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Saturday 31 December 2011

And the winner is..........

Rocket Science end of year results...

Best Album : The Rifles - Freedom Run

Best Book: Andy Kershaw - No Off Switch




Gig of the year: Morrissey @ Harwick Town Hall June 21st




Magazine of the year: Word Magazine




One to watch 2012: Spector









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Rocket Science #4:07

well she's show showing it off then
the glitter in her lovely eyes
show show showing it off then
and all the people shake their money in time


1: Please Please Please- James Brown
from the album 'Please, Please, Please' (1959)
2: Cosmogony (Serban Ghenea Mix) - Bjork
from the single (2011)
3: Crash - The Primitives
from the album 'Lovely' (1988)
4: Dub Outside - Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell
from the album 'Ghosts Outside' (2011)
5: Bust a Move - Young MC
from the album 'Stone Cold Rhymin' ' (1989)
6: Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five - Wings
from the album 'Band on the Run' (1973)
7: Well... All Right! - Buddy Holly
from the album 'A Rock n Roll Collection' (1972)
8: The Rip Tide - Beirut
from the album 'The Rip Tide' (2011)
9: A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
from the EP 'Poguetry in Motion' (1986)
10: Hometown Farewell Kiss - The Triffids
from the album 'Calenture' (1987)
11: Little Man - Little Dragon
from the album 'Ritual Union' (2011)
12: Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (feat. Santigold) - Beastie Boys
from the album 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two' (2011)




13: Vampires (Afrolicious & Rob Garza Remix) - Thievery Corporation
from the single 'Vampires' (2011)
14: Liar Liar - The Castaways
from the single (1965)
15: Freddie's Lapels - D. Charles Speer & The Helix
from the album 'Leaving the Commonwealth' (2011)
16: Ghost Story - Cloud Control
from the album 'Bliss Release' (2011)
17: Between The Lines (Instrumental) - Bonobo [Simon Green]
from the promo (2011)
18: Confusion - Nouvelle Vague
from the album 'Best of Nouvelle Vague (Limited Edition)' (2010)
19: You Can't Keep Me - Amy LaVere
from the album 'Stranger Me' (2011)
20: What a Mouth (What a North and South) - Tommy Steele & Harry Robinson
from the single (1960)

Monday 5 December 2011

Rocket Science #4:Christmas

Do you think I would leave you dieing
There's room on my horse for two
Climb up here, Joe we'll soon be flying
Back to the ranks so blue

1: Deck The Halls - REM

2: Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners

3: Christmas Wrapping - Best Coast

4: I Wish It Could Be Christmas - Frank Sidebottom

5: Snowflake In a Hot World - Mercury Rev

6: Through December - Laura Veirs

7: Feliz Navidad - Sea Of Bees

8: Christmas - The Who

9: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Slow Club

10: I Smell Winter - The Housemartins

11: Ain't No Chimneys In The Project - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

12: Ring the Bells - James

13: Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year? - Hot Club de Paris

14: Let It Snow - The Puppini Sisters

15: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott & Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra

16: The Last of the Melting Snow - The Leisure Society

17: December In New York - Thea Gilmore

18: Santa Claus - Throwing Muses

19: Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - Jack White

20: Merry Xmas (War Is Over) - Badly Drawn Boy

21: Wombling Merry Christmas - The Wombles

22: Christmas Is Going To The Dogs - Eels

23: Ballad Of Jack Frost - The Triffids

24: Last Christmas (TFI Friday Performance) - Manic Street Preachers

25: Christmas Was Better in the 80's - The Futureheads

Rocket Science #4:06

All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts
And they're coming round the track to haunt me
When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely

1: Betty Et Zorg - Gabriel Yared
from the OST 'Betty Blue (37.2 Le Matin)' (1986)
2: November the Second - Morrissey
from the EP - Everyday is like Sunday' (2011)
3: Good for Nothing - Hard-Fi
from the album 'Killer Sounds' (2011)
4: Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
from the album 'Bite' (1983)
5: Alphabet St. - Prince
from the album 'Lovesexy' (1988)
6: Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells
from the album 'Treats' (2010)
7: What Did the Hippie Have In His Bag? - Cornershop
from the single (2011)



