8
Dec
2010
Join us for Christmas 1973 — 18/12/10
Come join us for The Big Paws Christmas Special on the 18th of December—when we’ll be broadcasting the show live from 1973.
Nineteen Seventy-Three was the high point of Christmas, it’s never been as good again. With Slade and Wizzard battling for their Midlands-based glitter-fests, dressed in tin-foil like a fattened turkey. We’ll be glammed-up and have crackers, tinsel and a tin of Quality Street for anyone who pops in to the studio at the Custard Factory (8am-10am we’re on, you know that).
All the usual favourites, Tweet of the Week from 1973, and the latest and new music from the hotest bands… of late 1973. What will 1974 have in store for us?
And Noel Edmonds? He’s on Radio One.
24
Aug
2009
It was Christmas
And the best bit about Christmas is spending time with friends (and radio friends listening online too, of course). We asked anyone who wanted to to pop down to the studio – quite a few did as you can see from these photos by Noel Edmonds.
And this one taken from outside by Francine from the Cowshop:
22
Aug
2009
22
Aug
2009
The Big Paws – 22/08/09 – Stuff we talked about – Xmas Special
Emergency Chairs:
Risk
Egg Nog Morcambe and Wise & Angela Rippon:
Market Pong Bank holiday Monday, ping pong in the Birmingham markets area
Sat 22 Aug 09, 1-4pm, Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AR
Tennis players at Christmas:
Yule Log:
Star Wars Christmas Special:
Forgot to mention, we received an ace Christmas eCard from E*S*P
22
Aug
2009
The Big Paws 22/08/09 – Tracklisting – Xmas Special
“Nom nom nom song” – ParryGrip
“I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard
“Feliz Navi-Nada” by El Vez
“Santa On The Roof” by Reverend Horton Heat
“Little Drummer Boy” by The Dandy Warhols
“Let it Snow” by Bit Shifter
Tiiiime Tunnel:
- The German magazine Stern printed the “Hitler Diaries“, they turned out to be fake
- Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
- The NES – Nintendo Entertainment System – console was launched in Japan.
- Neil Kinnock was elected leader of the Labour Party.
- Nearly £26 million in gold was stolen from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
- The final episode of M*A*S*H was shown – at the time the highest rated TV show ever
- Word Processor Microsoft Word was released.
- McDonald’s introduced the Chicken McNugget.
- The Big films of the year where Flashdance and Return of the Jedi
- The De Lorean Motor Company ceased production.
- Born were Australian singer and niece of Benny Hill, Holly Valance, Big Brother racist model Danielle Lloyd, and sharing a birthday with Jesus Kwai Lun-mei ther Taiwanese actress
- It was the Last Christmas for Buckminster Fuller the American architect, Joan Miró the Catalan painter and soft rock fans the world over bade goodbye to tragic Karen Carpenter, the singer and drummer
- Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” was released and by the end of the year became 1983′s biggest selling album of all time.
1983- “Only You” by The Flying Pickets
Christmas Adverts from 1983:
“K Cera Cera” by The KLF and the Red Army Choir
“I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” by Paul Vickers and the Leg
“Christmas At The Zoo” by The Flaming Lips
“Smells Like The Night Before Christmas” by Bob Rivers
“I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek” by The Go Gos
“Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
“Xmas Is Really Fantastic” by Frank Sidebottom
Gavin’s Christmas Soul Experience:
“Soul Christmas” by Graham Parker & Nona Hendryx
“Where Do Jam Jars Go At Christmas Time” by Misty’s Big Adventure
“Lonely This Christmas” by Mud
Songs to vacuum to:
“Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid
“Christmas In Heaven” by Monty Python
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
18
Aug
2009
It’s Chrisssstmmmuuuus!
Okay, enough of polling. This Saturday 22nd August is Christmas. At least from 8am to 10am on Rhubarb Radio.
tiny tree, presents & pickle on Flickr
Tune in, or if you like pop down to the studio to open your presents and have mince pies and eggnog with us.*
There’ll be:
- All Christmas music, but being The Big Paws it’s not going to be carols and Cliff Richards.
- A special Christmas Tiiiiime Tunnel – guess the Christmas Past.
- Noel’s Christmas Presents from the top of the BT Tower.
- Mince Pies
- Christmas messages from the stars
- Egg Nog
- A Sweary Christmas with Wes Mundell in the Sweary News room.
- Carols, presents and crackers.
- Playing games, and watching The Great Escape
- Emergency chairs
- After Eight Mints
*Seriously, please come, but you’ll have to bring your own presents and food (we’ll supply the crackers tho’).
17
Aug
2009
