I’ve been getting a little slack with updates recently, simply because there’s not been that much to report on, so I’m starting a couple of irregular and inaccurately named “… of the week” features.

Under the Pavement has been a bi-weekly two-hour show on Levenshulme-based ALL fm for around four years and is set to gain its own daytime weekly slot when that station renews its schedules. Billing itself as “anarchy on the airwaves”, it’s a mix of radical talk, reports from activist, anarchist and radical communities and news from popular collaborative news website Indymedia. The music’s a pretty eclectic mix - last week’s show included music from Le Tigre, Moby, Public Enemy and several tracks by Anti-Flag (who I have to admit to never having heard of), as well as several songs that they’ll not be able to play in daytime! The presentation is as you would expect on non-profit community radio; quite wonderfully unpolished and a refreshing change from the more established stations. My only criticism of it would be that it’s a little unintuitive to people who might not be a part of this particular “scene”; let’s see if the new slot helps that a little! That’s not to say, however, that it doesn’t have a sense of humour. Anyway, I’m a better anarchist than you.

Under the Pavement: Wednesdays 15.00-16.00, ALL fm (96.9, most of Greater Manchester)