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XFM SHOW 160513 FEATURING TIM from DUOLOGUE

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:23 GMT

Georgie Rogers Xfm show 16th May 2013 by Georgierogers on Mixcloud

THE MACCABEES' FELIX WHITE HELPS kick off my Xfm show and talks new album

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:14:17 GMT

I launched my new Xfm show tonight and a friend of mine, The Maccabees guitarist Felix White, helped me out by taking part in my feature - LATE NIGHT LOVE-IN.

The premise is simple, a band/artist/dj comes on for a catch up and then tells me about one of his/her/their musical loves and we play a track by the artist that has influenced them in some way.

Here's the full show in which you can listen to Felix and I chatting about the band's recent DIY endeavours, the next Maccabees record - which they have written some of (HAPPY FACE) - and see why he chose Interpol's Not Even Jail as his Late Night Love-In track....

Xfm Friday 1-3am Show #1 by Georgierogers on Mixcloud

NEW WEEKLY Xfm SHOW

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:07:37 GMT

I'm really excited to announce that I’m going to be doing a weekly show on Xfm.

It’s the station I started my radio career at back in 2007 where I went from making tea to helping on the red carpet at the Brits and NME Awards. The people there nurtured my beginnings in radio in those early days, without which I would never have gone on to become a reporter at BBC 6 Music and everything else that followed.

I have always admired the station and its presenters and hoped I could one-day join the fold. That wish was granted at Christmas when I was given the opportunity to cover several live shows.

But the big news is... I will be hosting my own show on Thursday night into Friday morning each week from 1-3am.

You’ll hear a selection of tracks from the Xfm playlist and a number of tracks chosen by me, from new and established artists I’m supporting. You can expect some of these to fall into the electronic camp, music I’m playing out when I DJ at clubs and festivals and my residency at the monthly party I put on, Cat Lovers. I'll be getting bands on the show as well.

And here's a few kind words from the boss, Chris Baughen: “It's important that Xfm continues to discover and develop new talent which is why it's great to have Georgie join the Xfm Team. She has bags of enthusiasm, heaps of potential and I look forward to hearing her new show.”

We start on the Thursday 9th May. Can’t wait to get started!

BRING ON THE SUMMER 'BOB On' PARTY MIX

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:16:24 GMT

Georgie Rogers: Party Mix: 'Bob On' by Georgierogers on Mixcloud

Here's a party mix. My first one! (Someone learned how to record in Traktor!!!)

I get on the decks every month at Cat Lovers at Queen of Hoxton as well as other clubs, parties and fesitvals. This mix was recorded during a recent set at Big Chill House in Kings Cross, London.

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TRACKLISTING

Percolator (Jamie_Jones_Vault_Remix) By Cajmere
Points (Original Mix) By Affkt & Danny Fiddo
Bad Love (Groove Armada UK Drop mix) By Bookashade
'Hungry For The Power' Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix By Azari & III
What I Might Do (Club Edit) By Ben Pearce
Heartbreaker By Crazy P
Need You (100%) By Duke Dumont
What I Never Knew (Original Mix) By Kolsch
U & Me (original Mix) By My Digital Enemy
Tourist Trap (Jamie Jones Remix) By 11 11
The Sound Of Violence (Franco Cinelli Remix) By Cassius
1999 (Tim Green Remix) By Cassius
Au Seve By Julio Bashmore
Your Drums, Your Love - Duke Dumont Remix By AlunaGeorge
Running (Disclosure Remix) By Jessie Ware

secret sessions with kate tempest

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:58:31 GMT

We met Kate Tempest in a little theatre space/church hall near Kings Cross. She is a remarkable wordsmith and I admire her a lot. It was a pretty good way to spend an hour one afternoon and after one of her spoken word pieces we chat about how she found her voice, Sound of Rum and other musical projects and people watching. It's the first spoken word session and we think it's a pretty good place to start. ENJOY!

cat mix #1 - free download - meeeeooooow!

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:46:54 GMT

Here is your first present from the Cat Lovers crew - CAT MIX NUMERO UNO. Getting us ready for one heck of an Easter party at the Queen of Hoxton this Saturday (30th March) here is a mix of the finest house, garage and party beats to get you pumped for the weekend.

Message info@catlovers.tv for cheap guestlist. We have the mighty Golden Boy, Lemmy Ashton, yours truly and Cat Lovers DJs on the decks, plus Femme (Laura from Ultraista's solo project), Enjoyed and The Shallows LIVE in the basement. It kicks off at 8pm. Come and play.

TRACKLISTING:

01: Groundhog Day Intro
02: The Golden Boy - That Thing
03: Chicken Lips – He Not In (Eats Everything Chicken Tits Rewix)
04: Pirupa – Party Non Stop (Huxley Remix)
05: Armand Van Helden – Funk Phenomena (2010 Starkillers Remix)
06: Fish Go Deep – Cure and the Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix)
07: Friend Within – The Relate
08: Claude Von Stroke – TurboSteppa
09: Shadow Child – 23
10: Stefano Ritteri – Let Us Pray (Jaymo & Andy George's Refix '96)
11: Dusky – Calling Me
12: Scuba - Talk Torque
13: Garage $ale – Bump 'N Grind (Waze & Odyssey Mix)

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MEETING JAMES FRANCO AND ZACH BRAFF: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:38:23 GMT

BBC Entertainment Article
Georgie Rogers

L Frank Baum's children classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has inspired countless adaptations since it was written in 1900.

