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This week it’s an Unplug the Jukebox Special with Paul having full rein on who gets played and he’s chosen some corkers in All The Shapes, Broken Links, Woven Bird, Arp Attack, David Simnell, What Is Life For?, Shannon Chilvers, Loz Bridge and These Fine Galleons. Paul chose one of mine from The Vinyl Project, bless. I got a bit bit ranty about somesuch nonsense, but then that’s what I do eh? Then, after quaffing some more coffee and munching a few biscuits, we went our separate ways. Lovely ...

On time this week and Izzy kept me company. I played Vega ~ Taiga, Fez ~ Lowlight, Cantaloop ~ Chocolate, Lucas Raye ( it was Lucas, I checked) ~ Fire, Marvin B Naylor ~ Boy Became a Man (click here to read Marvin’s Dairy of a Busker) Broken Links ~ the Fine Line Between Choice and Decay, Clockwise ~ You Are A Star and a brand new track by me. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox chatted via Skype about All These Shapes.

Yes a little late this week as life got in the way. I played some beautiful tunes people! In no particular order ( I haven’t got the time!) Clara Barker ~ Care of Princess, Broken Valves ~ What is Right?, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie, By The Rivers ~ Run Around, Vallis ~ Accident-Emergency, Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, Raquel Aurilia ~ There’s Time, Big Block 454 ~ Blind Jack of Knaresborough, Indigo Earth ~ Land Of Dreams, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling and a little tune by good old me Nick Tann! P...

This weeks podcast included a track from the new Planes over Paris album ~ Distant Earth, ‘Til Dusk ~ Honey Just Walk It, The Robbie Boyd Band ~ Orion’s Belt, The Lost Souls Club ~ Your Children Are Safe With Us, Kid Russell ~ Paradise, The Jerk – Tales From the road- Sergio Beercock, The Wilton Project ~ Diana, Will Kriski ~ Kerry’s Jig, The Real Raj ~ Ingenue, the brand new self released single from Kajagoogoo (yes, THAT Kajagoogoo!)~ Death Defying Headlines and a little track by me. Paul Lan...

Yes , YOU! Top music as ever this week from Jesta~Scully Says, Belizer~How many times?, Carvalho~ Sin & Shame, Caroline’s Capuchin~Prepare to Fall, By The River~Take Control, Sonny~Fighting Fair and Sigurdór Guðmundsson ~Gengið á Gufunum” (Running on fumes… to be exact ;-). Paul Lane from Unplug The Jukebox came in and we put the world right as regards playing gigs for money and covers and that….

A straight music only podcast this week with very little chat by me. SHAME! Some old, some new tunes thins week Marc Philipe ~ Red Tears, I am in Love ~ I Want you, The Tony Cannam Set ~ Suzie on a Summers Day, Bernadette Sebastiani ~ Easy to Forget, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ 4 Here, Safari ~ Quicksand, Vendor Defender ~Justin, Al Goodwin ~ The Stone That Bought The Girl, Tim Farrell ~ The Backpacker, April Maybe May ~Lost, Tom Caulfield ~ Catholic Girls, Sand River ~ My Heart is an Open Book, Sa...

I’m flying solo this week but managed to get through the hour! Great tracks from Hot Vamp Club, Gideon’s Demise, Eastern Conference Champions, Frankey, Postcode, The Glass Child, Sophie Peacock and good old me! Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came along and waxed, waxed lyrical he did! In geeks corner I explained why last weeks podcast was late. There’s a nice little poll to play on, expect more in the future! Pip Pip Take Our Poll

Thanks to the mighty podcasting guru Pete Cogle , I can now bring you Is This Thing on Podcast 78. This week I am joined by my mate Drew Harris as we trawl, yes TRAWL, through the music. In no particular order we Listen to The One and the Many ~ Come Around, American Hollow ~ Operator, Rieg ~ Runaway, Kay ~ To The Holy, Dead Sea Apes ~ Soy Dios-1, The Milkmen ~ Like a Drug, Mike Vaughan ~ Will We Ever get to Mars?, Pineross ~ Ruins, Fledder John ~ Evolution Song, Wax Ersatz ~ Make a Man out of ...

