Tuesday 27 August 2013

BAIBS Tuesday 27/08/13

Shlogging it. Work in 58 minutes.

Apologies for no show yesterday. I could come up with a myriad of excuses, even claim I was taking advantage of the bank holiday but basically after the shenanigans of Sunday I set my alarm only for my phone to tell me my alarm would go off in 1 hour and 41 minutes. It was then that I made the executive decision to sleep til I woke. Despite Lady Punka throwing hand grenades at me at 6:30am.

So the weekend. Cue cramming blogging.

Friday found me at The Hop watching Middleman. Sadly due to the unique way our railway network is funded I only caught about 5 songs before network rail insisted it was home time and no-one should need to be out past 11 o clock. What I heard though was the band delivering as they always do live. The new album sounds very tasty indeed.

Saturday I had a rare night in. And was bored out of my head.

Sunday was Cusworth Music Festival and I took full advantage of my access all areas wristband to avoid the queues for the toilet. Great sets from, in particula,r AVIT, Stafford Galli and Chantel McGregor. Chantel had hot footed it from The British Blues Awards were she picked up the two awards she was nominated for. Quite right too. The only real downside for me, apart from a drunken walk home from Cusworth, was The Brew UK. If I want to see someone play guitar with a violin bow I'll watch Spinal Tap.

Highlight of the day was of course Wilko Johnson and Norman Watt-Roy strutting around on stage like a pair of teenagers. A riff fuelled belter of a set with Wilko's trademark duck walk as glorious as ever. I got to chat with Wilko briefly. He was in fine fettle. I also sneaked on the back of the stage during Roxette for some cheeky pics.

Just been shopping and bought a £1.99 item. Handed over my two quid and was asked if I wanted my change. A disgraceful position to put someone in. If I say yes I look tight and we all know that penny will live down the back of the sofa for many years to come. This is a lie. I have no sofa but you get my point. If I say no I'm just gifting Savers my hard earned cash, albeit only a penny of it. Better down my imaginary sofa than their's.

Tom Harking tonight as Rovers take on Leeds in the Capital One Cup. I know a lot of Leeds fans (obviously coming from Doncaster it's impossible not to. GEOGRAPHY!!!! The only criteria when choosing your football team)! So I'll say nothing nasty about the moaning, chip on their collective shoulders whingers. (If I had a smiley face option I'd put one here).

No show, therefore no blog, til Friday now. Off up to Scarborough tomorrow for my Step-Dad's funeral.

And finally got a message whilst on air this morning from one of my oldest friends, Nigel Smith, who was struggling to find the show and asked if I was playing S Club 7. And this is someone who knows me better than most people. I believe the word is pfftt. He got in touch though asking me to say happy 80th birthday to his Mum, Vera. My first and favourite teacher!

Later

SS

Playlist Tuesday 27/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Tuesday Morning - The Pogues
Theme From PSB - Public Service Broadcasting
Close To Me - The Cure
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Roxette - Dr. Feelgood
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
Can Stand The Rain - The Talks
Hotel Room - Richard Hawley
Wrote For Luck - Happy Mondays
Sex - The 1975
Kennedy - The Wedding Present
Ceremony - New Order
Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
Chipping Away - Middleman
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Molly Gray - The DN Allstars
What A Shame - The Strypes
North-South Divide - John Lennon McCullagh
Adore Me - Bang Bang Romeo
Happy - Travis
Coming Around - The Vans
Chasing Rainbows - Shed Seven
Neighbourhood - Space
Never Fade Away - Spector
Antarctica - Sound Of Guns
Straight To Hell - The Clash
Gunslingers - Section 60
If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
The Fly - U2
They Couldn't Hear The Music - Ian McNabb
This Charming Man - The Smiths
The Uprising - Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Formaldehyde - Editors
Queen Of The Disco - Hail To The Eskimo
The Eton Rifles - The Jam
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers





Friday 23 August 2013

BAIBS Friday 23/08/13

Another shlog today. Work very shortly and I've been held up by the weekly who can walk slowest through Doncaster market place competition. The lass in front of me was doing so well til she came to a dead stop and was disqualified. It meant more time to endure the lone busker. Now call me an old fart if you like (I prefer the word traditionalist) but busking surely doesn't involve an amp and a CD backing track. Acoustic only surely! I felt like a Dylan fan at the Newport Folk Festival. And playing Blanket On The Ground three times on the trot 'cos your crappy backing track CD is buggered is unacceptable also.

