"I'll Be Home Soon"

Tonight saw me make a return visit to the Gulbenkian to see a second

performance from Beverley Craven.

It was an intimate affair as such with just two additional musicians

to Bev's vocals and keys, them being a fella playing additional

keys and synths who's name escapes me, and Frank Mead who

played a vast away of wind and brass instruments, although it

was a different sort of wind that he got ridiculed for at various

points of the gig.

It was good to hear the old favourites such as "Woman To Woman"

"Holding On", "Joey" and of course "Promise Me" but we were

also treated to new material from a forthcoming album which

was stunning.

An album which will be the first after splitting from her long term

partner, one of the songs was about finding who Bev thought

was her ideal man, and another was about finding out he

was already married.

Let's hope the release date isn't too far off.

Once again I got a photo with Bev and I think I look more

relaxed than the one I had last time;

 

I mentioned to Beverley how her first album reminds

me of just after I moved into Canterbury which fits in nicely

with it being near 21 years to the day I moved into the city.

Overall it was a really good night out.

The Listening List: W/E 31.03.12

Second time around eh? Well I've listened to a fair few things in
the last seven days and it would be ridiculous not to include this
first offering.

The Listening Project - BBC Radio 4, 30.03.12 

It's surprising how a medium designed partly around communication
has rarely used the opportunity to showcase just that,
with normal people in their familiar surroundings.

This innovative venture from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Local Radio
manages to achieve just that and in a very accessible manner
by encouraging ordinary people to record and submit conversations of any (broadcastable) subject.

I've had a listen to one based on "Destiny" and a conversation
with a grandfather who used to work in the mines,
and his granddaughter who is about to pursue a law degree.

I'm hoping this project will go even further and if anything
continue to bring even more people into radio with meaningful
conversation.

Desert Island Discs - Jamie Cullum - BBC Radio 4, 25.03.12

A special edition of the long running Radio 4 series, due to the fact
that 1: it's recorded in front of an audience at Bristol's More Than Words
festival, and 2: the castaway actually performs some of the songs he's chosen.

At first I thought "oh no, this could be really sickly and narcissistic"
but if you understand Jamie's musical style and are used to his lively
relaxed radio manner, then you're in for a treat.

Highlights include Cullum's take on "Do You Know what it Means
to Miss New Orleans?" and the novelty/excitement of hearing Roni Size's
"Brown Paper Bag" chosen as a record.

The interviews are good too, with Cullum revealing how he worked hard
to get to where he wanted to make music, and what sort of material he
wanted to write, with no idea that he'd go even further.

An inspiring tale if ever.

It's to an acquired taste, but Jamie Cullum's eight discs/performances
are eclectic and entertaining.

Alberta Cross - "Lucy Rider" - Performed live at WTMD, Baltimore

This one was brought to my attention via Lauren Laverne's
Twitter feed, described as a "sunny afternoon song" and I thought
"I'll give this one a go".

It ended up going higher than my expectations thought, a song
that sounds like it was penned on a piano, but actually sounds
really great with just two acoustic guitars and a mouth organ.

And the vocals of course.

I may give the station WTMD a further listen, or rummage
through it's Youtube channel at least as they've got what looks
like some good acoustic indie and folk material on there and 
what would shape my ideal alternative rock radio station (if
that's what people still call it).

Nah, forget fancy genres, really good music, is really good music.
It's worth listening to the full band version of "Lucy Rider" as well.

Mass Sheen Featuring Leroy Burgess - "Tonight We Gonna"

An amazing collaboration with two top producers and musicians. 

Underrated disco performer Leroy Burgess joins forces with
Daz-I-Kue from Bugz In The Attic for what you could call 
a disco revival, especially as the change from a minor to a major
key resembles that of Kool And The Gang's "Too Hot".

Which is no bad thing, especially as Burgess is related to Robert "Kool" Bell.

If this sort of tunage floats your boat, do swim further to find
other tunes from both artists. 

If you're one of those maybe a bit timid of venturing near the deep end however, there's some great material on Daz-I-Kue's Soundcloud page
from the above link, including a reworking of his superb Sister Sledge
remix from a few years ago.

As for the above offering, it will be the first one I play on Blam Jam
this Sunday.

Revisiting The Firm

After a far more productive day at Dunelm than most this week I'm
set to have a laid back one with a good DVD and last night's
pork stew with la riz and vino.

Mum and Dad are away until late tomorrow, venturing North
to collect Olly from Leeds for Easter so tonight I plan to have another
gander at what I actually thought was a good remake, that being
"The Firm" originally made in 1989 and remade 20 years later
from one of the other character's point of view.

Not to mention being set earlier in the 80s in order to get
a better soundtrack.

Well that's what I'm guessing anyway, who would want to
set the scene with Sonia, Kylie, and Big Fun?

No, that's unfair, as outside the Hit Factory bandwagon
there was a lot of good music from acts such as Danny Wilson,
Deacon Blue, and The Proclaimers to name a few.

Actually I've just realised that very "few" were from Scotland
as elsewhere in the UK there was The Beautiful South,
Swing Out Sister, Roachford and The Fine Young Cannibals.

Back in those days there weren't many television channels
so it wasn't unusual in those days to see Roland Gift and co,
or Lisa Stansfield on shows such as Going Live! etc, aimed
at the younger end of the audience.

Nowadays certain people complain that there isn't any indie
around, or any "non R&B" music.

Well, the answer to that is, you're just not looking hard enough.

Sites such as Soundcloud and Mixcloud should be celebrated in the 
present day, and whatever you're searching for in terms of a specific
genre, or something new in general, you'll find it eventually.

Long may they continue to evolve.

Surreal? Superb.

With the news and Twitter-gone-bonkers fuss over the news of Anchorman 2
I opted to viewing the prequel, rather surprisingly for the first time.

Many of those at Uni took influence from the film, especially those involved
in Smoke Radio by repeating catchphrases (Stay Classy Westminster!),
and acting in a similar manner to the characters only to look even
more idiotic.

It's a similar sort of scenario as believing the way to chat up
a woman in public is by doing so in the same contrived manner
as a contestant on Take Me Out. 

I got rather bored with the film about a third of the way in, although
a more obvious reason I gave up is because I've downloaded the latest
album from Incognito "Surreal" and right from the beginning it's incredible.

Especially as the first track has the chorus "The Less You Know The Better"
and the second track likewise with "Goodbye To Yesterday".
It's like the last couple of months of my mental state have
been captured in this album.

