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Can you create a complete mix from the perspective of a fly?
In around 1979 the band Wire released one of my favourite songs called I Am The Fly, which as you may guess is from the perspective of a fly. Then XTC released Fly On The Wall, which is a song from...
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Podcast number 7
Here we are back again with podcast number 7. Listen in wonder as the Wizards bring their unique views to bear on an eclectic range of music. Also we unveil not only the all new Trust The Wizards...
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Kicker’s Monthly Mix – February 2014
On this day in music history some 51 years ago, Neil Young, at age 17, performed his first professional date at a country club in Winnipeg. Who then knew he would go on to record such heavyweight...
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Popcorn Double Feature – Voice of the Beehive / XTC
Monday Monday, so good to me. We certainly are good to you bringing you another couple of brilliant video clips. As usual, the challenge is to work out the connection between them.
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Podcast number 21
Join the the wizards as they once again gather to peruse their rag bag of musical ephemera. This time they discuss the influence of onomatopoeic guitar sounds, just how strong that Chuck Norris is, and...
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XTC –“King for a Day” CD single
Everyone likes music that gets released in unusual formats, right? Welcome to part 1 in our occasional series celebrating the weird and wonderful items in our collections. Our wizard Chorizo Garbanzo...
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Record Shopping In The UK #RSD14
In the week running up to Record Store Day, I found myself on an eagerly anticipated and newly agreed to record shop based holiday. Having consented to attend various UK sites of historical interest...
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A Mix Tape of Songs From The Perspective of a Fly. Update.
When I read stories about long lost love affairs in the mountain of women’s magazines that I regularly purchase, I am reminded that we have to come to terms with the fact that some things were never...
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Kicker’s Monthly Mix – October 2014
October, eh? By rights, of course, the eighth month, but here we are 5/6 of the way through the year and the numbers are all over the place. Appropriate, then, that my first three selections for this...
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Kicker’s Monthly Mix – September 2015
No doubt this Monthly Mix will be doing battle with the familiar sounds of new pencil cases being filled with freshly sharpened, er, pencils and the cries of ‘where the fuck are my footy boots?’....
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Podcast number 49: Another Alphabet Special (N-Z)
In the second of two alphabet specials (here’s part one), the wizards predictably select tracks to represent the letters N to Z and get to grips with big questions like where to put compilations. There...
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Podcast number 63
Did you think we’d forgotten you? Yes, after a lengthy summer hiatus, the wizards are back with fuck all to report. Luckily, in the world of music, there’s plenty for them to get stuck into and in this...
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Podcast number 64
Creative differences are again to the fore, as the wizards announce their ideas for new musical ventures. Fortunately, sense and taste take hold and we get a suitably sweary show that sees the long...
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