Tag Archives: radio
Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
Studs Terkel [via] Studs Terkel [WP, WQ], oral historian, broadcaster, activist, has checked out at 96. I never knew, until just now, that Terkel was amongst the first few radio personalities to be referred to as a “disc jockey”: …in … more…
Jaime Hernandez’ Theme Time promo poster
Theme Time Radio Hour, promo poster, Jaime Hernandez, 2007 Jaime “Love and Rockets” Hernandez has made a promotional poster for the second season of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour series. Click for the larger image at bobdylan.com. For this, I … more…
Peel-blogging
It’s now three years since we lost him. To commemorate, here’s a run-down of some of the blogs inspired by John Peel’s singular example, in no particular order. Kat’s Karavan Recently awakened from a few months’ hiatus. This is one … more…
links for 2007-10-21: Dylan’s Theme Time, revisited
Night time in the big city ยท A Theme Time Radio Hour blog Season two of Dylan’s DJ incarnation (tags: dylan mp3 blog radio)
A Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Sometimes, only the Ink Spots will do. I would have liked to have put up Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, but YouTube didn’t have that. BTW, do NOT be tempted by the cover version of My Prayer, by Blanche, which … more…
Live from Jamaica throughout Hurricane Dean
Streaming from Kingston JA: Radio on Go – Jamaica :: Power 106 FM 10:14 p.m. Live Jamaican radio – Power 106-FM in Kingston is still broadcasting.. How? The station must have a generator. I asked Lou Jacobs to explain: How … more…
Brian Eno lecturing
Brian Eno lecture, 3rd November, Liverpool Hope University. Part of the Liverpool Biennial. The lecture link is branded under the BBC’s Listen Again concept, which makes material available for seven days after broadcast. I’m listening to this nine days on, … more…
Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour: Dreams, Schemes and Themes
I’ve been following Bob Dylan’s extraordinary Theme Time Radio Hour series of radio webcasts since it started in May. If you haven’t caught on to these shows yet, you really should: the programming is just about impeccable, the atmosphere and … more…
John Peel 1939-2004
Picture by Hugo Glendinning BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies This evening I will be tuning in to BBC Radio 1 at 11pm – for what I fully expect will be … more…
A Small Slice of Tranquility
Happy coincidence: I switched on BBC Radio 4 this morning at about ten to eleven. At eleven o’clock: “Here’s sound recordist Chris Watson with the second of two programmes, going in search of A Small Slice of Tranquility. It so … more…