Embarrassment Killed The Radio Star...

This all started yesterday... I was working in the shop, minding my own business, when in walked a guy with a microphone... which should immediately have raised the alarm.

Anyway, he explained that our tinpot local radio station, Radio Orkney (part of BBC Radio Scotland) was going to be having a quiz programme tonight, and they were going along shops on the street asking staff to record questions for it... and would I mind asking one!?

What could I do? I was the only person in the shop!

So, a microphone was thrust in my face, and I had to recite the following...

"Hello... I'm Alison from *Shop Name Deleted to Retain an Air of Mystery* and my question is... How many rows of Christmas lights are there between here and the harbour?"

Then a dramatic pause... Then...

"And the answer is... Four"

Well, last night I listened... and with about 10 minutes before the end of the programme, I thought I'd escaped and they hadn't had time for me...

No such luck! Mine was about the last question used!

Cringe!

It's probably somewhere on a "listen again" thing on the net, but I'm not sticking any links to it here... No way!

The Musical Interlude...

Subtitled: Folkin' Hell

Okay, okay... I promise... this is the last night of dodgy music for a while! Next interlude I'll get back to the good stuff, but tonight I'm remembering the days as a youngster (before I discovered real music like Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Johnny Hates Jazz... lol) when Mum used to take out the record player (ask your grannies) and her collection of Scottish music records and play them... usually with either her or Dad singing along.

Funny how the songs were so often about death, fighting and murdering clans, but I still have happy memories whenever I hear them... especially this first one - it's those (S)Corries again (sorry, Mum) with "The Massacre Of Glencoe"... an event that really took place in the Highlands of Scotland...

Read about the massacre here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glencoe

There's also a thing starting off on Radio Scotland (presented by Orcadian and Big Brother winner Cameron Stout) looking for the Top 100 Traditional Scottish Tunes (my god, Cameron, so rock & roll(!))...

Vote for yours here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/features/thetradtop100.shtml

So another one that would appear on my list (but not on Mum's, 'cause she hated her voice) is Eddi Reader (from Fairground Attraction) and "My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose"...