Opening montage from PRI's live national broadcast of "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn", December 2012.  

Interviews performed, and montage produced by, Andy Hicks.

WGBH/PRI - "10th Annual Christmas Celtic Sojourn - Open"

Cover of "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues - recorded as a Christmas present for my friends, back in 2009.  Featuring Julia Lunetta.

"Fairytale Of New York" - Pogues cover

Cover of Weird Al Yankovic's classic Dare To Be Stupid.  I made this.

Dare To Be Stupid

As you might know, the 12th Doctor* (Peter Capaldi) once played in a post-punk band called The Dreamboys.  This is the first track on the only EP they ever recorded.  This recording only exists on rare, scratchy vinyl, so I took a rare, scratchy vinyl recording, cleaned it up a bit, and gave it some "oomph."   And yes, that's Capaldi on lead vocals.  (note: this one's *really* not mine  - please enjoy it, but if you happen to be a member of the Dreamboys and you'd rather I not have this up here, let me know and I'll take it down.  It wasn't available anywhere else, and mostly I thought it was cool that The Doctor/Malcolm Tucker used to be in a punk band.) 

*-12th, or whatever it is we're calling him after "The Time Of The Doctor."  14th?  1st, Mark II?  No idea...

Bela Lugosi's Birthday (The Dreamboys)

"The Future's Not What It Used To Be" - from 2010 OUR HIDEOUS FUTURE - THE MUSICAL!  

Written/composed by Andy Hicks.
Performed by The Pluto Tapes and Emily Taradash, with the cast of 2010. 
(c)2011, 978Musik/Unreliable Narrator

"The Future's Not What It Used To Be"

Truly The Light Fantastic

Fictional Character

NPR - Sarah Vowell Books

As part of a Mother's Day promotion on WGBH radio, reporter Edgar B. Herwick tells his favorite "Mom" story. We swear that this is not a commercial for Oscar Mayer.

(from May 2014)

Mother's Day - Edgar tells the "hot dog" story.

A work in-progress; a series of spots for 89.7, WGBH in Boston based on the long history of the station.

There's a few still on the way - working on ZOOM and ARTHUR, as well as NOVA, FRONTLINE, etc.... but there's some really good stuff here.

1951 - first broadcast of WGBH radio
1963 - first episode of the French Chef
1971 - first broadcast of Masterpiece Theatre
1971 - first broadcast of All Things Considered
1972 - the "Media Access Group" at WGBH invents closed captioning
1974 - first broadcast of Prairie Home Companion
1985 - first broadcast of A Celtic Sojourn
2013 - first broadcast of Boston Public Radio with Jim and Margery

WGBH History - all spots as of 4/29/15

The show-stoppin' Act One endin', "One Day More"-ish tune that closed out the first act of 2010: OUR HIDEOUS FUTURE (the musical).

Music and lyrics by Andy Hicks (The Pluto Tapes)
Recorded/produced by Andy Hicks
Performed by: Brad Smith, Katie Drexel, Ginger Lazarus, Emily Taradash, Kamela Dolinova, JM Deschene, Tim Hoover, Julia Lunetta, and Kay Coughlin
Instruments performed by Andy Hicks, via Propellerhead Reason 4.0
(c)2012, 978Musik/Unreliable Narrator

01 Not The End Of The World

Arrangement of Astor Piazolla's "Libertango" using retro synth, 8-bit, and lounge samples. 
Arr. Andy Hicks


Libertango (Radiophonic Arcade mix)

I wanted to write a song about coming to terms with what a ridiculous mess I was, and then I realized that Alanis Morissette already wrote that song over 20 years ago, so here we are. 

(yeah, I was also inspired by the ART's production of "Jagged Little Pill." It's great. Go see it.)

All I Really Want

Stories From The Stage: Roundtable is a pilot episode for a podcast spinoff of the show "Stories From The Stage" (produced by The World Channel at WGBH.) Produced by me, hosted by Wes Hazard and Theresa Okokan.

Stories From The Stage: Roundtable (pilot)

It's a mashup of "Closer" by The Chainsmokers/Halsey and Anberlin's emo punk classic "Feel Good Drag." What else you want?

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