"I Used To Listen To This During Thunderstorms A Lot"

Another entertaining and enlightening episode of What's In My Bag? arrived on Monday, thsi time featuring Peaches aka Merrill Nisker.

I have relatively little music by Peaches and the majority of that is her remixes of other artists, but I'm always interested in what she's up to and this 12-minute dip into her shopping bag is no exception.

This one's quite heavy on music-related books and films, so I've added videos for four of her her picks, plus the title track of her seventh album, which arrived last month. All great choices, but I especially enjoyed Eartha Kitt's performance.

1) Sat In Your Lap: Kate Bush (1981)

2) See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: Diamanda Galás (1992)

3) I Want To Be Evil: Eartha Kitt (1962)

4) The Real Me: The Who (1979)

5) No Lube So Rude: Peaches (2026)

 

 

 

 

Twenty Five

This Dubhed selection was brought to you today by the letter T and the number 25, for no other reason than it's the twenty fifth day of the fifth month of the year twenty twenty five. 

The usual eclectic sounds here today, spanning dance, prog, psych, soul, rap and pop. You'll also find a few artists hidiing in plain sight, from the likes of Love And Money, Hawkwind, XTC and, er, Gary Numan's former backing band.

Oh. and a blistering version of 25th Floor by Patti Smith, which is just brilliant.

1) 25 Years: Sugartown (2018)

2) In The Year 2525 (Special Dance Mix) (Cover of Zager & Evans): Visage (1983)

3) 25 Hundred Friends: Coeo (2021)

4) Riding To Work In The Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (Alternate Version): The Flaming Lips (1997)

5) 25th Floor (Live @ The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV): Patti Smith Group (1978)

6) 25 Years (Single Version): Hawklords (1979)

7) 25 Minutes To Go (Live, Udine, Italy) (Cover of Shel Silverstein): Diamanda Galás (1996-97)

8) Twenty-Five Miles: Edwin Starr (1968)

9) Twenty Five Years: Saint Etienne (2012)

10) Oh! Twenty Twenty Five (7" Version): Dramatis (1981)

11) Under 25: Enny (2021)

12) 25 O'Clock: The Dukes Of Stratosphear (1985)

1968: Twenty-Five Miles EP: 8

1978: Live On The Old Grey Whistle Test 1978 (bootleg MP3): 5

1979: 25 Years EP: 6

1981: Oh! Twenty Twenty Five EP: 10

1983: Fade To Grey: The Singles Collection (Special Dance Mix Cassette): 2

1985: 25 O'Clock EP: 12

1998: Malediction And Prayer: 7

1999: Waitin' For A Superman EP: 4

2012: Words And Music By Saint Etienne: 9

2018: Goosebumps: 25 Years Of Marina Records: 1

2021: Support Ukraine Compilation: 3

2021: Under 25 EP: 11

Twenty Five (51:20) (KF) (Mega)