BAIBS Monday 10/06/13

Not a blog as such. I may have mentioned I'm off to France today. I have mentioned it you say? Way too many times? Sorry. So I'm just gonna post today's playlist and bid you au revoir til Friday. Unless I get chance to relay the adventures of 3 middle aged men in Strasbourg over the next few days.

Laters

SS

Playlist Monday 10/06/13

Temptation - New Order
Animal Nitrate - Suede
Never Knew Your Name - Madness
Best Of You - Foo Fighters
Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo
The Return Of Jimi Hendrix - The Waterboys
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
By Your Hand - Los Campesinos
Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore with Phil Lynott
Don't Stop - Rolling Stones
After Hours - We Are Scientists
When It All Comes Down - The Icicle Works
Sinful - Pete Wylie

This Is The One - The Stone Roses

This Song - The Enemy

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - The Shirelles

Radioactive - Kings Of Leon

Venus As A Boy - Bjork

Adultery - Little Comets

Start To Run - Dexters

Blink Of An Eye - You Addiction

Sit Down - James

Common People - Pulp

Ripples - The Coopers

Smiling Makes The Day Go Quicker - Tankus The Henge

Front Row - The Fallows

Synchronicity II - The Police

Cannon Ball - The Breeders

Debaser - Pixies

Here It Goes Again - OK Go

Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives

Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen

Mess Around - Ray Charles

Girlfriend In A Coma - The Smiths

Naive - The Kooks

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

BAIBS Friday 07/06/13

Potentially the last blog for a week. Straight after Monday's show the Sine FM's adventures in France begin. So unless I can work out the French internet, I presume l'internet, at the hotel (l'hôtel), I'm getting good at this, then the next blog should be a week today. We get back from Strasbourg Thursday evening so unless I'm lost in France with the Kellys there should be a show on Friday.

I'm having my first ever play on Spotify. It's a bit like when you walk into a record store though. Your mind goes blank so you just look at all the music you already own. Having exhausted The Waterboys I've struck on a plan though. I may have mentioned that I've moved more times than years I've been alive and every move seems to involve losing music. There's a white van man out there somewhere with a large box of vinyl and cds that I'd very much like back. So I'm trawling spotify for music I did have and no longer do. It's actually a bit upsetting. I'm currently having a Goat's Don't Shave blast having waded through The Mission back catalogue. Worth it just for the 'I still believe in God but God no longer believes in me' intro to Wasteland. I once got my hair crimped just to see The Mission. Ah, the 80s. Seemed like a good idea at the time. So much paisley! What has struck me is the amount of music I loved at the time that is just woeful. I thought The Silencers and Diesel Park West were stunning back in the day. It's barely listenable to! Back to The Smiths. Comfort in the familiar. And a sudden realisation that Hatful Of Hollow is no longer nestled in my vinyl collection. Bugger.

So the weekend is upon us. Looking like a toastie one. Work tonight, tomorrow and Sunday but at least two out of the three are band nights, including The Subterraneans tonight who did a quality little live session on today's show . Means missing Carl the punk's wedding, sadly, but I've got a Springsteen gig a week tomorrow. Need all the money I can get.

I better go. Typically I've not sorted anything out for next week yet. Clothes, money, french play list for Monday etc. The French play list wont happen. You think of 40 songs french related.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 07/06/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones

Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx

The Way I Tend To Be - Frank Turner

Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire

Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy

Under Pressure - Queen And David Bowie

The Opener - The Courteneers

Cure - The Missing Pages

Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club

Summer's Child - The Coopers

What's Up - 4 Non Blondes

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

Don't Know Why - The Beeds

Men's Needs - The Cribs

Stoner Zombie Killer Kids - Steel Trees

The Eton Rifles - The Jam

I Wish I Was Someone Better - Blood Red Shoes

Local Boy In The Photograph - Stereophonics

Faces - The Ratells

2-4-6-8 Motorway - The Tom Robinson Band

Monkey Man - Toots And The Maytals

Graceland - The Bible

The Subterraneans LIVE

Tennessee Stud

Wagon Wheel

Not Too Fussed - The Likely Lads

In The Morning - Razorlight

When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout

Friday Night - The Talks

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Spies - Famous Villains

Long Live Rock 'N' Roll - Rainbow

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

Let's Let It Go - White Valentine

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

Shout To The Top - The Style Council

Purple Rain - Prince

This Is Real - The Enemy

Panic - The Smiths

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers 

BAIBS Thursday 06/06/13

Just took me four attempts to spell Thursday. Make that five. I kept getting an erroneous t. What's all that about?

