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22 May 7:00 pm
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featuring Helen Dyson and Phil Vickery. Bringing you the brightest and liveliest discussions on what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. This week brings a dual caoacitied show of art and nature. We interviewed nicky from the Affordable Art Fair being put on in Bristol. Helen discussed all things art and affordable with the up and coming fair including the output of art from both local and more national ones. Obviously there’s a variety of works to see if you go and visit there’s a range of prices too so you don’t have to be rich art collector to adourn your favourite room with something creative and inspirational. pleanty of other activities surrounding the realms of art for adults and children. Public viewings are at Temple square on the following times/dates: 18/05/12 – 11am to 8pm (Happy Hour on this date) 19/05/12 – 11am to 6pm 20/05/12 – 11am to 5pm Tel: 020 8246 848 or visit the Website at: affordableartfair.co.uk Helen had also recorded an interview covering the Brislington Brook Project. What secret glades and countryside places of beauty are hidden away in and around Brislington and St Anne’s? Listen to the podcast and find out about the 13th century Pilmigrimage trail or the St Anne’s Holy Well. All this and much more can be found out at: http://www.brislington.org/dbb.html Listen to the podcast to find out more about the green areas events mentioned on the show alongside the Bristol Green Week and the Feeding of the 5000 event last Saturday. With what’s on the run down covered: The Artist’s postcard Show Over 200 peices of work based on the medium of a postcard but scaling the spectrum collaged works to fantasy locations and humour. Works by Ruth Claxton, Gilbert & george and the Dada Brothers will be on display. Dates: 06/04/12 to 17/06/12 location: Spike island 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol Website: www.spikeisland.org.uk Lady Nade and the Silhouettes. As interviewed the week before on Frances Mary’s show Bristol Streetmap, Lady Nade plays the Old Duke in King Street 17/005/12. It starts at 9pm and it’s free, but much more than that is opportunity to Lady Nade & the Silhouettes blend of Soul, Funk and RnB tinged music and a gorgeous voice that will linger on. The Old Duke is contactable for info on this gig on: Tel: 0117 927 7137 and Website: www.theoldduke.co.uk Much more on the podcast which contact details and info on this weeks creative and nature filled show, and don’t forget next week is the Olympic week and we will be covering it and more besides. Think of the Link: Roads, and what you find on them “I drove all night” – Roy Orbison “Millionaire sweeper” – Kenickie “You can’t hurry love” – The Concretes Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 08 May 7:00 pm
featuring Helen Dyson and Phil Vickery. Bringing you the brightest and liveliest discussions on what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. Tonight’s show featured what me and Helen had been up to during the week which was mostly music and theatre. Helen gave us a run down of the Simple Things Festival that was in and around Bristol on Sunday 6th May. She gave a review of some of the venue’s and acts from the extensive list of artists, international and local, that performed on the day. She spoke about Squarepusher and Death in Vegas yet could not find the illusive Ghostpoet. We rolled our dice and took a chance at the Venue game, and randomly shared our views and aspirational nights out at different locations in Bristol ranging from Mother’s Ruin to the Trinity Centre. We had a review of the Bristol Old Vic’s current double bill presentation that has been running from 5th April and finishes this Saturday 12th May: Harold Pinter’s ” A Kind of Alaska” and Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s last tape”. Both are wonderfully executed minimalistic plays highlighting the struggle with characters caught between the past and present. Both plays are seen as the nights single feature and can be seen on the Studio stage of the Old Vic. Richard Bremmer’s solitary performance of Beckett’s semi autobiographical Krapp is both humurous yet tragic and hold’s the full attention of the auidience, a definite reccomendation. For contact and bookings details go to http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/ Don’t forget in 2 weeks time we will be running and jumping into all things sporty as the olympic torch comes to Bristol ahead of the 2012 Olympic games. Think of the Link: States of America Lift to Experience – “Falling from cloud 9″ from their debut Lp The Texas-Jerusalem crossroads Dirty Gold – “California sunrise” My Morning Jacket – Nashville to Kentucky Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 01 May 7:00 pm
featuring Helen Dyson and Phil Vickery. Bringing you the brightest and liveliest discussions on what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. Tonight’s show featured interviews by Helen on the Creative Commons development at Temple Quay site where all things Big-top are occurring with a circus and performances gearing up, and more besides.
