Live Election 2010 Special
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Subcity satirical stalwarts Solar Island gathered round a bank of TVs on election night and spent 4 hours shouting and singing as well as ripping into everyone from James George Hargreaves to tweeting politicians and the BBC's Election music. Featuring an interview with Churchill, Twitter updates with Stephen Hawkin, live reportage from the Glasgow count, a live performance from the Stupid Idiots, a drinking game and much much more. |
| episodes | |
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| 7th May 2010 Live Election 2010 Special listen | |
| 19th September 2009 Last of the Solar Wine listen | |
| 8th April 2009 Police Brutality listen | |
| 25th March 2009 listen | |
| 18th March 2009 Dubstep Special, FM Week 4 listen | |
| 11th March 2009 Slopping out, FM week 3 listen | |
| older Solar Island episodes | |
Solar Island // 0000-0400 07.05.10
listen
Highlights of this 4 hour broadcast are available to download and listen to in the form of a 28 minute mp3:
http://www.subcity.org/shaun/solarIsland-electionspecial-highlights.mp3
Posted at 15:35, 15th May 2010
live election 2010 special
Solar Island , The BBC and Ofcom invite you to tune in to this very special broadcast next Thursday on subcity.org
As a measure to ensure their coverage of the election results is balanced and meets Ofcom requirements, the BBC have commissioned the UK's finest slackers Solar Island to produce an complementary broadcast to run alongside their mainstream results coverage.
At great expense to the license fee payer the Solar Island team are being given access to the BBC's nationwide network of journalists, news teams and audio feeds to ensure they can bring you al of the results as they happen. Shaun fae Solar and Boaby Digital have also been working with the BBC radiophonic workshop to create the worlds first audio swingometer and virtualised aural parliament.
You can expect live reports from both Solar's own contributors from across the globe as well as special Solar only versions of reports and interviews from BBC studios across the country.
In addition to all of this the Rector of Glasgow University Charles Kennedy and the GURFC have insisted on a drinking game. The rules are currently simple but will no doubt change: For every Labour gain a shot of something red, for a Lib-Dem gain something orange, for a tory gain something which will leave a bad taste in the mouth and just so Alex Salmond doesn't sue, for an SNP gain down a shot of Irn-Bru + Whiskey + Haggis + Tartan + Sean Connery. A bonus shot of Viagra should be taken if Margaret Thatcher appears on screen on the BBC at any time.
See you there, love Solar x
Posted at 21:27, 28th April 2010
no-one has the right not to be offended
Solar will return for a one off special on the 7th May. The code name for the comeback is "no-one has the right not to be offended".
All will be announced over the coming days as to what the fuck is actually going to happen, but it will involve nation-wide on location broadcasting and interviews with some of the countries most recognisable faces.
Posted at 10:43, 26th April 2010
playlist
| 0h 0m 0s // intro | |
| (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) | |
| Beastie Boys | Grand Royal |
| 0h 10m 38s // Where the BBC ripped their new election theme from | |
| 0h 13m 15s // Explanation and intro to the drink along at home drinking game and the Human Swigometer™ | |
| Pyramids (Change) | |
| Madlib | Stones Throw |
| 0h 25m 25s // First tweet of the night | |
| Are You a Visionary? | |
| the kleptones | White Label |
| 0h 40m 0s // Report from Canada with Zoe Killo Grams | |
| I Wanna Be Adored | |
| The Stone Roses | Silvertone |
| 0h 50m 18s // More of your tweets | |
| 0h 51m 30s // The Monolith makes an Northern Ireland related faux pas | |
