I have decided to abandon my trawl through the failing careers of former Radio 1 DJ's, for the following reasons. Firstly I started to become concerned that no one else would care much for my almost morbid fascination with this subject, and secondly, all their careers seemed to follow a familiar track in to the abyss unless you exclude Steve Wright who does "Steve Wright in the Afternoon" as a kind of Groundhog Day fixture on Radio 2, such ...
''Mike Read, Mike Read, 275 and 285, Mike Read, Mike Read, national Radio One.". In his pomp during the days of limited radio stations and four TV Channels, Mike Read was everywhere. He presented the Radio One Breakfast Show, Saturday Superstore and Pop Quiz. Read was also a regular Top of The Pops presenter and often the star turn on the Radio One Roadshow that toured the country during the summer months. Heady days indeed, but perhaps ...
I had a rather surreal experience on Monday when I went to the dentist in Chequers Road in Basingstoke, and not just because it was one of the few times I had booked an appointment despite not actually having a toothache. Like most people I don't find going to the dentist a particularly fun experience and I have often described listening to Radio One fuckwitt Chris Moyles as the equivalent of a dental appointment, so imagine the the ...
I wrote a blog recently that suggested that my first ever football match was Reading v Rotherham in 1979. This was wrong, as my first match was in fact Hearts v Dundee in 1978, courtesy of my Uncle Ian. Hearts won 3-2 in what I assume was a thriller, though my only clear memories of this event are some sporadic drunken fights before the game and my Uncle placing me on train back to Kirkcaldy with an unknown but friendly elderly lady so he could ...
We are now six days in to what is officially regarded as spring and today I celebrated by having my first cup of tea in the back garden since September last year. Not that it was particularly warm at 7c but my small patch of patio and grass offers sunshine all afternoon and shelters me completely from the biting north easterly making it feel at least 5c warmer. This huge bonus makes me realise that my choice of property was much better than I ...