I wasn't going to do the comedy songs at the top of the hour for the 'new' show, but I wanted to pay tribute to Paul Shane so played a clip from Hi-De-Hi followed by his legendary rendition of 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'.

We were pleased to welcome Ryan Thomas in for a live session, it was only organised a few days ago, but it went really well. He's a bit quiet and not very talkative which made me struggle with the interview, but with a voice as magnificent as his, the music does the talking!

7pm-8pm

Paul Shane 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'
Joy Division 'Inside The Line'
Ramones 'Do You Remember Rock 'n'Roll Radio'
Iggy Pop 'Nightclubbing'
Johnny Cash 'Hurt'
Red Hot Chilli Peppers 'Give It Away'
Ryan Thomas 'Down That Road'

Ryan Thomas live session:
'Skinny Woman'
'Elstree Drive'
Walking Blues'
Ain't Gonna Cry'

Ryan Thomas 'Never Did Like The Rain'

8pm-9pm

Mr Bungle 'Egg'
Gregory Issacs 'Puff The Magic Dragon'
Jarvis Cocker 'Heavy Weather'
The Cribs 'I'm A Realist'
Jake Morley 'Freddie Laid The Smackdown'
Calling All Astronauts 'Freaks'
Jesus And Mary Chain 'My Girl'
The Lemonheads 'Into Your Arms'
Carlton And The Shoes 'Just Me'
Be Bop Deluxe 'Fair Exchange'
The Editors 'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors'

Ryan Thomas can be investigated further here.

By George I Think We've Got It!

We have done it. If the BBC don't come knocking first thing tomorrow morning with a sack full of tenners and a slot on 6Music, then it's their stupid loss. Tonight's show was the turning point in which I felt that we delivered something fucking special. Gary has become a valuable part of the show as a co-presenter, and our live music segment worked a charm. It was an acoustic session tonight, which was a nice change for the band too as it isn't what they are known for. In addition to the new system of the bands introducing themselves, we started something else. We played a studio single by Centre Excuse before their set, and to end their set they introduced the new single, which we had ready. It worked really well, and will definitely become part of the system from now on. The other advantage of doing acoustic sessions is that it doesn't take as long to get ready. Last week's band were good and everything, but they were a six piece and they took ages to sound check.

7pm-8pm

Calling All Astronauts 'Faith In Your Cause' (I was thanked in the sleeve notes for their debut album, so I had decided to play a few of their tonight to return the compliment)
Splodgenessabounds 'Two Little Boys'
The Clash featuring Ian Dury 'Janie Jones'
Snuff 'I Will Survive'
The Hives 'Main Offender'
The Maine 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'
Centre Excuse 'In Your Mind'

Centre Excuse live session
'Game Set Match'
'New Sound'
'Where Do We Go?'
'Introverted'

Centre Excuse 'Control' (new single)

New Order 'Ceremoney'
Calling All Astronauts 'Someone Like You'

8pm-9pm

David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey 'O Superman'
Calling All Astronauts 'Scenesters vs The World'
Fuzzbox 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Plumtree 'Scott Pilgrim'
The Beatles/Joan Jett/Cypress Hill/Rage Against The Machine 'Mash Together'
Flutatious 'Mesmorise'
Calling All Astronauts 'The Demise Of Society'
Joe Brown 'I'll See You In My Dreams'
Pat Boone 'Paradise City'
The Ramones 'I Wanna Be Sedated'
The Jam 'Eton Rifles'

Centre Excuse website is here

Jesus They Are So Fucking Loud

The title of this blog contains all of the words from an internal email that was sent from the office to the studio tonight. It was sent during the sound check, in which the band were indeed fucking loud.

We had a fantastic show, Gary Barwell joined me for co-presenting once again, and we had a very last minute booking from the band All So Reckless, by which I mean last minute; they were booked last night.

7pm-8pm

Ritchie Havens 'High Flying Bird' 'Here Comes The Sun'

Patchwork Grace 'The Love Cats'

Prince Buster 'And I Love Her'

Dandy Livingstone 'Raining In My Heart'

PIL 'Don't Ask Me'

John Otway 'Beware Of The Flowers'

Fantastic Plastic Machine 'There Must Be An Angel'

Gang Of Four 'I Found That Essence'

Bee Gees vs Pink Floyd 'Staying' Alive In The Wall'

8pm-9pm

Buster Bloodvessel 'The Laughing Gnome'

Suede 'The Man Who Sold The World'

All So Reckless live in session:

'Teenage Years'

'Don't Come Crying'

'Wreckless'

Never Mind'

Jesus Lizard 'Monkey Tricks'

Joy Division 'At A Later Date'

Blur 'Under The Westway'

Stone Roses 'Ten Storey Love Song'

The Temper Trap 'Sweet Disposition'

Half Man Half Biscuit 'Hair Like Brian May'

Fuzzbox 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (we only fitted a few seconds of this, so we will play it again soon).

All So Reckless on Facebook

Just The Two Of us

No band this week, but I was joined in the co-presenter's chair by Gary Barwell, singer and guitarist from Prefontaine. We haven't known each other for that long, but have become good friends and can banter well and have a similar sense of humour. As usual, the two best hours of the weekend flew by.

7pm-8pm
Human League 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'
Gary Numan 'Heart'
Spear Of Destiny 'Liberator'
Eisenfunk 'Pong' (this led to me playing a clip of the famous 'Super Morrissey Brothers' tune)
Rip, Rig, and Panic 'You're My Kind Of Climate'
Skatalites 'Simmer Down'
The Toy Dolls 'Any Dream Will Do'
Pavement 'Summer Babe'
Flaming Lips 'She Don't Use Jelly'

8pm-9pm
Black Sabbath 'God Is Dead'
Joe Brown 'Ace Of Spades'
Captain Dangerous 'Then She Kissed Me'
Rick Astley vs Nirvana 'Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up'
Junior Gee And The Capital Boys 'Have You Got The Time'
The Tansads 'I Know I Can (But I Won't)
Sisters Of Mercy 'Marian'
The Bates 'Billie Jean'
The Cure 'You're So Happy'

Webpage Blurb

The second show of the returning Sunday Alternative was another triumph, with two stunning live performances from Luna Park and Fields. Those sessions will be available to hear again from this page very soon so watch this space! Those links once again for the bands are:

 

Luna Park http://lunarparkmusic.com/

Fields https://www.facebook.com/Fieldsuk#!/Fieldsuk

 

Again, thanks are due to our friends ROFL Audio for producing these and all of Trent Sound's live sessions http://www.roflaudio.co.uk/

 

What has Steve got in store for you on Sunday 21st April while you let your roast lunch go down? It's a secret. No, not secret, a mystery. Steve doesn't even know yet. Maybe a live band, maybe two, our best advice would be to keep coming back to this page because it'll be announced here first.

