BAIBS Friday 29/03/13

Good Friday. Two things have always puzzled me about this day. What is so good about it? A lot of firms don't even treat it as a bank holiday anymore. That's not good. And the guy who got nailed to a couple of planks of wood this day over 2000 years ago can't have found it in the least bit good. And how come it moves? I've mentioned this before. Surely the day Jesus died is a specific date. Not just a Friday sometime in March or April. While we're talking Easter, as a child my birthday once fell on Easter Sunday and a kindly aunt got me an Easter egg for my birthday. That is surely a major cop out. Not even a flash one. Bog standard Smarties. She had wrapped it though which was nice.

It's the weekend again. Quiet one for me though. What with dodgy finances and the start of the Even Bigger Show on Monday I'm hopefully having a relaxing one. Gutted though cos Bang Bang Romeo are at The Priory tonight. No Tom Harking either. Easter is traditionally the time when the football season all falls into place. Rovers away at Coventry today and home to 2nd place Swindon on Monday. By the time Rovers kick off on Monday (12.15) we'll have done 0.053125 of our 80 hour broadcast. Rob will have to Tom Hark on his own. And have my piece of Yorkshire pie. Still very tight at the top of League One, 8 points separate the top 7 teams and Rovers have 7 games left. Realistically I'd say it's a 4 horse race for the top 2 promotion spots (Rovers, Swindon, Sheff Utd and Brentford) but it's definitely what they call squeaky bum time. But ,theoretically, given the lack of blogs next week Rovers could be promoted the next time I blog!

I'm presuming my next blog will be sometime next weekend.  Won't have chance while the big show's on and can't see me being compos mentis next Friday. So maybe next Saturday but don't hold your breath.

Had a cracking chat with Hail To The Eskimo on this morning's show. They're a band I've heard about for years and never had chance to properly hear til today. Only got one live tune out of them cos Sally had caught a cold just in time for the long weekend but she still sounded amazing. Cant wait to hear her firing on all cylinders.

Gotta go. Need to sort my clothes out for next week. Just what to pack for an 80 hour radio show? As per I'm clueless.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 29/03/13

Tom Hark - The Piranhas

Banana Republic - The Boomtown Rats

Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy

Flashlight - The Pilots

Days Are Forgotten - Kasabian

Radioactive - Kings Of Leon

Hold Me - Tom Odell

This Is Real - The Enemy

It's Alright, It's OK - Primal Scream

Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club

My Very Favourite Stalker - The Adulescents UK

45 - The Gaslight Anthem

Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub

Diamonds Are Forever - Arctic Monkeys

Waterfall - The Stone Roses

The Dancing Song - Little Comets

At Least Those Kids Are Getting Fed - China Rats

Truth - Bloc Party

Love And Affection - Joan Armatrading

Follow Baby - Peace

Antarctica - Sound Of Guns

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance - Black Kids

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - David Bowie

Chemicals - Bang Bang Romeo

Hunger - Frankie And The Heartstrings

Cold Outside - You Addiction

Ripple - The Coopers

Love In Outer Space - Hail To The Eskimo

Tears (Live) - Hail To The Eskimo

You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo

It Starts And Ends With You - Suede

Slide Away - Oasis

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

Transmission - Joy Division

No More Heroes - The Stranglers

Everything - The Darlingtons

Midnight Wave - Two Wounded Birds

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers