Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 07/26/2023 - 00:52
It’s Jonathan Mosen, dropping in to tell you about our next Rockumentary which starts this weekend.
We’re in the middle of a series of documentaries about the fascinating world of offshore radio. This week, we begin a series about what in my opinion is the best pop music station ever created, Radio London. With American jingles and presentation techniques with a British sensibility, Radio London was the home to many true legends of British radio, including the remarkable Kenny Everett, who started his career there.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Sat, 07/22/2023 - 20:56
It can be argued that the words icon and legend are overused these days. But they are an appropriate way to describe Tony Bennett, who died on Friday in his home city of New York just short of his 97th birthday. This gifted vocalist first recorded, under a different name, all the way back in 1949, and he released his most recent album of new material in the 2020s. He broke numerous Guinness world records and received many awards and accolades.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 02:56
Users of Google Assistant products will be aware that for some time, Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape have offered Google actions. This allowed Google Assistant users to use a phrase like, “Ask Mushroom FM to play” and voila, it would play.
Google has taken the decision to retire these actions from their product line, and our actions along with all others are no longer available.
You can still play Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape by asking the Google Assistant to play them on TuneIn.
Our Alexa skills continue to rock the world.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 16:49
There are times in life when something so impactful happens, you know you’ll always remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. Listening to what I thought was a routine interview with Sir Paul McCartney about Beatles memories, only to have him casually mention that there’s a new Beatles single coming out this year, is one such moment for me.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 19:05
This weekend in our rockumentary slot, we begin playing a series of documentaries that we’re sure will be fascinating to many of our listeners.
Many of us love the medium of radio, and that’s why we either listen to or participate in Mushroom Fm. There’s something about the connection between broadcaster and listener, and there’s a special something about the music from the decades we feature here on Mushroom FM.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 22:51
We hope you enjoyed hearing the Elvis Presley Story over the last 13 weeks.
Our rockumentaries continue this weekend with a two parter we haven't aired before.
In the History of Psychedelia, DAVID QUANTICK presents a 2-part documentary examining the changing face of psychedelic music, from the swirling shapes and sounds of the sixties to the retro-pop of the early nineties and today's eclectic dance scene.
You can hear this fascinating, and of course trippy musical history first at 2 PM Eastern on Sunday. It's repeated at 11 PM that evening.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 19:28
On Thursday at 2 AM Eastern and repeated again at 2 Pm Eastern, join me for a tribute to Tina Turner, who has died aged 83. Her influence is immense. She paved the way for women in rock and roll. She overcame adversity and abuse to blossom as a solo artist. Most of all, she contributed to the soundtrack of our lives.
Learn about her humble beginnings and the upheaval in her early life, how she met Ike, how she got the name Tina Turner, the perception that she had become a nostalgia act after the couple divorced, and her incredible ascendancy as a solo artist in the 1980s.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Fri, 05/05/2023 - 04:35
Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies: Scarface from 1983, and The Three Musketeers from 2004.
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 16:57
On Saturday, his majesty King Charles III will be crowned. Regardless of people’s opinions on the relevance of the monarchy in the 21st century, a coronation is an event most of us haven’t experienced before, with the last one having been 70 years ago.
All the music on the next Mosen Explosion has been chosen by King Charles III, taken from the official playlist of the coronation. And it’s quite an eclectic collection which may surprise you in places.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:38
It doesn’t seem possible, but we long ago began a series of 60th anniversary milestones for the Beatles, beginning with the 60th anniversary of the day John met Paul in July 2017.
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