This Easter go West

Posted on April 5, 2023 by onedeckpete

This Easter Sunday 9th April Imaginary Stations will be going in a Westerly direction at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. In one word they’ll be going WEST, there’ll be some Westbound trains, themes from Westerns and even some spoken word from Adam West. So get your compass out, tune in your shortwave radio and enjoy everything Westward Ho! from 2200 UTC on Easter Sunday.

At 2.42 into the show One Deck Pete will be presenting a 15 minute mini-mix called in true Pete “Alright treacle?” Beale style “We’re going up West”. Tune in for an Easter Western treat!

Blow man blow

Posted on October 13, 2022 by onedeckpete

If you like horns and shortwave radio do tune into Radio Clarion on WRMI on 9395 kHz at 2200 utc this Sunday 16th October 2022 for music of a horns persuasion.

If you haven’t got a shortwave radio no problem, just tune in to 9395 kHz on AM mode at the allotted hour using this SDR here. Tune in and enjoy the blazing horns!

Who even listens to shortwave anymore?

Posted on February 13, 2022 by onedeckpete

Big thanks to Stuart and all at Cities and Memory for their Shortwave Transmissions project that is released today, what is World Radio Day 2022. Cities and Memory teamed up with The Shortwave Radio Archive (Cheers Thomas!) with some rare recordings from the history of shortwave radio from all over the globe to remix. The excellent compilation on their bandcamp site here features some of the great compositions received including a favourite of ours from Grey Frequency called Chimes (Rai Internazionale).

Big shout to our good friend on the other side of the world Paul Greenstein for his contribution to the project called Another Universe. Like he says on the C&M site “Like the narrators, I have a fondness for all things space, astrophysics and the big questions like: is the Universe going to end, what are black holes, and why does Surf Guitar sound dangerous?”

And to our gardening/music/shortwave mate across the pond, Justin Patrick Moore for his track Squatters and unwanted insects of the Malayan Revolution.

And here’s one from our own correspondents Jazz’min Tutum & Madtone with LP Livicate dedicated to the late great Upsetter.

Listen to all of the project here. The top player is the original sample and the one below it is the remix.

And also here’s Stuart talking about the project and playing some stuff from it on Resonance FM earlier today. #worldradioday #shortwavesnotdead

WSTL whilst you work

Posted on February 10, 2022 by onedeckpete

This Sunday coming 13th February (also the launch day of Cities and Memory’s Shortwave Project here) sees WSTL on the shortwaves via WRMI at 2300 UTC on 9395 kHz. The transmission features a whistling themed mix from One Deck Pete called “Give a little whistle” featuring tracks by Joakim, Marcel, Roscoe Wethers and Felix Laband.

Put the kettle on and tune into some clear, high-pitched sounds by forcing breath through a small hole between one’s lips or teeth (or from a kettle, a bird or a train etc etc). Have a listen via an SDR online here, one of those shortwave radios or after transmission here. #shortwavesnotdead #whistlingsnotdead

Lord Byron from Essex, where are you now?

Posted on August 31, 2021 by onedeckpete

When the weather’s not like it’s supposed to be (like this summer in SE23) or when the (wood) chips are down, the above clip never fails to disappoint.

We do hope Bernard Byron (who CAN speak Venusian) would enjoy our mix below which was originally broadcast (light years ago) on Radio Lavalamp via the shortwaves. Bernard, never mind what the others think about your theories, we believe you!

Catch up (in) lockdown

Posted on March 10, 2021 by onedeckpete

Today whilst trying to catch up with the last couple of episodes of This is a Music Show we came across some belters. The first was a dub of John Holt‘s Win Your Love. Then there was a track by Sketch Show called Ekot. This made us head over to their Loophole LP and listen to the whole thing. It’s something else, it really is.

There’s more including B sides, a great tune by the boxer Joe Frazier and Bob Andy’s Sun Shines for me. Pop over to the new look website here and check the show for some excellent tuneage. You won’t be disappointed! #shortwavesnotdead #thisisamusicshow

The more you know, the more you realise you don’t know

Posted on January 4, 2021 by onedeckpete

A big shout to Your Host of the excellent shortwave radio programme This is a Music Show for earlier this year turning us on to a cracker of tune Night Owl by Lee & The Clarendonians with a wonderful version on the B side.

