I couldn’t do it. Not possible. uh uh. No way. Never.
Wrighty and co. from Sunday evening, including coverage of Man City lifting the title. Really exciting stuff. I was surprised how much good will there was towards City. But the enthusiasm made it a fun show to produce.
The show’s up for a Sony this eve. Fingers crossed.
It’s a pretty long Bugle this week, even after some huge cuts. They could have gone on for hours. Some of the outtakes will be in next weeks Rejects Special Edition.
I produce Ian Wright’s Rock’n’Roll Football on Absolute Radio. He has delivered his enthusiasm to a new TV ad for Euro 2012. I sometimes look at high budget commercials with great production values like this (which usually coincide with major global events) and wish that I had their budget for a show, just once. Please?
The Dave Gorman Someday podcast is above.
This show is totally web exclusive and Dave describes it as being something like the DVD extras. I’m not sure that does it justice as most extras are rubbish, maybe it’s more like a 2nd course in a lunchtime meal deal. You don’t need two courses, but when that chocolate pudding arrives you’re pretty pleased you’ve gone for it.
This show contains no chocolate.
A man of many talents… Dave Gorman shows magician Pete Firman some magic tricks before the show (6th May)
Citizen journalist!
Tottenham Court Road was closed last Friday because of a much publicised police incident. I happened to be working in the area and was fascinated that Twitter was running wild with comments, yet there was little on traditional news sources.
Heading out to have a look I found many a crowd of locals and tourists, and an irate policeman (above). He was (rightly) having a go at a driver who was not happy at the inconvenience of the situation.
That evening, when the story fizzled out, a friend stated that Twitter had created the frenzy, but I disagree - scores of ambulances, police cars, armed police and helicopters created the frenzy, and whilst edgy news organisations waited for the facts, people like me just filmed, commented and uploaded what was happening.
The police reaction was probably partly down to the Olympics this summer, but the speed of reporting from the likes of you and me, well that’s the future, kids.
The return of Dave Gorman!
Dave’s been in Melbourne for three weeks, enough time for me to nearly forget where all the buttons & faders were. A good show this week, including a debut from magician Pete Firman, who did a fantastic trick with a hammer (more to follow).
“Go on Chris! You are superb!” Screamed a total stranger, in my face. I had just passed 40km, every step sent rapid pulses of pain from my knee to my brain, via my gurning face. I’d have cried if I had any fluid to spare.
In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have run. I hadn’t run more than 6…
I work from home at least three days a week. Obviously I get through a lot of radio in this time. Once a week I challenge/force myself to listen to radio stations and shows I would never usually choose to for at least a couple of hours. I recommend it to anyone - there’s always a decent song/opinion/piece of creative production to be found, and it’s handy to remind yourself why you don’t like certain things.
I also have a no TV before 6pm rule. I might be at home, but I’m at work. The exception I make is for major sporting events, which is causing me all kinds of problems.
The IPL is cricket competition in India. It attracts a lot of ageing internationals, and a few decent ones too. There’s usually 2 games a day, clashing massively with ‘work time’. In watching it I am really stretching what counts as a major sporting tournament (the budgets are high, but quality is often low).
I am not getting enough work done, I am ruining my radio listening and I only enjoy about 1 in 3 matches.
Please IPL, end soon. I am starting to hate myself.
