This Week’s Music for Grown-Ups on Radio/TV

Your new listening/watching guide… thanks to compiler Mike Ollier

RADIO For Grown-Ups

Wednesday BBCR2 23.00 ~ 23.30
* Classic Singles
3rd of a six-parter profiling great 45s. The Boomtown Rats with 'I Don't Like Mondays'. Well neither do I Bob, but I don't go on about it.

Thursday BBCR2 20.00 ~ 22.00
* Maconie & Radcliffe
A session and interview with Flavour Of The Month (well, several months) Arcade Fire. I guess I didn't win the competition then.

Friday BBCR6 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: School

Friday BBCR2 21.15 ~ 21.30
* Chronicles, Volume One: 1961
Sean Penn reads from THE book. 5 of 8

Friday BBCR3 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Jazz Library
Pat Metheny discusses his favourite recordings (of himself, that is)

Friday BBCR3 23.30 ~ 01.00
* Jazz On Three
Live from the Freedom Of The City Fest with Evan Parker



TV For Grown-Ups

Friday BBC4 21.00 ~ 22.00
* The Best Of Glastonbury
Inevitably

Friday BBC1 22.35 ~ 23.35
* Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
BBC erred last week ~ so fresh from their 2nd-only-to-The-Stooges appearance @ Glasters, The Arcade Fire play live tonight. Miss out all the crap (most of the show) and see the last 10 minutes. Alternatively, The Shield is back on Five.

Saturday BBC2 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Seven Ages Of Rock:
British indie, from The Smiths to The Stone Roses to, ahem, Oasis and onto newer acts like The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and T'Arctic Monkaays. Inessential… last one of a largely uninspiring series.

Saturday BBC2 23.30 ~ 00.00
* The Culture Show Special
Lou Reed bigs up the laugh-a-minute 'Berlin' tour with his new best friend Lauren Laverne.

Saturday BBC4 22.30 ~ 23.15
* Britpop Now
Blur, Supergrass snore zzzzzzzzzzz

Saturday BBC4 23.15 ~ 00.15
* Later Presents Brit Beat
Julian tinkles the black & whites with Blur, Radiohead (I'd like to see him boogie woogie to that!!), Oasis and Ash.

Saturday BBC4 00.15 ~ 00.55
* No Sleep Till Sheffield
Pulp in concert.