'Had the distinct pleasure this afternoon to talk to Dave Pollack from Destiny music agency and records at length. Though we both hail from the Bay Area/ SFCA punk wars and have brushed elbows on many occasions here in town it was great to really cut him loose and let him tell, tell,tell all. What was supposed to only be a ten minute exchange turne…

Gudinni Cortina and Anne-F Jacques – Barometric Dispatch/Despacho Barométrico – episode 3 A bi-monthly summary of sonic contributions and updates received from presses précaires (Montréal) and ISO (Ciudad de Mexico) collaborators, friends and informants, located in various altitudes, caught in different weather systems. fragmented landscapes, faili…

Tape review special with Anton aka Wassily Bosch and Marcin Barski with a plethora of tapes and limited edition vinyl on the decks. Marcin Barski from Krakòw and long time Radio On radiomaker Wassily Bosch came to visit the studio on a mid-winter Sunday. Wassily runs Nazlo Records. His visit to Berlin resulted in picking up a load of cassettes and …

Tis the festive season so perfect timing for Carrie Shephard & Adrian Shephard to discuss some haunted Plymouth ghost stories. This episode includes Carrie's creepy eyelash curdling salon experience and her partner - Big Tony's poltergeist activity in the ancient cottage he used to live in. Thanks also to Selena Shephard for the additional story ab…

It's a Berlin winter - Snow is falling and it's time for the Xmas Tape Review show with Cassettes sent from Japan, Robert Pepper (CD) (London) - Ted Trager (CD) (USA) and his handmade Zine. Rinus presents maps of Mitte from the DDR. Broadcast 10.12.23 www.radio-on-berlin.comโดย Radio-On-Berlin

The Xmas Tape Review Special returns with guests Mim King & Jason Honea - a cornucopia of overflowing delight with Tapes sent to us from Uruguay, Japan & London. Expect stories from Wormwood scrubs prison, Roger Eno, David Bowie, Musique Concrete, Apollo 11 and more in this fact packed journey through the looking glass hosted by Rinus Van Alebeek a…

Adrian & Rinus return with another zany Tape review show and this time live from the Kreuzberg studio ! Discussions include - what was the surname on Jesus's postbox? The Stasi museum camera films - sunglasses for the crusaders - The Tomorrow people - Mork & Mindy and Joey Ramone dolls. This months reviews are from : Hochberg - Two Evils (Tape) Bol…

The Wirebender presents : beyond the edge Radical dance faction special with three tracks from the Youth produced LP. Features tracks : Food bank : i carried the mountain and cockroach town. Included is a dj mix from Dj smart monkey and Rae Cheddae of mystic red corporation. Recorded live at oval space London. Radical Dance Faction Art by Al Damidg…

Live or undead from the New Jerusalem of Northern England, Sheffield Patrol Group presents THE WHEEL AND THE AXLE 3 Endtroducing Rev. Chris Brain, the Caligula of Crookes, Sheffield’s very own mini-Manson, and his ghoulish legion of horrible admirers, together constituting THE ABOMINATION OF NOS The Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) operated from the mid-…

Live from the balcony with Alebeek and Shephard at the helm. The Tape review show returns just in time for the end of the Berlin summer. This show reviews the tape release 'Starlight and still air reworked' from Starlight Assembly sent to us from from Milan by Matteo Hue Uggeri. Included Remixes by Robin Rimbaud AKA Scanner, Sawako Kato, Patricia W…

Gudinni Cortina and Anne-F Jacques – Barometric Dispatch/Despacho Barométrico – episode 2 A bi-monthly summary of sonic contributions and updates received from presses précaires (Montréal) and ISO (Ciudad de Mexico) collaborators, friends and informants, located in various altitudes, caught in different weather systems. fragmented landscapes, faili…

Live or undead from the New Jerusalem of Northern England, SHEFFIELD PATROL GROUP presents: THE WHEEL AND THE AXLE 2 Rahoola-Boola! Ar-lala-rad-zhaman! Esoteric psychedelia 4 real, fam! So far out it’s coming in again… Got a fortune you don’t know what to do with? Got more money than you know how to spend? Want to invest in the End of the World? SH…

