Wednesday 30 October 2013

BAIBS Wednesday 30/10/13

добар ден. Macedonian! I know!!!!! And hi to the Guernseian, Guernseyite, er, not really sure but hello to whoever you are from the Bailiwick of Guensey who's joined us. sadly google translate doesn't do Guernesiais.

Nearly got trampled to death by a herd of pushchairs this morning (collective noun please. Cankle maybe?). I was yomping, it was a definite yomp, I was in a hurry, through the market place on my way back from Sine FM Towers this morning only to have 9 pushchairs (obviously being pushed) coming at me, all in some military file with two old ladies flanking them with tartan shopping trolleys. I saw no evidence of Yorkshire terriers but I'm sure they were there. It was a definite flanking movement and I had nowhere to run to. My only means of escape was to dive behind a bric-a-brac store and then explain to a potential customer that I didn't work there and I didn't know the price of the brass effect miner's lamp with wooden base. We agreed on a tenner and I did one.

I'll be honest when I used to drive a pushchair and used it as a weapon but 9 abreast with old lady pincer movements seems a bit excessive. And yes I know technically I'd have been run down not trampled by pushchairs but you get the idea.

I was rushing 'cos of the myriad of things I had to do. Like buying Halloween decorations. OK, bit late I realise and obviously being this close to Christmas the shops are full of Easter gifts, but I eventually stumbled on some tack and spent a small fortune on pumpkin shaped bubbles and a glow in the dark spider. Potentially a false widow. Potentially not. Many thanks to the Lovely Tracey for pointing out I should have gone to a pound shop AFTER I'd shopped. This is why I should never be allowed to shop alone. And yes that's a hint given she's sat distracting me!

Joined on this morning's show by two fifths of Famous Villains, Neil and Rob, for a chat and some revel roulette. Rob undoubtedly won. I got one malteser and an orange, then another orange after they'd gone. Neil started with orange but rescued himself with a malteser. Rob just got chocolate and then more chocolate. Git. As I've said before Famous Villains are the best dressed and best looking band in Donny. To turn up at 8am looking dapper, chiseled and, well, just damn right suave is just not on. I'm still getting the knots out of my hair at 2pm. Add to this the sheer quality of their music and they'd be quite annoying if I didn't love them so much.

Favourite ever traffic report today: Animals in the road. Nothing specific, just animals. Obviously some driver's zooligical knowledge is sadly lacking. Surely they could tell the difference between cows, horses, llamas, grasshoppers etc. Could have been owt. Though if it was my missing yak I'm gonna be distraught at almost finding my lost bovid.

Of course it could have been the legendary sixties Geordie quintet busking at the side of the road.

I've waffled enough.

Laters

SS

Playlist Wednesday 30/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Moving - Supergrass
Broke Up The Family - The Milk
Gotta Get Out - The 48ks
If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
The Other Way - Polkadodge
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Invitation - Bang Bang Romeo
Mr. Bassie - Horace Andy
Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem
You Jane - The Wedding Present
Old England - The Waterboys
Pelican - Maccabees
Burn This City - Famous Villains
Millionaires - Famous Villains
Spies - Famous Villains
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Revolution - The Beatles
If You Wanna - The Vaccines
Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club
Rose Tattoo - Dropkick Murphys
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Dreaming Of You - The Coral
Teenage Rampage - The Sweet
Never Knew Your Name - Madness
Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend And The Makers
Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
7 O Clock - The Quireboys
Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Queen Of The Disco - Hail To The Eskimo
Let 'Em In - Wings
We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals
Into The Valley - The Skids
Don't Let Me Down, Gently - The Wonderstuff
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers








Monday 28 October 2013

BAIBS Monday 28/10/13

I have no idea what the Chinese are making of this blog, still, 早安

So here we are in the middle of the worst storm in over 25 years. Storm St. Jude I believe. Patron saint of lost causes and desperate situations I think. Have to say it's looking very desperate out there with blue skies and the sun shining. OK I know parts of the country are getting battered but I foolishly listened to the media and thought we were all gonna get swept away and end up in Greenland or something. I needn't have bothered making sure the remaining gazelle was suitably tethered.

