The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

I too, stepped into some Simon Hoban, but moved swiftly on to Smooth radio, the Ronnettes "Be my Baby", soothed the troubled mind.

and lovely it is too Clive, i find Then He kissed Me by The Crystals as irresistible, and come to think of it The Shirelles and Will You Love me Tomorrow ... i have brass pins stuck in my heart for the heart breaking encounters they call to mind ... perhaps i should phone petroc eh

[teamsaint]

and lovely it is too Clive, i find Then He kissed Me by The Crystals as irresistible, and come to think of it The Shirelles and Will You Love me Tomorrow ... i have brass pins stuck in my heart for the heart breaking encounters they call to mind ... perhaps i should phone petroc eh

Proper songs , those.
Funny bloke, though......
and gave the Ramones their only big hit.

[vinteuil]

... yep, for me this Simon Hoban - "radio Merseyside drive-time presenter" with his 'matey, shirtsleeves style', as kernelbogey rightly puts it - is so far the lowest Radio 3 has got.

Here I really give up.

[Nick Armstrong]

... yep, for me this Simon Hoban - "radio Merseyside drive-time presenter" with his 'matey, shirtsleeves style', as kernelbogey rightly puts it - is so far the lowest Radio 3 has got.

Here I really give up.

I have yet to be conscious early enough to sample his shirtsleeves. I don't see that changing!

[amateur51]

I have yet to be conscious early enough to sample his shirtsleeves. I don't see that changing!

Is it plain shirtsleeves stylee or are there braces and hugely-knotted knitted silk ties prominently involved?

[Nick Armstrong]

Is it plain shirtsleeves stylee or are there braces and hugely-knotted knitted silk ties prominently involved?

Who cares!

[teamsaint]

Who cares!

tweet us your thoughts.....and we can stick a pin in our "fancy shirts" map.

[Nick Armstrong]

tweet us your thoughts.....and we can stick a pin in our "fancy shirts" map.

... coupled with a few suggestions for alternative places to stick it!

If it was a weather map, it would be those places where the sun ain't shining!

[amateur51]

Who cares!

vints and I understand these nuances, innit

[teamsaint]

... coupled with a few suggestions for alternative places to stick it!

If it was a weather map, it would be those places where the sun ain't shining!

relax, Cals.
Play some Faure , cook curry, watch the cup final, drink wine.
You know it makes sense.

(but I agree !!)

[teamsaint]

Who cares!

who cares pins?

[Nick Armstrong]

vints and I understand these nuances, innit

The Gok and the Wan of the Forum... Or is that Trinny and Susannah?

[Nick Armstrong]

Play some Faure , cook curry, watch the cup final, drink wine.
You know it makes sense.

All 4 are on the schedule

[LeMartinPecheur]

I switched on this morning at eight (just after the news) hoping for the educated and elegant comments of Martin Handley. But no - the back announcement had the flavour of Cfm - matey, shirtsleeves style - and as the presenter took us into a phone-in about brass bands, I thought 'like local radio'. And, indeed, Radio Merseyside's Drive Time programme is Simon Hoban's home turf. Well - I turned it off seconds later.

Kernel: would this be the estimable gentleman who graced us with Tannhauser and Riesling as Tan-howser and Rise-ling in the space of a few seconds?

An excellent start to the weekend, I thought

[french frank]

Kernel: would this be the estimable gentleman who graced us with Tannhauser and Riesling as Tan-howser and Rise-ling in the space of a few seconds?

An excellent start to the weekend, I thought

I'm just listening now (quality control). I fail to understand why they would give this job to someone who gives a fine impression of knowing nothing about the music, to an extent that wasn't true back in the days when announcers were reading scripts prepared for them by production staff. As a radio presenter he presumably knows how to work the audio equipment. And lives locally.