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    <id>tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2008-06-13:/blogs/gregjames//148</id>
    <updated>2009-11-09T11:42:25Z</updated>
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    <title>Lots going on...</title>
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    <published>2009-11-06T11:07:19Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-09T11:42:25Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Good morning!&nbsp; Hope all is well with you - a couple of things to let you know about... I presented an award on stage with 'The Andre' yesterday at BBC Switch Live.&nbsp; A weird but very fun day.&nbsp; When he...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Good morning!&nbsp; Hope all is well with you - a couple of things to let you know about...</p>
<p>I presented an award on stage with 'The Andre' yesterday at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/events/live2009/index.shtml">BBC Switch Live</a>.&nbsp; A weird but very fun day.&nbsp; When he met me, he said, "Jeeeeze, couldn't they have given me someone a bit shorter".&nbsp; Lovely bloke though.</p>
<p>There was a lot of screaming when we walked out, and I'm pretty sure most of it was for me.</p>
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<p>Went along and saw Michael McIntyre last Tuesday:</p>
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<p>And have a look at this brilliant&nbsp;impression Jon Culshaw has done of him:</p>
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    <title>This made me laugh A LOT...</title>
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    <published>2009-11-04T15:06:16Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-04T15:25:25Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Fearne was very excited to meet Jon Bon Jovi yesterday - video here Was just checking my emails and a guy called Richard just sent me this: He's been a little bit bored this afternoon it seems.&nbsp; Made me laugh...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Fearne was very excited to meet Jon Bon Jovi yesterday - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/091103_bonjovi.shtml">video here</a></p>
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<p>Was just checking my emails and a guy called Richard just sent me this:</p>
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    <title>JON BON</title>
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    <published>2009-11-03T13:33:58Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-03T13:43:24Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Dreams can come true, as Gabrielle once said...and today, it did for Laura Tobin from the BBC Weather Centre.&nbsp; She is obsessed, like many people, with Jon and she did a pretty decent interview to be fair to her.&nbsp; There...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Dreams can come true, as Gabrielle once said...and today, it did for Laura Tobin from the BBC Weather Centre.&nbsp; She is obsessed, like many people, with Jon and she did a pretty decent interview to be fair to her.&nbsp; There were a few tears and did want to kiss him - I told her not to do that.</p>
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<p>It's never nice being the 3rd wheel.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Happy Birthday Maida Vale...</title>
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    <published>2009-11-02T12:00:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-02T12:24:29Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[I absolutely loved Friday's show - so many incredible live tracks from the last 75 years of the BBC's Maida Vale studios.&nbsp; The Cure, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Joy Division, Roni Size, The Police and many more.&nbsp; If you didn't...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I absolutely loved Friday's show - so many incredible live tracks from the last 75 years of the BBC's Maida Vale studios.&nbsp; The Cure, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Joy Division, Roni Size, The Police and many more.&nbsp; If you didn't hear it, you should, you'll love it.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ngyzg">Have a listen here</a>.</p>
<p>A lot of people text in confused as to what Maida Vale actually is - fair enough.&nbsp; It's a complex of 7 BBC studios where some of the world's biggest acts have performed.&nbsp; It's home to the BBC's Symphony Orchestra and where Jonathan Ross records FIlm 2009.&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios">Have a look here for more information</a></p>
<p>Fearne did her show live from Maida Vale and had Snow Patrol as her house band.&nbsp; They recorded a few tracks especially for the day.&nbsp; </p>
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<p>A&nbsp;couple of the engineers:</p>
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<p>Gary from Snow Patrol - another excellent piece of photography from me again here:</p>
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    <title>Read this...then scroll down to the fun stuff...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-30T16:44:47Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-30T16:47:44Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[ Hi there, early next week, there will be a change to how you leave comments on this blog - the BBC bigwigs are&nbsp;upgrading&nbsp;the current registration system to a new and improved one. When you log in to the new...]]></summary>
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<p></font><font size="2">Hi there, early next week, there will be a change to how you leave comments on this blog - the BBC bigwigs are&nbsp;upgrading&nbsp;the current registration system to a new and improved one. </font></p>
<p><font size="2">When you log in to the new system, you will be prompted to upgrade your existing account, and you should be able to do that with a minimum of fuss. More details on this can be found on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/10/welcome_to_bbc_id.html">BBC Internet Blog</a>.</font><font size="2"></p>
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    <title>Lazlow </title>
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    <published>2009-10-30T11:42:00Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[He is best known&nbsp;for his part in the legendary video game series 'Grand Theft Auto'.&nbsp; I'm not the world's biggest gamer, but the one game I have been addicted to from a very early age is this one. I have&nbsp;most...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>He is best known&nbsp;for his part in the legendary video game series 'Grand Theft Auto'.&nbsp; I'm not the world's biggest gamer, but the one game I have been addicted to from a very early age is this one.</p>
<p>I have&nbsp;most of the&nbsp;editions, including the early&nbsp;GTA:London one based in the '60s for my PC.&nbsp; Love it.</p>
<p>Lazlow came into Radio 1 last week and showed me the new GTA: Episodes from Liberty City.</p>
<p>This series of games is a huge deal.&nbsp; The last edition of the game sold 6 million copies, making around $500 million.&nbsp; Not bad eh?</p>
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    <title>A load of videos...in one simple place</title>
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    <published>2009-10-29T12:01:03Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T12:07:25Z</updated>


