The Mark Radcliffe Show

I’m the only one here in Studio 5 at the BBC who doesn’t know Mark and he reminds me of this at the start of the interview and asks me where I’ve been? I think I say something about my early life resembling a Dolly Parton song and how nowadays I feel more akin to a power ballad state of mind, like a Bon Jovi b side. We also talk SOUP LINES and I do a poem off the cuff so to speak. In case you don’t believe me you can listen again on line via the bbc website. We all enjoyed the session enormously; if a single theme were to emerge it would have to be the bin collections of Bromsgrove and the wonders of the local council’s website. The CD competition was also based on a name that collection day puzzler, no wonder we all got the giggles. Mark puts everyone at ease, the sound was great [thanks Chris] and the feedback was good. My inside leg measurement remains a secret but if you work for Paul Smith and want to sponsor me with suits and haberdashery stuff drop us a line and I’ll spill the beans. Remarkably someone from Paul Smith contacted me years ago about such a deal but he was somewhat deluded having read an album review in the OBSEVER that predicted great things for a fledgling Peculiar…great things that never happened. I have a big list of such but I never read it; a good thing. Tonight we are moodily up and toasting the airwaves of the nation, I feel like we’re reaching out a little further into the unknown and touching a few more hearts and minds. Sorry if this sounds like deluded hippy shite but sometimes it’s as simple as that. So thanks for listening again or at the time even. We appreciated the feedback, thanks. We play a local gig at DRY BAR in Oldham Street tomorrow night Thursday, be nice to see you to see there….VP x