Playlist, Monday 31 August 2009

Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Suzi Quatro With Chris Norman - Stumblin' In
R. Kelly - Ignition
Bonnie Tyler - In My Life
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje)
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Diane
Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On

Folk Show Playlist, Saturday 29 August 2009

Allan Johnston - The Rose Among The Heather + Cathkin Braes + The Sound Of Sleat
Anna Massie - The Mission Hall
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller - Saints and Sinners
Saga (Chris Mordey Lead Vocal) - Waiting For Wages
Wild Sarachs, The - Trees
Paul Brady - Nothing But The Same Old Story
Tommy Sands & with Moya and Fionan Sands - The Song Sings On (Ballad of Tommy Makem)
Kadril - Venus
John Williamson - Dusty Road We Know
Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire
Owen Hand - Acre Of Girl To A Foot Of Ground

Playlist, Thursday 27 August 2009

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning
Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird
Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation
Beautiful South - Song For Whoever
Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
Sam Brown - Valentine Moon

Playlist, Wednesday 26 August 2009

Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss
Alan Price Set - The House That Jack Built
Duffy - Rain On Your Parade
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
Shakira Feat Wyclef Jean - Hips Don`t Lie
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Losing My Mind - Liza Minnelli
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most
Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
Bruce Channel - Hey Baby

Playlist, Tuesday 25 August 2009

Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My L,A. Ex
Ronan Keating - Life Is A Rollercoaster
Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
Rolling Stones, The - Off The Hook
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
Rosanna O'Byrne - My Aphrodisiac Is You
Leslie Gore - You Don't Own Me

Playlist, Monday 24 August 2009

Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
OTT - All Out Of Love
Lionel Richie - Love Will Find A Way
Lulu - I'm A Tiger
Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part 2
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets
O'Jays - Back Stabbers

Folk Show Playlist, Saturday 22 August 2009

Allan Johnston - Jane and Joe Johnstons's Golden Wedding Waltz
Judy Collins - Since You've Asked
Hilary Bell - Burniebouzle
Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - Shapinsay Polka, Jimmy O' The Bu's Polka, Scapa Flow
Dolores Keane With Mick Hanly - My Love Is In America
Rachel Hair - 52nd Street
Tom Paxton - Ramblin' Boy
Oonagh Cassidy - Beautiful Distraction
Bobby Gardiner - Pieces Banbridge Town, Mr. Mc Guire, Pride Of The Bronx
Steeleye Span - Sligo Maid
Tangle Eye - Parchman Blues
Joel & Cedric Perri - Color Dreams
Jock Tamson's Bairns - The Skyeman's Jig

Playlist, Thursday 20 August 2009

Ronettes - Walking In The Rain
Dave Edmunds - I Knew The Bride
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
Credance Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop
Sha Na Na - At The Hop
BC-52s - (Meet) The Flintstones
Sam Brown - Valentine Moon
Michelle McManus - All This Time
Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition
Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women

Playlist, Wednesday 19 August 2009

Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last
Tina Turner - Typical Male
Willie Nelson - Alway On My Mind
Oonagh Cassidy - Time After Time
Wee Toon Tellers - Our Highland Queen
Wilson Phillips - You Won't See Me Cry
Westlife - Seasons In The Sun
Firm - Star Trekkin'
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
Europe - The Final Countdown

Red Phone Boxes

We need phone boxes, preferably modern ones of stainless steel and glass. Apart from visual amenity in certain quaint settings, there's nothing special about an old red one. We still need phone boxes as not everyone has a mobile and the signal is not that reliable in places.

Playlist, Tuesday 18 August 2009

Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
Tifanny - I Think We're Alone Now
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
Move - Blackberry Way
Playmates - Beep Beep
Beatles - Drive My Car
Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer
Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night
Kylie Minogue - In My Arms
Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright

Playlist, Monday 17 August 2009

Rod Stewart - Little Miss Understood
Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights
Beatles, The - I Wanna Be Your Man
Bedrocks - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Lily Allen - Not Fair
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Paul Brady - The Long Goodbye
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses
Dolly Parton - Sugar Hill
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven

Folk Show Playlist, Saturday 15 August 2009

Cathal Hayden - The Boys Of Ballisodare + Unknown + Lord McDonalds [Reels]
Spinners, The - The Foggy Dew
Ensemble Wolga - Sasha, Play For The Dance [Instrumental]
Moishe's Bagel - Hora No.1/Gankino
Kadril - Vissemarkt
The Vatersay Boys - The Gael
John Williamson - Sail The Nullarbor
Joel & Cedric Perri - Daybreak
Ishbel Mac Askill - An Ataireachd Ard (The Eternal Surge Of The Sea)
Christian Anneix - En-Avant-Deux + De St-Jean-Sur-Couesnon
Joe Bonsall and The Orange Playboys - French Fiddle Boogie
Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - Way Oot West, Bessie Millie's Sixpence

Playlist, Thursday 13 August 2009

10cc - Life is a Minestone
Abba - Dancing Queen
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Romeo & Juliet
Michael Jackson - Who Is It
The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
Biffy Clyro - Mountains
Sam Brown - Valentine Moon
Metro Station - Shake It
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Playlist, Wednesday 12 August 2009