For some reason I can’t get the podcast that I recorded with my mate Drew Harris to work. I’ve tried everything , pretty much so not wanting to leave you with nothing to listen to I have uploaded an old podcast. Is This Thing On 27 from 12th April 2011. This is how it looked then. I hope all will be back to normal next week until then enjoy….. In a better late than never podcast this week I played Kodiak Jack, Coloured Lines, Doyle and the Forefathers, John Duffy, Watch With Mothers played Bot...

In part 2, a little more “refreshed” we carry on our journey of showcasing some of the acts that Paul from Unplug the Jukebox has featured in previous episodes. In this part we play The Rusty Blues, Dead Wax, The Lost Boys and a track by me from my Vinyl Project. As I wrote this the day after I am glad to report that neither Paul or myself have a hangover. We put this down to the quality of that fine Polish beer Tyskie! It may be worth noting at this point that Is This This On podcast is look...

Yes it’s another Unplug the Jukebox Special! This week Paul Lane joins me from Unplug the Jukebox for a podcast so packed we had to make it in two parts! Helped largely by cans of wonderful Polish Tyskie beer we waxed lyrical, ranted, raved and generally spouted. In this part we played full unadulterated tracks and by The Rising, Mash Attack, Curxes, Butterflies on Strings, The Douglas Firs, Bourdeauxxx and the mighty Marvin B Naylor as well as mentioning Marvin’s brilliant Diary of A Busker b...

Because I had a gig to play tonight, this weeks episode is a little late. All the usual stuff including a Skype conversation with Paul Lane from unplug the jukebox plus some great music from Dead Social Club Syrian Kisses, Ask Alfie and Karaoke, a live Liz Longley track – Go On, an exclusive track from The Fierce and the Dead – 10×10, a Japanese masterpiece from Lite with Image gam, Sounds under Radio with Effigy and good egg Paul Liddel with Dial tone. I played another track from my vinyl Proj...

In a classy podcast full of high morals I (with a little help from Izzy) bring you Helen Austin, David Cevoli, Tann-Starr (not me), Kidd Russell, that other live acoustic track from The Rising and Shinsei Kamatachan. Paul from Unplug the Jukebox came along and waxed lyrical about some band or other. I asked the question “What have you lost that you want back” and got some very interesting answers. I also read out the results of my submission to the Music Xray focus group with hilarious consequ...

In a podcast dedicated to my Twitter mate Jane Belinda (she’s not a happy bunny) I play in no particular order The One and The Many , the Despicable Little Man, Rebecca Pidgeon, Vendor Defender, Indigo Earth, Burn, Sarah Griffin, Isaac’s Aircraft, Rainer Straschill and Fernwood. I also played one of my tracks I recorded as part of my Vinyl Project. Subscribe by subscribing to the podcast/clicking on the iTunes logo or both!

In this weeks podcast Paul and I interview The Rising who also play a cracking acoustic track! I also play Faux Disco Club ~ Recovery, Bang Bangs ~ In Arms, PostCode ~ Drop Dead, Planes Over Paris ~ Signs, an exclusive track from The Lost Boys ~ Crazy Weekend, Paul eventually sent me a Dan Sheers & The Velveteen Orkestra ~ City of Dreadful Night, Camp Out ~ Made My Self Sick, Marvin B Naylor ~ Boy Became a Man and a frankly dodgy track by me. It seemed like a good idea at the time!!! Some nice n...

After a very tiring weekend I bring you some of the best music on the planet, namely The Statler Project ~ Been In Your Streets, Fit & The Conniptions ~ Sweet Sister Starlight, The Travis Waltons – Milliionaire, Matt Erion Orchestra ~ Reach (Simon Brown’s choice), The Fierce & The Dead, The Real Raj ~ Safe & Sound, Steve Picken ~ High Hopes, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie (whose diary from America you can find at (Mintsouth.com), Steve Lowis and a track by me dedicated to all the people who supporte...

