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Listen to Howard Marks AKA Mr. Nice

Howard Marks talks to Nemone about the DVD release of Mr Nice, plus there's a playlist from Hercules and Love Affair, and a chat with the creatives behind Clinic's latest video.

Howard Marks joins Nemone for a chat about the DVD release of Mr.Nice an adaptation of his best selling book, Mr.Nice. The movie stars Rhys Ifans, Chloe Sevigny and David Thewlis. Howard is a Welsh author and former teacher and drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the IRA and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug Enforcement Administration. Following his release from prison, Marks published a best-selling autobiography, Mr Nice.

Blazing a trial with the worldwide club smash Blind, Hercules And Love Affair's self-titled debut garnered considerable critical and commercial acclaim. Named as the Breakthrough Album of the year in The New York Times and featuring in Pitchfork's Top Ten albums of 2008,

For new album Blue Songs, Herc main man Andy Butler has shifted the focus gently away from the New York house and disco forms of the debut; relocating to Denver and recording the album in Vienna with techno producer Patrick Pulsinger. Herc mainstay Kim Ann Foxman returns on vocals, and is joined in starring roles by Venezuelan singer Aerea Negrot, fan-turned-collaborator Shaun Wright and Kele Okereke (Bloc Party).

The band handpick the tracks for the Lunchtime playlist including Cabaret Voltaire, Brian Eno, OMD, Yazoo and Meat Beat Manifesto.

Plus Alasdair Brotherston & Jock Mooney the creatives behind the video for Clinic's latest single Bubblegum.

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Mon 31 Jan 2011 13:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Now.

  • Cold War Kids

    Louder Than Ever

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Downtown Music / Co-operative.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Heaven Help Us All

    • Motown.

  • Wagon Christ

    Manalyze This!

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Killing Moon

    • Korova.

  • Lykke Li

    I Follow Rivers

    • LL Recordings.

  • Ian Brown

    Stellify

    • Polydor Ltd (UK).

  • The Phoenix Foundation

    Buffalo

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Memphis Industries.
    • 1.

  • The Concretes

    New Friend

  • Deerhunter

    Desire Lines

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4AD.
    • 1.

  • Mogwai

    Mexican Grand Prix

    • Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will.
    • Rock Action Records.
    • 2.

  • The Bongolian

    The Riviera Affair

    • Blow Up Records.

  • John Barry

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Street Fighting Man

    • London.

  • Sleigh Bells

    Riot Rhythm

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Mom+Pop/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Clinic

    bubblegum

    • Bubblegum (Single).
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.

  • Arcade Fire

    Rebellion (Lies)

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Broken Bells

    The High Road

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Holy Ghost!

    Do It Again

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA/Cooperative.
    • 1.

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Breaker Breaker

    • Gimme Some.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 1.

  • The Who

    The Seeker

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    My House

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Various Artists

    Hercules & Love Affair Most Played (Short)

  • Judee Sill

    The Phoenix

  • Walkmen

    Juveniles

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Walk Away

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.

  • The Delgados

    All You Need Is Hate

  • Beady Eye

    Four Letter Word

    • Different Gear, Still Speeding.
    • Beady Eye.
    • 1.

  • The Bangles

    Going Down To Liverpool

    • CBS.

  • The Vaccines

    Post Break-Up Sex

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Hangin' With Howard Marks

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Rinse Me Down

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Universal-Island.
    • 1.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    I Want the World to Stop

    • CD SINGLE.
    • ROUGH TRADE.
    • 1.

  • Treefight for Sunlight

    Facing The Sun

    • TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • The Fall

    There's A Ghost In My House

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Chapel Club

    After the Flood

    • Palace.
    • LOOG RECORDS.
    • 4.

  • Pretenders

    Stop Your Sobbing

    • Real.

  • The Jim Jones Revue

    High Horse

  • Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds

    Under Streetlight Glow

    • Bella Union.

  • PJ Harvey

    The Words That Maketh Murder

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Jan 2011 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music