A somewhat shorter than usual playlist today due to my inability to get out of bed this morning. It was a late night and, I'm sure this doesn't interest you, but all The Leopard paperwork's done and the lines are clean hence the late night and blatant misuse of the snooze button this morning. I slept OK and as I mentioned on today's show I slept like a baby only to question that. I've had babies. They wake up every four hours demanding things. Now I'll admit in the past I may have woke up after four hours sleep demanding something but last night was not one of those nights. Having just checked there has been no definitive research into which animal sleeps the soundest so I'm gonna go for I slept like a koala/sloth/gorilla/Saynor.*

*delete as appropriate

So today's show began and ended with Mr. Lou Reed who sadly died yesterday aged 71. I always feel a little hypocritical mourning someone I never knew. Maybe mourning's too strong a word. Sad doesn't seem to cover it though either. There is no denying though that he was, is, an iconic figure in music and The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvets' debut album, is one of the greatest albums EVER made. Lou Reed's solo album Transformer is also up there as one of the all time greats. It's a damn fine legacy to leave. So we shouldn't mourn. We're not his family or friends. We should celebrate the outstanding contribution he made to the world of music. And we'll just put Metal Machine Music down to either a contractual obligation or a hefty two fingers up to the corporate music industry, Brooklyn style.

Laters

SS

Playlist Monday 28/10/13

Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed
Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
Dakota - Stereophonics
Hunger - Frankie And The Heartstrings
Torn On The Platform - Jack Penate
Last Nite - The Strokes
Live The Dream - Cast
The Opener - The Courteeners
Apache - The Shadows
Caught By The Fuzz - Supergrass
Bam Bam - King Charles
Star - James
Vicar In A Tutu - The Smiths
On A Day Like This - Elbow
Disco 2000 - Pulp
I Can See For Miles - The Who
Faces - Ratells
Banana Republic - The Boomtown Rats
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Temptation - New Order
Homesick - Catfish And The Bottlemen
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Chasing Rainbows - Shed Seven
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
Perfect Day - Lou Reed

Friday 25 October 2013

BAIBS Friday 25/10/13

Manic. That's the only way to describe today's show. I was joined by Anastasia Walker, best singer in Donny, front lady for one of Donny's finest - Bang Bang Romeo, good friend and, it would appear, famously gay. I've always liked to think that me and Starsie have a good line in banter. Today we covered man crushes (mine's Grohl, her's is Catfish And The Bottlemen), the use of eggs in war instead of guns, the history of coca-cola and how Starsie's is an unsackable barmaid. The usual format of the show went out the window and given how loose that format is kinda says it all really.

When I first started on the show, November 2009 I believe, there were 3 of us presenting. Actually I just sat in a corner reading bits out from the paper such as a story about strange things found in sewers, the strangest being a horse, a definite two flusher, and moaning about the music, JLS, Cheryl Cole etc. Dreadful. We then became 4, then briefly 5, back to 4, then 3, then 2 and then just me. That was when the music changed and the show took on the 'no other bugger plays this at breakfast' format. I've said many a time all I do is play music I love and hope I'm not the only one. But I do miss having someone to feed off. The times Mark Kelly has joined me are always fun and today's show showed me just how much I do miss a co-host. But, as it is, I'm in sole charge of the play list and that suits me perfectly. If I thought for one minute Stars could get to Sine FM Towers for 7am in the morning she'd get the gig but as awesome as she is she travels in a wake of unreliability. Love her to bits though.

Last night's pub snippet:

It's very nice. Is it carrot cake?

One regular's response to trying some of Lady Punka's chocolate concrete. It's gorgeous stuff and immensely dunkable. Carrot cake!! Prat!!!

Well I've gotta go. Need to do some office shenanigans, get some real ale flowing, nap, see the lovely Tracey, work and rock out to The AVIT Blues band later. In that order I think too. Oh and shop as well. The two missed items from yesterday's shopping trip, the two I really needed, remain unbought.

Before that though I have to remove a dead gazelle from the pub car park. Probably brought down by a herd of majestic wildebeest sweeping in from Printing Office Street.

Hang on.

Scratch that.

It's a dead gazebo. Probably brought down by wind and rain sweeping in from the East. Nowhere near as exotic.

Don't use guns, use eggs.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 25/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy
Bubbles - Biffy Clyro
Talking Woman Blues - The AVIT Blues Band
Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses
La La Love You - Pixies
Geraldine - Glasvegas
Friday Night - The Talks
Shout To The Top - The Style Council
You Are The Everything - R.E.M.
Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club
Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (with apologies to Jackie Sherwood AND Nicole Harper)
Theme From PSB - Public Service Broadcasting
Kennedy - The Wedding Present
New Rose - The Damned
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
I Don't Feel Amazing Now - Guillemots
Spies - Famous Villains
Everything - The Darlingtons
We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen
Gone, Gone, Gone - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Friday, I'm In Love - The Cure
The Dead Of Night - The Tricks
Common People - Pulp
Lead The Way - The 48ks
Cemetry (An Ode To The IRS) - Bang Bang Romeo
Sidewinder - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Chipping Away - Middleman
Parklife - Blur
Lies - Deap Vally
Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo And The Bunnymen
Hit The North - The Fall
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Thursday 24 October 2013

BAIBS Thursday 24/10/13

I've answered this before but for those newcomers who wondered BAIBS = Bigger All Important Breakfast Show. Though I still think BAIBS could be the name of an Eastern European dating site given the hits this blog gets over there.

