This week on The Bugcast: Eurovision, the fall and rise of IRC, some listener feedback, and 8 great pieces of Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

* Mercury & The Architects – Pull The Plug – from Los Angeles, CA – direct from the artist

* Red Crickets – Anna Polyamory – from Turku, Finland – source

* Smoking With Poets – Lizzy’s Voice – from UK – source

* The Woods – The Storm – from Lazio, Italy – source

* Lynzi – Siren – from Los Angeles, CA –

* Mahidevran – Equilibrium – from Moscow, Russia – source

* The Different – Boy – from Italy – source

* Mad Sky – Heal You – from Trondheim, Norway – source

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

Topics

Eurovision 2021 on Saturday 22 May

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot goes weekly again

Freenode Implosion

Libera Chat is born

History of IRC

Feedback from Gary AF8A

Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 667 and will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 28 May 2021 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).

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Special thanks go to

Our supporters!

The artists for allowing us to play their music.

Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.

Internet Archive for hosting the media files

Euterpia Radio for the use of their Shoutcast server

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