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Category Archives: radio

RADIO TIMES

Think whatever you may about Tyler Brulé’s stunningly successful imprint Monocle – in terms of building a magazine as a brand with an integrated design agency and a whole roster of commercial collaborations under its belt, it’s become a prime example how it’s possible to combine a quality title with a commercial enterprise and still [...]

SOULA PANEL DISCUSSION

Now that you’ve seen us dancing to some unlikely tunes (last week, thanks to Chris Taylor), why not talk about Robert Sylvester Kelly for a minute: He may or may not be about to drop a memoir, amazingly titled Soula Coaster: The Diary Of Me (he is the true head of headlines, you know?), and [...]

CRANK POWERED AM/FM RADIO

If things go pear-shaped in the current economic climate and you can’t even afford batteries, at least you’ll be able to tune into this crank-powered radio. The Bamboo SAFE AM/FM radio by Lexon uses a dynamo powered by a crank – 2 minutes of cranking for 30 minutes of listening!

SOUTH LONDON ALIEN INVASION

Aliens don’t always land in the United States – Peckham, Camberwell and New Cross are quite likely too! Joe Cornish from my favourite radio show Adam & Joe on BBC 6 Music wrote and directed Attack the Block. It will be his first feature film and will be released the the UK on May 13th. [...]

WILD TALK

Few months ago, when blogging about this video from Everynone, I came to know Radiolab’s widely famous radio podcasts.
And that was it!
Since then I got caught in their web of highly developed narrative techniques and styles, sound games, and most of all, highly interesting subjects.
They start every podcast with a main subject on which they [...]

TEST SIGNALS

Radio is a timeless medium. Rather than disappearing beneath the relentless waves of technological revolution, radio has morphed and survived, becoming more diverse and accessible as it adapts to new broadcast environments.
Over the past two days, the Test Signals conference in Berlin has heard about radio’s latest mutations. One such development is Radio Aporee, a [...]

INBRUNST

Amazingly soothing, this feature w/ Beach House’s Victoria & Alex… what’s more, at 9.30 mins there’s a new version of Real Love, which is simply too good.

BAD NEWS FOR MODERN RADIO

BBC 6 Music stands alone in playlisting intelligent, challenging alternative music. Getting rid of it would be a travesty. Read more here.

ANTIPODEAN

While everybody in the Northern Hemisphere is worried about what else they can put on to feel warmer, our editor Sarah is on her way to Australia right now, where she can expect problems of the opposite kind: What else could I take off – it’s over 30 degrees!
There are some funny Australians who can [...]

SOGGY SCREENS

Our beloved friend Charlotte Roche will start in September co-hosting with our even more beloved friend, the very popular political journalist Giovanni di Lorenzo, 3 nach 9, which happens to be Germany’s very oldest talk show ever.
So, talk on! Or check this in German language only.