The Big Paws 15/08/09 – Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” – ParryGrip
“Mum” by Marina & Soko
“Hypersonic” by Fluffy
“Constellations” by Darwin Deez
“Night Swimmer” by Beth Jeans Houghton
“Animals” by KIT
Tiiiime Tunnel:
- MTV was launched on cable TV in the United States.
- The Sarawak Chamber was discovered in Borneo
- Police arrested Stuart Sutcliffe on suspicion of being The Yorkshire Ripper, realised they’d got an ex-Beatle and arrested Peter
- The actor Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States
- Norway had a new Prime Minister as Gro Harlem Brundtland took the fishy helm
- Austrailian Rupert Murdoch bought The Times and The Sunday Times for £12 million.
- Muhammad Ali lost to Trevor Berbick in what proved to be his last fight
- The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the jōyō kanji, a list of 1,945 characters to be taught in Japanese schools.
- Simon and Garfunkel performed in front of half a million people in Central Park, New York.
- Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from Britian
- Spawned in this year, poor man’s Steve McManaman Owen Hargreaves, SexyBack singer Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton the slut named after a hotel
- Expiring in this year: Rock Around the Clock rocker Bill Haley; reggae cash cow Bob Marley; and Geirr Tveitt, the famous Norwegian composer of the well-known opera Dragaredokko.
- And the boys and girls of Bucks Fizz sang their way to winning 1981 Eurovision Song Contest
1981: “Pretend” by Alvin Stardust
“Cruel Intentions” by Simian Mobile Disco feat. Beth Ditto
“Ruby Go Home” by Thee Oh Sees (via Plugged)
“Die Slow” by Health
“Borderline” by The Flaming Lips with Stardeath And White Dwarfs
“Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. remix)” Das Racist & Wallpaper
“Gardens Of The South” by Sleeping States Free download
“Doctorin’ The House” by Coldcut
Gavin’s Northern Soul Experience
“More And More” by Little Milton
“Ace Of Toyota” by The Royal Fingers
“Basic Space” by The xx
“Bonnie and Clyde ” by Serge Gainsbourg avec Brigitte Bardot
Songs to vacuum to: “Handle With Care” by The Travelling Wilburys
“I’m Waiting For The Man” by Vanessa Paradis
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time