Podcast appearances and mentions of donny hue

This is called the Tapecast because last night, for the first time in about ten years, I made a mixtape.  Because of the van having a tape player there is actually a point to making these bloody things now, so we got hammered and listened to records all night (again), only this time I recorded them all onto a C-90!   There is something so stupidly fascinating about making tapes in the first place, but there is certainly something surreal in resurrecting what genuinely was dead technology.  It is far from easy to actually buy blank tapes these days.  I ended up recording over a shite old one I had to hand, and there is only a limited supply of ones hanging around which I would be happy to tape over. It was bloody fun though, so I think it might well happen again!  01. The Humms - Blood Sucking Vampire (02.30)02. We Can't Enjoy Ourselves - Put Your Blue Dress On (11.19)03. Ezequiel Ezequiel - Dear Permafrost (15.03) 04. Small Town Boredom - Apologies for Apathy (22.32)05. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (30.59)06. The Dodos - Walking (35.59)07. Trips and Falls - I Learned Sunday Morning, on a Wednesday (41.57)08. Br'er - Whitewash (48.41)09. Efren - Stay High (53.22)10. Donny Hue & the Colors - Wild Again (59.22) 

I know it's a bit obvious to do a podcast like this so shortly after my birthday, but it gives me the opportunity to ramble a bit and play some classics I might not otherwise have played. There are so many wonderful songs about growing old, and I actually think I may have missed most of them.  I have no fear of being old, but for some reason it feels a little more immediate this year but I don't know why. So goodnight people, it's been a pleasure.  Sleep well and don't be too rough on yourselves.  Take Kirsty's advice and don't be too rough on my cold, cold heart; it's all I've got left to me now." That may be the smart-arsed line, but the most important line in this song is the bit where she says that 'there's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in and you won't come the cowboy with me'.  It's such a crucial judgment, isn't it.  You take a bet on someone, you throw in your chips and you hope for the best.  So if you're feeling brave, good luck to you.  Look after her, I'll be there anytime soon. Toadcast #47 - The Oldcast 01. The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper (00.01) 02. The Band - Rockin' Chair (07.46) 03. Michelle Shocked - Memories of East Texas (11.21) 04. Hafdis Huld - Tomoko (20.57) 05. Baby Walrus - Some Dawns No Bird Will Sing (28.44) 07. Donny Hue & the Colors - The World Came Running (30.25) 08. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man (34.21) 08. Soko - The Dandy Cowboys (43.31) 09. Kirsty MacColl - Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim (47.04) 10. Neil Young - Old Man (55.09) 11. Jeffrey Lewis - Back When I Was Four (58.12)

(Yeah, this photo is crazy, but I like it.) Donny Hue and Olivia Mancini play tonight at our residency. They came in a while back with the rest of the Colors. Song List: In the Excellence of the Autoharp Peter River Mountain Piece Lady Tomcat and the Turning Trees In My Own Time (Bee Gees […]

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a quite splendid podcast.  Not the chat - there's actually blessed little of that for a change - but the actual music.  There may not be the one or two big names I tend to try and slip in to make sure that casual listeners are more likely to have a listen and thus bring an audience to the smaller bands, and also because I quite like to throw in a few for my own benefit as well but it just didn't quite happen.  For some reason they just didn't quite get a look in this week, although I did throw in a rather obscure Pogues track, but it just seemed fine without them. I really like this one though, and there are some excellent new things to hear, so get stuck in.  It has quite an acoustic folk-pop sort of atmosphere, so I hope that sort of thing is your bag, but I've thrown in a couple of slightly different things, like David Cronenberg's Wife, Mother & the Addicts and A Hawk & a Hacksaw to make sure it's not too one-paced.  So get stuck in, my little Toadlings, music a-plenty and jolly fine stuff too! Toadcast #8 - New Things & Englishness 1. Donny Hue & the Colours - Humming With the Flowerbirds (01.01) 2. Monkey Swallows the Universe - Jimmy Down the Well (06.19) 3. Emmy the Great - Canopies & Grapes (10.26) 4. Mother & the Addicts - Are Others (14.30) 5. Champion Kickboxer - Perforations (20.42) 6. Jake Flowers & the Carol-Anne Showband - Annabel (26.06) 7. Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - Tickle Me Pink (28.07) 8. Mirah & Spectratone International - Supper (34.09) 9. Patti Page - Old Cape Cod (38.01) 10. A Hawk & a Hacksaw - The Way the Wind Blows (41.52) 11. David Cronenberg's Wife - My Ukrainian Girlfriend (47.20) 12. The Pogues - First Day of Forever (54.08) 13. Iron & Wine - Kingdom of the Animals (57.22) 14. The Ralfe Band - Albatross Waltz (63.23) 15. A Hawk & a Hacksaw - Portlandtown (68.19)Song, by Toad