A Week At Radio 1

April 21, 2007 – 10:40 pm

First off a big thanks to Colin Murray, Jimmy Devlin and Deirdre [spell?] for having me shadow them this week. They were really fun guys to work with and I really enjoyed my time with them.

Secondly, thanks to Neil Sloan for organising it all and for supervising Dan and I when we were let loose in the Radio 1 studio. He proved that you really can ‘polish a turd’ [as Dan so eloquently put it].

Finally, thanks to Dan for holding my hand while we did the show. He didn’t get to say as much as I’d liked, it wasn’t quite my usual wandering banter between me and him, but it was comforting to just be able to stare at his perplexed face during links and to shout at him when it all went wrong.

In case I haven’t forced it down your gullet already Dan and I did were on BBC Radio 1 and did the Early Breakfast show from 4:30am till 7am. You can still listen again by following this link. But hurry it’ll only be up there until the 27th April!

What have I got to show you of my five days? Well there are some photos, a video of Dan and I pratting about in the studio and an egotistic selection of links to various articles about me in the local press, and two audio clips of me on BBC Radio Derby [

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]. What can I say?

Oooo and of course. Big thanks to all of you who got up at silly o’clock and listened to the show. Thanks for your texts, I really appreciate your comments.

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Glastonbury 2007

April 1, 2007 – 10:46 am
The ticketman: Will Butler

Congratulations to everyone that got Glastonbury tickets, commiserations to those who did not. To those of you that engaged in a rather frantic MSN conversation with me then you need to know that Will Butler was in fact the star of the show and was processing all your details at Glasto-Ticket-Wales-recycling-plant HQ. Its official you all owe him and his support team [those that took over when he needed a wee] a pint.

Erm, to get you excited there’s all my previous glasto albums linked below and a few youtube videos as well. Enjoy.

Glastonbury 2000
Glastonbury 2002
Glastonbury 2003
Glastonbury 2004
Glastonbury 2005
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uweGMeWu79o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OklV4QtkndM

Now once you finished panicking about when that confirmation email is going to come through, you can start worrying about where to camp.

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A week since the end

March 14, 2007 – 12:01 pm

It’s been a week now since the very last Andrew Jackson Show. As much I am now enjoying my Monday evenings and Wednesday afternoons student radio will be sorely missed and I can only encourage people to get involved and make the most of Fuse FM or your respective student radio stations while you can.

Nevertheless it isn’t all doom and gloom. First up, Mr. Harry Garne of Anablogue and Wilfully Twisted fame has been named head of music. As many of you may know Harry was assistant station manager this year and many expected him to apply for ‘the big one’ for next year. However, this wasn’t to be so, but Harry assures me there are even more enthusiastic, dedicated and talented people than him vying for the job, so all you fusebies make sure you’re there to vote at the end of the year.

On a slightly different note, this week is the week of the union elections. I can not stress how important it is for you to vote, even as a third year. This is the largest university in the country and last year 94% of students didn’t vote. That is truly disgusting. And don’t even say that union politics is a waste of time because you don’t get involved. The reason why union politics is in such a sorry state of affairs is because the people voted in by a minority of the student populace are not representative of the majority. Quick way to solve that… go and vote. Interestingly enough three second year PPEists are up for posts of Gen Sec, Student Direct Officer and Environment and Ethics Secretary. Find out more about them over here.

Bringing things back to radio, a demonstration of why a good union is so important is so that the radio station can get bigger and better. One uni to aspire to is Cardiff; they have the Guardian student newspaper of the year and get well behind their student radio station so that they can pull off big launch nights – just like the one I videoed here.

If you listened into last weeks show [if you didn't then it is still available for a short period of time on the podcast] then you will know that the week before I wrote a letter to Swizzels Matlow confectionery company highlighted to them the lack of a ‘refreshing centre’ in a succession of strawberry refresher bars. Today I got some post from Mr Matlow and Mr Swizzels with some freebies to say sorry. For the whole story including my original letter have a ganders here.