Today whilst going through a couple of shows we missed over the festive period another version of the rhythm by Roy Richards called Dead and Wake was played. Another firecracker of a track!

And as if by magic we found another version on youtube by the great Dennis Alcapone called Fine Style.

And here’s the original doo-wop version by Tony Allen & The Champs.

And talking of This is a Music Show here’s the last two episodes featuring the best of Your Host’s thrift show finds from 2020. These shows will definitely cheer you up especially after tonight’s rubbish news of another bloomin’ lockdown a loomin’ (until mid February) here in the UK. #anotherlockdownaloomin #thisisamusicshow #shortwavesnotdead

https://soundcloud.com/thisisamusicshow/this-is-a-music-show-095

https://soundcloud.com/thisisamusicshow/this-is-a-music-show-096

You learn something new every day

Posted on September 1, 2020 by onedeckpete

If you remember the last but one post Alternatives to chutney it was mentioned that fried green tomatoes are best served with something called a poke salad. We knew nothing of said salad. Big shout to Justin Patrick Moore for sending us this tune above by Tony Joe White called Polk (AKA Poke) Salad Annie name-checking the dish.

Also thanks for sending us two pictures of the pokeweed plant used for the delicacy (AKA Poke, American pokeweed, poke sallet or dragonberries) and as it says on wikipedia here “In early spring, shoots and leaves (not the root) are edible with proper cooking, but they later become deadly, and the berries are also poisonous.”

More on the plant here and an interesting read about it here too. Wow, you have to boil the plant three times to make sure it’s alright, now that is “proper cooking”! The things you learn eh? Cheers to Justin to educating us on a plant we didn’t even know about!

This post was written whilst listening to this week’s episode of the great This is a music show, a show of some nice mix-up business from Your Host and broadcast on the shortwave to boot! Some interesting stuff including a great intro tune (Joe Harnell & his Orchestra – Little love lost), more Polish tune-age, reggae and more! Well worth listening to!

https://soundcloud.com/thisisamusicshow/this-is-a-music-show-079-recd-and-processed-by-dazman

And talking of the show, we heard this “out there” tune from Joe South on episode 078 earlier today called Mirror of your mind (which sounds far more powerful via the shortwaves in Comb Stereo by the way!) We love the madness at 3.21! #shortwavesnotdead #decentmusiconshortwave

Can you pass the ham radio test?

Posted on July 3, 2020 by onedeckpete

Tune in to DJ Frederick’s Radio Lavalamp on Sunday 12th July at 2200 UTC (11pm UK time) on 3955 kHz via Channel 292. The transmission will feature amongst other things One Deck Pete with a mix called The Purple Nucleus of Creation 001 featuring Carlos Pizzetti, Zane Moss, Julie Østengaard, Mahamboro, Blundetto and this great tune below from 100th Monkey.

Tune in to Radio Lavalamp, your ethereal shortwave music station on 3955.
#shortwavesnotdead #radiolavalamp #Thepurplenucleusofcreation001

Tomorrow’s music yesterday

Posted on June 19, 2020 by onedeckpete

This Sunday 21st June sees the last in the present schedule of DJ Frederick’s Free Radio Skybird until the autumn. So tune in at 1100 UTC on 6070 kHz in the 49 Metre shortwave band via Channel 292 and if you haven’t got a suitable radio it can also be heard on the SDR link on their site here.

This month’s programme will feature DJ Frederick, Justin Patrick Moore’s Radiophonic Laboratory, our very own One Deck Pete with Tunes to cheer you up, Jim Salmon with Radio Emma Toc World Service and a documentary on singer/songwriter Jim Sullivan (more on him here).

Tunes to cheer you up features a shortwave exclusive of an early mix of Jazz’min & Madtone’s brand new tune Return to the branches (at 33.33 mins in the Soundcloud link below). #shortwavesnotdead #freeradioskybird #jazzmin&madtone

https://soundcloud.com/djfrederick/free-radio-skybird-june-21-and-28-2020

Weeds up to me knees

Madtone, gardening and life

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