#898 Farewell, My Watcher

This week on The Bugcast: Anthony Head, theatre, amateur radio, a name change, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music. Songs played Cosmic Anxiety – Slop Star – from Berlin, Germany – source The Fierce And The Dead – The 1234 – from London, UK – source The Verandas – Fear – from Bielefeld, Germany – source Низам DRedd – Лишь тишина даёт забыться – from Almaty, Kazakhstan – source Sean Ferree – Where Do Tears Come From? – from Bloomington, IN – source Zoot – The Bro – from France – source Never Cry In Britain – Streatham Shoreline – from France – source Snowflake – On The Bridge (feat. Stefan Kartenberg) – from San Diego, CA – source Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking Topics BBC News: Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72 Gods and Heroes review Dave is now an Intermediate Amateur Radio licence holder – M9TLB Vampires Rock: Eternal Love review Off to the Races London Theatre Trip Dove (not toiletries or methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Upcoming events Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow Only a couple of weeks left to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June. Announcements Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed. The next show will be episode 899 which will be streamed live on Friday 12 June 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1). Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join (you’ll need a Telegram account) 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 PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network