#792 Snowmageddon, snowmagone

This week on The Bugcast: service probes, price hikes, snow falls, courier charges, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68255056">Virgin Media probed over digital switchover rules</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68250127">Ring video doorbell customers angry at 43% price hike</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-68226411">Snowmageddon then snowmagone</a><br />
Courier woes

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#791 Live and let live

This week on The Bugcast: a frank and emotional conversation about a current news item, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68184224">Brianna Ghey’s killers given life sentences for brutal murder</a><br />
Nastiness becoming normalised

Upcoming events

<strong>The time has come to start thinking about your submissions for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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TuxJam 108 – Retro frog defence

The usual trio of Kevie, Andrew (when tore himself away from his telescope) and Dave are joined by Al, from the Admin Admin podcast, and have a show dedicated to retro gaming.

The Data Frog Gane (sic) Console

We start with our useful roundup from distrowatch.

Al and Dave review the Data frog handheld game console.

Andrew talks about his recent fun in playing around with Defender, built from the original assembly source code.

Kevie created a Pi powered retro gaming console, that was heavily inspired by the SNES. 

The links for the parts and total costs involved in this project was:

Along with the usual mix of Creative Commons Music:

#790 More Man Walking

This week on The Bugcast: Mark releases an album, Caroline describes ballet, scientists put salt in tea, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Bandcamp: <a href="https://markmarshall.bandcamp.com/album/62">Mark Marshall – 62</a><br />
<a href="https://ccjam.otherside.network/2024/01/25/ccjam-72-mark-marshall/">CCJam 72 – Mark Marshall</a><br />
Caroline explains the ballet<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68085304">US scientist recommends adding salt to make perfect cup of tea</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Winter 2024</strong> on Saturday 27 January from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>The time has come to start thinking about your submissions for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
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CCJam 72 – Mark Marshall

In episode 72 of CCJam, Dave features the music of the US singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Mark Marshall.

All of the music that Mark has released is available to listen to and purchase from Bandcamp, including his latest album “62” which was released this week. His music is also available on all good streaming services.

Mark Marshall, with his back to us, looking at his recording studio, and surrounded by various instruments and equipment. The digits 62 are superimposed over the image.

The tracks included on this episode are:

#789 Bit of a buzz

This week on The Bugcast: Caroline goes to the ballet, Dave goes on a date, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Caroline’s ballets<br />
Dave’s date<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/">Hacker Public Radio</a> – record a show that is of interest to hackers!

Upcoming events

<strong>The time has come to start thinking about your submissions for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 753 and 799!

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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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#788 Jumping the shark

This week on The Bugcast: jumping the shark, Vostok, The Loch, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark">Jumping the shark</a><br />
stevealten.com: <a href="https://www.stevealten.com/vostok/">Vostok, by Steve Alten</a><br />
IMDB: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6734482/">The Loch (TV Mini Series 2017)</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>The time has come to start thinking about your submissions for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 753 and 799!

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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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#787 Twingey buttocks

This week on The Bugcast: our New Year celebration, Caroline’s twingey buttocks, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

New Year celebrations at Bugcast Towers<br />
Twingey buttocks

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#786 Circadian misalignment

This week on The Bugcast: our Christmas week, losing track of days, a TV recommendation, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

What we got up to over Christmas<br />
What day is it?<br />
TV show recommendation: Netflix: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81413928">Obliterated</a> – not for kids or your elders!

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#785 Christmas Eve Eve Eve

This week on The Bugcast: Whamageddon hits number one, our week off last week, listener feedback, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Special thanks to Andrew for guest co-hosting last week<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67800521">Last Christmas scores Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey</a><br />
Our Anniversary last weekend<br />
Listener feedback

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