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      • Ren and Stimpy music
        05/31/07


        If, like me, you loved the background music used on Ren and Stimpy, you'll be overjoyed to know that a whole bunch of tracks are up on torrents. I found out about it here:

        Secret fun spot blog

        And the show's creator, John Kricfalusi has a very interesting

      • Diversion: show 18 - 30/04/2007
        05/30/07
        A vitamin D - infused Diversion. Isn't the sun great? Incidentally, Listen Again didn't cut off any songs! Enjoy the first full-length Diversion in a long time!



        01. Escape From Piz Gloria - John Barry & His Orchestra - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
      • For your safety...
        05/30/07


        I recently re-watched this DVD I got a while back of Public Information Films (PIFs). The films themselves range from good common sense advice on how to cross the road, and terrifying scenarios where children playing near lakes are stalked by the grim reaper.

        The films are o

      • Diversion: show 22 - 28/05/2007
        05/28/07
        Well, this is a situtation...

        Subcity's servers went down for a while during my show, and Listen Again has only archived 9 minutes(!). You can listen to the last three songs of my show if you want...



        And for what it's worth, here's the tracklist...
      • I love Tomb Raider glitches!
        05/25/07


        Okay, quick rant first: let's face it, the original Tomb Raider was an absolute classic, and the series has been ruined by sequels that even the developers were reluctant to make, though the fact the series was a money-printing machine for so long probably helped in their decision-m

      • Hoots, etc..
        05/23/07
        Here are the results of a recent charity shop trip. the mission? Find some of the worst album covers by Scottish artists. Yep, while hippies were enjoying the Summer of Love in the 60's, and punks were being very angry in the 70's, there was still room for twee shortbread 'n' tar

      • Diversion: show 17 - 23/04/2007
        05/23/07
        For once Subcity's Listen Again didn't do too badly - just a little bit got snipped off Senor Coconut, but you can still hear the best part of his Oxygene (Part II) cover in all its glory...



        (01. Oxygene (Part II) - Senor Coconut - Fiesta Songs)

        02. Updow

      • Diversion: show 21 - Jet Set Radio Broadcast - 21/05/2007
        05/21/07


        It's about time Sega restarted the Jet Set Radio franchise, especially with the possibilities that the Wiimote controls and online aspects offer. Wishful thinking I know, but if they're remaking Nights of all games, then surely JSR can't be too far behind. In the meantime,

      • Diversion: Show 21 preview
        05/20/07


        Oh yeah.

      • The melancholy of Herb Alpert
        05/18/07
        Yup, Herb's staring into the middle distance yet again for these album covers...


        From the back of a generic 'Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' album, here's Herb trying out the classic 'silhouette by the sea' pose. Is he thinking of a lost love or whic

      • Eurovision afterthoughts...
        05/16/07
        This year's Eurovision certainly marked a bit of a turning point where the quality control of songs filtered out a lot of the downright awful acts, resulting in a blandly professional show, and even - horror of horrors - some likeable tunes. I especially liked Bulgaria's entry because it r

      • Diversion: show 16 - An Orchestral Game and Anime Concert - 16/04/2007
        05/16/07
        Another Orchestral special, this time with more of a focus on in-game music and anime background music. There's a lot more that I wanted to say about the music played in this show (especially since Listen Again cut off things I had to say about One Piece), but then, that's what this site i

      • Diversion: show 20 - 14/05/2007
        05/14/07
        Don't be confused, this isn't show 5. I was wanting to play Playground Love in full, but it got cut off (AGAIN!). The end song is also clipped. Stupid Listen Again.



        (01. Highschool Prom - Rob's Playground Mix - Playground Love EP)

        02. Born to be Bone

      • Eurovision drinking games
        05/12/07



        Yeah, it's that time of year when the gaudy spectacle of Eurovision rolls into action. Viewers in Britain are lucky to have Terry Wogan commentating, because at least he's on in the joke. Even Terry needs a drink or ten to get through the twenty-four(!) inevitably awful e

      • Brillianty bad...
        05/11/07
        Honestly, where do you start with this cover?



        First, there's the cheesy posing, second, the costumes. Then there's the names badges on the uniforms (and the scarves, oh the scarves), the chest hair, the medallion, the middle-distance stares, not forgetting the sacch

      • 70's album sleeves
        05/09/07
        See what I did there? Gotta love puns. Doctor Kawashima says they're good for your brain. Anyway, there now follows some examples of a fashion trend of 70's album covers...

        First up, here's minor funksters L.T.D. (that stands for Love, Togetherness, Devotion), and the cover

      • Diversion: show 15 - 09/04/2007
        05/09/07
        I was just glad to finally find a Jurassic 5 track without swearing in it, plus mixing it with Frank Sinatra was a lot of fun...



        (01. Greetings - Joni Haastrup - Nigeria 70)

        02. Sum of Us - Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers

        03. Drinking Water - Frank Sinatra

      • Silent Hill bits and pieces
        05/07/07


        Here's the link to the cool site I mentioned in show 19. The work that's gone into recording every single piece of background music (and every variant of it) is impressive, and very handy for completists like me....

        Silent Hill Media

        ****

        There&

      • Diversion: show 19 - Mellow - 07/05/2007
        05/07/07
        A deliberately mellow Diversion - amost enough to soothe my annoyance at three songs getting cut off...



        (01. Get Thy Bearings - Donovan - The Mood Mosaic 10: Retro Active)

        02. Exodus - Quincy Jones - The Many Faces of Quincy Jones

        03. Ice Pick Mike - Lalo

      • New Hilary Knight illustrations
        05/05/07
        A couple of non-Eloise illustrations that I've found recently...



        From a 60's cook book.

        ****



        Another Enoch Light album cover (well, 'Enoch Light Presents'). Obviously done around the same time as Film Fame (my goodness, is

      • An awful Dutch cover (and an excuse to link to Eurotrash)...
        05/03/07
        Again, I just bought this album for the terrible cover.



        I can't read Dutch, but it looks like they're pretty popular in the Netherlands. It seems that the old guy on the left (the only one not wearing the hideous yellow suit but with the slightly yellow face) is Vade

      • Oh boo...
        05/02/07
        Game buys Gamestation?

        Just great. Does that mean Gamestation are going to start defacing second-hand games with permanent markers like Game? I stopped buying games from there when I noticed that they had marked a copy of Ico not only on the box and disk, but also the collector's pos

      • Diversion: show 14 - 02/04/2007
        05/02/07
        I'm not sure if I'll ever get the timing right for the Listen Again cut-off. Ah well, all the more music to play in full in future shows. At least Sanji doesn't get cut off at the end. That wouldn't be right.



        (01. No Caminho Do Bem - Tim Maia - City of God

      • Pope John Paul II Sings!
        05/02/07
        Another charity shop find...



        Sadly, at no point during this record does the pope give up the funk. Notice that the record is published by Utopia. This is pretty funny, as Utopia is a Greek concept, and not exclusively connected to Christianity. Read about it here.

        T

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