Keep your shortwave radio diary free for Sunday 11th September 2022 at 1000 UTC (11am UK time) for the return of the ethereal station Radio Lavalamp. Expect some out there music including One Deck Pete’s The Purple Nucleus of Creation 005 a mix of an ambient nature. If you haven’t a shortwave radio, tune in via the link here on the day. Tune in and drop out!
So we’ve had some rain here in London and it’s done the garden some good. God knows how much more we’ll get over the next few days but we’ll be grateful of whatever we get. We’ve left out some B&Q buckets and the odd old saucepan out to see what we can catch.
Talking of watering, here’s a nice chilled out set found whilst looking for some downbeat tunes for a forthcoming shortwave mix. It’s by Past Palms and the five track set is called “Ambient Music for Watering Plants“. We’re loving all the tracks on this but it’s Meditation III: Philodendron that is the one for us at the moment. And here’s what Philodendron giganteum looks like. How mad is that for what is usually a pot plant?
The sun has been beating down this week and working its magic on the tomatoes as they’re starting to ripen quick. We’re still feeding the plants once a week (even though we are fast running out of liquid feed as the comfrey plants are hardly growing this year) and giving them a good water in the morning. They’re a different shape than what we’re used to but they are great taste wise. We assume they’re the Costoluto Fiorentino variety grown from seed picked up from the seed swap at Glengall Wharf Garden earlier this year. The San Marzano we also obtained there are coming on great too.
And our daily turning of the compost heap and cutting up of the waste as small as possible (not all the time as there’s whole onions and a mouldy orange in there) is starting to pay off. We reckon it’s a combination of those factors plus the open compost bin and the heat as well. This stuff should be able to be used in no time as soon as it all rots down. Sunshine keep doing your job but can we have some rain please?
Thanks to our good friend John F who sent us this great version of The Abyssinians – Satta Massagana by Los Miticos Del Ritmo called Satta Massa Cumbia from a few years ago. We’ve never heard this before. Great stuff John!
And thanks also to our mate Gerry Hectic for this horticultural related number. It’s from Fug and it’s called From Little Seeds We Grow (4Hero Folk Soul Remix) and it’s a lovely number with a brilliant Instrumental too.
All these tunes above are perfect for a chilled out weekend in the heat. Keep hydrated!
Apologies to everyone who tuned into WRMI to listen to WTAB last Sunday, it turns out due to technical difficulties there was a bit of a mix up but it’s all sorted now. WTAB will be “Transmitting by the magic of wireless” on 9395 kHz at 2200 utc on Sunday 14th August 2022. The show will feature music from yesteryear and as the flyer says “It’s not just a different letter, it’s a different time…” Tune in for more shortwave time travelling!
The sun’s out again and it’s 27°C and very dry in the garden this afternoon.
Last week we heard Christine Walkden on Gardener’s Question Time who said she likes to give her garden a good water with just a watering can and it can take her up to 2 hours at a time.
Since ditching the hose after watching a great special about conserving water on Gardener’s World a while ago it now takes us quite a while too just using a watering can without a rose on the top. We enjoy the slow ritual, the endless walks back and forth to the tap, making sure the soil gets a good soaking. We probably wouldn’t like it that way if we were going to catch a train but it’s a nice thing to do on an early morning on a day off work or in the later evening after a day of toil.
Is there such a thing as “meditative gardening”? There was a lot of staring into space with one foot on a garden fork when we worked at the council so it may have been around for years.
Talking of meditative gardening, there’s a great horticultural themed set from Monster Rally (we have a feeling that someone may have mentioned this to us before, our mates Gerry Hectic, DJ Frederick or Justin Patrick Moore perhaps?) called Botanica Dream. It’s full of some lovely downtempo business and at the moment the track above is our favourite but they’re all excellent.
And here’s a promo from the Skybird Council Gardeners Association for The Scented Garden radio show for you all to enjoy.
And an episode of The Scented Garden from earlier this year for your gardening/listening pleasure. Tune in, turn on and sit yourself in the middle of a flower bed preferably and enjoy the flowers.
If you love Big Youth you’ll love this! Two and a half hours of Manley Augustus Buchanan as put together by Steve Barker and On The Wire. Tune in below:
Here’s the studio audio from last night’s KTAB, the latest in the Imaginary Radio Stations series transmitted to the world via the valves and wires of WRMI.
At 24 minutes into the recording is One Deck Pete’s “I’ve got those broadcast blues”. Here’s the full track listing of the 15 minute mix complete with the Bandcamp sites the tracks were obtained from. Do check them out as there were a lot of interesting stuff on the labels, Death is not the end feature tons of tunes from Jamaican Doo Wop to Pirate Radio Adverts from the Acid House days and as for Canary Records, there’s a truck load to explore there!
One Deck Pete presents “I’ve got those broadcast blues”
Japanese Movie 1940s-1950s – A1 Senri Records
Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band – Broadcast Blues Putz Disc
Keith & Enid – Worried over you Death is not the end
Charlie Barnet – Ogoun Badagris (Voodoo War God) Swingin’ Dick’s
Kishor Kumar – Eena Meena Deeka Canary Records
Japanese Movie 1940’s-1950’s – B1 Senri Records
Using your modern day computer, take a step back in time and enjoy an hour of old time business that comes back again!
Here’s one from many years ago, a very nice chilled classic found when looking for a Jose Padilla Cafe Del Mar mix the other week when something slow mo was needed. Here’s “Spiritual High” from Moodswings, a tune that slows that stressful thing called life down.
Here’s the Jose Padilla mix that we found in the end, it’s a mix worth listening to.
This Sunday the imaginary radio stations crew have a right treat for you. KTAB will be featuring “Yesterday’s music today” on 9395 kHz at 2200 utc on Sunday 31st July 2022 via the magic of the wireless.
The show will feature all sorts of old time music from the year dot to the late 1950’s including a mix called “I’ve got those broadcasting blues” from One Deck Pete at 24 minutes in featuring this classic from Keith & Enid called “Worried over you”. Tune into the shortwave time machine.
Weeds up to me knees 