I'd imagine my brief dissection of this album here, means it won't 
get on my Listening List blog this weekend, but that's not to say it is
not one of my favourite releases from 2012.

I'm really enjoying the year as it goes on, and still more to come
as well.

Dull Dunelm?

I've just returned home from a dreadfully long day.

First stop was Dunelm where due to getting all the unpacking
from today's delivery completed by 1, I was left with barely
anything else to do for three hours.

I'm surprised I didn't fall asleep, after only getting three hours
last night as a result of staying up for Gilles Peterson.

Straight after work I walked all the way to the University of Kent
campus for CSR's playlist meeting which had a good turn out
but dragged on for quite a while.

Not finding any A-list worthy tracks didn't help either.

The meeting itself took place in the rather nice offices
of the Student Activities Centre and when waiting to go in
it made me feel rather sad as the surroundings reminded
me of those of Folded Wing.

Not least because of the really nice office manager and 
the mood felt calm and welcoming, which does bare
comparison after almost eight weeks at Dunelm.

Luckily I'm making a visit back to Folded Wing in May
pretty soon, so hopefully I'll be less of an emotional
muddle by then.

21 In Canters

It's 21 years to the day since myself and the rest of the Blamires
family moved to Canterbury, and rather than look back, I thought I'd
go over some of the positive elements that the city has to offer as of
now.

Anifest 

It was after watching BBC Four's documentary on Oliver Postgate
last night that this blog post came to mind, as every October
for the last five years, an event has been held to celebrate the
city's influence in animation and showcase up and coming talent
in the field.

The two events I have visited so far have been superb, and you
can get to meet a lot of like-minded people with interesting backgrounds.

I seem to remember having a chat with an American visitor last year
about the old Warner Bros animations, and how their later series
such as Animaniacs and Pinky And The Brain would make not so subtle
digs towards executives who would want to "re-tool" the show towards
demographics.

Anyway, tangents aside the event itself brings many people of all ages
together and it just keeps on improving by year. Maybe they'll even
tempt someone from either Disney or Warner to make a visit?...

CSR FM 

Despite a shaky start, I have found the community and student station
for Canterbury to be an important platform to help increase my
radio abilities, especially in the last year.

This is down to the hiring of an amazing media-co-ordinator
who has inspired many of the presenters and producers to make
even more creative radio at the station than before, and the opening
of a new studio on the Christ Church University campus which has
received a lot of great attention and with it's spacious surroundings
makes it far easier for me to present a radio show feeling relaxed. 

Recently a new committee has been inducted and with a great
team with fresh and familiar faces to rule the roost up to 2013
I'm hoping the station continues to evolve and when I do eventually
part ways (because I have to move on sometime) it will still be
strong if not stronger.

Lounge On The Farm 

My involvement in CSR has seen my enthusiasm for the annual
festival increased where every year the many people from the
city and outside Canters get together to enjoy not just superb
music, but really good comedy and poetry as well.

Helping out on the live outside broadcasts gives me an extra
buzz, but seeing acts live is just as good with past favourites
including Example, Arthur Brown, The James Taylor Quartet,
Bad Manners, and not forgetting Hot Club De Paris.

Any excuse to post this video showing the madness that
took place at the 2010 festival, as edited by Peter White.

Best of all, the popularity allows me to cross paths with those
who I may not have seen in years, and I'm hoping I'll find
more of those at this year's event. 


The Maiden's Head
  
I can safely say that this has to be my favourite watering hole
in Canterbury.

If there's ever a punk event or weekender taking place I have
to be there as in a similar way to the Lounge event it's good to
meet people who you either haven't seen in ages, or never
met at all with a mutual understanding in not just music, but
also what you're going through in life as a whole.

Some of the bands who have performed over the last couple of 
years have gained quite a following such as The Half-Wits,
Ted Dibiase And The Million Dollar Punk Band, and not forgetting
"Tuppence And The Gang".

And not forgetting the DJ sets which have brought my attention
to vintage punk bands like The Gonads, and The Macc Lads.


It may have been hard for me to cotton on to, but there are
positive parts to living in Canterbury and even if I do return home,
I will return to the standout events of the city each year.

Gilles Departs In Style

A big night tonight as far as radio goes, well actually it's tomorrow morning
when this is taking place.

That being the final outing of Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 1 which
looks set to be exciting.

According to the man himself on Twitter, all of the producers from
the show's 14 year reign will be sharing songs and stories which I
suppose means that Benji B will be on who will fill the gap left 
by Gilles on Radio 1, and of course not forgetting the ever delightful
Karen P who produced the show for five years before going off to...

Nah, not the faintest.

Seriously, it's going to be good and I may even stay up a little longer
than normal to listen, provided I don't get too drowsy beforehand.

And if I do, well, I'll just set my alarm for 2am won't I?

It's not like it's a big end of an era of sorts, as it's progression
with the new show on BBC 6Music commencing on Easter Saturday
in an unusual but well thought afternoon slot.

The search for the perfect beat will continue, and you know what?
I'm hoping it's never found.

"Where The People Are"

The warm weather has finally arrived in Canterbury, and it felt
really good walking home from work going past someone's house
with a barbecue lit up.

I may have to have a go at doing one myself this summer,
where gradually, I may show Dad how it should be done.

I.E not burnt.

Work was pretty busy this morning but we got all the unpacking
done by 3pm resulting in my co-worker lowering the warehouse door,
and going home an hour earlier.

Then again, it was sort of good on my part for reasons I'd
prefer not to go into.

My plan for tonight is to have a gander at Disney's The Little Mermaid
quite possibly for the first time since I saw it at the Ilford Odeon in
November 1990.

For some reason it reminds me of hearing Kim Appleby's "Don't Worry"
and "A Little Time" by The Beautiful South being played on the PA
before the film started, which goes to show that even as a five year
old, I was more interested in pop music than movies.

Speaking of which, I seem to remember the film being re-released
in 1998 and Peter Andre releasing a somewhat inferior cover
of Sebastian the Crab's "Kiss The Girl".

Although actually, it's a bearable listen when compared to him
and his ex-wife's duet of "A Whole New World".

The Listening List: W/E 25.03.12

My blogroll and Twitter feed is enough to suggest that as of recent
I have been listening to far too much radio and music.

