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Ten Years, Ten Songs - Martin Newell 1983-1992

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:34:08 +0000

Moving from success in music, to new successes in poetry and writing, Martin Newell takes us through ten significant years in his life - a decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

Songs from the (not so) Big Chair, PART TWO

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Still unsupervised and still in the Junior Presenter’s Chair, Ade is unleashed, unstoppable, and very unlikely to ever be in the big Senior Presenters chair. But with great music, Ade absolutely owns that smaller chair…

with Adrian Coen

Ten Years, Ten Songs - Adrian Coen 1990-2003

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Adrian explores how technology interacted with the available music to shape his listening experience for a decade in Japan.

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

with Adrian Coen

Do Something or Other #06 - Taxing Unproductive Wealth

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Stuff, nonsense, money, words, wisdom, and so many more things that are all in a great big package of purest fun for your ears. They will never tax your mind, comrade.

With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini

Bill's Big Bag of Musicologies, #31

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The topics in #31 are Life Begins at 65, Britain in Decline, Shakespearian Times and Onion Writers’ Hideaways.

More award winning musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries - all delivered by Guppy Productions very own Musicologist, Adrian Coen.

With Adrian Coen

Tardis Departure Lounge - Martin Newell

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The Tardis Departure Lounge is where we go before engaging in musical time travel. From the Departure Lounge, Martin travels back and forth in time, to find those impoortant moments in his musical and personal history collection.

Curated and narrated by Martin Newell, raconteur, writer, musician, and man with many hats.

Ten Years, Ten Songs – PHIL BOAST 1983-1992

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

10 Years and 10 songs, 1983-1992 – a decade of highly personal choices from PHIL BOAST, marking his own journey as Britain, and Phil. face strikes, Yuppies, financial revolution, Britpop, the Poll Tax and a very Black Wednesday…

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

With PHIL BOAST

Songs from the (not so) Big Chair, PART ONE

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Although he may be forever in the Junior Presenter’s chair in the studio, Ade Investigates lots of stuff, boldly going where no Junior Presenter has gone before…

with Adrian Coen

Investigating Yvonne Pini

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Rarely seen, but often heard, the familiar voice of Yvonne Pini hides far too many secrets. More than three, anyway. A remarkable insight into the performer once dubbed ‘lush’ by Ant and Dec’s lawyer.

Investigating the Grateful Dead

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000

No long talk! An analysis of some of the Grateful Dead’s most subliminal and popular music - but Murderation! on our budget we’ve had to make some unique adjustments! Run it, selector!

With Adrian Coen

DO SOMETHING OR OTHER #05 - Matters of the Mind

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Are you thinking it too? Do you contemplate these things, attending to intelligence and brain power? Well, I know you do! We all do, let’s face it, ensuring our thoughts and stuff are carefully cogitated, contemplated and organised. Like squeezing fat legs through a tiny cold metal turnstile.

Great music, by the way. Absolutely gorgeous, actually.

With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini.

Red Button Musicologies #30

Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics are Spies, Questions & Answers, and Bad Decisions Find deep pleasure wobble thoughts, with these musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries.

With Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen

Do Something or Other #04 Science v Poetry

Sun, 04 May 2025 06:39:02 +0000

The intricate dance between empirical knowledge and artistic expression, a tango of the found sound and glorious music, to warm your soul-groove…

Red Button Musicologies #29

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:12:43 +0000

In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics are Profanity, Puns and The Yorkshire 3 Peaks.

Enjoy deep pleasure brain tingle with musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries.

Another Red Button REWIND Trains, Part 2

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Old school Onions and unexpected, gorgeous music make the perfect listening landscape. So, settle back and immerse your soul in these delicious sounds.

All aboard for Part 2, bursting with ‘Trains’. Let RED BUTTON clip your ticket for this episode from early 2021.

With Bill Lawrance and Adrian Coen

Do Something or Other #03 The Essential Iceberg

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:53:13 +0000

Can the Essential Iceberg change you life and make your money grow on your trees? Unlikely - but the intriguing found sound and joyful music can re-calibrate your soul…

Red Button Musicologies #28

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

In this show our MUSICOLOGY topics are Books about Trouble Spots, Manchester, and Saturday Mornings.

Enjoy hot-bath joyousness with these musical selections from past editions of BOX 39, with their essential analyses and commentaries.

Do Something or Other #02 The Sovereign Individual

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The ‘Sovereign Individual’ is precisely that. Indeed, it is no more, and also in many ways, no less. It’s a special journey, without the need for a ticket, where ‘word-and-music stuff’ allows special feelings of love and happiness, in that order.

Many listeners may also experience a sensation or smell of lemons

Goodness. All that. Here.

Another Red Button REWIND Dearly Departed

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Old school Onions with gorgeous music from The After Life - aka ‘The other side’, ‘across the great divide’, ‘the spirit realm’, ‘the eternal plane’, ‘Gods gazebo’, ‘Uncle Ernie’s bothersome underpants’, ‘Basildon’….