Programme description: THE WHEEL AND THE AXLE Have you ever wondered if Elton John sold his soul to the devil for the sake of a polyurethane wig in the same deal that saw the genius Sting (Ein-Sting-Stein) equipped with the skills to engage in 8-hour Tantric bunk-ups? Have you ever longed to hear decent versions of ‘John Barleycorn’ and ‘Thomas Rym…

Gudinni Cortina and Anne-F Jacques – Barometric Dispatch/Despacho Barométrico A bi-monthly summary of sonic contributions and updates received from presses précaires (Montréal) and ISO (Ciudad de Mexico) collaborators, friends and informants, located in various altitudes, caught in different weather systems. fragmented landscapes, failing devices a…

Adrian Shephard is back at the Krankenhaus in Friedrichshain for a blitzkrieg drug fuelled surgical visit with Rinus Van Alebeek as the trusty 'No-one gets out of here alive' Radio-On-linguistics specialist. Tune in for more memory loss, literal heart felt stories from the operating room, inter-dimensional numerical time travelling, the antigravity…

“…a man who lived his life with a ferocious veracity… an inspiring and impossible to describe genius who never gave up or sold himself out. He passed away suddenly, December 2003. This piece was from Marty’s weekend experience in a British hospital as he recounts his detailed analysis and relationships with staff, patients and all with his unique c…

Jason Honea & Rinus Van Alebeek meet up at the Rathaus Schöneberg on the 26th June to commemorate the speech that Kennedy made from the Rathaus balcony and recount the history leading up to this legendary moment. Recording & Edit: Adrian Shephard www.radio-on-berlin.comโดย Radio-On-Berlin

Radio-On - FELD Theater & Streit Kultur Tag 30.06.23โดย Radio-On-Berlin

Streit Kultur#4 - FELD Theater : Kopernikus Oberschule, Steglitz Berlin. Juni 2023. Unsere Show "Mehr Mitmischen" ist das Ergebnis einer Reihe von Workshops, die wir seit Anfang März mit Schülerinnen und Schülern der KoperniKus Oberschule in Stieglitz, Berlin, mit Unterstützung von StreitKultur und FELD Theater durchgeführt haben. Sie tauschten ihr…

Stories told by Adrian Shephard & Rinus van Alebeek about potatoes or/and Boris Johnson, a description of a visit to a pub in a tiny village in Cornwall on a stormy evening, what to do at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin, an extended synopsis of a movie about Adrian’s coming of age, with lots of details, and apart from that a deeper analysis of the never e…

In this third medical episode of the Tape review show broadcasting from the vivantes Krankenhaus in Friedrishain the painkiller shots mount up on the hospital tray as Adrian desperately tries to maintain a grip on reality - 'all I hear are chickens'. Rinus skilfully keeps the tapes playing whilst simultaneously nursing the guy in the bed next to us…

Once again our intrepid team Rinus Van Alebeek & Shephard broadcast from Adrian's now 3 week residency at the Krankenhaus Friedrichshain, Berlin where doctors & nurses are currently putting Shephard's insides back together. The tape review show is live so expect interruptions from patients returning from surgery as Cassettes are reviewed and nurses…

Jason Honea & Nikolas Schreck present another classic Historic episode for Radio-On-Berlin - The Sportpalast built for entertainment 1909-1910 & used by the Nazis for their propaganda machine was finally embraced by Rock'n'Roll hosting the likes of Bill Haley and his Comets, The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Mothers of Invention and man…

The Tape Review show broadcasting directly from the Vivantes Krankenhaus Friedrichshain, Cardiology ward, where Adrian has taken up residency for the last 17 days so far. Nothing stops the Tape review show even life threatening illness so today Rinus & Adrian present Tapes sent in from Stuttgart and Tokyo in their miniaturised medical studio MASH c…

