It's been pretty interesting over the last day or so. Well to be honest it hasn't been that interesting at all. My main aim throughout yesterday was to kill as much time as possible before heading up to the Undercroft that night and I reckon that I managed to do it succesfully.
After waking up I decided to indulge in Shane Meadow's 2002 film "Once Upon A Time In The Midlands". This isn't one of the Shane's best films despite having an impressive cast list, and most of the traditional conventions of his earlier films are missing. One in particular is the soundtrack as it has a specially produced score and lacks on actual songs although when they make an appearance they do the film justice as always. Especially with Sarah McLachlan's "Adia" in the final scene. However the criticism from this film lead to the follow-up "Dead Man's Shoes" returning to roots and getting appreciation from the critics and fans which has continued with "This Is England".
The plan after that at around 11am was to get the tube over to Richmond but it looked pretty miserable so I decided to stay in for another hour and watch the Chart Show Valentine's Day Special shown on February the 14th 1998. As expected it contained a viewer voted Love Chart with a few odd choices. These included "Firestarter" by the Prodigy and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" alongside a few contemporary choices from the Lighthouse Family, the Cardigans and the Lightning Seeds. At number one was Bryan Adam's "Everything I Do" which I'm certain is the most played video on The Chart Show.
The Top 10 for that week was pretty good as well including "Sexy Boy" by Air, "Local Boy In The Photograph" by the Stereophonics and The Bluetones (again) with "Solomon Bites The Worm". The Number 1 once again wasn't so good; Celine Dion with "My Heart Will Go On". The less said the better.
The visit into London was a washout; literally. There were engineering works on the line to Richmond so I decided to go to Wimbledon instead and it was pissing it down by the time I arrived. I didn't get up to much, did a bit of shopping in Morrison's as mainly to buy some fresh wholemeal bread which is lacking around Harrow. I then got the train up to Putney only to find that Soul Brother was closed for the Bank Holiday. Still at least it killed a bit of time.
I headed up to the Undercroft just before 11pm where it wasn't really as rammed as it was. As always there were barely any second year radio students around but a few third years were out celebrating that they'd completed their dissertations. A lot of them think I'm one of the third years which is flattering in a way but quite worrying as I'm getting older. The dancefloor didn't really become rammed until after midnight but they shut the bar 20 minutes before closing time and a quite a lot of people started to leave early including Chris who I reckon was rather bitter about not being asked to spin the discs. Still there's the beach party next week to look forward to as part of S(4)S.
So to bring things up to date I recived a really nice e-mail this morning from Peter Stewart thanking me for the comments I wrote on his book "Essential Radio Skills" and the comments on the Sunday Night Carwash! It saddens me that he's tried to resurrect the show at BBC Radio Kent to no success. This would definitely make me listen and give Invicta and KM-FM a well desereved kick up the backside showing that radio can indeed be fun. However he did give me a few names to speak to in hope of getting a foot in the door and they happen to be people that Matthew Linfoot also knows, so who knows what can happen?
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