Our new Think of the Link feature which we will have every week. We will have a number of songs and you have to put your musical thinking caps on and try and guess what theme links all the songs together. Think of the Link: Tonight’s theme was all thinsg circus and performance-wise featuring the songs: That’s entertainment – The Jam Centre stage – Capital Cities Release the stars – Rufus Wainwright
Our Helen will as ever being the Twitter Queen comment on what people think about our show and read out the the interesting, the informative, the most flattering and most obscure of tweets, so keep them coming in!
Phil did a review of the recent “Comedy Combo 2″ evening at The Cube from last Saturday 28th April. Featuring such performers as BCFM’s very own Kevin the camp Crusader, Alex Hoyle and the previous winner Tom Ramplin. If you’re interested in seeking out the next wave of Bristol comedians you can go along to the The Cube on 30th June when the 3rd installment is. For further details nearer the time go the the website:http://www.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite/
Featured “What’s On” mentions: “Lawrence of Belgravia” at The Cube (see website link above) being shown and promoted by Big Pink Cake and Milky Way 7th May this bank holiday. Icon of Indie pop Lawrence from Felt, Denim and GoKart Mozart will be at The Cube with his biopic film “Lawrence of Belgravia” and its director Paul Kelly. The film shows Lawrence’s hopes and dreams of his life over the last 8 years, and shows both the man and myth with plenty of stories both utterly unique and beguiling. Tickets are £7 adv or £8 on the door, and the start time is 7:30pm. After the film there is a Q & A session with both Lawrence and Paul Kelly followed by a sure not to be missed Big Pink Cake DJ set in the with BPC supremo’s Matt Rimell and Heather Simmonds. Tickets on sale at: THE BRISTOL TICKET SHOP: 0117 9299008h ttp://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/ THE HERE SHOP: 0117 9422222 RISE RECORDS: 0117 9297511: orhttp://www.wegottickets.com/ If you want to find out more about this Big Pink Cake promotion and forthcoming releases/promotions/club nights go to their website at: http://www.bigpinkcake.co.uk/ Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 24 Apr 7:00 pm
Welcome to THE REVIEW SHOW, 7-8pm every Tuesday. GET IN TOUCH and be part of the show: Leave a comment below: click on ‘leave a comment’ Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive Somerville, Helen Dyson and Phil Vickery bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Hello and welcome to my final show before my brief summer sojourn, when I hand over The Review Show reins to my able co-hosts Helen and Phil next week. Fear not, for you are in safe hands with H&P – and I shall return, all things being equal, in the autumn… Tonight, that dynamic duo will be telling us of some of the plans they have to bring joy and laughter into your lives with The Review Show over the coming weeks, while we’ll also be looking back on the shows that brought us here, as I cross the finishing line of another broadcasting marathon. And joining that trusty trio of broadcasting musketeers today is Neil Crossley, founder and lead singer of Bristol’s Americana maestros Furlined, whose second album Win A Dream Wedding is released shortly. Following the darkly comic tales of local author Emma Newman last week, Phil is rattling the ghostly chains with a film review that’s not for the faint-hearted, while I get up close and personal with Leonardo Da Vinci at Bristol Museum. And, of course, what we like to call the most popular, just-for-fun quotational quiz on radio, Who Said That? is here in all its artistic splendour. It’s all coming up in tonight’s Olympic-sized closing ceremony we like to call The Review Show… Playlist We heard from the marvellous: Elvis Costello (Oliver’s Army); Furlined (There’s Beauty In Improbable Things, Crystalline, Feardriven); Bill Wyman (Si Si, Je Suis Un Rockstar*) Johnny Cash (For The Good Times) * the record Clive would inexplicably ‘save from the waves’ on Desert Island Discs… More info on our features 17 Apr 7:00 pm
