This week on The Bugcast: travelling, politics, cyberhacking, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons and independent music.
Songs played
- Fifehead Magdalen – You Couldn’t Catch A Groove If Your Life Depended On It – from UK – source
- AJ Rosales – Happenstance – from Chicago, IL – submitted by August Forte from NoVo Management and Publicity
- Other Noises – IOWA – from Siberia, Russia – source
- Zep Hurme – You Made Me Believe (feat. SackJo22) – from Finland – source
- The Phillip Traum Group – The 40th Day – from USA – source
- Catherine Campbell – Long Hair – from Chattanooga, TN – submitted by August Forte from NoVo Management and Publicity
- Mama Sun System – Never Give Up – from France – source
- texasradiofish – Best Days (feat. SO SHA, My Free Mickey, Soulja Unit) – from Galveston County, TX – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
Adam and Abby’s wedding reception<br />
Dave’s trip to London<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2025/england/results">England local election results 2025</a><br />
Dave’s dabblement in local politics – check Conisbrough Ward at <a href="https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/local-elections-2025">Local Elections 2025</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg72kg5yn2ko">Hackers targetting retail – M&S</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x4zxe418o">Hackers targetting retail – Harrods</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkx3vy54nzo">Hackers targetting retail – Co-op</a>
Upcoming events
<strong>Only a few days remaining</strong> to <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit tracks for the Listeners Choice</a>, episode 850 in May.<br />
The deadline is <strong>Wednesday 7 May at 23:59</strong> (wherever you are)
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Announcements
- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next show will be episode 850 – Listeners Choice – which will be streamed live on Friday 9 May 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC+1).
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Special thanks go to
Our <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server
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