Winky and the Stain

18/04/2020

Winky's doing another live lockdown festy thing right now. Bang it up your bum here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ckVroL9AY&feature=youtu.be

Music performances and hanging out.

28/03/2020

Minimal and drone mix, Apologies for the glitch around 14:30. Fu**ed if I'm recording it again though x

https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/youre-staying-home-with-some-f**king-ambience/

Minimal and drone with announcements and some animal noises

24/03/2020

Here's a lovely mix from friend and guest of the show Ian killBlinton (ambient Dad) Robbo Roberts, to cure what might kill us all:

https://www.mixcloud.com/ambientdad/emerge-from-the-room-aka-love-in-a-time-of-corona/

A sanitary mix of electronica, techno, metal, jazz and educational songs to help you while away the time and, perhaps, actually survive this.

12/04/2018

New WATS. It's about feet and stuff. That might not sound very interesting, but let me assure you it's not.

https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/feet/

If you've listened to the show before, you've probably heard Winky positing the idea of us standing up to do a podcast. I mean, that's all. That's his whole idea. That's what he brings to the enterprise. So anyway we're doing it. If anything this might stop him having ideas.

17/03/2018

We snoozed (for months) and we losed (probably all our listeners), but we're back now with a new show!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/sleep/

It's been ages! We're sorry! All of our technology broke and our spirits were crushed, so Winky had to go into hibernation. We're back now though. Sorry.

19/11/2017

In lieu of a new WATS show, while the Stain lies abed with fever, here's an actual professional radio broadcast made by friend of the show (and, I presume to presume, actual friend) Kemper Norton. He plays some tunes from some of my favourite records of the year, along with exciting stuff I'd never heard before. Hope you enjoy...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g0qdz

The Sussex-based experimentalist Kemper Norton crafts a weird and wonderful playlist.

15/09/2017

The Stain shames Winky and the Stain, in our Crime Special. And he's sorry now. But maybe you'll enjoy it anyway...
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/crime/

Evenin’ all. It’s Winky and the Stain, pounding the beat and upholding the law. Actually, the Stain gets quite drunk, confesses to a crime, gets quite belligerent, and regrets it all now. Even to the point of being unsure whether to put this episode out. But here it is, our Crime against broadcastin...

01/06/2017

Who has a tendency to talk bo****ks, and has the nuclear codes?
It's Winky and the Stain!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/war/

You join us, Listener, at the frontline. Winky and the Stain are fighting over the future of the world, in an unlikely face off of unlistenable music and weak jokes. Or maybe not weak jokes..? In this episode, you get to decide! Join us in the trenches for what may be the end of it all.

29/03/2017

Please post pictures of your best funny face. There will be no prizes.

29/03/2017

Take my Winky... please!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/comedy/

We recorded this weeks ago and have been too busy to upload it. Because we have no respect for you, the listener. We think you’re a JOKE! Winky and the Stain herewith present a show about comedy, featuring no decent jokes and at a song which The Stain slightly regrets playing. He’s become a parody o...

28/01/2017

You'll be feeling very sleepy... It's Winky and the Stain's fantastic magic show!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/magic/

Oh oh oh, listener. It’s magic. By special request (at www.facebook.com/winkyandthestain) and by sleight of hand, Winky and the Stain weave a musical spell to send you into a hypnotic trance/sleep. Featuring Winky’s live conjuring! The ball is under the middle cup. No! We tricked you! We tricked you...

21/12/2016

We've done this too often...
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/50th-anniversary-special/

All the Stain’s Christmases have come at once, in this triple anniversary special. And he’s celebrating in typical middle-aged loner style – with Winky. Happy Christmas everyone!

09/11/2016

It's all Greek to Winky and the Stain...
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/international/

Been around the world and ay ay ay… I can’t find my Winky. Hello listeners, here’s a special exotic episode of Winky and the Stain, featuring all manner of tunes and artists that the Stain really likes but couldn’t cram into any themed shows because he doesn’t understand the language they’re in. Hop...

17/09/2016

Winky and the Stain are back to sing you a rainbow!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/colour/

What’s the colour of money? What’s the colour of money? There’s loads of good tunes about colours, aren’t there? Here’s a few of them. Also, your foul-mouthed feedback, and Winky and The Stain reverse the roles.

20/07/2016

You'll all be wearing our faces! It's Winky and the Stain:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/aphex-twin-singalong/

Mysterious, enigmatic, innovative genius… It’s Winky and the Stain! And this episode we’re indulging in a bit of hero worship as we linger over the music of Richard D James, a.k.a. Aphex Twin, a.k.a. whatever. Join us as we struggle to think of any famous twins, Winky tells lies, and the Stain is ou...

