May252013

The Heptones - Country Boy

I think you’ll agree that this current run of the Saturday Morning Skank Spot has been an outstanding one. Sadly, it comes to an end with this 1974 track. The feature will return at an unspecified point in the future. (54 plays)

May222013

This Hungarian film from a few years ago was part of a campaign to encourage people to cycle to work. While other campaigns go on earnestly about the health benefits of cycling, this one takes a different angle by suggesting that if you cycle, you will have better sex.

5PM
Bollard (at Avenue Primary School)

Bollard (at Avenue Primary School)

May202013
May192013
10AM
You’ll be relieved to learn that the vandalised creepy bollards have now been replaced (at Avenue Primary School)

You’ll be relieved to learn that the vandalised creepy bollards have now been replaced (at Avenue Primary School)

May182013
My Tumblr friend Ed has very kindly sent me some jars of his home-made jellies (they’d probably be called ‘jams’ in the UK) made from produce from his own garden. Ed suggested that his garlic jelly would go well with Marmite, so I tried the two toppings together on a red onion and chive bagel. I am not exaggerating when I say that the result was a taste sensation. The garlic jelly has a mellow flavour redolent of roast garlic rather than the pungency of the raw stuff and it complements the Marmite perfectly. Many thanks, Ed.

My Tumblr friend Ed has very kindly sent me some jars of his home-made jellies (they’d probably be called ‘jams’ in the UK) made from produce from his own garden. Ed suggested that his garlic jelly would go well with Marmite, so I tried the two toppings together on a red onion and chive bagel. I am not exaggerating when I say that the result was a taste sensation. The garlic jelly has a mellow flavour redolent of roast garlic rather than the pungency of the raw stuff and it complements the Marmite perfectly. Many thanks, Ed.

12PM

McKay - Take Me Over

I have recently discovered Don Letts’ Culture Clash Radio on BBC 6Music. It’s broadcast at an ungodly hour so I listen to it on the record facility on my DAB radio or on the iPlayer. It always features an enticing mix of musical genres, which you’d expect from the DJ who came to prominence by playing dub reggae sets at the earliest punk gigs.

On last week’s show I particularly enjoyed this track from Stephanie McKay, a singer-songwriter from the Bronx, and so decided to feature it on the Saturday Morning Skank Spot. It’s built around an extensive sample of Dave & Ansel Collins’ Double Barrel, so it can’t possibly fail to get you jigging around the kitchen.

(9 plays)

May162013
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