Welcome to THE REVIEW SHOW, 7-8pm every Tuesday. GET IN TOUCH and be part of the show: Leave a comment below: click on ‘leave a comment’ Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive Somerville, Helen Dyson and Phil Vickery bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. What a show! Tonight we are graced with a double bill of major talent: Ahead of her booksigning at Broadmead Waterstone’s this Saturday, 21st (11-3pm), local author Emma Newman reads from her entrancing collection of dark short stories, From Dark Places and talks about her debut novel, a post-apocalyptic offering for young adults. One of our most enduring and envied songwriting talents, and arguably the nicest man in folk-rock, Barry Walsh joins us with his band for the second half of the show, playing tracks from their forthcoming album, First Class Aeroplanes, released in May And as ever, we’ll be teasing the nation with more words of wisdom, with our jaunty, just-for-fun quotational quiz, Who Said That? Playlist We heard from: Mercury Rev (Dark Is Rising); Kevin Tihista (Jack K); Bruce Springsteen (Girls In Their Summer Clothes); Barry Walsh Band, live! (At The Curzon, Paradise Way and Beautiful Day); Glen Campbell (Rhinestone Cowboy). More info on our lovely guests:
10 Apr 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. GET IN TOUCH and be part of the show: Leave a comment below: click on ‘leave a comment’ Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. With chocolate very much the order of the day this bank holiday weekend, our resident foodie Helen has been down to Chocfest on the harbourside, to see what’ s been melting visitors’ hearts. Also, do we want a directly elected mayor to run Bristol? Yes says the Bristol Elected Mayor campaign. No says Lib Dem Council Leader Barbara Janke. We’ll be reviewing the issues so we can hopefully work out where to put our cross when we get to vote on that very question on May 3rd. And is Banksy bigger than Da Vinci? A new exhibition by the Italian master is set to be the biggest attraction at Bristol City Museum since the exhibition by our own scarlet pimpernel of street art back in 2009. Plus – we countdown the new list of top 10 best-ever selling albums in the UK. Sadly Rolf Harris is not amongst them… And as ever, the art world, the natural world and even my local newsagents will be holding its collective breath as we ask once again Who Said That? with our just-for-fun quotational quiz. Playlist: We heard from: St Etienne (You’re In A Bad Way); Divine Comedy (Lady Of A Certain Age); Michael Kiwanuka (Need Your Company); Sylvie Lewis (By Heart); Nik Kershaw (Human Racing); Richard Hawley (Tonight The Streets Are Ours) More on these stories: Top 10 bestselling albums in UK ever
03 Apr 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. GET IN TOUCH and be part of the show: Leave a comment below: click on ‘leave a comment’ Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. With me in the studio, as ever, is my glamorous co-host Helen Dyson, sporting a new hairstyle for the season, if we’re not mistaken, and recent BCfm recruit Phil Vickery who’ll be chatting to us about Easter, and life at our award-winning station. We’ll also be gazing at A Bigger Picture, David Hockney’s exhibition, at London’s Royal Academy which closes on Easter Monday, and other Easter week events you can catch more locally around Bristol. And we’ll review some alternative, chocolate free gifts you can give this Easter. And as ever, it’s the just for fun, quotational quiz that has the nation holding its breath, Who Said That?, this week with a cheeky nod towards Easter – along with the music. Playlist: We heard from: The Easybeats ( [Good] Friday On My Mind); Nouvelle Vague (I Melt With You) Mott The Hoople (Roll Away The Stone); North Sea Orchestra (Morpheus Miracle Maker); Echo & The Bunnymen (Nothing Lasts Forever); More info on this week’s talking points:
27 Mar 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. GET IN TOUCH and be part of the show: Leave a comment below: click on ‘leave a comment’ Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. In the Review lounge tonight, we’ll be taking a look at some of the Arts events that Bristol does so well when the summer comes around. At Paintworks on Bath Rd, you can read all about it at The Sunday Times Magazine’s 50th Anniversary exhibition. We also get creative with this year’s Festival of Ideas and it’s Bristol Genius competition, along with everything from Iraqi novelists to Harry Belafonte. With Easter approaching, a new study suggests the staple food of the season, chocolate, could actually make you slimmer. Like we needed another excuse to eat it… And, of course, we ask the question that keeps the world guessing each week, in our just-for-fun quotational quiz, Who Said That? Playlist: We heard from: Semisonic (Chemistry); Brendan Benson (Cold Hands, Warm Heart); Barry Walsh Band (At The Curzon); Chris Isaak (Except The New Girl) ; Calexico (Crystal Frontier); Nouvelle Vague (Don’t Go) Gerry Rafferty (Days Gone Down) More on these stories: Sunday Times Magazine exhibition
