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Jon Gaunt, who inherited my page in The Sun, mentions me today...
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Re:Jon Gaunt, who inherited my page in The Sun, mentions me today... 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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Having just tuned into John Gaunt on TalkSport, I am scarcely surprised he has far fewer listeners than you, JK. In the space of two minutes, he claimed that the police believed it was fine for 30 year old men to have sexual relationships with 13 year old girls, and went on to suggest we may all as well give up work, put our kids on the streets and become drug addicts because of a pilot scheme to give heroin users free drugs.
Does the ability to launch into controversial rants constitute good radio nowadays? Personally, I prefer more subtle media techniques, and look back fondly on your Talk Radio days.
It is a great shame we are no longer treated JK on our radio and TV. Maybe when your wrongful conviction is finaly overturned? Or am I being naive?
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Re:Jon Gaunt, who inherited my page in The Sun, mentions me today... 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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I used to love my largely chatty radio prog Harley, in the afternoons, and I miss it dearly, but I do feel as in the current changes in music, that blogging, and commenting in these formats, are starting to spearhead the next step in Talk Radio/Sport, which I will say I do listen to and enjoy still, but not unless I am travelling, which of course is becoming more and more difficult in the UK.
It`s a difficult project to regulate, or you could just end up with a chat room, or a live show with the odd e-mail or text comment which of course we already have loads of.
I think with the amount of people that do want to comment on current affairs/topics etc, which is a high number, Talk Sport are flying a little bit low on the devils advocate character.
I know a guy who is really good at playing one, and when he`s on holiday, believe it or not? I know another one..
Or maybe more, I feel a list coming on....
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James Whale on TV 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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His Friday night TV show championed a lot of new bands, one of which I remember well were The Sons Of Geronimo, and after they had done the show, we had to set up a live Monday afternoon showcase for them for industry bods to watch. I met a lovely guy there who had produced Thin Lizzy and was interested in doing them, and to this day, I regret not asking him one of the great mystery production topics in pop/rock history which is.....
"Whisky In The Jar"... errrm ...Phil Lynott, why was there no bass guitar on the recording?
But, I made up for with another comment (celebrety name drop alert) to Keith Harris, who whilst having a drink in Ayr with him, I managed to drop in the one liner, "Do you know you made the worst record of all time?"
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Re:James Whale on TV 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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No no! Keith agreed and was very proud!
I met him first in a very small pub, and he sat with me and my girlfriend, and we got into a showbizzy type conversation, in which he told us that it was very hard on the TV, to show what he actually did.
He borrowed a matchbox from a table, put it about 20 feet away, and threw his voice so that it was coming out of the empty box.
It was really amazing, I have no idea how he does this, he was sitting square in my face and the voice was coming in a very squeaky fashion from another side of the room.
The rest of that night is historically preserved in my scrapbook written out by a Sunday tabloid reporter of the time.
He`s a top man, and knows his marketplace.
Could have been worse Steve, "Pump Up The Orville", may well have been a possibilty, and don`t start me on "The Birdy Song " again.(sore point that one)
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