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Revival of the Legendary 90s URN show. A music review show with an edge - well, four edges and legs and a flat top. Hosts Noax and John Tyndall take you on a track-by-track journey through the 90s compilation album scene with wit, whimsy and warmth.
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
The first special bonus edition of Oblong Desk sees John and Noax get the glowsticks and whistles out for a late '92 rave.
Hits from The Shamen, Stereo MCs, TC1992 and U96, plus discover the producers who collectively sound like the back four of AC Milan, how not to put together a compilation album, and how a German satellite radio station caught Noax off guard.
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Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Noax and John review the mammoth 39 track offering from Christmas 1992.
Featuring a woman shouting at the moon, Andrew Lloyd Webber being very silly indeed, a whole stack of remixes that were better than the originals, and one of the worst cover versions of all time.
Plus what are now "regular features" - NOWhere Else, Ashley Abram Applause, Look What You Could Have Won, The Neil Warnock Award, and our favourite track of the album (which we haven't thought of a clever title for).
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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
Noax and John delve into the 1992 summer smash sensation that is Now 22, and answer important questions such as "what is the worst simile in pop?", "are goths enjoying lockdown?" and "can you record a song after you're dead?"
Every track reviewed, awards handed out where applicable, and an appropriate level of reverie maintained throughout.
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
After a break of, er, 25 years (we've had other stuff on) University Radio Nottingham's seminal music debate returns!
Join Noax and John as they discuss all the tracks on Spring 1992's Now That's What I Call Music 21.
They'll pick the best and worst songs, choose some that should have been on but weren't, and answer questions such as which Brian you'd take on a night out, is "thang" still an acceptable word, and which popstar sounds like a Fiat Punto.
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