 

We do know that Steve will be bringing you a selection of music that you will only hear on The Sunday Alternative, (whether that's a good thing or not is up to your own discretion), such as these tunes that were played last week:

 

First hour 7pm-8pm

Eva Cassidey 'Over The Rainbow'

Klaus Nomi 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead'

John McCullough 'I'll Dance On Your Grave Mrs Thatcher'

Morrissey 'Margaret On The Guillotene'

Desperate Bicycles 'Blasting Radio'

 

Lunar Park live in session:

'Good Girl'

Ghosts'

'Control'

'Sik'

 

Ned's Atomic Dustbin 'Happy'

Birthday Party 'Mr Clarinet'

Depeche Mode 'About You About Me'

Splodgenessabounds 'I Fell In Love With A Female Plumber From Harlesdon NW10'

 

Second hour 8pm-9pm

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Faith Healer'

Pop Will Eat Itself 'There Is No Love Lost Between Us Anymore'

The Wonder Stuff 'Far Far Away'/'Oh No!'

 

Fields live in session:

'I Know That You Know'

'Conversations'

'Turn It Down'

'Rock Paper Scissors'

 

Sultans Of Ping FC 'Turnip Fish'

Calling All Astronauts 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'

The Jam 'Tales From The Riverbank'

Wedding Present 'A Million Miles'

Ministry 'Lay Lady Lay'

The Beat 'Whine and Grine (Stand Down Margaret)'

 

Steve tweets during the show from the Trent Sound official twitter account @TrentSoundLtd but can be found making weak jokes and flag waving great music at @SteveOliver76 and show updates can be found at @SundayAlt

 

 

                                    

Ding Dong

I went there! I had been planning the opening gag since midweek; open with 'Over The Rainbow' and then ponder on the fuss about not playing a song from The Wizard Of Oz. Satire! I should be on a late night BBC2 show or something. After all the hype surrounding the playing of the song, I had let it be known that whatever the BBC decided, I was going to play the song. My big advantage was that my show starts immediately after the Radio 1 chart countdown, so even if only for the first ten minutes or so, my audience would probably be higher than usual.

This week I did the show solo, something that I enjoyed doing but felt that something was lacking. However, it suited having two bands in as I didn't have to fill with a lot of chatter. We had two brilliant sets, (one in each hour) from Lunar Park and Fields.

7pm-8pm

Eva Cassidy 'Over The Rainbow'
Klaus Nomi 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead'
John McCullagh 'I'll Dance On Your Grave Mrs Thatcher'
Morrissey 'Margeret On The Guillotene'
Desperate Bicycles 'Blasting Radio'

50% of Lunar Park

Lunar Park live in session:

'Good Girl'

'Ghosts'

'Control'

'Sik'

For more information about Lunar Park, their website is here.

Neds Atomic Dustbin 'Happy'

Birthday Party 'Mr Clarinet'

Depeche Mode 'About You About Me'

Splodganessabounds 'I Fell In Love With A Female Plumber From Harlesdon NW1'

8pm-9pm

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Faith Healer'

Pop Will Eat Itself 'There Is No Love Lost Between Us'

The Wonder Stuff 'Far Far Away'

The Wonder Stuff 'Oh No!'

Fields

Fields live in session:

'I Know That You Know'

'Conversations'

Turn It Down'

'Rock Paper Scissors'

Like Fields on Facebook here

Sultans Of Ping FC 'Turnip Fish'

Calling All Astronauts 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'

The Jam 'Tales From The River Bank'

Wedding Present 'A Million Miles'

Ministry 'Lay Lady Lay'

The Beat 'Whine and Grine (Stand Down Margaret)

Sundays Are Back!

It felt like slipping in to a comfortable pair of slippers, and for some reason I wasn't in the least bit nervous. Ever since I quit The Sunday Alternative, I've wanted to bring it back. Whenever I hear a great song it irritated me that I couldn't share it with anyone via a radio show. I've obviously kept my hand in, doing The Sound Of Nottingham UK, and the array of podcasts, but live radio is a different kettle of fish altogether. The excitement of live radio got back into my system the first time I started doing NottinghamLIVE, and although I love doing that, Sunday gives me chance to share a far wider reach of music.

Today was spent hoping that everything went without a hitch, and the results spoke for themselves. It was especially good to have Andy Haynes co-presenting with me, although I felt a bit guilty about the fact that we didn't have a lot of time to go into long conversation pieces. Booking two live session guests was a gamble, but I think in retrospect it might be a good idea to save that sort of booking until I do the show solo.

Having said that, we had a great double bill of live music in. I'm not the world's biggest fan of tribute bands, but I was impressed when Rebel Rebel sent me some music. With David Bowie being big news at the moment, and with me being a well documented fan of all things Bowie, I decided to go for it and book them in. They played an amazing set, and as the singer said, it is a hard job to have to pick four songs from such an amazing body of work. They also did a brilliant job of 'Where Are We Now', which I imagine has made a sudden entry into the setlist of all reputable Bowie tributes, after ten years of thinking you have all the songs you'll need. Matt Blick, who I've been in touch with via social media, came in and performed in the second hour. I've been critical of the over population of the 'one man and a guitar' performers, but Matt is another one that stands out from the pack. Listening to him from the safety of our recording booth was a pleasure, I can't wait to hear it back. Matt's site is here.

7pm-8pm

AC/DC 'Back In Black' (intro only)
The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks'
The Stone Roses 'I Am The Resurrection'
The Pretenders 'Every Day Is Like Sunday'
The Selecter 'On My Radio'
David Bowie 'Ziggy Stardust'

Rebel Rebel live session
Where Are We Now?
Heroes
Let's Dance
John I'm Only Dancing

Velvet Underground 'Rock 'n' Roll

I forgot to get a group picture of Rebel Rebel, so have a look at their Facebook page.

8pm-9pm

Prefontaine 'Sunday Jingle'
The Bad Shepherds 'Sound Of The Suburbs'
Ramones 'Wonderful World'
The Wonderstuff 'Planet Earth'

Matt Blick live session
Finger Nails
Let's Build An Airport
Brother Bull
Sweet Baby Hand Grenade

The Clash 'Idle In The Kangaroo Court'
New Model Army 'No Rest For The Wicked Ones'

Sadly, my home recording didn't work out, so I'll have to wait until the show is available to download from the site. Which is here by the way.

Top Wave Radio Pilot

The Sunday Alternative might have found a new home on Top Wave Radio, this edition broadcast today at 7pm

The Birthday Party 'Mr Clarinet'
Golden Curtain 'Everything's Fine'
The Petebox 'Lithium'
Emily Needs 'Creep'
Joe Strange 'Ever Since The Day'
Rebel Soul Collective 'Modern Medicine'
The Cult Of Dom Keller 'Worlds'
The Smiths 'Jeanie'
Pop Rivets 'LamberettaVespaScooter'
The Vanity Claus 'The Scream'
Pop Will Eat Itself 'Get The Girl Kill The Baddies'

Pocket Sized Podcast 2

Dog Is Dead 'Teenage Daughter'
Bleed Electric 'A New Reason'
Vamoise 'Come With Me'
The Cheek Of Her 'Beauty Queen'
Hank C Burdette 'Rocking On Down The Line'
Blue Pearl 'Love In Stereo'
Rebekah Delgado 'Trying To Forget'
The Cellophane Flowers 'Rock n Roll'

Pocket Sized Podcast 1

I might not have a radio show but that doesn't mean that The Sunday Alternative shouldn't carry on. Hopefully I'll have time to carry these on, as half hour little episodes so that I can continue to share my music collection.

