Off Beat on Radio ARA

02/08/2026

Off Beat....on vinyl #39
(re)Discovering the pleasure of listening to full albums on record 😎

Everything and Nothing is a compilation album by David Sylvian. Released in October 2000, the album contains previously released and unreleased, re-recorded, and alternate versions of tracks from Sylvian's twenty years with Virgin Records.
In addition to tracks from Sylvian's solo career and earlier with the group Japan ("Ghosts"), the album also includes previously unreleased material ("Some Kind of Fool", "The Scent of Magnolia", "Ride" and "Cover Me with Flowers", among others) along with collaborations ("Bamboo Houses" and "Heartbeat" with Ryuichi Sakamoto and "Buoy" with Mick Karn).

30/07/2026

Well done to those who got the theme for last night's show 👍.
The band pictured was The Power Station and the track I opened with was "Some like it hot".
So the theme was sun / summer / heat etc 😎🥵
(and apologies for the mic picking up the airco noise in the studio!)

Use the links below to listen to the podcast version on Radio ARA or to check out the playlist on Spotify.

Next show scheduled for broadcast on August 26th

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2eYq795yHp5dK2IYrMFvac
https://www.radioara.org/show/off-beat/

Off Beat....the show which doesn't stay on track !

26/07/2026

What's the theme for the next Off Beat show?
I'll be starting with a track from the band pictured below.

Get the band...find the track...got the theme 👍

Tune in to Radio ARA on Wednesday 29th July @ 11pm CET for my latest sizzling selection 😎

16/07/2026

First new material for 12 years 😎👍
Can't wait to get my hands on this 😃

16/07/2026

Grazie Jovanotti…”Penso positivo” 👍😎

15/07/2026

Starting on Monday (20/7), and running all week, my next CD Tip will be presenting the recently released album by Beth Orton called The Ground Above.
Tune in to Radio ARA every weekday evening around 6pm CET to hear a track and get some background on the album.

02/07/2026

First track I played on last night's show was Figure it out by Royal Blood.
So, did you "figure out" the theme? 🤓

With a bit of inspiration coming from Luxembourg's National Day (and also Trooping the Colour in the UK), the playlist was "Rock n Roll Royals" 👑

Here's the playlist on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lotBMcyMwht5khZuwJd8H

and the link to the podcast version on Radio ARA
https://www.radioara.org/show/off-beat/

There's a double helping of Off Beat shows in July 😎. Next broadcast scheduled for July 29th 👍

Off Beat....the show which doesn't stay on track !

30/06/2026

Hopefully this heatwave 🥵 is over (for now!), so time for some cool 🥶 tunes tomorrow evening on my next Off Beat show.
Tune in to Radio ARA on Wednesday July 1st at 11pm CET and discover the theme and the linked tracks.
Enjoy the show 😎

13/06/2026

Leaving soon for a few weeks holiday, so getting in early with my picture clue for the playlist theme of my next Off Beat show, scheduled for Wednesday July 1st @ 11pm CET on Radio ARA

So you have nearly 3 weeks to...figure it out 😉🤓👍

04/06/2026

Last night's Off Beat show on Radio ARA opened with the track Career Opportunities by The Clash 😎

The theme for this playlist was anything job/employment related...following on from my "retirement" inspired playlist used for the previous show (May 6th) 😁

Spotif playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rBR8Gfj7pJ8HS7aLkLZaG

Podcast version:
https://www.radioara.org/show/off-beat/

Next broadcast scheduled for Wednesday July 1st 👍

Off Beat....the show which doesn't stay on track !