July 2009
Mobilising the fans →
I can’t believe I’m about to start ANOTHER blog post with the words ‘I’m a massive Top Gear fan’ but there you go - I did it - but this one is about more than just the television series.
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Just got a government press release about Treasury restructuring in Jersey. Embargoed until Monday. Treasury Minister away from Monday!
I thinking about playing the ‘smack the dodgy cd single with a large metal poll to make myself feel better’ game. But which CD?
Listen to, read or download the first live radio interview Hedley le Maistre has done. http://bit.ly/3eSaUr
Working on two blog posts for this evening. First on Video on demand services and second on paying for premium newspaper content.
Funfair opens at 2pm today - taking photos then back to interview Emily Loizeau and Count Sizzle. Then writing up Valentines interview.
BBC Jersey Morning Show will be talking to Hedley Le Maistre live at 10.15 today. 88.8fm bbc.co.uk/jersey (more http://hedleylemaistre.com)
Hedley on life: Beancroc does what beancroc does. Listen now here http://bit.ly/UC60I
Brilliant interview with Hedley Le Maistre RIGHT NOW on BBC Radio Jersey. Tune to 88.8fm or bbc.co.uk/jersey
Sitting in the studio recording this weeks show and trying to make sense of new jingles package. Just playing out Temper Trap interview
This week on BBC Jersey Introducing (Sat 2.15pm) Interviews with Temper Trap, Cocoon, London Elektricity & Jnr Battle winners Patrick Star.
Looks like I’ll have an interview with someone from Basement Jaxx next week. Brings the total up to 22 interviews so far.
Just spent 30 minutes on the phone with a VERY nice guy from SKY who is getting me a new box and someone to sort out my signal problem.
I miss being in a band and REALLY want to get back behind a drum kit - alas no money for an electro kit and young children so no real kit :(
Top Gear is now officially on Twitter @BBC_TopGear although I really want morse code tweets from The Stig.
I’m going to miss having a guitar to hand when I move into the newsroom in September. I like having my own office.
Just spent two days writing a series of features on the French Bands at Jersey Live. Here is the outcome of that work. http://bit.ly/nXy9U
Everywhere I look I keep seeing pages of magazines with heads cut out. My wife has some strange hobbies!
A full on summer →
I’ve been working in Jersey for about nine years now and seven of those have been spent at the BBC doing everything from live blogging elections (first one was seven years ago) to…
Went into Coffee Republic this morning and ordered a strong black coffee. £1.20 later and I GOT a strong black coffee. Impressed.
Thinking about daughters 9th birthday party in November. Bowling & Quasar+food for 8 = £95. Not bad and actually fun.
#musicmonday would be Frank Turner http://frank-turner.com/ and The Valentines http://myspace.com/thevalentinesband
Nothing wrong with Hannah Montana or High School Musical mind - it’s just the thought of 30+ 9 year olds singing and dancing for three hours
The alternative - hire hall and DJ playing Hannah Montana+High School Musical for two hours = me going ARGHRHGRHG make it stop all night!
Never underestimate the importance of a good pair of headphones. Cheaper doesn’t usually = better.
Something to help me decide… →
I’m a big book fan, I love reading and I love the feel of books, the sensation of the paper turning in your hands, the spine cracking as you get immersed in the story - just the tactile response you…
iPlayer Pick: Taking the Flak →
My iPlayer Pick is a show that is now almost half way through its seven week run, I’m talking about a new BBC Two sitcom - Taking the Flak - a look at what happens when the big boys…
Music in last weeks show by: Man Is Slapped, Kap Bambino, Pete Murray, Personal Floor, Passion Pit, Brave Yesterday and Basement Jaxx.
Amazing - Jeremy Clarkson Beat Boxing. http://bit.ly/6TMsg
Went to @DurrellTrust yesterday and Jaden LOVED the new Mearkat enclose. http://www.flickr.com/photos/upyourego/3759880450
60+ acts at Jersey Live this year from Europe, UK, Jersey and the USA. Find out who http://bit.ly/ZPpLy
Um… #topgear weirdness http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/rTI0n4JOx62SVRFX
Um… Veoh? →
There are a seemingly endless number of video sharing websites - some trying to carve out a genre niche, others going for the crown YouTube superglue to their head when Google took them…
Seale Street in St Helier closed for several hours today and armed police deployed. Photos: http://bit.ly/5cNyv
Piles of CDs behind me, stacks of CDs in front of me, CDs to the left of me and CDs to the right of me. Gotta do something with them soon.
#musicmonday tip for this week is French band Kap Bambino http://www.myspace.com/kapbambino
New #doctorwho costume: Tweed Jacket, bow-tie, turned up trousers and black boots. Lovely. http://gtfa.eu/u/newwho
Just finished watching #topgear on Sky+. Another great episode and the Morris really is a S**tbox.
I have now interviewed 15 people (from bands) ahead of Jersey Live. Might write up the whole thing for my blog.
Here’s my blog post on the re-use of books. What to do with books you’ve read? http://bit.ly/ZUyGg
What to do with books you’ve read? →
What do you do with books after you’ve read them? Collect them on a shelf? Sell them to the highest bidder? Give them to a carity shop? Keep them in a box for future use? Or just hope they’ll go…
What do you do with books after you’ve read them? Collect them? Sell them? Charity shop them? Or just hope they’ll go away?
Fight between my five year old son and eight year old daughter over the playing of @mileycyrus music. She loves it, he wants it off. She won
You can subscribe to the Jersey Live Interviews podcast in iTunes. Please rate if you do. http://gtfa.eu/u/jlbands
RT: @JerseyLiveHQ Help us try and get camping at next years festival. Petition http://bit.ly/16P9Jj
Just finished an interview with @jackpenate. Really nice guy, great interview. Looking forward to hearing new album live @jerseylivehq
RT: @jamesmchlachlan Article on the greatest golfer of all time, Harry Vardon from Jersey. http://bit.ly/S0j9B
Interviewing Jack Penate at 3.40 - any ideas for questions?
Look out for a BBC Jersey Introducing Jersey Live preview special on BBC Jersey on Monday 31st August from 4-6pm.
Harry Potter and the cool effect →
On Wednesday I got up early, took the children to school, went to work and then walked on down to the St Helier waterfront to the Cineworld cinema - in time for a film that started at…