Wey - Hey cleared a four inch pile of paperwork this morning, boy do I feel better!

Whilst working I am ploughing through over 50 cassettes which are all recording programmes from our [hospital radio] Christmas Broadcasts. We have an Annual Quiz & Awards Evening where we present best shows etc. the biggest award is always 'The Best Xmas Show'and I am one of the judges.

This morning listened to show with such a simple format but it really worked and had an amazingly eclectic playlist as a result of the format. The presenter took the words CHRISTMAS MUSIC and then played an asociated track and chatted amongst them reagrding the word/s she had picked. Here's the playlist:

C for Candle - Light A Candle/Daniel O’Donnel
H Holidays [thinking of them over Xmas]- Summer Holiday Cliff Richard
R Romance [stealing a kiss under the mistleoe] Love & Affection/Joan Armatrading
I Icy - Hazy Shade of Winter/Bangles
S Snowbird/Ann Murray
T Tinsel - Tinsel Town in the Rain/The Blue Nile
M Messiah/Handel
A Angels/Robbie Williams
S Solstice - The Holly & the Ivy/Choir of St Pauls Cathedral
M [chosen as My Music, this Cd was an Xmas gift] Tourin’ Brakes/Fishing for a Dream
U Unwrapping - Christmas Wrapping/the Waitresses
S Star - She'A Star /James
I Infants/Zippadee Doo Dah/Song of the South
C Carol - Good King Wenceslas/St Paul Cathedral Choir

Really enjoyed it. Another was a folk programme called Gentle Folk featuring the most amazing track by Shelagh McDonal called Stargazer [cause I've bought it and am now listening to CD 2 as I write]!

Well, it's kinda good and not good. My mum had a small heart attack on the 6th which was shock horror but she's now doing OK.
Workload - largish even though I am now working for myself but I guess you have to work harder because of the non-deposit of a monthly salary in your bank account!

So have to say, with much regret, that the only music I am getting to listen to is at the gym, MTV Hits and nothing else though it's good to catch up on the video's and it does take your mind of the agony you are putting yourself through.

'Cause Big Brother doesn't help, 9pm every night and I am not going to defend my addiction to it - it's fab though not so fab last night when Faria firmly shot herself in the foot with her racist soap box saga - OOPS!

I don't watch all that much TV so I am looking at getting a set of cordless headphones so that I can listen to more music at night without arranging the furniture so that no-one trips up over the headphone cord! Think this is a good move and will make a difference as my music collection is vastly outweighing my listening abilities.

New CD's just bought but not listened to, in the Fopp sale [just love Fopp]:-

Retrospective - The Best of Buffalo Springfieldry
History - America's [the group not the country] Greatest Hits
High - The Blue Nile
Dream Of Life - Patti Smith

...all for a fiver each!!

OK, that's my coffe break visit to the world wide web ether - back to reality!

Very little music time so far this year as am desperately trying to get my home office sorted and learn new mobile and phone/fax technology and all that stuff.
Getting to watch a little TV though and especially Celebrity Big Brother which is unmissable for all the wrong reasons.

Can you just not see the next 2 debuting chart hits ... a re-release of Dead Or Alive'S YOU SPIN ME ROUND and Chantelles I WANT IT NOW!!! Just wait, it will happen.

My jaw dropped when I realised who Pete Burns was when he entered the house.

And who's in agreement with me that Barrymore is on the edge of a breakdown and will undoubtedly have it whilst in THE HOUSE?