20 Mar 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show: Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. This week, we’re joined by Jon Evans, landlord of Totterdown’s venerable music venue The Oxford, to see how live gigs have helped make the pub a central part of the community once more – and how his latest regular music night aims to give younger performers the chance to get themselves noticed on the music scene. We’ll also be looking back at More Than Words, Bristol’s listening festival, that took place over the weekend with Radio 4 and showcased everything from comedy, politics, soundscapes, masterclasses and live music. And as ever, we encourage you to listen out for the nation’s favourite just-for-fun quotational quiz, Who Said That? where we give you a timely quote – and you tell us who said that and what were they talking about. Playlist We heard from: Blue Aeroplanes (Jacket Hangs); Sham 69 (Hurry Up Harry); Mabel Abel (Talk Talk); The Wraiths (Dark Star); Small Faces (Tin Soldier); Harry Chapin (W.O.L.D) Further info:
13 Mar 7:00 pm
Bringing you the brightest and liveliest discussions on what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 13 Mar 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show: Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk (putting ‘Review Show’ in the subject box) Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. This week – a Spring music special on The Review Show. With new shoots appearing, we thought we’d take a look at the blossoming talent of Bristol’s music scene, along with some established greats. From Kid Carpet to Kizzy Morrell, from Phantom Limb to Furlined, and from Phil King to Clumsy, we showcase some of the brightest of Bristol’s musical talent. And the late, great Fred Wedlock even gets in on the scene to remind us how it used to be done – as only he can… We’ll be looking at a few local gigs coming up over the next few days and enjoying a music-based theme to our stadium-rousing, crowd-surfing quotational quiz Who Said That? It’s all coming up in the hour we like to call The Review Show. Playlist: We heard from: Clumsy (Wrong Road); Pressplay (As The River Flows); Kizzy Morrell & The Sherif (Nothing More, Nothing Less) Kid Carpet (Nelson Street Space Invaders); Phantom Limb (Last Chance Saloon); Furlined (Beauty In Improbable Things); Phil King (The War I Cannot Win); Jane Taylor (Mirror, Mirror) Fred Wedlock (Wild Rover – live) More info on these performers: 06 Mar 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show: Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On tonight’s spring-laden show, we look back at the blossoming of talent that was the BCfm pub quiz, that all happened right after last week’s show, at No. 51 Stokes Croft – or at least as much as we can remember about it after a few social drinks… Meanwhile, the economic climate is not just making life hard for humans. An increasing number of pet cats are being abandoned or given up in Bristol as their owners can no longer afford to take care of them. We’ll be talking to Julie Cotterill from Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue of this year’s Cat Rehoming Show here in Bristol, and finding out how you can help a feline in need…. And, with The Review Show’s Twitter account gaining more loyal followers by the minute, can we catch world No. 1 Lady GaGa in the popularity stakes? We’ll be counting down the Top 10 UK Twitter accounts with the biggest following – including some high flyers who may surprise you… Playlist We heard from: The Monkees (Theme from the Monkees); King Creosote (Jump At The Cats); Herman’s Hermits (No Milk Today); James Vincent McMorrow (Follow You Down To The Red Oak Tree); Gotye (Somebody That I Used To Know); Gerry Rafferty (Night Owl) More information on:
28 Feb 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show: Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Click on the Download button to listen to this week’s show: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On tonight’s show, we find out what’s so special about leap years and ask how you’ll be spending the extra day tomorrow? We talk to Michael Lloyd-Jones of the Bristol Pound team about a leap of faith, with plans to give Bristol its own currency by the summer. Can Bristol succeed where others have failed before us? And as we like to say on this station, Bristol is very much our community, as BCfm invites you to join us in person for a pub quiz live from Stokes Croft right after this show at 8 O’clock. Our Stationmaster General, BCfm’s big cheese Phil Gibbons, will be here to tell us how you can get involved. Playlist We heard from: Brendan Benson (Pleasure Seeker); M Ward (Here Comes The Sun Again); Belle & Sebastian (For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea); Phantom Light (LIghthouse On Fire); Furlined (New Country); Sham 69 (Hurry Up Harry); Frank Sinatra (Come Fly With Me) More infomation: 51 Stokes Croft: pub quiz live!
