Eat Your Carrots

... And That's Magic!?

Wife has recently discovered Magic Radio on DAB. They play music from the 50's onwards, up to (I think) the 90's, though records from that decade are few and far between. It was quite sweet at first, a bit of nostalgia (I even remember some stuff from my early childhood in the 60's, stuff my mam used to like back then) but eventually it starts to grate on you.

What grates most with me is the constant repetition. You've got 50 years worth of music to play with, why limit yourself to the same handful of songs again and again? If I had a penny for every time I've heard "Hey Mr Dream Seller", "lilac Wine", "In A New York Minute" (I don't even know that song), "Here Comes The Sun" and "You're So Vain" I'd be a very rich man. But topping the lot is "Midnight Train To Georgia". Listen to the show for any given hour and you're almost certain to hear it. I made this point to sister, who refused to believe me, so now every time it's on I phone her and hold the phone next to the radio.

And another thing, they advertise a "Magic - The CD" type of thingy and say that it features "all of today's favourite artists". Like The Beach Boys, Barry White, Barry Manilow and so on. Today's favourite artists? Are they stuck in a time warp?

I daren't mention to wife that there's a Magic TV channel too! Bugger, I just did!

Gaaaggghh!

Dead Ringers

I listen to music almost non stop, be it at work, at home and all points in between. I thought it would be a good idea to listen to something other than music once in a while, and so I happened onto Radio 4. Now I learn something new every day on my way to work, and hear interesting political, historical and topical discussions. Albeit for only 18 minutes or so.
On the way home the programming is somewhat different and I'm assuaged by comedy shows. Mostly I seem to catch "Dead Ringers". Now this is a very interesting show. I think it's a kind of impersonation quiz show. They do impersonations of people that sound nothing like anyone that you know, and I think you have to try and guess who it's supposed to be. So far it's 50 - nil to them. If it was TV I might have a visual clue, but on radio...
I don't find it remotely funny either, maybe if I knew who it was supposed to be, the context might make it funnier. As it is, I think I'll be tuning back to music whenever dead ringers comes on.
Dead Ringers, 1/10