On a muggy day in Brentwood Town (sounds like a song), we had no guests in the studio. Thanks to all those who got in touch to comment on the songs and also engaged with the conversation. We had three stories about education. An Italian teacher had told his pupils during the three month summer break to “watch a sunrise…wander by the sea early in the morning and think of things you love about life…dance shamelessly when the mood strikes”. There was the man in Kazakstan who dressed up as his girlfriend to sit her exam paper. His deep voice meant he was discovered. A local businessman had paid half the fine as he thought it was “so romantic”. A school in Leeds is offering a summer trip to Barbados for over £1600 to play sport. This led to discussions on school trips. In the second hour we looked at advice from the Governments advisor Prof Paul Dolan on how to be happy. This was: listening to your favourite music; spending five more minutes with someone you like; helping someone else and having new experiences. Favourite new experiences today from listeners included eating Tikka Masala sausages and growing beans.
Tonight’s playlist
Booker T & MGs – Crazy
Paul Simon – Diamonds in the soles of her shoes
Gregory Porter – Water under bridges
Beach Boys – Surfs up
John Travolta – Greased lightening – requested by Michael
Band Perry – Gentle on my mind
David Bowie – Sound and vision – requested by Patrick
Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart – requested by Phyl
Andrew Gold – Never let her slip away
Sting – Englishman in New York
James Last plays Abba 2001 – to commemorate his passing this week
Joni Mitchel – Help me
Brandon Flowers – I can change – listen to the synth rift
Bronski Beat – Small town boy – a very similar synth in both tracks
Isley Brothers – Behind a painted smile
Tom Jones – Deliah – for Angela cooking cakes in the kitchen.
Sara Evans – A little bit stronger
Beatles – While my guitar gently weeps
Dolly Parton – 9-5
Julie London – Fly me to the moon
Matt Andersen – Coal mining blues
Miles Davis – Summertime
Join me next week when my guest is Brentwood Street Pastor Jimmy Mills.
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