Category: Shownotes

A strange time of year at the best of times but after all the fog last week, it has been heavily overcast for days so it has hardly got light which adds even more to the feeling that we are in limbo. What’s more, no picture this week. It hasn’t ben light enough!At least it…

Winter is suddenly here with its long cold fingers in your ears and up your nose. Suddenly it’s very damp and chilling cold with freezing fog and very short days. In fact tomorrow (21st) is the shorted day of the year. So, all being well, the sun will rise at just after 8 in the…

Well, I’m pleased to be with you this week – no, no, really, really pleased to be with you.As you’ll see (right), it’s been an interesting few days. Now I have to sort out a replacement car. It is a real testimony to the strength of the Smart Car that it withstood two fairly hefty…

Great music from both sides of the Atlantic this week. A real mix which I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Meeting last week at this rediculous indoor ourtyard in London. Imean, bloody palm trees in London, in November, don’t be daft!The wind has finally dropped after quite a few days of really strong blow. Didn’t loose any…

An exhausting week so far but it’s so good to get stuck into another show. It’s where the buzz is! Indeed the music was interesting enough to attract my producer Artois back to the barn. Quite an achievement considering that she has discovered the joys of sleeping by the Rayburn in the kitchen. Salt Lake…

Oh boy, exciting times and although completely exhausting the adrenalin is really flowing with lots of exciting things happening.I mentioned living in Chelsea (London) when Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren had their clothes shop SEX on the Kings Road. You’ll find lots of pictures of the shop on the web but here"s where we lived…

The Barn is reconnected at last. After effectively three weeks withoiut telephones or internet and email, at last the line has been repaired. Now I’m in catch-up mode. IntroHappy – Jimmie Bratcher (Missouri, USA)There’s more great new music from Jimmie later in the show.http://www.jimmiebratcher.com/Many to Many – Noctaluca (Ohio, USA)  FIRST PLAY… and you thought…

The paralysis continues as a result of BT’s stunning collective ineptitude. You really wouldn’t believe the contradictory versions of various "truths" I’ve been fed over the last few weeks whilst we’ve had no phones or internet connection.Of necessity again, this is a relatively short show and even shorter shownotes. My apologies to you for their…

We’re back … well, almost back. How do you like the meringue monster I found in my plate last week? We’re now into the second week without phones and broadband so browsing the usual sources for great new music is just not feasible. So, today’s show marks a break from the routine. It is the…

Hi FolksI’m afraid that for the first time I’m going to have to miss a show. Our phone lines are all out except for the house line which which sort-of works from time-to-time and I’ve configured to use when I can for dial-up internet access. It seems that the main cable has been rubbing against…

I was in Leeds at the end of last week and had an evening to myself before a load of meetings. It’s a while since I was in central Leeds and the speed and extent of development is astonishing.  New high-rise buildings seem to be going up all around the city centre. I don’t know…

I’ve been travelling around England a bit over the last couple of weeks mostly by train which is simply wonderful. Great chance to catch up on podcasts. Last week it was Newcastle upon Tyne (pictured is the Sage concert hall in Gatehead, just over the river from Newcastle). Tomorrow it’s Leeds, both Newcastle and Leeds…