People ask were do I get my playlist from. That one's actually true. I have been asked that at least twice. Well I do mostly make it up as I go along. Birthdays and relevant this day in history get played. Any suitable new music does. The odd request if it fits in, as someone found out today. Learn the rules! The rest is just me which is why some songs get played more than others. It's like when you stand at a jukebox and suddenly forget every song you've ever known. For some reason when my mind goes blank James are my go to band, so if you ever hear a James track on the show you know while it's playing I'm desperately wracking my brains for inspiration.

Other outside influences help. I actually carry around pen and paper in case I hear something somewhere I might want to play. And yesterday's show started with The Beatles' Helter Skelter purely because I walked past a helter skelter on the way in.

For a change I have a hectic weekend. Work today then off to Wakefield tonight to see the brilliant Middleman at The Hop, guest list of course. Work again tomorrow then the Cusworth Music Festival on Sunday. Stafford Galli play their 367th penultimate gig. The awesome AVIT Blues Band and Chantel McGregor are on the bill and headlining is the legendary Wilko Johnson. As has been widely publicised Wilko has terminal cancer but the man who virtually invented pub rock is still giving it his all. I have an interview lined up. I expect it to be emotional and humbling. Oh and yes I'm on the Cusworth guest list. One day soon I intend to pay to see a band, although on that note I'm still paying for last year's Leeds Fest!

Like I said it's a quickie today so have a great weekend and catch you all on Monday.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 23/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
The Bucket - Kings Of Leon
Don't Stop - The Rolling Stones
Country House - Blur
Fictional State - To Kill A King
Helpless - Middleman
Shelter Song - The Temples
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
Friday Night - The Talks
The Great Leap Forward - Billy Bragg
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
Alright - Supergrass
Country Girl - Primal Scream
Midnight Wave - Two Wounded Birds
Everest - Public Service Broadcasting
Last Nite - The Strokes
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge - The Pogues
Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat
Lost - The Pigeon Detectives
Help Me - Chantel McGregor
The Distance - Funeral For A Friend
Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Cure - The Missing Pages
Chocolate - The 1975
7 O Clock - The Quireboys
Drinkin' My Whisky - Slug The Nightwatchman
She Said - Longpigs
Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Holidays In The Sun - The Sex Pistols
Kelly's Heroes - Black Grape
Step On - Happy Mondays
Roxette - Dr. Feelgood
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
Sinful - Pete Wylie
If You Wanna - The Vaccines
World Wide Web - 13 Women
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Basket Case - Green Day
Soul Uncensored - Section 60
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Thursday 22 August 2013

BAIBS Thursday 22/08/13

Finland, Finland, Finland. The county where I'd most like to be. Your mountains so lofty, your tree tops so tall. Finland, Finland, Finland. Finland has it all. Hyvää huomenta.

Disastrous times. The flask/mug thing I take with me to Sine FM Towers, the thing I brandish at errant cyclists, keep my pockets damp with and occasionally carry coffee in has befell a nasty accident. The handle's come off. No worries I thought. I can still carry it. I've lost the lid now. And I woke up this morning too late to make a coffee before I left. Breakfast show without coffee is a recipe for disaster.

The fast food place beginning with M would have to do. I know I slated their food, quite rightly, but the coffee's OK. Wrong! It would appear that the coffee only tastes good in comparison with the food so it failed trying to stand on it's own merits. To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams it tasted almost, but not entirely, unlike coffee.

And just to carry on some more, the much maligned bacon roll now comes with the tagline 'new, improved flavour!' Surely a bacon roll is bread and bacon. How do you drastically improve on that? Unless they've finally brought a pig into the equation.

