18
Dec
2010
The Big Paws “Glam Rock Christmas 1973″ 18/12/10 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard
“Personality Crisis (demo)” by The New York Dolls
“Showdown” Electric Light Orchestra
“Deuce” by KISS
“I Love You love Me Love” by Gary Glitter
The Time Tunnel:
- This was the year that Scrabble was lauched.
- The Sutton Coldfield rail crash killed 17 near, no IN, Birmingham, England.
- Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Actor James Dean wss killed when his car collided with another vehicle at a highway junction near Cholame, California at the age of 24.
- The first footage of Elvis Presley was filmed as part of a film short about the Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Bill Randle.
- Cardiff was announced as the capital city of the principality of Wales. Clart.
- Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
- November 12 in this year was the day of the famous Hill Valley Lightning Storm
- The Disneyland Theme Park opens to the public in Anaheim, California, it was shut down later that week due to a six foot mouse being found in the kitchen.
- Under the guidance of Dr Humphry Osmond, Christopher Mayhew ingested 400 mg of mescaline hydrochloride and allowed himself to be filmed as part of a Panorama special for BBC TV that was never broadcast. Groovy.
- Born in this year: unfamous at this point Rowan Atkinson, and unfamous at this point Bruce Willis, unfamous at this point, but cute Janet Ellis
- Died this year: German-born physicist, Albert Einstein, Portuguese fruit enthusiast Carmen Miranda and somewhat typecast American character actor Chief Thundercloud,
- The Brooklyn Dodgers finally won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 in Game 7 of the 1955 baseball playoff.
But what was the year?
“Christmas Alphabet” by Dickie Valentine (1955)
“Step Into Christmas” by Elton John
“All The Way From Memphis” by Mott The Hoople
“Rivers of Babylon” by The Melodians
“Radar Love” by Golden Earing
“Street Life” by Roxy Music
“Gaudete” by Steeleye Span
“Can the Can” by Suzi Quatro
“Merry Christmas Everybody” by Slade
“Love, Reign o’er Me” by The Who
“American Trilogy” by Elvis Presley (Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite)
Tediously Topical Telephone Tag Time: “Live and Let *Bondi*” by Paul McCartney and Wings
“Brumburger (FInale)” by Cliff Richard
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
11
Dec
2010
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
27
Nov
2010
The Big Paws 27/11/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Da Da Da” by Elastica
“Curious” (Co-Pilots Remix) by Pin Me Down
“Lazy Bones” by Grass House
“Four Days Straight” by Scattered Trees
“Punk Hopper” by Iron African (it’s a freedownload / – whole album)
The Time Tunnel:
- The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, was among 96 killed when their airplane crashed in western Russia.
- Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, disrupted air traffic across northern and western Europe.
- North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea.
- Eurozone countries agreed to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country’s financial crisis.
- The Togo national football team was involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdrew from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
- Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides won the Nobel Prize for Economics
- Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter, but not for long, obviously.
- The United Nations designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth in honour of Teenagers wash baskets.
- Born in this year: tiny owl Cal Drew, minibrumcast Luke Downing and tiny Lichfieldian Gwilym Harrison
- Died in this year: Persuader Tony Curtis, reclusive author J. D. Salinger, and “British Chaplain” Sir Norman Wisdom,
- The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
“Dubstep Christmas” by Goldie Lookin Chain (2010)
“Nachtmusik” by Seams
“Trapdoor” by Salem
“Elephants & Little Girls” by Loch Lomond (it’s a free download)
“Surfin’ Geocities” by VEKTROID (it’s a free download)
“Bubble Gum” by Hodgy Beats Feat. Tyler Creator x Casey V (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) (it’s a freedownload)
“Flawless Executioner” by Christopher Paul Stelling
“Seasick” by Tetris=Therapy (it’s a freedownload)
“Terry” by Anika
Furtive Forty: “FM Tan Sexy” by El Guincho
Furtive Forty: “Wicked game” by Sad NES
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “Do you know the *wafer* San Jose?” by Nancy Sinatra
“Little Bird” by Pancake Breakfast
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
20
Nov
2010
The Big Paws 23/11/10 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“54-46 Was My Number” by Toots & The Maytals
“Up Town Top Ranking” by Black Box Recorder
“(I Can’t Handle) Moderation” by Danko Jones
“Lead Head” by //TENSE//
“Spanish Flea” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
The Time Tunnel:
- It was the year that U.S. President Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term in office, although we’re not sure he knew much about it
- The charity single “We Are the World” was recorded by USA for Africa.
- Good news for lovers of sharks and Hitler as John Hendricks launched the Discovery Channel
- In big cat breeding news five lionesses at the Singapore Zoo are put on birth control after the lion population increases from 2 to 16.