The Lancashire Hotpots 'Uncle Bernard'
Dave Days 'California Dreamin''
Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Quit This Town'
Captain Sensible 'Do Anything You Wanna Do'
Nina Smith 'Come Home'
Chris Pope 'Mutiney On The Thames'
Nya 'You Are'
Calling All Astronauts 'What's So Good About'

I have resigned from Trent Sound as of today. Below is a copy of the email I sent to the station controller and all of my colleagues.

I have decided that the time has come to resign from Trent Sound, with immediate effect. At first I wanted to try and ignore all the behind the scenes shit and continue to produce my usual standard of radio, but having listened back to my recent shows I can detect from my voice that the enjoyment has gone. Once the enthusiasm dies then the only thing to do is to move on. By occasionally making pre-recorded programmes, I felt that I was doing the right thing so as not to have to rely on replacement presenters, and maintain the continuity of The Sunday Alternative. As I don't believe in bullshitting the audience, I felt it the right move to admit when a pre-rec was being broadcast. I listen to a lot of radio and can tell if a show is live or not, so there is no merit in pretending otherwise. Getting shit from it on Facebook, a public forum, from the station's manager, was unacceptable in my mind and showed me how I was really thought of in Andy Lloyd's eyes. For your information, I have no more or less of an ego than anyone else at the station and it doesn't hurt to be proud of what you do on the radio, I certainly don't need help. The subsequent email exchange that took place between us was just childish. While I regret 'biting', the response only helped to strengthen my feeling that I should quit while I'm ahead.

 

The Sunday Alternative name will live on. For the time being, it will continue as a podcast that will appear every Sunday morning on the show's Mixcloud account, until I find a new radio home for it. The Steve's LP Box segment will also continue.

I will also continue to present The Sound Of Nottingham UK, (the home of Robin Hood on Robin Hood Radio) for Connecticut based Robin Hood Radio, which broadcasts twice over the weekend, (6am Saturday and 6pm Sunday UK time).

 

I have mostly enjoyed my time at Trent Sound, and I hope that the friendships I have made will continue. You all have my number and Facebook/Twitter details.

 

The Sunday Alternative is something I am very proud of, and I know that the show is good enough to continue for a long time to come.

 

I am sorry to have had to resort to this action, I sincerely hope that Trent Sound continues to provide the service that it is committed to. After all, TS is Nottingham's only independent local radio station and local radio is very important. It is genuine when I say that I wish all the very best of luck to all involved at 'Trent Towers'.

 

Thanks must also go to Penny Reeve, Chris Underwood, Erik Petersen, Andy Haynes, Bainy, and Jason Loftus for co-hosting and deputising. Thanks also to Bainy, Andy, and Callum for producing my live music sessions.

 

Regards

Steve Oliver

 

PS- As with everyone else who has left the station, I fully expect to be slagged off until a new target is found. Frankly, I don't fucking care.

Live Again!

9pm-10pm

The Two Gilberts 'Do Shrimps Make Good Mothers?'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
New Model Army 'Vagabonds'
Ministry 'Every Day Is Halloween'
Reel Big Fish 'Ghostbusters'
Angelic Upstairs 'Kids On The Streets'
Billy D And The Hoodoos 'Whyya Do It?'
Toots And The Maytalls 'Pressure Drop'
The Maytalls 'Water Melon'
Dog Is Dead 'Talent Show'
DH Lawrence And The Vaudeville Skiffle Show 'Penn Station'
The Lemonheads 'Into Your Arms'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE

Thursday's Child
The Dreamers
Yassasin


10pm-11pm

Max Bygraves 'Decimilisation'
Wedding present 'Interstate 5'
Captain Sensible 'Happy Talk'
Grandmaster Flash 'White Lines (Don't Do It)'
The Paragons 'The Tide Is High'
John Otway 'The Highwayman'
Seven Little Sisters 'Promised Land'
The Locos 'Don't Worry Be Happy'
Catch 22 'American Pie'
Bill Flagg 'Rockabilly'
The Muffs 'Sad Tomorrow'
Porno For Pyros 'Freeway'
Crass 'Big A Little A'

Branch Out and John Peel

I recorded this week's show this afternoon as I wanted to attend as much of the Branch Out Festival as possible. The pre-record was fairly easy/lazy as I had already prepared the John Peel Day section that was going to take over the whole second hour. As a fan of Fuzzbox, I obviously wanted to play a song in tribute to Jo Dunne, who died two days ago. I gave the rest of the first hour over to Nottingham's finest, who were all performing today.


9pm-10pm

Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
Fuzzbox 'Pink Sunshine' (played in tribute to Jo Dunne)

Captain Dangerous 'Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You'
Marc Reeves 'Holding On'
The Smears 'Halloween'
Practical Lovers 'Put It Bluntly'
Will Jeffery 'Dorothy Jean'
Emily Martin 'Guide Me Home'
Breadchasers 'Hold 'em High'
The Afterdark Movement 'Since I've Been Here'
Barnum Meserve 'Stay Awake'
Nina Smith 'I Won't Forget You'
Kappa Gamma 'Just Another'
Hhymn 'These Hands'
Sleaford Mods 'Wage Don't Fit'


10pm-11pm

Intro: John Peel
Mitch Benn 'A Minutes Noise For John'
John Peel introduction: The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks'
The Cure 'Killing An Arab'
The Specials 'Gangsters'
Misty In Roots 'Poor And Needy'
The Wedding Present 'Once More'
Billy Bragg 'A13'
Principle Edwards Magic Theatre 'Sacrifice'
Bogshed 'Spencer Travis'
John Peel introduction: The Ramones 'I Wanna Be Sedated'
Joy Division 'Transmission'
John Peel introduction: Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Teenage Depression'
The White Stripes 'Baby Blue'
The Buzzcocks 'Promises'
The Fall 'The War Against Intelligence'
The Vibrators 'She's Bringing You Down'
UK Subs 'Keep On Running'
Mudhoney 'Here Comes Sickness'
The Slits 'Love ind Romance'
John Peel "Goodbye"

I Am The Wind

I had the most appalling wind this evening, but thankfully I'd blown it all out before my guest arrived. Adam Clarkson (Red Bear) came in to play a couple of songs and talk about his upcoming gigs, including the final Captain Dangerous show of the year next Sunday as part of the Branch Out Festival. Next week's show will be a pre-record for this reason.

