Pinch me…

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The thought has occured to me that I’ve strayed from the original brief of the blog (a kind of behind the scenes thing for the breakfast show) ever so slightly… So to end the 4th week of the new gig here’s a thought: There isn’t a day that doesn’t go by when I don’t think how lucky I am. I get to hang around with one of my mates for 3 hours a day, play songs that I love (and conversely don’t have to play songs I hate as I did for many years in commercial radio), give away trips […]

“The best laid plans of mice….”

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Yes, I know and I’m truly sorry. To my one avid reader who commented that he was waiting for the review: SORRY 🙁 Again the actual work getting in the way of blah, blah, blah…. So… It’s been a while since I used to write these things for a living so you’ll have to forgive my ring-rustiness. Went to The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (no hyphen these days… Maybe our American cousins would get confused….?) on Wed and like all Summer blockbusters there are good and bad elements on show. Rejoice that Martin Freeman (Arthur), Mos Def (Ford) and […]

The pilgrimage for the boys…

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Bit quiet the last couple of days I know (damned work getting in the way of my important blogging!!!!) but one thing I can promise you is this… For those who understand the reference in the current title of the blog (Mostly Harmless) tomorrow is the big day for myself, Eamon our producer and our BA David as we head off after the show to see The Hitch-hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy at a (fairly) secret location in Dublin. Bit of a bigger deal than usual this one (they need our names for a list in case one of us […]

Sunday listening…

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Thought over the weekend that I should probably throw in the odd bit about the backstage running of a radio show (given that it was the original brief I set this up under and yes, I know we’ve veered off on a tangent or twelve…) so if it’s Sunday it must be: (a) A day of religious devotion, fasting and meditation… (b) A day of rest for a weary national radio presenter… (c) A day of more work for a demanding mistress… If you guessed (c) then award yourself a congratulatory slap on the thigh! For the last 4 years […]

Mozart and The Pope

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Actually just before I log off and just before the day turns I have one last thought for Friday… In case you’re reading this many months from now, today Friday April 8th 2005 was the day of the funeral of the late Pope John Paul II in Vatican City. I should be upfront on all of this and say that, like so many of my generation, I’m a spectacularly lapsed catholic with a quite strong belief in God and that’s why what happened to me yesterday made me pause for thought. The lovely folk at Deutsche Grammophon (who don’t send […]

“Lids down, I count sheep, I count heartbeats…”

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See what I mean about not being to go to sleep early…? “Rick’s Breakfast Blog“…. Bit prosaic…. In my defence I was pushed for time and a few of the other addresses I’d looked for on blogspot.com were unavailable (rick.blogspot.com, the breakfastblog.blogspot.com, 2fm.blogspot.com, breakfast.blogspot.com… Even starlandvocalband.blogspot.com! A shiny penny to you if you get the Simpsons reference. I’m actively canvassing suggestions for a name change (well we have been here for 10 whole days now!!! Dreadfully short attention span…) – rick@2fm.ie if you get a bolt of lightning… All titles that reference HH2G, Python, The Simpsons or other cult tv […]