8: Future Starts Slow - The Kills
from the album 'Blood Pressure' (2011)
9: Six Months In a Leaky Boat (Live) - SplitEnz
from the album 'Extravagenza (live)' (2005)
10: Fine Time - New Order
from the album 'Technique' (1989)
11: Hits Me Like a Rock (feat. Bobby Gillespie)- CSS
from the album 'La Liberacion' (2011)
12: Crystalline (Serban Ghenea Mix) - Björk
from the single (2011)
13: Blue As Your Blood - The Walkmen
from the album 'Lisbon' (2010)
14: Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
from the album 'Live at the Filmore West' (1971)
15: Speaking In Tongues - Arcade Fire
from the album 'The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition)' (2011)
16: Holdin' On To Black Metal - My Morning Jacket
from the album 'Circuital' (2011)
17: The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man On Earth
from the album 'The Wild Hunt' (2010)
18: Shadows - Warpaint
from the album 'The Fool' (2010)
19: So It Goes - Nick Lowe
from the album 'Jesus of Cool' (1978)
20:We're The Replacements - They Might Be Giants
from the album 'A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants' (2011)


Tuesday 25 October 2011

Theme Time Rocket Science #2

Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn

Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal
Die Sonne scheint mit Glitzerstrahl


Die Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band
Weisse Streifen, gruener Rand


Jetzt schalten wir ja das Radio an
Aus dem Lautsprecher klingt es dann:
Wir fah'rn auf der Autobahn...




1: Drive - The Wedding Present
from the EP 'Mini' (1996)
2 Route 66 [Beatmasters Mix] - Depeche Mode
from the album Remixes 81-04 (2004)
3: Like A Motorway - Saint Etienne
from the album 'TigerBay' (1994)
4: Speedo - The Cadillacs
from the album 'Tiger Bay'(1994)
5: Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & His Playboys
from the b-side of 'pledgin' my love' (1958)
6: Little Red Corvette - Prince
from the album '1999' (1982)
7: Car Jamming - The Clash
from the album 'Combat Rock' (1982)
8: Drive On, Driver - The Magnetic Fields
from the album 'Distortion' (2008)
9: Passenger Seat - Death Cab For Cutie
from the album 'Transatlanticism' (2003)
10: Autophilia (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Car) -The Bluetones
from the album 'Science & Nature' (2000)
11: You May Think - The Cars
from the album 'Heartbeat City' (1984)
12: Fast Cars - Buzzcocks
from the album 'Another Music In A Different Kitchen' (1978)
13: Car Song - Elastica
from the album 'Elastica' (1995)
14: Driver 8 - R.E.M.
from the album 'Fables of theReconstruction' (1985)
15: A13, Trunk Road To The Sea - Billy Bragg
from the album 'Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (Bonus CD)' (2006 reissue)
16: Moonlight Drive - The Doors
from the album 'Strange Days' (1967)
17: Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie
from the album 'Low' (1977)
18: M62 Song - Doves
from the album 'The Last Broadcast' (2002)
19: Autobahn (Xfm Session) - Cut Copy
from the single 'Going Nowhere' (2005)
20: Bring That Cadillac Back - Harry Crafton
from the album 'Harry Crafton 1949-54' (1980)
21: M1 A1 - Gorillaz
from the album 'Gorillaz' (2001)



Rocket Science #4:05


We promised that we'd always have time for each other
Whenever I needed you'd be there
We promised to be true there'd be no other
We promised that for ever we would care
Oh........How can you ever let me down.