9pm-10pm

Lesley Holmes 'He Played The Ukulele As The Ship Went Down'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
Reel Big Fish 'Monkey Man'
Jake Bugg 'Lightning Bolt'
Jake Bugg 'Saffron'
Bob Dylan 'Subterranian Homesick Blues'
The Animal Jack Band 'I Can't Strip My Lambretta Down In The Kitchen'
Captain Dangerous 'Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You'
Redbear 'Gather All The Animals' (live)
             'Merrow Song' (live)
Captain Dangerous 'Forgive Us We're British'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE: (only time for two this week)
Station To Station
TVC15

10pm-11pm

Theme from Happy Days
The Who 'Magic Bus'
The Madeline Rust 'When The Sugar Dies' (live at The Maze)
Dog Is Dead 'Hands Down'
Jerry Reed 'She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)'
The Levellers 'The Devil Went Down To Georgia'
Dead Kennedys 'Pull My Strings'
Derrick Harriot 'Monkey Ska'
Captain Dangerous 'Be Careful Who You Lend Your Heart To'
                            'Cheerio'
Calling All Astronauts 'What's So Good About'
Sleaford Mods 'Five Pound Sixty'
The Smears 'Rise Of The Liars'
Will Jeffery 'The Beasts'
Practical Lovers 'Textbook Romance'

I'm Not Here

By radio magic, I managed to be both on air providing the best possible musical choices and across town at The Rescue Rooms at the same time. It's not actual magic, it was a pre-recorded show because I was watching The Beat.

I'm the one on the left.

9pm-10pm

The Cats 'Knees Up Mother Brown'

Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'

The Beat 'Mirror In The Bathroom'

The Procession 'The Simple Things'

The Afterdark Movement 'Made In Britain'

The Exploited 'God Save The Queen'

The Sex Pistols 'God Save The Queen'*

Captain Sensible 'Damned On 45'

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts 'I Hate Myself For Loving You'

The Death Notes 'Ghost'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:

Absolute Beginners

Rebel Rebel

Teenage Wildlife

*Possible feature, Same Title Different Song. Maybe not.

10pm-11pm

The Mufftones 'It's Hard To Say I Love You'

Faith No More 'War Pigs'

Alice In Chains 'Rooster'

Carter USM 'Rent'

KLF 'What Time Is Love'

The Levellers 'Just The One'

Redbear 'Gather All The Animals'

Ian Dury And The Blockheads 'Itinerent Child'

Morrissey 'Ouija Board Ouija Board'

Skid Row '18 and Life'

Evil Jack 'Happy Valley'

NOTTINGHAM 3:

Will Jeffery 'Bucket And Spade'

The Smears 'Handcuffs And Powderpuffs'

8mm Orchestra 'Kevin Spacey's Box Of Mystery'

All By Myself

Penny should be glad of her perfect timing, as a weekend of Goose Fair food had given me the most powerful wind that I just couldn't contain. An airtight studio was not the ideal place to see out my weekend. Talking of Goose Fair, the rock and roll medley at the beginning, and the song 'Band Of Gold' at the end are in honour of fairground music.

9pm-10pm

Lily Morris 'He's Only A Working Man'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Del Shannon 'Runaway'
Bill Hayley And The Comets 'Rock Around the Clock'
Buddy Holly And The Crickets 'Oh Boy'
The Champs 'Tequila'
Plague Of Ares 'Rising Sun, Dying Star'
We Are Avengers 'Revolution'
Nina Smith 'Everybody Hurts' (live at #Nottingham Rocks, Saturday 22nd September)
Gene Lamarr and The Blue Flames 'You Don't Love Me Anymore'
L7 'Stuck Here Again'
Mudhoney 'In And Out Of Grace'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
Looking For Satellites
Pictures Of Lily
Loving The Alien

10pm-11pm

Sid James 'Double Bunk'
Mikey Dredd 'Barbershop Saloon'
Sex Presleys 'Heartbreak Hotel'
Sex Presleys 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You'
The Ex-Pistols 'Sex On 45'
Plan B feat John Cooper Clarke 'Pity The Plight'
John Cooper Clarke '(I Married) A Monster From Outer Space'
The Trashmen 'King Of The Surf'
The Madeline Rust 'Red Mist' (live at The Maze, 29th September)
Half Man Half Biscuit 'You're Hard'
UK Subs 'I Live In A Car'
Limozine 'Tokyo 1970'
Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Wooly Bully'
The Vejitables 'Hide Yourself'
Tommy Danton And The Echoes 'Twenty One'
The Baboons 'Drinkin' Gasoline'
Peter And The Test Tube Babies 'I Wanna Rob A Bank'
Freda Payne 'Band Of Gold'

A Reeve And A Reeves

Penny's final outing as my co-presenter went very well and without tears. She will be back occasionally to fill in (having already been asked by Bainy to join him on Notts Live) and so will maintain a relationship with the station.

9pm-10pm

Squeeze 'Goodbye Girl'

Jimi Hendrix 'All Along The Watchtower'

Andy Williams 'Can't Get Used To Losing You'

Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'

Harry Champion 'A Little Bit Of Cucumber'

Jessie Wallace (as Marie Lloyd) 'My Old Man Said Follow The Van'

The Thrills 'Nothing Changes Around Here'

The Strokes 'Under The Cover Of Darkness'

Marc Reeves

'Judgement Day'

'Chameleon' (live)

'I Need You' (live)

'Easy Way Out'

David Bowie 'Heroes'

10pm-11pm

Peter Cook And Dudley Moore 'Goodbye'

David Bowwow 'Quite Ahead Of My Time'

PIL 'Poptones'

William Shatner 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:

Eric Weissberg and Steve Mande 'Duelling Banjos'

Alison Krauss 'Dimming Of The Day'

Earl Scruggs 'Fireball Mail'

Joy Division 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

Swimming 'Neauton Wireless Crystal'

Kate Bush 'Wuthering Height' (played under sufferance, listen back on Mixcloud for the full context)

NOTTINGHAM 3:

Joshua Keogh 'Stone'

Frankie Rudolph 'Heart On Fire'

Marc Block 'Cradle Of Sunshine'

The Penny-ultimate

Penny broke the news to me tonight, as soon as she uttered the words "I need to talk to you", I knew. It was the same "I need to talk to you" tone of voice that you use to dump someone. I'll be sad to see Penny go as she made a big improvement to the show when it was in danger of jumping the shark, but having given some thought to the situation, I am looking forward to the challenge of doing it alone.