So whilst the weather isn't quite delivering what it promised it was clement enough for me to walk to the bus station via the greenery round St. George's Church, or Minster as I believe he likes to be called now. It's a magnificent building both inside and out and of course has the only remaining part of the Roman fort nestled in it's grounds. It seems to be a much ignored edifice though. It's a church any town would be happy to have at it's heart yet it goes largely ignored by the good people of Donny. Is this just familiarity breeding contempt? When I lived in London many years ago I remember a friend commenting how he couldn't believe he used to get excited at seeing the twin towers of the old Wembley stadium. This staggered me. My walk to work had pretty much constant views of the twin towers and I never tired of it. Maybe that's a football thing.. Perhaps if I was religious I'd view St. George's with more than just a brief admiring glance.

Speaking of impressive buildings, walking down Balby Road gives excellent views of Cusworth Hall. It looks quite imposing gazing over Doncaster, especially in the sunshine. It's a definite Lord Of The Manor building, the master of all he surveys. Which brings me to my surname. Saynor. Derived from the French 'Seignour' it means Lord Of The Manor. I need to check the record and see if Cusworth Hall might possibly be mine. If it is that wasps' nest is going straight away. Couple of problems here. Seignour could also have been a nickname for someone with ideas above his station and my given birthname is actually Rowe, which is one of the oldest English surnames that could possibly mean 'one who lived in a hedgerow.' Or it could derive from the Germanic name Rolf which means 'renowned wolf.' I'm not sure what to make of any of that except I should probably be coveting the hedges in Cusworth as oppose to the hall.

The shuffle feature on my iPod is having an off day. It seems to want to play Sigue Sigue Sputnik every other song. I did my traditional singing along thing on the bus. forgetting where I was. This lead me to say very loudly, in a Germanic accent, 'Soon the whole world will know my name.' Definitely ideas above my station.

Laters

SS

Playlist Thursday 06/06/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Night Boat To Cairo - Madness

All Together Now - The Farm

The Dancing Song - Little Comets

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.

Rock 'N' Roll Suicide - David Bowie

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

Lady Percy - King Charles

Geraldine - Glasvegas

Blue River - Frank Carline

Tonight - Iggy Pop

Can Stand The Rain - The Talks ft Neville Staple

Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting

Waterfront - Simple Minds

Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club

Sell Out - Reel Big Fish

Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops

40 - U2

Old Yellow Bricks - Arctic Monkeys

She Will - Savages

Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets

American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem

Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo

Elysium - Section 60

International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones

Antarctica - Sound Of Guns

The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley

Late March Death March - Frightened Rabbit

Valentine's Day - The 48ks

Keep On Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young

No Hope - The Vaccines

Love Song - The Damned

She Said - Longpigs

Tangled Up In Love - The Rifles

Sometime - DIIV

Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines

Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Sound Of The Suburbs - The Members

To Be Like - China Rats

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

BAIBS Wednesday 05/06/13

Blame me. I mentioned shorts and my knees yesterday and the sun's done one. And bonjour to the Parisian who complemented my French. Google translate is a wonderful thing. Next week I'm relying on Mark Kelly.

This blog has got so sidetracked. Got involved with conversations about Mapfest, Donny Live, potato and gravy stocks, sloths and bagels.

There's a stick of Cleethorpes' rock sat next to meet. Just sat there. Saying and doing nothing. I only know it's from Cleggy 'cos of the sticker on it, the one that gets glued to the rock that means you end up eating a black and white photo of a pier. The writing through it seems to say #le&*herpes. I could be wrong. I only mention it 'cos I don't know where it came from. Don't say Cleethorpes! I mean I don't know how it got from the Lincolnshire coast to my dining room table. Or how it's survived this long. Just had a bite. It's gonna be surviving a while longer.

