This week on The Bugcast: sad news, theatre performances, is AI music a crisis, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons and independent music.


Songs played

* Morween – The Weight Of It All – from France – source

* The Stereo Inspectors – Hyperspeed (feat. Snowflake) – from Earth – source

* Ozella – Dreams – from USA – source

* Igor Pumphonia – Shameless – from St Petersburg, Russia – source

* Richie Glover – Separate Ways – from UK – source

* Loveshadow – The Sky’s Changing Colour (feat. Orris) – from Birmingham, UK – source

* Two Bullets For The Devil – Two Bullets – from Spain – source

* Micki McDonald – Over – from USA – source


Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
Wikipedia: 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing
Rotherham Theatres: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Royal Ballet & Opera: Orf to the Ballet – La Fille mal gardée
We have a crisis of conscience – discussion of AI music
Patreon: PixiePunk Music
Upcoming events
Podcrawl Early Winter 2025 on Saturday 15 November 2025 from 18:00 UK time
OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK

Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
* The next show will be episode 875 which will be streamed live on Friday 14 November 2025 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