It’s All Hallow’s Eve Eve, and Rob and Jillian are here to scare up your season. Enjoy a fat dose of the best Halloween music, chat, unidentifiable bongs and honks from our malfunctioning legacy tech and at least two examples of creepy children singing. Snuggle up, guys and ghouls. This one is gonna be spooktacular.
The full show is available on Mixcloud, with a host-free Spotify mix below. But why would you do that? The chat is the point!
In which Jillian, with Rob a step behind, leads us on a musical journey, telling the story of perhaps one of the greatest love stories of all time. Or maybe it was just a deep, enduring friendship. No-one seems to know for sure. We certainly don’t have a definitive answer.
Trigger warning: contains poetry and unrestrained romanticism.
As ever, the Mixcloud embed gives you the whole show, with Spotify for the music-only vibe.
Well, yes, OK, it’s been a while. And the path back to putting out an episode has been more fraught (and erm expensive) than I realised. Since I last picked up a mike, a lot of the ways and means I used to create have either dried up and blown away or started charging. So it’s been a process of re-discovery. It’s also a chance to try something new.
Please welcome WROB’s co-host, the mighty Miss Jillian, whose mellifluous tones will hopefully ease you away from the general shonky cack-handedness of this inaugural episode of the new era. Hope you enjoy it. As ever, the Mixcloud embed gives you the whole show with a Spotify playlist if you’d rather just listen to the music.
Which of course you don’t, because otherwise what would be the point?
It’s nice to be back. Hope you can stick with us.
In which yr humbl host talks about his life as an introvert, and provides a soundtrack for his ramblings. And BOY HOWDY does he ramble in this one. Oh well, some top tunes at least. If you can’t bear the breast-beating, a Spotify link to the music is included below. PLAY IT LOUD IF YOU’RE INTRO AND PROUD!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DH2SI9oEx4QMek33b6chu
Another hit of prime jazz goodness from our pal DJ Unknown. A typically eclectic mix ranging from interstellar skronk to cool Latin grooves. Just the thing for a summer afternoon. Escape with us!
You are, of course, free to download the mix – just hit the the obvious link button.
We’re back, hosting another mix with that inimitable DJ Unknown touch. A Side A/Side B vibe is in effect, with a break for chat in the middle. Who is DJU’s favourite film composer, and why? Find out inside! We had a lot of fun making this one. Hope you enjoy it!
Please, as ever, feel free to download the mix if you’d prefer.
We’re back with another takeover from our esteemed master of mixology, DJ Unknown! In another exclusive for WROB, we play the mix in its entirety before DJU joins us for a chat on the origins of and thinking behind it. There are a few curveballs in this one. Hold tight!
As ever, you are free to download our mixes if you prefer not to stream from WROB. Fill yer boots!
In a second exclusive for Radio Free Caversham and WROB, the enigmatic mixologist DJ Unknown treats us to another artist overview. This time he focuses on the equally mysterious figure of Aphex Twin.
We’re delighted to have Unknown join us for a chat midway through the mix in which he shares his insights into the choices and processes that went into it.
You won’t hear these mixes anywhere else, Listenership. Keep it locked to this frequency for more DJ Unknown goodies in the coming weeks!
As ever, we believe you should be able to easily download the shows if you like. Just hit the link below.
Interesting times, no? It may not be much, but allow me to offer you the gift of music to at least help while away a couple of hours if the notion of another Netflix binge just isn’t doing it for you.
Songs on sickness, disease and yes, recovery are all on the agenda. From Aimee Mann to the Beastie Boys, Fifth Harmony to Frank Turner, there’s something for everyone. And that’s important as everyone seems to be at home now…
And here’s the full Spotify link should you just want the music (it doesn’t include the music behind my interstitial bits, though. I have to keep some things sacred…
We are excited and honoured to be able to share the first of a series of mixes by our pal DJ Unknown. Sourced from original vinyl in one of his secret European musical hideaways, this mix features all sorts of surprises and rarities. It’s a must for any Dylan fan. Come on without, come on within!
Download the Bob Dylan Mix.
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