Stories told by Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek about potatoes or/and Boris Johnson, a description of a visit to a pub in a tiny village in Cornwall on a stormy evening, what to do at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin, an extended synopsis of a movie about Adrian's coming of age, with lots of details, … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – Snare Rush zine, Dregs of Zen, Hannya White, Grey Frequency
Jade on Dez
Therein the magic sounds of an acoustic guitar change the Radio On studio into an English Cottage and our host Adrian suddenly finds himself at a giant wooden kitchen table trying to find words to communicate with the two characters of this chapter who tell tales of old, burst into song and let us know … Continue reading Jade on Dez
The Tape Review Show – vinyl edition with Shangorilla Records
The show opens with an in-depth interview. How will Brexit affect one of our station masters? Is this the end of Radio On? Will Adrian S. be put on a train to Poland? We muse over capital punishments, the beheading of David Cameron, french boeuf in Great Britain, the end of the internet, round rooms, … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – vinyl edition with Shangorilla Records
Fintan O’Toole – Brexit and the Crisis of Belonging
Fintan O'Toole held a talk at the Palais Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. His lecture was a part of the Berlin Seminar in Transnational European Studies. Adrian Shephard went there and recorded the lecture. Fintan O'Toole works for The Irish Times. He is also a writer. Here you can find an essay about Brexit by O'Toole, published … Continue reading Fintan O’Toole – Brexit and the Crisis of Belonging
The Nikolas Schreck Show – From Prussia With Love: Music to Spy By
Nikolas Schreck gets in the mood for radiodrama here on Radio On. As ever assisted by the mysterious Ania PsH and founding father Adrian Shephard, he pulls in a good deal of hard boiled pulp fiction to tell us a story. While the songs of singers and orchestra's played back over a cheap hi-fi set … Continue reading The Nikolas Schreck Show – From Prussia With Love: Music to Spy By
Tobias Stone – History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump
Some time ago Medium published an article by Tobias Stone. It was called 'History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump.' It caught the attention of Radio On's Adrian Shephard, who, as a Brit living in Berlin, has reasons to believe that Brexit is not the next best thing coming from the UK … Continue reading Tobias Stone – History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump
Tape Review Show with cassettes by Erik Levander and I Placca
The procedure in the Tape Review Show is very simple. One side of a tape release will be played in its full length. The tape itself and the art work will be described; artist name and label mentioned as well. Once the tape is finished Adrian Shephard and yours sincerely (=Rinus Van Alebeek) might discuss … Continue reading Tape Review Show with cassettes by Erik Levander and I Placca
Jeff Reed – Disastronaut 36 Hours in Berlin, Interview
Before you start listening to the interview with Jeff Reed, who operates also under the moniker disastronaut, you might as well let go of all information you can find about him on the net. And if you have met him already, or belong to his circle of friends, then here's a very nice portrait of … Continue reading Jeff Reed – Disastronaut 36 Hours in Berlin, Interview
BREXIT TRILOGY
The two founding fathers of Radio On met in Berlin right at the time when a small majority of British citizens voted for the UK to leave the EU. In three radio shows they expressed their views on the historic event. DisastroVille is a typical Rinus&Adrian show full of unexpected twists and turns, that takes … Continue reading BREXIT TRILOGY