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Tuesday, 25 October 2011

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)