Legal paradoxes and radio sessions
Grandad March 30th, 2010
A few days ago, I was asked if I was interested in doing a little spot on a radio show.
I said fair enough. It beats picking dead flies out of the custard.
Actually, I’m not that fond of interviews, because when I hear them repeated, all I can hear are the fluffs, the hesitations and the things I didn’t really mean to say. I have done a few in the past, mainly about The Book. Some were live by telephone, some were pre-recorded and one was live in studio. Strangely enough, one of the better ones was the live in studio one where you would imagine that the intimidation of sitting surrounded by the usual apparatus would cause havoc, but Declan Meehan is a great interviewer and anyway I am quite used to radio studios having worked in and around them for many years.
I was sort of sleepy yesterday morning when Shane phoned.
“Right,” says he, “are you ready to roll?” or words to that effect.
“No” I thought. “Yes” I said.
Shane is a damned good interviewer, because he doesn’t interview – he chats. Also the fact that it was being pre-recorded meant that I could say what I liked, and could hesitate, or pepper the conversation with ‘ems’ and ‘ahs’.
It’s only a short piece, but even I learned something from it.
Did you know that it is illegal in this Godforsaken country not to be able to break the law?
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That is NOT what I expected you to sound like…….you sound so…….smooth and, dare I say, refined, lol!!!
.-= Hermia´s last brainfart .. Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now =-.
You left out sexy? Heh!!
What did you expect me to sound like? Jackie Healy Rae?
Grandad,
Thanks for the compliment about my interviewing technique! I think it was the fact we seemed to get on more then any interviewing style
If anyone is interested in listing to Z103 online they can get it here:
http://www.radiokerry.ie/training
Shaneycakes
Lol maybe a little….
I don’t know what I expected really….an old gruff voice….or something along the Grampa Simpson lines….with swearing….
.-= Hermia´s last brainfart .. Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now =-.
Welcome Shaneycakes! [Shaneycakes? What the fuck?] My apologies about the link. Of course I should have included it. My excuse is that it’s snowing all day, and that is upsetting me.
Hermia – You’re as bad as all those people who thought I was short and fat.
on the “too many laws” thing: there’s a local law (by-law?) against public drinking. that’s never stopped me. I am firmly of the belief that the law is there really as a fall-back, in case I’m making a nuisance of myself and the cops can’t think of anything actually illegal that I’ve been up to.
I’d love to see them try charge me with it, though – the signs say there’s a fine of up to a few hundred punt. Is it even legal to fine someone with a currency which is not legal tender any more? Might as well fine me in groats or sestertii.
.-= Kae Verens´s last brainfart .. ToDo =-.
Now I never would have thought you were short and fat….but you have a grouchy way of writing, so I paired it with a grouchy voice!
Take the compliment…you sound great on radio!
.-= Hermia´s last brainfart .. Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now =-.
You should have thrown a few whiskeys into you, smoked a cuban cigar and ate two teaspoonfuls of gravel, just to make your voice the way I imagine it.
.-= Tuesday Kid´s last brainfart .. Fuck Sainsbury’s at Forestside =-.
Hermia – I am blushing as I type. Thank you. Actually, the head of Lyric FM once offered me a job as a presenter, but I declined. It would have meant moving to Limerick. Hhahaha!
Kae – But that is the way a law should always operate. It should be discretionary. Speeding motorists should be done for speeding if they are doing it dangerously and not just to make some extra cash for the coffers. If I want to take a slug out of a can of ale while walking down the street, then why shouldn’t I? It used to be a free country. I would imagine that any first-year law student would be able to quash that case anyway, as Punts aren’t legal tender any more.
There are too many rules, no doubt about that.
Clarkson did a good (common sense) article on it recently…
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article7052392.ece
.-= not twitter´s last brainfart .. Welcome to British Summer Time =-.
Well done Grandad, and a nice plug for Freedom2Choose to boot. Only thing I noticed was you don’t sound like a garandad, just not doddery enough.
Liked the quip “so we can go to the pub and have a soft drink and a smoke!” Classic.
.-= TheBigYin´s last brainfart .. Giles Thorley – Enough already! =-.
Not Twitter – An excellent article, and it mirrors my own thoughts exactly. If for example I hear of one kid electrocuting himself by sticking his fingers into a toaster, I know it’s only a matter of time before toasters are banned, licenced or otherwise regulated. It is a fucking mad world.
BigYin – I’m sorry I’m not old enough for you. I am only in my sixty-first year after all? The Freedom2Choose things bugs me a little in that there is no Irish version. Is it possible to set up a one-man branch?
Grandad I want to spread your voice on some toast and eat it. Who are these people who thought you were short and fat? Surely it is common knowledge that you were carved from rock by the gods themselves???
.-= Jennikybooky´s last brainfart .. Week Twenty Five – Subterranean Homesick Blues =-.
Errr… Emmm…. *cough* *blush* I don’t know what to say in reply to that?
[Are you doing anything tonight?
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I’d bring my hip flask to any pub that’s only selling food and soft drinks.
I could listen to you all day Grandad!!
you allways have Sadireland Grandad, it seems to have sparked up again. http://sadireland.proboards.com/index.cgi?
.-= TheBigYin´s last brainfart .. Giles Thorley – Enough already! =-.
Missdoyle2u – And you can sit on my knee all day!
BigYin – It doesn’t look that way to me? Nothing really since a year ago? It needs a right kick up the arse.
You were on radio kerry? That must be how I missed it first time around.
And now I can miss it again.
.-= kerryview´s last brainfart .. Why Grandad didn’t win at Irish Blog Awards – IBA10 =-.
Kerryview – I am gradually taking over the country. One day, everything will be all mine. Mwaaahahahahaha!
Back off, ladies!
Get in line.
First come, first served.
Oh Grandad, what a sweet set-up. –
My last line, and your circumstances.