Magazine - My Mind It Ain't So Open

A warning from Howard Devoto ex Buzzcocks front man and here with his excellent band Magazine.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor 1st Mov.

Here's one for the Maxster. I used to play this movement as a student, very imperfectly but with much feeling. Here it is played by Claudio Arrau, the great Chilean pianist.

Shona Kipling and Damien O'Kane

Shona Kipling and Damien O'Kane performing at the Lamb Folk Club, Eastbourne on 7th February 2007. Damien wedded Kate Rusby on 12th June this year having had a beautiful baby girl on 15th September 2009...Daisy Delia or Dizzy Delia as my dad says. Our congratulations to all!

Mick Jones - Songwriter and Producer

"I don't care what key it's in, where it's come from, where it's been just play that music." The mighty Mick Jones and his Big Audio Dynamite. I was at the Rainbow in London July 14th 1979 for the first major show previewing the 'London Calling' material. I'd sneaked in for the soundcheck and was sat at the mixing desk. Mick walked over to talk to the sound engineer. "Take it right over the top" he said and grinned at me. I was totally chuffed. Here's Mick as producer with the Libertines:

songs about food: ice cream

If music be the food of love, play on! And what about the use of food, metaphoric or literal, in music? Let’s take Ice Cream, for instance.


Here’s Jamaican chanteur, Johnny Osbourne, protesting about ‘’Ice Cream’’ love; no he don’t want it because his, he boasts, is warmer than a chocolate fudge. And you don’t need the Dictionary of Euphemisms to work out what he’s implying.

Actually, the image of chocolate fudge drizzled over vanilla ice cream is seriously erotic, but that might just be me. Johnny went on to compare the love of his life to the sweetness of lollipops and sugar dumplings giving weight to the adage - the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.




Speaking of erotic images, what’s this next one all about (as if I need to ask)? Ozzie techno-jock, DJ Goodwill, offers us his take on the Cornetto. This confection, made for the adult market, offered more than a bald, whirly squirt of white goo into a ragged beige cone (hundreds and thousands topping optional). Instead we are teasingly invited to peel down slowly the paper-thin chemise and expose the delicacy within, encouraging a brief hit of lascivious voyeurism before communing, tip to tip, with the most sensual of all our organs, the tongue. Granted, this tune knocks O Sole Mio into a Gondolier’s cocked boater but what on Earth is it to do with Cornettos?




Canadian singer-songwriter, Sarah McLachlan, it is rumoured, has penned a song that may be the official theme tune to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver. I’ve never been but I bet they don’t sell much Ice Cream in Vancouver during the snow. But Sarah has previously been heard Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, a collection which included the song, Ice Cream. No real metaphor here; she simply compares her lover’s love with said dessert and, good news for Johnny Osbourne types, it comes out well.

Of course, we don’t know Sarah’s feelings about ice cream, per se so it’s not exactly proof of life. Furthermore, she goes on to say that it’s better than chocolate. Frankly, unless she has an undisclosed food allergy, this is hard to believe. Women, I am reliably informed, love chocolate more than sex.


There are many more songs featuring Ice Cream, I could’ve gone on and on but I’m getting an ice cream headache just thinking about it. Personally, I’d always prefer a portion of jam suet pudding in a sea of custard but, I’m afraid, I might have to write my own songs….

Next: songs about peaches, featuring old favourites such as Laura Veirs, The Allman Brothers’ Band, and Britain’s own, The Stranglers. Tune in.

Willie Nelson - Me and Paul ( Sherratt? )

Hopefully we can all agree on this one. Classic Willie Nelson. I'll never forget that magical Kershaw session a few years back. Willie Nelson divides my mum and dad. Dad can't appreciate it but Mum can.

Martin's Lyrics

Ian has been kind enough to describe me as a songwriter and musician. If you want to hear some of my stuff go to waterheartsong's channel on youtube. Here's some of my lyrics:

Julia, you are beautiful to me,
Your eyes they shine like sparklers,
And your smile is warm and free,
You are high and lifted up,
You're a star in your own way,
And you raise my flagging spirits every day.

That one's about Julia Roberts. Here's one about Kate and my unrequited love:

A girl I met once long ago,
I thought she was the one for me,
A circus child, so insecure,
Behind outrageous vanity.
But I couldn't touch her,
Make her happy inside,
No I couldn't kiss her,
So she'd fall into my arms,
And be with me.

Thanks for your attention.

The Notting Hillbillies - Feel Like Going Home

Mark Knopfler and the team contribute some beautiful guitar work. And is that Chris Barber on trombone???

Martin's ' Cat Radio ' Playlist 14/10/10; 6 - 7 p.m.

Here's part II of my playlist:

1. Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 88
2. Norma Winstone - Distances
3. Thelonious Monk - In walked Bud
4. Wolfgang Mozart - Piano Sonata K. 570
5. Nat Adderley - The work song

The piano sonata is played by the great Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida and will probably be the highlight of my set.

Martin's ' Cat Radio ' Playlist 14/10/10; 5 - 6 p.m.

Playlist for the first hour of my ' Cat Radio ' show on Thursday 14th October at 5 p.m. . Second hour will be classical and jazz.

1. Rock the Casbah - The Clash
2. Rock el Casbah - Rachid Taha
3. Hug Air a Bhonaid Mhoir - Julie Fowlis
4. Pick a Dub - Keith Hudson
5. Tchimurenga Zimbabwe - Sam Mangwana
6. Raga Yaman - Maiya Singh Ji
7. When the yellow's on the broom -Heather Heywood
8. Szerelem, szerelem - Marta Sebestyen
9. Visit to the Dark Island - Wick Scottish Dance Band
10. Mon Amie la Rose - Natacha Atlas
11. Who knows where the time goes? - Sandy Denny

Comments welcome!