Whilst we're talking food I'm now the proud owner of a small bunch of bananas thanks to my friend Nettie Spaghetti's selling skills. (Only 29p - that's all it took).

I was asked again yesterday to regale you with a rock 'n' roll tale. Don't ask me who by 'cos I just made that up. We've already had the face off with Liam Gallagher yarn. I shall leave it up to you to choose:

A: Food fight with Def Leppard
B: John Lydon's f**k off t-shirt or
C: Wayne Hussey trying to steal my invisible hat.

Two secs. Daughter No.1 on the phone with her results.

:-) Proud father mode. She got what she needed.

Right, work tonight and a band rehearsing here later. Can you keep it down please Spyder? If there's napping to be done I better do it now.

Laters

SS

Playlist Thursday 22/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Helter Skelter - The Beatles
Can You Dig It? - The Mock Turtles
Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club
'A' Bomb In Wardour Street - The Jam
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Not Too Young - The Tricks
Hit The North - The Fall
Drink, Dance, Play - Young Kato
Somebody Might Wave Back - The Waterboys
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
That's All - Genesis
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Break On Through (To The Other Side) - The Doors
Paradise City - Guns 'N' Roses
I Still Believe - Frank Turner
You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo
Geraldine - Glasvegas
Babies - Pulp
Middle Sea - Yuck
Love You More - The Buzzcocks
Wave Of Mutilation - Pixies
Right Action - Franz Ferdinand
Sex - The 1975
This Is Real - The Enemy
Bullets - The Editors
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide - David Bowie
When It All Comes Down - The Icicle Works
My Sharona - The Knack
Let The Day Begin - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Never Fade Away - Spector
Adore Me - Bang Bang Romeo
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Glad It's All Over - Captain Sensible
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
London Calling - The Clash
To Be Like - China Rats
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers




Wednesday 21 August 2013

BAIBS Wednesday 21/08/13

A shlog it is. Work in just over an hour.

Well due to personal reasons I've not blogged properly since Friday. Some catching up to do. It would be remiss of me not to mention Catfish And The Bottlemen at The Leopard last Friday night. An absolutely stunning live set from a very humble and genuine band. One of the best Leopard performances I've ever seen and a gig that, as everyone there will attest to, was something very special indeed. One of those rare live moments when you know you've witnessed something big.

Monday came and went with it's bad news and yesterday was a day of reflection before heading off to Wigan with 1,403 other members of the Red And White Army. I think every Rovers fan before kick off would have been happy with a point. When the Wigan team was read out that became more apparent. They've kept quite a few of last season's Premiership and F.A. Cup winning squad but Rovers gave as good as they got and went in 2-0 up at half time. We knew they'd come at us second half and on reflection a draw was a fair result. Both teams will think they should have won, Turnbull with 2 crucial saves for Rovers at 0-0 and Wigan had a stonewall penalty turned down, but also Rovers hitting the woodwork at 2-0 and again at 2-2.

I love away games ever since my first at York City in 1979 and the support was magnificent. Just a shame we can't make that noise at home.

You will see in today's playlist Woah! Tiger. A band from Indianapolis who kinda got involved on the 80 hour marathon show. The American dudes who took us on their tablet for a night out. Jack from the band finally got round to airmailing a CD and it was my pleasure to blast it out today.

The seaside came to Donny yesterday. Fairground rides, stalls and a large sandpit in Doncaster town centre. I liked it. I even resisted candy floss (Cotton candy Darrin and Jack), only to walk past the sandpit and here some chav moaning that it wasn't a proper beach. I'd like to say I hope you're reading this but the crucial word there is reading. Hopefully someone's reading it too you so you can be told you're a brainless twonk.

Right, I need pre work coffee and cigarette so will love you and leave you.

Oh and if anyone's wondering, Joe Strummer triple play for the legend's birthday and Glenn Miller for my Step-Dad.

