Mary Anne Hobbs Returns to Radio and Tours US

Mary Anne Hobbs

It has been announced quite recently that Mary Anne Hobbs is going to host a primetime Saturday night slot on Xfm starting this summer on Saturdays from July 9th 2011. Mary Anne had been on BBC Radio One for many years, and was very much the soundtrack to the Wow Cool office until she retired [...] [...]

By Marc Arsenault | March 29th, 2011 | Leave a comment
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Why We Do This: The Fall

The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith is a marvelous BBC documentary from a few years back that I was pointed to by Richard Metzger. It is available to see on YouTube in nine parts. The first part is above. Around when nickname: Rebel started up, me and Mike used to [...] [...]

By Marc Arsenault | May 6th, 2010 | Leave a comment
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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien talks 6Music

I wasn’t quite sure what to say about 6Music, other than “they’re really cool, and I’m psyched that they have played my music, so speak up and save this awesome station”. It also seems weird to be a non-license-paying foreigner trying to muck about in another nation’s culture. But, since Rupert Murdoch and the US [...] [...]

By Marc Arsenault | March 6th, 2010 | One comment
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Save BBC 6Music & BBC Asian Network

Save BBC 6Music

Save 6Music Facebook Group | Love6Music.com | If you won’t listen to me you might listen to Lily Allen [...]

By Marc Arsenault | March 3rd, 2010 | One comment
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Why We Do This: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

The amazing thing to me is I don’t think anyone in the Brown Cuts Neighbors saw any of these old Bonzos TV clips while we were still active. If we had then surely we would have dropped to our knees and wept. Go seek out all you can on Vivian Stanshall. [...]

By Marc Arsenault | July 18th, 2009 | Leave a comment
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Make Your Own John Peel Day! It’s not too late!

As there seems to be no set date this year for John Peel Day, several events have declared whatever day seemed right. I celebrated John Peel Day on Thursday, October 16, 2008. How? I listened to Roger Miller‘s Robin Hood (Walt Disney) Soundtrack album, mainly the opening cut, Whistle Stop. This was on an original [...] [...]

By Marc Arsenault | October 19th, 2008 | Leave a comment
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