Ragbag Presents

Frank and Uncle Claude offer a much-needed burst of optimism by performing their own unique version of Ivor Novello's We'll Gather Lilacs, which despite having been written in the 1940s, is arguably the song of the moment. Merry Christmas to all, Happy New Year, see you all in 2021. A plinkety-plonk and a tinkety-tonk.

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Although you’re far away

And life is sad and grey

I have a scheme, a dream to try

I’m thinking, dear, of you

And all I meant to do

When we’re together, you and I

We’ll soon forget our care and pain

And find such lovely things to share again

We’ll gather lilacs in the spring again

And walk together down an English lane

Until our hearts have learned to sing again

When you come home once more

And in the evening by the firelight’s glow

You’ll hold me close and never let me go

Your eyes will tell me all I want to know

When you come home once more

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Here's the first episode of Ragbag's new sister show, I Like The Sound. Subscribe to this great new podcast here, for all future episodes (plus this one): https://shows.acast.com/i-like-the-sound

Here's the show notes:

Welcome to the first ever I Like The Sound podcast, written, presented and produced by Frank Burton.

In this episode, we learn about the importance of sound in food, the meaning of ‘glossolalia’ and the origins of the Crazy Frog noise.

Manda Rin from Bis tells us about how much she enjoys hearing seagulls. Sheetal Singh, AKA Forest Bees, talks about how her children respond to sounds that they like.

Check out Bis here: https://bisnation.com/

Forest Bees on Bandcamp: https://forestbees.bandcamp.com/album/forest-bees

Source material for this week’s episode:

Charles Spence, Eating with our ears: Assessing the importance of the sounds of consumption to our perception and enjoyment of multisensory flavour experiences: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278716173_Eating_with_our_ears_Assessing_the_importance_of_the_sounds_of_consumption_to_our_perception_and_enjoyment_of_multisensory_flavour_experiences

Christian Bök on Ubuweb: http://ubu-mirror.ch/sound/bok.html

Adriano Celentano – Prisencolinensinainciusol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8

Glosollalia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues

Crazy Frog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Frog

Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/

Further details about Frank Burton:

Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)

Frank’s email: [email protected]

Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131

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Here begins a series of Best Of episodes, beginning with a combination of three of the greatest Ragbag episodes of all time, The Orange Special (Ep12), The Candle Special (Ep23) and The Barbers Pole Special (Ep36).

This episode features a promo for The Half Hour Bros podcast. Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-half-hour-bros-podcast/id1501027231

Subscribe to our brand new podcast, I Like The Sound: https://shows.acast.com/i-like-the-sound

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected]  

Follow us on Twitter & Instagram @RagbagPresents. (Listen to the episode for details of the secret pass phrase, through which there are exciting prizes to be won.)

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Frank is very excited to play you a sneak preview from his forthcoming podcast, I Like The Sound.  It’s a wonderful thing, coming very soon.

(In case you’re worried, this is not the end of Ragbag.  This is, however, the last full episode of 2020.  Bonus Bags on the way!)

This week’s music comes from the pioneering Japanese netlabel, Bumpfoot.  Check them out here: https://archive.org/details/bumpfoot

The track listing seems to have mysteriously disappeared for the time being.  This will be added to the show notes ASAP.

Other music: 

Lee Rosevere - Going In Circles: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected]  

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This episode opens with the new single by Homer Junior, ‘Short Term No Anchor’: https://homerjrband.bandcamp.com/  

This week’s headline headline act is the totally brilliant Goa Galaxy label, who specialise in goa trance, psychedelic trance, nitzhonot and downtempo. More info at www.goagalaxy.com.

Before that, Frank has a few things to say, mostly about lemons and biscuits. 

Goa Galaxy playlist: 

Negous - Halter Ego: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/mentally-transcendent-ep 

OGO - State Space: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/nanomolecularix-ep 

Gezenstern - Seeing Is Believing: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-enoch 

Atanasys - Eastern System: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/melodic-system 

Amenti Project - Golden Sphere (Sentient Plasma Mix): https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/transmission-ep 

Gezenstern - Tears Of Freedom: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/victorious-paradise-ep 

Negous - Peter Pan's Sanitarium: https://goagalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/mentally-transcendent-ep 

Other music: 

Lee Rosevere - Going In Circles: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected] 

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Frank launches a bid to become an edgy comedian by telling eighteen jokes about being arrested.   

