On the show recently I was challenged to a rap battle… This is the (slightly embarrassing) result!
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Everyone’s talking about Daybreak… Problem is, not much of it is positive.
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David Blaine wants to be famous again… This is his latest effort. BREAKING NEWS.
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A lot of Katy’s friends are getting pregnant at the moment, and she thinks they look great. She wanted to see if she looked good pregnant - so we put a pregnancy cushion on her and got people to rate how ‘well’ she looked out of 10.
She got some pretty good scores… But what she didn’t think about is how hard it is to do normal daily tasks with a bump. So Dan set her some challenges.
This is what I usually do after the show… Record silly videos and then put them online. I can’t believe this is a job.
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Click here to listen to The Big Chewsie on Radio 1
When I was at university I did a radio show called The Big Chewsie. On our first show, we weren’t on air for 15 minutes because we pressed the wrong button. But then we won some awards, and it’s all culminated in a one off show on Radio 1.
Unfortunately I couldn’t be there, but I’m listening to the boys on iPlayer now and feeling very happy.
Give it a listen, it’s good. Last night Nick and Adam came up with a motto that sums it all up quite nicely - “We’re the Big Chewsie, and here are our balls. If you don’t like them, go away”.
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Money, Money, Money… No Money.
There was a story in the news this week about a millionaire who decided his money made him miserable. So much so, that he raffled off his £1.4million house and moved in to a bedsit. I’ve just checked my bank account and as I thought, I have nothing near that sort of money. I’d definitely like more of it - but doesn’t that apply to nearly everyone?
Money is a subject that comes up quite a lot. We all need it, we all work our arses of for it, then we all spend it. Not only does it dictate the material quality of our lives, it comes up quite a lot in popular culture too. Rappers like to talk about cash, and more accurately how much of it they have, which is apparently quite a lot. Actually, I’m going to do a quick experiment, right here, right now… Let’s type ‘50 Cent lyrics’ in to Google, click on the first link and see what comes up:
Ah yes, these lovely words are from a 50 Cent track called ‘All of Me’. To be honest I’m not very good at deciphering some of this language, but I think there are a good few money references in there in and amongst the romantic metaphors about crack addicts.
Not all of us are as lucky, or as lyrically talented, as Fiddy so we have to make our money in other ways. A survey has been done recently that says one in five of us have a business idea that we think will make us millions, but very few of us will ever act on it. With roughly 60 million people in the UK, that’s about 12 million of us, thinking about money and ridiculous ideas of how we can get more of it.
I’m one of those 12 million, and although I will probably never act on it, I have an idea. Ben’s Houmous. Go on, laugh away. But if I ever become incredibly wealthy through other means, I will probably invest some of my cash in to this business just to see how it goes. The concept is simple - houmous is great, but there’s no major brand. There’s lots of supermarket’s own, but could you name a popular brand of it? The Dairy Milk of the houmous world. The Coca Cola of mashed chick peas. No, you can’t. Who is the face of houmous? Well, at some point in the future, me.
Having said all this, I don’t think money gives you happiness. It definitely makes life easier, with less stress and strain, but ultimately it’s the people you surround yourself with that give you a good quality of life. So doing what good writers do and rounding off this story with a reference to how it started - if I had a £1.4million house, would I give it away and move in to a bedsit? Er… No. Don’t be silly.
Posted 1 year ago
I’ve always liked Taio Cruz. I also like Ke$ha (even though that’s the official spelling, I still feel silly typing it). But Taio and Ke$/sha together… Not the best. ‘Dirty Picture’, Taio’s last single, was… I think…. a bit rubbish. Not everyone agrees (it got to number 6 in the charts), but I think most people do. So I was worried when I saw his new song, ‘Dynamite’, turn up on the Galaxy playlist. Had he lost it? Or was the whole mucky picture thing a blip on the radar? Could we blame it all on Ke$ha?
Well, yes, it looks that way. Stupid, dirty looking but still sort of attractive, Ke$ha. Taio’s new single (released on 23rd August) is bloody brilliant. A euphoric, cleverly crafted and accessible dance tune that’s going to make every DJ that plays it incredibly popular for just under 4 minutes. In a strange way, it feels like this song fits a montage of memories - a backing track to every night out I’ve ever had. ‘I want to celebrate and live my life’ sounds like something I would have said when walking out of a club on Broad Street, trying to justify why I was talking so loudly and slurring my words (does anyone else develop a lisp after a few too many?!)
I’ve mentioned my thoughts on this song to a few people, and not all were as enthusiastic about it’s sheer brilliance as I am. What started as me playing this track to a friend ended in a speech on what ‘real music’ sounded like. So, I’ll ask for your help… What do you think of it? I’d really like to win this argument.
p.s. I do like Ke$ha, I promise. Here’s something good from her, I’m sorry for calling you stupid and dirty looking.
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Katy from the show hates computer games - I love them. So it was only right that I sat her down and showed her how good they really are!
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One of the most hardworking, honest and ambitious bands in the UK - Spring Offensive.
If you like what you see here, have a look at their myspace - www.myspace.com/springoffensive
If you can recommend any good unsigned bands, especially from the Midlands, would be great to hear from you - either comment on here or get in touch on my Twitter (@poshproducerben).
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Working on a radio show is a very serious and complicated job. We don’t just mess around like this all the time… Just most of it. This is my pathetic protest attempt to save FlashForward from cancellation.
Posted 1 year ago
Keeping Up…
It’s hard sometimes isn’t it, this social networking malarkey. I know that we only move forward as things evolve… But how many sites do we need? I’ve got Facebook, I’ve got myspace, I’ve got Twitter, I’ve got a blog on blogspot… And now I’ve got Tumblr.
I’m 22, an age when you’re supposed to be on the wave of new technology, and already falling behind. What am I going to do when I hit 70? I’m going to be the old bloke that does the future equivalent of holding a mobile phone upside down. I’ll be laughed at in the street - not only by strangers but by members of my own family. Grandchildren who won’t be able to understand how I don’t know what Ultra Vid X 7D PS14 is.
Maybe I’ve reached my technological peak. The phone in my pocket will be the last I ever own - I probably won’t understand how to use the new model. I’ll still be on Facebook when everyone else has left it, because it’s the only thing I know how to use properly. I’ll be in the pub/old people’s home asking people if they’d seen Stephen Fry’s latest tweet, then be laughed at again because it’s only me and him left on it.
Having said that, at least I’m here, showing some awareness of what’s going on. Even though I have no idea what I’m doing.
Posh Ben from Monday to Friday. Work at a radio station with a pair called Dan and Katy. Views are mine, promise.
