ORGAN THING: In celebration of Tim Smith, the leader of the starry skies as well as Cardiacs, an Other Rock Show special replayed tonight on Resonance FM. Hear it here…

Tonight Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and ‘other’ time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. This week: In Memory of Tim Smith. A memorial and celebration of the work of The Other Rock Show’s most influential and important…

ORGAN THING: Today, we pause to celebrate the beauty of Tim Smith…

Today, we pause to celebrate Tim Smith on what would have been his 61st birthday. We had some wonderful times making videos, putting out records, putting on many many gigs for Cardiacs, Sea Nymphs, Panixphere and now and again a rare Tim Smith solo gig and at one point somewhere along the line getting to…

ORGAN: The Other Rock Show’s celebration of the work of Cardiacs leader Tim Smith, hear it in full here…

The Other Rock show is back this weekend on London’s rather unique arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm. Back after a summer break, back in the usual spot of 9pm on a Sunday night, Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and ‘other’ time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of…

ORGAN THING: A fragile, beautiful, previously unreleased Cardiacs song, “a present by way of gracious thanks” has been officially posted as a download…

Songs are powerful things. You have to be careful with them. Very powerful songs come with powerful magic attached, whether you like it or not. Take this one song, known for years as ‘Dream Dress’ but unveiled at last, at long, long last, as a spell called ‘Vermin Mangle’. It’s a simple song, just a…

ORGAN THING: “Only then will we say oh what a treat, thank you sir”. Thank you Tim Smith, thank you Cardiacs, we really did grin like alligators…

There are just so many stories, so many adventures, our delight that time at the Riverside or his that time when he played a rare solo show upstairs at the Garage for us and all the rats, seemingly hundreds of them – the rats were running around in the roof above the stage during sound…

ORGAN: “Don’t be silly” said Tim in a tone of disbelief, the tale of a glorious day spent behind “enemy” lines…

We can’t just put up a little news story and leave it there like we did yesterday can we? It was so so very sad, raw, but we will have to celebrate him soon, celebrate him more than ever, celebrate him again and again with dirty great smiles. There are so many stories, we sat…

ORGAN: R.I.P Tim Smith, he of Cardiacs, the leader of the starry skies…

Sad sad news this morning, it appears that Tim Smith, the leader of the starry skies has left this world. What sad news, what a beautiful man he was, is and always will be. Besides the fact that he was leader of one of the finest bands ever, that his music touched so many people…

ORGAN THING: The Osiris Club release their fine version of the Cardiacs classic Leaf Scrapings as a fund raising thing of beauty for Tim Smith…

Organ Thing of the Day: A quick one this morning, a quick thing for we have places to be again, lives ot lead, bills to pay, paint to throw, paint is work, this Organ things is just a side issue these days. A quick thing but an important thing, a thing of beauty, The…

ORGAN THING: In celebration of Mr Smith’s birthday, five bands who sound just a little bit like Cardiacs…

We know they’re unique, we know they’re special, that they’re fuel, but occasionally something will pass by and a voice will shout from over there, “who’s that? That sounds a bit like Cardiacs” and well with today being the birthday of the leader of The Starry Skies, here;s five bands, you might like. Not clones…

ORGAN THING: SlapPeR’s fromage to the great Tim Smith of Cardiacs, A Bus for a Bus on the Bus is aid of Tim…

Organ Thing of The Day: “SlapPeR’s fromage to the great Tim Smith of Cardiacs. Your payment (and PLEASE feel free to donate more than £3!!!) will be transferred into Tim Smith’s healthcare account” so say SlapPeR as they release a version of that very early Cardiacs classic A Bus for a Bus on the Bus…

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