Dingle Fligg ~ No Room At The Inn 23, Groundfloor ~ Bound To Your Head, Menn Arsins ~ 12 steps to The Liquor Store {Simon Browns Personal choice for this week}, Schnauser ~ World Of Whimsey, Sonny ~ Something In The Water, The Rebs ~ Don’t Fool Yourself, Mohatra~ I Need Air, Safari ~ Quicksand, Stattik Doxx ~ Raise Your Hand, Napoleon & Swineshead (Watch With Mothers and now Hot Potatoes) ~ Sexy Disco, Salme Dahistrom ~ So Delicious and Sand River ~ Kid dust pt 3 all made up this weeks wonderful...

In a packed show this week I play Eastleigh’s sons Broken Links ~ What Are We Waiting For?, Ben Willmott ~ On The Beach, Stone Them Crows ~ Joker In The Pack, I had a lovely chat with Helen Austin all the way in Vancouver Island and played her tune Take Me Away. Then Coloured Lines ~ Read Between the Lines, Andrew Foster and a song I recorded when he was here a few weeks ago Panic Moon, SRM and his great tune ~Iron Lung Blues, The Spiraltones ~ Lost Weekend, May KB and her beautiful tune The St...

is this thing on podcast This week I am joined by America’s best export Justin Wayne from The Justin Wayne Show with random comments from Izzy and what fun we had. I played Kidd Russell’s new single Backyard Heroes, Ruins by Pineross, Glen Laughlin’s Valentines Day, the astounding Teenage Eyes from old friends and all round good guys Ex Libras, Fez and Lowlight and the fabulously handsome April Maybe May and Sugar & Mess and Haunted Stereo Can You See My Side in a plea to find out if anyone has...

Is This Thing On Podcast 68 It’s an Unplug The Jukebox Special and how special it was and we all were. We played Beatitudes Piece of Mind, Johnny Dark I like The Rain, In Darklight The Human Race, David Simnell and The Pumpernickles Let Love In. Andrew Foster came in and enthralled us with his music as well as his chat. Mark “Smutz” Smith bought with him tracks by The Melodramas a rare acoustic version of Jackanory and The Lost Souls Club Romeo. He also gave an insight into how he his having g...

Is This Thing on Podcast 67 Ably abetted by my daughter Izzy this week who acted as my secretary and wrote all the show notes out for me. In no particular order I played Eastern Conference Club ~ Bloody Bells from Sarasetor Records, Doyle and the Fourfathers ~ When Will The Children Learn?Bella Cardassis ~ Sandstorm, Jason Parker Quartet ~ Bashert, Matt Stevens ~ Burned Out Car, Paul Liddell ~ Monsoon Rain, Shinsei Kamatte Chan ~ Otawa Roman Daze, Liz Longley ~ Go On, Mike Vaughan ~ Will We Eve...

is this thing on podcast 66 It appears that the Markers Mark did the trick this week as I whizzed through the podcast at record speed! I started off with and old favourite Diana by The Wilton Project, then a most beautiful tune by April Maybe May called Sugar & Mess and then Alibi by Planes Over Paris. Then came my interview with the delightful Anja McClosky who told me all about her imminent tour of America next month. If you’re about try and catch her to say hi. I also played Anja’s amazing ...

Is This Thing on Podcast 65 A packed podcast this week. Not only have I got am interview And a song from the great Marvin B Naylor, band reviews from Paul Lane of Unplug the Jukebox but also some great music. A great new track Build from Ernesto Schnack, then The Cherry Bluestorms beautiful new single 4 Here, Kevin Fisher Losing You, Bangs Bangs and In Arms, Hot Vamp Club with Young Hearts Soft Shoes, Lucas Raye with Fire and Angie Foster with The Way It Should Be. I finished off with a pre-reco...

is this thing on podcast 64 This is the first podcast that is totally hosted and fed by this website. It’s a farewell to podbean an the old website and hello to all you wonderful new folks as well as a welcome back to all the faithful folk who have followed me so far. In this weeks podcast I played Vendor Defender Passing, Liz Longley and her great new tune Unraveled, Rainer Straschill Dema, Phote, Kersei, Big Block 454 Blind Jack of Knaresborough, Wax Ersatz Come Home, Faux Disco Club ft Lily ...