Laters

SS

Playlist Wednesday 21/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
45 - The Gaslight Anthem
Mind - The Farm
Lucy The Castle - Twisted Wheel
Dream Factory - Section 60
Out In The Fields - Phil Lynott And Gary Moore
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
Talking Woman Blues - The AVIT Blues Band
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Barney Rubble - The Twang
Drag Me Down - The Boomtown Rats
Ready To Die - Famous Villains
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Decade Of Decay - Spector
Postcard - Southern Sunrise
Australia - Manic Street Preachers
No More Heroes - The Stranglers
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
Rose Tattoo - The Dropkick Murphys
Three Coins - Woah! Tiger
Tonight - Fluidity
Signal 30 - Public Service Broadcasting
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
Can Stand The Rain - The Talks
Alright - The Subways
Breathe - The Prodigy
Lead The Way - The 48ks
Slide Away - Oasis
Rays - To Kill A King
Have A Nice Day - Stereophonics
Safe European Home - The Clash
I Fought The Law - The Clash
Redemption Song - Joe Strummer
Middle Sea - Yuck
You Jane - The Wedding Present
In The Mood - Glenn Miller

Monday 19 August 2013

BAIBS Monday 19/08/13

No blog as such today.





For my Step-Dad. R.I.P.

Playlist Monday 19/08/12

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Vlad The Impaler - Kasabian
Run Right Back - The Black Keys
Not Too Young - The Tricks
Shoplifters Of The World Unite - The Smiths
Sale Of The Century - Sleeper
Homesick - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Against It All - Sabella
Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze
Sex - The 1975
London Still - The Waifs
Pictures Of You - The Cure
Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
The Cutter - Echo And The Bunnymen
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
Middle Sea - Yuck
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Alright - Cast
Smile - The Supernaturals
Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols
Burn This City - Famous Villains
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
What A Shame - The Strypes
Lip Up Fatty - Bad Manners
High And Dry - Radiohead
Chipping Away - Middleman
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
I'll Be You - The Replacements
Under Pressure - Queen And David Bowie
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Can't Get Used To Losing You - The Beat
AKA What A Life - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club
Smooth - New Killer Shoes
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
White Room - Cream
Everbody's Changing - Keane
Temptation - New Order
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Friday 16 August 2013

BAIBS Friday 16/08/13

Bare with me 'cos I'm doing my washing. Yes I know that should be bear but I'm literally doing ALL my washing. Got a spare sock if anyone needs it. Black, size 7-11.

I made the stupid mistake yesterday of thinking I could get by on just a bacon and sausage butty. Big mistake. Woke up feeling very hungry and somewhat ill. Sadly the only place to eat at 6am between The Leopard and Sine FM Crescent is that nasty fast food place beginning with an M. (Helen Matthews, I should warn you now it's a breakfast blog). The bacon roll looked neither bacony or like it was any kind of roll so I opted for the bacon and egg muffin. I like a muffin. Doused in butter. On a Sunday teatime. The bacon still didn't look or taste like it had ever had contact with a pig and I'm intrigued by this new form of egg. As far as I'm aware an egg is pretty much yolk and albumen. I'd love to know when chickens decided to add rubber to the mix.

And cheese!? Really!!? Two things here:

A: Cheese does not come in slices, pre packed to a muffin size and tasting of brick dust

and

2: It has no place on a breakfast sandwich type affair of any kind.

Nice coffee though.

You will  notice I said The Leopard in paragraph 2. I'm sad to say that The Cherry Blossom and myself have split up. It's a mutual and amicable split with the agreement that I'll still get her free gigs and she'll still bake me cakes.

So living above The Leopard (short term): Handy for work, nightmare getting near the kettle with Stewart Black around. I say short term, I once moved to Hull short term for 4 years.

I'm actually at Cherry Blossom's at the moment. She has a plumbed in washer and an easy access kettle.

Guess what? A hectic weekend ahead. Work tonight with the brilliant Catfish And The Bottlemen playing (They are gonna be massive). Does mean I'm missing out on Tom Harking as Rovers take on Blackburn. Which defender will score tonight? My money's on James Husband. Work tomorrow daytime then a catch up with Rob Dannatt (who gets to Tom Hark tonight. I usually hog that particular button) and work again Sunday evening.