If I haven’t made you write it in your diaries already I will be presenting [with Dan] the Early Breakfast Show on Friday 20th April on 97 to 99 One FM. Admittedly that show is on from 5-7am, but come share by early morning pain and listen in… or use the listen again function. “So you’re listening to Andy and Dan on early breakfast on radio one, text in on 81199 if you have any views on crumpets…”

Finally, if you ever fancy a good look back to the glory days of The Andrew Jackson Show I’ve uploaded a Fuse FM gallery to the uni part of the site.

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The End of an Era

March 7, 2007 – 11:40 am

Well in the words of The Specials this is definetly the dawning of a new era. An era where no longer will my peers and associates me plagued with facebook invites, messages, texts and emails. That can only mean one thing, The Andrew Jackson Show is coming to an end.

However, we’re not going out without a BANG. Which is why we have a a PAIR OF ALTON TOWERS TICKETS to give away. All you have to do is tune in to find out how to win them.

And of course the regular features of…

# Pete Jackson’s Band of the Week: the last time you’ll hear his sweet tones.
# Dan’s intros: soon Dan will have a life again.
# Battle Track: Dan and I go head to head with a classic each, this time with the higher stakes of the last ever tune to be played on The Andrew Jackson Show.
# Music from… well all the CDs from all the previous broadcasts. We’ll be playing the creme de la creme of tunes I’ve showcased over the past five broadcasts.

Tune into 103.5 FM [Manchester] or online at www.fusefm.co.uk.. and dont forget to email in to say hello!

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The Truly Penultimate Show

February 28, 2007 – 1:56 pm

The Andrew Jackson Show is here for its penultimate show… for ever! But boy have we got a rammed show for you today [I don't know how we're going to fit it in]. This week’s topic as some of you may have heard at the end of last week’s show is man crushes. That form of endearment by one heterosexual male to another which goes beyond the normal amount of attentiveness one would consider of any other platonic relationship. As well as:

# A chat with a policeman. We’re not quite sure what about yet, possibly crime. Or maybe paedophiles.
# A chat with the people from People and Planet.
# In the studio live: PABLO’S FINEST HOUR
# Pete Jackson’s band of the week: has he been fooling more unwitting bands into thinking he is a famous A&R man?
# Dan’s intros: when will I ever beat the audience?
# The Battle Track: new this broadcast, we end each show with a classic track chosen by you!

Only one more after this. Aargh!

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Getting Old: The Andrew Jackson Show

February 21, 2007 – 2:01 pm

Well really this post should be The Andrew Jackson Show: Getting Old, but it could be seen either way, this is show 26 after all. That’s right, after the discovery of a triplet of grey hairs sprouting from my forehead this week I’m going to be talking about getting old, its virtues and vices. Although I should imagine its a lot more of the former.

Also coming up this week:

# Pete Jackson’s Band of the Week – where would you be without it?
# Battle Track – Dan and I face off with our battle tracks of the week. Text or email in to pledge your allegiance either way.
# Whisky Cats Exclusive – I preview the latest EP ‘Put Your Title Here’ from The Andrew Jackson Show guest alumni, see how far they’ve come in two years.
# Radio Hangman – a feature which could be a revolution in broadcasting or a complete flump [a soft squidgy sugar confectionery that comes in shades of white and pink].
# And music from The Holloways, The Wombats, Justice, Little Man Tate, The View, Arcade fire, New Young Pony Club, The Spinto Band, Peter Bjorn and John, The Cat Empire and many more.

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Happy Timothy Whitmore Day!

February 13, 2007 – 10:59 pm

The Andrew Jackson Show is BACK! [tomorrow]

We’re broadcasting on 103.5 FM and online at www.fusefm.co.uk on Wednesday 14th February. Furthermore our very first show of the broadcast is on [the now famous since this time last year] Timothy Whitmore Day! Tune in and celebrate the life and wonderfulness that is Timothy Whitmore [and forget about all those V-Day cards you may or may not have recieved].

