David Gilmour and his solo band appeared on Later…with Jools Holland last night, and thanks to the wonders of iPlayer and YouTube, you can catch the best bits now. Apart from a rather good performance by Elbow, David had a piano-side chat with Jools about Richard, his musical style and contributions to Pink Floyd’s sound. [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve write anything about Purple Radio so time for a quick update. Firstly, the lovely image above was the sight that greeted me the first time arrived back at the station in over two months. Leaving the place tidy and (more importantly) streaming music, I came back to find that [...]
Last weekend, I finally managed to make the trip to Manchester to meet a few friends from Flickr for lunch, wandering and plenty of photo snapping. As well as my usual Nikon D80 body with 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G and 50mm f/1.8 lenses, I borrowed a few of Mike’s, including the expensive 10.5mm fisheye and took my [...]
After I purchased my new car, I discovered there was an after-market iPod connection kit that allows you to charge and play your iPod through the stereo, as well as controlling it using the stereo. Being a nineteen year radio station manager, this is something quite important to me. The laws for using mobile devices [...]