21 Feb 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show: Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Text us: 0752 880 2347 Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On tonight’s show both our guests tell us why Bristol’s the place to be this Sunday, with BCfm’s Andy Foyle, co-chair of LGBT historical organisation OutStories Bristol, bringing us news of an intriguing talk at the MShed as part of LGBT History Month, and Majid Younis from Bristol’s multi-faith forum, highlighting an unmissable chance to learn more about the wide range of faiths and places of worship around the city, during Bristol Diverse Doors Open Day. Also, while your flipping those pancakes this Shrove Tuesday evening and choosing a range of calorie-busting toppings to go with them, we countdown the UK’s Top 10 healthiest cities, according to a recent survey. And, fast becoming a Review Show favourite, we bring you our quotational quiz, asking you Who Said That? and what were they talking about. Click on the Download button above to hear the show… Playlist We heard from: Divine Comedy (Something For The Weekend); Nina Simone (My Baby Just Cares For Me); Richard Hawley (Open Up Your Door); Elvis Costello (Peace ,Love And Understanding); ELO (21st Century Man). Further info about these stories: Bristol Diverse Doors Open Day
14 Feb 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show! Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On this Valentine’s evening, we hear from someone who offers to make ‘scents’ of this thing we call love, by showing us how aromatherapy can unlock our sensitive side. We visit a museum of broken hearts to see the kind of debris left behind from a shattered relationship. And for those luckier in love, we’ll be counting down this year’s Top 10 romantic getaways and, single or attached, where you can go out in Bristol to make the most of the occasion. So click on the Download icon above and enjoy the next hour of love found, love lost – and love gone horribly, horribly wrong… Playlist We heard from: Things Of Stone And Wood (Happy Birthday Helen); Richard Hawley (Valentine); ABC (Look of Love , Part One); The Smiths (Girl Afraid); Stephen Lindsay (Breakdown); Pink Martini (Una Notte A Napoli); Leonard Cohen (Dance Me Till The End Of Love) More info about these stories: Museum of Broken Relationships
07 Feb 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show! Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On today’s show, we talk to Bristol multi-tasking media maestro James Ewens, about CineMe, his online resource helping local filmmakers showcase their talents – and how he’ll be helping singles enjoy the dating game when a certain St Valentine comes calling next week. With the Euro in crisis and sterling suffering the big squeeze, we look at a bold scheme to bring Bristol its own currency this summer – and how it could be your design for the new notes that finds its way into everyone’s wallets when the money goes into circulation. And could the mothballed plan to develop the harbourside’s Wapping Wharf, next to the M Shed, be back on – thanks to a grant from the Homes and Communities Agency? And finally, we’ll be sailing the stormy seas of our quotational quiz, Who Said That? , in a bewildering variety of voices, taking a controversial comment from the week’s news and asking you who said it and what on earth were they on about? Playlist We heard: Flaming Lips (Do You Realize?); David Bowie (Sound & Vision); St Etienne (Teenage Winter); Goldfrapp (Utopia); Paloma Faith (Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?) Contacts for stories from the show
31 Jan 7:00 pm
