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Message 1.Β
Posted by gidarmy (U7627527) on Tuesday, 16th December 2008
... to write Christmas cards, put them in an envelope and then discover you don't know the recipients address resulting in the item still being by your front door come mid January.
Tis also the season to cancel the team festive luncheon because school's break up early on the 19th.
While I do that, thoughts turn to the show for the rest of the week and indeed for next week.
Thanks for the input into the Christmas Eve show, it promises to be worth staying up for. The 23rd will be Welsh night and Professor Spear is putting that together as we speak. Next Monday will be a combination of the usual, plus some favourite tunes from the year and some festive offerings.
And the rest of this week will also include a sprinkling of the latter. So if there's a record you simply have to hear before the 25th then let me know as there are but a few shows left.
Tonight will also feature a celebration of stringwork in song and thoughts on whether it's a good idea to keep a diary. And tips on cooking sprouts.
Thoughts on all that welcome
Keep rocking
Gidxx -
Message 2
Posted by Lee1975 (U4412355) on Tuesday, 16th December 2008
Gid - I appreciate I've made a number of requests for the Christmas Eve show already but if there's a 2 minutes and 30 seconds sized-hole, could I suggest that you fill it with Chet Baker's version of "Winter Wonderland"?
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Message 3
Posted by gidarmy (U7627527) on Tuesday, 16th December 2008
See what I can do. Probably for another of the shows. Apologies for the floating apostrophe in the previous message. Mind you "School's break up" could mean "the breaking up of the schools".
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Message 4
Posted by headbones (U223512) on Tuesday, 16th December 2008
I guess this means that the Christmas Eve show is now recorded and safely 'in the can'?
That's a shame as (as far as I can see) no one has mentioned the 'Wild Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire' song 'Poundland Christmas'. That's a good 'un. -
Message 5
Posted by PeteIsLegend (U10945656) on Tuesday, 16th December 2008
Tips on cooking sprouts. Don't.
Had my first Christmas dinner on Saturday, and there was a conspiracy to pollute my plate with the evil little blighters. Grr.
If they're so good, why do they only get hauled out at Christmas? -
Message 6
Posted by TwirrimNotme (U13749384) on Wednesday, 17th December 2008
Could go for some of the Bob Rivers' Twisted Christmas songs?
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Message 7
Posted by CardiffGentleman (U13471703) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
If you're doing requests can we have some Gun Club please ?
I haven't heard them on the radio for over 25 years -
Message 8
Posted by Lee1975 (U4412355) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
I think I may be committing a "Christmas Dinner" faux pas this year as I'll not be serving sprouts, or parsnips, or even carrots!
I've opted for red cabbage in cider vinegar and buttered curly kale instead.
Should I hang my head in shame? I'll be having roasted potatoes though of course. I mean, you've got to, haven't you? -
Message 9
Posted by purrmeister (U11445326) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
I've opted for red cabbage in cider vinegar and buttered curly kale instead.
Should I hang my head in shame? I'll be having roasted potatoes though of course. I mean, you've got to, haven't you?
Nooooooo, red cabbage is great (try adding some cumin seeds as well)
- but better get some air freshener just in case
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Message 10
Posted by steve_swift (U2177659) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
How about a dose of Christmas Americana with one or more of:-
Clarence Carter :: Backdoor Santa
The Youngsters :: Christmas In Jail
Mae West Put The Loot In The Boot, Santa
Champion Jack DuPree :: Santa Claus Blues
Loretta Lynn :: Country Christmas
Red Simpson :: Truckin’ Trees For Christmas
Brenda Lee :: I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
Big John Greer :: We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo
Hank Thompson :: I’d Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas -
Message 11
Posted by Chicago Jeff (U13649238) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
Good one...was that the album with 'The 12 Pains of Christmas'...excellent!!!
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Message 12
Posted by Chicago Jeff (U13649238) on Thursday, 18th December 2008
How about 'I Want A Boob Job For Christmas'??
But seriously, if you could play the original 'Run Run Rudolph' (Chuck Berry), that would be super!!
That Lemmy/Gibbons/Grohl version sends shivers up my back, it's so bad... -
Message 13
Posted by U6679583 (U6679583) on Friday, 19th December 2008
Sprouts are traditional christmas fare because thay are a winter brassica, and one of the few fresh foods available to previous generations at that time of year. Imagine the scene - a victorian pauper stumbles across frozen mud to his allotment. Icicles hang from the moustaches above his pinched, muttering mouth. What on earth can he feed his whippet-thin wife and 19 barefoot children this yuletide? He's spent the last thrupennny bit on tobacco and a picture of Prince Albert. They've been eating newspapers and the varnish of the front door for the last 3 weeks. But what's this? Behold: a green flagstaff of hope rises gloriously from the hoar-frost! The brussel sprout stalk. Fresh, green veg in the midst of winter. Christmas is saved. All hail the sprout!
Actually, he could also have grown leeks, kale, and certain varieties of savoy cabbage to harvest mid-winter, and they're all a lot better than sprouts, which are a damn fiddle to grow and have a tendency to "blow" if you don't cultivate them just right. Plus, if he had any sense the peasant would also have stored fresh carrots, potatoes, turnips, swedes and beetroots in an earth clamp. And they're also all better than sprouts.
So actually, boo to sprouts.
If you do grow sprouts, remember the weird lose cabbage thing at the top of the stalk is as nice as the sprouts themselves. Cook as you would winter greens. And get an old variety that produces mature sprouts over a long period. Modern varieties are selected so that every sprout on the stem is ready to pick at the same time, which makes sense to the commercial grower,; but is useless to the home gardener unless you want to eat 400 sprouts in a 48 hour period. -
Message 14
Posted by CardiffGentleman (U13471703) on Friday, 19th December 2008
I bow to the knowledge of Fist of Onan, but there's something slightly unsettling about your name and knowing so much about stems of sprouts.
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Message 15
Posted by Lee1975 (U4412355) on Friday, 19th December 2008
F-o-O - Last time it was broad beans, this time it's sprouts. What seasonal vegetable's history and genesis will you regale us with next time I wonder?
The Jerusalem artichoke?
The golden beetroot?
The celariac?
I, and Nigel Slater, wait with baited breath! -
Message 16
Posted by U6679583 (U6679583) on Friday, 19th December 2008
"Slightly sinister" is my best review of the week.
There's a kind of cabbage that grows on top of a stalk up to 10 ft tall, and from which walking sticks can be fashioned. True.
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