In Your Inner Ear, Mark III.

Tonight saw the live broadcast of 'Doggett & Ephgrave In Your Inner Ear 3: The Search for Spock'.

The start of the show was frenetic, when the chap who runs the station accidentally deleted our playlist remotely, seconds before we went on air. This meant we kicked things off from the back foot. Hopefully this didn't show; we were in control again by about ten minutes in.

The theme of the programme was 'celebrity', with us relaying stories of the famous - and infamous - people we've come into contact with over the years. These range from impressive (Paul McCartney and Quentin Tarantino), to dickish (Nigel Havers) to banal (Chico from The X Factor). It was an enjoyable conversation, covering a lot of ground - though whether the ground was of interest to our listener/s remains to be seen.

(I hope that Havers didn't tune in.)

We also quizzed each other on our respective specialist subjects ('Back to the Future' for Glyn; The Beatles for me). This was fun, if a little competitive. To find out who fared the best - and who felt he was treated unfairly - you'll have to listen to the podcast.

All in all, it was fun. I'm looking forward to the next one. Tune in: every Sunday from 9-11pm on SG1 Radio. Lend us your ears, and we'll put something in them.

Not The Bayeux One.

The Carole King album Tapestry has been my 'getting-ready-in-the-morning' soundtrack for the past few weeks. It's been a favourite album ever since I was a student, which makes for a pleasantly gentle way to usher in the start of a day. I've always been a fan of a well-crafted song, which is something of a Carole King hallmark, ever since she started writing with her first husband in the early Sixties. Tapestry may be an unimaginative choice for a favourite LP, as it suggests I haven't delved that far into her career, but it's still an undoubted classic; anything with '(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman', 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?' and 'You've Got A Friend' on it can't really fail; if nothing else, it proves she likes writing songs with long titles. Next month, she's set to perform the album live in its entirety for the first time at a gig in Hyde Park, which I would have loved to have gone to, if it weren...

Shakerpuppetmaker.

Have Parker from Thunderbirds and Noel Gallagher ever been seen in the same room? The resemblance is uncanny. So much so, I think something’s afoot. If my suspicions are correct, I've stumbled across a secret that will blow the music and puppet industry wide apart. In the mid-60s / mid-90s at least. It doesn’t take long to see the signposts. There’s the similarity between the name of Oasis’ first single, Supersonic, and Supermarianation, Gerry Anderson’s puppetry technique. The Gallagher brothers would often wear Parkas . Live Forever was clearly a reference to Captain Scarlet and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants to the size difference between Noel and his bandmates. The more you think about it, the more brazen it gets. It’s fishier than Area 51, Paul is Dead and JFK's assassination put together. The only glitch to the theory is scale . According to Wikipedia, Anderson’s marionettes were 1’10” and Gallagher is 5’8”. How does he maintain an illusion of avera...

Hitchin is Mine.

As of six o’clock tonight, I take over the Hitchin is Yours Twitter account for a week; a stewardship I’m anxious to get right. I’m proud of my hometown. It’s a great place to live, with so much going for it. I've always sold it to my non-Hitchinite friends; so much so, that a lot have gone on to move here. Any town expansion plans are partly my fault. Feel free to picket outside my house. I love its history and architecture. Take St Mary’s Church, for example. The building is beautiful inside and out, and huge for a town of our size. There has been a place of worship on site since the 7 th Century. Much of the present building dates from the 1300s. You wouldn't get that in America. (Don't forget the British Schools Museum too.) Hitchin is a hive for creative people and a hub for the arts. It boast two theatres, two comedy clubs, a couple of art galleries, a festival for world music and a thriving music scene. This drew...

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