvian Film Music... 1967 Then it was time for a selection of tracks composed by Keith Mansfield from the Jazz Cafe gig, these ones all happening to be themes to TV sports shows: 13. KPM All Stars - Sports Medley (Big Match/Wimbledon/Grandstand) (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) Next up we played another track from the Rewind 2 project: 14. Hexes & Ohs - Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears Cover) (BL Rewind 2, 2009) Stories of the golf clubs sending out sonic booms (see below) gave us an ideal opportunity to play a classic Tipsy track: 15. Tipsy - Space Golf (Trip Tease, 1997) 16. Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman - The Spy From Outer Space (Destination Space, 2008) 17. KPM All Stars - Girl in a Sportscar (KPM All Stars Live At The Jazz Cafe 2006, 2009) With the news of Florian Schneider departing from Kraftwerk (see story below) we closed the show with a remix from the Rewind 2 project mentioned above: 18. Kraftwerk - Heimcomputer (Facteur vs Dubmood Remix) (Buffetlibre Rewind 2, 2009) The News

• Electric eight wheeled speed record
• Ultrasonic record cleaner
• Top 10 countries by Robot density
• Co-founder of Kraftwerk, Florian Schneider, quits the band
• The future of music is secure thanks to Microsoft Songsmith. You can watch the jaw-droppingly twee ad here.
• Spiderman - the musical and here
• The Arctic Roll is back!
• Aliens hate wind-power and here
• Prize bull cloned 13yrs after death
• Playing golf could make you deaf
• Morris dancing may die out because it is "too embarrassing"
• Next-generation space toilet ready...in five years
• German computer geeks learn to flirt
• Squirrel-flavoured crisps