    <summary>There&apos;s been a few little videos made recently which you may enjoy. The first being of my trip to play tennis with Andy Murray: And then as this week at Radio is all about computer games, Comedy Dave, Fearne and...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>There's been a few little videos made recently which you may enjoy.</p>
<p>The first being of my trip to play tennis with Andy Murray:</p>
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<p>And then as this week at Radio is all about computer games, Comedy Dave, Fearne and I created a band - "Wrong Jovi" on XBox's 'Rockband':</p></embed>
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<p>Aaaaand finally, I went for a little evening out to the arcade with my show's gaming girl, Alex Sim-Wise:</p></embed>
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<p>Thank you as ever for reading this little blog.&nbsp; It is much appreciated.&nbsp; Feel free to leave your thoughts on stuff you like/dislike&nbsp;on the comments below - after all, it is all for YOU!</p></embed>]]>
        
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    <title>Awkward photo alert...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-27T14:17:44Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T14:20:50Z</updated>


    <summary>Jonathan Blake meets Jay-Z! Newsbeat&apos;s US reporter spent the afternoon, well, 3 mins with the king of hip hop....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Jonathan Blake meets Jay-Z!</p>
<p>Newsbeat's US reporter spent the afternoon, well, 3 mins with the king of hip hop.</p>
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    <title>Oh dear...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-27T11:57:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T11:59:02Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Amy Winehouse was supposed to give an award out at the Q Awards last night.&nbsp; She missed her cue....]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Amy Winehouse was supposed to give an award out at the Q Awards last night.&nbsp; She missed her cue.</p><embed src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" width="448" height="364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="playlist=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/emp/8320000/8327000/8327069.xml&amp;config_settings_suppressCodec=h264&amp;config_settings_showFooter=true&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>]]>
        
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    <title>The weekend, trains and video games...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-26T11:27:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-26T12:09:22Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[A lovely but busy weekend...Was&nbsp;djing in&nbsp;Birmingham on Friday night and Lincoln on Saturday.&nbsp; I had a very special guest with me on Friday - Peter Dickson aka 'Voiceover Man' (from X-Factor and E4)&nbsp;joined me on stage doing live shout outs.&nbsp;...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A lovely but busy weekend...Was&nbsp;djing in&nbsp;Birmingham on Friday night and Lincoln on Saturday.&nbsp; I had a very special guest with me on Friday - Peter Dickson aka 'Voiceover Man' (from X-Factor and E4)&nbsp;joined me on stage doing live shout outs.&nbsp; Ridiculous.&nbsp; He went down a storm and was mobbed for photos.</p>
<p>I saw this chap sleeping&nbsp;on the train:</p>
<p>(his hair and eyes have been altered to avoid recognition)</p>
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<p>Oh, and have a look at this very nifty <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/hello/game/">Radio 1 video game</a></p>]]>
        
