Ship Full of Bombs

Neil Is joined in the studio this month by Mick Champness. 

 

Track 1

Brazil Nut

Morrisey Mullen

Track 2

My Life Story of Love

Stevie Wonder

Track 3

Crystal Clear

Howard Hewitt

Track 4

On My Way to Harlem

Gregory Porter

Track 5

Lay Your Lovin’ on Me

Bobby Womack

Track 6

That’s Right

George Benson

Track 7

Make Me Wanna

October London

Track 8

Love Is the Message

MFSB

Track 9

Hurt So Bad

Nancy Holloway

Track 10

Stronger Than Me

Amy Winehouse

Track 11

Just Believe in Love

Skip Martin

Track 12

Slide

The RAH Band

Track 13

This Is What You Are

Mario Biondi

Track 14

Flamingo

Earl Bostic

Track 15

Since Day One

Teena Marie

Track 16

Standing On the Top

Rick James and The Temptations

Track 17

Rock Wit U

Alicia Keys

Track 18

I Need It

Johnny Guitar Watson

Track 19

Hunt Up Wind

Hiroshi Fukumura

Track 20

Makin’ It

Donald Byrd

Track 21

Just One Lifetime

Shaggy and Sting

Track 22

Everybody Be Cool

Sugar and Silk

Track 23

Juicy

Victoria Monet’

Track 24

Song For My Mother

Frankie Beverley and Maze

Track 25

More

Syleena Johnson ft. Anthony Hamilton

Track 26

Sugar

Roy Ayers

Track 27

The Change

Cornell CC Carter

Track 28

The Lady Is a Tramp

Ella Fitzgerald

Teenage Fanclub - Radio
Smashing Pumpkins - Ada Adode
Blur - Bang
Adult DVD - Cowboy On Aisle Three
1000 Rabbits - Rubik's Cube
Exploding Head - Aimee Bought a Fascinator
Vanishing Twin - Bring Me The Axe
Protomarytr - Converts
Ellis D - Drifting
Comateens - Strangler
Daisy Group - The Hum of Life
Clique - Superman
REM - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
Happy Jawbone Family Band - Fireflies Made Out of Dust
Asha Bhosle - Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana
Charanjit Singh - Raga Lalit
bada duum - duumtape - YDYD
Tin Man - Detroit
Myles Serge - Red Eye to Bogota
Brakes - All Night Disco Party
David Bowie - Hello Spaceboy
Birthday Party - Mr Clarinet
Dalis Car - Judgement is the Mirror
Flying Carpet People - Tension Envelopes
Camilo Sesto - To Be a Man
Hooterville Trolley - No Silver Bird
Andy Bell & Masal - I Swear We Are Infinite

For Episode 7 of Pink Flamingo Radio, Si and Lawrie chat with Mickey Denny the Folk Father himself, Micky plays a tune and we discuss his unique approach to musical timing and song structure, we also play his guilty pleasure as producer Joe steers the merry vessel through the music hinterland.

 

Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin (2.47)

 

Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake (3.24)

 

Davey Crocket – Thee Headcoats (2.58)

 

In Spite of Ourselves (feat.Iris DeMent) – John Prine, Iris Dement (3.34)

 

Beastly – Vulfpeck (4.11)

 

Cold Atlantic– Long Dark Moon (3.47)

 

Possum Kingdom– Toadies (5.08)

 

Cracked Tile Rhymes–Micky Denny (3.02)

 

One More Mile Forward- Micky Denny (Milk Boys) (3.35)

 

The Rhinohead– Von Südenfed (6.16)

 

Sarniezz– Angine de Poitrine (5.36)

 

Girls – Death in Vegas (4.29)

 

Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver– Primus (4.24)

 

Planet Claire– B-52’s (4.37)

 

Since You Been Gone– Rainbow (3.17)

 

Prefrontal Cortex– GRUB (4.23)

 

Beat Goes On – The All Seeing I (3.30)

 

Micky Denny is playing next on Thursday the 19th Nov at Tea and Oranges night down at the Sun Rooms in Southend

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Invaders play the Betsy Trotwood on Sunday the 8th November at 14.00 in the afternoon along with Dark Globes, Permanent Fermenent, and Simon Bromide’s Bromides, ticket link below

 

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Invaders are also supporting Elain Palmer on her visit to Southend as part of her national tour with Satellite Inn from Italy as her backing band. The gig is on Thursday the 19th at the Fickle Pickle

https://www.ficklepickleclub.com/event/elaine-palmersatellite-inn-2026-11-19

 

 

 

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Pink Flamingo Radio presented by Si Gentry & Lawrie Walton and recorded at Ship Full of Bombs Head Quarters 

Produced by Joe

Edited by Si Gentry

Intro: ‘One More Night’ (excerpt) – Can

 

Turtles Have Short Legs – Can (3:22) 

Later Alligator – Bobby Charles (2:49)

Little Green Frog – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry (2:10)

Croaking Lizard – The Upsetters (3:25)                                                                        

  Night of the Iguana – Joni Mitchell (4:36)                                       6.    Ban Con Tim – Super All Star (3:49)

  Peace Frog – The Doors (2:50)

  Alligator Stomp – Tony Joe White / Flying Mojito Brothers (4:48)                                     9.   Ry Cooder – Tortoise (7:06)

Skink – Sonic Youth (4:12)                                                                                   11.  Terrapin – Syd Barrett (5:03)

Sombre Reptiles – Eno (2:21)

Turtle Twist – Jelly Roll Morton Trio (3:06)

 

Funny Little Frog – Belle & Sebastian (3:06)                                             15.  The Frog – Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (2:39)

King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O – Chubby Parker & his Old-Time Banjo (3:09)

Frog Sounds of New York State (1:19)

Frog Bog – Moondog (2:07)

The Little Blue Frog (alt. take) – Miles Davis (12:07)

The Frog Galliard – Thomas Morley, Julian Bream Consort (1:28)

The Frog Princess – The Divine Comedy (3:57)

Alligator Stomp – The Cramps (4:03)

The Lizard – Robyn Hitchcock (4:59) 

Salamander – Jethro Tull (2:49)                                                 25.  The Red Newt – Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones (2:46)                                           26.  Chameleon – Herbie Hancock (15:35)                   

Playout: ‘Pogles Walk’ (excerpt) – Vernon Elliott Ensemble

Last month we spoke at some length about doing pub rock bangers and some very strange mash-up tunes.

 

Tah Dah! As the French say.

There will be more as always.

 

TRACK LIST

 

Eddie and the Hot Rods- Teenage Depression 

XTC- Making Plans for Nigel

Martha and the Muffins- Echo Beach

Slay 52's -Raining Lobsters

Village Head/Radio People- A creep at the YMCA

Roxy Music- Love is the Drug

The Stranglers- No More Heroes

Invaders- Sniffing Glue

Bangle Slayer- Walk Like an Angel of Death

Leotallica- You Make me feel Sad but true

Dire Straits- Lady Writers

Ian Dury and the Block Heads- Reasons to be Cheerful Pt 3

Tuppenny Bunters- Bumps

Dr Feelgood- Milk and Alcohol

The Stranglers- Golden Brown

Bachman-Turner Overdrive- You ain't seen nothing yet

10CC- Deadlock Holiday

ELO- LAst Train to London

TOTO- Hold The Line

 

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