Back to Doncaster Live. I mentioned this on facebook and now I'm going to do so again in further detail. I know of Doncaster bands with decent followings who have been told that if they've played the main stage in the past they won't be invited to again. I appreciate it shouldn't be the same bands every year and new talent should be welcomed but bands that played 3 or 4 years ago who have obviously progressed should be offered a slot higher up the bill from their first appearance to show how they've matured and developed. Also if you automatically rule out over 50 acts quality control takes a nosedive straight away. I know of 2 bands who've played early slots on the main stage in the past one of whom played the BBC Introducing stage at Leeds Festival last year, one who will be playing the BBC Introducing stage at this year's T In The Park. Both local bands. Surely we should be celebrating their success and showing just what Donny bands can achieve. They should have later slots and be an inspiration to the up and coming bands. Not told you're surplus to requirements 'cos you played the 1pm Sunday slot to 28 people 4 years ago. Imagine a name band being told by the Leeds/Reading organisers 'Ah, you played low down on the bill in 2010 so despite you now being the biggest live pull on the planet we won't be asking you to play again. Ever.' OK bit extreme but to all intents and purposes it's the same principle. And just to finish off I can also name at least 3 bands that have played the Donny Live main stage more than once in the last 3 years so they're not even consistent. I'm a big supporter of Doncaster Live. It has the potential to really showcase local talent and give bands the chance to build a sizable fanbase as well as share a stage with seasoned professionals. The organisers just need to give themselves every chance of getting it right.

I've run out of time to rant about sloths and bagels now.

Laters

SS

Playlist Wednesday 05/06/13

Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police

Nothing Our Way - Frankie And The Heartstrings

Goldfinger - Ash

Hold The Magic - Officer Kicks

Bluetonic - The Bluetones

Under China - Auction For The Promise Club

Last Train To Transcentral - KLF

Alright - The Subways

End Of A Century - Blur

Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

Moondance - Van Morrison

Tantalise - Jimmy The Hoover

Pure Morning - Placebo

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

Whatever Happened To My Rock N' Roll? - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Invitation - Bang Bang Romeo

10/10 - Paulo Nutini

Ma And Pa - Fishbone

You Overdid It Doll - The Courteneers

Stay - Rita Payne

Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

Kennedy - The Wedding Present

Cardiac Arrest - Madness

Like A Dancer - The Enemy

Black And White Town - Doves

Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones

I Wonna Be Sedated - The Ramones

Cut Me Down - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Long Shot Kick De Bucket - The Pioneers

I Will Steal You Back - Jimmy Eat World

The Caterpillar - The Cure

Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Pretty In Pink - The Pyschedelic Furs

Revolution - Young Kato

Honey - Swim Deep

Papillion - The Editors

Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths

Egyptian Reggae - JonathanRichman And The Modern Lovers

BAIBS Tuesday 04/06/13

You know some time ago chocolate bars started reinventing themselves as ice creams? I think Mars may have been the first. Well the fight back has started. Ice creams in chocolate bar form. I have a very small cornetto next to me and a magnum that's just the wrong shape that have nothing to do with ice cream. I'm not sure about this. I'm easily confused as it is. Here goes.

Sadly nowt special. Oh well.

I have to say recent blogs, like since the second week in April have been more about chocolate than the gym. I need to rectify this. If I had a summer weight I'm nowhere near it. I'm going for the beached whale look.

One of those padded out shows today i.e. more music. The show went from 2 hours to 3 about a year ago 'cos I was struggling to fit everything in but then you get a day like today were the most notable birthday is Russell Brand (quite), there's little happening in the music industry or the sporting world. It's a times like these I'm so grateful for requests and the fact that Donny has a thriving music scene. Many people seem to knock it but these are the same people who never actually get out there and support it.

Clear blue skies again. Keep this up and I'll be starting my annual residency in shorts soon. Not quite yet though. Not even the French should be subjected to my knees.

I'm off to dare the solitary cloud to go near the sun.

