PUSH BUTTON, AUTOMATIC

spent most of my afternoon at work pondering, with an image not too dissimilar to the one above being most prevalent in my minds eye.

been asked a question today of which i have searched for an answer for such a long time. fair pained over it at times to be honest.

don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing serious like the answer to the ultimate question (which we all know is 42) but a question that has nonetheless stumped me for an age.  

 

and i think i have it beaten. maybe.

i have given an answer to the person that posited it this aft, and currently i eagerly await their considered view on my reply.

watch this space pop pickers!

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ILLUMINATION

i was setting up Skype again a couple of weeks back and decided to try summat i once did before. i am going to try and simulcast a radio show on video streaming. now, whether this works or not is in the lap of the gods, and if if actually HAPPENS, relies on me getting a new webcam. or should i say ANOTHER webcam. cos i bought one. 

looked ok. said it would do what i wanted. and was cheap enough. too cheap. should have known really. brand new webcam for less than 3 quid. all the way from china. no p&p.

idiot.

absolute pile of rammel. it works ok ish for skype, but won’t do the job for the shows. so if i can source one in the next 24hrs we’ll be going live visually AND aurally. if not it will wait until the new year.

watch this space.

tfn

A YEAR LATE

to start, an apology.

i didn’t do an xmas show last year. making up for it this year.

so please join me HERE on friday 23rd from 8pm.

a show full of cracking tunes and whatever else we fancy. as usual, requests are welcomed, just mail them to sfrstudio@live.co.uk or tweet them to @sfrstudio #sfrxp

also looking at having a chat with folks live on air. so DOWNLOAD SKYPE HERE and add us as sfrstudioskype, TEXT me via skype and i shall call you back between songs.

see you friday

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BRAND NEW START

as of sunday evening, SFR, formerly scooter forums radio will now be SOLID FRONT RADIO.
we can be found at the same websites as previously, but we are changing slightly. we are returning to our Mod roots. the already established shows will continue as they already are, but we are looking to recruit new djs and have a couple lined up that are very mod influenced.

onwards. upwards.

cheers.

sime.

IT’S WHAT IT IS

“doing a good job around here is like pissing yourself in a dark suit. you get a nice warm feeling, but nobody notices”.

no idea who first said this, but boy is it true.

i’m sick of my job. pure and simple. i am thankful i HAVE a job, and consider myself lucky i have been in the employ of the same form for coming up to 25 years now. but there comes a time when you feel enough is enough. and i feel that.
this won’t come as a shock to the enemy. she knows exactly how i feel. but then what. what can i do? after quarter of a century of doing one thing what can i do? i know what i’d like to do. but thats not gonna pay the bills.
thing with this place. its not just the job. its the people. when you are constantly biting your tongue for fear of saying the wrong thing, to people you don’t hate as such but are sick of hearing the same tired old stories from years ago, then its time to think.
so in the meantime i am going to plod on, in my damp, dark suit.
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A CHANGE IS DUE

as many of you know, i am still doing my radio show on a sunday night. but it needs a change. so as of this coming sunday, it will be as thus.

START. 8pm as always.

8-9pm. THE SOUNDSYSTEM.

it’s back, returning to its original sunday night slot, there’ll be an hour of ska/reggae/2tone/third wave to kick the night off. no chat, just an hour of non-stop music.

9-11pm SUNDAY REQUESTS.

two hours of YOUR tunes, new music, reviews, chat and the rest of what you expect on sundays.

11-12am SUNDAY LIVE.

simply, a live recording of a concert.

you can keep up to date at sfrstudios.com or contact me via e-mail at sfrsime@radio.fm or tweet me @sfrstudio

SIME’S ANNUAL XMAS EVE SPECIAL

SIME’S ANNUAL XMAS EVE SPECIAL.

sime is also hosting a new years eve show.

7 DAYS A WEEK

it’s finally happened, we have a show every night of the week.

taken a while but we’ve got there.

finishing off the line up (for now) are Sally & Tippers.

Thursday 8pm-10pm

mondays 8pm-10pm (prerecorded)

hope you can tune in and show some support. SFR

TTFN

sime

THE WEEKEND STARTS AND ENDS WITH SFR!

how would you like to be able to listen to a live show on Friday Saturday and Sunday?

well now you can.
we have two new DJ’s starting soon.

first up is RICH.

if you listen to Barnsley Sime’s Sunday Social you will have heard Rich when he sat in for the first Sunday of Sime’s holiday. and he was hooked! so we have talked and he has offered to do a show on Saturdays. so, from 27th August tune in at 8pm for the Saturday Soundsystem…. as Rich says “it’ll be loads of ska but other stuff too” starting at 8 and “finishing before Match Of The Day Starts”.

next up is JIM and his show “An Alternative Friday Night”.

Jim is a bit shy and we have no picture of him yet……

guess when that is? yup. not yet every week, but if Jim is like the rest of us, the draw may prove too strong. Jim has an absolutely cracking taste in music and will be playing whatever comes into his head. we’ve not sorted a start date yet for Jim, or definite times but as soon as the fine points are worked out we’ll let you know.

also September sees the return of The Drunk Punk shows. these will be on Sundays from 6pm to 8pm, just before Sime hits the air for four hours of requests, chat and all the rest of it. of course all the new shows will be recorded and put on the site as podcasts with links to downloadable versions, but it’d be great if you could tune in and listen live. i hope you join me in wishing the lads all the best and welcome them to the SFR family

cheers,

Barnsley Sime.

p.s. also in talks with two other dj’s… watch this space.

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I’VE BEEN A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED OF LATE

as you can probably tell. i keep telling myself i will start to blog more frequently again, and i fully intend to. but there are still some things i need to straighten out before i do so, so bear with me and enjoy the sporadic cartoons and other nonsensical things i DO post.

one of the things i have been doing is this!

i’ve to contribute to a music review website.

SALLY’S GIG REVIEWS

here’s what it looks like. GO HAVE A READ.

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sime