Tag: radio

Change of Habits

Keen to avoid depressing analysis of my footballing amours Leeds United's (LUFC) insipid start to the season, in the last couple of days BBC Radio 2's breakfast show has been GJ Strachan's reveille listen of choice instead of my usual morning listen of talkSport. Presenter Zoe Ball's affable brand of chat and hit music from... Continue Reading →

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Stoke Sainsbury’s Sausage Sale

A few days back, accompanied by the soundscape of a talkSport interview with excitable veteran football commentator John Motson, I couldn't help but notice Motty's dentures didn't appear as secure as usual. This conclusion reached from the former auntie Beeb stalwart whistling kettle-like upon utilising words containing the letter 's'. Intrigued by this tooting, I tweeted... Continue Reading →

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Going Off….

To negate against my erratic attention span, which results in most of my books being bookmarked on page 17, or thereabouts, I've recently taken to enjoying literature via the medium of audiobook. Frank Skinner, Stephen Fry, PG Wodehouse, Bill Bryson and Danny Baker just a few of the writers whose prose's accompanied my car sojourns... Continue Reading →

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Audience With The Pope

I'm penning this offering accompanied by the BBC Radio Leeds commentary of the Leeds United v Rotherham United. The voices of commentator Adam Pope and ex-Leeds player Noel Whelan my self-inflicted distraction to the writing process. As you'd expect this following of events at Elland Road handicaps my focus and concentration. Attempting to write a... Continue Reading →

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Selsey Bill or Bracklesham Bay, Love?

..... Save up their money for a holiday, to Selsey Bill or Bracklesham Bay. They'll think about the future - when they'll settle down. Marry the girl with one on the way...... A verse of Paul Weller prose written in the late 1970's, from The Jam's track Saturday's Kids. Just one example of the songwriter's numerous thought provoking anti-establishment... Continue Reading →

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Worse Things Happen At Sea!

Today marks the 150th Birthday of the shipping forecast on BBC radio. The broadcast, introduced in 1867, a consequence of sea-farers concluding it's predecessor of harbour-masters exclaiming "I bet it's chuffing choppy out there today, marra!", was no longer fit for purpose as an aid to safe shipping navigation. In the days when it was frowned upon to calm boisterous children... Continue Reading →

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