Playlist, 11 April 2010

The Show
Terrible news reached the Moonbase this week - The Herb is no more!

Yes, that's right, the German trombonist, composer, arranger, big band leader and all-round good egg Peter Herbolzheimer has moved on to lead the great orchestra in the sky. As a result, we celebrated the great man's work even more than usual on the show tonight.

DJ Bongoboy is your musical guide for proceedings. As well as celebrating the life of The Herb, we also had more chip prog, more space disco and more ukulele. And even another Hall and Oates cover - did I really say that?

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium, our chief of disinformation, told us all about sorcery, robots and welcome to the crispocracy.

The Music
1. Klaus Wunderlich: Cherokee from Sound 2000
2. Wout Steenhuis with Leon Young: Tuki Tuki from Hammond in Hawaii
3. Peter Herbolzheimer: That Ol' Bus Smell from Big Band Man
4. The Keith Mansfield Orchestra: Spinning Wheel from All You Need Is Keith Mansfield
5. Paul Mauriat: Love Is Still Blue from Disco Jazz
6. Meco: Theme From The Black Hole from Movie Themes Go Disco!
7. Yakuza Heart Attack: Evil Brain from Yakuza Heart Attack
8. Gannon: The World, It Spins Around from Toy Volcano
9. Horst Jankowski: Baronesse from Jankowskeynotes
10. Bert Kaempfert: Bert's Bossa Nova from That Latin Feeling
11. J Arthur Keenes: Wetherbee
12. The Bird and the Bee: I Can't Go for That from Interpreting the Masters, Vol 1
13. Peter Herbolzheimer: Wild Chick from Big Band Man
14. Gannon: Gravity from Toy Volcano
15. Peter Herbolzheimer: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine from Big Band Man

The Disinformation

• Saudi Arabia government to behead man for practicing witchcraft
• CAUTION! Hookers Crossing!
• USC scientists figure out how to turn t-shirts into body armor
• Crisps top list of dangerous driving foods
• Aliens are living on earth disguised as humans, according to one fifth of adults in a new global survey.
• Crisp packets could pick general election winner
• Robots are taking over Part 1: Turk unwraps doner kebab robot
• Robots are taking over Part 2: the towel-folding robot and here
• 7,500 shoppers unknowingly sold their souls
• Cash-strapped county offers Hollywood chance to blow up decaying bridge
• Driver blames UFO for failure to pay parking fine
• Family accidentally discover church under home

Playlist, 28 March 2010

The Show
On the show tonight we had spectacular space disco, magnificent chip prog, Swedish pop, an Indian space raga and much more besides.

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium, our chief of disinformation, told us all about crocheting, snake massages and Yoda way.

The Music
1. Galactic Light Orchestra: Also Sprach Zarathustra from Movie Themes Go Disco!
2. Ichisan & Nakova: Space 1999 from From The Stars Vol.1
3. Yakuza Heart Attack: Heart Pounding Prison from II
4. Roudoudou: Trust In Me from Tout l'univers
5. The Bird and the Bee: Maneater from Interpreting the Masters Vol 1
6. Ingert Hoffman: Kyss Mej Honey Honey, Kyss Mej from Diamanter - Femtiotalet
7. Charanjit Singh: Raga Bairagi from Ten Ragas To a Disco Beat
8. Rhythm Heritage: Caravan from Disco Jazz
9. Al Caiola: Stiletto from Let the Sunshine In
10. Bertil Englund: Tipi-Tii from Festivalfavoriter (Utländska Hits På Svenska)
11. Richard Hayman: The Girl From Ipanema from Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine
12. Piero Umiliani: Coast To Coast from To-Day's Sound
13. Mona Wessman: Hambostinta I Kort-Kort from Diamanter - Sextiotalet
14. Yakuza Heart Attack: Tears Of The Judge from II

The Disinformation

• Oddest book title goes to ...
• Theme park offers snake massages
• Men do not grow grumpy with age, research finds
• The truth is out - man flu is real
• Swedish prisoner warned over flatulence protests
• England's changing street names: goodbye Acacia Avenue, welcome to Yoga Way
• Woman aims to become world's fattest
• Super-Sizing Jeebus
• Imelda "I've got all the shoes" Marcos relaunches political career at 80
• Passengers worried by a pilots Brummie accent
• 'Witch doctor' fed blind motorcyclist LSD-laced gherkins
• And if you look to your left you’ll see a volcano
• Flame throwing scooter invented by angry rider

Playlist, 14 March 2010

The Show
On the show tonight we explored Italian library music label The Rotary Archive as well as new music from the Advisory Circle, the Whitefield Brothers, Cluster plus chiptune, ukulele and lots more besides.