Carla Thomas - I Like What You're Doing To Me
Kevin Montgomery & Pettibone - Let's All Go to California
Kim Wilde - Cambodia
Madness - Driving in My Car
Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
Russell Watson - Torna A Surriento
Bruce Springsteen - Gypsy Biker
Billie Piper - Day And Night
Robert Plant | Alison Krauss - Your Long Journey
Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
Carpenters - (A Place To) Hideaway
Paul McCartney - Calico Skies
Sarah McLachlan - I Love You
Tina Turner - Paradise Is Here

Playlist, Tuesday 11 August 2009

Ronan Keating - Iris
The Knack - My Sharona
Ray Stevens - Misty
Russell Watson - The Best That Love Can Be
Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
Rod Stewart - Moonglow
Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
Ronettes - Be My Baby
Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Playlist, Monday 10 August 2009

Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box
Byrds, The - Turn! Turn! Turn!
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
P P Arnold - First Cut Is The Deepest
Animals - San Francisco Nights
Billy Jo Spears - Blue Blue Day
Strawbs - Part of the Union
Duffy - Mercy
Lily Allen - The Fear
Aretha Franklin - Walk On By
Black Lace - Simon Says
Silencers - Wild Mountain Thyme

Folk Show Playlist, Saturday 8 August 2009

Hilary James - Bay Of Biscay
Elbow Jane - So The Story Goes
Tommy Sands - Young Man's Dream
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love
Moishe's Bagel - Breton Tune/Ajde Jano
Martin Byrne - Flowers On The Water
Eamon Friel - Across
Hilary Bell - Boat On The River
Bessyl Duhon - Love Bridge Waltz
Waterboys - A Song For The Life
Anna Massie - The Slip Reel

Scam alert: Book Scheme

You get a phone call from someone thanking you for taking part in a local schools' "book scheme", and asking to which school the books invoiced to you should be sent. As soon as you query the supposed "arrangement" rather than answer the questions (which would lead to a "sale"), the pitcher hangs up.

Playlist, Thursday 6 August 2009

Crystals - Da Do Ron Ron
Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Status Quo - Down Down
Queen - The Show Must Go On
T'Pau - China In Your Hand
Carpenters - Only Yesterday
Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Leo Sayer - Moonlighting
Love Affair - Everlasting Love
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe

Playlist, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Bananarama - I'm Your Venus
Barbara Dickson - January, February
Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Walking Wounded - Talking Evolution
Mr. "H" - Tom Cat Blues
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Beastie Boys, The - Fight For Your Right
A-Ha - Stay On These Roads
Boy George And Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Playlist, Tuesday 4 August 2009

Bay City Rollers - All Of Me Loves All Of You
The Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy
The Veils - Advice For Young Mothers To Be
Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me
The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
And Did Those Feet - Alan Superman
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

They're just guessing about the economy

They're guessing, I'm convinced of it. There's no reasoned economic thinking behind it. Government. Bankers. Financial regulators. All still guessing. Northern Rock is a money pit. Vince Cable is the only one talking sense it seems.

Playlist, Monday 3 August 2009

Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss
Sparks - Beat The Clock
Joe Brown - You Were Everywhere
Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Bay City Rollers - Shang-a-Lang
Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow
The Men They Couldn't Hang - Heartbreak Park
Lily Allen - Not Fair
Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog
Squeeze - Up The Junction

Folk Show Playlist, Saturday 1 August 2009

Donovan - Catch The Wind
Ceili Moss - Miss Walsh's Fancy
Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan Sands - Rovers Of Wonder
Leo Mc Cann - The Booth Set
Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan Sands - The People Have Spoken
Youenn Gwernig - Perak Why Pourquoi
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Soumbou Ya Ya
The Corries - Kiss The Children For Me, Mary
Spinners - The Derby Ram
Rachel Hair - Eilean Aigus
Eamon Friel - The Song Is Forever
Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson - Return to Milltown + Bird's Nest + Miss Girdle
Malinky - I Dreamed Last Night Of My True Love

Why not to buy an iPhone

Mac computers are great and, although my personal favorite is an AMD-based processor with Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system (OS), I often recommend that folk buy one as opposed to one running an MS OS. But would I buy an iPhone?

* you cannot install your own software application onto it
* it is afflicted with DRM (Digital Restrictions Management or Digital Rights Management, depending upon your viewpoint.)
* you can't even open the cover to replace the battery, so once it cannot hold charge, you have to send it in rather than replace it yourself as with the vast majority of battery-powered devices.

Apple's iTunes is now marketing all their songs as "DRM-Free", but sees no problem with designing DRM into iPhone. Surely this is control-freakery, with profit as the motive and the rights of users as the loser?

I tend to agree with this statement from expert Bruce Schneier, who says that with iPhone, "security" is code for "control":

"Control allows a company to limit competition for ancillary products. With Mac computers, anyone can sell software that does anything. But Apple gets to decide who can sell what on the iPhone. It can foster competition when it wants, and reserve itself a monopoly position when it wants. And it can dictate terms to any company that wants to sell iPhone software and accessories."

These fundamental points must be addressed and resolved, and I for one will hesitate before buying an iPhone.