When I used to present Where The Action Is I would put the playlists up on the Jocknroll blog, as well as on the “Where The Action Is” Facebook page. I also present, on an irregular basis, a show called Planet Pop. During term-time – I’m currently a radio student – I broadcast the show from Adam Smith College’s own radio station, which goes out to the world via K-Town FM. This summer I’ve agreed to broadcast three episodes of Planet Pop live from the K-Town studios in Kinglassie while Where The Action Is, currently broadcasting vix Mixcloud, takes a much needed summer vacation.
While Where The Action Is tends to focus on the less well-known tracks from the late 50s through to the early 70s, Planet Pop is a multi-decade show based around a specific theme each week. On each edition of the show we take a track from the previous episode of the show, play it again and build a brand new theme around it. Previous themes have included Planets, Eurovision, Literature, Long Songs, 80s Electronica, Countries, Transport, Hand Claps and, last week, Days of the Weeks.
The show doesn’t have as many regualr features as Where The Action Is but I do play a Jocknroll triumverate, no matter the theme, as well as three tracks throughout the show on a related theme to the main theme. Here’s is the playlist for today’s show, which went out between 2 and 4 pm:
The Frantics – Fog Cutter (Dolton 1959)
Stamford Bridge – Happiness and Rainy Days (Monument 1970) (Brought forward from last show)
Sergeant – Sunshine (Shy Recordings 2008)
London Phogg – The Times To Come (A&M 1969)
BMX Bandits – Foggy (Rev-ola 2007)
Jonny – Circling The Sun (Alsatian/Turnstile 2011)
Billie Davis – Billy Sunshine (Decca 1969)
Lesley Gore – Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows (Mercury 1965)
10,000 Maniacs – Like The Weather (Elektra 1987) WEATHER 1
Rainbow – I Surrender (Polydor 1981)
My Bloody Valentine – Paint a Rainbow (Lazy 1987)
Close Lobsters – I’m Going To Heaven To See If It Rains (Fire 1986)
The Factotums – Cloudy (Pye 1967)
The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud (Decca 1965)
Mark Wirtz – (He’s Our Dear Old) Weatherman (Parlophone 1968) WEATHER 2
John Leyton -Thunder and Lightning (HMV 1961)
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – Born To Lose (Track 1977)
Silver Sun – Golden Skin (Polydor 1997)
Camera Obscura – Honey In The Sun (4AD 2009) JOCKNROLL
The Wake – English Rain (Sarah 1991) JOCKNROLL
Marmalade – Bad Weather (CBS 1971) JOCKNROLL
I Am Kloot – Morning Rain (We Love You 2001) TWO OF A KIND
I Am Kloot – Sunlight Hits The Snow (We Love You 2001) TWO OF A KIND
The Weather Prophets – Almost Prayed (Creation 1986) WEATHER 3
Big Country – The Storm (Mercury 1983)
Stormy Petrel – Hello Hello Hello (CBS 1971)
Andy Williams – Windy (Columbia 1968)
Clodagh Rodgers – Wind of Change (RCA 1971)
Fountains of Wayne – Traffic and Weather (S-Curve 2007)
The Popguns – Lightning (Midnight Music 1991)
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun (Slash 1983)
The Love Affair – Rainbow Valley (CBS 1968)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Love is Like a Heat Wave (Gordy 1983)
The Tornados – Globetrotter (Decca 1963)
I was ably assisted on today’s show by my daughter, who also did a couple of links for me.
The next edition of Planet Pop will be on Thursday 26 July 2012. So do tune in to find out what the new theme will be. Remember, it relates to a track I played in today’s show.
