Thames Delta World Service #8 - Everyone's Talking About Bowie

Everyone’s Talking About Bowie…..or at least it’s felt like it recently, probably because of the Ziggy 40^th anniversary but also because of the general greatness of the man and his music. A word of warning, this podcast is about a century long (1hr 45m anyway) and I talk far too much in it, but it's about David Bowie, what’d you expect? These are (possibly) my favourite Bowie songs, I’m not saying they are ‘the’ best, everyone should make up their own mind, but these are the ones that keep dragging me back or keep me up late when I could really do with going to bed. I’d love to know what you think of them.

You can hear the podcast here….

Or download it here….

http://www.divshare.com/download/18347438-8bc

Whilst making the podcast I made a CD of the songs, and here is the first ever TDWS competition. If you'd like the CD pictured below (though I won’t be giving away the mag) send me your e-mail address either via Facebook, this site or my own e-mail, redyri@yahoo.com and I’ll pull a winner out at random and send it anywhere in the world. I might even make a cover for it.

In the podcast I mention a latter day Bowie compilation I keep in my car which I entitled ‘Angels Of The Aftermath’. This is the tracklisting and my iTunes artwork for it.

I’ll be back soon with a more bite sized podcast with far less talking and I promise, no Bowie.

tHE pLAYLIST BasII The Post Coital Comedown

The great love-in that was BasII is over, and after the love-in comes the post coital comedown. If you were there or were part of it in anyway you'll know what I mean. To help with the comedown blues, here's a podcast featuring all 13 acts over 16 tracks, this includes 2 live tracks from the weekend as a bonus, and 2 from Modovar for winning the 'being the most Bas' performance of the weekend. Enjoy, see the pic below the widget for the tracklist.

15 Minutes With....The Ruts

Ok, so a lot of you will know 'Babylon's Burning', but the Ruts, despite their brief blossoming were much more than that, and that's what these 15 minutes are hopefully about to prove. 'Jah War/I Ain't Sofisticated' was their third single for Virgin, released in November 1979. 'Jah War', a spiky pop punk/reggae song about the police's involvement in the Southall disturbances of April 1979 was always a favourite of mine, suiting my ears more than most of the Clash's reggae excursions. It's b-side, 'I Ain't Sofisticated' by contrast is a numb nuts punk thrash that helped make this slab of 7" vinyl one of the most played from my youth. Fifth Virgin single, August 1980's 'West One (Shine On Me)' was released just over a month after singer Malcolm Owen had been found dead in his parents bathroom following a heroin overdose. The band were clearly moving on from the punk treadmill, I've always wondered what they could've become.

 (My missus also made a single with two of the Ruts whilst in Basildon punksters the Vandals, the only recording they ever made supplying backing vocals on a Pete Zear solo single (Lew Lewis Reformer) 'Tomorrows World/Fast Food').

Any way, the Ruts, listen to this. Babylon's Burning was great, but to me these three songs are greater (also listen to 'Staring At The Rude Boys').



http://www.divshare.com/download/16682577-fa5

Thames Delta World Service #7 - The Best Of 2011

And all that remains is the arms of the angels

Better late than never, here is my best of 2011 in audible podcast form, featuring......

PLUS - two extra unlisted faves from the year
PLUS - an extra track in tribute to Amy Winehouse

A bit longer than normal, but give it a go, go on!

http://www.divshare.com/download/16613250-a80

Honestly, why just you can't let it be

And let me quietly drink myself to sleep

Thames Delta World Service #6 - The Sixth

It's been 10 weeks, but here is the sixth. Re-issue laden, Horrors cover versions heavy...also with Two Tom Waits, Coldplay, Nirvana, U2, Depeche Mode doing U2, the Beach Boys, Bjork, Ryan Adams, BPBilly, The Band, Blake/Bon Iver, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Brett Anderson and the Manics. 

Download or listen here.....

http://www.divshare.com/download/16207209-d7b

The Horrors - Suffragette City

Here's the Horrors doing Bowie. If Bahaus had been a quarter of this good all those years ago then their Ziggy cover version might not make me want to vomit.

tHE pLAYLIST125102011

Hi. As promised, the Playlist. #1. 10 songs, no gaps, no jibber jabber, all recently acquired on actual CD, no dodgy downloads.



And the songs are -

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA…What A Life!
Richard Hawley - The Ellan Vannin Tragedy (Featuring Smoke Fairies)
The Band – The Weight
Depeche Mode – So Cruel (U2 Cover)
Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me
Brian Eno – Another Green World
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Cherry Came Too
Coldplay (feat. Rihanna) – Princess Of China
Christina Aguilera – I’m OK

Also, me missus tells me there are a load of european Depeche Mode fans with no access to the new DM track other than youtube. So for them here is that track in CD quality. Don't thank me, thank Bono. Back soon with the first Thames Delta Guest Service (courtesy of Martha).

WAV download of Depeche Mode - So Cruel (U2 Cover)

http://www.divshare.com/download/16035215-4a0

What is to come and what shall be....

Hi. I been a bit quiet on the internet front recently, I find facebook a bit depressing and just wanted to forget all about it for a while. I am back if not fully engaged in it yet.....However, I still got tha music in me. And giving it some some thought, and now that I been at it a little while I have have a clearer image of what I want to do on my blog page. So coming soon....


1 - The Playlist - a new podcast, hopefully fairly regular. 10 songs only, no jibber jabber, music only, with some rules. Firstly, I gotta own the track legitimately, so no dodgy downloads. Secondly, it should be a track I have recently acquired, or a least am heavily into at the moment.


2 - The Thames Delta Guest Service - a TDWS type podcast but musically compiled by someone else. My daughter Martha got the ball rolling, and other family members might pop up, and anyone else who wants to provide a playlist, 10-15 tracks long. I'll do the nattering you just tell me what to play.


3 - The Thames Delta World Service - The full monty, carrying on from no.5 a couple of months back. The I don't care where it comes from I just gotta like it stylee. I'll try and sound a bit more natural, less scripted, less wiki-sourced.


So, if anyone wants to provide a playlist you know where to get me, in the meantime, the no bollocks 'Playlist #1' on it's way soon. I am trying to engage with the world again....