Recorded live in the Cardiology unit at the Vivantes Hospital, Friedrichshain, Berlin. Adrian Shephard interviews Nikolas Schreck about Medicine, Healing and Spirituality according to Buddhism. It's Adrian's 11th day in hospital after an emergency treatment for extreme Pneumonia and now possible heart related issues, so why not seize the moment and…

Thanks to Mustafa we managed to get the very last tickets to see the legendary punk poetess Patti Smith here in Berlin at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Though tickets really made very little difference in the end as so many people had turned up there was literally no space between those with tickets and none. An incredibly intimate (despite so much aud…

The interview was made in 2002 in a squat on the seafront for radio4a a pirate station (yup real pirate radio !) – I met Ralph firstly through the occulture agency – which had an office above the Brighton cinematheque which I co-managed in the media centre. Occulture founded by Jonathan Tapsell was an occult office (literally) who had many incredib…

On the occasion of the screening in Berlin of the documentary Punk the Capital James June Schneider visited our studio, where he was introduced to Jason Honea. James’ movie covered the east coast punk scene. Jason was actively involved in the west coast punk movement. Both guests share an enormous knowledge of persons, bands and anecdotes. Hear abo…

Adrian Shephard and Rinus Van Alebeek with Two new releases from the staalplaat label: Alexei Shulgin/ 386 DX – Biggest Smash Hits Muslimgauze – Narcotic (the vinyl version) Founding fathers boarding the ship in Delfzijl, old computers, information on Alexei Shulgin, netartists, old technology, romantic coffee, Momus in second life, a ten thousand …

Rinus and Adrian return to the Kreuzberg studio once again for another riveting revolutionary rollicking Tape review show : Packages from Tel Aviv, London and somewhere in Germany are about to be opened and discussed along with endless bizarre banter - expect shoplifting confessions, the saddest budgie death story in Berlins history, AI poems and m…

Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek did a Tape Review Show on the last day of 2020, a few hours before the last sunset of the year. You need to wait at least twenty minutes to hear the tape, which is called The Joy of Isolation, released by Aural Detritus. Well, it takes twenty-two minutes and twenty-two seconds before the play button activates t…

On the 14.2.23 I had the pleasure to interview the sound artist Michael Northam currently recuperating from surgery in a ramshackle jungle hut in the humid temperatures of Kerala, southern India. During the show he plays tracks from his exclusive latest release 'It is just a name' and talks about the 'hidden kingdom' where he was conducting sound w…

Radio On’s friendship with Dmytro started in the winter of 2013-2014. In a weekly series of skype broadcasts with him directly from the Maidan uprising. Those events turned out to be decisive in the further development of Ukraine as an independent state. Russia didn’t agree with the new government. The war in Donbass, the annexation of Crimea were …

Revisiting this interview with Craig Baldwin the American experimental filmmaker made in 'Loophole' a former brothel and now legendary underground nightclub in Neukölln, Berlin in 2009. We literally had to break in to Loophole through the hole in the road to the cellar as the metal door had been smashed the night before so another legendary intervi…

Van Alebeek & Shephard continue their historical walking tour through Kreuzberg - no subject is left unturned as they inhale their way through the stories of the city. Outside Broadcast : 10.11.22 Radio-On-Berlin.comโดย Radio-On-Berlin

Rinus Van Alebeek & Adrian Shephard begin this Autumnal Berlin historical walk outside the Jewish Synagogue in central Kreuzberg. It's the 10th November 2023 and the streets are strewn with flowers from the day before remembering the horror of Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass... Outside Broadcast : 10.11.22 Radio-On-Berlin-com…

'I saw the legendary John Cooper Clarke perform his amphetamine punk poetry 30 years ago in an intimate club in Loughborough in the UK - it was an unforgettable performance and in 2019 when JCC came to Berlin for the first time, Radio On were extremely proud and lucky to interview him' - Adrian Shephard. Haiku readings, poetry and magic, “a gift th…

