"Stuart Murdoch will be selecting the "Tracks of My Years" on BBC Radio 2 every morning for the week Aug 2nd - 6th. The feature is part of the Ken Bruce show, although as Ken is on holiday, the show is being presented by Stuart Maconie.
Guests on "Tracks of My Years" select two songs a day, songs which were either inspirational or which symbolise a special period in their life, then they have a wee chat explaining why they chose them.
The Ken Bruce is on between 9.30am and twelve noon. The "Tracks of My Years" feature is "usually" on at around 10.30am I believe."
This has just been on. It was v. good. I thought they had forgotten it because it didn't come on until ten minutes beofre the end, or thereabouts. Stuart chose 'A New England' by Kirsty MacColl and 'Let The Sunshine In' by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and Whatever They Were Called. If you live in the colonies, or are at work, or can't listen for some other reason, or even if you're the kind of person who just likes to spoil things for him or herself, here is a list of Stuart's choices: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/bruce/tracks/index.shtml?thisweek I'm particularly looking forward to Friday. It reminds me of the golden age of Alton Towers, when the most exciting thing was the boating lake. I am taping this for Mooro, but if anyone else wants to tape it, good idea. I might miss it one day and then Mooro will strafe me with his Me 109. Maconie also played Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' classic follow-up single, 'Lost Weekend'. This came at a time when Lloyd said he wanted to be both a singles and an albums band, like The Beatles. Girls! Here is a picture with Ken Chu enjoying a massive pint in the background: http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2004_07_01_pumpkinpublog_archive.html #109109502153374505 Incidentally, my mother says two pints is a quart. Cheers, Sister Disco +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+