1: Still Life - The Horrors
from the album 'Skying' (2011)
2: Starlite - Paul Weller
from the single (2011)
3: Highway 61 Revisited - Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers
from the OST 'Im Not There' (2007)
4: Touch Sensitive - The Fall
from the album 'The Marshall Suite' (1999)
5: Palaces Of Montezuma - Grinderman
from the album 'Grinderman 2' (2010)
6: Introducing Randy Newman - The Blood Arm
from the album 'Turn and Face Me' (2011)
7: Up Up Up - The Givers
from the single (2011)
8: Dodecahedron - Beth Jeans Houghton
from the single (2011)
9: Them That Do Nothing - Field Music
from the album 'Measure' (2010)
10: Goldstar - Cashier No.9
from the album 'To the Death of Fun' (2011)
11: Hawaiian Air - Friendly Fires
from the album 'Pala' (2011)
12: She's Not There - Neko Case & Nick Cave
from the OST 'True Blood 3' (2011)
13: Videograms - Inch-Time
from the album 'Floating World' (2011)
14: Breakin' The Chains Of Love - Fitz & The Tantrums
from the EP 'Breaking the Chains of Love' (2011)15: Rebel Waltz - The Clash
from the album 'Sandinista!' (1980)
16: All Could Come True - Dennis Hopper Choppers
from the album 'Be Ready' (2011)
17: Ship of Promises - Villagers
from the album 'Becoming a Jackal' (2010)
18: You Overdid It Doll - The Courteeners
from the album 'Falcon' (2010)
19: O Superman - Laurie Anderson
from the 'Big Science' (1982)
20: How Long - Ramona
from the EP 'How Long' (2011)


Monday 26 September 2011

Rocket Science #4:04

Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address
Of everyone I've ever known
It's nothing I regret
Save it for another day
It's the school exam and the kids have run away

1: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
from the album 'When the Man Comes Around' (2002)
2: Heaven - The Psychedelic Furs
from the album 'Mirror Moves' (1984)
3: Beautiful Ones - Suede
from the album 'Coming Up' (1996)
4: Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
from the album 'Pink Friday' (2010)
5: I Luv Ur Sneakers - Poly Styrene
from the album 'Generation Indigo' (2011)
6: Aroused - Tom Vek
from the album 'Leisure Seizure' (2011)

7: Tomorrow - Kitty Daisy & Lewis
from the album 'Smoking in Heaven' (2011)
8: The Dopper Effect - Orkestra Del Sol
from the album 'Lung Capacity' (2011)
9: Rolling In the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) - Adele
original from the album '21'(2011)

10: I Started A Joke (Mono) - Bee Gees
from the album 'Idea' (1968)
11: Is This the Life? - Cardiacs
from the album 'A Little Man and a house and a whole world window (1988)
12: Vacuum Cleaner - Tintern Abbey
from the b-side of the 'Beeside' single (1967)
13: Searching For Mr Right - Young Marble Giants
from the album 'Colossal Youth' (1980)
14: Rock On - Love Inks
from the album 'E.S.P.' (2011)
15: Erase You - Las Kellies
from the album 'Kellies' (2011)
16: So Lonely - The Hollies
from the 'Hollies' (1965)
17: At Last I Am Free - Robert Wyatt
from the album 'Nothing Can Stop Us' (1982)
18: You Could Keep Me Talking - The Leisure Society
from the album 'Into the Murky Water' (2011)
19: Faron Young - Prefab Sprout
from the album 'Steve McQueen' (1985)
20: Second Chance - Peter Bjorn & John
from the album 'Gimme Some'(2011)
21: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - Bow Wow Wow
from the 2007 single


Wednesday 31 August 2011

Rocket Science #4:03

"Hey boy" they shout - "have you got any money?"
And I said - "I've a little money and a take away curry,
I'm on my way home to my wife.

