This week on The Bugcast: events of this week, events of next week, $@&!~*^%, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Those Fine Strangers – Satisfied – from Coventry, UK – source
  


• Square a Saw – Echoes – from Eschweiler, Germany – source
  


• Sammy Vulcano – No Point In Taking Chances – from USA – source
  


• Boogie Belgique – Blueberry Hill – from Brussels, Belgium – source
  


• Fabs – Neon Summer – from Italy – source
  


• Fit and the Conniptions – Carolina – from St Leonards-on-Sea, UK – source
  


• Hystri – Avant La Fin (feat. Flooz, Nas R, Mti) – from France – source
  


• Stefan Kartenberg – Lucky (feat. Mr_Yesterday) – from Germany – source
  

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

So we’re not going to Brussels after all…

Alex stars in Dick Whittington

Dave’s work Christmas party

Dave and Alex off to the National Radio Centre this weekend

Crazy train journeys – “Growing old disgracefully” and “I’m trying to renew my car insurance”

Making a decision on songs containing explicit lyrics

Upcoming events

Podcrawl Christmas 2025 on Saturday 20 December 2025 from 18:00 UK time

OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK

Announcements

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• The next show will be episode 879 which will be streamed live on Friday 12 December 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC).


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Special thanks go to

Our supporters!

The artists for allowing us to play their music.

Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.

Internet Archive for hosting the media files

Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

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