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Jimi Hendrix and 500 Words Deadline

Chris is joined by Jimi Hendrix's studio sound engineer and producer Eddie Kramer and counts down to the 500 Words deadline with our latest celebrity reader Dara O Briain.

Chris is joined by Jimi Hendrix's studio sound engineer and producer Eddie Kramer, who introduces us to a previously unheard track and tells us what it was like working on his new album Both Sides of the Sky. With the 500 Words deadline looming, Chris auditions our latest celebrity reader Dara Γ“ Briain ahead of the final on Friday 8th June. Last year's Gold winner, Livia Turner offers inspiration and shares her fantastic 500 Words tips. After hearing that Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang are performing in London this summer, we ask for your claims to the fame of The Muppets in today's Top Tenuous. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by former Scotland rugby player turned commentator Ian Robertson and writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph has today's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 22 Feb 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Paloma Faith

    Till I'm Done

    • The Architect.
    • RCA.

  • John Lennon

    Imagine

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 1.

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Pete Tong & Heritage Orchestra

    Killer (feat. Seal)

    • Ibiza Classics.
    • UMC.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Middle of the Road

    Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In.
    • Old Gold.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Lover Man

    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • The Mindbenders

    A Groovy Kind Of Love

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Kim Wilde & Ricky Wilde

    Pop Don't Stop

    • Here Come The Aliens.
    • Wildeflower Records.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Sugababes

    Push The Button

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Paolo Nutini

    New Shoes

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Dua Lipa

    IDGAF

    • Dua Lipa.
    • Warner Bros.

  • New York City

    I'm Doing Fine Now

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Highs & Lows

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 014.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Stereophonics

    Taken A Tumble

    • Scream Above The Sounds.
    • Parlophone.

  • Jason Segel & Walter

    Man Or Muppet

    • The Muppets: Original Walt Disney Records Sountrack.
    • 18.

  • The Trammps

    Hold Back The Night

    • (Single).
    • Buddah Records.
    • 14.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Μύ

7 pm this evening is the deadline for budding young story writers to get in their 500 words. Be brave kids!
Μύ
Indeed, my experience of children is that they often are brave about embracing new challenges, about being creative, about breaking out of boxes. ΜύIt’s us adults who tend to be more cautious.
Μύ
Maybe a fear of failure, a lack of confidence, a few too many knock backs. Life can teach us not to try. Or that it’s too late.
Μύ
But seriously, we get one shot at life… this is not a rehearsal.
So why not live our dreams, take a few risks, fail a little, try again?
Μύ
I’m not suggesting for one minute that trying new things is easy. We write plans and they go off in a million different ways, and they go wrong in a million others. But I reckon if we keep working at things, keep chipping away… things get done… things change.
Μύ
I truly believe that we each have our gift.Μύ Sometimes we don’t get to discover them, often because we’re too scared to discover them. Scared of making a mess up, scared of not being good enough, scared of any negative blowback because that takes energy, and we often don’t have enough of that!
Μύ
But don’t we owe it to ourselves to try?
Μύ
Sometimes I put things off, waiting β€œfor the right time”; believing that there is always enough time… Which is why deadlines can be really helpful. I often need them to complete a task. Sometimes though, there’s no pressure to be brave, to be bold, to chase our dreams. And so we get stuck with how things are rather than risking how we want them to be.
But taking our life’s clock for granted is a risky strategy. The Prophet reminded again and again to utilise the benefits of our time before they are lost to us. We don’t know our personal deadline, which is why it’s so important to make the most of what we have; living not just existing, contributing not just consuming, striving for a life well lived.
Μύ
Oh, and remember those 500 words. Get those stories in!

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Feb 2018 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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