Saturday 1st November 2008

Last night was the launch of the ever-enterprising Ant Timpson's Incredibly Strange Tee Vee at the Hollywood Cinema in Avondale. It's going to be screening every Saturday night on MGM channel, and from the previews we saw last night I think I may become a nana and stay home to tune in every week.


Shit I'm tired.


So today Hannah slept through her alarm and I was all on my own, which was ok I guess, except I had no one to make me coffee, cook me eggs, fry me bacon, and pamper my guests.


We managed to slip off air for a minute or so in the first hour of the show which, while providing a certain level of excitement for myself, wasn't that great to listen to. Luckily Rick Breeze was hanging around the gallows of bFM, so was quick to patch it all back together again. Thanks Rick.


Guy Charlton from the University of Auckland came up to talk about the US Presidential Election which is only 4 days away. He explained some of the strange quirks in the US system and predicted an Obama 5% victory. Looks like I'm gonna lose $100 to Jose Barbosa. I've gotta stop making stupid bets.


Stephen strolled down from K Rd to give us a lesson in Soul for Hart and Soul. This week's theme was reggae-stars-do-soul, and the general feeling in the studio (ie me and Stephen) was that they did a pretty good job of it. Desmond Dekker's 'I've Got The Blues' had the strongest wiff of Jamaica, and Owen Gray's 'Help Me' stuck with the reggae tradition of putting as much reverb on the horns as possible. Then we found out (through Stephen's thorough research) that Jimmy Cliff's influence extends beyond the reggae realm and into 90's pop culture. He wrote Hakuna Matata for the Lion King, and performed I Can See Clearly Now for Cool Runnings.


Samantha Hayes came up and read the news.


Friday Night in New York came to us from a motorway between New York and Philly this week as Harlan (our New York correspondent) travelled to a Halloween wedding. He told us that New York is suffering from a post-CMJ depression at the moment, so there's not that much going on. He did go and see the Black Lips and Teenagers in a warehouse though.


And then the show ended. Thanks for listening.


Next week it'll be Election Day! I'm co-hosting bFM's election special (from 7pm till midnight), so I may not do the Special, but who knows. 8 hours on air on one day sounds... fun?