Video Filmed The Radio Blah

We had him-off-of-The-Thick-Of-It, Chris Addison, as our guest on the show on Sunday morning. We also had a man with two video cameras... which is why I can show you the interview here. (I say interview... chat is more like it.)




Martin and Danielle are real by the way. They're just not on camera.

If you want to hear the whole show, you can get the podcast from itunes here or you can get it from the Absolute Radio website here.

Oh... and here are Chris's tour dates. You really should go if you can. Of course other acts might be touring at the same time...

Wem-berley, Wem-berley

Sometimes life is just too ridiculous for words. These photos were taken at Wembley Stadium.

Wembley!

Me!

Playing football!

Badly!



It was a charity event - a match played against a team of soldiers - for Help for Heroes. The spine of our team was pretty damn good.
Ralf Little and Chris Kamara were able to control the midfield in the first half. In the second half, the soldiers superior fitness showed.

I was more of an agricultural right back who's not really agricultural enough but not cultured enough to be called anything else. I did make the assistant referee say, "Oh, well done" once though. That's plenty enough for me.

And in case you've forgotten... it's Wembley. The stuff of dreams.

You can find out more about Help For Heroes here.

You can see The Sun's report on the event here.

Big thanks to The Sun snapper for letting me use these photos.

Dear Mandy...

I was going to write something about Peter Mandelson's digital economy bill... but Dan Bull says it better in song than I would with words so I'm posting that instead.

If you like it, head over to youtube and look up his other work. He's ace. Dan Bull, I mean. Not Peter Mandelson.



Oh... and if you'd like to register your opinion against the digital economy bill, there's a petition here.

Pun Street

A lot of people who listened to the show on Sunday - or who have listened to the podcast since - have been getting in touch to send us more examples of shop names.

So I've compiled a list over at the show blog... and I'd suggest that's probably the best place to get in touch with any more.

It's here.

If you want the podcast... you can subscribe via itunes here... or listen again at the Absolute Radio website here.

Internet

Davis County Republican Party Buffet, originally uploaded by Dave Gorman.

You know how sometimes you're at a party and it's okay but not great and you decide to leave. And then the next day, everyone says, "Oh! You should have stayed! It ended up being Amazing!"

And you regret leaving the party. And the next time you're at a party and it's okay but not great you don't want to leave because you don't want to miss the bit when it suddenly kicks off and becomes amazing.

Well that's what it's like trying to work knowing the internet is just there. The internet isn't thrilling me right now. I know I have some work to do. But I worry about what I'm going to miss if I start ignoring it.

So can you all turn your internet off during office hours? That'd be great. Stop enjoying it at least. Some of us have work to do.

Do Not Adjust Your Mind

This will be a 1 minute 10 seconds investment and it's so very worth it.

Watch it all. About 40 seconds in it will suddenly surprise you. Then you will be disappointed that it's over.

Even though I've told you it will surprise you, it still will. In a really nice way.

CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo.

Don't Shop For It...

... Argos it.

You know what it's like when you're not really concentrating on the TV, there's an ad break and you look up and think, I know that face. Where have I seen that face before.

Well it just happened. It was an Argos ad. I got so spooked I even picked up the remote control and rewound the television and paused it on the face in question. (It still freaks me out that you can do that)

I took a photo. Here it is:


Well I'll be damned. It's Anne Darwin. Wife of John Darwin the mysterious disappearing, back-from-the-dead canoe man.

Look, here she is:


Well, I knew she'd been ordered to pay the money back, but I didn't imagine a bit part in an Argos ad would pay that much.