Jun
1
Susan Boyle and her “journey”
June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I’ve just heard the Guardian’s Tanya Gold on World Have Your Say say that Susan Boyle wasn’t on a talent show: Cowell, Morgan and the one with the botox weren’t interested in her talent, they were interested only in her journey. Miss Gold is absolutely right but sadly we’ve been here a thousand times before […]
May
25
New Cassettes, The Art Of . . .
May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
Less bluesy than The Sammies but with the same carefree abandon this debut album is easy on the ear — a fun bundle that would sit great as the soundtrack to some late night footy montage or a sun-kissed surf flick, strange to imagine it hails from Northampton. Substance is there too – if you […]
May
16
Pete Doherty, Rythym Factory, 15th May
May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As always with a Pete Doherty gig the unhealthy speculation was rampant: would he turn up spiked to the veins and mumble his way through some vague song endings or maybe, just maybe this could be _the_ night of post-Libertines redemption? Pity the huge chunk of the audience who decided to leave around midnight for […]
May
12
Gold: World Service wins again
May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of news that UK audiences for the World Service are up, comes the news of The World Today’s gold at the Sony Radio awards.
May
3
Rediscovered track of the month: May ’09
May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I can’t recall how I first heard of Pavement.
Apr
27
Mexico — the world’s most unlucky place?
April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The BBC World Have Your Say team hit Mexico city a couple of days ago. They went there to talk about the narco wars that have crippled the country and left more than a few people headless. Instead they walked into swine flu central which, just a few hours ago was followed by a 6.0 […]
Apr
27
MJ Hibbett, Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez
April 27, 2009 | 10 Comments
You couldn’t create an album with less female appeal than this if you’d tried. What other men try to conceal beneath the periscope hood of ageing parkas, Mark John Hibbett proudly thrusts into the open. All of blokedom is on offer here from Linux to DIY. Hibbett’s mission in life is to pounce on the […]
Apr
27
Tetchy Twosome Target Trivial Type
April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
SET BLOW OWN TRUMPET = ON A wonderful piece of radio courtesy of my programme World Update. If you’ve ever looked aghast at the use of Comic Sans and wondered why then here is the place to go. Featuring Vincent Connare himself.