9pm-10pm

Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Elsie and Doris Waters 'Please Leave My Butter Alone'
Snuff 'I Will Survive'
Roxanne De Bastion 'Red And White Blood Cells'
Sham 69 'You're A Better Man Than I'
Damn Vandals 'This Amazing'
Damn Vandals 'Trouble With Jesus'
PJ Harvey 'Let England Shake'
Porcupine Time 'Arriving Somewhere, But Not Here'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
Repetition
Fantastic Voyage
Sweet Thing

10pm-11pm

Charlie Drake 'I've Lost The End Of My Yodel'
Fields Of Nephilin 'Mourning Sun'

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
The Best Of Bluegrass 'Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms'
JD Crowe And The New South 'Flint Hill Special'
New Generation Bluegrass 'Three Rusty Nails'

New Order 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (Live at Festival Number 6)
The Procession 'Stopping Time'

NOTTINGHAM 3:
Fresh Eyes For The Dead Guy 'Blue Harbour'
Baby Godzilla 'Power Boat Disaster'
Georgie Rose 'Retribution'

Another Year Older

The bunting was cleared away, the last bit of cake has been eaten, and we've broken all of our new toys. This was back to business as usual for The Sunday Alternative, a year older but none the wiser.

9pm-10pm

T-Rex 'Hot Love'
T-Rex 'Telegram Sam'
Brian Fahay Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
George Formby 'Under The Blasted Oak'
The Toy Dolls 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon'
Shonen Knife 'I Am A Cat'
Detroit Cobras 'Cha Cha Twist'
The Donkeys 'Born With Stripes'
Flipron feat Neville Staples 'The Comet Returns'
James J Turner 'Let Love Into Your Heart'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
Please Mr Gravedigger
Silly Boy Blue
Cygnet Committee

10pm-11pm

Monty Python 'I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio'
Bauhaus 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'

Penny's Bluegrass Jamboree:
Iron Horse 'Ain't Talking About Love'
Little Big Town 'Born This Way'
The Pigs 'Doncha'

Bernard Butler 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (acoustic)

City and Colour 'Sleeping Sickness'
The Fall 'My New House'
The Cure 'A Forest'

Nottingham 3:
Amusement Parks On Fire 'Road Eyes'
Rapunzel M.A.P. 'I Want You Back Again'
Ryan Thomas 'Hangover Blues'

Happy Birthday To Us!

It was like introducing your ex to your current partner, (not that you would do that), when Chris Underwood turned up to join in with the birthday fun. He had to stop doing the show because family time took up a large chunk of his Sunday, (and rightly so). At least he had the decency to tell me rather than just not turning up and ignoring messages. Penny was back from her holiday too, and Rapunzel M.A.P. popped in to talk about her upcoming one-off 'comeback' night busk. She also brought a home-made card and a pork pie with a candle in, (a call-back for the really loyal listeners).

 

If the little cartoon of me looks familiar, look at my blog profile picture! Brilliant detail there eh? My girlfriend Mandi even made us some birthday cakes for the occasion.

The true radio fan will know the significance of the first track played, I'm shocked it hasn't ever come up in a pub quiz.

9pm-10pm

Max Wall 'England's Glory'
PIL 'Flowers Of Romance' (part of a birthday message from our punk rock colleague Steve Hardy)
The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks' (the favourite song of John Peel, the reason I work in radio. I am proud to be carrying on his work)
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
The Chameleons 'Don't Fall'
Jesus Jones 'Who Where Why'
Rapunzel M.A.P. 'Hologram Girl'
Eagles Of Death Metal 'Cherry Cola'
Tom Waits 'Big Black Mariah'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Magic Dance
The Laughing Gnome

10pm-11pm

Peter Sellers 'Bangers And Mash'
The Damned 'Smash It Up'
The Barnum Meserve 'If You had A Heart It Would Be Made Of Glass'
The Barnum Meserve 'Broken Window'
Riot Squad 'I Take It We're Through'
The Birthday Kiss 'Starting To Come Back To Life'
Jake Morley 'Pondering On A Scenario In Which I Am The Hero'
Paul Young/Honeyroot 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (our new game Paul Young Will Tear Us Apart, Penny won this week)

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
The Gourdes 'Gin And Juice'
Hayseed Dixie 'Walk This Way'
Bad Livers 'Lust For Life'

NOTTINGHAM 3:
Will Jefferey 'The Day Off'
Captain Dangerous 'Executing Elliott'
The Golden Troubadours 'Sunshine Eyes'

The One Before The Birthday Show

All alone again, with Penny on holiday, with nobody to stand in I did the show alone and rather than talk to myself, I bombarded the lucky listener with some of the best music that was ever made.

"Music you don't hear on the radio, on the radio"
Thinking of getting car stickers made with that on. I should also get stickers made with the quotes on; "the best BBC 6Music show that isn't on BBC 6 Music, yet", and my favourite comment, "the reason computers have speakers".

The show started with tributes to Hal David and Max Bygraves.

9pm-10pm
Bomb The Bass 'Say A Little Prayer'
Sandi Shaw 'Always Something There To Remind Me'
Max Bygraves 'Tulips From Amsterdam'
The Stranglers 'Walk On By'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Florrie Ford 'Down At The Old Bull And Bush'
The Wonder Stuff 'It's Yer Money I'm After Baby'
Black Flag 'Black Coffee'
Happy Mondays 'Rave On'
John Otway 'Beware Of The Flowers'
The Wedding Present 'Back For Good'
Skyway 'Fast Car'
The Monks 'Nice Legs Shame About The Face'
Jerry Reed 'When I Found You'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
1984
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
Cat People

10pm-11pm
Max Bygraves 'Pink Toothbrush'
Jonathon Richman And The Modern Lovers 'Ice Cream Man'
Sebastopol 'All Eyes'
The Chantays 'Pipeline'
Link Wray 'Ace Of Spades'
Liz Lawrence 'Oo Song'
Louis 'Monkey Girl'
Flipron featuring Neville Staple 'The Comet Returns'
History Of The Trade 'One Arms Length'
The Trade 'Do You Want It?'
Gary Numan 'She's Got Claws'
Circus Envy 'Three Score And Ten'
Damn Vandals 'Can't Go Dancing When You're Gone'
Captain Dangerous 'Executing Elliot'
The Golden Troubadours 'Road Of Bones'

NOTTINGHAM 3
Practical Lovers 'Textbook Romance'
Blindsight 'With Open Eyes'
One Girl One Boy 'This One Boy'

All Alone On My Birthday Eve

No Penny this week, and this was my final show as a 35 year old! Joe Strummer would have celebrated his birthday this week, hence the abundance of The Clash, and Neil Armstrong died so the first track was for him.

9pm-10pm
REM 'Man On The Moon'
The Clash 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais'
The Clash 'Bankrobber'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign On The Swinging Cymbal'
Flanagan And Allen 'Run Rabbit Run'
101ers 'Key To Your Heart'
Skanatra 'Fly Me To The Moon'
The Trojans 'Stand By Me'
Louise And The Pins 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'
Bobby Fuller Four 'I Fought The Law'
I Hate My Ex 'Baby Baby Baby'
Soulthrower 'Bad Romance'
Danny Kaye 'Inchworm'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
Magic Dance
Underground
There Is A Happy Land

10pm-11pm

John Shuttleworth 'Betty Turpin'
Nine Inch Nails 'We're In This Together'
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes 'Nothing Compares To You'
Guns and Roses Vs The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's Paradise City'
Parastatic 'Where's Your Base?'
James J Turner 'Let Love Into Your Heart'
The Clash 'Janie Jones'
The Clash 'White Riot'
The Tuesday Club 'They May Look Cute'
Inspiral Carpets 'Tainted Love'
Orelander 'Boys Don't Cry'
The Ramones 'Judy Is A Punk'
The Undertones 'You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)'
The Wonderstuff 'Blackberry Way'

NOTTINGHAM 3
Royal Gala 'The Wren'
In The Teepees 'Arranged Allies'
Redbear 'Song For The Unknown Bear'

Greatest Hits: 'Louie Louie'

This is an edition of The Sunday Alternative's Greatest Hits, which is basically a way of recapping certain areas of the show so far. I like to try and keep the show as fresh as possible, and dropping regular features in favour of new ones is how it happens.

The feature Louie Smells Like Rock and Roll was an airing of my collection of cover versions of 'Louie Louie', 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and 'I Love Rock and Roll'. As you'll remember, there were a lot of them. This edition of The Sunday Alternative's Greatest Hits is only for the very patient. Or mad.

The tracklist is in chronological order of the songs being played on the radio:

The Kingsmen
Richard Berry And The Pharohs
Motorhead
The Clash
Toots And The Maytalls
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
The Navarones
Paul Revere And The Raiders
Jeff And The Rfs
The Beach Boys
John Schroder
The Sonics
The Sandpipers
MC5
Iggy Pop
Black Flag

Listen to the podcast here.

It Was Brian Eno!

Last week I played a popular jingle known as 'the computer turny onny offy sound', which goes like this. You hear it in your house and at work every day, but does anyone know who wrote it and the others? As nobody heard last week's show due to the Olympic closing ceremony, I attempted to play it again. The faders didn't work so I couldn't play it, so I snapped and just said "It's Brian Eno". If there was a prize, then I would have won it.

With no Olympic closing ceremony to stop us, we managed a really tight two hour show. What better way to welcome back our millions of listeners after they deserted us for a week?

9pm-10pm
Scott McKenzie 'San Fransisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
Miss Piggy 'My Old Man Said Follow The Van'
Guitar Wolf 'Summertime Blues'
The Blueveils 'Come My Way'
The Tuesday Club 'Dolly Dynamite'
Hey Sholay 'Dreamboat'
Ringo Ska 'Can't Buy Me Love'
Nerina Pallot 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'*
Sebastopol 'Suffer Fools'
Joe Strummer 'Walk On The Wild Side' (a shit joke follows)
Half Man Half Biscuit 'Paintball's Coming Home'
Splodgenessabounds 'I've Got Lots Of Famous People Living Under The Floorboards Of My Humble Abode'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE: Covers special
Nirvana 'The Man Who Sold The World'
Peter Noone 'Oh You Pretty Thing'
Ian McCulloch 'Changes'

10pm-11pm
Lonnie Donegan 'My Old Man's A Dustman'
Peter And The Test Tube Babies 'Spirit Of Keith Moon'

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Lee Morse And Her Bluegrass Boys 'Nobody Cares If I'm Blue'
Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys 'Southern Flavour'
Honeywagon 'Billie Jean'

Jilted John 'Jilted John' (a really nice version, taken from the album)
Blakcan 'Dark Daze'
The Griswolds 'Psychobilly In Love'
The Swallows 'It Ain't The Meat'
Queen 'One Vision' (snippet for John Deacon's birthday)

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
The Petebox 'Where Is My Mind'
August Actually 'Vampire'
Injured Birds 'Forest' (live in session on Nottingham LACE)

*It is not a feature.

One Dog, No Listeners

We didn't have the audience we have become accustomed to tonight, and it was hard going doing the show with that in mind. The Olympic closing ceremony blasted us out of the water, so I recommend a visit to our mixcloud to put things right.Sam, the Trent Sound dog, also came in to see us. Penny became a cooing mess for a while but we managed to pull it back. I have to admit he is adorable.

9pm-10pm
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
Max Miller 'La-De-Da'
Cypress Hill and Slash 'Paradise City'
Green Day 'I Fought The Law'
Jim Bob 'Mr Blue Sky'
Elbow 'On A Day Like This' (the recording on mixcloud starts at this song for some reason, so you don't miss the joke that I wrote in about 2004 and have used ever since. Penny thought it was funny, but my girlfriend Mandi pointed out that she hasn't heard it a million times. Also, we played this before the BBC played it during the ceremony).
Frank Zappa 'Muffin Man'
The Gonads 'I Lost My Love To A UK Sub'
Toy Dolls 'There's A Trollop Up Elmwood Street'
Them Crooked Vultures 'New Fang'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
The Gospel According To Tony Day
Take My Tip (Davey Jones And The Mannish Boys)
And I Say To Myself (David Bowie And The Lower Third)

10pm-11pm
Monty Python 'The Money Song'
At Vance 'Money Money Money'

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Seven Little Sisters 'Where The Wind Blows'
Sarah Jaroz 'Come On Up To The House'
Alison Krauss And The Union State 'Choctaw Hayride'

Susanna And The Magic Orchestra 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'*
Bull Moose Jackson 'Big Ten Inch'
Eighty Eight 'BS I Love You'
John Frusciante 'Unreachable'
Desire 'Under Your Spell'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
Jake Bugg 'Lightening Bolt'
Riff Bastard 'Doom With A View'
The Afterdark Movement 'Made In Britain'

*It isn't a feature!

This show was followed by my documentary about David Bowie's album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, you can hear that here.

The Ultimate Hoax

To celebrate Penny's few days in the week visiting Southend, a place very close to my heart, I played a couple of songs from Southend bands. The music scene in Southend was, (and I hope still is) almost as vibrant as Nottingham and I was proud to be a part of it.

I also managed to deliver a hoax bit of information dressed up as fact, that fooled the entire nation, and possibly the world as nobody contacted the show to say that they had spotted it*. As radio moments go, this is on a par with Orson Wells in 1938.

9pm-10pm
Brian Fahey 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
George Formby 'The Ace Of Spades'
Motorhead 'Ace Of Spades'
David Bowie 'Sell Me A Coat'
David Bowie and The Lower Third 'Can't Help Thinking About You'
(the above two songs played in absence of Steve's Big Bag Full Of Bowie this week)
Toots And The Maytalls '54-46 Was My Number' (I also played a snippet of 'Street Tuff' by Rebel MC to demonstrate the sample)
Bob Marley And The Wailers 'I Shot The Sheriff'
The Cure 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Joanna Newsome 'Cosmia'
Breadchasers 'Things Will Be Better'
Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Teenage Depression'
Dr Feelgood 'Milk and Alcohol'
Flock of Seagulls 'I Ran' (This week's Dad Rock Classic)

10pm-11pm
Max Miller and Lonnie Donegan (a song that I can't think of the title of)
Wedding Present 'Interstate 5'
Richard Cheese 'Welcome To The Jungle' (played to plug the documentary about Appetite For Destruction coming up after the news)
Lonnie Donegan 'Cumberland Bap' (played a snippet to illustrate a joke)
Morrissey 'First Of The Gang To Die'
Half Man Half Biscuit '24 Hour Garage People'
Bill Hayley And The Comets 'Rock Around The Clock'
Bill Hayley And The Saddlemen 'Rock This Joint' (played both together to illustrate how the two songs are identical)

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Willie Nelson 'He Was A Friend Of Mine'
Dailey And Vincent 'On The Other Side'
Mindy Smith 'One Moment More'
(Penny's Bluegrass Jamboree was squeezed in this hour because we are only doing two hours)
Redbear 'Song For The Unknown Bear'
Dan Le Sac and Scoobius Pip 'Letter From God To Man'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
The Golden Troubadour 'Sunshine Eyes'
Tom Wardle 'California Here I Come'
The Money 'Star'

(The show was followed by my 25th anniversary celebration of Appetite For Destruction. You can hear it here).

