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Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music

This made me laugh out loud. So lovely to have mornings back again on 6Music… sigh. And I had that Holly Johnson in my studio a few weeks ago. I was sitting there playing out most of ‘Two Tribes’ on … Continue reading

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How did I miss Radio 2?

One minute I’m kidding myself that I’m still too young to listen to Radio 2. The next minute I’m finding Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’s phone calls to Andrew Sachs a bit puerile (and unlike most of the 10,000 people … Continue reading

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See, George Lamb IS a tosser.

Have a look at this: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/when-hardeep-met-les#comment-57497 I can’t bear listening to the man, but David Hepworth confirms the nation’s suspicion that BBC 6Music presenter George Lamb is a tosser, he knows or cares bugger all about music which is a … Continue reading

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In watermelon sugar the deeds were done…

Just took my Richard Brautigan anthology off the shelf and it looks like I haven’t read it in a while. The bookmark is one of the strips of paper BBC World Service studio managers used to write their shifts down … Continue reading

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Turned out nice

Two nice things happened to me today. The doctor’s receptionist casually mentioned in passing that my chest x-ray was normal. I’ve been dreading the result for weeks… Alone in a lift at work, the door opens… and Alan Johnston walked … Continue reading

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