Adrian Shephard met up with Jade Blue once again in Berlin to talk about her latest stationary adventures - learn about various notebooks, pencils and where to find them. Find out the quickest place to get married in Europe without your relatives and keep up to date with the latest absurd news from the dis-United Kingdom now literally a 'kingdom'. …

Radio On - Adrian & Rinus brave the freezing Berlin temperatures and head to the SO36 Gallery on Oranienstr, Kreuzberg in search of punk photographer David Arnoff, exhibiting prints from his book 'Shot in the Dark', with photos and many personal stories of the Cramps, the Dead Boys, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Lydia Lunch, The Ramones, Ian Dury, The …

Jason Honea & Adrian Shephard take a walk down the legendary 'Oranienstrasse' in central Kreuzberg. Previously known as SO36 and home to the various bars, cafes, clubs, venues and recently renamed Rio Reiser Platz - it's apparently thee place to be - So join them now for a pre-xmas festive special brimming with window shopping... Recorded 28.11.22…

The Tape Review show returns once again for a festive special with Rinus van Alebeek & Adrian Shephard opening packages from California, Japan and Belgium. Cassettes, records and bottles of condiments * (greet us from afar ! Thanks to Random Patterns - Trial Run Tapes and the label Night on Earth (compilation for the 20 years of the Night On Earth …

In what may be the most in-depth discussion of the legendary first wave LA electropunk ensemble The Screamers, keyboardist Paul Roessler, a seminal figure in the Hollywood scene tells all to interviewers Jason Honea and Nikolas Schreck who also unwrap and play songs from album Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977 released by Superior Viaduct. www.radio-on…

It's truly an honour for me to interview my mum about her incredible life. Born in Malta shortly after world war 2 and convoyed to the UK she was brought up in the swinging 60s of Sheffield and experienced the huge changes in life that swept the country. She saw the Beatles when they were just beginning to rock the stages. So enjoy this very specia…

Football is everywhere these days. Maybe you don’t know anything about it. Your friends talk about it all the time, and you don’t know what to say. You start to feel isolated, and even a little bit stupid. Radio On brings you a radio show that can change your life for good and make you a much happier person. Football for Beginners. Listen and take …

Radio On’s friendship with Dmytro started in the winter of 2013-2014. In a weekly series of skype connections we listened to his reports from the Maidan uprising. Those events turned out to be decisive in the further development of Ukraine as an independent state. Russia didn’t agree with the new government. The war in Donbass, the annexation of Cr…

Radio On managed to get an exclusive interview with the legendary Helios Creed and Lou Minatti from the Seminal band Chrome, on the eve of their 2014 European tour and new album release ‘Feel it like a Scientist’. In this interview conducted by Adrian Shephard you will hear exclusive tracks from the new album and UFO’s, William Burroughs, Prophecie…

Simon Wade aka The Wirebender presents an interview with Keith Levene on the day of the release of Commercial Zone 2014. Word to the internet “Forever associated with PiL and remembered by the faithful as a founder member of THE CLASH, Keith Levene is more than just a guitarist, although his six-string work is yet to be scrutinized for tone, twang …

Mr. Vast in the studio, and Jörg Hochapfel was also our guest, he played guitar and records (Hunger). Mr. Vast threw one story after the other, about smacking the audience in the face, ass prints and angel wings, the downfall of the British Royal family. We wanted to talk about hunger (Hunger), but nothing was said, so we played the record instead.…

Shephard and van Alebeek continue the covid conversations. This episode was recorded close to the Bethanien building, in the park. They talked about the present and history of Teufelsberg and the change of the seasons. Weather forecasts, covid forecasts, vaccination forecasts, the usual modern day ghosts make their appearance. A short history of Kr…

On a beautiful day in May Shephard and van Alebeek decided to travel to Grunewald, a forest, or maybe a very big park in the west of Berlin, close to the river Havel. Untrackable by a GPS-system, only to be found after meeting the locals, surrounded by a wall and accessable through a wooden door, here lies a tiny graveyard. It looks like a garden o…