1: Everything's Gone Green [12" Version] - New Order
from the 'Factus 8' EP (1982)
2: Come Back Jonee - Devo
fromthe album 'Q: Are we not men?A: We are Devo! '(1978)
3: Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
from the album 'Dance Craze' (1980)
4: Only Man - Audio Bullys
from the album 'Higher than the Eiffel' (2010)
5: I Feel a Change Comin' On - Bob Dylan
from the album 'Together Through Life' (2009)
6: This One's From The Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
from the Soundtrack album 'One from the Heart' (1982)
7: One Way Road - Paul Weller
from the album 'Studio 150' (2004)
8: The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
from the album 'Winter in America' (1974)
9: Breaking Fun - Sons & Daughters
from the album 'Mirror Mirror'(2011)
10: Last Night I Dreamt... - The Wombats
from the album 'The Modern Glitch' (2011)
11: Toxygene (7" Edit) - The Orb
from the single (1997)
12: Sugar Water (Look At My Face) - Hollie Cook
from the album 'Introducing Hollie Cook' (2011)
13: Abducted - Cults
from the album 'Cults' (2011)
14: Sailors - Morton Valence
from the album 'Me and Home James' (2011)
15: Don't Know Who You Are - The Donkeys
from the album 'Born with Stripes' (2011)
16: The Robot Heart - The Robot Heart
from the album 'the Robot Heart' (2011)
17: Family Tree - The Black Lips
from the album 'Arabia Mountain' (2011)
18: Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins
from the album 'The People Who Grinned themselves to death' (1987)
19: Some Candy Talking (bonus track) - Richard Hawley
from the EP 'Hotel Room' (2006)
20: These Days - Nico
from the album 'Chelsea Girl' (1967)
21: Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - Louis Prima
from the album'Beepin' and Boppin' (1999)


Tuesday 26 July 2011

Rocket Science #4:02

On a thousand islands in the sea
I see a thousand people just like me
A hundred unions in the snow
I watch them walking, falling in a row

1: For A Few Dollars More 'La Resa Dei Conti' - Ennio Morricone
from the album 'For a Few Dollars More' (1965)
2: Hello - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
from the single (2011)
3: Carry Go Bring Home - The Selecter
from the John Peel session (9/10/79)
4: Once And Never Again - The Long Blondes
from the album 'Someone To Drive You Home' (2006)
5: Superball - Magic Kids
from the single (2009)
6: Happiness - Kenn Dodd
from thesingle (1964)
7: Bad Connection - Yazoo
from the album 'Upstairs at Erics' (1982)
8: The Cult Song - Shannon and The Clams
from the album 'SleepTalk' (2011)
9: You Are a Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie
from the album 'Codes and Keys' (2011)
10: Come to the Bar - Pete and the Pirates
from the album 'One Thousand Pictures' (2011)
11: Glorious - The Pierces
from the album 'You and I' (2011)
12: Henry Rollins Don't Dance - Allo, Darlin'
from the 7" single (2009)
13: Chick Habit - April March
from the album 'Chick Habit' (1995)
14: Calgary - Bon Iver
from the album 'Bon Iver' (2011)
15: Give Him a Great Big Kiss - Shangri-la's
from thesingle (1964)
16: Library Pictures - Arctic Monkeys
from the album 'Suck it and See'(2011)
17: Gimme Some Truth - Primal Scream
from the b-side of single 'Country Girl' (2006)
18: Mandinka - Sinéad O'Connor
from the album 'The Lion and the Cobra' (1987)
19: Hellbent -New Order
from the album 'Total' (2011)
20: Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
from the single (2009)
21: Walk Through Walls - Kyla La Grange
from the single (2011)
22: Death Cloud (UK Version) - Cloud Control
from the album 'Bliss Release' (2011)
23: Come Monday Night - God Help the Girl
from the single (2009)
24: Long Way Home - Tom Waits
from the album 'Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards' (2006)


Rocket Science #4: Peel

Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, 'Listen, mate, life has surface noise'.


I don't like encores. It's like, if you see a great painting, you don't want an extra bit painted on the side.



