Radio – Rocknerd

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8 June, 20198 June, 2019 Radio, Writing 2

“Fuck, suck and fight/ Till the beginning of broad daylight …”

Andrew Hickey: A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. Subscribe to this podcast now.

10 November, 201811 November, 2018 Radio, Writing 11

I want you to go right now to 500songs.com and download every episode. And if you follow podcasts, you need to subscribe to this one. Every record nerd needs this.

Richard Syrett on Theodor Adorno, the Beatles, conspiracy theorists and … me.

6 June, 20186 June, 2018 Esoterica, Opinion, Pop, Radio, Rock 0

Did you know that Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor Adorno wrote all the Beatles songs? I sure didn’t! In fact, I still don’t.

Links: The KLF at the Shard, the fake grunge lexicon, how to swear on radio.

10 November, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Punk, Radio, Writing 0

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Streaming links: Spotify, Netflix versus Android, the return of the undead Live365.

18 May, 201719 May, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Radio 0

Why buy when you can trust other people’s computers? I’m sure services will never suddenly disappear or block paying customers.

Radio and television finally admit, in 2016, that they’re competing with the whole vast Internet.

29 September, 201620 May, 2017 Media, Opinion, Radio, Television 3

The mass media have suffered the effects of the Internet much in the manner of the record industry, as consumers, conclusively sick of their shit, withdraw their attention. Their worry has gone from piracy to … being ignored.

The streamingpocalypse first hit the record industry in the 1930s. It was called radio.

27 September, 201624 March, 2020 Industry, mp3, Opinion, Radio 1

The music industry occasionally forgets that entertainment is an optional expense, consumer confidence is a critical material condition for what they do, and when times are tough people stop spending.

Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story on BBC Radio 2, 2013.

19 June, 201620 May, 2017 Dance, Radio 0

A marvellous BBC radio documentary in two one-hour parts on disco king Giorgio Moroder, focusing on his work in the late ’70s and early to mid-’80s.

The Mark E. Smith Guide to Writing Guide.

3 June, 201620 May, 2017 Post-Punk, Radio, Writing 0

In 1983, Mark E. Smith of the Fall went on Greenwich Sound Radio and, between being interviewed and playing records, gave them his definitive guide on how to write.

A new year of links!

1 January, 201520 May, 2017 Dance, Industrial, Links, Radio, Record 0

There’s a new Rowland S. Howard career collection, Six Strings That Drew Blood. Here’s an excellent review and history from the Quietus. I didn’t

A real-time Internet radio search engine, from the creator of mp3.com.

16 November, 201320 May, 2017 mp3, Radio 0

Michael Robertson, original founder of mp3.com, has come up with an interesting new toy: the world’s first real-time radio search engine. It takes the

Peter Hook interviews John Cooper Clarke.

14 August, 201120 May, 2017 Post-Punk, Radio 0

FUC51 no doubt shat, but crusty old post-punks like me will delight at Peter Hook interviewing John Cooper Clarke on BBC Radio 4 Chain

WFMU launches the Free Music Archive.

7 May, 200920 May, 2017 Esoterica, Radio 0

WFMU is a fine New York-based “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT”-format public radio station. They have a blog with a fine selection of the

Radio: the future?

3 June, 200220 May, 2017 Media, Opinion, Radio 3

Imagine a post apocalyptic radio world, where there are multiple stations all sounding the same, acting the same – there is no choice, no variety, no difference anywhere across the country. Everything and everyone has been blended down to core stereotypes, and the people seem happy with this… and of course the advertisements, who can forget the advertisements.