Washing's done.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 16/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Homesick - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Friday Night - The Talks
Black Chandelier - Biffy Clyro
Papillion - The Editors
Ranking Full Stop - The Beat
Help Me - Chantel McGregor
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Kicking Pigeons - Spunge
Drink, Dance, Play - Young Kato
Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Crazy - Nexus Noise
Middle Sea - Yuck
Neil Jung - Teenage Fanclub
My Very Favourite Stalker - The Adulescents UK
Rat In Mi Kitchen - UB40
Helpless - Middleman
The River - Bruce Springsteen
Pure Morning - Placebo
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Skinhead Moonstomp - Syrammip
The Caterpillar - The Cure
Tell Us - Jack's House
My Girl - Madness
Mr. Rock And Roll - Amy MacDonald
Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
Drinkin' My Whisky - Slug The Nightwatchman
Like A Prayer - Madonna
This Song - The Enemy
Watch Yourself (Live) - The Darlingtons
Milk - Garbage
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Burning Love - Elvis Presley
Peggy Sang The Blues - Frank Turner
The Uprising - Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers


Thursday 15 August 2013

BAIBS Thursday 15/08/13

אַ גוטנ מאָרגן

Yiddish!! I know. Good morning Israel.

Who else we got?

¡buenos días for the Venezuelan.

Another shlog. Work tonight but gonna have an afternoon away from it all for a change. That's the plan anyway.

A pretty uneventful walk in to Sine FM Mansion this morning apart from braving the gaggle of window cleaners that take over St. Sepulchre Gate at that time of day. Is it a gaggle? Collective noun for window cleaners? Doesn't seem to be one. Maybe a Chamois of Window Cleaners. Or a I Couldn't Reach The Top Ones But That'll Be A Fiver Mate of Window Cleaners. I'm wary of window cleaners. Had a run in with some in my youth.

Hang on.

That was Jack Russells. Got chased by a Chamois of Jack Russells in my youth. That makes more sense.

Shopping again after the show. Out of my comfort zone looking for soya milk. How can spellcheck not know the word soya? Or the word spellcheck? Decided one of the big name supermarkets was my best bet and came across a common problem these days. The aisle leading to the milk blocked by a crowd of people all looking for the coke bottle with their name on it. I believe the collective noun there is sheep. I can't decide if it's a great marketing ploy or not. I did go into a shop last week for a bottle of coke and just picked one at random, as people always used to, only to find I was called Clarissa.

So I put it back. The marketing works then. Well not really 'cos I couldn't be arsed to search for a Simon bottle so just had a bottle of Pepsi. I was at Valley Parade, Bradford for the recent Rovers friendly and got a half time coke. I wasn't offered a choice of bottle. I was given Richard's. I can only presume that the lass behind the counter thought I looked like a Dick.

Winners of the Sine FM Do It Unplugged Competition Habberdash joined me on today's show for another quality session. They really are one of Donny's bright young things. They have a gig tomorrow night at The Woolpack. It was meant to be at The Hallcross but that has sadly shut it's doors again. This upsets me for so many reasons. I had a bash at running it up until this time last year and know just what a slog it is. Getting people through the door to see live music can be like pulling teeth at times but it's vital that the public support a live music scene no matter where it is. Putting reality TV to one side (PLEASE)! all bands started out in small venues. The toilet circuit as it's called. Without these venues where do bands play? Arctic Monkeys, U2, Coldplay, Nirvana, Queen etc etc didn't play their first gigs at Wembley Stadium! This is basically an impassioned plea to support local live music.

And on a more personal note The Hallcross was my spiritual home as a young Donny drinker!

Anyway, off for some me time.