- Sports entertainment would never be the same agian — WWF WrestleMania debuted at Madison Square Garden.
- The United Kingdom had its first ever national Glow-worm day, no news as yet on the second.
- Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, was captured in Los Angeles.
- The computer game Tetris was released in this year.
- The Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia raise over £50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia, and awareness of Phil Collins
- Ruth Lawrence, 13, achieved a first in mathematics at Oxford University, becoming the youngest British person ever to earn a first-class degree and the youngest known graduate of Oxford University.
- The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by the French
- Born in this year were Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes,Dutch singer Simone Simons, and famous American prostitute and R & B singer-songwriter Ashley Alexandra Dupree,
- Passing away in this year were actor Sir Michael Redgrave, silent film godess Louise Brooks and brother of Telly Savalas George Savalas,
“She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult (1985)
“Mrs. Jones” by Hokie Joint
“Cache Cache” by Cours Lapin
“I’m Cold and there are Wolves After Me (Hulk Remix)” by iwrestledabearonce (it’s a free download)
“World is Mine” by Supercell feat. Hatsune Miku
“Harry, Turn the Music Up” by Otis Taylor
“Lost Connection” by Melted Toys
“I Felt Just Like Anybody Else” by Ladycop
“Off Our Backs” by MEN
Furtive Forty: ‘Sink/Let It Sway’ by Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Furtive Forty: “What Good Am I?” by Tom Jones
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “Gla*n*d All Over” by The Budget Girls
“Accept Yourself (Live at the Fighting Cocks, Moseley 3/6/83)” by The Smiths
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
13
Nov
2010
The Big Paws 13/11/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Bring the Light” by Beady Eye (it’s a free download)
“My Screen” (ft. Poni Hoax) by Black Devil Disco Club (it’s a free download)
“Shark Ridden Waters” by Gruff Rhys (it’s a free download)
“Goth BB” by †‡†
“My Life” by Hello Shark
The Time Tunnel:
- It was the year when it snowed in the Sahara Desert for 30 minutes.
- Ten shoppers died as the Manchester branch of Woolworth’s was seriously damaged by fire.
- McDonald’s introduces the Happy Meal in June.
- American President Jimmy Carter wss attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
- Odd numbered and therefore good, supposedly, or something Star Trek: The Motion Picture was Premiered at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
- The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
- Lumps were in evidence however on the first British nudist beach that was established in Brighton in this year
- Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at a school in San Diego, California, killing 2 faculty members and wounding 8 students. Her response to the action, “I don’t like Mondays,”
- It was the year that the Sony Walkman was released
- And the TV channel Entertainment Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, debuted.
- Philips demonstrates Compact Disc publicly for the first time, jam sales rise.
- Born: Australian singer Brody Dalle, drummer for the alternative band, Maroon 5 Matt Flynn, and famous Chinese weightlifter Tang Gonghong.
- Dead: Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller, and Loving You singer Minnie Riperton.
- The 1979 general election ended with a Conservative victory and Margaret Thatcher the country’s first female prime minister.
“Guns of Brixton” by The Clash (1979)
“Limit To Your Love” by James Blake
“See Birds (Moon)” by Balam Acab
“Spark” by Grand Lake (it’s a free download)
“Guacha Rekix (ft. Natalia Clavier, Grems, Disiz & Micro Coz)” by Son of Kick
“Continental” by Jonny (it’s a free download)
“Cherry Bomb” by Verbal & Yoon
“Lucidity” (Pilooski remix) by Tame Impala (it’s a free download)
“I’m Up On That” (ft. Homeboy Sandman) by Das Racist (it’s a free download)
Furtive Forty: “We Can’t Fly” by Aeroplane
Furtive Forty: “Infinity Guitars” by Sleigh Bells
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: ”*Rhyl-in* in the years” by Steely Dan – the winner: @hughesy6066
“IxC999″ by White Ring
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
6
Nov
2010
The Big Paws 06/11/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Something Is Not Right With Me” by DOA ft. Michael Davis from MC5 (it’s a free download)
“Nishio” by Lemaitre (it’s a free download)
“Last Year’s Disco Guitars” by Bishop Morocco (it’s a free download)
“By the Sea” by Laetitia Sadier
“Straight Up And Down” by The Brian Jonestown Masacre
“Nishio” by Lemaitre (it’s a free download)
“Last Year’s Disco Guitars” by Bishop Morocco (it’s a free download)
“By the Sea” by Laetitia Sadier
“Straight Up And Down” by The Brian Jonestown Masacre
The Time Tunnel:
- In this year British Airways was privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
- A squirrel closed down the New York Stock Exchange when it burrowed through a telephone line.
- Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — at last some R E S C P T E for her.
- In Nazi News, Rudolf Hess was found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison after committing suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex.
- In Nazi News, Klaus Barbie went on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
- In Nazi News The Walt Disney Company, and Jacques Chirac, signed the agreement to construct the 4,800 acre Euro Disney Resort
- It was the year that unknown perpetrators hijacked the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds,displaying a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask in what became known as the Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident.
- The World’s population reaches five billion people with a child born in Zagreb, Croatia, according to made up statistics from the United Nations.
- Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, was kidnapped in Beirut about to start 5 years of
- Born in this year were: hot but dull singer/songwriter Kate Nash, High School Musical’s Zac Efron, and Shad Gregory Moss also know as rapper Lil Bow Wow
- Died this year: Hairy Welsh football journeyman Trevor Hockey, actor and dancer Fred Astaire, and famous Singaporean composer, composer of Singapore’s national anthem Zubir Said
- October this year saw the Great Storm of 1987 when Hurricane-force winds hit much of South England, killing 23 people and injuring Rene out of Alo Alo
But what was the year?
“Where’s Captain Kirk?” by Spizz Energi (1987)
“Turn It Up’ by //TENSE//
“Boxer” by Lovers (it’s a free download)
“Demon Host” by Timber Timbre (it’s a free download)
“Old Age” by How I Quit Crack
“Chin Up” by Former Ghosts (it’s a free download)
“Habibi” by De Staat (it’s a free download)
“Heartache By Numbers” by Bryan Ferry
“Older Brother” by Pepper Rabbit (it’s a free download)
Furtive Forty: “Cocaine Blues” by Escort
Furtive Forty: “Me and the Devil” by Gil Scott-Heron
Vote now for your Furtive Forty of 2010…
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: ”*Savannah* Be Your (Prairie) Dog ” by Sid Vicious (winner: @nicktheowl)
“Round One (ft. Gucci Mane)” by Salem
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
23
Oct
2010
The Big Paws 23/10/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Typical Girls” by The Slits
“Walking/Thinking” by Peter Broderick
“Favourite Sun” by Tweak Bird
“All The Eastern Girls” (Breton Remix) by Chapel Club (#itsafreedownload)
“Never” (ft. Dave Young) by Laws & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (#itsafreedownload)
The Time Tunnel:
- Good year for old men, bad year for bathtubs, the pilot episode of the longest-running comedy series in the world Last of the Summer Wine was broadcast.
- The World Trade Center officially opened in New York City
- Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side of the Moon was released, the boring people about how good ti was started straight away.
- In Greece, the military junta abolished the monarchy and proclaimed a republic.
- The Sears Tower in Chicago was finished: it became the world’s tallest building.
- The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, a massive rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and The Band, attracted over 600,000, presumably stoned, music fans.
- The American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota. They later tried to take over Strained Groin, without success.
- It was the year of the Norrmalmstorg robbery, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.
- The United Nations recognized the independence of Guinea-Bissau “oh, hi, I didn’t see you there”.
- Chile broke diplomatic contacts with Sweden, which must have been a blow.
- New to the World in this year: Kula Shaker ponce Crispian Mills, roadside deffocator Paula Radcliffe, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin
- Late for this World in this year were: American World War I flying ace and racing driver Eddie Rickenbacker, Kung-Fu king Bruce Lee and famous Second sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Golwalkar
- Millennium 1973, a festival hosted by Guru Maharaj Ji in Huston is called by supporters the “most significant event in human history”.
- But what was the year?
“Pool Hall Richard” by Faces (1973)
“Lying” by Factory Floor
“Number 41″ by Dosh
“I Like My Mice (Dead)” by Mildred and the Mice
“What Do I Do Now” by Metronomy (#itsafreedownload)
“Crystalline” by Chrome Hoof (#itsafreedownload)
“I Fought The Law…” by Necro Deathmort
New To Me: “Zulu Nation Throwdown” by Afrika Bambaataa Zulu Nation Cosmic Force
“Shannon Ain’t Dead (She’s Under My Bed)” by Kunt and the Gang
“Disappearances” by Voice of the Seven Thunders
“Yes I Walked Alone” by Health and Efficiency
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “Jake the (J)Peg” by Rolf Harris
“I’m Not Your Boyfriend” by Gorillas on Drums (#itsafreedownload)
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
16
Oct
2010
The Big Paws 16/10/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Everybody needs someone to love” by Solomon Burke
“Mindlessnessless” by Hot Panda (it’s a freedownload)
“Imagine Hearts” by Ringo Deathstarr
“Trust” by Generationals
“Champ” by White Denim (it’s a freedownload)
The Time Tunnel:
- In this year Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller of the Red Army Faction were arrested in West Germany.
