Morning Simon.



Wow, Mr. Hutchings' music on Drivetime - you should have him as a guest. I manage his website for the Rainbow Chasers and he is a lovely, unassuming man. How he hasn;t got an MBE or better for services to music I don;t know. If it wasn't for him most of the traditional songs of this country would have been lost. His son, Blair Dunlop, is also a budding superstar.



Hmm, tough choice of music today. For a starter for 10 I'll go for



DREADLOCK HOLIDAY ( I don;t like Cricket(s)) by 10CC



Cheers,



Kev

And it's gotta be;



ANTMUSIC by ADAM AND THE ANTS...

Morning All



How about:



ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY by Ian Hunter



SPIDERS AND SNAKES by Jim Stafford



RAT IN THE KITCHEN by UB40



Off to work now - see you later



Deebee X

Ah Kev, you beat me to it with Antmusic, so I'll second that.



That only leaves me with these dubious offerings ...



'Itchy'coo Park - Small Faces



Junebug - Nerina Pallot



Nut Rocker - B Bumble and the Stingers



Space - Magic Fly

Oh, and how about ...



If I Was - 'Midge' Ure



I know, pass the hat ... But at this time of the day it's the best I can do.



Have a good day all.

"DRAGONFLIES" by RED HOUSE PAINTERS or even "BUZZIN FLY" by Tim Buckley...do I have any chance with these choices? I wonder Simon. Anyway, have a good show....

Or even the lovely song "GLOW WORMS" by VASHTI BUNYAN. And yes, I know, you hadn't heard of her either, but it is a beautiful folk song. Any chance Simon of something a bit different? It is worth noting she is descended from the BUNYAN......

Morning All,



Suggest today, 'Honey for the Bees' Alison Moyet



or anything by Sting could be appropiate so 'Englishman in New York' or 'Moon over Bourbon Street'



Hope its a good day for one and all

Morning all



I'll 'third' AntMusic, and will hopefully come back with something else later.



Did anyone else get caught out by the Beeb's problems last night? I was convinced that my car radio was broken!

Bumble Bees - Aqua



Cockroach Stomp - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan



Of course, anything by Sting, or the BEE Gees, or Adam & the Ants :)

"I AM THE FLY" by the WIRE???? Still trying and discovering a lot of different bands....

Revster - did you do the Megaphonecall on CLP's show today?

Bee in my Bonnet - 10cc

The Wasp - The doors

#12 No, Tortie - what on earth is that?

#15 I'm not sure what the "LP" stands for, but she was talkikng about Chris Evans breakfast show.

Happy Tuesday Simon & Team and Fellow Blogpopsters

:^)





I shall continue with my self-appointed mission for the week - to remain involved but only choose tracks that won't get played:



BURL IVES - THE UGLY BUG BALL



".. Come on let's crawl [gotta crawl, gotta crawl]

To the ugly bug ball [to the ball, to the ball] ..."

Christophe Lambie Pie.



MTF.xx

oh and WELL DONE to all Menshees on yesterday's show



*cheers, waves and generally goes wild*

Morning Everyone,



Just drooping by (I love that, Katy, I'm assuming it appears in the Blogpoppets' dictionary?) to say, Lincolnshire was hit by the loss of BBC radio yesterday, well except for Radio Lincolnshire. I was panic-stricken - trying to retune all the radios on the house but to no avail. Digital was unharmed so I heard a bit of the show on the tv but youngest GB was not chuffed and promptly switched it back to Channel 4 (other tv channels...) when I left the room. :o( I hooked up my MP3 player to some speakers and was serenaded by the gorgeous Mr Nutini. Oooh if only I were 20 years younger...



Can't think of any choons off the top of my head so I'll go and have a think.



Toodle-oo for noo.



GailyB

# 17 I will certainly be keeping you company in the "won't get played" department Katy

Ooops, sorry for got to say - congratulations and much whooping and hollering for the blog menshees - well done Alex, persevere and you'll get a name check too. I didn't hear any of the menshes, due to the problem described above. :(



GailyB

#6 & #7 Sensitive and thoughtful choices there, Revmeister - probably not populist enough for Drive, but can imagine them being played elsewhere on R2.





Glad you sorted your - ahem, 'connection problems' and are back in Blogpoppetland

:^)

#20 Gaily, I did exactly the same thing in the car, pressing all the buttons and desparately re-tuning, all to no avail. I heard the show when I was in the gym (thank goodness for the new equipment), and then when I got home, Mr Tortie had heard about the problems on via Radio Humberside and so had the TV tuned into Simon - calm was restored!

#21 Rev - Ah - didn't see your post whilst I was composing mine. My 'intention for no mention' is deliberate. I've had plenty, far too many considering the paucity of my suggestion count. AND I got the ARF opener on Friday!

#20 Yes Gaily, 'pooping' and 'drooping' into the Blog have both entered the BD

#25 Well done! One of the few menshes I got in the beginning was a comment form Simon that I had been on the blog all day!! So he does notice! Will have to go out in a mo but it is good to be back with the bloggers - a perfect day would be to get one of my 4 choices chosen!