Do Something or Other #01 Tyranny of Reason

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It starts with a fleeting thought, that passes in just a single moment, into your thoughts. Then, before you realise, it has become bullying, domination, oppression, and eventually dictatorship of your senses, your mind has lost all judgement, your own thoughts are now lost…. But the music is simply amazing!

Sampler of Power Listening Volume #05

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

More Box 3 opening monologues from Bill Lawrance, and the musicologies that follow from Adrian Coen.

Take a deep dive into the mind of Colne Radio’s highest paid and most important Senior Presenter, and questionably there’s a waste of your ear troughs from its Junior Presenter.

'Losing David' with Adrian Coen & John Dew

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Was your love for David Bowie ever ‘lost’?

Inspired Bowie clips interspersed with nostalgic historical news headlines, this is a treat whether you are a dedicated fan of Bowie or just an admirer.

With Adrian Coen and John Dew.

10 Years, 10 Songs – TIM MORGAN, 1970-1979

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000

1970-1978 – a first decade of highly personal choices from TIM MORGAN, marking his transformation from boy in short trousers to teenager listening to John Peel, his musical world now wide open, with treasures to be enjoyed at every opportunity…

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

TEN YEARS, TEN SONGS - MARTIN NEWELL 1973-1982

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000

10 Years and 10 songs, 1973-1982 – a second decade of highly personal choices from MARTIN NEWELL, legendary musician, poet and man of letters

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.

With Martin Newell

TARDIS 2005: JAKE THAKRAY with MARTIN NEWELL

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Once more Matin fires up his Tardis, travelling back to 2005, to meet himself listening to a JAKE THAKRAY collection.

Curated and narrated by Martin Newell, raconteur, writer, musician and man with many hats.

TARDIS 1988 – LLOYD COLE with ADRIAN COEN

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Adrian travels back to 1988, with an Inter Rail ticket but without any plans on how to use it. He has a cassette tape of ‘Mainstream’ by LLOYD COLE, however.

Curated and narrated by Adrian Coen

TARDIS 1971: PINK FAIRIES with MARTIN NEWELL

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Martin travels back to 1971, to meet himself listening to ‘Never Never Land’ by PINK FAIRIES.

Curated and narrated by Martin Newell, musician, poet, writer- and all too briefly, President of The People’s Republic of Wivenhoe.

TARDIS 2016 - Case, Lang, Veirs - with ADRIAN COEN

Thu, 23 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Adrian travels back in time to meet up with himself in 2016.

Featuring the eponymous debut album by Case/Lang/Veirs, a Canadian-American supergroup consisting of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs.

with Adrian Coen

TARDIS 2007 - FEIST with ADRIAN COEN

Thu, 09 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Adrian travels back in time to meet up with himself in 2007.

Featuring the album The Reminder by Feist, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Thank you, Brian. Always a pleasure, m’lud.

With Adrian Coen

TEN YEARS, TEN SONGS 1991-2000, with SUE BEER

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000

10 Years and 10 songs, 1991-2000 – a second decade of highly personal choices from SUE BEER, progressive businesswoman and ex-prototype punk.

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.

With Sue Beer.

TARDIS: 1994, ‘Stephen Duffy, Music in Colours’ with Adrian Coen

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000

‘Music in Colours’ by Stephen Duffy is a sublime collection of shimmeringly melodic pop songs adorned with all kinds of extra layers and resonances. It was also the soundtrack to Adrian’s year-long honeymoon that moved around the world, from Indonesia to Japan to the UK and elsewhere.

with Adrian Coen

TARDIS: 2004, ‘The Libertines’, with Bill Lawrance

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

‘The Libertines’ by The Libertines was an evocative, original and flawed musical album that burned so briefly in the music heavens in 2004, when the Millenium and British pop were still almost important . It was also one of Bill’s favourite albums. Why did he like it? How did it make him feel? And what was going on in the world around him?

with Bill Lawrance

TARDIS: 1977, with John Dew

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000

What if you could go back in time to when you discovered one of your favourite albums?

Why did you like it? How did it make you feel? And what was going on all in the world around you?

This show features: ‘New Boots and Panties’ by Ian Dury

with John Dew

TARDIS: 1974, with Adrian Coen

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

What if you could go back in time to when you discovered one of your favourite albums? Why did you like it? How did it make you feel? And what was going on all in the world around you?

This show features: ‘The Man in the Bowler Hat’ by Stackridge

with Adrian Coen

TEN YEARS, TEN SONGS 1962-1971, with MARTIN NEWELL

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

10 Years and 10 songs, 1962-1971 - highly personal choices from MARTIN NEWELL, the English singer, songwriter, poet, columnist and author who leads the guitar pop band ‘Cleaners from Venus’. He is also regarded as a significant figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY music, and writes regularly for national and regional newspapers, and appears on BBC culture and arts programmes.

A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives.

Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music, from Box 39 RED BUTTON.

With Martin Newell.

Ten Years, Ten Songs 1982-1991, with Adrian Coen

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

10 Years and 10 songs 1982-1991 - highly personal choices from ADRIAN COEN , a confirmed and considered foe of the 1980s, a man who disapproval of this decade is matched only by Sister Mary’s hostility towards recreational intercourse.

With Adrian Coen.