Click above to listen to the interview and live vocal performance

Jamie Single I first saw at a Singing Competition about a month back, he has a great live voice and that something extra, a sparkle, great stage presence. Jamie is new to singing live but Im sure he will go from strength to strength.

Jamie is 6ft 2 and lucky for me the boss was in to adjust the microphone height otherwise Jamie would have been singing hunched over. One live vocal and one recorded – enjoy.

FACT! Jamie doesnt like Beetroot and Mint dip (It was part of my lunch!).

Catch Jamie Live 20th June at The Crown Billericay fr0m 8pm onwards

The Crown Pub

2 High Street,

Billericay,

CM12 9BG

CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW PLUS LIVE VOCALS

Love live music and today I got to interview and listen to Julia Plum Quinn.

Besides writing her own material along side guitarist Dave Mascall, Julia also performs regularly all over Essex with her duo TOAST. https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/263041877142652/?fref=ts

http://www.reverbnation.com/davemascall for download on the two tracks performed

CATCH JULIA LIVE!

This Friday 24th May TOAST pop covers duo at the Whalebone Inn, South Woodham Ferrers 9-11pm, and at The Sun Pub, London Road Romford, Sat 8th June 9-12, OJ’s Bar in Hornchurch Friday 21st June & Fri 5th July 9pm – 12.50! , At the Smack in Old Leigh Saturday 6th July 9-11, The Phoenix Pub, Rainham Sat 13th July  9-11, at The Bandstand in Priory Park Southend Sunday the 21st July 3-5pm (bring a picnic) …JAZZ gig with Dave Mascall Band Tues 23rd July at The Smack in Old Leigh…SOUL…guesting with Marc Cecils Soul Session at the Railway Pub in Southend on Sunday the 11th August 4.30 -7.15pm

In the first hour of the show we looked at a couple of items of real quirky news. First off was the amazing announcement by the authorities in Swaziland that witches have been banned from flying above an altitude of 150 metres. Anyone caught flying a broomstick above the limit will face a £35,000 fine. Earlier a Swazi MP called for a hike in taxes paid by witch doctors to help ease the country’s financial crisis. A risky move one supposes, always assuming that affected persons might consider putting a spell on their tormenters!

Meanwhile closer to home it seems that council officials in Brighton and Hove are resisting a demand to investigate the sudden appearance of a wormhole to another dimension. A concerned resident reported that the vortex had opened up on a local road in which he was walking his dog. Only concern that his affenpinscher (a toy breed of dog) was is in imminent danger of being sucked into the portal, prevented him from closer inspection. Passing the same spot on a later occasion, he reported that the anomaly had seemingly grown and was now emitting an unsettling yellow light with a large snake emerging from the wall! A spokesperson for the Brighton and Hove City Council said that officials had no plans to investigate the claim. Odd you might think given that some people might feel that there are a good many councils living in another dimension.

Anyway back to Frances Clamp whose subject today was SELO LTD, a subsidiary of Ilford Films. The company was founded in 1926 but ceased trading under the SELO name in 1946 although the name was maintained in Brentwood as the Selo Factory. Even now the name lives on as THE BRENTWOOD-SELO SUB AQUA CLUB, which was founded 50 years ago by a group of swimming enthusiasts employed by ILFORD FILMS LTD, meets right here at THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE every  Friday evening at 8:30.

Listen again to what Frances had to say (without her coughing fit) right here: - 

See you again next week.

Scott

Even now the name lives on as THE BRENTWOOD-SELO SUB AQUA CLUB, which was founded 50 years ago by a group of swimming enthusiasts employed by ILFORD FILMS LTD, meets right here at THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE every  Friday evening at 8:30.

Listen again to what Frances told me right here: - 

For now, make the most of it in the form of some free music! Available for one week only is MS MR’s – Hurricane

PT

To listen to the interview please click above

David Strelitz from David Strelitz Video Productions (DSVP) came in to talk about his work in Video Production.

David offers a wide range of services from Corporate Videos, Filming Stage Productions, Pop Videos and transferring cine films to DVD.

www.dsvp.co.uk

David’s wife, Steph,  is running the BUPA LONDON 10,000 on Monday 27th May for The Facial Surgery Research Foundation – Saving Faces. www.justgiving.com/steph-strelitz

Remember you can let us know what you think the answers are before Friday on either our Facebook or Twitter pages.

PT

Brentwood Mind, the mental health charity, held this event at Brentwood Rugby Club in partnership with The Alzheimer’s Society to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May) and Dementia Awareness Week (19-25 May). Phoenix FM hosted the event which included a warm-up session with some of the local community sports clubs, a 5km walk to encourage discussion of mental health and dementia, and then a game of touch rugby with Brentwood Rugby Academy.

You can see footage from the event below:

You can see lots more photos on our Facebook page.

