The end of an era....
That's us coming to the end of 'summer in the sixties' on Radio Scotland. It's been a terrific couple of weeks with special shows across all our output. You can still listen again to some of them on the summer in the sixties website. Even if you don't have time to listen to anything there are loads of photographs and memories of the sixties. My favourite two have to be of Robbie Shepherd interviewing Annie Walker of Coronation Street and Iain Anderson as a young thesp' in full make-up.
Tonight's 'moon landings' theme has also thrown up a couple of oddities. (Not that I'm suggesting there is anything odd about Iain Anderson in make up.) The Byrd's song 'Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins' was a bit of a...ahem.. challenge for me but I did enjoy Billy Bragg's early punk band singing 'I Want To Be A Cosmonaut'.
I hope we get to do 'summer in the seventies' next year and then all I have to do is hang on to my job for another year so we can do 'summer in the eighties'. I can hear the trail now: "From Morrissey to Margaret Thatcher - reliving the sights and sounds of a tasteless decade on BBC Radio Scotland..."
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After his recent naked photoshoot, Bryan tries on the new matching boxers and semmit set gifted by Babs which she purchased on holiday
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Iain Anderson knows that his listeners appreciate a wee 'fine tune' fae Jethro Tull now and again. An exemplary presenter.
Re: Tuesday
Does playing a flute count as whistling?
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"Is that a gladius or are you just pleased to see me?"
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"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises"
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`What do you mean you left the Black Russian on the bus?`
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"He's got a wife, you know... Do you know what she's called?"
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"Yaffa yat? Which yat yaffa?"
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Once I was a seven stone weakling - now I am two separate gorillas.
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The woman in the background wearing the black bikini must be 40 feet tall!
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I think we're coming under attack from the red arrows.
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There have been no new threads installed on any of the BBC blogs in 37 hours. Perhaps the thingmy isnae' workin'.
Now that I've suggested the possibility, no doubt Bryan will grasp it in order to excuse this delay.
Babs flies away on vacation; the discipline flies oot the windae.
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Or is it cos Miss Babs is home everyone's leavin to everyone else and nobody's takin responsibility. I think Norrie's right. They're all on a jolly down the Ayrshire coast to see sporting history bein made today.
We could always use last weeks next weeks themes.. . os is that too confuddlin
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38 hours.........
All those brollies which were requisitioned at Hampden last Tuesday will be on sale at Turnberry.
Babs flies home from vacation; the discipline flies oot the windae.
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EVERYBODY - SOMEBODY - ANYBODY - NOBODY
A job had to be done, and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did.
(stop me if you've heard it already)
In the end, Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
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That saved me buying the Sunday Post
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It's a holiday weekend - You'll see it all spring back into life on Monday, I bet! I've posted the themes for this coming week on LastFM if you need a reminder.
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Jings, crivvins, help mah boab!
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It's only a holiday weekend in Glasgow. None of the BBC blogs show signs of life.
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41 hours...........
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I suppose someone will suggest the dreary Jealous Guy
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I had to access via the playlists.
The Sat-Nav kept taking me to the Sunday Post homily page.....
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No doubt we'll get a rerun of the last whistling theme.
Unless enough of us request
'Whistle While You Work' - Snow White
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Yup - looks like there is indeed a problem - old threads being displayed by mistake. Presumably somebody is working on the system/database.
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Here's Bryan's explanation on facebook...copied and pasted. Get It On With Bryan BurnettTechnical issues Pablo! I posted it on Friday but nothing has appeared. Now it looks like Blog has dies and is generating random postings from months ago. Help
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and here's the missing blog header...
Get It On With Bryan BurnettHere's the missing post:
It's been a really busy couple of weeks on the show so we are getting ready to cope with a steady stream of suggestions again this week. Miss Babs will be back from her hols feeling refreshed so I'll need to save some energy for when she is producing later in the week. As always, I'm looking forward to getting your contributions for this week's shows....
Monday:... Read More
From The Ronettes to The Fratellis, tonight's show features the top trios of all time...
Tuesday:
A return to a theme which turned out to be much better than you would think. Pucker up for...whistling songs. perhaps tonight could be the night Roger Whittaker gets a look in...
Wednesday:
Parent power rules tonight. From Daddy Cool to Sylvia's Mother, it's songs about Ma and Pa...
Thursday:
It's the Get It On beach party tonight with the songs that were made for frolicking around in the sand...
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#20 I'd care to suggest "Colonel Bogey" by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts
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#24
You shall go to the ball!
naw, that wis Cinders.......
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