Tag: Linguistics
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Rubbish gays?
Apparently to call something (or someone) derogatorily ‘gay’ is not offensive according to those bastions of taste the BBC Governors. “Moyles was simply keeping up with developments in English usage.”? More like devolving the English usage, and devolving generally (have you seen a picture of him?!?) – any long-term listeners will know how much I…
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Radio Clash 55: 1 Year Anniversary Slightly Listing Tim and Kirk Show, Part One!
Yes We Are One Today! Part One of a special 1st Anniversary Tim and Kirk show, nominally a list show including favourite misheard lyrics and band names, also includes audio comments and feedback from listeners, favourite mashups and tracks from listeners and us two, and now with added multimania! Oh and as always probably not…
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Dazed and Confused! My first UK press
It has my ugly fizog on it, but if that doesn’t put you off, the latest issue of Dazed and Confused (#32 Dec 2005, p.82) has a 2 page spread on podcasting and has a review of Radio Clash, with a picture taken by Kirk (the bugger has a photo publish credit before I do!…
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West of Bastard is back!
As mentioned in the Pirates podcast, West of Bastard is back! So those of youse in the Bristol area go support it, OK? It’s on this Friday 2nd September@ The Hatchet in Frogmore Street from 9pm. Strictly Rockers, well, ROCK (and you might have heard of a certain Mr Vidler aka GHP and Tone396, cough),…
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Radio Clash 25: Radio Mashup Special bunch o’ 5’s edition
OK I’m not a numerologist, but this has me spooked – my 25th show finished on 05/05/05…:-0 To celebrate is an anarchic long-form mix bunch o’ fives Mashup Radio Special, mashing up Radio, Podshow and podcasting, with loads of great radio-related mashups, covers and spoken word and cutup strangeness, most mixed or cutup by me.…