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Deep Dive has a high tide

Next week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talents of Blondie and hear amongst other things the origin of the name. We discover that the tide is high, find a heart of glass, and go atomic.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Easton Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in eastern Australia. Just speak nicely to your smart speaker and ask it to play mushroom FM, and he will be there.

Deep dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour, on Mushroom FM, home of the fun guys.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Viva Las Vegas.

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 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968 and Viva Las Vegas from 1964.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story " The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 1 – 1945-50

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
This week, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

Deep Dive turns two

This week on Deep Dive we celebrate our second anniversary on the airwaves. And what a celebration it is. We feature the unique talents of The Beatles, arguably the greatest group in recent music history. And we are joined by a special guest whose knowledge and passion for the Beatles is epic. The funniest Fun Guy of them all, Jonathan Mosen.

The Flamingos part 3 – 1957-59 this afternoon on the Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Terry Johnson of The Flamingos joins Matt The Cat this week as the “Juke In The Back” jumps and grooves with part three of our three part feature on The Flamingos, one of the most influential and best remembered vocal groups of the 1950s.

It's May Day and a Memorial, this Week on Come by the Hills!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you what's in store on this week's iminent and impending edition of Come by the Hills! It's almost May Day, so we'll be playing songs about Maying, may poles and the like, as well as songs about spring and fertility, and even cuckoos! Also, we're going to dedicate this week's show to the memory of John Rae, an amazing advocate and activist for Canada's blind community and also a listener. He passed away suddenly on April 8th, and I wanted to wait till I had the time to do a good show for him.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Everest and Scott of the Antarctic.

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 Everest from 2015, and Scott of the Antarctic from 1948.
Everest is a 2015 biographical survival adventure film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy.
It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Martin Henderson and Emily Watson.

The Flamingos part 3 – 1957-59 this week on the Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Terry Johnson of The Flamingos joins Matt The Cat this week as the “Juke In The Back” jumps and grooves with part three of our three part feature on The Flamingos, one of the most influential and best remembered vocal groups of the 1950s.

It's a New Location for Easy Street, but the Same Great Music

It's no easy task to move a whole street, but that's exactly what's happening with Easy Street!

Now that the Early Years is back on Mushroom FM, Easy Street will move to a new location, I mean time slot, starting Tuesday, April 26. I'll be on the air every Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM Eastern and every Friday from 7 to 9 AM Eastern, right before Anthony Unleashed with Anthony Horvath.

Deep Dive gets inside out

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the multiple talents of the Traveling Wilburys. We learn to handle me with care, that she's my baby, and to get inside out.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in eastern Australia or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia.

Deep dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour, on mushroom FM, home of the fun guys.

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