June 25 Tracklisting

If I wasn't in the Bay this week, I'd probably be at Glastonbury festival. It's Europe's biggest performing arts event. The lineup is eclectic. The mud is legendary.

This week's show was influenced by that thought...

Here's what I played:

Prince Buster, One Step Beyond
Nouvelle Vague, Too Drunk To Fuck
Toufic Farroukh Feat. Yasmine Hamdam, Lil S’en Fout
Mano Negra, Pas Assez de Toi
David Pablo, Knowledge Quest
Ed Solo & School of Thought, Best Foot Forward

Interview with Lindsey Allen from Greenpeace about the Amazon Rainforest Soy Moratorium

Love Grocer, Waiting at the Gate
Coldcut, Timber
Massive Attack, Karmacoma
Headmix, Hanah
Gorillaz, Dirty Harry
Nell Robinson & Red Level, Walk Softly
Florence & the Machine, Kiss with a Fist
Gossip, standing in the Way of Control
Mano Negra, King of the Bongo
Gogol Bordello, Mishto
Elastica, Waking Up
Gogol Bordello, American Wedding
Basement Jaxx, Do Your Thing
Max Pashm, Klezmanarki
Fake Blood, Mars
J.U.F., When I was a Little Spy
Magnifico & Turbolentza, Zh Ne Sui Pa Pur Tua
Oi Va Voi, Uri

On the show June 25

Soybeans.

The staple diet of vegans or rainforest destroyer?

Make your mind up on Wednesday evening, when I'll be talking to Lindsey Allen about saving the Amazon rainforest from soybean monoculture.

And, as usual, you can find out about campaign events happening this week in the bay. Tune in!

June 18 tracklisting

Wednesday 6-8pm at 87.9fm in the Bay area and Los Angeles, or listen online at piratecatradio.com

Live interview with Forests campaigner Rolf Skar about how palm oil is threatening OrangUtans and cooking the climate (and why you should think twice if you eat nutella...)

1. Fela Kuti - Zombie
2. Michael Rose & Prince Jammy - Born Free
3. Gogol Bordello -Sally
4. Goldfrapp - Train
5. Mr Vegas - Heads High
6. John Holt - Ali Baba
7. Mukka - Kate's Kopenitza
8. Judge Winchester - Public Jestering
9. Outkast v the Streets - Ya Mug
10. PJ Harvey - This is Love
11. Jungle Book - King of the Swingers
12. Royksopp
13. Tranquility Bass - Cantamilia
14. Toufic Farroukh Feat. Yasmine Hamdam - Lili S'en Fout
15. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
16. Hole - Bruise Violet
17. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
18. Kings of Leon - Holy Roller Novocaine
19. Suicide Bid - Like a Lion

June 11 tracklisting

1. Skatalites, Take 5
2. Arctic Monkeys, I bet you look good on the dancefloor
3. Toots & the Maytals, Reggae got soul
4. Radiohead, Sit down stand up
5. CSS, Let's make love & listen to death from above
6. Rancid, Timebomb
7. Orb, Perpetual dawn (Solar Youth rmx)
8. Longsy D, This is ska (skacid)
9. Flying Lizzards, Money
10. Stereo MCs, Connected
11. Dunklebunt, Revedere
12. Siouxie & the Banshees, Peek a boo
13. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Tetris
14. Rwenzori's, Handsome boy
15. Jimi Hendrix, All along the watchtower
16. Linton Kwesi Johnson, Street 66
17. Jimmy Soul, If you wanna be happy
18. Tricky, Brand new you're retro
19. Bloc Party, Helicopter

On the show this week

Listen on Wednesday 6-8pm. We're at 87.9fm in the Bay area and Los Angeles, or listen online at piratecatradio.com

This week we'll be bringing you more global beats and protest pieces. Tunes from around the globe, news you won't hear in the mainstream media and campaign events ion the Bay this week.

