Begbie wrote:

To me, the old Graveyard Shift was a more accessible version of John

Peel.

You got to *hear* the bands that the NME/Melody Maker were going on about, usually before the papers had started going on about them! But the addition was the him'n'Lard were so laugh out loud funny, especially when they were causing Mark Kermode to get completely exasperated. The "Competition Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime" jingle was a classic of our time.

I was so sad when Mark 'n' Lard left the graveyard shift - they were the only radio programme i was ever devoted to - remember Classical Gas? now that was the funniest thing i've ever heard on the radio. plus - they were the only really popular outlet of poetry for new poets like Simon Armitage, John Hegley, Ian Macmillan, etc - it's a great shame that that's all gone now. And, they never spoke over records - compare the B&S sessions on their show and the Evening Session sessions - Steve Lamacq, without fail, will talk over the introduction and last 30 seconds of every song he plays... now that annoys me rob ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------