Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radio. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Sound man
Despite turning up on R4's Today programme and dissing the new Radiohead album because it lacks 'immediate appeal', the world is a better place now that Andy Kershaw is broadcasting again (Music Planet BBC R3 ). After an absence of several years, which at one time looked permanent, he's been allowed to do what he does best, namely, go to far away lands and report on the music and culture.
Independent article 2008
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
60 Not Out
In the recent 60th anniversary episode of The Archers, posh boy Nigel Pargetter fell from the roof of his stately home while trying to take down a banner. The last that listeners heard was a blood-curdling scream as he plummeted earthwards.
Amongst speculation about Nigel's fate on The Guardian website, mygreenlung posted the following :
Some replies:
The trampoline bounce-back is up there with Hancock's (OK, Galton & Simpson's) disused mine shaft. Brilliant! - Neobor
... really enjoyed all the alternative storylines here (trampoline bounce-back my fave, just) - elisabethmahoney
@mygreenlung oh please, please, please can they use your trampoline idea, that would be brilliant - toonbasedmanc
Amongst speculation about Nigel's fate on The Guardian website, mygreenlung posted the following :
Wait for it! We haven't heard Nigel hit the ground yet. My bet is that they've left the trampoline out and Nigel bounces back, colliding with David, who's peering over the edge, knocking him to the ground instead. Oooh nooo
Sorry, perhaps I've been watching too many cartoons ; )
Some replies:
The trampoline bounce-back is up there with Hancock's (OK, Galton & Simpson's) disused mine shaft. Brilliant! - Neobor
... really enjoyed all the alternative storylines here (trampoline bounce-back my fave, just) - elisabethmahoney
@mygreenlung oh please, please, please can they use your trampoline idea, that would be brilliant - toonbasedmanc
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Son Of The Father
Praise Be !
Just as it must be irritating for cricketer Stuart Broad to be continually compared and sometimes confused with his similarly talented father Chris, so can I imagine that Tom Ravenscroft, who's standing in for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music, doesn't particularly welcome the continual comparisons with his dad, the late John Peel, who I was missing only the other day.
As he probably won't be reading this blog, I can confirm that the similarities in speech, musical tastes and appearance are definitely there. Apparently, he was also standing in for Tom Robinson, another idol from my youth, when he was away last month. He's presented on obscure stations before, like the short lived Channel 4 Radio and podcasts for Global Soundtracks but let's hope he gets his own BBC 6 Music show soon.
Just as it must be irritating for cricketer Stuart Broad to be continually compared and sometimes confused with his similarly talented father Chris, so can I imagine that Tom Ravenscroft, who's standing in for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music, doesn't particularly welcome the continual comparisons with his dad, the late John Peel, who I was missing only the other day.
As he probably won't be reading this blog, I can confirm that the similarities in speech, musical tastes and appearance are definitely there. Apparently, he was also standing in for Tom Robinson, another idol from my youth, when he was away last month. He's presented on obscure stations before, like the short lived Channel 4 Radio and podcasts for Global Soundtracks but let's hope he gets his own BBC 6 Music show soon.
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