{"id":14665,"date":"2012-03-11T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14665"},"modified":"2012-03-13T02:28:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T02:28:39","slug":"bbc-6-music-at-10-tenth-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/03\/11\/bbc-6-music-at-10-tenth-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC 6 Music at 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/BBC-6-Music-at-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14666\" title=\"BBC 6 Music at 10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/BBC-6-Music-at-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Radio station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/6music\">BBC 6 Music<\/a> celebrates its 10th birthday this week.<\/p>\n<p>Not a lot of people know this but I was present at the birth of the station in early March 2002.<\/p>\n<p>If I remember correctly, the schedule for that opening week included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Phill Jupitus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phill_Jupitus\">Phill Jupitus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gideon Coe\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Coe\">Gideon Coe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Liz Kershaw\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liz_Kershaw\">Liz Kershaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Andrew Collins (broadcaster)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Collins_(broadcaster)\">Andrew Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tom Robinson\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Robinson\">Tom Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although it was only a minor job, it was my first official BBC work and\u00a0was so happy I even emailed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jenny_Abramsky\">Jenny Abramsky<\/a>, who was then head of BBC Radio.<\/p>\n<p>I got this reply:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Email-to-Jenny-Abramsky-about-6-Music-in-March-2002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14675\" title=\"Email to Jenny Abramsky about 6 Music in March 2002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Email-to-Jenny-Abramsky-about-6-Music-in-March-2002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"2060\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reading this ten years later, it is striking how many things have changed in the past decade: <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.businessinsider.com\/2011-02-16\/tech\/30062549_1_music-industry-flickr-death\">the collapse 0f the &#8216;old&#8217; music industry<\/a>; the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hutton_Inquiry\">Hutton crisis<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_on_Terror\">two wars<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/newsbysector\/mediatechnologyandtelecoms\/2787456\/Apple-eclipses-Wal-Mart-in-US-music-sales.html\">the extraordinary rise<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Inc.\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0not just as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/blog\/2010\/feb\/25\/apple-ten-billion-songs-itunes-analysis\">the biggest music retailer on earth<\/a>, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2011\/aug\/09\/apple-pips-exxon-as-worlds-biggest-company\">the most valuable one<\/a> period; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7_July_2005_London_bombings\">the London bombings<\/a>;\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Late-2000s_financial_crisis\">financial meltdown<\/a>,\u00a0resulting recession and squeeze on public finances that indirectly led to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2010\/mar\/02\/bbc-protests-change-mind-6music\">the near-death of 6 Music itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was an unwelcome birthday present to read on March 2nd 2010 that <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/8544150.stm\">Director-General Mark Thompson wanted to shut it down<\/a>, but a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/10507286\">listener-fuelled campaign<\/a> (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2010\/mar\/03\/bbc-6-music-protest\">heavy use of social media<\/a>) led to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/10507286\">its survival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The station had always suffered from lack of exposure rather than quality of output, so the resulting had the marvellous triple effect of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/gallery\/2010\/mar\/29\/bbc-6-music-protest\">boosting awareness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2010\/jul\/05\/bbc-6-music-saved\">saving the station<\/a> and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2010\/may\/13\/bbc-6-music-chris-evans-rajars\">increasing the RAJAR figures by %50<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It really was just like a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Capra\">Frank Capra<\/a> film.<\/p>\n<p>Or an episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thick_of_It\">The Thick of It<\/a>, as this mash-up demonstrated:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S0zNDhhPkSk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00tnpfb\">September 2010<\/a>\u00a0I was also fortunate enough to be asked to do semi-regular film reviews for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b0072l93\">Nemone&#8217;s show<\/a>, so even though it&#8217;s in an\u00a0adjacent building, it felt like a return of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, I was just glad that the station had survived in an era when its hard to find decent music on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00876k2\">Adam &amp; Joe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00c000j\">Lauren Laverne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00ptsjd\">Jarvis Cocker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00ds8lp\">Huey Morgan<\/a> have helped keep the original ethos of the station alive.