Quadrophobe – and in aid of a great cause!
We’re thrilled to be able to tell you that our favourite ska-merchants, Oxfordshire’s talented 4-5-6-7-8 some ‘Quadrophobe’ are getting together with a bunch of their musical friends to raise money for a worthwhile charitable cause. Just two of the musical mentalists On Wednesday 11th August 2010, four bands are taking to the stage in Oxford’s... [Read More..]
Cornbury 2010: Video, Photo and Audio wrap-up
For the Cornbury 2010 info, we give you our media sites for: Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/thisrealitypodcast#g/p Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisrealitypodcast/sets/ Audio: http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=870 You can visit our media files and download the content for yourself. You can view full-size shots such as this… David Gray... [Read More..]
Cornbury Festival – Battle Of The Bands
This is a very local announcement… The 2010 Cornbury Music Festival will run on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July. As a run-up to the Festival, Hugh Phillimore – the festival organiser – has kicked off the search for a local school band to open the weekend. Last year’s Battle Of The Bands winner – Relay – started the... [Read More..]
News: Opening up the phone-lines
We’re now calling listeners (and other people!) up while we are ‘live, on-air’! You probably already know (we hope you know!) that our Skype address is ‘thisrealitypodcast’, but did you know that – from this Friday – we’re going to be opening Skype up when we’re in the studio recording shows? As... [Read More..]
News: Supporting the Muisical Arts?
Word reaches us that the truly excellent Arizona-based five-piece, known collectively as We Are They, are looking for a little financial support that could make a really big difference. We Are They have secured a showcase at this month’s South by South West (or SxSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US. The talented-but-unsigned foursome could do with... [Read More..]
News: Sssshhhh… it’s a Secret!
Secret Rivals, Oxfordshire’s up-and-coming fuzz-punk four-piece with Musical Attitude release their Début EP ‘What Fists Are For’ on 29th January 2010. This digital release contains three tracks that underline how much Secret Rivals are growing as an ensemble – and continue to grow as four individuals. The three tracks bundled for your listening... [Read More..]
2009: end of year report
At the end of our first full year of podcasting, it’s time for This Reality Podcast’s first end of year report. And because we’re a podcast, it’s in audio format! Just click here to stream it online or right-click and save the mp3 to your own hard-disk. It’s less than 3 minutes long! 2009: end of year report [2:47m]: Play Now... [Read More..]
Cheaper downloads – legally!
I’ve spent a fruitful half-hour playing with the new mp3-download, price-comparison website TuneChecker.com. Before you rush off and try it, I have to advise that the website might not work in some countries. But it definitely does work in the UK! It was only a year ago when Amazon announced their serious challenge to iTunes’ stranglehold of... [Read More..]
An advent calendar – without chocolate?
Oxfordshire-based indie-band ‘inLight‘ have announced a musical celebration of the Christmas holidays and the launch of their new all-singing, all-dancing website. Starting 1st December the band will put at least one new feature on their website (http://inlightband.com) each day. Charlie, Mike, Pete and Johnny hope that the musical ‘advent... [Read More..]
Give aways! Get your free stuff here!
We need to clear out a few things to make space for new things, so we are giving stuff away: A free copy of Service Bell EP by Years of Rice and Salt (an excellent CD!), just send us an email with the subject of ‘Salty Rice’. If you are the first to email us we will get back to you, collect your address and put the CD in the post to you. A... [Read More..]



