Olivia Colman, Michael Bolton, Robbie Savage and Scouting for Girls
Chris gets that Friday feeling going with special guests: Olivia Colman, Michael Bolton, Robbie Savage and Scouting For Girls, who play live in session.
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T. Rex
20th Century Boy
- Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
- Edsel.
- 009.
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James Morrison
Demons
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Dolly Parton
Marry Me
- Sweet Â鶹ԼÅÄ Alabama.
- Virgin Records Ltd.
- 11.
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Aztec Camera
Somewhere in My Heart
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Nickelback
Rockstar
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- Roadrunner.
- 5.
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Bananarama
Love In The First Degree
- The Very Best Of Bananarama.
- Warner Strategic Market.
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Sam Smith
Writing's On The Wall
- (CD Single).
- Capitol.
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The Supremes
Where Did Our Love Go
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
- Polygram Tv.
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Toploader
Dancing In The Moonlight
- Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
- Sony Soho Square.
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Bobby Vee
Rubber Ball
- The Best Of Bobby Vee.
- Liberty.
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile
- Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
- Mercury.
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Florence + The Machine
You've Got The Love
- CD SINGLE.
- MOSHI MOSHI.
- 1.
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One Direction
Perfect
- (CD Single).
- Syco.
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The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
- Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
- Universal.
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The Cure
Friday I'm In Love
- True Brit (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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Take That
Hey Boy!
- promo.
- Polydor.
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Pratt & McClain
Happy Days
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Alesha Dixon
Tallest Girl
- (CD Single).
- Absolute.
- 001.
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The Police
Can't Stand Losing You
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Michael Bolton & Leona Lewis
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music.
- 001.
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George Ezra
Cassy O'
- Wanted On Voyage.
- Columbia.
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Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
The Austerity Of Love
- (CD Single).
- Virgin EMI Records.
Pause For Thought
From Rev’d Richard Coles, cleric and broadcaster:
I was talking to a friend the other day about ‘Breaking Bad’, the American TV series about a chemistry teacher turned drug dealer in Albuquerque - nothing unusual, except my friend is Mother Superior of a convent of nuns, and not perhaps in the programme-makers’ target demographic.Â
The occasion was a conference for the leaders of religious communities about the challenges of the digital age. It was socks, it was sandals, it was smartphones. Perhaps it seems odd that monks and nuns living according to the Rule of St Benedict, written fifteen hundred years ago, should be much bothered by Open Source code, horizontal scaling, and Twitter?
It shouldn’t. Christian communities have always been early adopters of new communications technology. The invention of the book, the invention of printing, were milestones both in the history of the church, and the history of human civilisation. The invention of the internet perhaps even more significant. We have only just begun to understand the impact it has had - and will continue to have - on our lives.
This was what most interested the monks and nuns. Living alongside each other, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, until they die (a life sentence without parole) requires immense reserves of patience and forbearance. And so they wondered how living in the internet age, when we’re at each other on-line all day, affects the way we relate to one another?
Not always nicely, I suggested. There are many things I love about social media, but it has its ASBO aspects - trolling, blocking, unfriending.Â
None of that for them, because they’re stuck there with each other, face to face, nowhere to hide. And so they’ve learnt some basic disciplines about being a decent human. It’s what the Rule of St Benedict is all about.Â
None of us lives in a computer game. We are more than ones and noughts, more than pulses in super fast fibre optic cables; we are complex, paradoxical, mysterious creatures, who might find in ancient wisdom a better way of living now.
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