An album you wouldn’t necessarily think I would be into but my oh my its a belter. Released in 2001 on my 20th birthday. It is a classic American Album. It is both Radio Friendly and deep. “Side one” is very commercial. Driving Guitars and catchy chorus’s. “Side two” is darker, tinged with sorrow.

If Jimmy Eat world are a band you have heard of but never investigated please! get involved!

Some Facts talked about on the show:

• Out of concern that the album’s title may be misinterpreted, the album was re-released as the eponymous (Jimmy Eat World) following the September 11 attacks. In addition, the title track was renamed “Salt Sweat Sugar”.
• Self financed after previous album sold just 10.000 copies
• “The Middle” was written after Jimmy Eat World had been dropped from Capitol Records after their previous album Clarity had been released. Jimmy Eat World’s first album Static Prevails had sold just 10,000 copies in 1996 and Capitol Records decided to drop the band in 1999 due to a change in priorities. Singer/guitarist Jim Adkins explained to the Dallas Observer: “We were just about invisible there and it wasn’t going to get any better
• New album – Damage Released on 10 June 2013

My name  is Matt, I live in Southend on sea, I have 2 Cats ( Arthur and Amsterdam) I am a Beatles and Wrestling Nut.

On Wednesday 8th March I presented my first ever show, not just for Phoenix FM but ever! It was a Buzz to say the least! I looked at Abbey Road, The Beatles last recorded Album. Played it track by track interspersed with stories about the albums and the songs themselves.

Abbey Road Facts featured on the show:

• First issued on 26th September, 1969 Abbey Road was the final Beatles album to be recorded but not their last to be released.
• The album was originally going to be called Everest, after the brand of cigarettes the band’s sound engineer, Geoff Emerik, smoked. That idea was nixed when they realized that actually going to the Himalayas to do the photo shoot would be a bit prohibitive, and they tried to think of something closer to home.
• Virtually every tourist who crosses Abbey Road has had their photo taken in the pose (much to the chagrin of drivers), but there have been other, more famous folks, who have imitated the famous photo: The Red Hot Chili Peppers for their Abbey Road EP, naked, but for a few strategically placed (and somewhat optimistically large) socks; Homer Simpson’s barbershop quartet The Be Sharps, with their album, Bigger Than Jesus; The Simpson family on the cover of Rolling Stone; Benny Hill, for his Best of Benny Hill album; Booker T and the MG’s; Kanye West’s Live Orchestration DVD; even SpongeBob SquarePants did it, with an episode called “Krabby Road.”
• Frank Sinatra once commented that “Something” was his favourite Lennon-McCartney song(though the song was actually Harrison’s) and “the greatest love song ever written”.
• PAUL circa-1994: “‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ is my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does
• The final overdub session for “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” would be the last time that all four Beatles worked in the studio together.

I also play a selection of tunes that suit that late night vibe. Always open to suggestions for albums to play. Feel free to get in touch @mattsradioshow

You can listen to me on air every Wednesday between 10pm and Midnight.

Matt

Another great two hours of Classic Rock on this week’s Sunday Replay courtesy of the following bands -

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks

Cream – Crossroads

Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me

Foo Fighters – Everlong

Faces – Stay With Me

Metallica – Master Of Puppets

Neil  Young – Rocking In The Free World

Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil

Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild

Who – My Generation

AC/DC – For Those About To Rock

Alice  Cooper – School’s Out

Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills

Led Zeppelin – Achillies Last Stand

UFO – Rock Bottom

Whitesnake – Still Of The Night

Another two hours of great Classic Rock next week…..

Anyway here are the tips Andrew had provided: -

• Cut back the faded flowers of Pulmonaria and if you do not want a border full of Aquilegia cut back the flower heads to stop seeds being dispersed along the border!
• Feed fast growing plants weekly
• Watch out for Lily Beetle and sqaush them!

Flower Garden

• Plant out dahlias into well-prepared soil that’s been enriched with manure
• Cut down pulmonarias to just above soil level after flowering to encourage new foliage
• Clip box hedging and topiary to keep it neat
• Regularly tie tall stems of delphiniums to supports to prevent them flopping over
• Scatter granular fertiliser around the base of roses, shrubs, perennials and hedges, and water in thoroughly if rain does not fall over the next week

The Fruit and Vegetable Garden

• Sow seeds of dwarf beans in rows and climbing ones alongside canes
• Plant out crops being raised in pots under glass, such as marrows, courgettes and tomatoes
• Cover soft fruits with netting to prevent birds eating them
• Sow a few seeds of salad leaves and stir-fry leaf crops every 2-3 weeks to ensure a regular supply
• Sow seeds of the following crops outside this week: beetroot, lettuce, watercress, rocket, radish, spring onions, coriander, parsley, chives, carrots, Swedes, turnip, leaf beet, spinach, cabbage, peas and mangetout, endive, marrows and courgettes, turnips and Witloof chicory
• Plant out leeks into their final position once they are pencil thick

Greenhouse

• Take cuttings from pelargoniums and fuchsias
• Repot rooted cuttings into containers a size larger, to prevent them from becoming pot-bound
• Check plants regularly for signs of pests
• Pinch out the tips of rooted cuttings to encourage bushy plants

The man himself returns next week so mercifully things will return to some semblance of order.