So, rather than just list the names of the programmes themselves,
I thought it would be good to try experimenting with a weekly series
of blog posts highlighting what radio shows, podcasts, LPs, even
audio books have travelled inside my head from left to right.
(Or stayed in center).

I've posted links to the shows themselves so you can make
up your own opinion on them, rather than take my perspective
so here goes;

Just A Minute From India - BBC Radio 4, 19.03.12

The popular radio panel game is celebrating it's 45th
anniversary this year with a number of special feats, including
two shows from Mumbai in India, the first of which aired last Monday.

And the results turn out to be better than initially presumed
although it's down mainly to the special guest panellists Cyrus Broacha
and Anuvab Pal, adding a more raucous atmosphere to what has
recently become a rather tame radio show.

That's not to say Paul Merton and Marcus Brigstocke aren't amusing
too and Nicholas Parsons just about manages to cope in his suave
manner, with the raw acoustics of the venue adding to the fun.

With another edition from India airing tomorrow (26.03) there's
sign of further promise and 30 minutes beforehand, the show returns
to television on BBC 2 where for the next two weeks it will be going
out in a 6pm timeslot.

With a 45 year legacy, it's about time more people were brought
to the attention of one of radio's most devious panel games
at a time when such a genre is prominent on the telly.

Black, Sexy, Geeky, And Mental Podcast

I discovered this after doing a search for podcasts on hypomania
which to be honest is something I really should have done years
before.

Anyway, to the point, and this is a series of podcasts produced
by Boston resident Amber P who gives a very open, and
down to earth perspective on what it is like to deal with the condition
and how it affects her day to day circumstances.

The other area that attracted me to the podcast is that Amber P
is a Doctor Who fan, and can talk in detail and at length of episodes
from both the classic and current series (provided that they're not
post Steven Moffatt).

I'm not sure whether it's in podcast 5, or in one of the earlier
ones that Amber discusses the use of the word "geek", but there's
a very good analysis about the differences of that word.

I.E, someone who can memorise episode names, broadcast dates,
even production codes as opposed to an indvidual who can just
memorise situations and plots within an episode, therefore
removing all traits of a "geek".

Overall it goes to show that in most cases, the best podcasts are
the most simple ones, and Amber P should not have to worry
about "podfade" as long as "Black Sexy Geeky And Mental" carries on.

Pappy's Bangers And Mash Podcast

I needn't explain the title as the catchy song at the start of
this witty podcast does just that.

As a concept it's fantastic and yet really simple as one of the big
worries when putting a comedy podcast together is to come up
with sketches on the spot, and the way to go about it
is by letting it come naturally through conversation.

As opposed to having an idea in your head for a long time,
thinking it's funny, not discussing it with anyone to see if
they think it really is funny, recording it, and in the end it's ultimately shit.

This particular episode was recorded in the very studio I present
my Blam Jam show on CSR every Sunday but it's safe to say that
the Pappy's have made far better use of the facilities than I ever will.

I don't understand why the audience of fellow CSR volunteers
are so quiet though, but I guess it's just the overwhelming sense of it all.

On a personal perspective, the podcast really gets going at about 13.46,
where they talk about teachers punching pupils in the face, not
to mention the gags about Daphne and Celeste.

The only minor flaw is the sketch at 34.26 where Schubert is mistaken
for Beethoven. A shame because the punchline is delivered really well.

That aside it's a superb comedy podcast and in an age of heavy compliance
in broadcast radio, Bangers and Mash is innovative, well punctuated
and above all hilarious.

So that's my first listening list, and I hope to make this a weekly
fixture on my blog. Suggestions are welcome in the comments or via e-mail.

Voicing And Trolling

My expectations of The Voice UK last night turned out to be better
than initially anticipated, simply on the basis that it had me
sticking around for the whole show rather than switching over
to Britain's Got Talent at 8pm.

Being on ad-free BBC 1 may have been part of the advantage
but on a programme point of view, I actually found it inspiring
and how those who didn't get chosen were given constructive
advice, which rarely happens on a television talent-show in
the present day.

One of the contestants Toni Warne was a very familiar name to me,
having appeared on another TV talent show many years ago,
Bob Says Opportunity Knocks in 1987 where she performed
Michael Jackson's "Ben".

There must be footage somewhere on Youtube.

The show as a whole made Britain's Got Talent look rather passe
although in all fairness, the Syco franchise has been sinking for
quite a while now.

That's not to say the show itself wasn't entertaining, with
standouts including the German fella in that embarrassing gold
springy outfit (and shower cap), the Welsh boys choir, and not forgetting
Jonathan, the otherwise timid 17 year old with the big voice.

The only issue is that because of the way the programme's are structured
you know what's going to happen, especially in the audition shows
silly acts at the start, unexpected surprise at the end and so on.

I'll carry on watching both shows.

Moving aside, Andrew Collins has recently made a post on his
blog about Richard Bacon's BBC Three documentary from Monday,
and internet trolling in general.

In this case it's about responding to internet criticism, which I only
know too much about, as last year I had a bit of a run in on my part
when I made an indirect criticism on Twitter to another broadcaster
who I don't think is as funny as they do.

No names mentioned of course.

Although in Collins case it was directly written in the comments section
of his Guardian column, where in mine, it was probably the vanity of
said individual searching for his name on Twitter, and on finding
it used in a negative light, uh oh.

Nowadays I try to avoid looking for confrontation, but I just
have to accept that in all areas of radio there are those who
take their work just a little bit too much to heart.

I know. I've been there and may do so again if I'm not careful.

Stretched And Shortened Telly Viewing

Once again I was up early at 6am, just beating my alarm by two minutes
which is quite close, but as it's a Saturday I can get away with
that gap of time.

I've beaten it the rest of this week, including yesterday surprisingly.

The playlist for tomorrow's Blam Jam is set, with the final two
tracks from Cecilia Stalin's album which I've been profiling throughout 
March although in April I won't actually be profiling an album as I've
got quite a big announcement about the show I'll be making next week.

The bad news is that it won't reveal that the show is finishing,
for the time being at least.

Big night for telly viewing, I'm sure you all know what the fuss
is about, but having seen the US version of The Voice, I'm a bit
worried that it will become strung out, what with tonight's
opener lasting an hour and 20 minutes.

Which I suppose is good as Britain's Got Talent starts at 8pm
which for all the stick is enjoyable disposable telly, if there is
such a thing.

