January 2010
1 post
Podcast... →
We used to podcast the show a few years back.We are now relaunching the podcast with highlights from previous shows.Just up are a couple of interviews from December last year…First up a phone…
September 2009
7 posts
Track for Thatcher's dispatch download... →
You can download this show’s “Track For Thatcher’s Dispatch” track, The Keg Vultures: Thatcher Statue Decapitator (from the “bendy straw brain massage and spiritual dry cleaning” LP),…
September 10th Playlist →
SEPTEMBER 10TH Playlist: Public Image Limited: Public Image (Single) Virgin The Slits: In the Beginning, There Was Rhythm (Single) Y Records/ Rough Trade Mark Stewart: Mr. You’re a Better Man Than I…
August 27th Playlist →
AUGUST 27TH Playlist: Dead Kennedys: California Über Alles (Single) Fast Product Sonic Boom Six: Polished Chrome And Open Kitchens (City of Thieves LP) Rebel Alliance The King Blues: The Streets Are…
August 13th Playlist →
AUGUST 13TH Playlist: McCarthy: Get A Knife Between Your Teeth (Single) Midnight Music Alun Parry interview featuring: Alun Parry: We Can Make The World Stop (We Can Make The World Stop LP) Irregular…
September 3rd Playlist →
SEPTEMBER 3RD Playlist: Sonic Boom Six: Back 2 Skool (City of Thieves LP) Rebel Alliance Ste McCabe: Taxpayers (Hate Mail LP) Cherryade Records Guests Tomboi and David from Pride Is A Protest *…
September 10th Playlist →
Well, here’s the latest playlist to bring the mySpace blog up to date!Be sure to check out the website for more links, news and stuff.The playlists over there seem to get updated quicker than the…
Track For Thatcher's Dispatch... →
Sometimes you have an idea which you think is a good one.To think of Margaret Thatcher related tracks which we can play whilst we wait for her to pop her clogs/ kick the bucket/ die!Well over a year…
August 2009
5 posts
Tracks for Thatch's Dispatch (Updated) →
Crass: Powerless With A GuitarElvis Costello: Tramp The Dirt DownDanbert Nobacon: Flesh and Blood and FeelingsThe Specials: Ghost TownChomsky Allstars: So LongSean Brady: The Thatcher SongBucks Fizz:…
August 6th Playlist →
Coming soon ;)
July 30th Playlist Now Online →
The Mekons: Ghosts of American Astronauts (So Good It Hurts LP) Touch and Go Eastfield: God’s Plastic Railway (Express Train To Doomsville LP) Baszdmeg David Ferrard: Hard Times Come Again No More…
July 23rd Playlist Now Online →
Sonic Boom Six: Sound Of A Revolution (Arcade Perfect LP) Rebel Alliance Bob Marley: Get Up, Stand Up (Single) Island Badger The Hermit: My Mancunian Way Robb Johnson and the Irregulars: Anarchy in…
Reminder: This week's guest Alun Parry →
A quick reminder that this week’s guest is Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Alun Parry.Alun will, no doubt, be playing tracks live in the studio as well as talking about his politics and music…
July 2009
11 posts
What's On →
Friday 31st JulyBike Friday8.00am From Levenshulme Station and various other points into Manchester.Bike Friday Launch8.30am Albert SquareMore info:http://www.bikefriday.org/Critical Mass6.00pm…
"Margaret Thatcher Lives In Ronald... →
It’s been a few shows since I updated the list of tracks we’ve played in the “Tracks For Thatch’s Dispatch” section of the show so here goes…The Danbert Nobacon track starts with the great…
Just announced: Alun Parry as Guest 13th August... →
Find out more about Alun and the Working Class Music Festival he is organising in Liverpool in September at:
http://parrysongs.co.uk
and
http://www.workingclassmusic.org.uk/
July 16th Playlist Now Online →
A few week’s behind schedule but here’s the playlist for the July 16th show.I’ll post the July 23rd playlist as soon as I get it.I wasn’t there and couldn’t listen… but I know that Spike and Lauren…
From Manchester to Spain Booklet Published →
The Working Class Movement Library has published a booklet dedicated to the men and women of Greater Manchester who went to the aid of the Spanish people in their fight against fascism in the 1930s,…
What's On Guide →
Saturday 18th JulyLove Music Hate Racism will join the Unite against Fascism campaign for a special joint national conference in Manchester on Saturday 18th July. ‘Stop Britains Nazis’ will bring…
THis week's playlist now online →
Playlist: The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty) (The Queen Is Dead LP) Rough Trade Chomsky Allstars: So Long (Single Pre-Release) Al Baker and the Dole Queue: Thank God I’m…
Tonight's Playlist Now Online :) →
Here the playlist for this evening’s show…July 2ndPlaylist: Ian Brown: Kiss Ya Lips (No I.D.) (Solarize LP) Seething Wells: Tough Tonka Toys for Boys / Tetley Bittermen (The Rising Son of Ranting…
Steven Wells →
Just a track by Steven/ Seething Wells who died recently.You can read about Steven on Chumbawamba’s blog:http://www.chumba.com/blog/index.php?itemid=12
Bucks Fucking Fizz? →
I thought it was time to update the list of tracks we’ve played in the “Tracks For Thatcher’s Dispatch” section of the show.It’s been a mixed bunch such that when we played Bucks Fizz The Land of…
Catching Up With Playlists →
It’s been a while since I last updated the mySpace blog with playlists so (deep breath) here goes starting with last week’s show…June 25thPlaylist:Against Me!: A Brief Yet Triumphant Introduction /…
June 2009
1 post
Tonight's Guest: Steve Chandrasonic from Asian... →
News just in that tonight’s guest will be Steve Chandrosonic from Asian Dub Foundation.For more information see: http://www.asiandubfoundation.com/
