Episodes
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
Desert Isolation Discs: Journalist and recipe developer Liz O'Keefe
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
The Hats of Liz O'Keefe is a musical that has never been written. But it if had, it would've doubtless have gone a little like this. This show has the variety to switch from Trilby chic to peak cap capriciousness. Which of course means nothing, but here, Liz in typically colourful manner discusses the records that influenced her and, more importantly, made her dance around. Liz is a fresh produce journalist supreme, a trained chef and recipe developer. A Worcester native, she now lives in leafy north London.
With only one slight snag, we got drunk. Yes, contained within is a combination of carefully considered musical chat and a couple of cheeky boozehounds sampling the delights of Kilburn. The result is either a charming collection of banter or, um, two annoying drunkards.
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
Desert Isolation Discs: Music critic and musician Everett True
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
Sunday Jun 01, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: Answer Me This podcaster Helen Zaltzman
Sunday Jun 01, 2014
Sunday Jun 01, 2014
One half of the podcasting world's most amusing, esoteric and silly duo, Helen Zaltzman is our guest. Her question and answer podcast, launched in 2007 and presented in tandem with Olly Mann, has won an armful of gongs, a world full of followers and imparted important knowledge in response to teasers such as why do round pizzas come in square boxes.
Here Helen tells me tales of her podcasting royalty family - which she shares with The Bugle's Andy Zaltzman - how she's answers that mountain of questions and what tube makes her punch the air. Stream the show here or download it as podcast and subscribe to Desert Isolation Discs.
Sunday May 11, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: Artist and Agony Aunt Piney Gir
Sunday May 11, 2014
Sunday May 11, 2014
Angela Penhaligon, aka country-folktronica songstress Piney Gir, is my latest guest on Desert Isolation Discs as she tells me the eight tunes she couldn't live without in a desert.
Piney is an acclaimed artist who has released five albums, toured the globe including playing Glastonbury festival and was a member of both Vic Twenty and The Schla La Las. More info and guests at http://desertisolationdiscs.blogspot.co.uk
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: ShadowPlayboy and Hunglow Psycho James Lambert
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Mr James Lambert tells me the eight songs he'd save from the wreckage if stranded in the desert after a freak extreme air ironing accident.
A sports and music fanatic and one half of Sheffield's finest radio duo, the ShadowPlayboys, Lambert lets us into his world to talk attitudes to punk music and the glory of Sheffield and Nottingham.
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: Hello Thor co-founder Anders Knight
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Barcelona-based record label head honcho and talented marketer Anders Knight is my latest guest on Desert Isolation Discs. He became the lynchpin in the arts and culture scene of Nottingham when based there through his excellent stewardship of craft night Jumpers for Goalposts as co-host of the Pretty Dandy Flea markets and enticing us to watch great films at the Broadway cinema.
His record label Hello Thor - co-founded with fellow friends of the blog Tom Whalley and Nick Lawford in 2008 - is host to a raft of exhilarating acts including Fists, We Show Up on Radar and Anxieteam. More info and guests at: http://desertisolationdiscs.blogspot.co.uk
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: Designer and mother Heather Lawson
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Desert Isolation Discs: ShadowPlay editor Alex Lawson
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
As vanity projects go, recording your own Desert Isolation Discs podcast is right up there. But nonetheless, here's your blogging host Alex Lawson's eight tunes he would save from the wreckage after a freak sky diving accident. Tom Bonnett manfully steps in as host. More details and full songs here - http://desertisolationdiscs.blogspot.co.uk
Tuesday Dec 31, 2013
Desert Isolation Discs: Journalist, DJ and broadcaster Tom Bonnett
Tuesday Dec 31, 2013
Tuesday Dec 31, 2013
Anoraks presenter and long-time ShadowPlay collaborator Tom Bonnett is our guest on Desert Isolation Discs - a podcast presented by Alex Lawson. Tom he tells us which eight tracks he would save from the wreckage when stranded in the desert after a freak hang gliding accident.
A journalist, DJ and broadcaster, Tom allows us into his world from the Cambridge hip-hop scene to the machinations of the media through an interview with song clips. More details and full songs here - desertisolationdiscs.blogspot.co.uk
Monday Sep 09, 2013
The Anoraks on the joy of tapes
Monday Sep 09, 2013
Monday Sep 09, 2013
Anoraks Tom Bonnett and Alex Lawson discuss the beauty of the tape ahead of Cassette Store Day. Alex explains why a handmade cover and a curated collection of songs can make a couple of magnetic reels in a plastic case come to life and why tapes may be making a comeback. For a blog on Cassette Store Day, visit http://shadowplayfanzine.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/could-tapes-follow-vinyl-and-make.html