  • - John Peel (Wednesday, August 30th, 1939 - Friday, November 12th, 2004) R.I.P
JOHN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

1: John Peel - The Hit Crew
2: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
3: Handsome Devil (live) - The Smiths
4: New Rose (peel session 30/11/76) - The Damned
5: Whiskey in the Jar (Peel session 14/11/72) - Thin Lizzy
6: Pass the Dutchie -Musical Youth
7: Fighting Fit (Peel session 6/1/96) - Gene
8: Lost John -Lonnie Donegan
9: Life After Death - Funboy Five
10: Ku Klux Klan - Steel Pulse
11: Turn the Heater On (Peel session 1/6/82)- New Order 
12: Falling and Laughing (Peel session 30/10/80) -Orange Juice
13:Song Sung Blue - Altered Images
14:Sunspots (peelsession 29/5/84) - Julian Cope
15: Africa - Rico
16: Blue Canary - Frank Chikens
17: John Peel Roadshow - Helen Love
18: Tulips (Peel session 4/11/04) - Bloc Party
19: Bored - Steveless
20: The Saints Are Coming (Peel session 1/9/78) - The Skids
21: The Green Fields of France - The Men They Couldn't Hang
22: Pickin' The Blues - The Housemartins







Wednesday 22 June 2011

Rocket Science #4:01

Socrates and Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way - through the kitchen
Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who's more famous to the billion millions?
News Flash: Vacuum Cleaner Sucks Up Budgie
Oooohh...bub-bye

Magnificence!!


1: A Night Like This - Caro Emerald
(from the album 'Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor' (2011)
2: Ok - Beastie Boys
(from the album 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two' (2011)3: John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee
(from the album 'Battle Hymn for Children Singing (1983)
4: Blue Tip (Demo) - The Cars
(from the album 'Move Like This' (2011)
5: Can’t Seem to Make You Mine - The Seeds
(from the album 'The Seeds' (1966)
6: Exile Vilify - The National
(taken from the video game 'Portal 2' (2011)
7: Squealing Pigs - Admiral Fallow
(from the album 'Boots Met my Face (2010)
8: A New Day Has Begun - Roddy Woomble
(from the album 'Impossible Song and Other Songs (2011)
9: Round About - The Cellers
(unreleased single 2003)
10: Glamorous Glue - Morrissey
(from the album 'Your Arsenal' (1992)
11: Pop Muzik (Single version) - M
(from the album 'New York, London, Paris, Munich (1979) 
12: Don't Mess With My Man - Lucy Pearl
(from the album 'Lucy Pearl (2000)
13: Sadness Is a Blessing - Lykke Li
(from the album 'Wounded Rhymes' (2011)
14: Back By Dope Demand - King Bees
(from the 1990 single)
15: My Body - Young the Giant
(from the album 'Young the Giant (2011)
16: Ignite - The Raveonettes
(from the album 'Raven In the Grave (2011)
17: Family Business - Dengue Fever
(from the album 'Cannibal Courtship (2011)
18: Kitsch - Poly Styrene
(from the album 'Generation Indigo (2011)
19: All In White- The Vaccines
(from the album 'What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? (2011)
20: She Talks to Rainbows - Ronnie Spector
(from the EP 'She Talks to Rainbows (1999)

Friday 3 June 2011

Theme Time Rocket Science #1

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
1: Neil Armstrong's 1969 On the Moon Speech
2: Sea of Tranquility - Siouxsie
(from the album 'Mantaray' 2007)
3: Saturn 5 - The Inspiral Carpets
(from the album 'Devil Hopping' 1994)
4: Goodnight Moon - Shivaree
(from the album 'I Oughtaa a shot in the head for making me live in this dump' 1999)
5: Dat - Pluto Shervington
(from the album 'Pluto' 1975)
6: The Earth Dies Screaming -UB40
(from the non album single 1980)
7: Kelly Watch the Stars -Air
(from the album 'Moon Safari' 1998)
8: Supersonic Rocket Ship - The Kinks
(from the album 'Everybody'sin Show-Biz' 1972)
9: Across The Universe - Cilla Black
(from the album 'Sweet Inspirations' 1970)
10: (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space - John Cooper Clarke
(from the album 'Disguise in Love' 1978)
11: Jetson's Theme - Man or Astro Man
(from the album 'Intravenous Television Continuum' 1996)
12: Destination Venus - Rezillos
(from the album 'Can't stand the Rizillos' 1978)
13: Luna - Fanfarlo
(from the album 'Reservoir' 2009)
14: Nightflight To Uranus - Datarock
(from the album 'Datarock Datarock' 2005)
15: Space - M.I.A
(from the album '/\/\ /\ Y /\' 2010)
16: Eight Miles High - The Byrds 
(from the album 'Fifth Dimension' 1966)
17: Ballrooms of Mars - T-Rex
(from the album 'The Slider'1972)
18: Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
(from the album 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots' 2002)
19: Saw A UFO - Eels
(from the album 'Useless Trinkets' 2007)
20: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized
(from the album 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' 1997)
21: Planet Claire - B52's
(from the album 'B52's' 1979)
22: Apollo 9 (A Cappelle Reprise) - Adam Ant
(from the 'Vive Le Rock' 1985) 

