#797 Almost 11

This week on The Bugcast: Alex is nearly 11, Titanic the Musical, smart meter woes, high blood pressure, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Alex is 11 next week<br />
<a href="https://www.titanicthemusical.co.uk/">Titanic the Musical</a><br />
No-so-smart meters<br />
Blood Pressure

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday 11 May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>There are only a couple of weeks left to submit your tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
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  • The next show will be episode 798 which will be streamed live on Friday 22 March 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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#796 Sweet sixteen

This week, as The Bugcast turns sixteen: we celebrate our birthday, women, beer, and utter stupidity, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Happy <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Womens Day</a> 2024!<br />
All of Caroline’s tracks are by cracking female vocalists<br />
Today is The Bugcast’s 16th birthday! <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f973.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em;max-height: 1em" /><br />
<a href="https://www.indiebeerfeast.co.uk/">Indie Beer Feast</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68513071">Boy, 11, found driving BMW towing caravan on M1</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>There are only a few weeks left to submit your tracks 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 next show will be episode 797 which will be streamed live on Friday 15 March 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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Special thanks go to

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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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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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#795 Wonkarati

This week on The Bugcast: games, 3D printing, beers, families, Bob Heil, Dave Myers, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Caroline’s game, and Dave’s contribution<br />
<a href="https://www.indiebeerfeast.co.uk/">Sheffield Indie Beer Feast</a> tomorrow<br />
What’s in a family tree?<br />
Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Heil">Bob Heil, audio innovator, sound engineer, and amateur radio operator, dies</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68433675">The Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers, dies at 66</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2y59r89vjo">‘We went viral as Oompa Loompas but we’re just normal people’</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 next show will be episode 796 which will be streamed live on Friday 8 March 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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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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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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TuxJam 109 – A Plop in the Joilet

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New host Al has the previous co-hosts – Dave (aka thelovebug), Kevie and Andrew (aka mcnalu) on probation.

We start with our usual round-up of distrowatch.com which ranges from so easy to chaos (well, Kaos).

In this episode, prompted by a suggestion from Els Mussols, the guys look at a variety of Android based RSS reader apps,including ttRSS, Nextcloud News, and from F-Droid: Feeder, Read You, and Nunti.

Dave and Kevie review their new toys, the 8BitDo Pro Controller.

Are those Dave’s or Kevie’s hands in the picture? ?

We love feedback and suggestions of what to look at next so do get in touch with us or just leave a comment on this post.

And of course all this chat is spiced with a mix of Creative Commons music:

#794 Outspeakered

This week on The Bugcast: politics, departures, generational differences, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons 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-politics-68371016">How the row over Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle unfolded</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68377468">Gaza vote chaos highlights pressure on MPs</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68380093">John Savident: Coronation Street’s Fred Elliott dies aged 86</a><br />
Brief discussion on generational impact of celebrities<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68357976">Ewen MacIntosh: The Office actor dies aged 50</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 next show will be episode 795 which will be streamed live on Friday 30 February 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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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 />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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#793 It’s Starkid, innit?

This week on The Bugcast: Kia Niro, Madame Web, Starkid (innit?), and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and Independent music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Caroline’s new car – <a href="https://www.kia.com/uk/new-cars/niro/">Kia Niro PHEV</a><br />
IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11057302/">Madame Web (2024)</a><br />
<a href="https://www.teamstarkid.com/starkid-innit">It’s Starkid, innit?</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 next show will be episode 794 which will be streamed live on Friday 23 February 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
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#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

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 next show will be episode 793 which will be streamed live on Friday 16 February 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
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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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Special thanks go to

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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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