Bedlam in Babbage: Tolkien Celebration

 

November will be my 111th Breakfast in Babbage broadcast!

In honour of turning “eleventyone” I have decided to make this month’s theme a Tolkien inspired one.

Music from the various film and radio adaptations, as well as music inspired by Tolkien’s works, from Led Zeppelins and Blind Guardian to John Sangster and the Tolkien Ensemble, there will be music for all. Some of it you may never have heard before.

Join us Saturday afternoon for 2 hours of Tolkien inspired tunes at The Clarendon, New Babbage.

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Breakfast in Babbage: Spooktacular!

 

Join us for the last Breakfast scheduled dance before Daylight Savings moves everything to afternoons

8:00am Saturday 13th October SLT

The Clarendon
Lower Riemann St, New Babbage
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Breakfast in Babbage: 80s Movie Music

I love soundtracks. However the 80s had a huge number of songs that became hits in their own right. Huey Lewis wrote Power of Love for Back to the Future but it charted well on it's own. Kenny Loggins wrote both Footloose and Danger Zone. Irene Cara also had two major hits. And Ray Parker made the phrase Who ya Gonna Call unusable even to this day.

Join Edward Pearse as we trip down memory lane looking at movie music of the 80s.

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Breakfast in Babbage: Under the Sea

 

A a perfect follow up to the tropical beach party, we head under water. The fish! The coral reefs! The Mermaids! The giant unnamed tentacled things lurking in the deep waiting to pull you under…

Join Edward Pearse for two hours of underwater musical exploration.

8:00am Saturday the 14th at The Clarendon
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Breakfast in Babbage: Time Travel

If I could Turn Back Time...
(So many things I'd change).

Join Edward Pearse at the Clarendon for a few hours of Temporal related musical discovery.

Saturday the 12th of May from 8am to 10am SLT

Breakfast in Babbage: Nerds!

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth! From a much mocked social group to the rise of geek culture, nerds have come a long way. And most of us in Babbage would probably fit the definition. Whether you're obsessed by comics books, the latest incarnation of Star Trek/Wars, or working your way through a multi-tomed epic fantasy, or whether you think doing maths for fun is a thing you're a nerd.

Thankfully being a geek or a nerd has become a lot more acceptable with the incorporation of computers into every aspect of our lives and geek media has become Big Business.

Join Edward Pearse for a look at the Music of Nerds. 2 hours of songs by, and about, the fans and their obsessions.

The Clarendon, April 14th, 8:00am SLT

Bedlam in Babbage: Flight Edition!

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... seriously? You can't tell the difference between a bird and Superman?

From Airship Pirates to Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, join Edward Pearse as he explores the weird and wonderful music of the air.

Join us at The Clarendon from 2:00 - 4:00pm SLT on Saturday the 13th of January or tune it to http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Breakfast in Babbage: Christmas Special!

Breakfast in Babbage celebrates its 100th episode!

Sick of hearing Mariah Carey sing about wanting you for Christmas over and over again? Join us at the Clarendon for some Christmas tunes you're unlikely to hear playing in your local shopping centre.

If you can't make it inworld, tune in via Radio Riel Steampunk

 

Breakfast in Babbage: Spooky Edition

 

Halloween, when the the things that go bump in the night aren't the neighbour's headboard.
Join Edward Pearse for 2 hours of Spooky tunes and Creepy caterwalling.

October 14, 2017 - 8:00am - 10:00am

Join us at The Clarendon or tune in via Radio Riel Steampunk.

Breakfast in Babbage: 8th Anniversary!

 

OK so I'm a month late, but it's nice to celebrate an anniversary. 

For eight years Breakfast in Babbage has been delivering both great music and the odd cringe or two. Join us for a "Best Of" selection from tunes over the years. If you're looking for inspiration on what to wear, dig out your jammies and your dressing gown. Or you could always come as a bowl of cereal :-)

 

Breakfast in Babbage: Egyptomania!

 

For hundreds of years we've obsessed over Egypt. From Pyramids and deserts, to curses and mummies, since the discovery of Tutankhamen Egypt taken root in the modern consciousness.

Join Edward Pearse for 2 hours of music inspired by or about the craze of Egyptomania!

Join us at The Clarendon or tune in via Radio Riel Steampunk.

Breakfast in Babbage: Detectives

Private Dick's, Gumshoes, P.I.s, or Slueths, call them what you will but they come in all variety of shapes, flavours and styles. From fussy Belgians, to chisel-jawed Policemen, Detectives both real and fictional are a staple of literature and screen.

Join Edward Pearse at the Clarendon for 2 hours of music exploration about people whose business is other people's business.
Or tune to http://steampunk.radioriel.org to listen in.

Breakfast in Babbage: Star Wars 40th Anniversary

 

40 years ago this month, a movie was released that changed the way movies were made. 

Join us at The Clarendon as we celebrate the highs (and lows) of 40 years of Star Wars

Or tune in via http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Grand Reopening of the Seraph Club!

After almost a year on hiatus, the Seraph Club returns with a fresh coat of paint, and a spiffy new location.

Join us on Saturday the 22nd of April from 6:00pm SLT

Dress in your best!

Breakfast in Babbage: Superheroes!

Back to the morning edition with the return of the superhero.

Join Edward Pearse for 2 hours of capes and interesting underwear. 

April 8th, 8-10am at The Clarendon or tune in via Radio Riel Steampunk

New Babbage 10th Anniversary Ball

Has it been 10 years already?

10 years ago Babbage Square rezzed on the grid. The first of a series of sims for a steampunk city known as New Babbage. A city of builders, creators, story tellers, entertainers and more, many have passed through it's gates over the years, some settling here permanently.

Join us as we celebrate 10 years of New Babbage on the Second Life grid.

Saturday the 14th of January

2:00 - 4:00pm SLT

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Bedlam in Babbage: The Silly Season

It's the time of year when retail goes nuts, people pretend to care more and Santa's of dubious beardage populate the cities.

Join Edward Pearse for 2 hours of tunes about the Silly Season.

Join us at The Clarendon or tune in via Radio Riel Steampunk

Bedlam in Babbage: Apocalypse Special!

Some have said that 2016 feels like the end of the world is upon us. Join Edward Pearse for 2 hours of music about the end of the world.

2:00pm Pacfic time at The Clarendon. Or Listen in via http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Breakfast in Babbage: Spooktacular!

Ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties will go bump in the early morning.

This will be the last Breakfast slot for the year and next month we change to Bedlam in Babbage with our afternoon edition. (The joy of Daylight Savings).

Join Edward Pearse for an assortment of appropriately themed music eclectica for Breakfast in Babbage at The Clarendon.

Breakfast in Babbage: 7th Anniversary!

7 years ago I started Breakfast in Babbage as something of an audio version of Saturday morning television. 

In the years since it's become it's own thing with an eclectic mix of tunes each month that cover a central theme. 

Join us for a "best of" selection at the Clarendon in New Babbage. 8am Saturday 13th of August