The other week I was listening to Radio One's Live Lounge during my couple of bonus days at home between jobs. The guest that day was someone called Mika, who I had never heard of but who seemed to be generating a lot of hysteria from listeners. It turns out that my having never heard […]
Entries Tagged as 'Radio'
Another guilty pleasure
November 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Music
The other day, while getting that Robbie Williams CD for Jayne (which actually I quite like) I indulged in a little guilty pleasure which I have been meaning to do for some time, and bought an Electric Light Orchestra greatest hits album. ELO might be the height of uncool, or should that be the depth? […]
Tags: Nostalgia·Radio·Schooldays
Dymaxion
October 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Technology
Today I found out all about Dymaxion and Buckminster Fuller. Such an interesting character: I can't believe I had never heard of him before. Fuller was an American designer, architect and inventor – and much more. He coined the phrase 'Spaceship Earth' and invented the geodesic dome. But he did so much more. In a […]
Sheryl Crow??
October 16th, 2006 · 16 Comments · Music
There is an advert on the BBC TV for Radio 2 where Elvis Presley introduces his band, drawn from various icons and legends of music. Thanks to the wonders of film editing they all look like they are playing together and it is an all-star line-up. On drums there is Keith Moon, on guitar Jimmy […]
Fame and Fortune (part 3)
August 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life, Technology
First it was a magazine asking to use some of my photos, then it was Amazon asking me to review a book, and now its the BBC asking me if I would like to be interviewed on the radio about political blogging, with reference to the Labour party’s scheme for blogging at this year’s conference. […]
Tags: bloggers4labour·Blogging·Internet·Radio
Chris Oxlade
July 13th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I was quite shocked and surprised to see the news in today’s Crawley Observer that Chris Oxlade is leaving Mercury FM. They say he has been ‘sacked’ or ‘axed’ although Chris hasn’t commented on it at all. I will admit that I hardly ever listen to Mercury FM and I don’t think I have ever […]
Asian Music
August 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on Asian Music · Life, Music
While I was on a late night mercy-mission drive to the all-night supermarket to pick up some painkillers for the Mrs I was listening to the Bobby Friction & Nihal show on Radio 1 (one of the replacements for John Peel) and got to thinking about Asian music. In Crawley we have about 10% of […]
Tags: Racism·Radio·World music
Bored at work
July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Bored at work · Life, Work
Bored, bored, bored. I am very bored. I can’t remember ever being this bored before. If being bored becomes an event in the London Olympics I will win gold, silver AND bronze for Britain. I am very, very, very bored. Bored, bored, bored. This place is so boring. Why is this place so boring? Is […]
Tags: Radio
Most Punk?
June 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on Most Punk? · Music
I was listening to a show on Radio One called the Lock Up, which had a countown of (supposedly) the ‘most punk’ songs of all time – as voted for by listeners to the show. Well, I can only assume that most of the listeners are a lot younger than those of us who remember […]
Tags: Punk·Radio·Spizzenergi
John Peel
September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off on John Peel · Music
I was just listening to the John Peel show on the radio, as I do from time to time. One thing you can say about John Peel is that he is unpredictable. Just when you get used to him playing the most obscure cutting-edge stuff imaginable he throws up a total surprise and tonight he […]
