The Year 1974

Blastfrom goes to the movies for another musical tie in. Deep Blue Sea stars Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and, of course, LL Cool J. Though it was released into the world in theaters in the year 1999, its natural habitat is in a video rental shop. In the UK, this would have been available to rent in the spring of 2000 - something to enjoy on that fancy new DVD player of yours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blastfrom Castfrom meets The Gerry Show as Gerry Macavoi joins us for a look back at a most significant year. https://www.youtube.com/@blastfrom for The Gerry Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A long swim back to the atomic age where no animal is safe from being launched into space and the era of Rock & Roll music is coming to an end. It's the year 1958. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another ill advised rating of 3 rappers from across the decades. These ratings are based on a snapshot of each rappers career and has very little scientific basis.We discuss the following 'seasons' of each rappers career -Dr. Dre in 1992-93Kool G. Rap in 1995-96Future in 2015-16The categories are:RhymesTechniquePerformanceAcclaimPopularityComplaints can be voiced to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1994, Gang Starr released one of their most celebrated albums. It's still regarded as one of the very best albums of what was arguably the greatest year in the history of rap music. At the time the cassette was the format of choice and that would allow around an hour of audio and most artists were more than happy to fill that up. You've heard the saying 'do more with less' but in this instance we want to do less with more. Once again we try to edit down a beloved album to fit the single disc LP format. Was hard to Earn hard to edit? Direct your thoughts and feeling to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We review the reviewers in the latest Critical Lug, this time with a different format yet again. This time it's a three way dance of death pitting the top 3 best reviewed albums of the year 2024 against one another. The albums are'brat' by Charli XCX'Songs of a Lost World' by The Cure'Absolute Elsewhere' by Blood Incantationhttps://www.metacritic.com/news/best-albums-of-2024/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're swimming back in rare chronological order with the year that directly followed 1973. Another Ted Heath update as well as a muddled retelling of the Watergate scandal. Plus the movies, television and music of 1974.If you'd like a Spotify playlist of songs from the year to soundtrack your journey with us, you can find that here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lul9o7l30ghV2wRgbsu9O?si=OwBam23wQWeXXw-tPoYMtQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we rate three rappers in five categories to arrive at a rating. This is not to be taken entirely seriously but is a fun discussion about Hip Hop's obsession with knowing who is the best in the world.Rather than focussing on the tired conversation of who is the greatest of all time, we take a snapshot of each rapper at a particular point in their career. Will Smith from 1997-1998Redman from 1992 - 1993KRS-One from 1996-1997The categories are:RhymesTechniquePerformanceAcclaimPopularityPlease accept our apologies in advance.Listen to the playlist here and see if you agree https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lmSQKYtAUB5U69nxbBuFE?si=faf942537f5e426f Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aloha from the Blastfrom Castfrom. We're swimming back to the year 1973. David Bowie, Bruce Lee, Edward Heath, the mobile phone and the supposed birth date of Hip Hop are all topics of discussion.If you'd like a Spotify playlist of songs from the year to soundtrack your journey with us, here you go - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XVHxwqJI4ZqHyxacTnQUu?si=00a74f92a17145d4  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole. In this episode we talk about how OK Computer, the highly regarded album by Radiohead, could be reconstructed to fit onto a single sided LP. At our disposal is the entire OK Computer album in addition to the songs recorded in the same time period that were included in singles and the OK Not OK rerelease from a few years ago.We're not making any statements about the quality of the album - we're just playing a game of basic addition and subtraction. And because this is the internet, you should see this as a great opportunity become infuriated and think about how stupid we are that we left off your favourite song. Make your own suggestions at [email protected] Spotify Premium users can listen to a simulated version of the Blastfrom Edit of OK Computer on Blasfrom Music + Talk https://open.spotify.com/show/3KzWHQG3FW20u5rUjrGMAy?si=97acf26a0ef9423b   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.