This week’s guest is the multi-talented and endlessly interesting Martin Zaltz Austwick, AKA Pale Bird.  Martin’s new album is a collaboration with singer/songwriter Lily Sloane called I Told You How Important You Would Be.  Martin talks about the process of recording the album from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He also tells Frank about recording the album, Year of The Bird, while travelling the world, and the experience of analysing every single Tom Waits song for the Song By Song podcast.  (Martin’s also a podcasting legend, by the way.) 

Featuring the songs Personal Space, The Cascade Mountains and Pocket Full of Bones. 

Everything you need to know about Martin Zaltz Austwick & Pale Bird: 

https://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/ 

https://palebirdmusic.wordpress.com/ 

https://palebird.bandcamp.com/  

Also check out Lily Sloane: https://lilysloane.bandcamp.com/releases 

Other music: 

Lee Rosevere - Going In Circles: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected]

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A special episode celebrating the music of the wonderful La Bel netlabel.  And some dog jokes. 

Here’s where to find La Bel online:

http://www.labelnetlabel.com/

https://labelnetlabel.bandcamp.com/

https://archive.org/details/labelnetlabel

https://www.facebook.com/label.netlabel/

Elisa Luu - Piano 5-1: https://archive.org/details/LBN003_-_Elisa_Luu_-_The_time_of_waiting

Ballpen - Pass the ball & sail the days: https://archive.org/details/lbn005Ballpen-TheDreamsTrilogy-october112010

Menion - Stai attento ai segnali: https://archive.org/details/lbn019Menion-menion

Soni Sfardati - Mar Adendro: https://archive.org/details/lbn025SoniSfardatisaqiya  

Plusplus - Gentle Man: https://archive.org/details/lbn026Plusplus-psycho

Madoka Ogitani – Wind: https://archive.org/details/lbn028MadokaOgitanitakeAWalk

Jan Grünfeld - The nightshade: https://archive.org/details/lbn031JanGrnfeld-musicForPlants

Safir Nòu - Land-Escape: https://archive.org/details/Groundless01ImaginaryCloud

Feminine - A ghost too: https://archive.org/details/LBN037Feminine-Lorelei

Ykymr - Slow Magic: https://archive.org/details/ykymrcity

Macchiato Funky - No Maggiore: https://archive.org/details/LBN042MacchiatoFunky-Bugella20-50

Lucrecia Dalt/F.S.Blumm - s.o.y: https://archive.org/details/lbn009F.s.blummlucreciaDalt-cuatroCovers  

Lee Rosevere - Going In Circles: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected]

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Frank rambles on for a while about Samuel Pepys, street lights and unrecorded history (again), before interviewing the brilliant poet, Theophilus Kwek, whose new poetry collection, Moving House (Carcanet Press, 2020), is a humanist masterpiece.

This episode features the poems, ‘24.6.16’ and ‘Final Cut.’

More about Theophilis here: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=1863

This week’s music:

Max Draztic – Epiphany: https://archive.org/details/DADA145

Lee Rosevere - Going In Circles & Cloudloop: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected]

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It’s the UK’s National Poetry Day!  Frank has some thoughts about chance encounters, the concept of unrecorded history, and socks. 

This week’s guest is the brilliant poet, Marvin Thompson, who talks about his new collection, Road Trip (Peepal Tree Press, 2020), in a wide ranging conversation, touching upon the history of slavery, developing your writing talent, and the importance of seeing both sides of the story.   

Featuring Marvin’s poems, Samantha and The One In Which (Parts 1-4). 

Follow Marvin on Twitter: @MarvinPoet 

Hear more of his poems here: 

https://www.iambapoet.com/marvin-thompson 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC13MJdEueQM4qNqkE2i3DFA 

Special thanks to Peepal Tree Press: https://www.peepaltreepress.com/ 

 Other music: 

Konsumprodukt – Divorcio Robot: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Konsumprodukt 

Lee Rosevere – HEAVN: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ 

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com 

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk  

Frank’s email: [email protected] 

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