What speed do we play it at?

We’ve just finished a shortwave International themed mix and chose this cracking version of Manzanita’s Paga La Cuenta Sinverguenza in a Cumbia Rebajada style (slowed down). Below is th…

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We present the classics

A couple of weekends ago on Imaginary Stations a programme called CLSC was broadcast via the transmitters of the great Shortwave Gold. “Music we like to think is classic, or classical in natu…

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Crossroads Appreciation Society

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Ahh there you are, I think these punks have come for you…

Firstly thanks a million to Mike from The Crossroads Appreciation Society (here) for his prompt reply and sterling work for finding the episode where the punk band were featured and for putting the…

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More polytunnel business

We managed a few hours in the garden this afternoon and it was nice to be able to spend some time out there. We picked our beef tomatoes (above) from the polytunnel, and a couple of hours later a s…

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Dub for a saturday evening

A wonderful bit of dub just released out of the Jah Warrior camp called Lost Dub by I-Lodica. Excellent stuff.

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Crossroad’s punk legacy

Years ago a good mate of ours (Ricky R.I.P.) always used to tell us that he watched an episode of Crossroads where a punk band (who were recording at the state of the art recording studios down in …

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Radio IS a foreign country

Cheers to Steve Barker from the excellent On The Wire radio show for letting us know about the wonderful online radio station that is Radio is a Foreign Country here. As it describes itself: “An en…

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More chilli business

The other month we got this great multi-coloured Bolivian Rainbow Chilli Pepper plant from Herne Hill Market that is now housed in the polytunnel and seems to love it in there so much as we are now…

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On a Chilli tip

Thanks to Kit G5KIT in Bristol who sent us these great pictures of his chilli plant and he wrote: “Remember those little chilli seedlings from earlier in the year? We’ve given most of t…

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Morschen43 on the wire

A big thanks to Steve Barker, Fenny and Jim from the excellent On The Wire for playing Morschen43’s Dark Dread / Toi … , L’Homme … at 1 hour in on the show earlier this morn…

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And back over to France again

Here’s news about the new album from our gardening mate Spike Morschen43 from Le Puy-en-Velay, France called Retour En Force!!!   The set released a few days again on Bandcamp features 1…

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From the south coast to the south of France

Thanks to Debby H who’s away on holiday at the moment in the south of France, near Frejus. She said it’s still hot out there with temperatures around 30 degrees C! “Attached is a photo showing that…

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The Village Shop (@braithwaiteshop) on X

Coledale #fellrace great to see you WatchBraithwaiteBroadcasting on YouTube next wk for more coverage #notjustlakes https://t.co/XC7GphYQWL

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On a worldwide tip

Here’s the latest Lingua Franca (Episode number 10!) with “Songs sung in different languages” from Will Jeff on Love Will Save The Day FM. If you want a nice worldwide mix up journey of…

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Straight to bindweed’s head

Some people get fed up with bindweed and let it get them down. Kit G5KIT in Bristol on the other hand, let said weed influence a 15 minute mix. We wonder if you place a speaker near said the offend…

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One step away

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Trees and pears in north London

Thanks to Debby H for sending us some pictures yesterday. The first is a council planted hibiscus tree (as Debby said, it was common practice for councils to plant London Planes in the capital and …

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Preparation, preparation, preparation

This afternoon we cleared an area (which once housed a greenhouse many moons ago) in preparation for a polytunnel which will arrive sometime this week. Thanks to Alan C who gave us some great advic…

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A harvest report from France

More great harvest pictures are coming into the Weeds news desks. The one above is from our mate Spike from Morschen43 in Le Puy-en-Velay. As we keep mentioning, all his hard work from earlier this…

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A mad one for a Sunday

An absolutely bonkers tune heard on this week’s On The Wire here originally from 2007 by Paul Rooney called Lucy from Lanchashire. Fenny who played said tune, mentioned that Lucy is a spryte …

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The new wave of continuous wave

This great track above was heard on this week’s Echo Chamber on KFAI (here) which is as you know, a great show from our Dub Gardening friend Dr Strangedub and DJ baby Swiss. The track is from…

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BULLET, by Surfin Dead

track by Surfin Dead

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