Laters

SS

Playlist Tuesday 04/06/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys

Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys

A Ton Of Love - The Editors

Brilliant Mind - Furniture

Drink, Dance, Play - Young Kato

Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo

Upstarts - Johnny Marr

Dave - Missing Andy

Paperback Writer - The Beatles

Soul Uncensored - Section 60

Hey Ya - Outkast

Smooth - New Killer Shoes

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

Possessed - Vegas

Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses

The KKK Took My Baby Away - The Ramones

Rat Race - The Specials

Recover - Dexters

Orange Crush - R.E.M.

Regret - New Order

The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene

Dreaming - Blondie

God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols

You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo

Recovery - Frank Turner

Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones

Safe European Home - The Clash

Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads

2013 - Primal Scream

Another Love - Tom Odell

Just What I Needed - The Cars

Can Stand The Rain - The Talks

All Or Nothing - The Small Faces

Ooh La La - The Faces

Monster - The Automatic

Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? - The Alarm

Faces - The Ratells

Swings And Roundabouts - The Likely Lads

That's Entertainment - The Jam

Teenage Rampage - Sweet

My Very Favourite Stalker - The Adolescents UK

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

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

BAIBS Friday 31/05/13

The sun has got his hat on etc etc. Ludicrous song. What kind of hat could possibly endure such temperatures? And surely if the sun wore a hat it would cast a shadow thus negating the celebration of all things sunny and leave the song redundant. So said headgear would have to be removed and the song wouldn't exist. All a bit paradoxical. And 'coming out to play'? Playing with the sun would be a health and safety nightmare. I just want it to sit in the sky and burn me.

Basically I'm just trying to say it's a nice day which meant the walk home through town was a nightmare. The masses of Donny had hit the streets to stare at cauliflowers and moan about the Primark window display. A 6'5" yeti with bags under his eyes scowling at people wasn't made at all welcome.

Some bugger's drunk my coffee. Two secs.

I'm waffling 'cos my head's not in gear. I'm waiting on two new tracks from Bang Bang Romeo to turn up in my inbox. It's all a bit expectant fatherish.

Back to whatever it is I'm waffling about. The hampered walk through town. Chaos at clock corner. The jewellers was all police taped off causing one old woman to ask, 'Do they do this every Friday?' Got to the Frenchgate centre. Between the 48k fixing watches and the Famous Villain selling kitchens is my nemesis. The escalator. Something about them bothers me. Think it all stems back to the public safety film from when I was a kid which basically showed a doll getting mutilated by an escalator.

Just tried to text the word Wakefield to someone and my phone insisted it should say Weak Fishes.

I think my point about the whole weather thing is that I have the back door open but the slice of banana cake next to me has attracted every wasp this side of Donny. Gits.

Looking like a promising weekend then. A busy one too. Tonight it's The Darlingtons, Laurel Canyon, The Coopers and Jack's House at The Leopard. Tomorrow morning 'Guitar' George Borowski is playing at Electro Music, then in the afternoon it's the Polish Festival at The Keepmoat, which I may end up working at, or Crooked Ways festival in Pontefract if promised press pass ever shows up, though I'm on the guest list (my two favourite words again) for Dexters in Weak Fishes tomorrow night, then Sunday night back to work.

It's all go. Speaking of which I must dash 'cos I'm meant to be filming with The Darlingtons this afternoon.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 31/05/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
Common People - Pulp
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Dead And Gone - The Black Keys
When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys
Molly Gray - The DN Allstars
Teenage Knife Gang - Black Spiders
Ripples - The Coopers
Watch Yourself - The Darlingtons
I Can See For Miles - The Who
It's Alright, It's OK - Primal Scream
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Tick Tick Boom - The Hives
Friday Night - The Talks
Sheriff Fatman - Carter USM
Signal 30 - Public Service Broadcasting
By Your Hand - Los Campesinos
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Back Of My Hand - The Jags
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite
All Together Now - The Farm
Brassneck - The Wedding Present
Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Local Boy In The Photograph - Stereophonics
We Wear Our Bones - Bang Bang Romeo
Can't Believe In Love - Audio Disease
Period Piece - LLoyd Cole
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Some Might Say - Oasis
Chevy Thunder - Spector
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
The Doors Of Then - Tim Burgess
Good Enough - Dodgy
Midnight Wave - Two Wounded Birds
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers