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GOTW Plague Tapes #96

Dr. Groove · May 26, 2021May 30, 2021

Wednesday 26th May 2021 – 17.00hrs Plague Tapes #96 Stuck together between packing for a break to the west and we don’t move anywhere without much baggage. The show has plenty of Marvin Gaye – as the man 50 years ago produced one of the greatest albums ever, and captured that time – 1971 – …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #95

Dr. Groove · May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Sunday 16th May 23.00hrs Plague Tapes #95 It was one of those weekends where it ran away from me. Therefore, Sunday evening see’s Dr. Groove playing catch up. Theres a lot in here but it may not be expressed in the clearest fashion. 95 – perhaps the number triggers a nostalgia in the Dr. Which …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #94

Dr. Groove · May 8, 2021May 9, 2021

Saturday 8th May 21.00hrs Plague Tapes #94 A long overdue investment in a good microphone brought innovation and the ability to plug directly into the mixer, which will mean that Dr. Groove can record a show from beginning to end utilising all the formats, from digital, CD’s and of course the best, the sublime sound …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #93

Dr. Groove · May 1, 2021May 1, 2021

Saturday 1st May 17.00hrs Plague Tapes #93 Love – is the answer – and it’s the path that scares them the most. Those who are dead already, those who disturst all, and adore the flashy gods of power and paper money, profits, and who posess these trinkets have no knowlege of how to live – …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #92

Dr. Groove · April 24, 2021April 24, 2021

Saturday 24th April 17.00hrs Plague Tapes #92 I saw a Guard pour a fellow’s pint down the drain, there on Thursday. I know there’s reasoning behind it, but it is a step too far for this old anti-authoritarian. It jarred with me! When the plague drags on and on and nothings right And you need …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #91

Dr. Groove · April 17, 2021April 17, 2021

Saturday 17th April 21.15hrs Plague Tapes #91 We sit beneath the cherry blossom and await it to fall on the gentle breeze to our beloved earth. We don’t but we should. The music comes from the east – East of here, starting in Germany, then up to Norway, back down to Mali, over to India, …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #90

Dr. Groove · April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

Friday 09th April 20.02hrs Dublin time Plague Tapes #90 We are in coming into the strange time known as ‘the rough month of the cuckoo – ‘Garbh mí na guach’ which apparently runs from April 15th – May 15th, and has highly changeable weather patterns. I felt that today as I scrambled away from …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #89

Dr. Groove · April 2, 2021April 2, 2021

Friday 02 April 20.00hrs Plague Tapes #89 Good Friday, 2021, and Dr. Groove is putting together another Plague Tapes for you people. Public service broadcasting continues, and Dr. Groove got dressed up today for no apparent good reason. He also cleaned the windows, walked some dogs, and went for a cycle, but the important …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #88

Dr. Groove · March 27, 2021March 27, 2021

Saturday 27th March 14.00hrs Plague Tapes #88 The joy in life, we must continue to search for it. Continue to do things that spark joy and bring it into your life. That’s what music does and it is why I did a mix of ambient acid exoitca – or whatever this week. That will go …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #87

Dr. Groove · March 19, 2021

Friday 19th March 19.34hrs Plague Tapes #87 We can rebuild him. Dr. Groove has been growing through a bit of an auld rebuild himself, and is coming out the other side. Music is good as always but features a great track – Everything is Milk by immensely talented friend, John Braine. Also watch out for …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #86

Dr. Groove · March 12, 2021March 15, 2021

Friday 12th March 19.30hrs Plague Tapes #86 Eighty six- that’s how many we did in a year, so that question has been answered in all the uncertainty. We have news. This is going out later on Friday, because Andrew wanted to incorporate the most up to date figures. It was a blustery day out there …

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GOTW Plague Tapes # 85

Dr. Groove · March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Friday 5ht March 17.00hrs Plague Tapes #85 We go back, music, a worm hole in time, the little plink of a xylephone, and I am back to “Steppin out into the light…” Joe Jackson was someone who came across as leading an exotic life out there in the big city, but had once been like me …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #84

Dr. Groove · February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Friday 26th Feb. 21.00hrs Plague Tapes #84 Dr. Groove was reminded of the line from Beckett, from The Unamable – 1953 – which goes “ … you must go on. I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” We must all find what keeps us going on. And Dr. Groove likes the quotidian lyric or some …

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GOTW Plague Tapes #83

Dr. Groove · February 20, 2021February 28, 2021

Saturday 20th Feb. 15.00hrs Plague Tapes #83 The wild wet winds of early spring sweep through the land as we bring you this show. Lockdown is on and will continue, so Dr. Groove just keeps on doing his best. No expertise in how to get through these unpredcedented times, but music and poetry are great …