Many suggested that MTV shortened the average viewer attention
span to three minutes, but 30 years on Simon Cowell etc appear to
have stretched it to three hours. Including ad-breaks.

And yet we whinge either way. 

The general public can never be satisfied, but on my part it's 
best not to float with them.

The Centurians Unite

I was at my most drowsy in all the six weeks so far I have been
at Dunelm, as a result of two long visits, one to and from London
last night, and another to and from Matalan right at the other end
of Canterbury.

The London one is obviously the visit that's more potentially
interesting so I'll go with that, and in this case it was a special
do for the final episode of BBC Radio 2's Sounds Of The 20th Century
as organised by Trevor Dann and the team.

It was really good to see everyone and best of all put names to
the faces of those who have been tweeting with enthusiasm
and wit throughout the last 50 weeks.

It was also good to meet others who were involved including
radio newsreader Sandy Warr with whom I had a nice chat about
presenters and newsreaders past and present, not to mention a shared
enthusiasm for the dance routine to S Club 7's "Reach".

The programme itself included audio footage of Anne Robinson
making her debut as the Queen Of Mean, the Budweiser "Wassup"
campaign, some great musical interpolations yet again including
"Who Let The Dogs Out" being played over the beginning of
"Mama Told Me Not To Come" as covered by Tom Jones
and The Stereophonics.

Not forgetting the mash-up of Kylie, Spiller, and the BBC News theme tune.

10 minutes before the end of the programme listeners were treated to
a fantastic, dare I say "dis-intermediated audio collage" of the whole
series taking many short sound bytes and placing them around a special
mix of The Pet Shop Boys "Being Boring".

It may sound laughable from that paragraph, but believe me,
get on iPlayer, listen to the last 10 minutes of the programme,
and you're more than likely get more than a bit emotional.

I got a few photos of the goings on too.

.

Alongside the loyal #SOTTC "Centurians".



Heather live tweeting throughout the show.



Trevor settles order.



Alongside Heather, Trevor, Ali, and The On The Sly team.

A nicer photo of them without my unpleasant mugging
can be seen here.

The round of applause that filled the room after the programme
was well deserved and in my less than sober state I went up
to Heather and hugged her.

As well as thanking her for helping to produce a programme
with so much effort, enlightening audio, and brilliant production on
a scale that may never be achieved again.

Now in a more sober state, I stay true to the above paragraph
and it being very unique and compulsive listening for the last year.

Disintermidiated Drinking

Another low day on deliveries, but that didn't stop me from being in
a rather excitable mood ahead of tonight, which I just about managed
to contain myself in.

It also helped that one of the colleagues from the bedding department
was absent, so I was given extra work taking pillows and bolsters to
the shop floor, and covering boxes in rather fiddly cling film or
whatever the giant equivalent of it is.

With regards to tonight, and Sounds Of The 20th Century in particular
I haven't really done my homework as to what was going in 2000
in the news.

Well, I guess there were the Sydney Olympics, the fuel crisis, and
the BBC refusing to transmit the celebrations of the Queen Mother's
birthday.

Telly wise however, whilst everyone else was watching Big Brother
it was still a ritual of mine to watch The Big Breakfast every weekday
morning when all my classmates at school had gone off the show.

Possibly on the basis that Liza Tarbuck wasn't "their bag" compared
to Johnny Vaughan's previous co-hosts, but they didn't watch the show
for the content itself, if you know where I'm coming from.

Overall, tonight will be chaotic, but I am looking forward to what
will be quite an emotional ride, with or without heavy drink.

To Central And Back

Very long and busy day ahead.

Straight after work I plan to make my way to the Christ Church University
SU bar for the CSR Elections and Awards, although I'll only be able to
stick around their until 7pm at latest as I am getting a high-speed to
Central London.

The reason being because I have been invited to a special get-together
by the producers of Sounds Of The 20th Century to meet up with both
them and more importantly some of the fellow loyal listeners who have
been tweeting every week and reminiscing as you do.

It's going to be great to put names to faces, and hopefully seeing
a few familiar ones as well having met producers Heather Davies
and Trevor Dann before.

Overall, everyone's going to have a good time, and when the final
notes of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man" play out
just before 11pm, I will be in more than an emotional wreck you can
guarantee.

Hopefully I'll be less boozy than I was before, especially as I'm
on a tight budget and will still only be drinking pints of water.
Not to mention having to manage on Super Noodles for tea
before I head off.

Dour Dunelm (Hopefully Just In The Short Term)

I can safely say today was my least productive out of all those in the
last 6 weeks I have been at Dunelm. We only had one delivery,
that didn't even until an hour after I started so overall it was
a rather empty day in terms of getting any work done.

All I really did was go up and down the stairs (and the customer lift)
to collect any spare cardboard for baling, and trolleys from the warehouse
to take outside as with the weather once again on form I wanted
to take Sheryl Crow's advice from 10 years ago and "Soak Up The Sun".

But with the work getting more and more bleaker, they let me leave
10 minutes early which was only fair.

Earlier on today I was in Morrisons and heard them playing one of
the songs from Disney's The Little Mermaid and my first thought
was "thank goodness I'm not subjected to that all the time at Dunelm".

Then my second thought was that it was the first film I went to
see at the cinema, in this case the Ilford Odeon back in November 1990,
and although I've probably not seen it in full since then, I still remember
the basic plotline of Ariel wanting to live with humans rather than mer-people.

I didn't foresee the basic plot becoming real life 20 years later,
although unlike Ariel I was actually born where I want to be in the long
run.

I'll have to give the film another viewing, although it probably won't
be tonight due to my telly schedule filled with Eastenders (on tonight
because of Sport Relief on Friday), the first in the 2012 series of
The Apprentice, and of course 10 O'Clock Live with the newly engaged
David Mitchell.

It don't often get obsessed with couples in the public eye but
both himself and Victoria Coren suit each other perfectly.

Think Before You Get Anxious...

It's not often I go into my spiritual side on my blog, but an
attack of karma had the misfortune to attack me at work today.

After making my age-old habit of speaking before thinking I was punished
with not a bollocking as initially feared, but by a thought prompted from a text
message I found at lunchtime, that wouldn't escape from my head
for the rest of the day, putting me in a state of minor anxiety.

To give a clearer understanding, I may be unavailable to attend Thursday's
CSR Awards due to being asked via Twitter to visit an event more than
likely taking place in London.

