My...imaginative method in the past for recording radio shows was by using the washing machine timer and plugging the radio in via that so that it would come on at the ime I set and would record automatically as I'd have left the record button pressed and radio tuned in.
It just about worked but was always a bit touch and go.
My problem last night was simply an absense of radio from which to record....
Guests on the show were Jack Docherty, Armando Iannucci(who stole it), Peter Baynham and Simon Pegg. Presenter Perkins was the weakest aspect but generally it was a good start. Panel games are usually quite stagnant but this was OK. The Morrissey gags entertained the most.
Re:radio timers. If you've got satellite you should be able to change audio channels to pick up crystal clear radio. Then you set the VCr and record for anything up to 8-10 hours if you want to use LP. Video is a better recording format for audio than chrome cassettes. It's worth the effort, plus it's easier to stick it on to CD or MiniDisc afterwards, as audio tapes can be a real swine in that respect.
What about using one of those plugs which you can set to switch on when you're out (I think people use them to switch the lights on to prevent break ins.) Simply set your radio to record, tune it in and bob's your uncle. Sounds like it would work. I'm not technically-minded so I haven't tried it myself (plus I don't have one of those plugs.)
>What about using one of those plugs which you can set to switch on when you're out (I think people use them to switch the lights on to prevent break ins.) Simply set your radio to record, tune it in and bob's your uncle. Sounds like it would work. I'm not technically-minded so I haven't tried it myself (plus I don't have one of those plugs.)
Yup, that is the easiest way to set a timer record off the radio if your machine doesn't have the in-built facility to do it itself. Having said that, recording off the Astra sat and using a video to record is your best option, although this won't be about much longer as the analogue feeds are switched off.
Back to the 99p challenge. I don't know who did it first, but the round titles announced in a high-pitched out of tune singing style reminded me very much of Lee and Herring's singing on TMWRNJ. Has it been stolen? If so, maybe L&H could sue their arse?
>the round titles announced in a high-pitched out of tune singing style reminded me very much of Lee and Herring's singing on TMWRNJ.
True, and not a patch on Lee's Mark E.Smith impression for later 'Curious Orange' skits.
Round titles tho? Are we talking about the hysterically sung fractions in the scoring?Those were quite funny but could wear thin.
Who was singing them? That's what I want to know.
Richard Herring could have better issues to take with 99p given that he was ditched after one show.
So Richard Herring isn't going to be allowed back on in this series? Presumably due to internal BBC politics?
People who rise to the top and end up as producers or managers so often seem to be c**ts. Here is a true story that I have observed from life (well, my friend's life as I don't really have one):
My friend applied for a job selling advertising (but is a nice person). She had to do a group test which involved solving various logic-type problems (a variant of the prisoners' dilemma, a thing where you have to choose from a list what equipment you want for a moon mission, etc.) and putting together skits while being observed by the recruiters. She worked out the answers and wrote the skit, but *all* the people who got selected were the pushy, loudmouth c*nts who contributed nothing. The point of the test seemed to be not whether you could solve the problems, but how good you were at shouting other people down, appointing yourself leader of the group, stealing other people's ideas etc.
Of course, in 5 years time, these people will be setting the tests to decide who gets in. So cu*ts rise, and cun*s stick together.
My friend is now in another sales job where she has doubled the size of her section by being nice to people and selling them ads that they actually want. One and a half days a week, she has to attend training, run by *unts, which tells her to bully and lie to customers, and that if someone objects to what you're saying it's a "buying signal". Not surprisingly, she's hoping to leave soon.
I'm sure this sort of thing happens in TV/radio as well. Discussion point: how could they reform TV management so that real people are put in positions of power?
Oh, apart from the insane rant, thanks for the info on recording radio shows.
Heard it this week. It was great, but the editing was a bit choppy and I can't believe they left in Mel/Sue?'s comment about Richard Herring's bad language. The scoring was also a bit strange.
Was this the recording that led to RH being kicked off?