[Swprograms] Worth a listen: BBC Radio 4: MI6: A Century in the Shadows
Radio 4 has begun a three-part documentary series commemorating the 100-year anniversary of MI6, the UK's analog to the USA Central Intelligence Agency. Considering the importance that radio has played in the communication of information between field agents and headquarters, folks here might find it worth a listen. Bletchley Park - the codebreaking center for British intelligence - is mentioned in the first episode of the series. The first episode, Gadgets and Green Ink, is available on-demand until roughly 0900 UTC on Monday, August 3rd; that's when the second episode, Heroes and Villains, goes to air; that episode will then be available online for a week. Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ls8ll Richard -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
[Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] Speaking of BBC Radio 4...
And this suggestion back from the ODXA's Fred Waterer... Rich C -- Forwarded message -- From: Fred Waterer programming_matt...@yahoo.ca Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM Subject: [ODXA] Speaking of BBC Radio 4... To: o...@yahoogroups.com A fascinating program is available for a few more days, perhaps the best program I have heard in some time. It looks at the music scene in Cambodia in the late 60s and early 70s, and the development of Khmer Rock...a fusion of traditional Cambodian music and Western Rock and Roll, which at the time blasted across the border from Vietnam via AFVN (clips included). The result is a quirky rock music, often sounding like psychedelic garage bands. I've been surfing the net all day listening to and reading about this music which until yesterday I didn't know existed. Its also sobering to listen to the music and these artists, because after April 1975 almost all of them died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, in the infamous killing fields. All for the crime of Rock and Roll...for being artists, intellectuals, free thinkers and famous in a land being driven back into the middle ages. Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields (Duration: 30 minutes) Availability: 3 days left to listen Last broadcast on Tuesday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4. Synopsis Robin Denselow tells the story of Cambodia's rock and roll stars who emerged during the late 1960s with a new sound known as Khmer Rock. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, almost all these singers and musicians were killed, but they are still revered by Cambodians today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrv50 Fred Waterer __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:odxa-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:odxa-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: odxa-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] Speaking of BBC Radio 4...
I bet some of the music is taken from some of the Cambodian offerings of Sublime Frequencieshttp://www.sublimefrequencies.com/ This label, a project of Alan Bishop of the weirdo rock band, The Sun City Girls, has issued some really interesting recordings of music recorded off am, fm and shortwave radio. We've played some at the Listening Lounge. On Aug 1, 2009, at 4:06 AM, Richard Cuff wrote: And this suggestion back from the ODXA's Fred Waterer... Rich C -- Forwarded message -- From: Fred Waterer programming_matt...@yahoo.ca Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM Subject: [ODXA] Speaking of BBC Radio 4... To: o...@yahoogroups.com A fascinating program is available for a few more days, perhaps the best program I have heard in some time. It looks at the music scene in Cambodia in the late 60s and early 70s, and the development of Khmer Rock...a fusion of traditional Cambodian music and Western Rock and Roll, which at the time blasted across the border from Vietnam via AFVN (clips included). The result is a quirky rock music, often sounding like psychedelic garage bands. I've been surfing the net all day listening to and reading about this music which until yesterday I didn't know existed. Its also sobering to listen to the music and these artists, because after April 1975 almost all of them died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, in the infamous killing fields. All for the crime of Rock and Roll...for being artists, intellectuals, free thinkers and famous in a land being driven back into the middle ages. Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields (Duration: 30 minutes) Availability: 3 days left to listen Last broadcast on Tuesday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4. Synopsis Robin Denselow tells the story of Cambodia's rock and roll stars who emerged during the late 1960s with a new sound known as Khmer Rock. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, almost all these singers and musicians were killed, but they are still revered by Cambodians today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrv50 Fred Waterer __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:odxa-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:odxa-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: odxa-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
