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.

Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out: repeat of show 26

This week's show will be a repeat of show 26, which was the Goth Special. Expect lots of dark-hued, scary tunes, plus a smattering of non-Goth. Features interviews with Pauline Boudry and Grog from Die So Fluid.

Listen if you dare!

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

Odd Girl Out: show 37

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One milestone (the show’s first live Skype interview), accompanied by some technical hitches, made for a lively show. Girl In a Thunderbolt was the Skypee, speaking about her recent gig at Ladyfest Norwich, her new album and the loss of her beloved hat.

In the archive interview, Manon Duursma, former guitarist for Malaria!, commented on her hopes for her young daughter to realise her creative ambitions. Punk mums rule.

Show 37; 26/8/10, repeated 29/8/10
Tara Key—One Spark
Comet Gain—Baby's Alright
Superhumanoids—Hey, Big Bang
KUKL—Assassin
Girl in a Thunderbolt—On the Wall
Girl in a Thunderbolt—live interview
Girl in a Thunderbolt—Shadows and Alleyways
Die Goldenen Zitronen with Chicks on Speed—Complication
Jenny Wilson—Like a Fading Rainbow
Mary Lou Lord—His Indie World
Lissie—In Sleep (live)
Fuzzy—One Request
Flore feat. Shunda K—The Test
Bowery Electric—After Landing
Ra Ra Riot—Boy
Royal Trux—Teeth (live)
Eternal Summers—Pogo
Jude Cowan—The Lure of Paris
Craig Armstrong feat. Elizabeth Fraser—This Love
Manon Duursma—interview
Malaria!—Your Turn to Run
Goldfrapp—Believer (Little Loud mix)
Buffalo Daughter—R & B
The Suzan—Home
The 5678s—Cuckoo
Marnie Stern—360 Babe
Bangs—Scorpi-Oh
The Hundred in the Hands—Gigantic Tom Tom
Bomba Estéreo—Pump Up the Jam
The Moves—TNee
Hildegard Knef—Holiday Time

Coming up on Odd Girl Out 37

This week features my first live Skype interview on the show and the lucky recipient is Girl In a Thunderbolt. I have been playing her new CD, Seven Sisters, for months, and am looking forward to getting some insights on the record and her doings in happening Norwich.

Also on the show, an archive interview with Manon Duursma from Malaria!, plus tunes from Tara Key, Comet Gain, Silver Monk Time, and much more.

Odd Girl Out airs Thursday @ 19:00 BST and is repeated Sunday @ 13:00 BST (this week it didn't work on Sunday, for some reason--Sorry) on Optical Radio.

Odd Girl Out: show 36

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Great to be back on-air after Optical Radio’s three-week hiatus. The posh DJ CD player was gone, so it was back to the old, cranky one that tends to skip, but at least matches its mate. But, nothing that was too disruptive.

Ana da Silva

For those who don’t know, Optical broadcasts from a police-station-turned-art-centre, The Old Police Station, in what was the interrogation room, a tiny, windowless space adjacent to the old cells. It’s a “special” atmosphere, to be sure. On to the show, which is repeated Sunday @ 13:00....

19/8/10; show 36
Lois—Strumpet
Mice—Bang Bang
White Ring—Suffocation (Los Campesinos mix)
Sonic Youth—My Friend Goo
Ana da Silva—interview
The Raincoats—You Ask Why
Lianne Hall—Telephone in a Foreign City
The Chymes—Quite a Reputation
Lissy Trullie—Ready for the Floor
Carambolage—Der Reigen
The Thermals—I Don’t Believe You
Lanterns on the Lake—You Need Better
Superchunk—Baxter
Hesta Prynn—Can We Go Wrong
Cat Power—In This Hole
Scantron—NU
Bonjay—Stumble
Holy Rollers—Swallowing My Swallow
Jasmina Maschina—Holding Onto Day
Continental Co-ets—Melody of Junk
Philippa Nielsen—interview
Corin Tucker—Doubt
Amanda Palmer—Idioteque
The Blue Orchids—Oo-Chang-a-Lang
Blonde Redhead—For the Damaged
Rodan—Darjeeling
Michelle T Clinton—History As Trash
The Concretes—Good Evening (Blackbird Blackbird mix)
Girl in a Thunderbolt—Paper Street
Geek—Hemingway Shotgun
Summer Camp—Jake Ryan
of Montreal—Coquet Coquette
Love Grenades—Young Lovers
Velocity Girl—What You Say
Still Corners—Endless Summer

Coming up on Odd Girl Out show 36

This week Odd Girl Out returns to the airwaves with show 36, which will feature interviews with artist Philippa Nielsen and Ana da Silva of The Raincoats, plus music from Carambolage, Lianne Hall and The Thermals and spoken word from Michelle T. Clinton.

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

Old playlists up

Hurrah! The playlists for all 35 shows to date of Odd Girl Out, my weekly show covering women's creativity, are now on the site. I will endeavour to add more features as time (and my technical knowledge) permits.

The show airs live on Optical Radio Thursdays @ 19:00 BST and is repeated Sundays @ 13:00 BST.

Currently, the station is on a live hiatus, and so, this Sunday is a repeat of show 19, the cabaret special.

The next LIVE show goes out Thursday, 19 August at 19:00 BST. The playlist should be up here the next day. Spread the word!

Odd Girl Out: show 35

 

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22/07/10; show 35
Shonen Knife—Watching Girl
Sarah Dougher—Must Believe
Rose Elinor Dougall—I Know We'll Never
Stereolab—Blips, Drips and Strips
Golden Diskó Ship—interview
Golden Diskó Ship—T in a Milk Glass (in session)
Dorothy—So Lonely
Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi—Tightrope
Linoleum—I'm in Love with a German Film Star
Cub—Hello Kitty
Sky Larkin—Still Windmills
Golden Diskó Ship—interview
Golden Diskó Ship—Girl as a Slower Ghostship (in session)
Kristin Hersh—Sundrops (string version)
Autolux—Supertoys
LiLiPUT—Boatsong
Tracey Thorn—Why Does the Wind (Morgan Geist mix)
Golden Diskó Ship—interview
Golden Diskó Ship—Planets (in session)
Hello Cuca—Subete al coche
Lesley Gore—Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
Jenny Wilson—Only Here for the Fight
Golden Diskó Ship—interview
Golden Diskó Ship—Winter People, Back in Your Holes (in session)
The Butchies—Movie, Movie
Flore feat. Shunda K—Cars
The Au Pairs—We're So Cool
Golden Diskó Ship—interview
Golden Diskó Ship—Ethics with No Skills (in session)
Nikki and Rachel—No More
Cocknbull Kid—Cocknbull Kid (Your Twenties mix)
Kreviss—Cake Walk
Inara George—Accidental
Kid Cudi/Best Coast/Rostam—All Summer