So a shlog today (shlog = short, rushed blog) due to doing the day backwards again. needed a nap at some point but instead of doing this blog and anything else I needed to do first then sleep I went for the sleep first option which has now left me rushing to get sorted before work. My middle name is organised! I did manage to shop first which I thought was an achievement but naturally the two products I went in for were the two items I failed to buy. So if my hair lacks it's usual lustre and I look like I could do with a shave you know why.

I'm being hampered in this shlog by a laptop that seems to determined to kill every page I open. Seems a bit harsh to me.

Last night's overheard conversation of choice:

'See they christened Prince George today.'

'Oh ah? What did they christen him then?'

''I don't rightly know.'

Brilliant.

I forgot to mention in yesterday's blog the bishop of Doncaster who was a guest on Andrew Isaac's Doncaster Is Great show. The bish (there was some talk of how to address a bishop but I'm sticking with bish) was sporting a humongous gold cross round his neck. Now I'm pretty certain that an opening line of, 'That's some pretty serious bling,' is probably not the done thing. Still, as the genius Bill Hicks once said, 'A lot of Christians wear crosses round their necks. You think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a f***ing cross'?

As you all know I have a strict request policy on the show. If it fits in with the non-crap policy it's in so had a real dilemma today. There's a new lady in my life. Hi Tracey in Chesterfield. She requested a Fragma track I didn't know. I know little of Fragma but what I do know I'm not particular fond of. Still, I stuck to my principles and didn't play it whilst having a fraught txt conversation that it would seem was mostly a wind up. I invented the word gullible. Saying no at the start of a relationship. Brave or stupid? Admittedly Bill Wyman's Je Suis Un Rock Star made the play list today. I'm nothing if not a hypocrite.

OK, shlog over. Still no yak.

Laters

SS

Playlist Thursday 24/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Fictional State - To Kill A King
Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats
Recover - Dexters
Can Stand The Rain - The Talks
Guns Of Brixton - The Clash
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Viva La Vida - Coldplay (with apologies to Jackie Sherwood)
Duke Of Earl - Darts
Have A Nice Day - Stereophonics
Rags - The Waterboys
Samba Pa Ti - Santana
Just Came Back - AVIT Blues Band
NW5 - Madness
Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins
Spread Your Love - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Caroline - Status Quo
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
45 - The Gaslight Anthem
Eloise - The Damned
The Only Loving Boy In New Cross - Carter USM
I Wish I Was Someone Better - Blood Red Shoes
Baby I Love You - The Ramones
Firestarter - Prodigy
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Je Suis Un Rock Star (Si Si) - Bill Wyman
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones
Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
You Love Us - Manic Street Preachers
Catch - The Cure
Black And White Town - Doves
National Express - The Divine Comedy
Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
Is This Our Day In The Sunshine - Section 60
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Seven Seas - Echo And The Bunnymen
Chevy Thunder - Spector
What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers




Wednesday 23 October 2013

BAIBS Wednesday 23/10/13

Godmorgen!

That's for the Dane who's joined we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me....

Sorry. Got a bit carried away there. Anyway, great to have a Dane on board. Do you see what I did there?

Though possibly I should have gone with a Hamlet quote. Happiness is a cigar etc. Though I'm not sure that was Shakespeare.

I like to think I usually do a fine line in waffle. Sadly today's show was not such an occasion. Had myself a full, proper, doing nothing work related at all day off yesterday, hence no show or blog. I took myself off for some R n R, TLC, BDSM, T n A, B & Q, REM etc. Actually little of that is true, I just seem to have found my waffling ways again. The day ended up meeting my best mate and Springsteen gig cohort Ian for a 'quiet' drink. 35 years I've known this man. Getting on 30 years as my drinking buddy of choice and this mythical quiet drink is still yet to happen. So after no food, a day of what would seem to be initials and a quiet drink I was a tad worse for wear. It would seem that at the end of last night trying to get me and my pizza back home I dropped my keys 4 times attempting to open the door. I gave up and danced round the car park singing '4 times'. Weirdo. So Lady Punka reliably informs me anyway.

My general point here is this is the reason for the shoddy waffling on this morning's show and I apologise. I'd like to say it wont happen again but we all know that's a big fat lie.

Still. Had a pigging awesome day.

Part of my inane drivel this morning included banishing my good friend Mr. Richard Pierce into obscurity. It wasn't quiet what I meant and he very graciously forgave me.

Those of you who follow me on twitter will have noticed the hashtag #whereismyyak on my tweets. Someone asked me why this morning. I'd have thought it was obvious. I've lost my yak.

I think that's enough for today and a lie down maybe in order.

