Project Moonbase

Now that’s what I don’t call the 80s pmb128

This is our counter-factual, parallel universe 1980s show. It sounds like the 80s, it looks like the 80s, and trust me, it smells like the 80s but it is not 80s. It is 100% fictional-faux-fakery: conjured up from retro technology, spandex and cassettes. To that end, let’s keep it together, hop on a monorails and do some frantic aerobics, WICKED! 

Music from: Mitch Murder, Short Circuit, MCM90, [PHYSICS], Hybrid Music System, Jeff Sudakin, Horizon 200, Ilaiyaraaja

This show will be available to listen to from 8pm (ISH) GMT, Sunday 19th May. 

‘Ancient Temple’ by Midnight Syndicate
A gong-tastic track from PMB127 Swords and Sorcery.

The “Don’t” campaign and Kak, 1973, scarfolk council

Just Don’t.

OK, my move and I play … View Master on an oscilloscope. #bachelor #pad #jenga

That’s very impressive, Hugh, but can we have our shepherd back now please? #shepherd #leather #armchair #vinyl

Why don’t more rope manufacturers have brass bands with recording contracts? #rope #brass #brass band

guardian:

The Starman falls to earth. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, whose David Bowie cover captured the imagination of Earthlings yesterday, landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/AFP/Getty Images

(via escapevessel)

andyfielding:

The Grind is a new horror, crime, sci-fi short story collection from Stavro Yianni, cover design andy fielding.

Hire andy fielding to illustrate your book/ebook cover.

Swords and Sorcery pmb127

This show is all about the Swords and also includes the Sorcery. That’s what they used to call  stuff with bearded men and dragons before Game of Thrones. Speaking of which, we have a chiptune rendering of the theme music to Game of Thrones, using not one, not two but three C64 SIDs, also wizards, warlocks, dragons and flaming swords. From the likes of Hugo Montenegro, Reg Tilsley, I am Robot and Proud Delia Derbyshire and Midnight Syndicate amongst others.

Incidentally the art this week is the sigil for house project moonbase: a pint glass. It was going to be a penguin with a flick knife but that sounded better than it looked. Anyway, listen in. 

 This show drops Sun 12th May 8pm (ish) GMT.

andyfielding:

PMB052 Seeking Shatner

We were eagerly awaiting William Shatner’s new single/double/triple album Seeking Major Tom, consisting of 20 tracks (mostly cover versions), for a few months now and more recently footage emerged of the great man recording his version of Iron Man in the studio. Well now we finally have our hands on a copy of this modern masterpiece and well worth the wait it was too. As this is such an auspicious occasion we decided it would be only fitting to feature the album fairly extensively on the show this week.

We do also have a new Lollywood compilation from Finders Keepers, some fictitious German radiophonics and some equally fictitious French library music. There’s also a delightful new (and free!) EP by one of our favourite contemporary artistes, the Monroeville Music Center.