#731 We’re back, witches!

This week on The Bugcast: Caroline takes us through Hocus Pocii, and we play 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107120/">Hocus Pocus</a><br />
IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11909878/">Hocus Pocus 2</a>

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  • The next show will be episode 732, which will be streamed live on Friday 14 October 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/UTC+1).
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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 />
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#730 To the pointe

This week on The Bugcast: Caroline reviews the ballet, Genesis sell their music, CCHits winds down, plus 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Thanks to Yannick for joining last week!<br />
Today is <a href="https://internationalpodcastday.com/">International Podcast Day</a><br />
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine and the citizens of Russia at this time<br />
Caroline’s trip to the ballet last week<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63094007">Phil Collins and two Genesis bandmates sell song catalogue for a reported $300m</a><br />
<a href="https://cchits.net">CCHits</a> is being wound down

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  • The next show will be episode 731, which will be streamed live on Friday 7 October 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/UTC+1).
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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 />
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#729 Flugcast, episode 1

This week on The Bugcast: we chat with Yannick, the French guy from Switzerland, and play 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Caroline is out at <a href="https://castindoncaster.com/whats-on/the-royal-ballet/">the Royal Ballet</a> this evening<br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/frenchguych">Yannick’s Twitter</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/frenchguych">Yannick’s Github</a><br />
<a href="https://teaearlgreyhot.org/">Tea, Earl Grey, Hot</a>

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  • The next show will be episode 730, which will be streamed live on Friday 30 September 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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#728 Thank you, ma’am…

This week on The Bugcast: we pay our respects to HM The Queen, review other events from the past fortnight, and play 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

<strong>Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II</strong><br />
Dave’s birthday – lots of presents<br />
The Ollertones’ first public gig

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl">Podcrawl Jitsi Autumnal Equinox 2022</a> – Saturday 17 September 2022 from 18:00 UK time

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  • There is no live show next week.
    The next show will be episode 729, which will be streamed live on Friday 23 September 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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#727 Borisnomics

This week on The Bugcast: birthdays, adopting cows, hunting caches, returning to school, plus 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Caroline’s birthday last week<br />
<a href="https://www.goodheartanimalsanctuaries.com/adopt/adopt-a-rescued-cow/">Rufus the cow</a><br />
Dave’s birthday next week<br />
<a href="https://geocaching.com/">Geocaching</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-62753340">Boris Johnson: Go nuclear, go large and go with Sizewell C</a><br />
independent.co.uk: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/boris-johnson-kettle-twitter-energy-bills-b2158067.html">Boris Johnson criticised for suggesting people buy £20 kettle to save £10 in electricity bills</a><br />
Kids back at primary/secondary/college – first and only year where all three kids are at a different educational establishment

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl">Podcrawl Jitsi Autumnal Equinox 2022</a> – Saturday 17 September 2022 from 18:00 UK time

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    The next show will be episode 728, which will be streamed live on Friday 16 September 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/UTC+1).
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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 />
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#726 All fives and sixes

This week on The Bugcast: Luke gets his GCSE results, we spend the week with the kids, plus 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Luke’s exam results<br />
Week off with the kids

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl">Podcrawl Jitsi Autumnal Equinox 2022</a> – Saturday 17 September 2022 from 18:00 UK time

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  • The next show will be episode 727, which will be streamed live on Friday 2 September 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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TuxJam 96 – Xeger Beaver

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Andrew (aka mcnalu), Dave (aka thelovebug) and Kevie return after summers that were cold, hot and just right, respectively. They start off with the usual roundup of new releases on distrowatch and then look at the linux distro Xebian, and even try to pronounce it properly. Those who like complex data wrangling may be interested in our look at the GUI database management software DBeaver (community edition), but if you prefer to browse through your snaps then perhaps Simple Gallery might be of more interest.

DBeaver in action

Along with the usual mix of Creative Commons music:

#725 It’s SSSSShowtime

This week on The Bugcast: we explain where we were last weekend, and the weekend before, plus trivia, news, and 8 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

<strong>Thank you to ChrisFromCanada for filling for us last week</strong><br />
Our weekend away, separately<br />
Meeting with our Friend and expensive Taxi<br />
FireHawks<br />
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL25rbnvM4o">Nightwish – The Phantom Of The Opera</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62587263">Greenford mobility scooter killing</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62605184">Josephine Tewson: Keeping Up Appearances actress dies at 91</a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/mark-vickery-465677425">Cosmic Bull’s Soundcloud</a><br />
CCJam: <a href="https://ccjam.otherside.network/2022/08/10/ccjam-68-craig-mcmorrow/">Craig McMorrow</a>

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#724 Canadian takeover

This week on The Bugcast: Dave and Caroline take a week off, so Chris from Canada takes over, with 10 tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Chris from Canada takes the controls whilst Dave and Caroline take an unscheduled week off<br />
<a href="https://twitch.tv/chris_from_canada">Chris’ live streaming channel on Twitch</a>

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<a href="https://canada.insomniaradio.net">Insomnia Radio: Canada</a><br />
<a href="https://insomniaradio.net/">Insomnia Radio Network</a><br />
<a href="https://www.darkcompass.com/">Darkcompass</a>

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  • The next show will be episode 725, which will be streamed live on Friday 19 August 2022 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/UTC+1).
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<strong>Chris from Canada for taking over this week’s show at short notice!</strong><br />
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 />
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<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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