- Micky Dolenz – “To Be Or Not To Be”
As mentioned on the 9 June 1980 show, B.A. (Big Angus) Robertson’s “To Be Or Not To Be” was covered a couple of years later by Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, who released it as a single in Japan and promoted it with this… idiosyncratic TV performance.
Continue reading → - Scene: Ian Dury
As mentioned in the 19 May 1983 show, although it’s from a couple of years earlier, Ian Dury interviewed for BBC schools programme “Scene”.
Continue reading → - Toyah – Echo Beach
Our Arthur Dent Moment from the 12 May 1987 show, Toyah bringing her hitmaking career to a crashing halt with this entirely unnecessary cover of Echo Beach. And the video is even worse. Enjoy!
Continue reading → - An important message from Mad Wasp Radio
Our colleagues at Mad Wasp Radio decided it would be nice to do something to keep our listeners’ spirits up in these bizarre and confusing times. So we did a Band Aid. Hope it lifts your spirits in some small way.
Continue reading → - Laid Back – White Horse
As played on the 24 March 1984 show. Rolling Stone called it “perhaps the most unconvincing anti-drugs song of all time.” Perhaps.
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The Videotheque
"Ghosts are only lovers on the screen," or some such.
