Simon's blog

This Saturday, the 21st January, Waiheke Radio is pleased to announce the return to the airwaves of - Simon & El on the Saturday Breakfast Show.

Yep, we're back, you couldn't keep us away!  To be honest we tried but they just wouldn't let us so we'll be back on-air this coming Saturday with your usual mix of quality upbeat tunes, a review of the week in the papers, regular opportunities to take the mickey out of local personalities and a few new bits to keep us on our toes too.

We're really looking forward to being back in your house on a Saturday morning so tune in 8-10am if are having a lie-in or you're just chillin with the kids, or maybe you have a hangover or perhaps even you've  scored the previous night? Whatever's going on turn on your radio to Waieke Radio we'll sort out your Saturday morning!!

Cheers

Simon & El

Hour 1
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Motorhead - Bomber
Foo Fighters - Rope
Wolfmother - Joker & the thief
Tame Impala - Solitude Of Bliss
Faith no more - We Care alot
Lemon Jelly - The Shouty Track

This weeks Featured band Soulwax 3 tracks

Soulwax - Any Minute Now
Soulwax - much against everyone's advice
Soulwax - Too many dj's

Hole - Celebrity Skin
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever Happened To My Rock & Roll
Tame Impala - Why won't you make up your mind
Can - I want more

Hour 2
Rush - The Spirit of Radio
Garageland - Finger pops
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Black Sabbath - Neon Nights
AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Muse - Supermassive black hole
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Get Ready To Fly
The Beta Band - It's not too beautiful
Polyphonic Spree - Lithium (Nirvana cover)

Rock show extras (it all gets a bit vague from this point in)

Led Zeppelin - The song remains the same
Wishbone Ash - Jailbait
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Dust Galaxy - Come hear the trumpets (BTWS re-animation)
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Mountain - ?????????
Paul McCartney & Wings - ?????????
Paul McCartney - Temporay Secretary
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Listen here - http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz/rockontherock (one week from 27/8/11)
 

Join Derby & Joan as they take you through the 2011 Rugby World Cup with their Crouch Touch Pause Engage show on Wednesday nights from 7pm-8pm. Our first show  starts Wednesday 7th September.

There'll be match reviews, news, sporting stories's from our overseas reporters from the UK and Europe, plus our regular guest Vern Whitehead from the Waiheke Rugby Club. There will be other local faces and hopefully a special guest appearance from Andy Gommersall OBE ex England World Cup Winner (2003) who will be commentating in New Zealand.

Watch out for both of us as we will be around the Island  looking to interview Fans from around the World for their thoughts on the competition and our Paradise island.

And don't forget Joan's Knitting report it can't be ignored

An unusual choice for 'Album's that changed everything' this week as Simon (again) selects a ground-breaking and genre-busting DJ mix CD from Belgium's Dewaeles brothers - '2manydjs - As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2'.

Created using Pro Tools editing software the album consists of 46 remixed tracks and samples by a series of diverse artists - Dolly Parton into Rokysopp? Destiny's Child and 10cc, Early New Order vs. Detroit Grand Pubahs? Surerly not! 
 Also included are The Velvet underground, Basement Jaxx, Iggy and Stooges, Prince, The Cramps and ELO amongst others, all beautifully interwoved with underground electronica artists of the time.

As heard on Radio soulwax Part 2'  turned out to be THE genre defying album of it's time and reset the standard by which DJ's played in clubs AND on Mix CDs but most of all it was just a lot of fun.

Tune in to Waiheke Radio, 9pm Thursday (and repeated Sunday 2pm) to see what all the fuss is about.

Tracklisting

This week on Waiheke Radio see's the start of a brand new show 'Album's that Changed Everything'. 

Most of us at Waiheke Radio are here playing tunes each week because we love music, no question. But we also realised that there were certain album's that we'd heard that totally changed the direction we were headed in, or indeed in some cases album's that changed our lives completely.

So we've decided to showcase these classic albums and our resident DJ's/Hosts have some fabulous shows lined up for you in the coming weeks. Album's from Otis Redding to The Beastie Boys, from The Smiths to The Orb, from Screamadelica to Led Zeppelin IV,  PIL and The Velvet Underground. 

We have many weeks of shows lined up over the winter but eventually we intend to throw open the show to all Waiheke residents, so if you have an album that stands out for you that you'd like to showcase on Waiheke Radio then please contact us at admin@waihekeradio.org.nz and we can discuss ways in which your 'Album that changed everything' can get out on the airwaves.

Tune in - Album's that Changed Everything starts this Thursday night, 9pm