| 0h 54m 30s // Introduction to our no-platform for tories policy | |
| The Blues are Still Blue | |
| Belle & Sebastian | Rough Trade |
| 1h 6m 50s // Interview with Winston Churchill | |
| My Prerogative | |
| Bobby Brown | MCA |
| 1h 15m 37s // Twitter catch up with Prof. Stephen Hawking | |
| 1h 22m 8s // Kay Burley talks absolute pish for a bit | |
| 1h 23m 0s // Michael Crick gets the piss ripped out of him by a member of the ministry of silly walks | |
| 1h 27m 10s // Mad Euan aka Statto spots a discrepency in Sky News' stats | |
| It's the End of the World as We Know It | |
| R.E.M. | I.R.S |
| 1h 31m 14s // Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath declaration with local nutter Derrik Jackson Land is Power | |
| Paper Planes | |
| MIA | Mad Decent |
| 1h 35m 45s // More tweets from the twittersphere | |
| 1h 43m 29s // Tooting declaration - 'Yes We Khan' | |
| 1h 46m 0s // More of your tweets | |
| So Macho | |
| Sonita | Fanfare |
| 1h 50m 38s // Armando Iannucci on the exit polls and the prospect of a hung parliament | |
| 1h 53m 6s // BBC blame polling station problems on students turning up without polling cards | |
| 1h 54m 36s // Update on former SRC President Tim Shand's performance | |
| Beyond the Sea | |
| Bobby Darin | Atco |
| 2h 0m 22s // Threat of legal action arrives from the SNP | |
| Loch Lomond | |
| Runrig | Ridge |
| 2h 04m 0s // More from twitter | |
| 96 Tears (too much vocal mix) | |
| Question Mark and the Mysterians | Cameo Parkway |
| 2h 6m 50s // Glasgow East Declaration | |
| 2h 11m 35s // Interview with Nick Griffin | |
| Intelectual (Election Special) | |
| The Stupid Idiots | Will Lord's |
| 2h 18m 2s // Mahrooq live via phone from the Glasgow Central declaration in the middle of anti-BNP protests | |
| 2h 19m 42s // Mahrooq gives his views on no-platform for facists policies and tackling the BNP | |
| 2h 23m 50s // Mad Phil Kennedy tags in to replace Mad Euan in the statto seat | |
| 2h 26m 22s // Beep if you think Cameron's a... | |
| Theme from Bergerac | |
| George Fenton | BBC |
| 2h 27m 50s // Twitter catch-up (with mics left up in a bigotgate style) | |
| Regulate (Production Unit mix) | |
| Production Unit ft. Warren G | White Label |
| Woo Ha (Jay Dee mix) | |
| Busta Rhymes | Elektra |
| 2h 23m 25s // Glasgow North declaration | |
| 2h 26m 35s // East Renfrewshire declaration | |
| The Beautiful Occupation | |
| Travis | Independiente |
| 2h 41m 35s // Eastleigh declaration | |
| 2h 46m 45s // Monolith phones Mahrooq's bird up by mistake and wakes her up out of bed | |
| 2h 49m 07s // Solar Island Aural Swingometer, mixed by Shaun fae Solar | |
| Things Can Only Get Better | |
| D:ream | Magnet |
| 2h 54m 25s // Twitter update | |
| 2h 55m 30s // Witney Declaration | |
| Ghost Town | |
| The Specials | Two Tone |
| 3h 4m 50s // Nik of The Stupid Idiots tries and fails to rap over various beats, it quickly becomes apparent that he is steam boats. | |
| 3h 11m 5s // Anas Sarwar Interview | |
| 3h 12m 35s // Glasgow North East Declaration | |
| 3h 14m 15s // D:Ream breakdown remix #2 | |
| Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) | |
| The Beach Boys | Capitol |
| 3h 17m 44s // Twitter update | |
| 3h 19m 46s // Report from Craigton with Gobo | |
| 3h 26m 45s // Solar Island Aural Swingometer update | |
| 3h 27m 10s // Mahrooq enters the building | |
| 3h 28m 20s // Speach from Marc Livingstone Communist Party candidate for Glasgow North West | |
| 3h 31m 31s // admition of the reality of the alcohol situation in the studio | |
| 3h 33m 48s // Mahrooq gets on the mic to start rhyming | |
| 3h 39m 37s // Mahrooq drops a dis about The Office of Dudes | |
| 3h 42m 21s // Mahrooq drops a dis about Tommy Sheridan | |
| The Day That Thatcher Dies | |
| Hefner | Too Pure |
| E Is For Evildarkshadowsthatlurkonthedancefloor | |
| Shitmat | Planet Mu |