Salford Community Radio 106.4 FM

Early Saturday afternoon and we're stocking up on pies and cider from our favourite shop, the one besides the Salford Lads Club where the service is always superb. Andy and I are here to do a live radio session so we sneak in a bit early to run through a few things. Then I have this grim realisation that I've started smoking again but later on decide it must be someone else. Is that possible or this that just addiction? Thought so. After meeting with Les from the club and Paul from the station we head up to the band room which has been miraculously transformed into a radio studio complete with new carpet tiles and a good hovering. We are somewhat ashamed of how we last left it a week or so ago covered in band debris, cans, ashtrays and crisp packets and make our apologies known, it wont happen again we promise. We are guests on Kevin Lloyds show where we do an interview in between playing five songs; Operation, Everlasting Teenage Bedroom, Jesus Stole my Girlfriend, Two Fat Lovers and a Smiths cover Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, just for old times sake, what with the connections to this place. It seems to go well, I get time enough to explain a bit about the ideas behind the songs, the atmosphere is relaxed; then we are off to get photographed and interviewed which takes us by surprise as we've dressed exclusively for radio [well that's our excuse, there's a picture below]. The journalist from the Manchester Evening News is from Walsall so we get talking about the Midlands, Junction 10 and Paul Merson. We also talk about the new single, the next gig and the tour and so on. Then we are off to Knott Fringe for wedges and beer to catch up with Mr Cooke and his beautiful wife the Polish Princess. When I get home I take one of those random research telephone calls from a company researching local radio and shamelessly plug S.C.R. in every category. On a more pressing note the Liverpool acoustic show at Hells Ditch on 18th December has been cancelled due to recording commitments in the Midlands, needs must so apologies to all, hopefully we can reschedule for next year sometime. Next day I turn into man about the house, it's what Sundays are for, there is no escape, VPx