A Mystery Solved...

... and I can't tell the Sausages about it, because SausageNet is still not working!

A few weeks ago, I'd been hearing our tinpot local radio station, Superstation Orkney, playing a song on the odd ocasion, but never heard them say what it was... and all I could remember was it was a female singer, and one line went "Our love's stronger than any bricks and mortar"...

So I asked on SausageNet Forums, but no one could come up with anything.

Anyway, this morning I happened to be standing right by the radio at work when the song was on, and the DJ actually said the name of the band, the title of the song, and they year it came from (because I didn't know if it was old or new)! So I'm going to go looking for it on iTunes later!

It is Big Sound Authority, and "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)", from January 1985...

Remember it?

The Cat Spot... And A Bit Of General Waffle...

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Whew... That's another Friday the 12+1th over!

Actually *whispers just in case Fate's clock is slow* this Friday 13th hasn't been too bad.

Work was okay... For some reason there was a kind of last-day-before-the-school-holidays vibe going on - which included boss & Flunky having an ongoing elastic band battle, and both of them locking me out of the office and store (combination locks on both doors because it's a shared building) when I went to the loo, and then hiding from me once I got back in. Honestly, sometimes it's like working with The Chuckle Brothers' more annoying little brothers! *rolls eyes*

Shopping tonight.

Oh... yesterday I sold my old mobile phone for £20, so I treated myself to a new album. The Fratellis second album, "Here We Stand" - and I really can't recommend it highly enough! I was a bit worried what it would be like... you know, "second album syndrome" and all that? But it doesn't disappoint! The current single, "Mistress Mabel" is really good, but at the moment my favourite track is "Lupe Brown" - although that might change.

And I had a blast from the past today on our tin-pot local radio station... There's a feature called "The Time Tunnel" (basically a rip-off of Radio 1's "Golden Years" as lovingly presented by Simon Mayo) and they played this, which I've not heard for years...

That was Joshua Kadison and "Jessie"... and I loved that song when it was released.

Well, I guess I'll bugger off now and get ready for bed, because I've already been getting very strong hints from Harriet that it's time for sleep!

This Song's Followed Me Around Today...

Our tinpot local radio's played it twice, and now iTunes has selected it randomly from the nearly 5000 songs on my computer - but it's a beautiful song, and this is the first time I've seen it by the proper artist on YouTube...

Bruce Hornsby and "Mandolin Rain"...

Cruel, But Funny...

Our tinpot local radio DJ has just read out a message from one Mike Hunt... and I'm sure I heard another one from Roger McHock.

Really, folks... It's not nice to take the piss like that!

I Love This Song!

I've heard this played on our local radio station a couple of times recently, and it's such a catchy song - It's a cover of "Village Green Preservation Society" by Kate Rusby (originally by The Kinks), and was apparently done for the TV programme "Jam And Jerusalem"...

Who Remembers This One?

I love our newly-resurrected tinpot local radio station! Especially when it plays songs that you hear and go "Oh, my god! I loved that song!", like this one:

Was (Not Was) and "Shake Your Head"...

And who is the female vocalist? Answers on a comment...

Not-So-Tinpot Local Radio...

About 3 - 4 years ago, Orkney got its own commercial radio station for a while - granted a temporary licence, kind of as a test, and The Super Station Orkney was born... operating from a boat tied up at a local pier...

Well, finally they've got their permanent licence, and premises on land - and, as of today, The Super Station Orkney is once more!

And it's great - because they play music from 60's to current, and not just what's "in", like Radio 1. So today I've been in heaven in the shop, listening to 80's music, 90's music... even Meat Loaf & Cher with "Dead Ringer For Love"!

Aside from that, today's been average... Work (God, the shop was quiet and boring today), a visit to my brother, and then home.

And that's pretty much it, my friends - Catch ya later!