Hobbs’s enthusiasm strikes me as genuine (and infectious) but she does have an odd way of speaking, she sounds like she is constantly smiling Keaveney is the nadir of a strategy I think of as “deliberate partridge” where you play up the banality of your chat. With afternoon djs this often goes along with spending 10-15 minutes on regular segments where the main joke is meant to be that the segments are bad. The problem is a) these ppl are never funny and b) irony is a useful tool for a skilled presenter but a disastrous shield for a bad one
― michel goindry (wins), Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:09 (one year ago) link
Jack Saunders (whose name I had to Google) does the Mary Anne Hobbs thing. I only know him from presenting Glastonbury, never heard him anywhere else, but he's intolerable.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:18 (one year ago) link
Good post from wins, agree about both Hobbs' permanent smile and Keaveney's way of being bad.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
Hobbs has a maddening habit of using the wrong words too, she said something was "extrapolated" from an album yesterday when I think she meant "extracted"
(I'm clearly revealing the fact I listen to 6Music far too much, as well as being a terrible pedant)
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:44 (one year ago) link
I don't mind the enthusiasm when it's about the music, it's more when it's about 'my wonderful life' doing club shows and meeting "you lot" and "phone me about your awesome weekend" stuff.
― Mark G, Friday, 14 April 2023 07:49 (one year ago) link
You've just reminded me of the 10 worst words in the English language: "Amy Lamé is sitting in for Cerys Matthews this week"
― Alba, Friday, 14 April 2023 07:55 (one year ago) link
Amusing !!
― the pinefox, Friday, 14 April 2023 09:47 (one year ago) link
x-posts. I recall Peel playing the Echo and the Bunnymen version of "People Are Strange" and saying something like "That's a very collectable record. In fact, it's going straight to the second-hand record shop."
― djh, Sunday, 16 April 2023 07:24 (one year ago) link
Just heard Cerys Matthews on radio. While not so keen on her, I can see how the eclectic roots music - blues, Trinidad folk, Cuban, Irish - is valued by listeners.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 16 April 2023 09:52 (one year ago) link
Stew's takehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/16/britain-is-a-dying-nation-in-need-of-new-curators
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 16 April 2023 12:17 (one year ago) link
I quite like Lee's article, and it's nice to see public support for some good things, but I don't think his description of 6music or the role of those particular programmes is especially accurate.
― the pinefox, Monday, 17 April 2023 11:20 (one year ago) link
cleeve hill represent
― koogs, Monday, 17 April 2023 11:48 (one year ago) link
Jack Saunders' 'Glasto' presenting outfit was really somethinghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWHpH10UUAIsSlP.jpg
― PaulTMA, Monday, 17 April 2023 12:10 (one year ago) link
oh that guy
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 17 April 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
The Leys School, Cambridge
Board & Tuition (From September 2022)YEAR 9 TO SIXTH FORMBoarders £37,740 per year £12,580 per termHome Boarders £28,395 per year £9,465 per termDay Pupils £25,260 per year £8,420 per term
YEAR 7 AND 8Boarders £27,525 per year £9,175 per termDay Pupils £18,240 per year £6,080 per term
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 April 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that's the guy. Completely vile. He's not yet on 6music, to be fair, but as the host of "Radio 1's Indie Show", he'll be heading that way in the end.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 17 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
Oh shit, I went to that school!
― mike t-diva, Monday, 17 April 2023 23:59 (one year ago) link
Ok, so you're presenting Glastonbury soon?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 06:50 (one year ago) link
(gotta love threads you can find by searching for a single word, as long as you know that word...)
New to the playlist 🔁 Here's what we will be giving a spin this week, with new music from... 👉 @PJHarveyUK 👉 Gabriels 👉 @SaySheShe 👉 @jungle4eva 👉 + MORE Listen on @bbcsounds: https://t.co/Bg9I3EPwkD pic.twitter.com/irumoO7M48— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) June 19, 2023
― koogs, Monday, 19 June 2023 13:38 (eleven months ago) link
Nitin Sawnhey hacking the playlist by working with that one bloke
― rincton monkspoon (NickB), Monday, 19 June 2023 19:02 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0ftp7pt
The Rise and Fall of Britpop
Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq document the rise and fall of Britpop. Celebrating Blur, Oasis, Pulp and more with fresh interviews and unheard personal archive.
― koogs, Monday, 17 July 2023 13:05 (ten months ago) link
yeah, listened to it. it is exactly what you would expect.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 17 July 2023 13:19 (ten months ago) link
christ
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 July 2023 14:52 (ten months ago) link
Trenchant
This analogy from Steve Lamacq on Blur vs Oasis is 🤯Listen to The Rise and Fall of Britpop now on @BBCSounds https://t.co/nSVCi3wavk pic.twitter.com/8xn5Kt3Kro— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) July 13, 2023
― Piedie Gimbel, Monday, 17 July 2023 15:26 (ten months ago) link
Thank god for that https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/steve-lamacq-bbc-6-music-quit-b2403761.html
― Alba, Saturday, 2 September 2023 12:52 (nine months ago) link
Best news I've read all week (probably). The one current 6 Music show above all others that I absolutely cannot bear listening to.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:39 (nine months ago) link
I wonder how his family feel about it
― Alba, Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:55 (nine months ago) link
I like Huw Stephens!
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 2 September 2023 16:35 (nine months ago) link
"Today is Steve (Lamacq)'s final daily weekday programme after 20 years on 6 Music."
― koogs, Friday, 20 October 2023 15:26 (seven months ago) link
Only just discovered that 6 Music has been scrobbling to last.fm since 2004. Kind of great to see what their all-time most played tracks are etc.
https://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music
― Alba, Friday, 19 April 2024 13:31 (one month ago) link
Can also see every bloody instance of them playing Debaser
https://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music/library/music/Pixies/_/Debaser?date_preset=ALL
― Alba, Friday, 19 April 2024 13:33 (one month ago) link
one woman, no black artists in the top 20 (stevie wonder at 21)
― ledge, Friday, 19 April 2024 13:38 (one month ago) link
i'm seeing css, pixies, elastica, portishead in the top 10 of "all time", all of which are female fronted. and curtis mayfield at number 4.
1 Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above CSS
2 Spinning Rock Boogie Hank C. Burnette
3 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
4 Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
5 Waking Up Elastica
6 Debaser Pixies
7 A-Punk Vampire Weekend
8 Time to Pretend MGMT
9 Kids MGMT
10 Glory Box Portishead
― koogs, Friday, 19 April 2024 15:31 (one month ago) link
Spinning Rock Boogie seems like a bit of an outlier. Is that used on a feature or something?
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 April 2024 15:45 (one month ago) link
Apparently Steve Lamacq's play-out tune
https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/NF14107994?thread=7347589
― Alba, Friday, 19 April 2024 15:59 (one month ago) link
i'm seeing css, pixies, elastica, portishead in the top 10 of "all time", I was looking at artists, not artists of top tracks.I looked at the last four years in case they got more woke - yeah it's a bit better.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 April 2024 18:46 (one month ago) link