I'll be talking to Nina Rizzo from Global Exchange's 'Freedom from Oil campaign, and to Mike G of Greenpeace and Hardwire music.

Tune in.

June 4 tracklisting

You can catch the show Wednesday evenings 6-8pm

Listen in San Francisco or Los Angeles on 87.9 FM or online at piratecatradio.com

1. Ghetto Plotz: Nothing to loose
2. Lord Tanamo: I'm in the mood for ska
3. Trinity: 3-piece suit n ting
4. Lee Dorsey: Give it up
5. Gloria Jones: Tainted love
6. Shantel: Disco Partizani
7. Ojos de Brujos
8. Galliano: Reviewing the situation
9. Nouvelle Vague: This is not a lovesong
10. Gorillaz v Space Monkeys: Tomorrow comes today

Post-election day comment with Monkey & Diamond Dave

11. Balkan Beatbox: Mexico city
12. Blood Sisters: Ring my bell
13. Johnny Cash: Big River

Interview with Terra Levy: Stop the Spray www.stopthespray.org

14. Shantel: Immigrant Child
15. BuSamba: La Lupe
16. Screamin Jay Hawkins: I put a spell on you
17. Ray Terrace: You've been talkin about me
18. CSS: Lets make love & listen to death from above
19. Suzanne Vega: Blood makes noise
20. JUF: Balkanization of Amerikanization

Old set listings

Ten on the decks Jan 08
1. Spooky - Lack of Afro
2. The Revolution will not be televised (Gil Scott Heron)
3. In these shoes (Kirsty McColl)
4. Babalu Leave (Latin Dub Sound System)
5. Gangster (The Specials)
6. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
7. Otpisani - Boban Markovic Orchestra
8. Gogol Bordello - Wanderlust king
9. Terrorist - Rootsman
10. TV is on - Three Minute Warning

Ten on the decks Nov 07

1. Sunday Arak - Balkan Beatbox
2. American Wedding - Gogol Bordello
3. Amari Szi, Amari - Luminescent Orchestrii
4. Make My Day - Eyerer & Chopstick
5. Beat that my heart skipped - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
6. Turn down the lights - Benny Page
7. I like the way you move - Bodyrockers
8. The guns of brixton - The Clash
9. Promised land - Dennis Brown
10. Invasion - Macka B

Ten in a field June/July 07

1. The Machynlleth Gypsy Band (Plastonbury)
2. Luminescent Orchestrii (Workhouse)
3. 3 Minute Warning (Workhouse)
4. Gogol Bordello (Glasto)
5. Madness (Glasto)
6. Lily Allen (for real!)
7. The Gossip (believe the hype)
8. Oi Va Voi (Avalon)
9. Kila (Avalon)
10. Asian Dub Foundation (Glasto)

Ten on the decks May 07

1. The Triumphant March of Edith Piaf, Ed Cox (Hardcordian)
2. Wir Wissen Nicht, Binder & Krieglstein
3. Are You Gypsified? Olaf Hund v Ursari de Clejani
4. Uri, Oi Va Voi
5. Surplus People, RDF
6. Bucovina, Shantel (Felix B basement rmx)
7. Standing in the way of control, The Gossip (Soulwax nite)
8. Gurzhy v Shtetl Superstars
9. All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
10. Bongo Bobby, Manu Chao

Ten on the decks April 07

1 Mambayaga Project, Clockwork(Shantel v Mahala Rai Banda rmx)
2 Les Yeux Noirs, Caco Briaval
3 This is Ska (Skacid), Longsy D
4 Tear the Place Down, Top Cats
5 Funky Kingston, Toots & The Maytals
6 L'Orient est Roots, Bigga Bush v Kocani Orkestar
7 Roncos de son, Xose Manuel Bodino
8 Dance on the radio, Basement Jaxx v Selector
9 Sunshine of your love (Cream v Hoxton Whores rmx)
10Liquidator, Harry J Allstars

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