I’ve been thinking it might be time to give radio another shot. I did my first show in 1984 and my last in 1996 so that makes 12 years on and now 12 years off, so 2009 could spell a new beginning. We all know how radio has become crap and the only good radio is the stuff you need to hunt down, so I can’t lose, I’m either crap like everything else or I become sought after, hunted down. I’ve been toying with the idea for a good few months. It was originally prompted around 9 months ago from an old friend, Guy back in the UK who said ‘Have you ever thought of doing your show again?’ I said no. He asked why and I said I didn’t know. Then I got excited we had a play around at doing it, made a bit of a false start and it kind of fell by the wayside. I think now the time could be right though. It is after all Year of the Tone so I can at least participate. If you think it’s a totally dumb idea then please let me know, and I’ll remove you from my Christmas card list.
I don’t see anything in Tampa filling the gap, bit like the dentist I went to so maybe I should do a show focusing on the new blend of bands coming throught the UK. I have plenty of friends who would be only too willing to help so maybe we should give it a go and see what happens. There’s a cool local station here called WMNF which has a wide variety of shows so maybe they’ll be interested, we’ll give it a whirl and if they say no then we’ll think again, and still do it. I have to admit it would be a gas tapping in to some old pals in the UK and searching for some of the best bands, and I’m positive they would be grateful for some action over here.
I started a group on Facebook a few months ago, The Last Radio Programme mainly so I could recollect some stories from back in the day and blog about them. I was reminded of some funny episodes, I think every time I turned up it was potentially a funny episode anyway! I always thought when Mark Radcliffe went off to London to work for Radio One and I inherited his radio territitory, i.e. the gap he left, that if it lasted 3 months and I brought the station tumbling down then it would be a laugh and at least I could include it in my resume. But twelve and a half years must have meant I got something right. I remember I was the only plugger who could guarantee people at least one play!
Radio has changed radically but the diffence between traditional and the rest is vast. There must be a place for me to float in radio ocean, after all my last tune on my last show was Neil Young’s ‘I’m the ocean’ Float on, Tone.