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    <title>Gigs aplenty...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-22T09:48:43Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-22T10:08:52Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Tuesday night at the Robbie Williams' Electric&nbsp;Proms performance&nbsp;was superb.&nbsp; He packed out the Roundhouse which is a beautiful venue.&nbsp; Look: He played loads of his old hits and some of the stuff off his new album&nbsp;- personal favourite being 'No...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Tuesday night at the Robbie Williams' Electric&nbsp;Proms performance&nbsp;was superb.&nbsp; He packed out the Roundhouse which is a beautiful venue.&nbsp; Look:</p>
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<p>He played loads of his old hits and some of the stuff off his new album&nbsp;- personal favourite being 'No Regrets'.&nbsp; I'd forgotten what a great pop song that is.</p>
<p>Have a look at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2009/artists/robbiewilliams/">all things Robbie</a></p>
<p>Last night, I went off to see Editors at Hammersmith Apollo.&nbsp; I've loved this lot since they came on the scene when I was at Uni.&nbsp; I got a bit emotional when they finished with 'Fingers in The Factories' came on at the very end.&nbsp; A forgotten gem from their first album.</p>
<p>I saw some 'gig rage' during the first song, which was a nice surprise.&nbsp; Not for the guy on the recieving end, though.&nbsp; Some bloke was trying to find his seat and was getting in everyone's way.&nbsp;&nbsp;Another bloke got up and pushed his head out&nbsp;of the way.&nbsp; I kept quiet.</p>
<p>Here is a traditionally poor photo of the gig last night:</p>
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<entry>
    <title>Mind your step...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-20T10:05:23Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[I was at Sheffield Uni last night playing a few CDs, so got the early train back this morning and saw this at King's Cross station at the foot of the escalator.&nbsp; Is there any need for the graphic image...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I was at Sheffield Uni last night playing a few CDs, so got the early train back this morning and saw this at King's Cross station at the foot of the escalator.&nbsp; Is there any need for the graphic image of 'tumbling old man'?</p>
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<entry>
    <title>Tony Almeida...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-16T15:32:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-16T16:08:26Z</updated>


    <summary><![CDATA[Today was the day then.&nbsp; The very cool Carlos Bernard aka Tony Almeida from massive US TV series '24' was on the show.&nbsp; He was a great bloke, very friendly but due to his recent escapades on season 7, I...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Today was the day then.&nbsp; The very cool Carlos Bernard aka Tony Almeida from massive US TV series '24' was on the show.&nbsp; He was a great bloke, very friendly but due to his recent escapades on season 7, I wasn't sure if I could trust him...</p>
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<p>Cool guy.&nbsp; Not sure on the hat though?</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>My mate Johnny&apos;s love life...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-16T11:26:12Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[We've been mates for many years&nbsp;and&nbsp;he's never had a lot of luck with the ladies, but he's finally found someone to tolerate him.&nbsp; We're tracking his progress on air as he starts his new relationship. This week he talks about...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>We've been mates for many years&nbsp;and&nbsp;he's never had a lot of luck with the ladies, but he's finally found someone to tolerate him.&nbsp; We're tracking his progress on air as he starts his new relationship. <!--#include virtual="/radio/ssitools/simple_emp/emp_v1.sssi?Network=radio1&Brand=gregjames&Media_ID=091016_johnny&type=audio&colour=black" -->
<p>This week he talks about his latest night out with the lady and wonders when he should stop paying for everything.&nbsp; Tonight he's off to see Disney Pixar's incredible new film - 'Up'.</p>
<p>People have pointed out to him that he doesn't look dissimilar to one of the main characters .&nbsp; What do you think?</p>
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<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="DISPLAY: inline"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gregjames/dqhxfr.jpg"><img class="mt-image-center" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 20px; WIDTH: 270px; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="450" alt="dqhxfr.jpg" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gregjames/dqhxfr-thumb-600x450.jpg" width="600" /></a></span>Have a look at the official <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/">'Up' site</a></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Fridays and smoke machines...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-16T10:01:57Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-16T10:16:12Z</updated>


    <summary>Yes, yes, oh, yay. Looking forward to today&apos;s show as ever - Carlos Bernard aka Tony Almeida is popping in just after 2pm to have a chat about all things &apos;24&apos;. I was at a club in London doing a...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Yes, yes, oh, yay.</p>
<p>Looking forward to today's show as ever - Carlos Bernard aka Tony Almeida is popping in just after 2pm to have a chat about all things <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)">'24'</a>. </p>
<p>I was at a club in London doing a little dj set.&nbsp; The dj booth had an incredibly hi-tech lighting desk.&nbsp; There was a big button to power up the smoke machine.&nbsp; I pressed it too much until no one could see in front of them.&nbsp; The security ran up the booth waving the smoke from their faces shouting at me to turn it off.&nbsp; Reluctantly, I did.</p>
<p>Here's a&nbsp;BBC archive photo that appeared when I searched for 'smoke'. </p>
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<p>Busy old show (as ever) from 1pm - feel free to join me.</p>]]>
        
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