Category Archives: nostalgia

In watermelon sugar the deeds were done…

Posted on May 21, 2008 by blogmywiki

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 →

Posted in BBC, fiction, literature, nostalgia, radio | 2 Comments

Church Halls

Posted on May 17, 2008 by blogmywiki

I love church halls and village halls. I can still recall the mural in the village hall where I grew up in North Somerset, painted in the 1960s with villagers of the time dancing round a may pole. Today my … Continue reading →

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From the locker tapes

Posted on April 11, 2008 by blogmywiki

GarageBand and a bottle of red wine have a lot to answer for…

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World of Wist

Posted on March 30, 2008 by blogmywiki

One of the things I really miss about Gideon Coe’s daytime BBC 6Music show is his ‘Wednesday Wist Wagon’. So, in homage to it I invite you all to climb aboard my Sunday Sadness Stagecoach. Here are four songs to … Continue reading →

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Farewell, then, Anthony H Wilson

Posted on August 10, 2007 by blogmywiki

Farewell, then, Tony Wilson. Yes, you should have signed The Smiths. But you were right about Mick Hucknell, his music’s rubbish and he’s a ginger. Have a look here and remember, and smile.

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