Saturday 7 May 2011

Rocket Science #3: dylan hits 70

You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down, you just stood there grinning
You got a lotta nerve to say you gotta helping hand to lend
You just want to be on the side that's winning


1: Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
(from the album Knocked out loaded)
2: Come Una Pietra Scalciata - Articolo 31
(from the album Masked & Anonymous)
3: Song For Bob Dylan - David Bowie
(from the album Hunky Dory)
4: Highway 61 Revisited - Dr Feelgood
(from the album Hard Rain a Dylan Tribute)
5: Jokerman - Bob Dylan
(from the album Infidels)
6: Idiot Wind - The Coalporters
(from the album tracks inspired by Bob)
7: Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis
(from the album Rabbit Fur Coat)
8: My Back Pages - The Ramones
(from the album Acid Eaters)
9: It Ain't Me Babe - Nancy Sinatra
(from the album The Essential Nancy)
10: Goin' To Acapulco - Jim James & Calexico
(from the album I'm Not There)
11: Political World - Bob Dylan
(from the album Oh Mercy)
12: Pastures Of Plenty - Woody Guthrie
(from the album Pastures of Plenty)
13: The Man In Me - The Clash
(from the album London Calling 25th Anniversary bonus disc)
14: Blowin' In The Wind - Neil Young
(from the album Weld)
15: Girl From The North Country - Eels
(from the album Live at Town Hall)
16: Simple Twist of Fate - Stephen Fretwell
(from the album Man on the Roof)
17: Like A Rolling Stone (mono version) - Bob Dylan
(from the album Highway 61 Revisited)

Rocket Science #3:10

Guess the dream always end
They don't rise up just descend
But I don't care anymore
I've lost the will to want more

1: Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air - Long John Baldry And The Hoochie Coochie Men
from the single (1964) 
2: What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco
from the album 'Music for Pleasure' (1997)
3: Can't Find Entrance - Those Dancing Days
from the album 'Daydreams and Nightmares' (2011)
4: 96 Tears - The Stranglers
from the album '10' (1990)
5: Waiting for My Chance to Come - Noah & The Whale
from the album 'Last Night on Earth' (2011)
6: Home - Martin Stephenson
from the album 'Collective Force' (2002)
7: Wishes And Stars - Harper Simon
from the album 'Harper Simon' (2009)
8: These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
from the album 'Boots'(1966)
9: Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
from the album 'Graveyard and Ballroom' (1979)
10: Behind A Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers
from the single (1967)
11: Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes
from the album 'Angles' (2011)
12: Evergreen - John Foxx & The Maths
from the album 'Interplay' (2011)
13: Face In the Crowd - Cat's Eyes
from the album 'Cat's Eyes' (2011)
14: Open Arms - Elbow
from the album 'Build a Rocket Boys!' (2011)
15: Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) - Sub Sub Feat. Melanie Williams
from the album 'Full Fathom Five' (1994)
16: Rolling In The Deep - Adele
from the album '21' (2011)
17: Deutscher Girls - Adam & The Ants
from the single (1982)
18: National Shite Day - Half Man Half Biscuit
from the album 'CSI: Ambleside' (2008)
19: One to Another - Charlatans
from the EP 'Warm Sounds' (2011)
20: Iron Shirt - Dreadzone
from the album 'The Good, The Bad and the Dread'(2011)