Laters

SS

Playlist Thursday 15/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Tick Tick Boom - The Hives
Fast Fuse - Kasabian
By Your Hand - Los Campesinos
What A Shame - The Strypes
Transmission - Joy Division
Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo
Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H) - Manic Street Preachers
Shadow Boxer - The Bedroom Hour
Sometimes - James
Never Knew Your Name - Madness
Police And Thieves - The Clash
Lucy The Castle - Twisted Wheel
Lemon - U2
Antarctica - Sound Of Guns
The Rain - Red Jester
Teenage Icon - The Vaccines
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
Ride - The Vines
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Carry on, Carry On - Edwyn Collins
Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
I Got You - Split Enz
Plug In Baby - Muse
America Blue - His Latest Flame
Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers

HABBERDASH LIVE ACOUSTIC SESSION

Candle
Crime Baby
Swear Jar

Uptown Top Ranking - Althea And Donna
The Woodpile - Frightened Rabbit
North South Divide - John Lennon McCullagh
Soul Uncensored - Section 60
Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend And The Makers
Away From Here - The Enemy
Helpless - Middleman
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Recovery - Frank Turner
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Wednesday 14 August 2013

BAIBS Wednesday 14/08/13

A definite shlog today. Work in 58 minutes.

Been shopping. An A4 pad. Same routine. A4 pad shop, pick up pad ,pay, leave. But I got accosted by the 'selling up' that seems to be compulsory these days. Many years ago when I worked at Scruffy Murphy's in Liverpool the owners, Allied Domecq (what on earth is a domecq?) insisted we 'sold up' with the phrase, and it's etched on my memory to the day I die, 'We have a wide range of crisps and nuts. Would you care for a bag to compliment your drink.' Imagine saying that to a thirsty Scouse docker. Needless to say I declined to say it and went with the more traditional, 'Owt else?'

So on Saturday I bought some shampoo and was asked at the counter if I wanted any aftershave. No. If I wanted aftershave I'd be asking for aftershave. Yesterday I bought a book and thought I'd avoid the selling up by using the self service till only for it to ask me if I wanted to top up my phone. NO! Again if I wanted to I'd have pressed the top up phone option. And today, A4 pad in hand, 'Do you want a Toblerone?' Yes of course I want a Toblerone! Do I look like a man who doesn't have any need for a Toblerone? I'm so weak.

It would appear that I've formed two bands in recent weeks, The Red Lipstick Boys with Martin Black and A Brood Of Grouse with Mike Laidlaw. Watch this space. Though Mike lives in The Netherlands so not sure how that's gonna work.

Oh and while we're at it добро утро to the Bulgars.

Must dash. Work to do and a Toblerone to eat.

Today's show was very respectfully dedicated to Jon Brookes, drummer with The Charlatans who sadly died yesterday aged only 44.

R.I.P.

SS

Playlist Wednesday 14/08/13

North Country Boy - The Charlatans
The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Frog Princess - The Divine Comedy
It Can't Be Me - The 48ks
Rebirth - Yuck
The Cutter - Echo And The Bunnymen
Helpless - Middleman
All Together Now - The Farm
Beach Day - Beach Day
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Panic - The Smiths
The Scattering - The Cutting Crew
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
American Dream - Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol
London Calling - The Clash
Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
Back Of My Hand - The Jags
No Rain - Blind Melon
Molly Gray - The DN Allstars
The Changingman - Paul Weller
Why'd You Only Call Me When Your High? - Arctic Monkeys
Dancing Makes Her Happy - Jery At Controls
So Long - Taffy
Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Don't Go - Kiziah And The Kings
It's Alright, It's OK - Primal Scream
Invisible Sun - The Police
Never Fade Away - Spector
Acquiesce - Oasis
Good Enough - Dodgy
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem
Carnival - The Cardigans
There She Goes - The La's
One To Another - The Charlatans



Tuesday 13 August 2013

BAIBS Tuesday 13/08/13

A late one today. Just not been feeling myself. Stop it.

First up 안녕하세요 to whoever it is reading this in South Korea.

Many thanks to Mike Laidlaw who offered grice up as a plural for grouse. I'm still none the wiser. Let me check.

It would appear the collective noun is a brood of grouse, so now we know. Grouse don't strike me as particularly broody though. Grouse is also Australian slang for excellent as in Ian Bell's batting has been grouse this series.

Speaking of cricket, as is my wont, many thanks to my fellow cricket buff Andy Milner for suggesting that chocolate coated rich tea biscuits are just wrong. He may have a point. I don't think I've ever had a pack of biscuits last over three days before.

