tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post7330472813436208056..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: The Radio AgeNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-14419392450358146292009-10-30T10:31:06.378+00:002009-10-30T10:31:06.378+00:00That'd be this Dave Dennis!That'd be <a href="http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/jocks/dd/daveobit.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> Dave Dennis!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63249704663222557562009-10-30T10:27:21.112+00:002009-10-30T10:27:21.112+00:00Peter, that is a capital idea! (if perhaps a littl...Peter, that is a capital idea! (if perhaps a little ahead of, i.e. behind, its time)... <br /><br />Malty, I always preferred the oddly named pirate station Radio London - used to get the best stuff from the States, things you never heard anywhere else. Dave Dennis was the man - aaaah memories...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-25785582197762401652009-10-29T21:27:51.085+00:002009-10-29T21:27:51.085+00:00I've actually side-stepped the whole mp3 playe...I've actually side-stepped the whole mp3 player thing and got myself a portable one man band.wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-62435947115297929792009-10-29T20:34:29.871+00:002009-10-29T20:34:29.871+00:00Nige, this whole retroprogressive movement is the ...Nige, this whole retroprogressive movement is the most exciting thing since the Luddites. Can the return of silent movies with player-piano accompaniment be far away? But we, too, should have our techno-geeks and advertising gurus to help us package it all for the modern, price-conscious consumer. How about we try flogging a new, integrated news and entertainment system--the travelling minstrel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-103302208262222782009-10-29T17:07:52.912+00:002009-10-29T17:07:52.912+00:00PS Forgot to mention Jazz FM (http://shopcurious.b...PS Forgot to mention Jazz FM (http://shopcurious.blogspot.com/2009/04/jazz-age.html) - though sadly not available in carSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-6880706628213419022009-10-29T17:00:38.529+00:002009-10-29T17:00:38.529+00:00I was going to say that Radio 4 is my best friend,...I was going to say that Radio 4 is my best friend, but that makes me sound like a sad loner... probably a result of too much early morning and late night blogging. Whenever I listen to Melvyn's 'not' In Our Time, I find myself counting how many times he uses the 'e' word (epistemology). Wonderfully informative stuff, though I much prefer the News Quiz - and anything with Clive James, or David Attenborough. I think Channel 4 news is the biz and try to make a special effort to see it, but usually +1. Meantime my (other) arty friends are raving about BBC Four. Does anyone else never seem to find time to watch TV or the programmes they've recorded? Shame X Factor isn't on the radio.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-37380690998654595732009-10-29T16:37:38.971+00:002009-10-29T16:37:38.971+00:00Btw - is the Lenny Henry thing Rudy's Rare Rec...Btw - is the Lenny Henry thing Rudy's Rare Records? I went to uni with the writers, two chaps called Dan. They've done well but not quite well enough to invite jealousy. Whereas the other one of the trio, Marcus Brigstocke, has done inexplicably well.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-91198850920712257912009-10-29T16:34:52.800+00:002009-10-29T16:34:52.800+00:0050 or so blogs, Worm? Do you comment so prolifical...50 or so blogs, Worm? Do you comment so prolifically on all of them?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-36283384789725703342009-10-29T16:06:27.599+00:002009-10-29T16:06:27.599+00:00Dare I mention the pirates? when I lived in Kent, ...Dare I mention the pirates? when I lived in Kent, early / mid sixties sixties, Caroline was hitting the airwaves, groundbreaking at the time, the very opposite of BBC stuffiness, now just seems, sort of naff really.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-67923946948059561052009-10-29T15:31:24.790+00:002009-10-29T15:31:24.790+00:00It's just a shame the particular advantages of...It's just a shame the particular advantages of radio are soon going to disappear. That is once we've all gone digital. No more radio in the car, on the phone (kept me sane in hospital), on cheap little trannies pretending to be teddy bears or sitting at the bottom of builders' ladders. No, we'll be have to rely on heavy, expensive sets that only work in remote corners of the house (but then I do live in the remote wilds of Islington).<br /><br />Now that's what I call progress.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4644910083083500372009-10-29T15:24:22.632+00:002009-10-29T15:24:22.632+00:00I find what with my newspapers, my online newspape...I find what with my newspapers, my online newspapers, my 50 or so blogs, my social networking sites and the hour or two of reading that I do before bed, I don't have time or brainspace for much radio anymore, especially not a lot of the crap that seems to be on radio 4 these days. I heard some 'comedy' with Lenny Henry on it last night - it was about as funny as a prolapsed rectum, although the loud laughter track was trying to prove otherwisewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-86124813516040263562009-10-29T13:52:41.022+00:002009-10-29T13:52:41.022+00:00What on earth are you doing instead, Dearieme?What on earth are you doing instead, Dearieme?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-82443261667340772502009-10-29T13:40:08.566+00:002009-10-29T13:40:08.566+00:00Our lives were hugely improved by our decision to ...Our lives were hugely improved by our decision to stop listening to Radio 4 in the morning.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-58454250456549650212009-10-29T12:26:08.268+00:002009-10-29T12:26:08.268+00:00Yes indeed, though Wogan being replaced by Chris E...Yes indeed, though Wogan being replaced by Chris Evans on the top rated show is a serious blow to the medium's credibility.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com