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Rocket Science #3:09

In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune
But this is reality so give me some room
So join the struggle while you may
The Revolution is just a t-shirt away

1: Itsy bitsy, petit bikini - Richard Anthony
from the album 'Les plus belles chansons de Richard Anthony' (1960)
2: I'm Having A Coffee - Blancmange
from the album 'Blanc Burn' (2011)
3: Get In Line - Ron Sexsmith
from the album 'Long Player, Late Bloomer' (2011)
4: Getting Nowhere Fast - Girls at our Best
from the album 'Pleasure' (1981)
5: He's Making A Tape - MBE 
from the album 'Billy childish Archive from 1959' (2009)
6: Hunger - Frankie & the Heartstrings
from the album'Hunger' (2011)
7: The Crookes Laundry Murder 1922 -Crookes
fromthe album 'Chasing after Ghosts' (2011)
8: We are the Clash - Sparks
fromthe album 'Best of Sparks' (2000)
9: Are We Lovers Or Are We Friends? - Acid House Kings
from the album 'Music Sounds Better With You'(2011)
10: Birthday - Sugarcubes
fromthe album 'Life's too good' (1987)
11: The Look - Metronomy
from the single (2011)
12: Shes a Woman - Scritti Politti
from the single (1991)
13: Supercomputed - Cornershop
from the album 'Cornershop and the double-O groove' (2011)
14: A little love - Bing Ji Ling
from the album 'Shadow to Shine' (2011)
15: Joanna - Little Comets
from the album 'In search of the elusive little comets' (2011)
16: Beautiful Trash - Lanu
from the album 'her 12 faces' (2011)
17: Revolving Doors - Gorillaz
from the single (2011)
18: Secret Heart - Feist
from the album 'Let it Die' (2004)
19: Woman, when I've raised hell - Josh T Pearson
from the album 'Last of the Country Gentlemen' (2011)
20: New Ceremony - Dry the River
from the single (2011)
21: The Day That Margaret Thatcher Dies - Pete Wylie
from the single (2011)
22: Murder - The Charlatans
from the album 'Independents Day ID08' (2008)
23: John Kettley (is a weather man) - Tribe of Toffs
from the single(1988)


Tuesday 29 March 2011

Rocket Science #3:08

1: Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
from the single A side (1956)
2: Reggae Fi Peach (27/10/1981 John Peel Session) - Linton Kwesi Johnson
original from the album 'Bass Culture' (1980)
3: Post Break-Up Sex - The Vaccines
from the album 'What Do you expect from the vaccines' (2011)
4: Boeing 737 - The Low Anthem
from the album 'Smart Flesh' (2011)
5: A.M. 180 - Grandaddy
from the album 'Under The Western Freeway' (1997)
6: The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac
from the album 'Tusk' (1979)
7: Vietnam - New Order
from the War Child album 'Hope' (2003)
8: Raising Hell - Run-DMC
from the album 'Raising Hell' (1986)
9: Rush - Big Audio Dynamite
from the album 'The Globe' (1991)
10: Surfacing - Chapel Club
from the album 'Palace' (2011)
11: Euphoria, Take My Hand - Glasvegas
from the album 'Euphoric // Heartbreak' (2011)
12: Ace of Hz - Ladytron
from the album 'Best of 00 - 10' (2011)
13: Written On the Forehead - PJ Harvey
from the album 'Let England Shake' (2011)
14: Don't Falter - Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne
from the album 'Pop is....' (2007)
15: Go Outside - Cults
from the single (2011)
16: Please Help The Cause Against Lonliness - Sandie Shaw
from the album 'Hello Angel' (1988)
17: A Heavy Abacus - The Joy Formidable
from the album 'Big Roar' (2011)
18: Lifeline - The Answering Machine
from the single (2011)
19: Teenager - Mona
from the single (2011)
20: The Straight Instruct - Amateur Guitar Anti-Heroes
from the demo album (2001)
21: Inhaler - Miles Kane
from the single (2011)
22: Only We Can Keep You From Harm - Young Buffalo
from the b side of single 'Catapilah' (2011)