Due to not having a smartphone, I couldn't respond to the direct message
itself and am rather anxious as to what is happening due to the fact that
I only have tomorrow to find out, and if I get given the details
on Thursday night itself it may be a rush job getting to London.

But then again, wasn't that what the high speed train was designed for?

As for tonight, BBC Four commence a series of documentaries charting
the history of the interview and chat show on the BBC, and to complement
it, the BBC Archive website has come up trumps again with full episodes
of such series, from significant periods.

As you'd expect, I went for the old episodes of Wogan first.

Let's hope his interview from Humpty Lawson will be enjoyable.

Online Onslaughts

Richard Bacon's investigation on internet trolls on BBC Three last night
provided interesting viewing, although I was glad I was watching
on my own as very early on in the programme I felt the need to
burst into uncontrollable laughter.

This was after they showed an internet viral based around a quite
frankly despicable song called "Lol You Died" which I won't post the
link to, but due to the rather tired state I was in, I couldn't help
reacting in that way.

Not that I would condone such horrible behaviour at all, but it's
similar to a school assembly or classroom when you're trying to hold back
the hysterics from someone "making an unexpected noise"
at the wrong time.

Seriously however, the documentary was done brilliantly, and you
clearly see that when confronted by Richard Bacon, the trolls
and internet bullies would hastily try to cover up their actions
when probed, even though anyone watching could clearly see
(and hear) that they were in denial about their unnecessary actions.

The programme's still on iPlayer and is worth the watch
as Bacon doesn't try to be aggressively confrontational, although
you can see he wants to get the answers.

It made me realise after the documentary that he's come a long way
in 10 years when around this time I found him hard to bear with
as the final lead host in the dying days of The Big Breakfast.

In fact it will be 10 years to the day on the 29th of this month,
so expect a retrospective blog post pretty soon.

And although I haven't (yet) been a victim of trolling or major
internet bullying, Facebook and Twitter can lead to depression
even through trivial comments, but it's best to focus on those
who you like and will support you in all circumstances,
and not just happy ones.

The Worst Bedroom Decoration

The stunning skies helped today go speedily at Dunelm Mill although
more exciting (and very anoraky at that) was when I found one of
very few pieces of cardboard, bearing a resemblance to a well known
radio station logo from the early part of last decade.



Dreadful. I really am dreadful.

I guess the next step is to spray paint it black and stick it
over a white background.
With my plans to by USB broadcast equipment already in
place, my very own Radio Bedroom will cast off by the end of 2012.

Quite a busy week ahead with Thursday being the CSR Awards
and Election night.

It's to be the last social before Easter but I'll try and be on my
best behaviour.
Especially as I don't want to miss the final Sounds Of The 20th Century
later on that evening.

The next couple of nights can't go by any faster.

Big Screen, Little Thought

Three more weeks left at Dunelm Mill and I'm hoping that they'll
go quickly.

I'm back at my normal starting time this morning, which is a little
comedown of sorts, but I'm hopeful I'll whizz through it all.

It's just a case of having enough to get on with really.

After last night's radio show I attempted to watch The Simpsons Movie
in full which happened to be shown on Channel 4 last night at the
same time I was on air.

I didn't really think too much of the film when it came out, and I ended
up getting rather tired about 40 minutes in, and watching the rest of it
to the end after getting up this morning.

If you compare an effort (if you can call it an effort) such as The Simpsons
Movie, to that of the recent Muppets movie, there's quite a big difference,
and in the case of the latter it may be the fact that they actually
bothered to come up with an entertaining plotline, and not
just run about screaming hysterically for no apparent reason.

Not to mention the amount of time gone in to both respectively,
and that The Muppets in no way whatsoever looked like a rush job.

The concept of a rush-job being part of the plotline nonetheless.

Planning ahead, I'll need to make sure that the 19th of July is
clear in my diary as that's when the Olympic torch will be passing
through Canterbury, as part of the route from Deal to Maidstone.

The turn out I'm guessing will be bigger than that of the Tour De France
almost five years ago to that date, so whoever's going, I have shotgunned
the Dane John Mound as a viewing space.

Run With It, Don't Dwell On It

Surprisingly I'm not hungover after yesterday's antics, especially
after downing that Guinness that I pulled.

I plan to take things easy today before going back on the radio at 6pm
tonight, maybe viewing a few more random episodes of The Simpsons
and having a read of "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff" by Richard Carlson.

I found myself having to give presenter James Waters near similar
advice at the end of yesterday's show as he was rather concious
of the tiny technical slip-ups that took place, but I kept on telling
him to "run with it, don't dwell on it".

I've had to deal with too many people who like to tell me where
I've gone wrong, and I've ended up doing the same myself towards
others for no good reason.

Tiny little mistakes don't get in the way of the fact we did one great big
bloody good show and it will be the first of many to get us out and about
in Canterbury.

Especially as we're now the only radio station broadcasting to and for
the city now KMFM have one single breakfast show for the whole county
making adding to all the other shows that are networked across the former
individual stations for Ashford, Thanet, Medway etc.

I won't dwell on that situation too much as it's quite frankly depressing .

For the time being, I'm certain that I'm currently helping out at
the most exciting and out-going radio station the county has to offer.

Long may it continue that way.

Craicers In Canterbury

The last three hours have been interesting.

What started off planned as a two hours ended up being nearly three
hours as James Waters and a talented O/B team gave off a fantastic
live broadcast from the Flying Horse pub in Canterbury celebrating
not just St Patrick's Day but James' own "18th birthday".

Here's a taster of what we got up to;



Myself and James going live on Canterbury's airwaves.



Pulling my first pint of Guinness. It tasted horrible.



Live band Coco and the Butterfields.



Head of daytime Jessie teams up with former station
manager Andrew in our pub quiz.

Plenty of familiar faces showed up and it was good to see
Venning back in Canterbury, who has managed to escape from
his surroundings of Essex by getting a new job at a call centre
in Folkestone.

Also about was "overlord" Mel who ended up with the nickname
"Judy Finnigan" much to her embarrassment, and everyone else's
amusement.

Add to that a good listener response, it definitely spurred everyone on
in wanting to do more outside broadcasts, and hopefully if we carry
on the way we are, there should be plenty more of them before Lounge
in July.

The Carefully Blended O/B

So the first St Patrick's Day on a Saturday (from what I'm told) and
no better way to celebrate than an outside broadcast at the Flying Horse
pub on CSR as hosted by James Waters.

