Welcome to episode #6 of the 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. This podcast sees Imran Mirza celebrate incredible albums from the 1990s alongside a variety of Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters. This episode sees Imran and Rhonda from San Jose, California - and host of Ride The Vibe - delve into the eighth solo studio album of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Released in 1991, Dangerous is considered an artistic change for Jackson, with his music embracing more socially conscious material, and a broader range of sounds and styles - namely the introduction New Jack Swing from the project's notable inclusion of Teddy Riley. It features catchy pop hooks and choruses while also introducing underground sounds to a mainstream audience. 

Delivering a mammoth nine singles, the album is noted as being one of the best-selling of all time, receiving four Grammy nominations and being certified 8x platinum.

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Episode #33 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast sees the team pick up where Episode #32 left off... so as a follow-up to our conversation about film franchises, we ask the question, which film franchise would we like to see either revisited or resurrected that hasn't actually been subject to the sequel treatment yet.  We also wonder whether we'd actually like to revisit certain characters from our childhood favourites like Ferris Bueller or The Goonies - does the joy in their story come from the boundless potential and possibilities their respective movies set out for them and would actually knowing the rest of their story ruin the mystique?

Welcome to episode #5 of the 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. This podcast sees Imran Mirza celebrate incredible albums from the 1990s alongside a variety of Blue-in-Green:RADIO presenters. This episode sees Imran and Rhonda from San Jose, California - and host of Ride The Vibe - delve into the sophomore album release by Digable Planets, 'Blowout Comb'.  

Comprised of rappers Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mariana "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving, 'Blowout Comb' was released in 1994 on Pendulum Records, just a year after their debut 'Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)' which garnered the trio a Grammy for their single 'Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)'

The album proved to be their final full-length effort as a collective despite the numerous tours they would subsequently unite for over the years.

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Episode #32 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast sees the team delve into the concept of film franchises.  Firstly, what actually is a film franchise (a question far more complex to address than it may seem)?  We look at some incredibly successful franchises and look at why some fail or perhaps don't resonate with subsequent generations as they should.  And we look at what the potential future is for storytelling in this context and whether the small screen could in fact be the big screen's saviour.

And joining Dan Collacott, Tee-J Sutherland and Imran Mirza on this week's excursion is long-time friend and broadcasting companion, Denis-Jose Francois, joining us from his home in Montreal, Quebec. 

As something of an accompanying piece to our exclusive podcast series, 90s State of Mind, Imran Mirza jumps behind the boards for a journey filled with wonderment as we delve into some joyful hip-hop classics from the genre's golden era.

The 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. 

Blue-in-Green:RADIO is a London-based online internet radio station which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music.

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Episode #31 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast sees the team delve into the concept of rebellion in music - those people that went to war with other artists, audiences, record labels, political parties... Exploring the theme across numerous genres including rock, hip-hop and country music, we ask what constitutes rebellion, plus we attempt to answer the question 'who was the most rebellious artist we can name?'

Episode #30 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast sees the team delve into seasons 1 and 2 of the revered Disney+ entry into the Star Wars universe, The Mandalorian. Released to universally rave reviews, we look at the why the side stories (The Mandalorian, Rogue One, Solo) are so much more coherent and generally more enjoyable than the main films; how much fan influence has there been on The Mandalorian or is this one creator's vision, and we ask the question if these types of shows are very much the future of these large franchises.
And joining Dan Collacott, Tee-J Sutherland and Imran Mirza on this week's excursion is long-time friend and broadcasting companion, Denis-Jose Francois. Harking back to our days on the Liberation Frequency podcast this reunion has been long overdue so we very much hope you enjoy the podcast as much as we did.

Let's admit it, no one really enjoyed 2020. Our sister podcast Ground Level returns after 4 years to rake over the still burning coals of 2020. Discussing protests, forest fires, Brexit, US elections, political farce and a pandemic that just won't give up and disappear up the Chinese Bat's arse from whence it (allegedly) came!

Episode #29 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast picks up from episode #28 where it was decided that each of the team would watch a classic children's/family movie that we had never before seen, then sit down to talk about. This episode sees Dan discuss 'The Princess Bride', Imran review 'Adventures in Babysitting' and Tee-J make a wish for '16 Candles'.

Episode #28 of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind podcast sees Tee-J, Imran and Dan settle down to classic movies that we've never actually seen. In a call back to Episodes #10 and #11, we pitch each other three movies and vote on which ones each person should watch. Marvel with us in astonishment at the gaps within our own catalogues!​