20/06/2016

Like a natural disaster, it's Winky and the Stain:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/weather/

This morning Facebook told me that it was the start of summer. Outside it was pi***ng with rain. This seems as good a day as any to post Winky and the Stain musing on that very British preoccupation – the weather. Featuring Winky listing all the different types of weather, as a handy ready reference...

22/05/2016

Not properly risk-assessed. New WATS here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/danger/

Careful! Oh, do be careful, Listener. Winky and the Stain are leading you into Danger. There’s risky (risqué?) opinions, assorted weapons and a precariously balanced glass bottle. And the Stain places his reputation in jeopardy by playing a couple of (whisper it) slightly mainstream tunes. Includes…

25/03/2016

Drunk in charge of democracy. New show here!
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/politics/

Oh crikey, listener. We get in deep with our special guest, Lngdstncdrmmr on the thorny issue of politics. In fact, thank you particularly to our special guest for holding things together as Winky proved ignorant and the Stain became increasingly drunken and incomprehensible. Also, Winky reads us a…

12/03/2016

Let there be, etc.
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/light/

A very tired Winky and the Stain stare blearily into the lights of oncoming cars. Actually, Producer Will did once stare straight into the sun and permanently damaged his eyesight. We don’t discuss that on the show. Perhaps we should have? Contact us on Facebook to complain. This is our show about L…

14/02/2016

Winky and the Stain: a beacon in the darkness
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/dark/

Don’t be afraid, listener. It’s only the dark. And Winky and the Stain will be here to hold your hand and stroke your hair. Join us as we blindly grope our way through the midnight blackness. Winky does science, the Stain mocks him from a position of questionable authority. The usual really.

30/01/2016

Oo-arrrr, etc. Winky and the Stain get knee-deep in manure, in this special countryside outdoor broadcast:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/rural/

Breathe it in, listener; the pure, clean air of the countryside. H***y handed son of the soil, Winky gets back to nature in this special Rural edition, where he happens across a kindly old farmer. We listen to a few discs on the farmer’s gramophone and share in his unspoiled country wisdom.

02/01/2016

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uv4dh11wsg2szu4/Cumabund.m4a?dl=0

15/12/2015

It's new! It's Planet Mu! Brand new show from Winky and the Stain. Listen please x
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/planet-mu-anniversary/

Muuuuu! Muuuuu! We’d like to take you to Planet Mu. It’s their 20th Anniversary year, so we thought we’d better play loads of their tunes. You could call it an homage, except we’re too amateur for flattery to be meaningful. You could call it a celebration, except Winky has a bit of a moan in the mid…

23/11/2015

This will make sense of Monday morning for you:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/typewriter-ep/id1052336937

27/10/2015

It's JayetAl! We got them back in! Listen here. (and send your complaints to Winky)
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/jayetalagain/

Alright chaps, we’re back again. And we’ve got JayetAl in the studio (their studio) again. They chose the music and everything! Discussing their new EP, politics and pi***ng in bottles. Also, complaints from you, the listener! Please feel free to send in your complaints about this and any other podc…

25/09/2015

Waste your precious time here! We're back with more nonsense: https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/time/

What? Has it been this long? How time flies! Oh, Listener! We’re sorry to leave you alone so long. There’s been life trauma and upheaval and all manner of to-do. But Winky and The Stain are back with you. And this time you know it’s for real. Come in and help us examine the nature of this thing we e…

01/07/2015

This is the song today if you're in the UK, and it's also The Stain's favourite keyboard solo.

Music video by Supergrass performing Sun Hits The Sky.

26/06/2015

Your pals The Stain and Winky are providing music for this free fun party. DJ show down.

The Railway Hat Fair After Party ***FREE ENTRY*** with DJs WINKY AND THE STAIN Playing the best Afrobeat/D+B/Jungle/Electro/Funk until late. Doors 9pm | Drink Deals

29/01/2015

A pack of lies that might reveal a deeper truth... It's Winky and the Stain! An episode recorded months ago and quarantined.
https://www.mixcloud.com/neil-stainer/myths/

Hello listeners, sorry it’s been such a while. Winky and the Stain have been extraordinarily busy men for the last few weeks, but we promise to be back up to regular speed soon. In the meantime, here’s an episode we recorded back in the summer and held back for just such an idle moment. Special gues…

12/01/2015

If you can spare a bit of cash, please support this project by friends and former guests of the show the lovely JayetAl.
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jayetal2015ep

Support JayetAl's 2015 Project!