We go live at 12pm, but I'll be heading over to Studio Blue in about
half an hour as there's a lot of prep to be doing not just for today
but also for my own show tomorrow evening, including some brand
new stuff from Incognito.

In fact the video of the track I'm playing can be found here and
I'm rather liking Bluey's beard that hopefully he'll preserve for
the live gig in London just over two months away.

The lyrics are good too.

Despite it being St Patrick's Day, I am going to do what I can to
avoid any booze, though the side-effects may come because I
drink too fast, in great consumption, at the wrong time.

The last thing I drank before bed last night was fizzy orange,
and I woke up with a rather rotten after-taste, similar to a boozy
night out.

Overall today's going to be a massive task, and that's just keeping
James Waters calm.

Reliving '99

What on Earth has happened to the nice blue skies that inhabited
Canterbury yesterday?

All rather grey and miserable outside, but neither that or a bad dream
about the worst that can happen in a live radio studio has put me
on a downer for my 9am start this morning.

Part of the reason being last night's superb episode of
Sounds Of The 20th Century where they may not have played
Greg Alexander and co's offering from 1999, but many other fantastic
tunes were heard.

Amongst those were Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger", "Pretty Fly For A
White Guy" by The Offspring, Macy Gray's "I Try" and Fatboy Slim's
number one "Praise You".

There was also a great selection of archive audio, particuarly on
the radio front with the opening moments of Jonathan Ross's
first show for BBC Radio 2, and Chris Moyles and the team from
the Drivetime days making fun of celebrities via the amusing gameshow
spoof "Blob Busters".

Sadly, the turn of the Millennium saw Moyles' attitude towards
celebrities switch from misogynistic to sycophantic.

Really anticipating the final episode of Sounds Of The 20th Century
next Thursday where it will be revisiting 2000.

Despite it being the same night as the CSR Elections which start
at 6pm, if they're not finished before 10, I'm legging it anyway
whatever happens.

There's quite a big Twitter following for the show and the
highest within the BBC's radio shows apparently.

"You've Got The Music In You"

Wow.

For the first time since starting my placement at Dunelm Mill, my day
has sped by which could be for three reasons.

(A word of warning, I'm going to use the numbers and colons
in bold again.)

1: I started early today at 9am, 2: the skies were clear and the weather
was amazing, or 3: it could have been down to the amusement provided
when a colleague accidentally damaged a ceiling tile when
trying to park the forklift truck.

To be fair he was only trained last week.

The good news is that I'll be working at exactly the same time
tomorrow due to the tomorrow's deliveries being earlier than scheduled
although whether that's going to be the case for rest of my stay remains
to be seen.

I'm guessing towards Easter it may pick up although I'm certain
that there won't be any deliveries arriving later than schedule meaning
I have to work anti-social hours.

Although the main reason for my early starts this week is due to
a colleague being on holiday.

I'm rather excited about tonight as 1999 is the year profiled in the
penultimate episode of Trevor Dann's Sounds Of The 20th Century
on BBC Radio 2.

An extensive list of number ones that year, although I'm really
hoping they play my favourite (and many other people in fact) tune
from the year, not a number one as such but still a belter
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals.

Noel Edmonds even thought it was good enough to be
used in the montage at the end of his final House Party
which considering was a week before it's release, may have been
the first time I heard the tune.

Don't remember it that way.

Deliveries And Debate

I have been graced (if that's the right word) with a 9am start tomorrow
at work due to a delivery arriving earlier than scheduled.
It shouldn't be too much of an issue as 1: I normally wake up at 6am
anyway and 2: I finish at 3:30pm, so it's not an extended shift as such.

I may as well use the spare time productively, and bank balance
permitting, after work I will use as much as I can to pay off
my credit card bill to as low as possible.

Not too much going on tonight apart from 10 O'Clock Live on Channel 4
which is past halfway through the current series.

Whilst it may have it's flaws (or to be more specific, Jimmy Carr's
sketches) I still look forward to the programme every week
and like how there's more emphasis on the round table debate between
the hosts.

Even if they do talk over one another every so often, but a lot
of people like the dross that is Loose Women for similar reasons.

Rolls Of Fabric and Servings Of 6

Another fairly busy day at Dunelm this time unpacking goods for
the fabric department, to the point that their section of the store
had become rammed.

Not helped by the fact that I have to deliver straight to the
fabric dep. on the shop floor itself, but they seemed to manage
somehow.

There must have been a mass number of orders.

Right now I'm escaping from it all by indulging in the celebrations
from last weekend's 6Music birthday celebrations currently playing
Cerys Matthew's show from Maida Vale on iPlayer.

Since we got the DAB radio in the kitchen I have found myself
listening to 6Music more if I'm cooking in the evenings, in the
event of the comedy slot on Radio 4 being rubbish.

So essentially, if either Nicholas Parsons or Listen Against
are holding fort between 6:30 and 7pm, Steve Lamacq
will have me covered.

The Large Love Lane Dispatch

A good day at work normally happens when there is a lot to be
getting on with, and no time to take a breather, if just for 10 seconds.

Today was one of them days, what with a mass order from Love Lane
in Manchester to be opening, and getting trolleys stacked with
mirrors and picture frames.

It looked a little dangerous at times, but that was more to do with me
going too hasty about it all.

Tomorrow looks even more important as there's an inspection taking
place in the store so I'll need to be on my best behaviour.
I'm just hoping I don't get left at a loose end, should deliveries dry up.

Whilst I'm at the halfway stage of my placement, I'm looking more
optimistic about the coming months, especially in May when I'm making
a few visits to London to meet some very special people who will
hopefully put me on the right road to what I want to be doing in
the long run.

I haven't been to the big city since Radio Fast Train day last month
which is good to a point as my visits are now starting to have more
meaning, and I'm saving more money too.

You just have to realise what's important a reason for travelling
on the high speed to London, and make the tough decision of deciding
who really isn't worth travelling to see.

Maybe that's why it's not such a tough decision as to why so
few of my London friends choose to visit me in Canterbury.

But at the end of the day, I have to take action for things to happen.
I can't just wait statically for them.

The Second Leg Of Warehouse Delivery

Completely forgot to blog yesterday, yet again.

Wasn't too bad a day however, really nice spring skies, first time
this year I've gone outside without a jacket, and I'm hoping it's a taster
of what's to come this year.

The second half of my 8 week stint at Dunelm Mill commences this morning
which I hope will speed faster than the first.