Andy is the man behind The Yorkshire Pie House, Donny's finest take away establishment. He is currently offering a man vs pie competition. 2.4 kilos of seriously good steak and potato pie in an hour. I'm so tempted but it's filling stuff. Still, it'd feed me for a week and I could leave the chocolate coated rich tea biscuits alone.

And let's get the last bit of cricket out the way. I went to work yesterday evening with the Aussie's handily placed in their run chase to win the fourth test so was somewhat surprised to check the close of play score after work to find England had won by 74 runs. 3-0 in the series with one to play. It should be said that with a decent middle order Oz could have won the 1st and 4th tests. Weather stopped them in the 3rd test so it has been a closer series than history will show. But it still looks like an Australian team in disarray. No real team spirit and too many weak links. Even as a Pom I want to see a decent Aussie cricket team.

Does anyone know how we acquired the nickname Pommies? I heard legendary Australian fast bowler say it came from Prisoners Of Her Majesty's Service - POHMS. But surely the Aussies were the prisoners that we sent over there. Let me see if I can find out.

OK, the Australian military favours the prisoner acronym, the Australian tourist board claims it is from the word pomegranate and refers to the Brits purported frequency to get sunburnt, though other sources say that pomegranate was slang for immigrant. And finally some say it comes from the word pompous which is how the Aussies see us.

Basically no-one has a clue. That's 5 minutes I'll never get back.

OK, I'm off to play some Charlatans, R.I.P. Jon Brookes.

Laters

SS

Playlist Tuesday 13/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Everest - Public Service Broadcasting
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - Flock Of Seagulls
(All I Wanted Was) Danger - The Milk
Ready To Die - Famous Villains
You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo
Riders On The Storm - The Doors
Danger - The Likely Lads
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Basket Case - Green Day
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
True Faith - New Order
Safe European Home - The Clash
Rebound - Teenage Bottlerocket
What Do I Get? - The Buzzcocks
Lady Percy - King Charles
You Are The Everything - R.E.M.
Chipping Away - Middleman
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
Lucy The Castle - Twisted Wheel
Same Old Scene - Roxy Music
Giant Tortoise - Pond
You Held The World In Your Arms - Idlewild
Monkey Man - Toots And Maytals
Good Souls - Starsailor
Ripples - The Coopers
Take Me I'm Your's - Squeeze
Coming Around - The Vans
Homesick - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
They Couldn't Hear The Music - Ian McNabb
This Is Real - The Enemy
The Song (We Go) - Ultravox
Roxette - Dr. Feelgood
You Little Thief - Feargal Sharkey
My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones
Lost Innocent World - Gogol Bordello
Adultery - Little Comets
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers




Monday 12 August 2013

BAIBS Monday 12/08/13

Ah the glorious 12th. Not so glorious for the grouse. Grouses?*

*Delete as applicable.

Done things the wrong way round today. The afternoon nap came first purely due to the excesses of the weekend. Those of us of a certain age will know what I mean. Two days to recover from a night out is frankly embarrassing though.

Fantastic weekend though starting with the stunning line up at The Leopard Friday night. John McCullagh, OK Social Club, The Talks and The 48ks are all headline acts in their own right so it made for an exceptional gig. A staff birthday drink after was the start of my problems though. I'd never heard of a drink called a hand grenade and I never want to again.

Saturday saw me on a mini school reunion thing after a hectic day at work. The Green Cat was in overdrive. Managed to drag the reunion to a few MapFest stages, notably Section 60 and Bang Bang Romeo at The Social and then the beer garden at The Masons. Apologies to the acts at The Masons but I cant remember the name of any of them. And apologies to all the people caught in the crossfire of me dancing wildly to Fisherman's Blues.

It's a bit of a shlog today thanks to the excessively long nap and being at work later so I'll shall end by congratulating Habberdash on winning the Sine FM Do It Unplugged Live Sessions. They will open Doncaster Live main stage on Saturday September 7th and also along with the rest of the top 5 get to busk down at the Keepmoat Stadium at Rovers games later this season.

The top 5 were:

1. Habberdash
2 .Infirmity
3. Jack's House
4. Sick Note Tez
5. In Vitro Babies

Oh and TMS is on in what could be a tight finish to the 4th test.