*I played a spoof recording at the start of the show, apparently George Formby singing 'Ace Of Spades'. As I always start with a music hall song, I think I got away with it, as the listeners expect to hear that sort of thing. I then played the Motorhead version and announced that it came from an album called Metal Does Music Hall, and that the Formby version was the original. Listeners were informed that the album was long out of print, but that they could see Deep Purple's cover of 'Boiled Beef And Carrots' on YouTube. Not one single person got it!

The Return Of Penny

I've been thinking about the structure of the show, and while we were pre-recording the third hour we came up with doing Steve's Big Bag Full Of Bowie to close the third hour. The only way I fucked up a little, is that Penny sent me some song choices a couple of days ago and it was too late as I was going to a gig and missed the deadline. I assumed she would be using last week's choices, so it was resolved. It was hardly a crisis that threatened to bring down radio, but I fucked something up and I don't like that.

9pm-10pm
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal'
Harry Champion 'Boiled Beef And Carrots'
Bow Wow Wow 'Go Wild In The Country'
Spunge 'Kicking Pigeons'
Wire 'I Am The Fly'
Bush 'Swim' (we had just seen on Twitter that Rebecca Adlington had won a medal and panic-selected the first song we came across by typing 'swimming' into the computer's search system. We couldn't have picked a more inappropriate song if we'd tried).
Deer Tick 'Into The Storm'
The Flaming Lips 'Race For The Prize'
Jack White 'Blunderbuss'
Choking Susan 'Someone Else's Face'
Choking Susan 'Liar Liar'
The Radiacs 'She's My Witch'
UK Subs 'Down On The Farm'
Twisted Sister 'We're Not Gonna Take It' (DAD ROCK CLASSIC)

10pm-11pm
OK Go 'Theme From The Muppet Show'
The Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again'
The 101ers 'Keys To Your Heart'
I Hate My Ex 'Baby Baby baby'
Inspiral Carpets 'Paranoid'
The Decemberists 'This Is Why We Fight'
The Boy Most Likely To 'Be Gentle With Me'
Dave Gahn 'New Rose'
The Jam 'Give Me Just A Little More Time'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
Georgie Rose 'For Him'
Long Dead Signal 'Black Waltz'
Rob Green and Nina Smith 'Bad News'

11pm-12am

PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 'The Ballad Of Jed Clampett'
Carolina Chocolate Drops 'Trouble In Your Mind'
Hank Thompson 'The Wild Side Of Life'

Kitty Wells 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' (played once again to show how it was written as a response to the Hank Thompson song)
Rebekah Delgado 'Little Boy Blue'
Spaceships Are Cool 'Gingerbread House'
Eddie And The Hot Rods 'Do Anything You Wanna Do'
Metallica 'Disposable Heroes'
The Soho Dolls 'Stripper'

STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Let's Spend The Night Together
Rebel Rebel

All By Myself

Penny rang in sick tonight, and I couldn't get anyone to take her place, so I had to forget that I dislike doing solo shows. Actually, I think you could probably tell the moment that my confidence kicked in. With nobody to talk to, I let the music do the talking.

9pm-10pm
Kitty Wells 'Heartaches By The Number'
Deep Purple 'Speed King'
Deep Purple 'Black Night' (Played in tribute to Jon Lord, and Kitty Wells)
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Stanley Holloway 'With Her Head Tucked Under Her Arm'
Snuff 'Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads'
10,000 Maniacs 'Everyday Is Like Sunday'
Half Man Half Biscuit 'Time Flies By'
Gang Of Four 'I Found That Essence Rare'
Rebekah Delgado 'Trying To Forget'
Rebekah Delgado 'Sing You Through The Storm'
Barenaked Ladies 'If I Had $1,000,000'
Dr Hook 'Roland The Roadie and Gertrude The Groupie'
Choking Susan 'Thimble Tits'
Choking Susan 'Touch Me'
Whitesnake 'Here I Go Again' (this week's DAD ROCK CLASSIC)

10pm-11pm
The Krankies 'Fan Dabi Dozi'
Sisters Of Mercy 'More'
Granville Sessions 'Pubsteppin'
Blak Magic Society 'Our Time'
The Toppers 'Baby Let Me Bang Your Box'
The Fireballs 'Torquay'
The Chantays 'Runaway'
Slash and Miles Kennedy 'Sweet Child Of Mine'
The Human League 'Black Hit Of Space'
The Farm 'Don't You Want Me?'
Curtis Magee 'Everybody's Making It Big But Me'
Spunge 'Down Under'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
Saint Raymond 'Shadows'
Joshua Keogh 'Stone'
Barnum Meserve 'Autumn Park'

11pm-12am
STEVE'S BIG BAG FULL OF BOWIE:
The Man Who Sold The World (Acoustic)
Pablo Picasso
The Bewley Brothers
Life On Mars (piano)

The Fall 'The Classical'
Ella Fitzgerald 'Summertime'
The White Stripes 'Baby Blue'
Ian Dury And The Blockheads 'Reasons To Be Cheerful' (live)
The Misfits 'Dig Up Her Bones'
Rancid 'Let Me Go'
Showbizheroes 'Thinking and Drinking'
Anti-Knowhere League 'Streets Of London'
October Sky 'The Message'

The Swear Box Is Filling Up

A very strange show tonight, I didn't have the motivation to begin with and felt as if I wasn't firing on all cylinders and had left my best fight in the gym, to mangle two expressions together. Penny has taken part in a fifty mile cycle ride today for charity, (sponsor her here) and was rather giddy. I found it a struggle for some reason, even though we had a guest; Darren Patterson from Nottingham Live, who is writing about the station. During the final hour of the show, which is confusingly recorded before the first two hours are broadcast live, Penny told me to fuck off. During the live show, Andy was refreshing the computer system from his office, and I couldn't control the studio PC. During a song, I forgot to switch the microphone off before complaining that Andy was 'fuck-arsing' around with the computers.

9pm-10pm
Queen 'Bicycle Race'
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Mike and Bernie Winters 'Batman'
The Jam 'Batman'
The Bodysnatchers 'Ruder Than You'
Band Of Horses 'Is There A Ghost'
Future Island 'Long Flight'
Butthole Surfers 'Who Was In My Room Last Night?'
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 'Hush The Warmth'
The Clash 'I'm So Bored'
The Beatles 'Come Together'
Dire Straits 'Money For Nothing'

NB- Dire Straits was this week's 'dad rock classic'. Although I started the feature as a 'guilty pleasure' slot in which I could ironically enjoy woefully uncool songs. This has backfired a bit, as tonight's show proved as myself, Penny, and Darren were all sat in the studio singing along.

10pm-11pm
Peter Sellers 'A Hard Days Night'
Eric B and Rakim 'Paid In Full'
Chris Cornell 'When I'm Down'
Sleaford Mods 'Five Pound Sixty'
Gene Vincent 'Race With The Devil'
Tommy Steele 'Singing The Blues'
David Bowie 'When I Live My Dream'
The Shivers 'Kisses'
Super Furry Animals 'God Show Me The Magic'
Eurythmics 'Sweet Dreams'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
Royal Gala 'Blue Rinse'
Adam Peter Smith 'Already Here'
Ronika 'Clock'

11pm-12am
PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Chris Reeve 'Fortune Favours The Brave'
Issac Moore 'White Oak'
Kruger Brothers 'Down In The Willow Garden'

Blondie 'Louie Louie' (for some reason I didn't play this during the run of Louie Smells Like Rock and Roll)
Soup Dragons 'Mother Universe'
Adam And The Ants 'King Of The Wild Frontier'
Passion Pit 'Little Secret'
She Keeps Bees 'Gimme'
Imelda May 'All For You'
The Big Bopper 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Nine Inch Nails 'Closer'

My First Avatar

Not a great deal of uptake on the request for people to send us their first ever Myspace profile picture. Thanks to Rebekah (top) and Dawn for being brave!

You can send your very first Myspace profile picture to thesundayalternative@gmail.com

Yourspace Or Mine?

The top picture was randomly taken from Penny's Myspace site, and the one below it is my very first Myspace profile picture. The conversation started because one of Penny's song choices, 'Step Into My World' by Hurricane #1, was her profile song. I asked one on air if it still existed and Penny didn't know. During the song I did a quick search and found Penny's defunct Myspace page. She hasn't touched it for about four years, which I think is about average. I was quite late abandoning Myspace, and went the whole hog and deleted it completely. I threw out the question of when was the last time you logged in to Myspace, and the most recent answer was two years! It is hard to believe that once upon a time it was the only social networking site, in my opinion it was always the best and would still be if they hadn't changed it around.

9pm-10pm
Brian Fahey and his Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Harry Champion 'At The End Of My Old Cigar'
Pop Will Eat Itself 'Can You Dig It'
The Quarrymen 'In Spite Of All The Danger'
The Willowz 'Something'
Hurricane #1 'Step Into My World'
Dr Hook 'Cover Of Rolling Stone'
David Bowie and The Lower Third 'I'm Not Losing Sleep'
The Pastels 'Baby Honey'
The Tyde 'Psychedelic Pill'
Galaxie 500 'Don't Let Your Youth Go To Waste'
Marillion 'Kayleigh' (this week's dad rock classic)

10pm-11pm
Avenue Q cast 'It Sucks To Be Me'
Cream 'Sunshine Of Your Love'
Pond 'Moth Wings'
TSAR 'Calling All Destroyers'
Vaccines 'No Hope'
White Denim 'Shake Shake Shake'
Smashing Pumpkins 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings'

NOTTINGHAM THREE:
Harleighblu 'Casanova'
Manieres Des Bohemians 'Romanian Train Song'
Sleaford Mods 'Showboat'

11pm-12am
PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Kitty Wells 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'
Chubby Wise 'Peacock Pig'
Doc Watson 'Peach Picking Time In Georgia'

Calling All Astronauts 'Someone Like You' and 'Winter Of Discontent'
Chuck Berry 'Memphis'
Cryogenics 'You Will Never Know'
Davie Jones and The King Bees 'Louie Louie Go Home' (that's David Bowie in one of his earlier guises. This song is doubly interesting as it was written by Paul Revere as a sequel to 'Louie Louie', I should have played it while I was still doing Louie Smells Like Rock and Roll.

Forever Never 'We Close Our Eyes'
Camera Obscura 'French Navy'
Proper English Gentlemen 'Friend Of A Friend'
The Cult Of Dom Keller 'Worlds'

Goodbye Mr Disco

Sad news today, as it was Daniel's (he is the one in the middle) last day as a member of the Trent Sound family. He will be missed by all the presenters, as he was the one we turned to for jingles, technical help, and he was above all else a great person to have around for reassurance in case something did go wrong. Aside from that, he is a good friend and I think I speak for Penny too when I say that we'll miss his company on a Sunday night.

9pm-10pm
The Cranberries 'Dreams' (played in tribute to Nora Ephron)
Brian Fahey Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals' (intro)
Harry Champion 'A Little Bit Of Cucumber'
Toy Dolls 'Fisticuffs In Fredrick Street'
Sonic Youth 'Kool Thing'
Shel Silverstein 'You're Always Welcome At Our House'
UNKLE 'Burn My Shadow'
David Bowie 'Uncle Arthur'
Sippie Thomas 'I'm A Mighty Tight Woman'
Neutral Milk Hotel 'My Dream Girl Don't Exist'
The Pogues 'Maggie May'
Link Wray 'Ain't That Loving You Baby'
Bryan Adams 'Summer Of 69' (A Canada day 'dad rock classics' special)

10pm-11pm
Ronnie Corbett 'Fanny'
Johnny Thunders 'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory'
Dick Venom And The Terrortones 'Science Friction'
Teenage Fanclub 'Alcoholiday'
The Coasters 'Poison Ivy'
Jimmy Lloyd 'I've Got A Rocket In My Pocket'

NOTTINGHAM THREE: (new feature)
Cantaloupe 'Hot Water Balloon'
One Hot Slice 'Drinks From The Bottle'
Natalie Duncan 'Sky Is Falling'

LOUIE SMELLS LIKE ROCK AND ROLL:
Black Flag 'Louie Louie'
Blanks 77 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
Joan Jett and Queen 'We Will Rock and Roll You'

11pm-12am
PENNY'S BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE:
Frank Wakefield 'The Old Cat Sneezed'
Dawn London 'Young Folks'
Steve Earle and Danny McCoury 'Pilgrim'

Amber Pacific 'Video Killed The Radio Star'
Shifting Buffalo 'Step By Step'
Louise Quinn 'Ghosts From The War'
They Might Be Giants 'How Now Dark Clouds'
Purity Ring 'Fireshrine'
Inspiral Carpets 'She Comes Into The Fall'
Shoot The Dead 'The Rage'
Emmy The Great 'Canopies and Drapes'

Let's see Daniel in full disco dancing action once again.