Welcome to The Review Show, 7-8pm every Tuesday. Get in touch and be part of the show! Email us: studio@bcfm.org.uk, putting Review Show in the subject box Tweet us: @ReviewShow_BCfm Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. This week Clive and Helen take on the seasonal conundrum of Happy Monday and Blue Monday, our happiest and saddest day of the year – which, according to who you believe, seem to occur on the same day – yesterday to be precise. How can this be – and is there any truth behind the pseudoscience? We also chat to Kate Marston from Bristol’s latest arts and community cafe venture, Arts West Side in Old Market, part of the Trinity Arts community project. Helen finds out what’s on offer, while Clive asks the searching questions, such as “will there be Rocky Road in the cafe?” And following the funeral on Sunday of RnB legend Etta James, we pay tribute to the troubled star and find out how Beyonce fell foul of her musical temper… Don’t forget to try our just-for-fun quotational quiz, Who Said That? (which Helen announces in a stunning variety of voices…) We give you a quote from the news and ask you who said it and what were they giving an opinion on? Answers at the end of the show. Playlist We heard: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Two Gunslingers); Etta James (At Last); Granddaddy (Now Its On); Richard Hawley (Serious); Nouvelle Vague (Don’t Go); Ann Peebles (I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down). Contacts Arts West Side 0117 935 1200
17 Jan 7:00 pm
The Review Show: Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. This week, Clive and Helen look at Bristol City Council’s plans for several new homes across Bristol – starting with a look at plans for Totterdown, Brislington and Knowle in the South. Are these homes desperately needed or could existing housing stock be upgraded instead at a fraction of the time and cost? And by gaining houses what green space or other facilities would we be losing? With such a vibrant Polish commujnity in the city (And here at BCfm) we preview Poles Aloud, BCfm’s FREE celebration of Polish music, food and entertainment live at the Colston Hall this Sunday, 22 Jan. Get yourself down there and be part of it! There’s our just-for-fun quiz, Who Said That? (which Helen announces in a stunning variety of voices…) where we give you a quote from the news and ask you who said it and what were they giving an opinion on? Answers at the end of the show. And finally: there’s your chance to win some fantastic photographic books on street art and the Bristol riots, courtesy of local publisher Tangent Books. Don’t say we never do anything for you… Playlist: We heard: The Police (Synchronicity II); Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star); Nouvelle Vague (Plans For Nigel); They Might Be Giants (Istanbul) Kasia Kowalska (Woda); Chris Farlowe (Out Of Time) Contacts Listen Again – Coming Soon 10 Jan 7:00 pm
The Review Show: Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. Follow us on Twitter ! This week’s Twitter question: This year is the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens. If he was alive today, what would he tweet? We’ll be reading out your best tweets on next week’s show, so get tweeting… Listen Again – Coming Soon On the show this week: On the week that people traditionally break their New Year’s resolutions (it doesn’t take long, does it?) we ask, are they worth making and if so, how do we keep to them? We also look at a resolution that’s definitely worth keeping – walking in the countryside, which research shows not only keeps you fit but makes you happier at the same time. And on Charles Dickens’ 200th anniversary, we’ll be lighting the candles with a look at the various adaptations and attractions inspired by the great man, that you can enjoy this year, from books and films to the newly refurbished Charles Dickens Museum. Then there’s our just-for-fun quiz, “Who Said That?” (which Helen announces in a stunning variety of voices…) where we give you a quote from the news and ask you who said it and what were they giving an opinion on? Answers at the end of the show. Playlist: Since January is named after Janus, the Roman god with two faces who looks back as well as forward, we’ve given him a powerful telescope to look back to the 1960s for some classic tunes: Manfred Mann (The Mighty Quinn); Herman’s Hermits (No Milk Today); Bow Wow Wow (Go Wild In The Country); Cliff! (In The Country); Matt Monroe (On Days Like These); The Turtles (Elenore) Contacts: Our Twitter page Janus – he’s the god of the month! Charles Dickens: 200th anniversary
03 Jan 7:00 pm
