Today is the Spring Equinox, when light and darkness are perfectly balanced. On This Day, Einstein published the Theory of Relativity, the Moondog Ball was held, Alcatraz closed, JR was shot and a hot air balloon first went round the world; it's also Harmony Day in Australia. Vivian Stanshall performs a shaggy Bonzo Dog story. And for World Poetry Day, Jarvis reads Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man by Ogden Nash. Then he is joined by actor John Hurt. John discusses how attitudes to drinking have changed since the 1960s. Jarvis asks about his youth at art school, and John reveals how to avoid becoming 'an old fogey'. He also discusses how attitudes to sexuality have revolutionised since The Naked Civil Servant, and there's a clip of Quentin Crisp himself speaking. Birthdays: JS Bach, Son House, Brian Clough, Gary Oldman, Russ Meyer, Guy Chadwick and Vivian Stanshall.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Derek Bowskill — Spring
Gorillaz — Cloud of Unknowing
Cass McCombs — Equinox
Bonnie Dobson — Winter's Gone
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill OST — Run Pussycat Run
The House of Love — The Beatles and The Stones
Stone — Death Trip
Chris Spedding — Motorbiking
Johnny Cash — Ain't No Grave
Fursaxa — Poplar Moon
The Bonzo Dog Band — Slush
Morgana King — Tomorrow Never Knows
Yamasuki — Yamasuki
The Devil's Anvil — Qua
Art of Noise — The Seduction of Claude de Bussy (feat. John Hurt)
McGough and McGear — Ex-Art Student
Quentin Crisp — Stop the Music
Artery — One Afternoon in a Hot Air Balloon
Mull Historical Society — Barcode Bypass
Rotary Connection — I Am the Black Gold of the Sun
Yeniwl — Dau
Alain Morisod and Sweet People — And the Birds Were Singing
