Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out show 40

Normal service is resumed after last week's nostalgia fest. This week features a brand spanking new interview with artist Mitch McEwen, plus an archive chat in the van with Fifth Column, as well as an array of tunes and a tribute to Janis Joplin marking the 40th anniversary of her death.

Odd Girl Out: show 39

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A celebration of my 20 years in the journo biz exploring women's/wimmin's/womyn's culture. So, a stroll through the archive, with a selection of music by artists I have interviewed, punctuated by readings from my printed work. Thanks for the memories.

Show 39; 23/9/10, repeated 26/9/10
L7—Fuel My Fire
The Breeders—Do You Love Me Now?
K. McCarty—Oh, No!
Leila—Be Clowns
Katharine Gifford—interview
Snowpony—Three Can Keep a Secret If Two Are Dead
Barbara Manning—Rickity Tikity Tin
Lung Leg—Theme Park
Josie Cotton—Johnny, Are You Queer?
Tribe 8—Censor This
Kenickie—Walrus
Concrete Blonde—Someday?
Lois—The Trouble With Me
Bjork—Come to Me
Juliana Hatfield—Lost and Saved
Lucinda Williams—Crescent City
Quickspace—The Flat Moon Society
Belly—Trust in Me
Bachelorette—interview
Bachelorette—Her Rotating Head
Moe Tucker—Talk So Mean
The Delgados—Thirteen Gliding Principles
Velocette—Where Are We?
Shonen Knife—Bear Up Bison
Phranc—'64 Ford
The Hangovers—Duck Song
Kristen Hall—Empty Promises
Electrelane—Cut and Run
Meshell—Devil's Halo
Sweet Honey in the Rock—Emergency!
Scrawl—Clock Song
Echobelly—Father Ruler King Computer
Lisa Germano—Lovesick

Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out show 39

This week marks my 20 years investigating women's culture. (Not something the guidance counsellor recommended, by the way.)

To celebrate, I am rooting around in the archive, and so you can expect some vintage selections, plus a new interview with NZ one-woman band Bachelorette. And loadsa tunes.

As usual, Odd Girl Out airs Thursdays @ 19:00 BST, with a repeat on Sunday @ 13:00 BST on Optical Radio.

Odd Girl Out: show 38

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Back on air after a two-week absence to find a newly painted cafe and a party being set up to celebrate the end of summer. But, not for us hard-working presenters. This show featured two compilations, Fields and Streams and Freedom of Choice, plus an unusual number of trumpet solos. Good to be back.

Show 38; 16/9/10, repeated 19/9/10
Catatonia—Sweet Catatonia
The Lost Sounds—Total Destruction
Beach House—Lover of Mine
Tiny Lights—5'1”
Greie Gut Fraktion—Cutting Trees
Chris Köver—interview
Red Monkey—Missy
Megaphonic Thrift—Dragons vs. Dust
Patti Smith—Free Money
Scheer—Sad Loved Girl (acoustic)
Jude Cowan—The Devil Can Take Me
Mecca Normal—Blame the Glass Man
Andreya Triana—Lost Where I Belong
Juliana Luecking—Rosita and Marita
Bachelorette—Dream Sequence
Quails—Memo from the Desk of
Marnie Stern—Transparency Is the New Mystery
Manda Rin—interview
Bis—Burn the Suit
School of Seven Bells— I L U (Phantogram mix)
Le Tigre—My, My Metrocard
TBA—The Face We Choose to Miss
Yeah Yeah Yeahs—Modern Things
Screaming Females—I Don't Mind It
Chia Pet—Don't You Want Me
Magic Wands—Teenage Love
Gayngs—The Gaudy Side of Town
Noblesse Oblige—Zanzibar
Dada Swing—Pick Up You
Twin Sister—Ginger
Fight Bite—Celeste
Our Broken Garden—Garden Grow
The Aislers Set—Through the Swells
Heavenly—Atta Girl

Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out show 38

Finally, we are back live and this week's show features a new interview with Chris Köver of Missy magazine, plus an archive chat with Manda Rin of Bis, a plethora of fine music from the likes of Le Tigre, Tiny Lights, and School of Seven Bells, plus spoken word delights from Juliana Luecking.

Odd Girl Out airs Thursday @ 19:00 BST and is repeated Sunday @ 13:00 BST on Optical Radio.

Change of plans

Whoops. This week it's actually a repeat of show 37. I don't programme the computer. Enjoy a repeat of the live Skype interview with Girl in a Thunderbolt.

Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out: repeat of show 14

Another repeat this week, as some of the Optical folk are festival-ing. This week it's show 14, featuring interviews with Clare Grogan and New Bloods, as well as the one-of-a-kind live mash-up of Liesl Karlstadt and Massive Attack.

Odd Girl Out airs Thursday @ 19:00 BST and is repeated on Sunday @ 13:00 BST on Optical Radio.