Blue Monday Recipe

Resistance is futile: let the Sunday Service flow through your circuits. The Melomics organisation created music for us using the keywords 'relaxing/Sunday/mellow': was it successful, or can the listeners do better? On This Day, the Miners' Strike ended, the second Opium War started, HSBC was founded and the opera Carmen premiered. Jarvis shares nocturnal sounds from his tropical holiday. This week, New Order's Blue Monday is 30 years old. But what were the secret ingredients of this groundbreaking hit? Its creators give us a flavour. We hear about disappointing birthdays from This American Life. Also today in history, the USA adopted The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem and 1933 film King Kong was released. The Peel U is for The Ukrainians. Birthdays: Robyn Hitchcock (discussing religion and belief), Tone-Lōc, Arthur Machen, Ira Glass, Jennifer Warnes, Brian Cox (contemplating Saturn), Ronald Searle (with some wise advice) and Alexander Graham Bell.

Yo La Tengo - Ohm
Melomics - Hello World
Roots Radics - Craftsman Dub
April March and Aquaserge - Des Tics et des Tocs
Robyn Hitchcock - Winter Love
Dire Straits - Iron Hand
Tone-Lōc - Funky Cold Medina
Current 93 - The Inmost Light
The Focus Group - Pan Calling / Through the Green Lens
Christopher Owens - Lysandres Theme / Here We Go
Haiku Salut - Leaf Stricken
New Order - Blue Monday
Vincent Gallo - When
John Barry - Try (On Her Majesty's Secret Service OST)
Jimi Hendrix - Star-Spangled Banner (Live)
Leonard Cohen - Passing Through (Live)
Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell
The Ukrainians - ???? (1h34m45s)
Daniel Johnston - King Kong
Beach House - Turtle Island
The Kills - Crazy
Brian Eno - By This River