Although having thought about it, it's done just that and it's best
to think about the positive parts that are to happen whilst I'm still there
as there's the pub outside broadcast this Saturday, the CSR awards/
committee elections the week after, and the Beverley Craven concert
at the Gulbenkian right at the end of March.

I've found myself becoming more occupied even outside work,
and I'm more confident that after the placement has ended I will do what
I can to find constructive ways of using up my time, when things are
thin on the ground.

I can't just carry on waiting for things to come, because when they
arrive, they will almost certainly not be what I'm searching for.

No, there's no "almost" about it.

Even when in difficult positions or commitments, I still need to
make it known that I want to be in a certain place in a specific job
and it's a case to keep going.

Mental March

Lots of goings on within March so there's no time to be worrying as a whole.

Next week for St Patrick's Day (the first to happen on a Saturday apparently)
James Waters will be broadcasting his radio show on CSR live from a pub
in Canterbury, and as is normally the case, I have been asked to lend a hand.

The show itself will be going out later than usual, starting at midday
and despite the surroundings, I'll still be sticking to the pints of water.

It will also be the first O/B CSR have done in the last couple of
years without the one and only Chris Roberts at the helm as this
week he started a new job with the BBC as a technical engineer
in West London.

It gets more exciting at the end of the month as Incognito will be
releasing their brand new album "Surreal".

Peter Young has played one of the tracks from the album just now
on Jazz FM, and I've tracked down a web page with audio samples
that's getting me more than a bit excited.

So much good material on here and when I manage to get a copy
there's every chance I'll devote a whole Blam Jam show to it
like I did for the last LP.

It looks like the sound of the band has evolved too with guest vocals
from Natalie Williams and Mo Brandis.

As for tomorrow, I'll definitely be playing something by the Trammps
following the death of their singer Jimmy Ellis.

Probably not "Disco Inferno" but something just as commendable.

"Can" Dreams Come True?

It may be Friday, but I just want to let the weekend just flow past,
in order to let the next week flow past, and oh you get the idea.

I made my way to Mungo's earlier tonight for the latest CSR social
and I had no problem once again with drinking just pints of still water
but once again my panicky side got the better of me.

I spoke to many people in public what how I have been feeling,
and I'll write down straight on my blog that I am fully determined
to become a radio producer in my long-term career goal.

Not to mention the fact that there is one specific production company
in London I want to work for where I did work experience twice last year,
and it has been dominating my mind-thoughts since I crossed paths
with them again at the Radio Fast Train day last month.

The anxiety hasn't seriously affected my current work placement as of yet,
and most of the staff at Dunelm are understanding that I have ambitions,
but I am worried that something else beyond my control is going to
make me go crazy soon enough.

I'm not really in a straight frame of mind right now and hoping I'll be
better by tomorrow morning.

Radio For Wallets

Slightly better day at work, and damn-sight better weather and all,
so I didn't resort to wearing a hi-vis jacket, instead opting for
the vest.

Aside work, I've spent the rest of the day staring at Office applications
as it appears that it's not just on audio editing software, I come over
like a perfectionist.

One of them being my revamped business cards, where I had a dummy-run
last month, but they were inevitably rubbish due to the fonts being too small.
Not to mention the cards being one-sided.

I've began working on the set of cards for my Blam Jam show,
and have stuck to the principle to be brief and big.

I.E. to get across what's important and make it stand out.

So the front of the card has the name of the show in it's special font,
time and station, and a slogan or strapline. Not to mention a less-than
attractive photo.

The reverse-side of the card has a list of the features that are in
the show with a brief description, but all in all, images work better
than words, so when I've got the design finalised, I may upload the
finished pieces.

Back to tonight, and 1998 is the year of profile in this week's
Sounds Of The 20th Century on BBC Radio 2.

13 years on, I've never seen fit to watch the biggest box-office seller of
the year Titanic in full, although judging by the number of amusing parodies
(Adam & Joe, Harry Enfield) I may get round to doing so before too long.

Revisting The Big British Castle

Work went slightly better than yesterday, but the number of tasks in the
warehouse dried up drastically towards the end, so I was allowed
to go home 10 minutes earlier than normal.

I made good use of the spare time however by making my way
to Morrisons and buying a rather pleasant, if not fully-fresh tiger loaf
which I'm starting to enjoy more and more it seems.

I hope I don't get too complacent with it, although Morrison's
wholemeal loaves seemed to have become rather dull in the last
few years or so.

Either that, or I'm still missing the delights from Wenzel's in
Harrow and around elsewhere London.

More audio iPlayering has been on the agenda tonight, listening to
Adam & Joe's half-hour compilation show from 6 Music, as broadcast
last Saturday on BBC Radio 2.

Personally they're rather sub-standard, which is no fault of the
duo at all, but more that of those at the top who believe a half-hour show celebrating a predominantly speech based entertainment show,
must include three music tracks.

Even having one right at the beginning and one right near the end
of the programme, where in a situation where it's easy to switch off,
I was close to doing so.

But then again, with podcasts becoming more popular, and Radio 2's
comedy commissions not exactly full of "lols", I'd say the Adam & Joe
compilations are passable.

Do The Job Yourself If You Think I Can't...

Once again, lack of sleep has got the better of me, resulting in me
being up at stupid o'clock. 3.10am to be more specific.

Again it's a combination of a lot of things, but one such bugbear is
a colleague at work who finds me difficult to deal with, and I am trying
to be really calm towards his attitude.

I got told off by him yesterday because "I didn't listen to him",
when he gave answers to questions that I asked him, when he wanted
a job done, such as taking a specific trolley, out of a very big pile.

A conversation will turn into the refrain of "Windmill In Amsterdam"
when I ask "which one?" and the response I will get is a very vague
"over there", and when I get out the wrong trolley I get snapped at.

None of the other colleagues give me this much grief when I find their
instructions hard to understand, and even the managerial staff can
be more tolerant if I ask to be given that extra bit more detail.

Maybe it was an off-day, but if I am made to feel uncomfortable
for no good reason, then I will make sure another staff member knows
and I won't let it become a bugbear like I've done tonight.

I can't be waking up this early every single day.

Jazzed Up And Welling Up

As planned, I made my wireless appointment at 7pm to listen to
Jamie Cullum's Radio 2 show, and my inner-emotions got the better of me
again, due to the amazing interview and music from guest Carmen Lundy.