Coming up this week:

# Pete Jackson’s Band of the Week
# Dan’s Intros
# The full Student Radio Awards round up
# Random silly banter
# Music from a shed load of ace bands including: Larrikin Love, Los Campesinos, The Gossip, CSS, Tokyo Police Club, The Raconteurs, Hot Chip, The Wombats, The Spinto Band, Gang of Four, The Pippettes, The Long Blondes and The Maccabees.

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Amsterdam

February 10, 2007 – 12:22 pm

Well its now more than a week since we left for ‘The Dam’, and if I remember correctly it was a darn sight sunnier in Holland than it is here in miserable wet Manchester, but hey, Manchester has hills and you can’t have it all.

I won’t blab on too great a deal as I imagine the majority of you are sick to death of my ramblings about… well, sick. You can find the photos from the trip here and the main video from the journey here. Unfortunately there aren’t a great deal of photos from the trip what with me spending most of my battery on documenting the carnage on the way down [and subsequent amensia regarding parts of my camera charger]. Nevertheless there is a whole twenty two and a half minutes of Coach A splendour as a video.

What did we do? Managed to be surprisingly cultured to be honest. We hired bikes, went on a boat trip, went to the Anne Frank museum, went to the Heineken Experience [video link], saw the Red Light district, visited the Sex Museum, drank a reasonable quantity of the local brew, sat in late night bakeries, and indulged in a bit of Dansen bij Jansen. Not bad for two days work.

Big thanks to all the BA Econ people that made it happen: Claudio, Will, Joel, Dan and the rest of you. And thank you to Kate, Sam, Penelope and Emily for putting up with me and my collection of wires in their room for the weekend.

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February 2007 Fuse FM Broadcast

February 7, 2007 – 9:36 pm

So, Fuse FM is back for one more broadcast and Dan and I are back for our last. This is everyone’s last ever chance to listen to The Andrew Jackson show live on Fuse FM.

In a nut shell this is what you need to know…

# Dan and I have bagged the exclusive Wednesday 4-6 afternoon slot. We hope many of you will be at home to listen, what with having no lectures on Wednesday afternoons. So effectively what we’re saying is bugger the sport and spend some time on your bum listening to us!

# The broadcast starts the week beginning the 12th so our first show will be on the 14th February [Timothy Whitmore day!]

# The show will be broadcasting on 103.5 FM this time, NOT 87.9 FM. If you tune into the old frequency you’re likely to get Gaydio on 87.7 which started their RSL license a couple of weeks ago. You can of course always tune in online at www.fusefm.co.uk.

Dan and I have had a think and a chat and we’ve come to the conclusion things were a little too fast paced last broadcast so we’re going to slow things down a bit, keep the features and giveaways but add a bit more of the randomness that I think won me the award.

Furthermore, its going to be double the fun this broadcast regarding your Harry Garne and Andrew Jackson content. Harry and I will be fleeing to a specialist radio slot in true Colin Murray style to start a new show called Anablogue [website]. So if you’re straining at the bit to listen to Harry or I [more likely the former] you can listen to the eclectic affair that we will be presenting on Monday evenings between 8 and 10.

Finally in a sort of mutation of the traditional blog roll here are the shows I’d be listening out for in the next four weeks:

Wilfully Twisted – Wednesdays 18:00 til 20:00 [after The AJ Show!] presented by the fast becoming legendary Harry Garne [and his mate Mike] [facebook link].

Bantasy Land – Sundays 14:00 til 16:00 presented by studio manager Katie Bilbao and resident tall person Woodsy [facebook link].

