Mojo and Change the Goalposts

Sunday 21^st June 2008-06-26

Having done the equivalent of a phD (is this correct ?????) of research into the subject and almost buying the magazine I decided that this was as good a week as any to feature the MOJO’s. We were subjected  earlier in the week to various stories relating to this particular music extravaganza nevertheless it set a much higher standard than the competing ‘Paint Drying Championships’………I must admit I missed Big Brother whatever also!!

Anyway to the programme!

I Featured across the three hours MOJO award winners

These were

The MOJO Catalogue Release of 2008 is... Pillows & Prayers:

Cherry Red Records 1981-1984 – One of my favourite tracks here was Tracey Thorn and Plain Sailing

The MOJO Les Paul Award, 2008 goes to... John Martyn…….and I featured May You Never

Song of the year nominees were

And The Winner Is... Duffy – Mercy

I played it!

The next category featured was

The Breakthrough Act

And The Winner Is... The Last Shadow Puppets

I played … The Age of Understatement!

And the final Category Featured was

The MOJO Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008 goes to...

Paul Weller

And I played You do something to me.

7.30 Essential  Classics

This week Beethoven and trouble for me on the tongue tied front as my usually prolific language skills deserted me in favour of those of some kind of bumpkin!!!!!….. Anyway I played Fur Elise (and for those or you who think this is something hairy forget it!!) Anyway apparently nobody knows exactly why or for whom Beethoven wrote this hit from 1810.  He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras. He Lived from Dec 1770 to March 1827.

At 8.00

I began looking at the local (weekly) papers

And at 8.30

The Golden Year

Random Clues

March 14 - Apple Computer, Inc. releases the first Macintosh computers to use the new PowerPC Microprocessors. This is considered to be a major leap in personal computer, as well as Macintosh history.

May 6 – TheChannel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers over 7 years to complete, opens between England and France, enabling passengers to travel between the 2 countries in 35 minutes.

September 22 - The long-running American sitcom Friends premieres on NBC, eventually becoming part of NBC's Must See TV comedy blocks on Thursdays.

Songs I played were

Madonna                     Take a Bow

Dream                          Things can only get better

The Sign                      Ace of Base

And the year was…………………………………………………………………………………….

1994

Well done if you guessed!!

At 9am I payed lip service to musical location location location by playing essential a cover version of Ziggy Stardust and the original!!!!!!!However it was Bowie…….

This week you can hear me twice as I first Chameleonlike take on Soul inspired on Saturday from 6 to 8……..watch me subsume to white socks ….but talc………..steady…the Bish is quite stresed so be gentle………….. then I’m back on Sunday for four hours!!!!!!!!! Then ist’s Rachel….I hope you can join me.

See you soon

James