The Review Show: Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. In the first Review Show of 2012, Clive and Helen take a look back at some favourite films, books and tunes from the year just gone, including some that may have gone under your radar. They also heave an audible sigh of relief that, despite being fun while it lasted, the madness of Christmas is over once again. And we look into some unusual New Year’s celebrations around the country. We proudly announce the review show’s Twitter page and encourage listeners to get tweeting, to discuss their best, and worst, Christmas presents. And we reveal our surprise Hero of the Week, with an unusual ‘tail’ of bravery… And in our new just-for-fun quiz, we ask “Who Said That?” with a recent quote from the crazy world of news, and ask you to identify who said it and what they were giving an opinion about. Happy New Year! What music did we play today? Some of our favourites from 2011: The Go! Team (Buy Nothing Day); Holly Cook (Body Beat) Lianne le Havas (Age); Danny and the Champions of the World (You Don’t Know); Michael Kiwanuka (I’m Getting Ready); Phil King (The War I Cannot Win); Ron Sexsmith (Love Shines). Today’s contacts: Go on – tweet us! Twitter page or go to: @reviewshow_bcfm Top 10 New Year’s Eve celebrations
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20 Dec 7:00 pm
The Review Show: Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. In our final double-act before Christmas, Clive and Helen go to Bethlehem – at least in spirit, with Bristol film maker Conor McCormack discussing his forthcoming docu-drama 7 Stones. The film sees Palestinian children as the acting stars, portraying the true story of a Palestinian boy imprisoned for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. Closer to home our Charity Choice this week does vital work with the homeless in Bristol, over Christmas and beyond – as does our Hero of The Week. And we’ll also be taking a look at a few alternative films you might want to see , to escape that schmaltzy Christmas fodder you’ve watched over 100 times before – and never liked the first time. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Playlist We heard from: Mercury Rev (Dark Is Rising); Flaming Lips (Do You Realize?); Fountains of Wayne (Winter Valley Song); Leisure Society (Last Of The Melting Snow); Ron Sexsmith (Maybe This Christmas – CHARITY CHOICE); Pink Martini (Never Stop Falling In Love) Contacts Listen Again – Coming Soon 13 Dec 7:00 pm
The Review Show: Clive and Helen bring you the brightest and best of what’s been seen, heard and done this week in Bristol. And some tuneful interludes from albums you may like to review for yourself. This week Clive and Helen are joined in the studio by that most infamous of Christmas characters, Mr Ebenezer Scrooge , alias Dean Hawkins, and Daniel Penfold, director of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Folk House on Dec 20-22. The two discuss the challenges of bringing one of Britain’s best-loved plays – and central characters to the stage – and indeed the further task of creating a set that does it justice on a modest production budget – or ‘hell on wheels’ as Daniel describes it. We review Aardman Animations‘ 3D Christmas Blockbuster Arthur Christmas – and our Charity Choice reveals a very timely charity saving lives in Bristol at Christmas and throughout the year . They don’t have a Charity show so we play a tune in their honour. And our Hero of the Week? Well, naturally, that’s any Scrooges out there who have seen the Ghost of Christmas Past (it’s not very pretty is it?) and decided to change their ways this year to make Christmas far more attractive for themselves and others in their community.”Gawd bless you, every one!” as a certain Dickens character might have said. Playlist In a mercifully ‘Christmas cheese’-free collection, we heard from: The Divine Comedy (Becoming More Like Alfie); Matt Monroe (This is The Life); Keith West (Excerpt From A Teenage Opera); Procul Harum (A Whiter Shade Of Pale – CHARITY CHOICE); Eels (Christmas Is Going To The Dogs). Contacts A Christmas Carol at the Folk House [Tickets: 0117 926 2987] Listen Again – Coming Soon |
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