Katie: “I can confirm that old favourites The Pundown, The Lady Rant, and Woodsy’s Cleaning Tips will be back, plus guest apperances from the clock of justice (casio) and a few other old favourites plus some more new and exciting features. I will also try not to talk so much. And I promise to play good music, unless I go to the toilet when Woodsy might put on toploader. toilet trips will be kept to minimum.“

Ian and Lyds – Saturdays 12:00 til 14:00 presented by head of music [the man that makes the play lists] Ian Cushing.

The Lou Lou Show – Thursdays 18:00 til 20:00 presented by Louise Ayling [facebook link].

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Pangaea

January 31, 2007 – 5:24 pm

Late I know, but I finally got around to uploading all those large videos and the photos of what was for me, an excellent night.

I got to Pangaea nice and early on the Saturday to set up the CDJs in the Twisted Folk Tent which was hosted by non-other than Simon Borkin of Tariff Sessions and Pablo’s Finest Hour fame [more on them later]. I have to say Pangaea made much better use of Academy 1 this year. Last year they put all the headline acts like Evil Nine in there, but although it was decked out rather glasto-dance-tent-esque it was just too big and the sound wasn’t great. However this year Academy 1 played host to Carnival Extraordinaire. There was a casino, a console corner – which comprised of a lot of sofas, TVs and some classic old games systems [like the Megadrive], a compare and comedy acts, a tea party area and performing jugglers, unicyclists and when it got a little darker outside – fire poi! [video]. All very good indeed.

I had a quick nip round the main union building to see what it was all like before the masses arrived. I compiled a short selection of clips which you can find here. It was a shame the Solem Bar didn’t open straight away downstairs as it meant I had to trudge all the way back to Academy 1 for my next beer which meant I couldn’t spend more time watching the excellent stuff being put on by the JFSC. I did manage to catch, however, the first act of the night, MUJO [video] . Despite my efforts of putting a reminder in my phone to watch The Big Little Band between 3-4am I still managed to miss the headliners who I watched last year at Pangaea 2. Needless to say I’m sure they were superb and I definitely recommend keeping an eye out for those guys in the future.

Most of my night was spent in the Twisted Folk Tent where I was DJing between bands and which I have to say showcased an enormous amount of talent. I managed to catch a number of the bands including Dr. Butler’s Hat Stand Band, Man With A Lamb aka The Black Velvet Band [video], Buttonhead [video], Pablo’s Finest Hour [video], and Gideon Conn [video]. Man With A Lamb were an amusing upbeat country come crusty bunch; Buttonhead are what I’d probably describe as a slightly more trippy Arcade Fire; Pablo’s Finest Hour are the band version of Tariff Sessions who played on The Andrew Jackson Show back in October [link] and did a storming set; and finally Gideon Conn is the chap who I have now come to realise if the bloke you may or may not have seen at the front of venues sketching bands. I saw him at The Young Knives in the Bier Keller this time last year. You can see some of his stuff at http://www.artboo.com/gideonconnart

In between some of that I did pop out of the tent to wander through Pangaea to find the Moroccan Tea Tent which seemed to have less of the tea and more of the playdough oddly enough. However there was a fantastic chap in there on a guitar with his mate on bongos [video]. Haven’t the foggiest who they were but they were very very good.

After my sets at the Twisted Folk Stage I rejoined a fairly substantial contingent of Claudio, Kate, Teresa, Elle, Klara, Phoebe, Claire and Lorna and went to see the grimey delights of DJ Krust [Full Cycle crew fame] and DJ Bailey [of BBC 1 Extra] in Academy 2 which for that night was christened Charitea. Needless to say it was very filthy and very loud, even louder when you’re taller than everyone else. Nonetheless it was good to see a substantial student drum and bass crowd [video] – many of whom I would imagine still had their ears ringing from the previous night’s goings on with Ape at the Apollo and the 120’000 watt Valve Sound System.

All in all another amazing night from the organisers and I offer a hand of congratulation to all of them. My other hand I offer clenched to the scally that nicked my hoodie – my hoodie for christs sake! Do you not have clothes of your own!

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