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6 Music Shout Out

Tom — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:08:59 +0000

Here is a clip from Friday 16 December’s 6 Music breakfast show where Shaun Keavney reads out some middle aged shout outs. This one is for my brother who became a dad the day before:

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Download clip

Adam and Joe’s festival jingle

Tom — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:29:55 +0000

Taken from their Glastonbury podcasts, this is Adam’s jingle about how much he enjoys festivals.

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Well, it made me laugh. You can download the MP3 if you like.

Why be Denny Different?

Tom — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:36:05 +0000

Why be Denny Different? Why?

http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/denny-different.mp3

Investigate the answer on facebook and twitter and more twitter, get the T-Shirt on Red Bubble and be inspired by illustrations.

Or download the full “Denny different” Adam and Joe podcast from the BBC site.

April fools roundup

Tom — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:04:33 +0000

Google Motion

Click here to view the embedded video.

More at mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

Helvetica

Google Helvetica search: http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&q=helvetica

Playmobil

Click here to view the embedded video.

Playmobil Apple Store: http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/

Richard Branson

Branson buys Pluto, reinstates as planet: www.virgin.com/travel/news/branson-buys-pluto-reinstates-as-planet/

NME – Blur and Oasis

Liam Gallagher is set to make an on-record reconciliation with Damon Albarn – with Beady Eye covering Blur for a new single. www.nme.com/news/various-artists/55836

Royal Wedding preparation

Guardian live blog every detail of the the preparation www.guardian.co.uk/uk/by-royal-appointment/2011/apr/01/royal-wedding-live-updates

Rob Brydon on Radio 2

Rob is presenting Ken Bruces’s show as Ken Bruce http://twitter.com/#!/RobBrydon/status/53743334795128832

Bronze Boris

Plans have been unveiled for a 12 metre-high bronze statue of London Mayor Boris Johnson overlooking the River Thames in London. www.dezeen.com/2011/04/01/bronze-boris-bike-statue-by-dowling-jones-stone/

Eau de Mutt

Sales of ‘wet dog’ perfume soar. Eau de Mutt, which replicates the scent of a dog’s coat when wet, has become an unlikely bestseller online. fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8419827/Sales-of-wet-dog-perfume-soar.html

Youtube as 1911

Youtube adds a vintage feel to it’s videos http://youtubeukblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/looking-back.html

Google Autocompleter

As a Google Autocompleter, you’ll be expected to successfully guess a user’s intention as he or she starts typing instantly. In a fraction of a second, you’ll need to type in your prediction that will be added to the list of suggestions given by Google: www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html

Edible Metro

The newspaper, already the first into Space, is set to become the only national you can eat after reading.
Read more: www.metro.co.uk/news/859704-have-we-got-chews-for-you-the-edible-metro

Add others you find in the comments….

2009 According to Adam and Joe

Tom — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:13:00 +0000

I commute for 180 minutes a day at the moment, and one thing that makes that journey bearable is podcasts of the Adam and Joe show on BBC 6 Music. If you’ve never listened, you’re too late, they’re taking a break for a few months. But here’s a snippet of what you’ve missed… (you can still catch some of their podcasts in iTunes if you’re an iPod person). You can also catch Adam at the regular BUG nights at the National Film Theatre.

From Baldock, it's retro text the nation

Tom — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:50:14 +0000

I like to listen to Adam and Joe, but I listen to the podcast, not the live show. I have never joined in on their text the nation feature but many have, and they have a special jingle for it which is impressively composed and sung by the two of them:

Original jingle
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In last weeks podcast they feature a specialy composed version sung by an amateur choir from Baldock in Hertfordshire which is a town I know fairly well (or at least has a pub I know very well as you can see here, here, here and here). Unfortunately for the Choir Adam and Joe were not very impressed, you can listen to the choirs efforts and the following critique here:

The Baldock Choir
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Those poor 11-50 something year olds.