All the best,

Scott

He will join El Deyma and Belter in the final. The final heat takes place next Sunday (26th May) at the Brentwood Centre. Commiserations to the Albino Peaches and Soma Rising and congratulations to both bands for making it through to the heats.

Rajiv

The Albino Peaches

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The May 18th Saturday Breakfast Show on Phoenix 98 FM (Edited) by Robrv on Mixcloud

My music pick for this week;

Mon /Tue 20/21 May The Flaming Lips – Roundhouse, London
Zany psychedelic rock band who make melodic space music. They descend from Oklahoma City and are much loved by musicians, fans and industry insiders for their innovation and weird stage antics.

Wed 22 May Fenech-Soler – Electric Ballroom, London
Electro wonder kids from Northamptonshire.

My Comedy show picks for this week……

Phill Jupitus, at the Comedy Store 22nd May 2013 • Comedy Store
Phill Jupitus will be joining the Comedy Store Players for a night of comedy improvisation. Other comedians on the bill include Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Neil Mullarkey, Suki Webster and Steve Edis.

Micky Flanagan: Back In The Game 24th – 25th May 2013 • Hammersmith Apollo
Micky Flanagan is bringing his “Back in the Game” tour to the Hammersmith Apollo. Using his East End background and Cockney wit, Micky will tell a tale of his working class

Massive thanks to Mimi Smithson for coming down to the Phoenix FM studio this evening for an interview and live session! We found out what super hero she would love to be, how weird she thinks she is and what her favourite colour is! Checkout the full live session and interview in audio and video form below…

FULL SHOW PODCAST: http://i.mixcloud.com/CC1wJu

Massive thanks to Mr Sam Knight for coming into the studio this evening for a chat and an amazing live performance or some swing music! We found out his favourite colour along with his inspirations and what’s in his fridge. Checkout the full interview and live session below…

FULL SHOW PODCAST: http://i.mixcloud.com/CC1wJu

Another great soundtrack to kick start your Saturday Night on Turn It Up.

Highlights of the show:

Classic Track: CLASSIXX – Fortunate Star (Madonna Remake)

Track of The Week:  FLINCH – You Don’t Know (Ft. Ellie Goulding)

Part 1 (6pm-7pm)

Blonde – I Loved You

Cashmere Cat – Kiss Kiss (Pat Lok Mix)

Chris Malinchak – Beside Me

CLASSIXX – Fortunate Star (Madonna Remake)

Daft Punk – Get Lucky (David A remix)

Daft Punk & Stardust – One More Sounds (Arno Cost Rework)

Egyptrixx – Chrysalis Records (feat. Trust)

Jessica Mauboy -Saturday Night (Dcup Remix)

Little Boots – Broken Record (Cosmic Kids remix)

Touch Sensitive – Pizza Guy (Lauer Remix)

Part 2 (7pm-8pm)

Apendics Shuffle – Heavy Burdens High (Safeword Mix)

Applebottom – Let You (Blonde Remix)

Color Plus – Pulp

Flinch – You Don’t Know (Ft. Ellie Goulding)

James Blake – Life Round Here (MANIK Ghost Pines Rework)

Kill Paris – Tender Love

L Phonix – Basement Jaxx – Back 2 The Wild (L Phonix Outback Mix)

Laura Mvula – Green Garden (Billy Kenny remix)

Miguel – Adorn (TOKiMONSTA Remix)

Panda – Feeling Good (Beat Chef remix)

Unite7 – Waited

Youan – Nightwalker

Chris Brewster, Curator of Billericay’s Cater Museum, told us this morning about a very exciting visit to the museum by members of the Ealdfaeder Anglo Saxon re-enactment group, who were going to be demonstrating some of the many skills of the time such as weaving and leather craft. Chris spoke enthusiastically about her fascination with the Dark Ages, a period of history which she believes is often misrepresented; she also talked about early Saxon settlement in what is now Billericay town centre, and how a 7^th Century ruler of much of East Anglia – King Raedwald – is believed to have kept his options open at a time of great change in religious belief.

Chris also briefly mentioned other things the Cater is involved with, including the forthcoming display of the Billericay Town Model in the Reading Rooms on 19^th and 20^th July.

The Museum, near Costa Coffee in the High Street, is well worth a visit; it’s open Monday to Saturday (except Bank Holidays), 2-5pm.