<\/p>\n<p>Even in a era of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spotify\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/disco\">YouTube<\/a>, it is still important to have a curated music experience to guide you through what&#8217;s worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I go in to 6 Music I&#8217;m impressed at the quality of feedback via email and Twitter, and since I&#8217;m always being asked recommendations for films, here is a series of music and film playlists.<\/p>\n<p>Each one consists of an\u00a0individual\u00a0film, album and song for every year of 6 Music&#8217;s existence.<\/p>\n<p>The choices were prompted by a simple test of what came in to my head when I thought of the station.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10 FILMS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/xsulhd\">Adaptation<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Spike Jonze, 2002)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/zb0mNc\">The Station Agent<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Thomas McCarthy, 2003)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/x6gm62\">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Michel Gondry, 2004)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/wO8PYx\">The Constant Gardner<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Fernando Meirelles, 2005)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ze9KM9\">Children of Men<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/xa2oRw\">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Julian Schnabel, 2007)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/AixUdY\">Son of Rambow<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Garth Jennings, 2008)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ygWX1n\">A Prophet<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Jacques Audiard, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ABHxG4\">Exit Through The Gift Shop<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Banksy, 2010)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ABHxG4\">The Interrupters<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Steve James, 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10 ALBUMS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Interpol (band)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interpol_(band)\">Interpol<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turn_on_the_Bright_Lights\">Turn on the Bright Lights<\/a><\/em> (2002)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Postal_Service\">The Postal Service<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Give_Up\">Give Up<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2003)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcade_Fire\">Arcade Fire<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funeral_(album)\">Funeral<\/a><\/em> (2004)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M83_(band)\">M83<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Before_the_Dawn_Heals_Us\">Before the Dawn Heals Us<\/a><\/em> (2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Knife\">The Knife<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silent_Shout\">Silent Shout<\/a><\/em> (2006)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LCD_Soundsystem\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sound_of_Silver\">Sound of Silver<\/a><\/em> (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portishead_(band)\">Portishead<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_(Portishead_album)\">Third<\/a><\/em> (2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_(band)\">Phoenix<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Phoenix\">Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<\/a><\/em> (2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_National_(band)\">The National<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_Violet\">High Violet<\/a><\/em> (2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Black_Keys\">The Black Keys<\/a> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Camino_(The_Black_Keys_album)\">El Camino<\/a><\/em> (2011)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10 SONGS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GbcChsDhw0I&amp;feature=artist\"><em>NYC<\/em> by Interpol<\/a> (2002)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg&amp;ob=av2n\"><em>Such Great Heights<\/em> by The Postal Service<\/a> (2003)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nd-A-iiPoLg&amp;ob=av2e\"><em>Naked As We Came<\/em> by Iron and Wine<\/a> (2004)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WEyo3hDbjk0\"><em>Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun<\/em> by M83<\/a> (2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MFyp3Q8zDC4\"><em>Silent Shout<\/em> by The Knife<\/a> (2006)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OHTSxw6zN1E&amp;ob=av2e\"><em>Australia<\/em> by The Shins<\/a> (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/B9dSYgd5Elk\"><em>Time To Pretend<\/em> by MGMT<\/a> (2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/sPXDJQkuWeA\"><em>Two Weeks<\/em> by Grizzly Bear<\/a> (2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/32udqal_lyQ\"><em>Not in Love<\/em> by Crystal Castles feat. Robert\u00a0Smith<\/a> (2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/a_426RiwST8\"><em>Lonely Boy<\/em> by The Black Keys<\/a> (2011)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Happy Birthday 6 Music!<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/6music\">BBC 6 Music<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_6_Music\">More information about the station at Wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2012\/jan\/29\/6-music-10th-birthday-bbc-radio\">Observer article on 6 Music at 10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio station BBC 6 Music celebrates its 10th birthday this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2478],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}