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium, our chief of disinformation, told us all about a 3D newspaper, German potholes and whale snot.

The Music
1. Wing: Mama Mia from Dancing Queen By Wing
2. Bob McFadden & Dor: The Mummy from Incredibly Strange Music Vol II
3. Farlocco: Superpotenza from Tecnologia
4. Yakuza Heart Attack: Bionic Boiz from Magnetic Sumo
5. The Whitefield Brothers: Alin from Earthology
6. U900: Apache from Ukulele Ventures
7. The Advisory Circle: Seasons from Mind How You Go (Revised Edition)
8. The Swingers: Quandrangolo from Jazz Video
9. Enoch Light: Waltzing Matilda from Faraway Places Vol 1
10. The European Soundstage Orchestra: Commercial Link 4:Comedy from Watch With Teacher
11. T.T.Cafe: Caravan from Ukulele Cafezinho
12. The Whitefield Brothers: Safari Strut from Earthology
13. Peter Herbolzheimer: Time Line from Big Band Man
14. U900: Walk Don't Run from Ukulele Ventures
15. Latrudi: Sotto sforzo from Teleobbiettivo
16. Brian Fahey And His Orchestra: Seaway from Time For T.V.
17. Alex Mauer: Terraforming Mars from Magnetic Sumo
18. Cluster: Malturi Sa from Qua
19. Family of God: Moog Over Easy from The Family of God

The Disinformation

• Belgian newspaper releases 3D edition
• German girl becomes YouTube hit for identifying Lego Star Wars figures with her mouth
• German village offers up its potholes for sponsorship
• Jars of fresh air given to stressed city workers
• Update:Bottled 'ghosts' sold for £1,300 online
• Poet Philip Larkin's death marked with giant toads
• Watch has everything and more
• UPDATE: Swiss voters reject lawyers for animals
• It's rapture time, here cometh The Jesus pan
• Dark Lord Mandelson has been made honorary freemen of Hartlepool.
• Her Majesty, Inventor Of The Telephone?
• Town installs 'drunks in road' warning signs and here
• Collect whale snot using a remote control helicopter

Moonbase a no-show

Sorry, dear listener, if you've tuned into Leith FM this evening expecting to hear Project Moonbase but finding yourself having to endure some of that confounded "popular" music.

Rest assured that our normal highly unpopular fare will be back next Sunday.

Playlist, 07 February 2010

The Show
On the show tonight we paid tribute to the late great Johnny Dankworth. We also heard new music from the Sone Institute and Mesak plus some of the tracks we tried to play last week before our 250,000 mile long extension cable got pulled out and we went off air.

MC Zirconium, our chief of disinformation, told us all about Californian space poo, the zero rupee note and a pyjama update.

The Music
1. The J. Arthur Keenes Band: Stage 1
2. Emperor Penguin: CompuFunk from Extreme Gaming
3. Johnny Dankworth: The Avengers Theme from The Roulette Years
4. Peter Herbolzheimer: Como No Cachita
5. Sone Institute: The Wind Began To Switch fr Curious Memories (on @frontandfollow)
6. Mesak: B. Detented from School of Mesak
7. Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples: Orinoco, Bullerb (Crossfade) from Circulations
8. Ursula Bogner: Rhythmus 80 from Pluto hat einen Mond
9. J Girls: Kiro No Sekai from Nippon Girls (compiled by @chachacharming)
10. Renate Kern & Orchester Kai Warner: Der Wassermann from Funky Frauleins
11. Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri: Modesty Blaise Theme from Espresso Espresso
12. Esquivel & His Orchestra: Johnson Rag from Infinity In Sound Volume 1
13. Sone Institute: Steps To The Sun from Curious Memories
14. Ursula Bogner: Fur Ulrich from Recordings 1969-1988
15. Eletronico: Banana Boat Beach from Lounge at the Chimney Pavilion
16. Wes Montgomery: California Dreaming from Jazz Swings Pop
17. Johnny Dankworth: Tension from Dramatic Background
18. Button Down Brass Feat. Ray Davies: The More I See You fr The Best Of The Button Down Brass

The Disinformation

• Obama pulls the plug on 'Project Moonbase' (via @skyatnightmag)
• Monopoly gets a round board
  
• Sushi smelling smoke detector
  
• Smoker loses six teeth on exploding cigarette
  
• Astrobiologist claims we are all aliens
• Peter Griffin from Family Guy is leader of the BNP
  
• Internet weird thing of the week: Tom Selleck Waterfall Sandwich Gallery
  
• Zero rupee note
• Cheesy celebrity sculptures
• Live in the mountains to lose weight
• Cat owners are cleverer...
• Shanghai cracks down on jim jams
• "The Internet" nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
• The Moon, now part of the State of California