The first record played by the musician/vocalist was "The Lamp Is Low"
from her 1985 debut "Good Morning Kiss" and the vinyl crackle added
to the sentimentality, bringing back memories of hearing the track
played on Jazz FM when living in London back in 1990.

In addition to her new album, they also played one from a recently
re-issued album from 1987, "My Shining Hour" lifted from the
"Night And Day" LP.

Is it too early to call the best re-issue of the year?

I won't give away anything from the interview itself, as it's on iPlayer
but it was great to find out more about the women whose music I
have grown up with for many years and still enjoy listening to.

As for Jamie Cullum's show itself, it reached 100 tonight so well done to him
and the Folded Wing team for building and evolving it over the last
two years, making it a very accessible and entertaining listen.

Even more commedable, considering they've been going since April,
and my CSR show has been running since December '09 and is still only
on 95 due to my many "holidays off".

Reading And Possible Sipping

I got a fairly good night's shut eye yesterday, turning it in around 10pm.

My intention was to carry on reading as much of a book called "You Can Be
As Young As You Think" which I've found useful so far but the urge
to lie down was too big to resist.

However I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to read more over the course of
today, during my half hour break at Dunelm, and ideal reading during
Jamie Cullum's Radio 2 show this evening.

I'm giving it a listen this week as this week there's a much anticipated
(well for me anyway) interview with female jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy
who has recently released a new LP "Changes".

I've loved the woman for so long, possibly because I can remember
hearing her voice on the radio a fair few times when living in London
at an early age.

I recently found a video of her performing "All Day All Night" from her
2001 album, and it had me in tears. The arrangment and musicians
are amazing.

Overall it should be a good interview and good radio listening,
and brilliant that an underrated jazz vocalist is getting greater exposure
on a bigger radio platform.

Water With Ice

Straight after last night's radio show I headed all the way up to Woody's
where by the time of my arrival, the pub quiz was in full flow.

A fair few station members were present, notably Mel who was reeling from
the success of Friday's election coverage, of which she has every right to.
Mel has written her own blog about it which can be read here.

Surprisingly I didn't have anything to drink last night.

You could be forgiven I've given up booze for lent, but coincidentally,
by the time my Dunelm placement is up I will have hopefully cleared
off my credit card debt which is the main reason I was only drinking water
last night.

It paid off as well as I managed to beat my alarm yet again this morning
although not at a ridiculous hour like 3am. Having got back in at midnight
may have helped.

So, back at Dunelm this morning and my main aim is to return a book
which a colleague lent to me called Fine Tune Your Brain.

I appreciate it was a good gesture after mentioning to him the books
I had been reading on self-help, but this one made me feel depressed.

Although to be fair, it was written in 1988.

I'm starting to become scared of relics from the past, and nostalgia
especially. Well I always have been, but now I've reached the
point where I genuinely want to become a radio producer,
and I have to stop nostalgia from being too heavy an influence.

It ruins you, it makes you bitter, and you start worrying all the time.

I may treat myself at the end of this week to another book purchase
possibly opting for "The Elephant And The Twig".

Having read Geoff Thompson's "Live Your Dreams" twice, it would
be interesting to find out what advice is on offer in the prequel,
if you can call it that.

Further Visits To Blue

Up early again this Sunday, although despite the 6am start, I stayed bed
bound for another hour before heading over to Studio Blue to get
some more voice recording done.

And actually it didn't take me that long, I was finished within 15 minutes
and by 7.55am I was bogged down in multi-track mode.
I won't say what it's for mind, although I'm really happy with what I've
done and think I'm getting better making sure a recorded voice and
dynamics can be heard amongst music and other sounds.

It's just a case of not over-doing it.

I'll be back at Blue in just over an hour to host tonight's Blam Jam
where there's tons of new good stuff on offer. And that will
be followed by my first visit to a CSR hosted quiz night over at Woody's
which is quite a way up, but it wouldn't be fair for me to switch
to Studio Red at the last minute.

I was invited up there by fellow station member Lynsey so I hope it goes
well, even if I barely have a single sip.

Either way I'll be knackered enough to get some shut eye ahead of
another week of Dunelm where by Friday I'll be at the halfway stage.

Now that will be something worth celebrating.

Preparing For A Penne Bol

I managed to beat my alarm yet again, waking up at 5:30am, though I did
have an extra 45 minutes of shut eye due to it being a Saturday.

However it was then straight to Studio Blue to sort tomorrow's show out, giving me some spare time to grab some more stuff of the station log
to search for audio to use in my awards entry.

The deadline is this Friday coming, and hopefully I'll have a finished piece
by Monday so they can sort stuff out for the event itself on the 24th of March.

Then again it's not about winning really. It's a case of getting on with it
especially with show number 100 of Blam Jam taking place after Easter.

The only other outdoor exploits I got were Morrisons, and despite the rain,
the journey back was nice as I had bought a loaf of tiger bread and
the smell made things more pleasant.

Little luxuries can make things special, especially at a time where
I'm doing what I can to save money. It will improve though, and
it has had me asking "am I actually happier in the long run, after
downing a VK?".

Then again, I also felt dis-satisfied after having a Morrissons pain-aux-raisin
during a lunch break at Dunelm earlier this week, so I'll probably
go steady with all my basic shopping purchases.

Maybe Mum and Dad will see fit to buying more packs of Buttoni
Originale, rather than bloody great big bags of basic fusilli.
Doesn't hurt to write it on the weekly list.

Dumping The Deliveries At Dunelm

This must have been the busiest day for deliveries I've had at Dunelm,
not helped by one of the colleagues getting sulky about staying
for an extra 45 minutes, having chosen to finish an hour earlier yesterday.

From that it proves two things, 1: It's good to stick to a set routine,
and 2: Forward planning of fellow work colleagues is still as
poorly thought out as ever.

Thankfully it's now the weekend, and one that I'm spending on my
own as both Mum and Dad are in Brussels this weekend, Mum having
only just joined Dad who's been there since Wednesday.

I'll still possibly be up early tomorrow and headed for Studio Blue to
sort out tomorrow's radio show, although having said that, I've still got
to sort out the first hour.

There's plenty of distraction tonight as on CSR itself there's the live
coverage of the Student Union Elections for both the University of Kent
and Christ Church University and on-air it's sounding polished.

I'd best crack on with the track listing, and by Sunday it will be there
waiting to be played out to Canters and further.