Gotta fly. Things to do and I can't decide if these rich tea biscuits coated in chocolate are just wrong or the work of a genius.

Laters

SS

Playlist Monday 12/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Pumping On Your Stereo - Supergrass
Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
The Last Of The International Playboys - Morrissey
Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Help Me - Chantel McGregor
Dog Eat Dog - The In Vitro Babies (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session - 5th Place)
Revolution - Young Kato
Jack And Diane - John Mellencamp
Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
Marching Along - Sick Note Tez (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session - 4th Place)
Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets
Diamonds Are Forever - Arctic Monkeys
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury And The Blockheads
Elysium - Section 60
Holidays In The Sun - The Sex Pistols
Can Stand The Rain - The Talks
Special Brew - Bad Manners
Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? - The Wedding Present
Let Me See You - Jack's House (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session - 3rd Place)
You've Got The Love - Florence And The Machine
Somewhere Down The Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
Ever Fallen In Love? - The Buzzcocks
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session - Runner's Up)
Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats
Faces - The Ratells
Mind - The Farm
Common People - Pulp
Beat The Clock - Sparks
Balloons - Foals
Swear Jar - Habberdash (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session - Winners)
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Spinning Plates - Middleman
Men's Needs - The Cribs
I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett
Right Now - Bang Bang Romeo
After Hours - We Are Scientists
Walking In The Wild West End - Dire Straits
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Just Like Honey - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Friday 9 August 2013

BAIBS Friday 09/08/13

¡buenos días

That's for the lone Chilean having a read of this blog.

ITV4 have done it again! Who puts a film like L.A. Confidential on at midnight! Do they not know I have to be up early. Still, not too much of a schlog today. Work at 6 so may even squeeze a nap in. I have the washing/weather dilemma going on again though.

Oh and the 4th Test has started up at Durham so another TMS distracted blog. England batting. C'mon Joe!!

A local music infested show today. MapFest kicks off today and I tried to get as many of the acts in as possible. Apologies to those I missed but there's a lot going on. Also joined on today's show by good friends The 48ks, well three fifths of them anyway. Chris and Adam obviously don't do early mornings. They're playing at Leopard tonight in what can only be called a stellar line-up. Themselves with OK Social Club, The Talks and young Alan McGee protege John Lennon McCullagh.

Joe's out. Bugger. Bloody hotspot!

Myself and 48k Ryan had a mini on air rant about the Doncaster Live policy of no bands that have played the main stage can play the main stage again. I've blogged about it before so wont again but it is a ludicrous policy.

So as I said with MapFest it promises to be another hectic weekend. Work tonight and tomorrow daytime, school reunion and MapFest tomorrow night and Sunday finds me at The Keepmoat again. Rovers not in action this weekend but I've volunteered to help out with some tunes at a Legends charity game. All good fun.

Anyway, I have an afternoon of new music to sift through.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 09/08/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Friday Night - The Talks
Reflections Of Summer - The Missing Pages (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session)
Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
Drinkin' My Whisky - Slug The Nightwatchman
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Elysium - Section 60
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

The 48ks - LIVE ACOUSTIC SESSION

Fortune Teller
Forget Never Met

It Can't Be Me - The 48ks
Panic - The Smiths
The Messenger - Johnny Marr
Let Me See You - Jack's House (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session)
Bam Bam - King Charles
Don't Go - Kiziah And The Kings
Post Break Up Sex - The Vaccines
Wages Day - Deacon Blue
Run Right Back - The Black Keys
Adore Me - Bang Bang Romeo
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
To My Knees - White Valentine
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Faces - The Ratells
Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy
VPL - Gbone
Cloud - Killing Fields Of Ontario
Little Pain - Fallen Trees
Queen Of The Disco - Hail To The Eskimo (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session)
America - Razorlight
What A Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
Stay Beautiful - Manic Street Preachers
North South Divide - John Lennon McCullagh
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Demons And Wolves - Phoenix Salvation (From The Live Do It Unplugged Session)
Velouria - Pixies
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers