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Today on the Part Time Punks radio show Guest DJ Nico takes over to deliver a special "Odd Time Signature" show. Nope, you won't hear anything in 4/4. But you will hear music in 7, music in 5, and music that changes time signatures several times throughout the song, and even some polyrhythms and polymeters! Fear not though, you don't have to understand the music theory behind these tracks to enjoy the music! :)

Today marks the 43rd anniversary of Ian Curtis' passing. So. Today, Part Time Punks marks the solemn occasion with a special broadcast, starting with a set of rare and (mostly) unreleased JOY DIVISION demos from 1979, followed by a set of rare NEW ORDER demos from 1980/81, and concluding with a set of Peel Sessions by fellow Factory Records recording artists who were influenced by JOY DIVISION (and NEW ORDER) and often shared bills with them, including SECTION 25, A CERTAIN RATIO, CRISPY AMBULANCE, THE NAMES and THE WAKE. This is the way, step inside...

Manchester Month continues on Part Time Punks Part Time Punks -- with the 2nd in a series of shows focusing on Peel Sessions recorded by Manc artists in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s! Today's mix will open with both of Joy Division's 1979 Peel Sessions before moving into janglier sounds including some of the other bigger names of the era like Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, James, The Smiths, The Fall, and of course New Order (and a few amazing now-forgotten bands as well like Clouds, New Fast Automatic Daffodils and The Railway Children).

Part Time Punks officially marks this as the first day of MANCHESTER MONTH -- and the 1st in a 4-part series of shows focusing on Peel Sessions recorded by Manc artists! Today we will start with the punk, before moving into the territories of post-punk, goth, indiepop, and proto-Britpop from 1978, 1983, and 1988. Turn it UP and enjoy the rarities ride!

Today Guest DJ Nico will take the reins for the first time on the Part Time Punks radio show. She will host a Trip Hop show featuring artists such as Portishead, Massive Attack, Lamb, and other, perhaps lesser known and even surprising artists, who have been inspired by Trip Hop music. Enjoy, as we embark on this trip (hop) together!

HOORAY! It's time for KXLU's Annual Fundrazor!!! The even better news is this only requires ONE Thursday a year so today is the only day all year you will hear Nico and I asking/begging/pleading for your financial support to keep KXLU on the air for another year! So. Please goto www.kxlu.com now and PLEDGE your support! $50 donation will get you a pair of Part Time Punks Session Samplers (and there are of course many more items you can also pledge for on the KXLU website)!

Tune into Part Time Punks radio show today for an afternoon of shoegaze, indierock, grunge, Britpop, and ethereal sounds -- new and old! [Best when experienced at MAXIMUM volume.]

Today. Part Time Punks does a bit of housecleaning -- ie digging through the stacks of records that have been piling up here for the past year...picked up in various locales from Nebraska to California (and many points between). So. Expect a lot of rarities from the 80s worlds of goth, industrial, experimental, and ethereal... And please please please listen LOUDLY.

Today. Part Time Punks once again provides you an afternoon of post-rock (both very loud AND very soft) -- with selections spanning from the late 1980s to the late 2010s (and many time signatures in-between) -- and once again with Guest DJ Nico!

Today. Part Time Punks pays tribute to another remarkable musician we have recently lost -- MARTIN DUFFY aka innovative keyboardist for FELT, PRIMAL SCREAM (and occasionally THE CHARLATANS UK) -- who passed away back in December at the age of just 55. Beloved by bandmates Lawrence (FELT), Bobby Gillespie (PRIMAL SCREAM), Tim Burgess (THE CHARLATANS UK), Noel Gallagher (OASIS) and Creation Records mastermind Alan McGee, Duffy's contributions have often been overlooked and overshadowed by the names in that list. So turn it up and hum along, for many of the melodies in this afternoon of remarkable tunes were crafted by him.... R.I.P.

Today. Part Time Punks pays tribute to another giant who has fallen -- Tom Verlaine, singer/songwriter of TELEVISION -- who passed away at the end of January this year at the age of just 73. So. Spend your afternoon revisiting classic and rare TELEVISION tracks, remarkable and oft-overlooked T.V. solo tracks AND a set of music utterly inspired by Verlaine's genius. R.I.P.... You are missed...

Today. Part Time Punks concludes its concentrated multipart focus on Peel Sessions by Scottish bands by diving deeper into the late mid/late 1990s and early 2000s -- with a wide sonic spectrum of indiepop, indierock, postrock and Britpop sounds from some of the biggest and (alternately) least known bands of the era...

Tune into Part Time Punks radio show for yer afternoon soundtrack of gazey, dreamy and ethereal sounds (new, 90s and otherwise) plus further excursions into psyche before charting a path back through some forgotten favorites from the 1980s and 90s...

Today. Part Time Punks shifts its focus completely to the post-rock genre with an afternoon of selections spanning from the late 1980s to the late 2010s -- with Guest DJ Nico!

Today. Part Time Punks continues its series of programs focusing on Peel Sessions recorded by Scottish bands -- this time turning to the mid/late 1990s and early 2000s -- with a wide sonic spectrum of grunge, alternative and post-rock sounds -- from many bands barely known then and completely unknown now. Enjoy the rarities!

Today. Part Time Punks keeps its focus on Scotland and the Peel Session, but shifts sounds and eras to the remarkable indiepop sounds originating in the mid/late 1980s, with the formation of Creation Records, not to mention a whole new wave of bands inspired by the feedback-drenched melodies of The Jesus And Mary Chain starting in 1984...

Today. Part Time Punks devotes its afternoon of airwaves to the sounds of Scottish post-punk Peel Sessions from the early 1980s. Jagged, spiky, angular, melodic, forlorn: this show has it all. (Best served with a double dose of Orange Juice!)

Today. Part Time Punks devotes an afternoon of airwaves to all long songs -- ie songs over 10 minutes in length -- to stretch your attention spans (and most likely blow some minds along the way). Expect the sounds of Krautrock, post-punk, post-rock and, believe it or not...progressive rock (possibly a first on PTP -- but credit for that goes to my daughter, Nico, joining me as co-host today!

Today. Part Time Punks turns its focus to THE ASSOCIATES -- paying tribute to Alan Rankine, co-founder of the band who wrote and performed the music (and just passed away on January 3, 2023) and Billy MacKenzie, co-founder and lead singer (who passed away January 22, 1997). Tune in for an afternoon of ASSOCIATES rarities and EPs, as well as a set of Peel Sessions by fellow Scottish bands who were influenced by them...

Today. Part Time Punks continues its very very deep sonic archeological excavations into post-punk sounds from New Zealand (and Australia) with another afternoon of EPs released in 1983. These are impossible rarities rarely heard in the U.S., and hard to find even down under. So turn it up and enjoy this rare opportunity to hear these stellar records in their entirety...