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Tue 30 Jun 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Blur

    Ong Ong

    • The Magic Whip.
    • Parlophone.
    • 011.

  • The Beat

    Mirror In The Bathroom

    • The Beat - Beat This!.
    • Sire.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Giorgio Moroder

    Deja Vu (feat. Sia)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Everyday People

    • The Woodstock Generation (Various).
    • Nectar.

  • Scott McKenzie

    San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Leona Lewis

    Fire Under My Feet

    • I Am.
    • Island.

  • Keane

    Silenced By The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Immigrant Song

    • Led Zeppelin III.
    • Atlantic.

  • Michael Jackson

    Farewell My Summer Love

    • The Best Michael Jackson & Jackson Fi.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • Mumford & Sons

    The Wolf

    • Wilder Mind.
    • Island.
    • 7.

  • Lemar

    The Letter

  • Carole King

    I Feel The Earth Move

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Johnny Nash

    I Can See Clearly Now

    • I Believe.
    • Telstar.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Photograph

    • X.
    • Atlantic.
    • 6.

  • Paul Weller

    Town Called Malice (Glastonbury 2015)

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Paul Simon

    Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 2.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

  • Gabrielle Aplin

    Light Up The Dark

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & Writer Paul Kerensa:

Rowan Atkinson snuck back onto our screens last week, playing Horrid Henry VIII on the brilliant Horrible Histories. Atkinson was my comedy education: back at school I could recite the entire solo act penned by himself and Richard Curtis 30 years ago. A favourite had Rowan as a frustrated football manager. 鈥�37 nil!鈥� he cries to his team. 鈥淟ads I鈥檓 hurt. But let鈥檚 not panic. It鈥檚 only half time.鈥� He advises them: 鈥淲e鈥檝e got 45 minutes to score 37 goals. But we can do it. Why not? They did.鈥澛�
I was the film geek not the football fan, but I鈥檓 told that some of these 鈥榮occer鈥� matches do stage these comebacks. A year or two back, Arsenal trailed Reading 4-love, or nil, at half-time, but ultimately won 7-5. It ain鈥檛 over till the final whistle from the umpire. Referee. (I really do know nothing.)
I鈥檓 35, at potentially halftime in my life. And today is June 30th, 2015鈥檚 half-time, a good time to take stock. Our first six months may have been like Lionel Messi鈥檚... or they may have been like Sepp Blatter鈥檚 (I鈥檓 told these are people).聽
At tough times, I鈥檓 inspired by Job, who lost so much but clung on. His past became preparation for a greater future, turning setbacks into comebacks. Or the psalms and poetic praise of exiled Jews, displaced and ruined yet holding firm, knowing that the fulltime whistle was a way off yet...
...And for Christians, the ultimate goalkeeper would yet join the pitch, the son of the boss, born to save鈥�
I鈥檓 still more film geek than football fan, so my Edinburgh Fringe comedy show is about Back To The Future, whose key message is: 鈥淵our future hasn鈥檛 been written yet, so make it a good one, all of you.鈥� Our history may be horrible, but I reckon our future is what we make it, even if we feel down 37 goals to nil. I say cling to hope, don鈥檛 turn your back to the future, and maybe 2015鈥檚 halftime can be our turning-point. Winning 38-37 in extra-time sounds good to me.

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