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Gideon Coe sits in

Shaun Keaveny is off for a week, so Gideon Coe sits in with the usual kicking playlist, running from northern soul to new folk, rock 'n' roll to indie disc and author Stephen Pile in after 9am

Shaun is off for a week so Gideon Coe sits in and once more does wonders for your ears from his impeccable taste in music. Gideon is joined live in studio by Matt Everitt for an irreverent take on the day's music news. And as for the soundtrack? We're talking...The Smiths, The Beatles, Friendly Fires, Bon Iver, Emmy The Great, A Tribe Called Quest, Bowie, Prince, MGMT...

All this plus authur Stephen Pile is in the studio after 9am to chat about his book The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures which is written in celebration of human inadequacy in all its forms. Anyone can be a success, but it takes real and original genius to foul up big time.

The former journalist for for the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph has filled the book with most spectacular and absurd failures of the last twenty-five years. There are 235 stories in total spread from the Outer Hebrides to America, Ireland, Australia, Europe and Africa. The Syrian entry, for example, holds the world record as the driver who got most lost under Sat-Nav direction (5000 miles). From the most driving test failures (959), the worst war correspondent (reporting from a broom cupboard), the worst robbery (when two different sets of bank robbers struck simultaneously) and the worst mugger (who left his victim $250 better off).

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Tue 29 Nov 2011 07:00
成人快手 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Strokes

    Last Nite

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Field Music

    (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing

    • Memphis Industries.

  • The Isley Brothers

    It's Your Thing

    • Global Television.

  • Warpaint

    Warpaint

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 2.

  • Public Image Ltd

    Rise

    • Virgin.

  • Wire

    Adapt

    • RED BARKED TREE.
    • Pink Flag.
    • 3.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1

    • Warner Bros.

  • Summer Camp

    Down

    • Apricot/Moshi Moshi.

  • Magazine

    A Song From Under The Floorboards

    • Virgin.

  • The Vaccines

    Wetsuit

    • COLUMBIA.

  • The Dickies

    Banana Splits

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure聽

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Ride

    Twisterella

    • IGNITION MUSIK.

  • Friendly Fires

    Blue Cassette

    • XL.

  • Gomez

    Airstream Driver

    • Eat Sleep Records.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Tighten Up

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Maps

    • Polydor.

  • The Flatmates

    I Could Be In Heaven

  • XTC

    Love on a Farmboy's Wages

    • Virgin.

  • DJ Shadow

    Scale It Back (feat. Little Dragon)

    • Island.

  • Scotty

    Draw Your Brakes

    • Santuary.

  • Yuck

    Get Away

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

    • Virgin.

  • Oasis

    Columbia

  • Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

    Senator

    • Domino.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Some Candy Talking

    • Blanco Y Negro.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    How Can U Luv Me?

    • True Panther Sounds.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Red Frame/White Light

    • Virgin.

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Midnight Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MUTE.
    • 1.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Like Smoke (feat. Nas)

    • Island.

  • The Undertones

    Get Over You (Peel Session 1978)

    • 成人快手 Radio 1 Peel Sessions.
    • EMI.
    • 14.

  • PLANK!

    Pig Sick

    • Static Caravan.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Lively Up Yourself

    • Tuff Gong.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Nov 2011 07:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music