Getting To Work In The Morning

In the past: Get up and have breakfast. Get out the door with enough time to walk 20 minutes to Blackhorse Road on the London Underground. Assuming everything is working, sit on Tube for 45 minutes as it travels through central London. Get a seat one stop from the end of the line to gather […]

Leith FM Early Morning DJ

Just had the news through that I’ll be hosting the Leith FM early morning breakfast show for the next two weeks. So starting from Monday, those of you in Edinburgh and South Fife can tune in from 6am on 87.7 MHz to catch the best classic rock and new music to get you going.

Those of […]

TPN Rock Gets The Mash Up With Accident Hash

What a blast CC Chapman and I had in Germany. We’re not quite sure what our respective overlords (Reilly and Curry) are going to think of our podcast mashup, but fans of TPN Rock and Accident Hash are loving it already!

The conference itself was a blast (even though just as my talk started my translation […]

O’Reily’s Web Blah-Blah-Blah

Yes it looks like open season on Tim O’Reilly as his company defends a trademark for Web 2.0 Conferences, which to many minds seems diametrically opposite to the openness that Web 2.0 should be all about.
You know what? I think Tim’s going to come back on Tuesday from his convenient vacation, damp down the fires, […]

Stevie Nicks [Fleetwood Mac singer] Interviewed on The Podcast Network

Woo! Nui’s Rave over at TPN catches yet another massive interview from Nui’s archive. This week it’s Stevie Nicks…
This week a treat from the vault. Rock Icon, The original rock chic, Stevie Nicks. It’s an interview packed with all the goodies you would expect from a Rock Icon like Stevie Nicks. We cover alot of […]

Vote Lordi (Finalnd) in Tonights Eurovision Song Contest

Forget Ireland, or Sweden, tonight should, rightly, belong to Finnish Monsters (literally) of Rock Lordi. Here’s the video for tonight’s entry…

I mean, all their finnish fans, and a number of the Rock Festival organisers have chipped in for the pyrotechnics because Finnish TV’s budget wouldn’t stretch to more than a few sprinklers… GO LORDI!!!

Lovely Alexa Graph for The Podcast Network

I know that Alexa is only a sample of people with a certain IE toolbar. I know that it can’t be fully representative. I know that you can’t rely on it for anything other than long term trends. But I know a lot of people put a lot of stock in it, and it is […]

TPN Rock Finally on Radio 5 Live

Subject says it all - UK browsers can jump to the Listen Again feature (details at the end). I played three tracks (Jeff, by The Martians; Dumb Ass, by Jester; Doctor Who on Holiday, by Dean Gray from The American Edit album).
Yes I managed to get the mashup of choice onto National Radio. And a […]

TPN Rock on BBC Radio 5

Those of you in the UK might want to tune into Radio 5 this morning at 11am (UK time naturally) where I’ll be choosing five unsigned bands that I think should be the next numebr one in the UK. You might be surprised at the choices!
Update: due to UK politics my spot has been delayed […]

I’m The Doctor, and This is My…

Would you believe that Lori Summer’s only gone and done it again?

I’m talking about her latest little ficlet, A Thousand Languages. Now those of you following the blog here will know that Lori is the woman behind one of the best Harry Potter fanfic series out there (namely The Paradigm of Uncertainty universe). You […]