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 Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland..."
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At 16th Jul 2009, DC wrote: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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At 16th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote: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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At 16th Jul 2009, Glen Miller wrote:"Is that a gladius or are you just pleased to see me?"
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At 16th Jul 2009, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises"
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At 17th Jul 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:`What do you mean you left the Black Russian on the bus?`
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At 17th Jul 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:"He's got a wife, you know... Do you know what she's called?"
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At 17th Jul 2009, DC wrote:"Yaffa yat? Which yat yaffa?"
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At 18th Jul 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Once I was a seven stone weakling - now I am two separate gorillas.
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At 18th Jul 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:The woman in the background wearing the black bikini must be 40 feet tall!
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At 18th Jul 2009, paolopablo wrote:I think we're coming under attack from the red arrows.
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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote:There have been no new threads installed on any of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã 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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Comment number 12.
At 19th Jul 2009, paolopablo wrote: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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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote: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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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote: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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Comment number 15.
At 19th Jul 2009, Glen Miller wrote:That saved me buying the Sunday Post
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At 19th Jul 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote: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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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#15
Jings, crivvins, help mah boab!
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It's only a holiday weekend in Glasgow. None of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã blogs show signs of life.
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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote:41 hours...........
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Comment number 19.
At 19th Jul 2009, Glen Miller wrote:I suppose someone will suggest the dreary Jealous Guy
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At 19th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote:I had to access via the playlists.
The Sat-Nav kept taking me to the Sunday Post homily page.....
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#19
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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Comment number 21.
At 19th Jul 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote: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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Comment number 22.
At 19th Jul 2009, paolopablo wrote: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
View Profile | Leave paolopablo a shout
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At 19th Jul 2009, paolopablo wrote: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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Comment number 24.
At 19th Jul 2009, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:#20 I'd care to suggest "Colonel Bogey" by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts
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Comment number 25.
At 20th Jul 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#24
You shall go to the ball!
naw, that wis Cinders.......
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