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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:34 am    Post subject: Brand nominated in Sony awards! Reply with quote

This has to be a joke, or a supreme piece of irony. How on earth can Brand be considered worthy of any award other than "Most irritating tw*t" ?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

'Most gratuitous waste of space'?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't surprise me in the least, when you consider who's on the committee that has chosen the shortlist from the list of those nominated by the radio stations - http://www.radioawards.org/aboutus/committee.php

Probably accounts for Dermot O'Leary's place as well.

The result is a foregone conclusion, because the other nominees are useless (although I haven't heard Toolan In The Morning). I can't believe that Trent's Jo and Twiggy are on the list again - they've been pedalling the same tripe for so long I'm reminded of Jimmy Edwards' self-deprecating joke about Pontius the Pilate.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad it's not just me. I really think these once-prestigious awards have become an embarrassment.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And the greatest 6 music loathario of the moment, George Lamb, has been nominated for 'Rising Star'. Guess who is on the panel - Yes it's her http://www.pictogame.com/play/game/UGgdpwBcy4VD_kick-girl
A case of 'gongs for her boys'?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having LD on the panel is like letting a lion into a cage full of things that lions eat!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gawd! just about sums up the state of radio 2 really. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:27 am    Post subject: Re: Brand nominated in Sony awards! Reply with quote

MadeinSurrey wrote:
This has to be a joke, or a supreme piece of irony. How on earth can Brand be considered worthy of any award other than "Most irritating tw*t" ?


It's the same as when Chris Evans was nominated when he'd been at the station for less than a year.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best I say nothing eh?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Brand nominated in Sony awards! Reply with quote

Helen May wrote:
MadeinSurrey wrote:
This has to be a joke, or a supreme piece of irony. How on earth can Brand be considered worthy of any award other than "Most irritating tw*t" ?


It's the same as when Chris Evans was nominated when he'd been at the station for less than a year.

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If I remember rightly, it was for his 'Breakfast'show.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, it's all a con - I'm pretty sure all the nominees are put forward by the stations anyway. So bascially LD wants to justify her hirings and puts them forward, rather than some consensus being reached.

It's a shame, especially when shows I really like (eg Moths Ate My Doctor Scarf) have been nominated and I feel that's a bit tarnished.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Brand nominated in Sony Awards! Reply with quote

It would have been a bloody miracle if Fish had got Best Music Programme Award for Fish On Friday (Planet Rock). As it is he's like the token folk act at the Mercury Who Shall We Saturate Uncut With This Year show, or the token black person on I'll Plug Any Show Andrew Lord Elpus Is Producing.

Fish was robbed! As was Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's about time someone mentioned Johnnie Walker's nomination in the Music Programme category.

It's good to see some common sense in the nomination list, and good that this great broadcaster has not been forgotten about since his relief of daytime duties 2 years ago.

Congrats JW, hope you put Dermot O Leary in his place!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the Radio industry is people who are deducted to Music Radio? Brand doesn't know anything about Music. He's trying to break into America so hope he will stay there and the BBC doesn't have to keep paying to have have his show coming from the US?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
I thought the Radio industry is people who are deducted to Music Radio? Brand doesn't know anything about Music. He's trying to break into America so hope he will stay there and the BBC doesn't have to keep paying to have have his show coming from the US?


You could give him a helping hand or rather boot to send him on his way! http://www.pictogame.com/play/game/zafHoNB9bL0j_kick-boy
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

130170M!

The phrase "wouldn't trust him further than I could throw him" seems somehow inapt Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MadeinSurrey wrote:

The phrase "wouldn't trust him further than I could throw him" seems somehow inapt Very Happy


Surely that would only apply to JO Brand? Wink Laughing
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