4
Dec
2010
The Big Paws 04/12/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“There is Power in a Union” by Billy Bragg
“Hey Cool Kid” by Cloud Nothings (it’s a free download)
“DJ, Ease My Mind” (Raffertie remix) by Niki & The Dove (it’s a free download)
“Humid Air” by The Moaners (it’s a free download)
“Nutcracker Christmas Dubstep REMIX” by BogTroTTeR
The Time Tunnel
- It was the year that Band Aid recorded the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia.
- Moreish drug Crack, a smokeable form of cocaine, was first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spread across the United States.
- The Soviet Union announced that it would boycott that years 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
- Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as Australia‘s national anthem, in this year.
- The Provisional IRA attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Brighton hotel bombing.
- Beverly Lynn Burns became the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.
- Virgin Atlantic Airways mades its inaugural flight.
- Sid was told, and British Telecom was privatised.
- Born in this year were: Man Utd makeweight Darren Fletcher, curly-haired Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and Welsh singer and duck impressionist Duffy
- Died in this year: man film director Sam Peckinpah, Welsh comedian and magician Tommy Cooper, and famous Georgian chess player Tigran Petrosian.
- With the slogan “why 1984 won’t be like 1984” the Apple Macintosh was introduced.
But what was the year?
“Sexcrime (1984)” by Eurythmics (1984)
“Aitu” (LQD Live Edit) by Funerals (it’s a free download)
“Forget Me Not” by Glass Vaults (it’s a free download)
“Written On The Forehead” by PJ Harvey
“Brakehorn” by Sudanim (it’s a free download)
“Shake the Shackles” by Crystal Stilts (it’s a free download)
“Framebreaker ” by Return To Mono
“The Lion and Albert” – told by Jarvis Cocker
“Polarise” by Cameras (it’s a free download)
Furtive Forty: “Ancestors” by Gonjasufi
Furtive Forty: “MCs Can Kiss” by Uffie
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “*Poo* Are You” by The Who
“NY Is Killing Me” by Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
20
Feb
2010
The Big Paws 20/02/10 – Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” – ParryGrip
“It’s Tricky” by Run DMC
“Apply Pie Bed” by Lawrence Arabia (it’s a free download)
“Letter From The Queen” by Strange News From Another Star
“Natural Selection” (ft. The Black Angels) by UNKLE (it’s a free download)
“Away Frm You” by Oberhofer
Dick in a Box
“The Passenger” by Iggy Pop
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (Soulwax remix) by Rolling Stones”Probububbly” by Emit Bloch
“Seduced And Abandoned” by The Magnetic Fields
“Figures” by Absolute Body Control (it’s a free download)
“Cooler Couleur” (ft. Yelle) by Crookers
“I Met Up With The King” by First Aid Kit
Brass Section: “Why Don’t You” by Gramophonedzie
“Love Is A Wave” by Crystal Stilts (it’s a free download)
“Tidal Wave” by Thee Oh Sees (it’s a free download)
“Overjoyed” by Circulatory System
“Was It Worth It” by Summer Camp
Songs to Vacuum to: “Afterglow” by The Small Faces
“Please Don’t Put Me On A Slow Boat To Trowbridge” by Hugh Cornwell
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