Laters

SS

Playlist Wednesday 23/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Babies - Pulp
Mind - The Farm
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
Antarctica - Sound Of Guns
Burn This City - Famous Villains
Hands Off She's Mine - The Beat
Ever Fallen In Love? - The Buzzcocks
That's Entertainment - The Jam
To The End - Blur
Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols
Ultraviolet - The Stiff Dylans
The Cutter - Echo And The Bunnymen
Sheriff Fatman - Carter USM
What A Day That Was - Talking Heads
Temptation - New Order
The River - Bruce Springsteen
Middle Sea - Yuck
Not Too Young - The Tricks
Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Recovery - Frank Turner
Just Like Honey - Jesus And Mary Chain
Ripples - The Coopers
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
My Very Favourite Stalker - The Adulescents UK
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Everest - Public Service Broadcasting
Union City Blue - Blondie
Yes - McAlmont & Butler
Hunger - Frankie And The Heartstrings
Lost - Pigeon Detectives
Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire
A Song For Lovers - Richard Ashcroft
VPL - Gbone
Your Body Is A Weapon - The Wombats
The Dancing Song - Little Comets
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers


Monday 21 October 2013

BAIBS Monday 21/10/13

Go on then Saynor. What's today's excuse for late blogging? I'm going with tiredness (again) and pottering.

Got a whole day off today which obviously means I've not stopped. But it's been mostly pottering. Unfortunately the pottering that involved venturing outside coincided with the heavens opening so I'm sporting the drowned Bee Gee look again today.

Had a stunningly hectic weekend starting off with the Catfish And The Bottlemen/Polkadodge gig on Friday night at The Plug, Sheffield. As I said in Friday's blog and many times on the show Catfish are simply one of the best live bands I've EVER seen. Friday night they were better than ever. It'll be a shame to see them move away from the smaller venues but bigger things beckon. You really should see them live ASAP, to whit, they are at The Leopard on Oct 31st with Bang Bang Romeo. Had a drunken duet with Starsie from BBR to Adore Me on Saturday night. That's a box ticked. Back to Friday's gig and support band Polkadodge. Another quality outfit that really gave Catfish a run for their money. That's how good they are. A gig of the year if ever there was one.

Saturday was just crazy. Leopard was rammed both upstairs and down. Bar work on a busy night is just the best job in the world. And this week's genius customer award goes to the chap who I had this interaction with:

Him: What bottled beers have you got?

Me: Bud, Corona or Desperado.

Him: Can I have a Becks please.

Me: We've only got Bud, Corona or Desperado mate.

Him: Can I have a Peroni then please.

Me: Not got it mate. Bud, Corona or Desperado.

Him: Heineken?

Me: Who's next please?

And I missed out on judging a burlesque competition to have conversations like that. I still maintain everyone should spend one week of their life behind a bar.

Shortish blog today as the pottering continues. Washing's in and I've some beds to move. I have 6 beds in my room. No I don't know either. To be more accurate it.s 5 bed bases and 7 mattresses. The 48ks want to store some gear here so I said I'd move some beds around. Last time I moved a bed though I destroyed a laptop. Stand well back people.

Laters

SS

Playlist Monday 21/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
Tomorrow - James
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
The Other Way - Polkadodge
Two Doors Down - Mystery Jets
North-South Divide - John Lennon McCullagh
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Straight To Hell - The Clash
Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting
Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo
When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys
Cure - The Missing Pages
The Prayer - Bloc Party
Never Fade Away - Spector
Mother - Travis
Sex - The 1975
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps
Bam Bam - King Charles
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Recover - Dexters

LIAM WALKER - LIVE SESSION

A War
Only Love 

Permanent - Section 60
That's All - Genesis
Rock 'n' Roll Star - Genesis
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
End Of The Century - Blur
So Long - Taffy
Babylon's Burning - The Ruts
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
Quiet Night In - All The Young
Goodbye Mr. A - The Hoosiers
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Soul Man - Sam And Dave
Drinking In L.A. - Bran Van 3000
Faces - The Ratells
Country Girl - Primal Scream
Midnight Wave - Two Wounded Birds
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Friday 18 October 2013

BAIBS Friday 18/10/13

I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent. I got into Cambridge at 14. Admittedly on a coach heading to The Abbey Stadium to see Rovers play Cambridge United but I digress. For a reasonably intelligent bloke I have some twonkish moments.

I was outside this morning having my obligatory 6am coffee and cigarette and getting wet thinking this is very localised rain. Trafford Way looked dry. It was then I realised I was stood under a hanging basket whilst the automatic sprinkler system did it's work.

And recently I got very confused by a light switch in the pub. I came downstairs (6am obligatory etc etc) and turned the light on at the bottom of the stairs and walked into the bar. The light above the bar was on. I cursed whoever had worked the previous evening, realised it was me and forgave myself putting it down to tiredness and turned the bar light off. Made my coffee and headed out for the cigarette part of the morning ritual. The light was off at the bottom of the stairs. Could have sworn I'd switched it on. I put it down to tiredness and turned it on again. Back inside and the bar light's on again. It took me a good 5 minutes to realise both switches do both set of lights. I put it down to tiredness. Though I decide who ever came up with that idea was a genius.

We briefly mentioned geniuses yesterday which lead to a text discussion with a friend about how we automatically associate the word genius with someone highly intelligent. But there are plenty of sportsmen, musicians etc who could well have the I.Q. of a dead slug but we still tag them genius. I'd look genius up in the dictionary but I'm just too lazy. I put it down to tiredness.

So what does the weekend have in store? Tonight is all about Polkadodge and Catfish And The Bottlemen at The Plug in Sheffield. Catfish are simply one of the best live bands I've ever seen. Got 'em here at the Leopard on the 31st too. Happy days. The rest of the weekend will be a combination of sleep and work. That's the plan anyway.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 18/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Soul Uncensored - Section 60
Year Of The Drone - Little Mono
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend And The Makers
Tantalise - Jimmy The Hoover
American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem
Fall Back Down - Rancid
Special Brew - Bad Manners
Changing Of The Seasons - Two Door Cinema Club
My Very Favourite Stalker - The Adulescents UK
America - Razorlight
Oblivion - Terrorvision
All Together Now - The Farm
Slumville Sunrise - Jake Bugg
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury And The Blockheads
Lucy The Castle - Twisted Wheel
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - Flaming Lips
Paradise City - Guns 'n' Roses
Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
Lost In The Supermarket - The Clash

TONY NICHOLSON (Passion Play) - LIVE

Riding Trains
Love On A Razor Edge

Talking To Myself - Passion Play
Men's Needs - The Cribs
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Poker Face - You Me At Six
Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley
Faster - Manic Street Preachers
Pumping On Your Stereo - Supergrass
Ripples - The Coopers
Slight Return - The Bluetones
Lead The Way - The 48ks
Destiny Calling - James
Carnival - The Cardigans
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers 

Thursday 17 October 2013

BAIBS Thursday 17/10/11

Time management. Not my forte quite obviously but these last two days have shown me to be woefully inadequate in that department. At least I get where I'm meant to be at the time I'm meant to be there. Mostly. It's getting all the things done in-between I'm struggling with. Thing is, I'm easily distra

Anyway, been a busy day. I wont furnish you with the details. For some reason I thought that should say garnish with the details but that makes no sense. Who puts parsley on a detail?  Anyway it's been a busy but rewarding and productive day. Tantalised yet? No? Figured as much.

This blog is in danger of becoming a repeat of all this week's blogs what with the lack of planning leading to shoddy time management and now I'm gonna mention stereotypes again.  Stereotypes annoy me. It's too obvious and shouldn't really happen. But I was on a train today and a chap sat opposite with the most ridiculous high forehead. His hairline started about two inches above the nape of his neck. Remember the tefal adverts? The whole all geniuses are slapheads thing? He looked like that. With horn-rimmed glasses. He opened some paperwork up and it was just a mass of numbers, letters and mathematical symbols.It was all Greek to me. Turns out he's a lecturer at Oxford University. I presume in maths. If it was history then I'm seriously confused.

Ah customers.

Customer: Can I have a double vodka and something please?

Me: Wanna give me a clue mate?

Him: Just something. Anything. Not ice though. Or coke.

Me: Lemonade?

Him: OK and can I have change for the pool table please.

Me: £4 please.

He then gives me the right money.

Him: Where's my change for the table?

Me: You gave me the right money.

Him: But I need change for the table.

Me: Well give me a quid mate and I'll change it for you.

Him: Why?

Brilliant. Both ends of the evolutionary scale today.

Anyway, gotta dash.

Laters

SS

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade
Alright - Supergrass
Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
Uptown Top Ranking - Althea And Donna
You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo
A Message To You Rudy - The Specials
Goodbye Kiss - Kasabian
Love Is A Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
Drink, Dance, Play - Young Kato
Changing Of The Seasons - Two Door Cinema Club
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Al Capone - Prince Buster
Madness - Madness
Hotel Room - Richard Hawley
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Not Too Young - The Tricks
Chi-Town - The Cribs
A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys
Police And Thieves - The Clash
Spies - Famous Villains
It Must Be Love - Madness
Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo And The Bunnymen
Einstein A Go-Go - Landscape
Antarctica - Sound Of Guns
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
To Be Like - China Rats
Adore Me - Bang Bang Romeo
Ready Or Not - The Fugees
Kennedy - The Wedding Present
Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
You Held The World In Your Arms - Idlewild
Saviour - Canterbury
The Universal - Blur
Ruby Soho - Rancid
Miracle Worker - Superheavy
International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
Silent Sigh - Badly Drawn Boy
Mind - The farm
Animal Nitrate - Suede
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers





Wednesday 16 October 2013

BAIBS Wednesday 16/10/13

Oh another late blog. Many apologies. I've just got today totally wrong basically.

I don't like to plan. Spontaneous, and all the derivatives thereof,  are my favourite words. Obviously most days have inbuilt planning. Today for example was: radio, blog, sort tomorrow's show, nap, shop, work. Now certain aspects are set in stone, radio and work, but the rest has a degree of flexibility. This was were I started going wrong. 

Punk band, The Fencesitters (nearly had a Freudian slip there), practice here a couple of afternoons a week. Today's nap was a necessity. Watching England (and apologies to the Ukrainian and Polish readers here) is draining. That's why I was tired. Nothing to do with the several pints of moonshine I had in the Tut last night. Now the band normally start at 1ish so I figured I'd bring the nap forward and do this blog and the show planning later. I needn't have bothered. Spyder got kicked off the bus on the way in for objecting to the driver plodding along at a woeful 15 miles an hour. I could relay the text but this is a family blog.

So the nap that could have waited overran but I still had an hour and a half before work. This laptop then decided yet again it didn't want to play. It's still struggling. It's just deleted everything and I've had to start again so I'm sorry if any choice lines didn't make the second edition but I've forgot them. Plan B then. A quick dash to the supermarket to watch chavs discipline their kids.

Oh and to buy coffee whitener. There are certain things in my life I can't do without. I did just do a list but deleted it 'cos it doesn't show me in a good light at all but coffee whitener was on there. I'm absolutely certain that someone somewhere gets paid millions to arrange the layout for supermarket aisles. All kinds of psychology involved. They're probably American. (Sorry Jack and Darrin. Hey, I just got that. Little ditty about etc etc).  So in which decrepit pit of hell did someone decide that the obvious place for coffee whitener is adjacent to the eggs and as far away from the coffee as it is possible to get? 

So after all that this is why I'm blogging at work. Don't tell my boss. Except I just have. Sorry Paul. Ale trail next Tuesday?

Have you ever seen a duck in a tree? Random I know but the ending of a conversation I've just had as to whether weather like this is good weather for ducks or are they sat on their ponds majorly pissed off at getting wet from both sides and we just presume they're happy whilst they quietly ponder the joys of a roof.

Right, work to do.

Laters

SS

Playlist Wednesday 16/10/13

Ukranian.

What!!!!? I copied and pasted today's playlist and this laptop has decided that Ukranian is it. Lots of balalaika music I guess. It's not even spelt right. Let's try that again.

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat
A Ton Of Love - Editors
Tick Tick Boom - The Hives
Spinning Plates - Middleman
Front Row - The Fallows
By Your Hand - Los Campesinos
Teenage Icon - The Vaccines
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Drip Fed Fred - Madness
Lady Percy - King Charles
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
Common People - Pulp
Lost Innocent World - Gogol Bordello
Bassline - Reverend And The Makers

SUDDENLY US - LIVE

Are You Easy To Please

Lose It All - Suddenly Us
Dave - Missing Andy
Jack And Diane - John Mellencamp
Elysium - Section 60
When It All Comes Down - The Icicle Works
Out In The Fields - Gary Moore And Phil Lynott
Rango - Catfish And The Bottlemen
If Ever I Stray - Frank Turner
Thou Shalt Always Kill - dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Mexican Man - The Penny Lovers
Take Her Back - The Pigeon Detectives
Mothers Of The Disappeared - U2
Black And White Town - Doves
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
This Is Real - The Enemy
Cabron - Red Hot Chili Peppers
(All I Wanted Was) Danger - The Milk
The Heinrich Maneuver - Interpol
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

Tuesday 15 October 2013

BAIBS Tuesday 15/10/13

More new readers/listeners. Sadly google translate doesn't recognise Derbyshirian. Still hello Chesterfield. Don't know if you've noticed or not but your spire needs some work.

Bit of a late blog today. For a day off I seem to have been inordinately busy. And then my laptop decided it fancied upgrading itself but then didn't seem keen on the fourth (of four) upgrade and started whimpering a bit. We got through that only for the internet to decide it no longer wanted to be the internet any more and went off to pursue a life as a transient goat washer. Lady Punka kindly pressed some buttons and it's come back now and is being all internety.

I hate to resort to stereotypes. I told my penpal Hans this. Hans is the blonde haired bifocaled chap who works in I.T. and is the very model of efficiency. 'Hans', I said, 'I hate to resort to stereotypes'. 'How wery English ov you', he replied. Anyway we have a group of gamers who meet in the pub every Monday evening. World Of Warcraft card game type stuff. It goes totally over my head. They're a likable crowd and fully realise how other people view them and frankly don't care. An excellent attitude. But last night a female of the species appeared in the gaming throng. I've never seen twenty adolescent lads look so confused. And our cleaner found a Rampant Sword Of Thragg card (or something) this morning. Someone's in for a thrashing without that. 

Does anyone know the collective noun for gig promoters? I'm going with 'an errant.'

The Donny Ale Trail has been running a few weeks now. 12 pubs, pint of real ale in each, get your card stamped, get a t-shirt. Now there's no time limit on this, you can take weeks if you wish but my boss has decided we should do it tonight and as quick as we can. I see no happy outcome to this and yet still readily agreed. And we're meant to promote responsible drinking! We've t-shirts downstairs. I could save £40 and my liver. But where's the fun in that? Apologies in advance for the abysmal, or even lack of, show tomorrow.

And it means the England game tonight could just be a blur which if history repeats itself (1973, Jan Tomaszewski - the 'clown') then it may not be a bad thing. 

OK, I'm off. I rate fancy some salmon. No idea why.

Laters

SS

Playlist Tuesday 15/10/11

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Going Underground - The Jam
Pelican - The Maccabees
Stingin' Belle - Biffy Clyro
Touch Me - The Doors
So Here We Are - Bloc Party
In The Morning - Razorlight
Rose Tattoo - Dropkick Murphys & Bruce Springsteen
God Is A DJ (Live) - Faithless
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Middle Sea - Yuck
Silence Is Easy - Starsailor
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Wishing (I Had A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of Seagulls
Contact - Edwin Starr
The Only Living Boy In New Cross - Carter USM
Sha La La La Lee - Small Faces
Can Stand The Rain - The Talks
Be My Enemy - The Waterboys

JADE SAXLEBY - LIVE

This Is England
In The Middle

It's Alright, It's OK - Primal Scream
Sinful - Pete Wylie
Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club
Hope Street - The Levellers
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Local Boy In The Photograph - Stereophonics
If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Venus As A Boy - Bjork
The Opener - The Courteeners
First Of The Gang - Morrissey
Just Like A Woman - Black Spiders
Born Under A Bad Sign - Richard Hawley
Roxette - Dr. feelgood
I Lost Myself At Hello - Infirmity
Your Body Is A Weapon - The Wombats
To Be Like - China Rats
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers


Monday 14 October 2013

BAIBS Monday 14/10/13

For someone who doesn't like to swear on here I'm gonna do it again! I'm so glad last week's done one. Spent far too much time cleaning up shit both literally and metaphorically.

And I keep mentioning the perils of bar work. It was gonna be a whole blog at one point but realised I'd just sound like a moaning git so I promise this will be the last mention of it. Just to say we have beds to go to as well on a night time. I'll work as late as needed if the beer (and cash) is flowing but if you're gonna sit there nursing your cordial til the early hours then pubs probably aren't the place for you.

Uneventful morning so far apart from the bloke who walked past me in the market place carrying a bucket. The way he was carrying it and walking so slowly lead me to believe it was some kind of toxic waste. Sadly there was a lid on the bucket so I couldn't peek in and I was loathe to stop him and ask as he was full on, tongue out, concentrating on walking.

Concentrating on walking. A lesson I could learn from. I'm gonna blame my height and a misplaced centre of gravity but the wet pavement/leaf combo caused me much grief this morning. It's become obvious to me that I just can't carry things and walk at the same time without some kind of mishap. Twice I nearly went flying. Three times I nearly walked into a lamppost. That's three different lampposts, not the same one three times. That really would be a worry. I nearly took a window cleaner out who was up his ladders. And I walked into the back of an old man who was surveying pipes. The smoking kind. I have a pipe, kindly donated by one of our regulars. I haven't a clue what to do with it. Useless.

Joined again on today's show by the annoyingly talented John Lennon McCullagh. I say annoyingly, it's pure jealousy. 15 years old and his debut album is released today on no less than Alan McGee's new label. It's a stunning achievement and I'd wish him luck but I really don't think he's gonna need it.

I'm outta here. I feel the need for coffee, bacon and a read of Pipes For Dummies.

Laters

SS

Playlist Monday 14/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club
It's Raining - Darts
The First Picture Of You - The Lotus Eaters
Antarctica - Sound Of Guns
Geraldine - Glasvegas
Corpses In Their Mouth - Ian Brown
You've Got The Love - Florence And The Machine
Millionaires - Famous Villains
Forever In Your Debt - The Slow Readers Club
Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
747 (Strangers In The Night) - Saxon
Midnight Wave - Two Wounded Birds
I Don't Feel Amazing Now - Guillemots
Long, Long Way - John Lennon McCullagh
North South Divide - John Lennon McCullagh
Cassius - Foals
The Selecter - The Selecter
Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting
Turn It On Again - Genesis
Tonight - Fluidity
Never Knew Your Name - Madness
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - The Eurythmics
Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
Valentine - Gbone
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Island In The Sun - Weezer
Sexuality - Billy Bragg
Heroes - David Bowie
Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
Move It - Cliff Richard
Lead The Way - The 48ks
Birthday - Paul Weller
Fictional State -To Kill A King
Sidewinder - Catfish And The Bottlemen
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers


Friday 11 October 2013

BAIBS Friday 11/10/13.

I was gonna start off with something a little bit gross but then decided it wouldn't be civilized reading. It was, again, something to do with the perils of bar work and my thinking was if I start with it you'll have put it out of your mind by the time you reach the end of the blog. Plus it's Friday so we've a whole weekend to forget I ever mentioned it.

But now I know you're, in the words of Jon Kelly, intrigued. Although that's only one word so surely to be grammatically correct that sentence should read, in the word of Jon Kelly. But that makes him sound like a minor deity. Which reminds me of the Bono joke:

What's the difference between God and Bono?

God doesn't think he's Bono.

I called Bono an arse on last Friday's show. Apparently he wont release U2's new album till God says he can. God's having a similar problem with Revelations: The Sequel. (Spoiler alert: Jesus did it). Bono's not OK'd it's release yet.

Surprisingly, despite arse being a banned by OFCOM word, no-one complained. Today's 'Get bent' raised more interest. It came after a political rant and the realisation that Facebook had invited me to 'like' David Cameron.

And just to be serious for a moment and reiterate for those who missed it, it was on the news today that for the first time since the Second World War The Red Cross are having to issue food parcels to UK citizens. Whilst our illustrious, never done a day's work in his life, married to an heiress, shiny faced Eton toff of a PM has the audacity to say 'We're all in it together.' Sickening. I think get bent is pretty mild really.

A reasonably uneventful walk home today apart from a bag/phone/coffee/bacon butty incident that lead me to pour coffee in my pocket. Accidentally of course. The pocket in question was on 'the big coat'. Yes the weather has turned enough for me to pick one of the three big coats I have.

Option 1: Green. Wooly. Normally reserved for best so in reality it never gets worn.

Option 2: Black. Long. I like it but I'm sure if you go to Jacamo's everything a good flasher needs section it'll be in there somewhere.

Option 3: The Porn Star Coat. Denim with fake fur lining. My personal favourite but I've come to discover not one other person likes it. I think we all have a favourite item of clothing that it transpires only we like. I had an awesome shirt a few years back. I can't do it justice here but my ex hated it. In one of our many house moves the shirt somehow failed to make the trip.

I've obviously been waffling just to avoid the topic I was gonna begin with which now means I'm gonna end with it which wasn't the plan at all. I won't go into too many details but I know you're a little curious. Basically it's just about comparing the size of the average sphincter to that of the average toilet bowl and wondering why some people struggle so much. I feel I've said enough already.

So the weekend. England flattering to deceive again tonight against the might of Montenegro then the brilliant Ramona Flowers on upstairs at The Leopard. Star of yesterday's show Mr. Paul Gibbard and regular guest Sick Note Tez are in our acoustic lounge tomorrow night. Makes for a stunning weekend.

Hopefully you've already blocked the toilet paragraph from your memory.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 11/10/13

The Mighty Ship - The Housemartins
Boxerbeat - JoBoxers
Hounds Of Love - Futureheads
Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie
Adore Me - Bang Bang Romeo
Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting
God And Satan - Biffy Clyro
Never Fade Away - Spector
Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy
Molly Gray - The DN Allstars
The Bucket - Kings Of Leon
Smile - The Supernaturals
Baba O'Riley - The Who
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
Brighter - The Ramona Flowers
Some Might Say - Oasis
Don't Let Me Down Gently - The Wonderstuff
Pure - The Lightning Seeds
Safe European Home - The Clash
Shackled And Drawn - Bruce Springsteen
Men's Needs - The Cribs
Anthem For A Lost Cause - Manic Street Preachers
Oceans - Dexters
Upstarts - Johnny Marr
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
Rise - Public Image Ltd
She Will - Savages
Just Like The Rain - Richard Hawley
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Dreaming Of You - The Coral
Revolution - The Beatles
Lullaby - The Cure
Back Of My Hand - The Jags
Forever In Your Debt - Slow Readers Club
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
Seven Nights, Seven Days - The Fratellis
Girl From Mars - Ash
All Or Nothing - Small Faces
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers