No guests tonight so we had a very eclectic choice of music, influenced by Lee, Rene and Anna in Devon in the chatroom. We also had a mix of odd news stories. The woman in China who had saved all her hair when she had it cut and had made it into a jumper and hat for herself and was now making a hat for her husband. There was also a German lottery winner who, after five glasses of champagne became enraged at a bill from a care home and cut up £300,000 and flushed it down the toilet, or did she? We pondered around the morality of an Austrian charity worker who having been moved by the plight of starving children in Africa following a visit, organised a robbery of money from shops selling expensive Christmas gifts. He had also anonymously pushed money through the letter boxes of those he knew who were financially hard up. We wished we lived in a fairer world. We also heard about an American invention of a book where pages are fitted with sensors that send vibrations to a vest worn by the reader to convey feelings connected with the narrative. Anna was particularly unhappy with this as she likes murder mysteries!

Tonight’s playlist
Booker T – Crazy – show theme
Jamie Cullum – Singing in the rain
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Paul Simon – Diamonds in the soles of her shoes
Joni Mitchel – Both sides now
Coldplay – Viva la Vida
Olly Murs – Trouble – requested by Michael
Buffalo Springfield – What’s that sound
Beach Boys – Caroline no
Buggles – Video killed the radio star
Kenny G & Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world – for Susan & Ian
Jeff Lorder – Pacific Coast Highway
Spyro Gyra – Morning Dance
Lady Antebellum – It aint pretty
Pet Shop Boys – Street with no name
Elvis Presley – Good luck charm – for Lil, Anna’s grandmother, 103 on Wednesday
Eliza Doolittle – Let it rain
Buddy Holly – Heartbeat – for Anna’s dog Buddy
Cory Chisel & Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Some cold rainy day
Amen Corner – Bend me shape me
Dolly Parton – Tracks of my tears
Staves – Pay us no mind
Katie Melua – I will be there
Miles Davis – Miles.

To listen to the show again just click the link below.

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Join me next week, hopefully when it is not raining, when I will be in conversation with Keith Brown. He will be talking  about a recent trip to Israel and the charity Cricket without Boundaries.