This week on The Bugcast: more legends depart, Eurovision is being boycotted, Ethan’s pigeons, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.
Songs played
- Fake Luxury – Late To The Party – from France – source
- None Shall Sleep – Pimps and Whores – from North Jersey, NJ – source
- Igor Pumphonia – Dance Dopamine – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
- Luca Caperna – Casa – from Italy – source
- Egor Budennyy – Low – from Russia – source
- Pierce Murphy – Persimmon – from Denver, CO – source
- Studio In The Sticks – Wondering – from USA – source
- Samie Bower – Where’s The Love – from Los Angeles, CA – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
Sophie Kinsella, Joanna Trollope, Stanley Baxter, Camryn Magness<br />
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Iceland <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026#Boycotts_due_to_Israeli_participation">boycott the Eurovision Song Contest</a><br />
… and now <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q5504vv0ko">Switzerland hand their trophy back</a><br />
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DSH0SJyjZJY/">Ethan’s Pigeons</a><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/">Hacker Public Radio</a> New Years Party
Upcoming events
<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Christmas 2025</a> on Saturday 20 December 2025 from 18:00 UK time<br />
<a href="https://ogg.camp/">OggCamp</a> will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
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Announcements
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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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