2:35 a.m.- and I've just heard Jonathan Calder speaking about blogs on Radio Five Live's "Up All Night"!
Well Done Mr Calder!
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Former Liberal MP Has Just 21 Seconds To Talk About "Blogging"
The former Liberal MP is Clement Freud , the show was last evening's "Just A Minute", and you can listen again from this page
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Remembering Virginia
One of my blogging acquaintances has asked me for a synopsis of the media coverage of the Virginia shootings in the UK.
I'm afraid to say that for various reasons the last week has been a bit of a blur, and I really only followed what happened by radio and the net - no TV, didn't read much in the way of newspapers.
But the immediate coverage that I heard on BBC Five Live was pretty comprehensive and struck the right notes. There was a moment when one of the BBC presenters (I think it was Anita Anand ) was interviewing one of the female student survivors - when the interviewee mentioned that she had just heard that one of her missing friends had been killed , she wept live on air - a very raw radio moment, but handled reasonably well by the interviewer.
As an aside, I'm a big fan of after midnight Radio 2 (music) and Radio 5 Live (news and sport). Americans might enjoy listening over the net to Up All Night, Janice Long and Alex Lester
But somehow I don't think that this terrible event has had as much impact as the previous mass killings that we've heard about in the past - and I don't think that the Boomtown Rats or anyone else will be writing a song this time. Sadly, such events have occurred just too many times.
I'm afraid to say that for various reasons the last week has been a bit of a blur, and I really only followed what happened by radio and the net - no TV, didn't read much in the way of newspapers.
But the immediate coverage that I heard on BBC Five Live was pretty comprehensive and struck the right notes. There was a moment when one of the BBC presenters (I think it was Anita Anand ) was interviewing one of the female student survivors - when the interviewee mentioned that she had just heard that one of her missing friends had been killed , she wept live on air - a very raw radio moment, but handled reasonably well by the interviewer.
As an aside, I'm a big fan of after midnight Radio 2 (music) and Radio 5 Live (news and sport). Americans might enjoy listening over the net to Up All Night, Janice Long and Alex Lester
But somehow I don't think that this terrible event has had as much impact as the previous mass killings that we've heard about in the past - and I don't think that the Boomtown Rats or anyone else will be writing a song this time. Sadly, such events have occurred just too many times.
Friday, January 27, 2006
What idiot wants a "pacy news briefing" at 5.30 am?
I work at funny hours. I think Radio 2 is best between midnight and 6 am and that Up All Night on Five Live is pretty decent as well.
And I'm annoyed with Radio 4 for wanting to scrap the UK Theme at 5.30 a.m. to allow a "pacy news briefing". So I've signed the petition to keep it.
Baffled? Always asleep at 5.30 am?
See the campaign website here.
See the Wikipedia entry here
See the BBC report here
Maybe I'm a conservative with a small c in the small hours.
And I'm annoyed with Radio 4 for wanting to scrap the UK Theme at 5.30 a.m. to allow a "pacy news briefing". So I've signed the petition to keep it.
Baffled? Always asleep at 5.30 am?
See the campaign website here.
See the Wikipedia entry here
See the BBC report here
Maybe I'm a conservative with a small c in the small hours.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Can't Fight the Moonlight?
One of the advantages of working strange hours is that I get to listen to great radio. In fact my favourite shows on 5 Live and Radio 2 are all between midnight and 6 a.m. - Alex Lester , Janice Long, Mo Dutta and Up All Night.
Driving home tonight I heard Mo Dutta play the excellent "I Drove All Night" sung by Roy Orbison, and then LeAnn Rimes sing "Can't Fight the Moonlight". An encouraging omen for this blog, I hope.
Driving home tonight I heard Mo Dutta play the excellent "I Drove All Night" sung by Roy Orbison, and then LeAnn Rimes sing "Can't Fight the Moonlight". An encouraging omen for this blog, I hope.
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