Description

This week on The Bugcast: Catherine O’Hara, Town of Culture, Conisbrough, Eurovision, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Zep Hurme – Rescue Me (feat. mykleanthony) – from Finland – source
• Carmine Rendina – Obsesion – from UK – source
• Klangwellen – Werte – from Germany – source
• Mitch Rocket – Brain Stew – from San Francisco, CA – source
• Liz Sumner – Queen of Ipanema – from Pergola, Italy – source
• Pitched in Black – I Don’t Love You Anymore – from Germany – source
• Radioontheshelf – From Marble Halls (feat. Matt0223) – from Earth – source
• Hangover Files – Used To Be Yours – from Spain – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• BBC News: Catherine O’Hara, star of Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, dies at 71
• Wikipedia: UK Town of Culture
• Wikipedia: Conisbrough Castle
• Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Late Winter 2026 on Saturday 21 February from 18:00 UK time
• OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in May.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 886 which will be streamed live on Friday 6 February 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC).
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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

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