Radio
I've not done one of these for a bit, so here goes... Virgin Radio's newest morning person (from 23rd January) is the former XFM morning man, Christian O'Connell - who was somewhat highly thought of during his time on the London-based "alternative" station. For whatever legal reason, they can't have his voice on yet, so they've got an R2D2 impersonator, and the guy from the Yellow Pages/yell.com adverts to do it instead... Speaking of X, they've came to Scotland, with the launch of XFM Scotland . This is as a result of Beat 106's parent company Capital Radio (now also owners of the XFM brand) relaunching Beat 106 into XFM Scotland. Let's hope this means more of the stuff that Beat106 was better for in the beginning i.e. no Micky mouthing into the mic whilst flirting with the traffic girl, we get enough of that on every other commercial radio station!
Speaking of which, the new XFM Scotland wake-up person will be none other than Dominik Diamond, who has answered the usual twenty questions on his welcome page...
"20 Questions For... Dominik Diamond
1. What would you say is your defining characteristic? "That I give a sh*t about stuff."
2. What is your idea of happiness? "My kids laughing."
3. What is your idea of hell? "Stupid people talking at me."
4. What is your biggest flaw? "I always try and make a joke out of everything."
5. What fault in others are you most tolerant of? "Nymphomania."
6. What was your worst ever job? "DJ at Real Radio"
7. Where would you most like to live? "New York."
8. Who in musical history do you most dislike? "Victoria Beckham."
9. Which characters in musical history would you most like to be? "Jools Holland, Britney Spears' gynaecologist."
10. What's your favourite album ever? "Manic Street Preachers 'Generation Terrorists'."
11. What was the first single you bought? (Be honest!) "Adam And The Ants 'Stand and Deliver'."
12. ...and your first gig? "Bronski Beat at Fat Sams in Dundee."
13. What are your favourite qualities in a band or musician?"Passionate eloquence."
14. Who's your favourite author? "Michel Houellebecq."
15. Who's your favourite film director? "Hal Hartley."
16. What person (living or dead) do you most admire? "Anyone who encourages kids to learn."
17. What's your favourite food and drink ? "Lobster and Horlicks. Not together."
18. What's your favourite restaurant? "Anthony Bourdain's Bistro des Halles in New York."
19. What three songs would you have played at your funeral? "My Chemical Romance 'I'm Not OK', Meat Loaf 'Bat Out Of Hell' and the whole of Jesus Christ Superstar!"
20. What's your motto? "Try and let the lady climax first..." "
1. What would you say is your defining characteristic? "That I give a sh*t about stuff."
2. What is your idea of happiness? "My kids laughing."
3. What is your idea of hell? "Stupid people talking at me."
4. What is your biggest flaw? "I always try and make a joke out of everything."
5. What fault in others are you most tolerant of? "Nymphomania."
6. What was your worst ever job? "DJ at Real Radio"
7. Where would you most like to live? "New York."
8. Who in musical history do you most dislike? "Victoria Beckham."
9. Which characters in musical history would you most like to be? "Jools Holland, Britney Spears' gynaecologist."
10. What's your favourite album ever? "Manic Street Preachers 'Generation Terrorists'."
11. What was the first single you bought? (Be honest!) "Adam And The Ants 'Stand and Deliver'."
12. ...and your first gig? "Bronski Beat at Fat Sams in Dundee."
13. What are your favourite qualities in a band or musician?"Passionate eloquence."
14. Who's your favourite author? "Michel Houellebecq."
15. Who's your favourite film director? "Hal Hartley."
16. What person (living or dead) do you most admire? "Anyone who encourages kids to learn."
17. What's your favourite food and drink ? "Lobster and Horlicks. Not together."
18. What's your favourite restaurant? "Anthony Bourdain's Bistro des Halles in New York."
19. What three songs would you have played at your funeral? "My Chemical Romance 'I'm Not OK', Meat Loaf 'Bat Out Of Hell' and the whole of Jesus Christ Superstar!"
20. What's your motto? "Try and let the lady climax first..." "
Going back to London, Heart have reshaped the evening, dropping the late night slushy bits after so many years. Another case of too many people liked it, so they quietly? dropped it...
posted by Suzy Scott @ 16:38
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