Ok, here’s the thing: A lot of people have asked to hear the world famous Euronet non-party broadcast from 1992 that I last spoke of
Month: May 2012
Eating meat and nice desserts is good for you!
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Hit the road, Jack
Whilst radio presenters dress up in ill-fitting posh frocs and pat themselves on their backs at the rather incestuous ‘Sony Awards’ (a kind of really cheap
The Polar Bear that was never there
A lot of people create pictures from Photoshop, compiling from different images they have, and they allow their glorious and quite striking results to be
My day in a confessional box
I popped into the newsagents to get some chocolate and stood behind a priest. He was saying to the shopkeeper how he needed somebody to
Breath-test car start
I recently laughed out loud at some drunk and drugged driver who killed herself by, well, being drunk and drugged and unable to control her
Wear a boot on your head for man-made global warming
So, in Chicago they’ve just had the Seventh Annual International Climate Change Conference. This event is a somewhat sceptical event, drawing together those who are
How old we were 20 years ago on Euronet
Well then. If you read my previous missive about Euronet, the radio station THEY wouldn’t allow to party (here), you’ll have noted that I didn’t
Driving drunk and drugged
At 6 in the morning on New Year’s Day, 19 year old Sasha Jarvis was driving herself and her mate Sian Lloyd Davies in her
19 White Dogs
Yep. 19 white dogs. Count them. Honest. 19… ~ ~ There’s plenty more, plus the option to comment on this at: http://www.ChristopherEngland.com ~ ~
The madness of today’s shame and dishonour system
I recall working with a rather nice lady in her early 30s. To protect her from being identified I’m going to slightly lie about where
THEY wouldn’t let Euronet have a party
I was asked recently to recount the concept behind a broadcast Euronet made over Christmas 1992. (I’ve spoken about the satellite radio station Euronet before
My cats are a-moulting so Summer is a-comin’
Yay! Summer is all but here. Temperatures are rising, skies are clearing, birds are singing. And my cats are moulting fast. Nope, little sheep, it’s exactly
The start of BBC Radio England
I was very glad to read that the BBC Trust has made the first few steps towards the establishment of a Radio England, a radio
It’s time to cull BBC local radio
I originally published this back in October last year… The idea that BBC local radio might cease to do much more than relay Radio 5Live
Blue Peter flutters off BBC1
So, the BBC announced that children’s TV programmes would be shuffled off their flagship channel BBC1 but would continue on CBBC, the BBC’s very popular
I blame Margaret Thatcher
Lefties, especially the wealthy middle class ones, are creatures of habit. One of their habits is to blame Margaret Thatcher for everything they consider that’s
G’is a ‘climate’ job, mister
Seriously. What is wrong with these people? We are in the middle of a fortnight during which mad people from madland are touring the country
Why the Met Office ‘forecasts’ are pointless
With those who do the long range weather forecasting like the wonderful yet eccentric weatheraction.com (based on looking at what the Sun is doing) constantly
The original earthlings are watching us
We are not alone. But, we’ve been looking into the heart of the universe to seek out new life. We’ve been looking in the wrong
It’s time to close analogue radio
Finally nearly all the old fashioned analogue TV has gone. There’s only a couple of areas left, Northern Ireland and Newcastle. They’ll be gone by
Bitty, want bitty
I don’t have a problem with women getting their tits out for their kids. It seems perfectly natural to me. However, it does seem to
BBC Radio Merseyside can’t work their volume controls
What has happened to production values in BBC local radio? Well, I assume they once had them! BBC Radio Merseyside is the regional station based
The Inequality of being an English White
We are told we are equal, and we must fight to stop discrimination and to pretend that we are not all different. I actually find
The Hare and the Tortoise
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The day I looked God in the eye
I attended a church service the other day. Does this mean I’m turning into a god-botherer? It wasn’t any small church either. It was the
Could Radio Caroline return from a ship at sea?
I read with interest that some men who wear armchairs want to re-start Radio Caroline back in the North Sea as a pirate radio station.
Beware the super-moon
We’re all doomed! The super-moon is coming! When you see the moon today you won’t realise it but it will be 14% bigger than if
Zmmmm Wooshhmmmm Vwooom
I can’t believe I just did that. I’m just sooooo predictable. Sorry. ~ ~ There’s plenty more, plus the option to comment on this at:
Liverpool votes for a Mayor, but not for wanting one
Today, parts of England are voting. In Liverpool we are voting for local councillors and also for a new Mayor. We’ve not had an
Laser 558, the last fun radio station
A gazillion years ago (well, back in the mid-1980s) there were two radio stations operating from ships in the North Sea. There was the old
