A Few Forward Motion Photos

I thought as other blogs deal with the year gone, in terms of top 10's and discussions about the demise of quality in genres. I generally agree that dubstep is becoming less ground breaking, and is recovering old ground, with exceptions of course.

So what did I decide to do, go through my photo archives and show you the lonely few hours a week that was Forward Motion the show, however much fun I had dancing to myself across the studio and thus creating some dead air.

(This one as you can see, is me chilling out, I assume.

Those Clydes are now in some state, they were the wrong size)

The walk home was always fun, this bright yellow light was

found glowing in an University building.

The walk home usually made me take some nice or

horrendous photos of Newcastle at night

The Union clock, halfway through a 9-11 show,

I'm guessing it's not a 10 o'clock start, I'd be too

self concious to do such a thing with others in the studio

A view by Hetton Park sometime near Midnight




Traffic Cones, they just seem so much nicer at night
Maybe that's just me?

I don't know why but this Grit bin is my favourite photo

from the Forward Motion on NSR FM period.

In case anyone is wondering I'm currently putting together a speech based youth show, and maybe a one off Forward Motion both for community radio stations up here in the North East.

Radio, a medium to use anytime

I have to admit that as of the last week and a bit I have been throwing myself into listening to on demand radio, listening again, or just podcasts and audio that are up and about. I think this has something to do with the shifts I work, not pleasent, and the fact that some of the radio that I could be listening to is not what I want at that particular time, or it could be the fact that I feel like I don't listen to enough music these days. A fact that was driven home to me, a few weeks back listening to Desert Island Discs with Jill Balcon.
Right now I'm listening to Radio Free Hvana on Dazed Digital, there is something charming about Howie B and Craig Richards presenting it, the fact they find themselves so funny, that they're laid back and unfazed by slip up's, something that calls to mind some of the more amusing radio shows I have heard on student radio and other amateur sources, and that ain't dissing them, that's just saying that they clearly care more about the music than the scripts, if there are any.
My other on demand favourite is probably unsurprising, Rupture Radio, presented by DJ /Rupture gives a nice overview of a world of music that fills the blogs but you don't often here together on a show, which is a shame, to many radio shows are genre specific whether with a loose genre grouping or a very tight idea, which to be honest actually agrivates me after a while.
Meanwhile Kiss Fm, has also provided me with a nice selection of shows to pick from. Joe Ransom, Sinden and of Crazy D and Hatcha, there are probably more I should check out too.
I also intend to check out Samurai FM as well in the near future, and of course I have to listen to Sub FM.

Meanwhile I'm a little disappointed to see that two big dubstep nights are on in the toon on the same night, the 23rd, it just don't make sense.

I heard those beats on the radio

After a day, spent lazily listening to Gilles Peterson and Benji B on listen again, yes I like soulful beats. I also am very impressed by Soil and Pimp Sessions, check out the live sessions from the electric proms on Gilles' show. On another positive bit of radio from the last week Mary Anne Hobbs presented a very tasty selection from Flying Lotus.

While in a good link Mary Anne and Virus Syndicate roll into Newcastle on the 23rd November to play Northumbria Uni's Reds Bar courtesy of my old friends at Stropic and their live wing Catastropic.

While I'm on it, I have to say it's now unlikely that the radio show will return in it's old form, though I'm working on a few ideas and we may have something in the new year, after an all too quiet 2007.

Sound Bombing

I just thought these little spheres would be of interest to those that read this blog, although I do have a vague recollection of mentioning them to some before. Anyway the concept is simple a small motion sensor and speaker system that play out a prerecorded piece of audio, the possibilities as they say are endless, a walkway of audio, or even possibly a low tech guerrilla advertising method, you have a radio show to plug? Why not drop one of these babies outside a local club, bar or record shop and advertise to all who enter or pass by. So a sound bomb it is.

I also love the fact that you have to apply to get one, it's not just as simple as just buying them. I'm tempted to add one to my Budda Machine as part of my soul lo-fi audio gadgets.

Meanwhile Dan Hancox has gone and got an interview with the mysterious man known as Burial.

If you want something to add to your calendar why not consider going to World Headquarters on Thursday, November 22nd. Why? Tayo is playing Deviate.

It's better than a cold October morning!

It's been too long, and I say that too often.

I'm gutted to say I had to skip the last heavyweight, and to be honest my attendence at heavyweight is truly shambolic, if it was school my teacher would be writing to my parents by now. I will say now that I will be at the next heavyweight.

So that's Saturday 10th November, starting at 7pm. Should be a good one!

Also looking good is James Holden at the Cosmic Ballroom, for Habit. That one is Friday 2nd, and I'm tempted to pop down for that one.

In the meantime if you want some audio delicacy and fancy something grimey then may I suggest the Lower End Spasm's (Dot-Alt) contribution to the Blogariddim series.

Or if you fancy a mash up then I'm quite liking this one by DJ C. If you want more go visit mashit. In case you're wondering that is a remix of sorts of Ghislain Poirier's new single Blazin' on Ninja Tune.