Playlist 08.08.08

As hoped, Noel Watson was excellent value on Friday night, guiding us through the formative years of hip hop and house, a modest account of his own role in some of the coolest clubs and parties in London. He also gave us a fascinating glimpse into the Bangor underground scene in the mid Seventies, when the Bowie and Roxy fans would turn up at clubs like the Trident in their plastic sandals, wedge haircuts and early Vivienne Westwood designs.

I was only dimly aware of this era - they were referred to as the 'Young Americans' after the famous Bowie album and they effectively prepped Northern Ireland for punk rock. Sadly, Noel has no photos of this period and reckons that no-one really documented the scene. But if you do know anyone who has pictures, I'd love to see them and maybe put some kind of a history together.

Noel has also got us keenly interested in this year's, Flatlake Festival at Hilton Park, August 23-24. It's got everyone from Seamus Heaney and Edna O' Brien to Gavin Friday and David Holmes. Sounds like the Aosdána you can dance to.

Playlist 08.08.08

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize (Warner)

Shangri Las - Right Now And Not Later (Polygram)

Primal Scream - Uptown (B Unique)

Calexico - Fractured Air (City Slang)

Dave Mason, Cass Eliot - Pleasing You (Rev Ola)

The Lowly Knights - Baby Don't Leave Me (white)

Band Of Horses - Marry Song (Sub Pop)

Jesse Mae Hemphill - Go Back To Your Used To Be (Union Square)

Lonely Drifter Karen - This World Is Crazy (Crammed Discs)

Stereolab - Valley Hi (4AD)

Primal Scream - Over And Over (B Unique)

Conor Oberst - I Don't Want To Die (Wichita)

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (Columbia)

Mogwai - Batcat (Wall Of Sound)

(Second Hour Co-Presented by Noel Watson)

David Bowie - Sound And Vision (EMI)

Talking Heads -Psycho Killer (Sire)

PIL - Careering (Virgin)

Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash (Sugarhill)

Just Ice, Mantronix - Cold Getting Dumb (Fresh )

Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause (Def Jam)

Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It (Trax)

Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Polydor)

David Holmes - I Heard Wonders (Cander Blicks)

Wombats - Moving To New York (broken beats remix) (white)