The Thursday Rock Show: Drivetime II

The Thursday Rock Show continues with it's Drivetime theme, but with a slight difference this week, after all, man also travels by train, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, and in an enormously expensive Formula One car.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Nine: Broken Signals in Utah

            The park ranger truck was a tank compared to the Mustang, but it felt like a cage. They were driving through the desolate beauty of Southern Utah, the red rocks rising like frozen flames around them.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Eight: Static in the Air

            The Mustang screamed across the salt flats, a ghost of blue metal in a sea of white. Arthur didn't have the lights on; he was driving by the pale glow of the moon and the terrifying red blink of the drone above them.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Seven: The Salt of the Earth

            The campfire was small, a flickering orange heart in the vast darkness of the Nevada basin. Arthur had gathered some sagebrush and dry wood, creating enough light to see Beatrice’s face. They were miles from anything, the Mustang a dark silhouette against the star-choked sky.

David Croft's Greatest Hits

Some new videos from my YouTube channel, celebrating the work of comedy writer David Croft with rock versions of his sitcom's themes.

All the music here was generated using the Suno AI music generator and is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Six: Dust and Neon Dreams

            The drive through the Nevada desert was a blur of shimmering heat and jagged red rock. Arthur pushed the Mustang harder than he ever had, the needle hovering near eighty as he constantly checked the mirrors. The fear was a physical weight now, a knot in his stomach that no amount of desert air could loosen.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Five: The Texture of Anonymity

            The sun was dipping toward the horizon when they reached a small town on the border of California and Nevada. It was the kind of place that consisted of a single main street, a diner with a flickering neon sign, and a motel called The Sleepy Willow.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Four: North Toward the Fog

            The dawn was a bruised grey when Arthur pulled the Mustang up to the corner of Post and Mason. The city was quiet, the only sound the rhythmic thrum of the engine and the distant clang of a cable car. He didn't think she would show up. He had spent the last four hours convinced it was a joke, a celebrity’s whim that would evaporate with the morning mist.

Social Media Discoveries 65: The HU Live at Glastonbury

We've reached episode 65 of our Social Media Discoveries series, and as the episode has a "5" at the end we're doing something different again, travelling back in time to the summer of 2023 to present Mongolian folk metal band The HU Live at Glastonbury.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Three: Unscripted Conversations at Midnight

            The alleyway was damp and smelled of old rain and charred wood. Arthur stood by a stack of wooden crates, his breath hitching every time a car passed on the main street. He felt like a thief, though he wasn't sure what he had stolen yet.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter Two: Glass Walls and Gin

            San Francisco was draped in its usual evening shroud of mist, the streetlights glowing like drowned pearls through the fog. Arthur had spent the last of his emergency fund on an overnight repair and a suit that didn't quite fit his shoulders, but in the dim light of the Mission District, he hoped he looked like he belonged.

Neon Gravel Horizon Chapter One: The Weight of Empty Frames

I've got another story for you here, made with a little help from one of my AI assistants. The idea was mine, an English content creator quits his day job and travels to America in an effort to get more viewers for his channel. There he meets an actress who's become frustrated with her life. You get the drift, it's been done dozens of times before, but this is my first attempt at this kind of story. 

Bank Holiday Comedy Special: Tony Hancock in The Radio Ham

It's time for another Bank Holiday Comedy Special, and having given you the Tony Hancock classic The Blood Donor a few weeks ago we're now going to flip that particular record and play the other side for you, the equally classic show The Radio Ham.

The Thursday Rock Show: Drivetime

It's time for The Thursday Rock Show once again, and having given you some punk rock classics over the past couple of week's we're venturing into Drivetime territory this week, although you can listen to these songs any time you want, not just during the height of the rush hour.

Social Media Discoveries 64: Boozter, Dea Matrona, The Fabulous Lounge Quartet, HarpistKT and More!

We've reached episode 64 of the Social Media Discoveries series, and we've definitely got a variety of songs for you this week, including a couple of tracks featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. I almost went into full-on Classic FM mode at one point.

Words

A new set of videos for you from my collection "Words", reimagining songs from the late 70's and early 80's in a nu metal style. Also available to stream online on Spotify, Apple, iTunes, etc.

Here We Go Again

Yesterday morning I had one of those here we go again moments.

I've been feeling out of sorts since February. It was the usual kind of thing, a bad cough when I laid down, feeling tired all the time. You know the drill by now. Thankfully the symptoms were nowhere near as bad as they were three years ago.

Wrestling Reimagined

Another collection of music videos for you, Nu Metal versions of songs that originally appeared on WWE's The Wrestling Album in 1985, from the collection Wrestling Reimagined, available to stream on Spotify, Apple, iTunes etc.

The Thursday Rock Show: Punk Rock House Party II

It's time for the latest edition of The Thursday Rock Show with a second attempt to fill the gap in the local market with another Punk Rock House Party. This week we're looking at what the Americans had to offer back in the day, as well as a few of the bands who inspired them to reach their particular summits.

Social Media Discoveries 63: Burn the Jukebox, Countdown, Bit Brigade, The Wackids and More!

We're up to episode 63 of our Social Media discoveries series, and this week we've got an original song from our favourite covers band, some guys who play tunes on children's toy instruments, a band who had an average age of eight when they first formed, a Ned Flanders tribute band, and the legendary David Hasselhoff.