BAIBS Monday 03/06/13

I've been being lazy. June's here, sun's come out and although I've loads to do all I've done is sit in the sun with homemade bread and homemade carrot cake. Spoilt is the word. 'What's all this stuff you should be doing?' I hear you cry. Well not that much really. There's a stack of pots that wont wash themselves despite my glaring at them. And there's a tube of sealant that needs to go seal something but given it took me half hour in Wilkos to work out what sealant was I don't think I'm the man for the job. We've discussed my D.I.Y. skills before. They're legendary for all the wrong reasons. There's also tomorrow's show to sort out and this blog to do, all of which I've been putting off just because the sun's out.

There's also the small matter of France. This time next week myself and the Kellys, Mark and Jon will be (checks travel details) half an hour from pulling into Gard Du Nord, Paris on our way to Strasbourg. I've been assigned the task of finding out how to get from Gard Du Nord to Paris Est in 68 minutes. According to google maps it's a 5 minute walk. My next job is to try and remember the French for 'We are foolish Englishmen who can't find Paris Est even though it's only one street and five minutes away. Please can you patronise us then direct us to the station.'

Quick practice:

'Nous sommes Anglais insensé qui ne peut pas trouver Paris Est, même si c'est seulement une rue et à cinq minutes. S'il vous plaît pouvez-vous nous fréquenter ensuite nous diriger vers la gare.'

Think I can manage that.

Likewise our hotel in Strasbourg is five minutes from the station. Another quick practice.

'Notre hôtel, l'Hôtel Adagio. Je peux voir qu'il peut encore le trouver. Pouvez-vous diresct moi s'il vous plaît puis ricaner derrière mon dos, et à juste titre aussi.'

And whilst there we shall be meeting with Members of the European Parliament to discuss community radio and asking questions like this:

Sont tous des politiciens comme perverse et hors de contact que celles en anglais ou sommes-nous simplement malchanceux?

This is all getting a bit silly now.

So how was your weekend? Had a hectic one as per which involved an absolute stack of quality live music, way too much beer, polish sausages, being attacked by a Belgian waffle and a lot of shouting at my phone. It's really playing up. On Friday it randomly text Cherry Blossom and just said 'puree'. It is now trying to close an app I don't have and says I have a voicemail from myself. Genius.

Quoi qu'il en soit, j'ai encore des charges que je ne vais pas faire probablement.

Plus tards. (Now I know that is definitely wrong)

SS

Playlist Monday 03/06/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Good Morning Britain - Aztec Camera ft Mick Jones

(Love Is Like A) Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas

Invitation - Bang Bang Romeo

Long Hot Summer - The Style Council

Who Is Innocent? - George Borowski

Oceans - Dexters

Fast Fuse - Kasabian

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Never Fade Away - Spector

Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club

How It Ended - The Drums

Poison Street - New Model Army

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Light My Fire - The Doors

The Opener - The Couteneers

Not Too Fussed - The Likely Lads

Quiet Night In - All The Young

Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo

Pelican - The Maccabees

Monsters And Angels - Voice Of The Beehive

Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Transmission - Joy Division

Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople

Diane Young - Vampire Weekend

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Revolution - The Beatles

Red Alert - Basement Jaxx

Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed

Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen

Public Image - Public Image Limited

Indian Summer - Stereophonics

Dakota - Stereophonics

Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones

Time To Pretend - MGMT

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

Blood, Sweat And Tears - The D.O.T.

Last Nite - The Strokes

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Do You Realise - The Flaming Lips

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers