Category Archives: Worlds Shortest Radio Show

You’ve no idea what it is or who it’s by. It’s been played on the radio every now and again ever since you can remember. Now you’ve got Shazam on your iPhone, you’ll be able to identify it the next time it comes on. But typically, it hasn’t come on. Not for years. Is it […]

Slow, selfish and inconsiderate, they cause misery and delays wherever they go. They used to favour the Morris Minor or Austin 1100 but now it’s more likely to be a Honda Jazz or Kia Picanto. Whatever – they still show no regard for anyone but themselves but I think I’ve come up with a solution. […]

….but this one does. And today’s date is sung very clearly in the first line. It’s my wife’s birthday and yet she has never noticed the rare honour has been bestowed upon her. She sings to her own tune and Earth, Wind & Fire have never really been on her radar or repertoire. Musical theatre […]

…….who went on to become one of the greatest cultural influences this country has ever seen. Rusty Egan was DJ at the Blitz Club and the music he played created the “New Romantic” scene and pretty much set the tone for an entire decade. He introduced clubbers to sounds – by which I don’t mean […]

I think so. Because “classical music” doesn’t have to be composed in the 18th century by a German or Austrian. It can be composed in the 1990s by a bloke from Leeds, as this magnificent (and very short) piece was. Purists may opine that, because of its lush arrangement and memorable melody, it’s a bit […]

Which, at one time, would have meant meeting my mate Scott after work and heading to W12. But now I’ve come to regard my beloved team more like a pub or a restaurant. If the food, service and miserable landlord were as bad as what we had to endure last season, why on earth would […]

They didn’t consider themselves “honed”, “ripped”, or “buff”. They wouldn’t have known where their “abs” were and a “six-pack” to them was half a dozen cans of light ale. These men built their physiques simply to appear on Opportunity Knocks and make their muscles dance so people could laugh at them. This was usually their […]

That’ll teach me to hang out in Soho and Shoreditch but that’s where I do most of my work. And everywhere I look, I see hirsute young hipsters, facial hair neatly groomed. I find myself suffering from beard envy because I can’t grow one. Never could and now, let’s face it, I never will. The […]

…….but I bet you would if this dude was up on the pulpit. Of course there’s nothing worse than a “trendy vicar” but the Rev. Dexter C Wise is much better than that. He hit exactly the right note when he got all hip-hop on yo’ ass back in 1987. I love this track – […]

Why, whenever The Gap Band’s “Oops Upside Your Head” was played in a club or at a party, did everyone sit on the floor and start pretending to row a boat?  Well……because it became mixed up with another track. Backstrokin’ by The Fatback Band came out around the same time and sounded very similar. Because […]