Thursday 21 October 2010

New (ish) show on Nightbreed Radio

November. Not an unusual month by any means, and carries no particular highlights (apart from my birthday-send me anything you like as long as it's cash), so it seems a good idea to break the cycle of its mundanity for once, and of that which has been quietly niggling away at the back of my mind with Fadeout.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm on average, quite happy with how the show has been going for the past three years, but while I have the space and flexibility to try something a little bit different in the format and the motivation to try it out, I'll do exactly that.
From Sunday 7th November 2010, Nightbreed Radio will play host to a new monthly show which will replace Fadeout's weekly airing, though Fadeout will air as normal on Phoenix Radio in the usual weekly format. It's an exerimental move for me, and if it doesn't work out then I'll simply put Fadeout back on the roster for Nightbreed.
Having racked my brains & agonised at length about a new show name, I decided on...The Other Fadeout Show.
It was funny at the time, and I appreciate how it gets steadily unfunnier the more time goes on, but as working titles go, it's at least accurate.
If I decide to change the show name in the future (likely) I'll let you know, but I'm still planning to have it aired at 8.00pm GMT every Sunday evening, just as Fadeout currently is being aired.
"The Other Fadeout Show" if of course, will be quite similar in feel to Fadeout, except each show will be aired for a whole month because (a) uploading a new show to the Radionomy server every week actually takes longer than the show lasts, and (b) unlike Fadeout, you've got more chance of catching the show 'on air' which will be the only option you'll have of hearing it as I'm not planning on releasing the show as a podcast.
Musically I'll be broadening the spectrum a little bit, though I'll still be keeping the Goth/Dark Alternative spirit of Fadeout alive within it.
I also see the show playing host to some great interviews I've aired in the past, so if you missed out on hearing Rogue from The Cruxshadows, Toyah Willcox, Voltaire, Fields Of The Nephilim, Peter Murphy, you'll get your chance to hear it again in the coming months.
The first instalment of The Other Fadeout Show will be scheduled for Sunday 7th November (my birthday, hint hint) at 8.00pm GMT. Please feel free to tune in and feel even more free to give me feedback on what you hear-did you like it, hate it were'nt able to tell the difference from any other Fadeout show?
To a certain degree your feedback will dictate what happens in the future. Right now I'm playing with ideas and feeling a little creative & inspired, so God only knows what I'll come up with next...

Sunday 3 October 2010

Follow Friday.

There's a (bloody annoying) thing on Twitter called Follow Friday, denoted by the hashtag #FF.

It's one day in the week (Friday, obviously) where you recommend people you follow or who are following you to others.Strictly speaking by now, the whole concept of #FF should be redundant, because the point of saturation where everyone you follow now follows each other must have been met months ago.

But still, like sheep, we repeat the whole process over and over again without fail out of some misguided duty, like sending Christmas cards to relatives you don't even see once a year.
Depending on how long your #FF list is, it could take you all day to carry out the ritual. Who's got that amount of time on their hands? I know I don't...

Twitter's concept of making 'lists' for jobs like this is, like Twitter itself on occasion, frustratingly unusable.So this is why I've created this comprehensive #FF list of my own, and rather than type out every individual's name every week, I'll just post a link to this blog, adding & taking away names where I see appropriate.

If I've missed anyone out who consider themselves worthy of it, let me know.
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DJ's & Radio Stations:


NightbreedRadio
ukphoenixradio
DJ_Wolfman
DJmartinoldgoth
DjPoUk
ANKST
darklord1
KITTYLECTRO
miss_bomb
jimallthetime
DJ_Ghostuk
DJ_Mirage
jgwr
Pierssix
arabwel
insideoutcast
MewWave
Dark80s
Synth80s
DarksideRadio
choronzon333
DJMumin
DarkAsylumRadio
DJ_PARALLAX"
DJCandyUSA
DJDerfel



Other people of notable recommendation:


gothtart
WillFlanders
gothday
mekanoset
GroovingInGreen
youshriek
latexrecords
deadstuffgrum
GeminiiGlitz
ktglitz
nephthys_1
xlaetizia
Trig666
chaos_rocks
valdary
echoedruins
ChristopherChew
corrileefaux
RivetheadRasta
spaldingpie
madoldgoth
AnaisAngel
megatron_bison
MoodyEve
gothicbydesign
Quimeramusic
AnneSudworth
Mitch1984
GeminiiGlitz
jasoncmiller
HansRadtke
BryanReesman
LaBaticueeva
BethanyBlack
abigolightly
NightbreedRecs
jemimaSiosal
BEMYENEMY
mrjimBob
WGWGothWeekend

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