As well as the Oscar-winning 1939 film, starring Judy Garland, there has been The Wiz - the Motown-produced version starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson - unofficial Disney sequel Return to Oz and even a Muppet version.

On stage, the tale has also undergone many incarnations, including the recent Andrew Lloyd Webber West End production and the Tony award-winning musical Wicked - told from the perspective of the witches - which continues to be a hit both in London and on Broadway.

For his new take on the tale, director Sam Raimi's plan from the outset was to make a film that serves as a prequel to Baum's book.

His 3D version, Oz The Great And Powerful, tells the untold story of how a charming con-man, Oscar Diggs, became the wizard of Oz.

"Thank God we weren't trying to remake the sacred classic that everybody loves," says Zach Braff, who plays both Diggs' underappreciated circus assistant and provides the voice of a computer generated flying monkey.

"Audiences really like that world, so with all this amazing technology today... it made sense to tell an origin story of 'how did this guy end up behind the curtain?'" he explains.

The film stars 127 Hours actor James Franco as Diggs, a con-man who finds himself in Oz after being caught up in a Baum-esque freak tornado.

He is greeted, in turn, by warring witch sisters Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, played by Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams respectively, who show him the good and the bad in the mystical land.

Academy Award-winner Weisz says the chance to play a "good old-fashioned villainess" drew her to the role of Evanora.

"I thought it would be really fun to play someone really bad and evil... the more evil they are, the more fun they have." she says.

The actress remembers going to see the 1939 MGM film as one of her first trips to the cinema.

"What makes that film very charming, is the sweetness," she says. "You can see the make-up and the special effects are at the beginning of what special effects can do."

"The fact that now they can make me look like I'm flying, when I'm on wires, is impressive."

Despite the technological advancements, Franco says there were certain elements of the book and Judy Garland film that were imperative for this version of Oz to be believable.

"You need the yellow brick road, the Emerald City; you expect flying monkeys, munchkins, witches, wizards - you need all those things for it to be Oz," he says.

"But then you also need a fresh take on it, and one of the things that they can do - 70 years later - is create the land of Oz in a seamless and spectacular way.

"They don't need to rely on theatrical conventions anymore and they don't need grown men in lion pyjamas. They can make creatures that look like an actual flying monkey, and you believe it."

Raimi's new Disney offering cost approximately $200m (£133m). Money well spent, argues Braff.

"What Sam did with 3D, and what [production designer] Robert Stromberg did with the look of the thing, is really a whole other level of what you can do these days."

The sets, masterminded and built by Stromberg - who also worked on Disney's recent remake of Alice in Wonderland - were a key feature of Raimi's vision of Oz.

The director himself was very involved in controlling the look and feel of the film, down to the smallest detail.

"You build everything - from the smallest blade of grass to the smallest blossom, to the insects and squirrels, to the trees," explains Raimi.

"Then there were cities and lands and forests," he continues.

"Glinda's kingdom had to look French Nouveau, very feminine to reflect her character; the Emerald City had to be the Manhattan of Oz - sophisticated, art deco, sharp angles and very strong contrasts."

As for making the film in 3D, Raimi says he and his team "went to school" to study the format and "learned how it was best done from the ground up".

He used several techniques, including editing in longer takes and using a lot of light to give the feeling that "the air of Oz would seem like it was crystal clear, so you could see forever".

"These things, and more, were designed to pull the audience into the experience and give them perhaps the best 3D they've ever seen," the director says.

"If people are conscientious and they want to learn how to do it, it can be done very well now."

Reviews for the film in the US have been mixed.The Hollywood Reporter claims the "unimaginative" film is pitched at children under the age of six, but others reviewers praise the colourful "feast for the eyes" and immersive 3D experience.

However, Raimi believes he achieved a film which "fits right into the Disney mould of family entertainment" - but one that does not claim to be in the same league as the 1939 film.

"The Wizard of Oz is such a spectacular picture and holds such a dear place in my heart that I would never want to claim that we captured any of that very special magic," he says.

"But this picture is a unique thing and I think that is has its own level of magic."

Oz The Great & Powerful is out on general release.

NEW JAMS: LULu James, tube and berger, lewis watson, Hiatus & shura

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:17:34 GMT

The latest single from one of the most exciting electronic ladies emerging on the scene, Lulu James. Uniquely styled video too, in which she look FABULOUS!

Downloaded this track by Tube and Berger off Beatport for a DJ set a couple of weeks back and I can't stop listening to it. The sampled vocals and what sounds like a mandolin, over some pretty tasty house beats, works a dream.

This is entirely different to the other two, a really sweet pop ballad by Lewis Watson, which has been getting hype from Radio 1 and my buddies at Xfm. He's only 20 and this track Into The Wild just has so much charm.

This has JUST dropped from Hiatus and Shura. Did a lot with them on Amazing Radio when I did the breakfast show and we had them play Cat Lovers. This is yet another stunning offering. Cool little video as well.

ahhhmaaaazing Secret Session with joe banfi

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:49:08 GMT

We filmed what I think is my favourite Secret Session ever with Joe Banfi last week. What a talented chap! Signed to Communion Records, you can buy his Nomads EP right now. Check out this beautiful session and a little chat we had afterwards.

PArty time WITH BEARDED KITTEN - THIS WEEKEND!

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:52:00 GMT