- The last U.S. ground troops were withdrawn from Vietnam.
- Alex Comfort‘s bestselling manual of beards and armpit sniffing The Joy of Sex was published.
- Norway rejected membership in the European Economic Community.
- It was the year of Cod War: Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home stationed the Royal Navy protect British trawlers off Iceland.
- Witch-based sitcom Bewitched <pause> with Elizabeth Montgomery aired its final episode.
- Computer game maker Atari was founded and released the seminal arcade version of Pong, the first game to achieve commercial success.
- Eugene Cernan was the last person to walk on the moon, from Apollo 17. The last manned mission to the moon of the 20th Century.
- This year was designated The International Year of the Book by UNESCO.
- and Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American chess champion in the “Match of the Century”.
- Hatched in this year were: Saved by The Bell’s Elizabeth Berkley, pocket sized Z-lister Sarah Cawood, and Portuguese galactico Luís Figo,
- Despatched in this year were: 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman, and famous Hungarian biophysicist, poet Ezra Pound, Georg von Békésy, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
- In October this year The Black September hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 727 over Turkey, demanding the release of comrades still held for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the this years 1972 Olympic Games.
- But what was the year?
“Jesus” by Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1972)
“Hung Markets” by Seams (it’s a freedownload)
“Synchronize” (ft. Jarvis Cocker) by Discodeine (it’s a freedownload)
“The Headmaster Ritual” by Janice Whaley
“Maiden Goes To Bollywood (Iron Maiden vs Dhoom 2)” by Wax Audio
“White Lines” by DD:MM:YYYY
“Helicopter” (Diplo & Lunice mix) by Deerhunter (it’s a freedownload)
New To Me: “Kray Twins” by Mo-Dettes
“Everything Is Contagious” by Myelin Sheaths
“Salt and Sea” by Lazerbeak (it’s a free download)
“Shiny Spaceship” by 8-Bit Ninjas
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time:
“You’re The One That I Want” by Angus & Julia Stone
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
9
Oct
2010
The Big Paws 09/10/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” by Karen O
“Sometimes” by Britney Spears
“Tip the Can” by The Cast of Cheers (it’s a free download)
“Sun Demon” by Stereolab (it’s a free download)
“Surrender” [ft. Björk] by Ólöf Arnalds
“Apply” by Glasser (it’s a free download)
The Time Tunnel
- In this year figure skating Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from rival skater Tonya Harding
- Knob-knifer Lorena Bobbitt wss found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges of mutilating her husband John.
- Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” was stolen from a gallery in Oslo
- Kurt Cobain the ‘hate himself and want to die” songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, was found dead at his Lake Washington home
- Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna was killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix
- “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must aquit” OJ Simpson was cleared of murder
- It turned out nice again for George Foreman who won the WBA and IBF World Heavyweight Championships by KO’ing Michael Moorer and became the oldest heavyweight champion in history.
- It was the year that the first passengers traveled through the Channel Tunnel.
- Home Secretary Michael Howard announced that Myra Hindley would serve a whole life tariff for the Moors Murders of the 1960s.
- Fire destroyed Norwich Central Library, including most of its obviously important historical records about tractors and sheep.
- Slapped by the midwife in this year were: Canadian(? )singer Justin Bieber, faller Tom Daley and about to play the lead singer in The Ruanways Dakota Fanning
- Those with soil falling over their heads in this year were: TV’s The Joker Cesar Romero, funny fat man John Candy and Sierra Leonean diplomat, UN official and author Abioseh Nicol,
- Woodstock ’94 was held in Saugerties, New York. It was the 25-year anniversary of Woodstock in 1969.
“Stay Together” by Suede – 1994
“King of the Bongo” (Breaks remix) by Manu Chau & Portishead
“Electric Prawn” by Dumbo Gets Mad (it’s a free download)
“Sixteen Shades of Black & Blue” by Fujiya & Miyagi
“Hello Dude” by Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Godzilla (it’s a free download)
“One In Ten” by UB40
“Hypnoprism” by Momus
“Yang Yang” by Anika (it’s a free download)
New To Me: “Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)” by My Little Lover
“Money” (The Alchemist Remix) by Easy Star All-stars (it’s a free download)
UFFIE – Difficult from Uffie on Vimeo.
“Difficult” by Uffie
“Any Fool Can Fall In Love” by David Devant and his Spirit Wife
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “F*** The *Perineum*” “2K Plant Hire
“I Want To Live In Hotels” by The Peter O’Tooles (it’s a free download)
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