May 2009
11 posts
May 21st Playlist Now Online →
Inner Terrestrials: Off With Their Heads (X LP) Mortarhate (Also appears on The Defy ID Vol 1: Benefit Compilation LP)Ste McCabe interview featuring:Ste McCabe: Public Debate (Murder Music LP)…
Thanks :) →
Last Thursday was a busy show.In the first half we had STe McCabe and STef (AKA Piano Fingers) as guests.In the second hour we had STurgeon from the STar Fucking Hipsters fresh from his gig at…
What's On/ Gig Guide →
Ongoing:Campaign Against Depleted Uranium/ ICBUW Photography ExhibitionCentral LibrarySunday 24th May:Asian Dub Foundation7.30pm Manchester AcademySubhumans8.00pm Star and GarterTuesday 26th…
May 14th Playlist now online →
A little late, as our next show is tomorrow, but here’s last week’s playlist:Playlist:The Smiths: Meat Is Murder (Meat Is Murder LP) Rough TradeChris Butler: Celebrity Bus Crash (Irritant LP) Sore…
May 7th Playlist Now Online →
Thanks to Chris Butler for coming up from Belper on last night’s show to chat, play some live songs and a few tracks off his last two CDS… Both of which are available from the lovely folk at Four…
April 16th Playlist Now Online →
We took a week off, so no show on April 9th, but April 16th our guest was Robb Johnson.We had hoped to get Robb in the studio after his show at the Saki Bar in Rusholme but he had to get off straight…
This week's guest: Chris Butler →
Hello all,a reminder that our guest on this week’s show is Chris Butler.(Check out his website at http://www.butler1389.fsnet.co.uk/ and his newish mySpace…
April 30th Playlist Now Online →
Yes!Finally up to date with the playlists…:)Playlist:The King Blues: I Got Love (Single) Field RecordingsMorrissey: Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Single) PolydorThe Smiths: I Keep My Hidden…
April 23rd Playlist Now Online →
Here is the playlist for the April 23rd show:Playlist:Crass: Shaved Women (Single) CrassJeffrey Lewis: Systematic Death (12 Crass Songs LP) Rough TradeThe Clash: English Civil War (Single)…
April 2nd Playlist Now Online →
Just a month late here’s a list of what we played on April 2nd.Our guest was Tim, one of the people behind the Mule, a paper offering news with a kick!We bullied Tim into playing a track from his…
March 26th Playlist Now Online →
I’ve not updated the updated the playlists for a while so here goes…No guests for this show but our track for Thatcher’s Dispatch from Test Dept probably has one of the longest titles of owt we’ve…
April 2009
5 posts
What's On →
Until Friday 24th AprilI Bike Manchester Festival across the citySee: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=annual-festival-2009Saturday 18th April7.30pm-2.00am Mule at the Mill with To Sofia, Box Kid and The…
No Show 9th April: Next Show 16th April: Guest:... →
Next show: Thursday 16th April 2009 (We are taking a one week break so no show on April 9th) Guest: Robb Johnson TBC NOTE: Robb Johnson and the Irregulars plus Aidan Jolly, Al Baker and Andrzej…
Just confirmed! Tonight's guest! The Mule... →
Just confirmed that our guest for tonight’s show are the editors of The Mule: News with a kick.Unfortunately they didn’t make it last week but we are giving them a second chance :)For more info see:…
What's On →
Until Friday 24th AprilI Bike Manchester Festival across the citySee: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=annual-festival-2009Friday 3rd AprilDas Boton, Cissy & Stray Dog Cafe at The Rampant Lion, Anson Road,…
Dissident Island Radio Reports from G20 →
Go to http://www.dissidentisland.org/ to listen live and check out the archives.
March 2009
11 posts
Gig Guide and What's On... →
Friday 27th March:6.00pm Critical Mass Meet Outside Central LIbraryFriday 27th March:8.00pm-3.30am I Bike Manchester Festival Launch at Islington Mill, James Street, Salford M3 5HW (we bike Salford…
March 19th Playlist Now Online →
Playlist:The Clash: Career Opportunities (The Clash LP) CBSCracked Cop Skulls: 1824 Overture (Barricades and Broken Dreams: An International Tribute to Conflict Compilation LP)Antidote: We Support…
This week's guests: The Mule Newspaper →
Just found out that folks from the Mule, news with a kick, are this week’s guests!Check out the website at: http://themule.info/:)
Permaculture →
Jules, one of this evening’s guests, sent us this link to this Permaculture video on YouTube :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmW4nIgjkb4
Gigs and What's On Guide →
Saturday 21st March:”Join us for a rally at noon in Albert Square outside Manchester Town Hall with speakers from No Borders, the Anarchist Federation Manchester, No One Is Illegal, the Manchester…
This week's guests: Manchester Permaculture... →
Just announced.Our guests for this week (Thursday 19th March) are Rob, Zoe and Jules from Manchester Permaculture Network.
Tracks For Thatcher's Dispatch Update →
Regular, and irregular, listeners to the show will know that we have a section on the show called “Tracks For Thatcher’s Dispatch” where we include a Margaret Thatcher related track whilst we wait…
March 12th Playlist Now Online →
Playlist:Mongrel: Bar Code (Better Than Heavy LP) Wall of SoundMark Stewart: Loner (Edit LP) Crippled Dick Hot WaxAsian Dub Foundation with Benjamin Zephaniah: Riddim I Like (Community Music LP)…
March 5th Playlist Now Online →
Playlist:Conflict: The Arrest (The Ungovernable Force LP) MortarhateMDC: No More Cops (Now More Than Ever LP) MDCAl Baker and the Dole Queue: Thank God I’m An Atheist (Demo)The Loved Ones: Johnny 99…