Category Archives: “Radio connects us all”

Rocking all over this Earth

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Here’s Sunday night’s transmission of Skybird Radio International which was broadcast through the services of Shortwave Gold. There’s tracks from all over the map and genre’s galore.

At 45 seconds in is One Deck Pete‘s third mix for Skybird Radio International and here’s the track listings:
Madtone – Diamonds in the Sky (Excerpt)
Les Maîtres Fous – La Mort d’Icare
Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – Wegenne
Narcy – Nehaya
Wilmoth Houdini – Blow Wind Blow
Unknown Track off “Cantos Oscuros” from Little Axe Records (at 05.18 in on Side 1).

Enjoy the sounds from all around this Earth of ours!

 

Pets Win Prizes

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Here is the audio for KPET which went out on Shortwave Gold on Sunday 8th October 2023. Have a liston to a great show that has lots of pet related tunes and dedications going out to collie dogs, guinea pigs and budgies owners.

Beginning the show at 00.00 is a 15 minutes mix called “A tribute to Fido, Twinkie and Sheba” from One Deck Pet(e) and here’s the tracks:
oofoe – goldfish
Naslah – Cats & dogs
Cat Stevens – Was dog a donut
Benhayyi Al Baghbaghan – Salute the parrot (excerpt)
Soothsayers/Victor Rice – Glass fish dub

So fill up the dog bowl, put the cover over the parrot cage and enjoy the show!

Not another product withdrawal

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Yesterday we took a trip to Lldl to see if there were any “When it’s gone, it’s gone” bargains during this week’s special: “Flavour of the week: Eastern & Central Europe”. Alongside some wareniki and cherry jaffa cakes we bought another pack of Tulips. We did like the graphics at the top especially the “No knife and fork should be used to plant these bulbs” sign. Which got us thinking…

Years ago whilst waiting for a large bag of chicken breasts at the Butchers in Leather Lane EC1 we were told a silly tale from one of the market guys which went something like this: “A mate of mine was taken into hospital the other week as he had food poisoning” to which we replied “Sorry to hear that mate”. “Yeah he made himself a spaghetti bolognese and he didn’t have any onions so he cut up some tulip bulbs and used them instead” said the cockney bloke. “He’s okay, the doctors said he’ll be out in the spring”.

Have a good Sunday and enjoy the great weather today!

On a late summer tip

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We’ll be having a late summer this week the BBC has just informed us. For us gardeners that means more watering but hopefully will make the harvest “window” open for a lot longer than usual. We hope so, as the butternut squash plant (we assume it is) is setting more fruits and the one we have already is getting a little larger.

And as the sun is coming here’s a nice balearic tune to chill out called Un Placer Celestial (Reprise) from Tambores En Benirrasout of Barrow-in-Furness. Some nice summery vibes here.

And some summer themed reggae from Bobby Kalphat.

And one to play later in the evening as the sun goes down is an excellent bass heavy track from 2020 from Khotin called Finds you well. It’s on Khotin Industries out of Edmonton, Alberta.

Best of luck with the weather and have yourself sometime in the garden this weekend!

On the shortwaves this weekend

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The Imaginary Stations Crew present a couple of radio shows on those shortwaves of ours this weekend. On Sunday 8th October 2023 at 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 & 6160 kHz we have KPET beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. This show goes out to all pet owners and will feature lots of pet related tunes for collie dogs, guinea pigs and budgies owners everywhere. One Deck Pet(e) contributes a mix called A tribute to Fido, Twinkie and Sheba with tracks from oofoe, Naslah, Cat Stevens, Benhayyi Al Baghbaghan and Soothsayers/Victor Rice.

And via WRMI on Monday 9th October in the small hours we have WSTL first at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz and then repeated at 0300 UTC on 9455 kHz . Expect tunes that feature whistling and we also have a choir of whistling sports referees coming in live doing a rendition of “Sitting at the dock of the bay”*. It should be a shrilling show!
*subject to availability

Autumn, Jean-Michel Jarre and butternut squashes

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It ain’t half now turned a bit autumnal especially after the Autumn Equinox (on Saturday at 7.50am). At the end of the garden is a very small bed that has a right mixture of stuff in the tiny space include chillies and Cape gooseberry and peppers too. Also what we thought was some sort of melon may now be a butternut squash (pic below). Will it ripen before the frosts come?

And here’s a tune from Maurice Louca from Cairo a chap we discovered over the weekend while we were researching a forthcoming shortwave mix. From the excellently titled LP Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) here’s the percussive monster called Maksim (Maxim) and it’s wonderful stuff. Listen to it a few times in a row and you’ll be noticing bits you never noticed the time before and be wanting to listen to it again. Mad mad stuff.

And while we’re talking about Cairo we’ve just remembered this tune from the excellent Zeb – The Spy From Cairo called Qanun in Dub.

Morania calling, Morania calling

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If you fancy something different to listen to this Sunday 24th September 2023 there’s a couple of interesting broadcasts on those shortwaves for you. At 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 & 6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold possibly the hardest station to catch on the airwaves will be making an appearance, the elusive Radio Morania. Listen in for some very interest content.
While at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI the Imaginary Stations crew bring you the Imaginary Stations Polka Party. Expect lots of polka classics, all recorded live in front of an all singing and dancing audience in Poland. Poland, Maine that is. It will be one polka party, possibly the greatest ever polka party broadcast on shortwave!

This is the BBC calling, live from Deptford Market

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Found amongst the half opened bottles of shampoo, boxes of random electrical leads and general house clearance fare (to a soundtrack of someone wanting a refund from a sale the week previous of an electric good that went up in flames) here’s what we picked up at the Deptford Market for less than a quid this morning. It’s a first day cover from 1972 celebrating BBC & Broadcasting History, well interesting stuff, there’s a nice little inset with info about the featured stamps too. More on the item here.

If you would like to know how the story fared out with the damaged electrical good, here goes: “I want my money back” said the disappointed customer in very aggressive tones with some swearing thrown in too, “Where’s the device then?” said the vendor, “I threw it in the dustbin as it went on fire and could’ve burnt the house down” to which the market seller replied “No proof, no refund”. He may have a point! It weren’t one of those old wireless radios by any chance?

Slug–U–Like?

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“Slugs, what are they good for, absolutely nothing” as the song goes. We can’t think of a good reason for having them in the garden. We know that slugs are important as they provide food for birds, insects and all sorts and if we removed them we’d mess up the natural balance but they drive us wild here. We’re sure Bob Flowerdew or someone else reckoned they collected them and imprisoned them in a 1970’s type plastic clothes basket containing salad and garden waste and made them work all day making compost.

We at Weeds would like to redress the balance, so if you’ve heard good things about slugs (apart from providing food for wildlife) we would like to hear from you. We want to hear your tales of slugs who have saved lives, foreseen the future or have helped people to find their way back home on a foggy night. Please email onedeckpete at gmail dot com with your story (do include an address) and the winner of the best story will receive a selection of what’s left over in our seed tin. You don’t get prizes like that offered on other blogs!