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250 The Ones That Got Away
For our 250th show we hit on the idea of selecting tracks that had been shortlisted for previous shows but left out for reasons that now seem poor, and that really were good enough to play to you.
Also, being a celebration of sorts – 250 shows over nearly ten years is a fair achievement after all – we extended the show to 2½ hours, and even then could not fit in all the tracks we’d shortlisted for this show.
For whatever reason the audience was slower than usual to assemble – I’m sure it being late Spring had something to do with it – but we were rewarded with 21 listener connections in the end, a good number in recent terms.
At this point there’s no reason to doubt that we can go on for another 250, although some of us may have to hand the torch over to new people eventually. Before that, in ten weeks time, show 255 will be our Tenth Anniversary show. More on that later.
The Ones that Got Away
For our 250th show (our 250th show!!!), we have selected a selection of selections that in the end did not get selected due to various reasons, i.e., some of the best tracks that had been on our shortlists, but in the end did not make it into one of our shows. Things such as a track being too similar to others already firmly in the playlist, not being similar enough, or simply there not being enough time in a show can be the reasons. Well, here some of them finally are.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
Update
EdisonRex, who is doing the hosting this week, has given a thumbs-up for going overtime, so we’ll have an extra twenty minutes or so of music for you!
-mal
121R Scott Walker 2
Hugh, who wrote this show, joined us for the Remastered version, and we found that Scott Walker, solo and wierd, was a hit with our audience. We love you, but you’re wierd, a bit like us 🙂 Sixteen connections, good for a holiday weekend. The Jacques Brel songs were especially noted.
Scott Walker 2
Our second look at the work of Scott Walker shows what he did after no longer being a Walker Brother, including the good, the bad and the abysmal.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
249 Let There Be Drums
An idea that surfaced after listening to Joni Mitchell’s “The Jungle Line”, Malaclypse took it and wrote a theme to it and between us we put together a great set of tracks. Lots of dancing in the cavern, but fortunately no roof collapses.
The video link for the original drum track, recorded by the Ocora label, a branch of Radio France, in Burundi by recording engineer Michel Vuylsteke, is below.
Let There Be Drums!
This week, we will take a look at the development of the drums’ role in Rock music from the late 1950s to the present day, through various genres and styles.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
120R John Wetton 1
Mother’s Day in the US, which may have accounted for a slightly smaller audience than usual. But those in attendence were enthusiastic and full of puns… not that that’s particularly relevant. One of my favourite shows too.
John Wetton, part 1
This week’s show will illustrate the band career of John Wetton, including his stints in such insignificant acts as Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and UK. Be ready for bass and baritone, left-handed.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
248 Thelonious Monk
A very brief run through some of the highlights of the career of a hugely significant musician who was not well appreciated in his time. Also featuring some of his compositions covered by other artists,as may were.
Thelonious Monk
We will have a look at idiosynctratic Jazz legend Thelonious Monk, who had more success as a songwriter than bandleader, but shaped modern Jazz more than most of his contemporaries.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
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