Morning All



Wind Of Change - The Scorpions

Anything from THe Bugs Life Soundtrack

Or from BUGsy Malone

#28 - MC - cracking choice - that's my fave, nay my highest scoring, tune on S!ngstar so that is a wholehearted seconding of WIND OF CHANGE, SCORPIONS. It was constantly on MTV when I lived in Berlin - happy days.



Tortie - I was sharing your pain and, due to the time wasted in trying to retune, I didn't even have time to log in to find out if anyone else was suffering. Do you think we should demand a refund of our licence fee? ;)



Gaily

Just pooped back to say a proper Hello and Welcome to Alex Heney - it's great to expand the Blogpoppet base and I hope we are more welcoming in here than some places not too far away ...

#32 Thanks for the welcome.



Just thought of another - Bloodsucker by Deep Purple. Possibly not quite right for this show though.

'Love is like an itching in my heart' Diana Ross & The Supremes



"I've been bitten by the love bug ....."

My first suggestion for today is LEARNING TO FLY - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS.



I won't bother with the hat, I'll just get my coat.



Gaily

#32 - Katy, it is lovely and friendly round here, isn't it. I think I welcomed you when you first drooped in Alex but I heartily second Katy's welcome again. Hope you'll be pooping by regularly. ;)



Gaily

Gaily! You were correctomundo 100%- Malcolm_Powder has been spotted in FB posting from Essex. I've just given him a stern talking to ....



;^)

oooh I've just remembered a wonderful song from way back when [1966]



ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY - BOB LIND/VAL DOONICAN



mmmm ... likee

#38 When I was little, I used to think that song was "Elusive Butterfly of Blood", which didn't seem right as butterflies were so pretty!

Good Morning Each! Not about too much today, so I will start by wishing all of the Bpops good luck. For myself, I would suggest that song about the girl with the perverted addiction to bugs. The girl that liked to be covered in horrible creepy crawlies, and was continually asking for such treatment. You know. The girl in that 10CC song, pleading for folk to tip insects and the like over her. What was it called? Oh, yes, I remember. Simon, will you please play.....

'Im Mandy, Fly Me'

Morning gang



How's about .....



The Fly - U2



or



Learn To Fly - The Foo Fighters





but please not, I beg you, on bended knee, all fours, not to play FIREFLIES.



Thanks!



Deevs

x

Woo hoo - it's been confirmed in black and white I was 100% correct - well Katy, that doesn't happen often - living with a teenager who was quoted as saying "It's okay Mum, you don't need to help me with my homework, I know more than you do about this." Fair dos, it was about quadratic equations but he also hinted a similar sentiment when we were discussing NATO and why, when and how it was set up. I fear my brain is too taken up with the logistical planning and domestic engineering of family life to be readily conversant with something I studied 30+ years ago. Anyhoo, can we expect to see the lovely MP around and about before his departure across the pond?



Gaily

Or, alternatively, hows about...



'Pupae Was A Rolling Stone' by The Temptations.

PoS - #40 & 41 - LOL. Good luck my lovely.



Gaily

Ooh, look Deebs is about to go into meltdown, after that last tweet from Simon.

'Creep' Radiohead

Mornng all



I tweeted for "Sting Me" by the Black Crowes last night, so if you hate them you can safely tune in tonight :-)

*... catching up*



LOL at:

#39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47,



'not sure - haven't had reply' also at:

#43



'what you on about now..?' at:

#46





PS Deebee - are you there?

#48 Last night, Ken? Mighty fine guess, I'd say

#49 Katy - how do you do that? Do you require the aid of a piece of pen and a paper?



Gaily

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)- Offspring



or



Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm



and of course



'Anything by the Beatles'.

Last one...



'Buggie Nights' by Heatwave.

#51 Gaily - I have SuperScrollPowers

:^)

#53 ahem - I'll see your 'buggie nights' and raise you



BACK OFF BUGALOO - RINGO STARR

Has anyone mentioned the Beastie Boys? (My scroll powers ain't so super Katy.)



I'll go for YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY) by THE BEASTIE BOYS, please?



Gaily



*off to test and hopefully improve my scrolling powers*

I have just realised that you lovely peeps from south of the border may not realise that a beastie is a Scottish word for insect.



Gaily

#57 I realised .. thanks to a certain R Burns





"Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie .."



[To A Mouse on turning her up in her nest with the plough, November 1785]



but then I originate from JUST south of the border

;^)

Howdy all!



Until recently I was normally to be found on an alternative blog but I have decided to creep over here instead! #32 - Katymac, you are not wrong with that observation!



Can I suggest JUNE BUG - B52's please?



Have a good afternoon one and all



Miss P

Hey Miss P - how are you doing? You are very welcome over here any time, hopefully you'll be able to stick around. I like your suggestion too - good luck - I'll listen out for your mensh. Fingets crossed.



Gaily

#58 - Katy - you're almost Scottish then so of course you'd know that. Impressive knowledge of The Bard. :)



Gaily

Just a quick poop in, as up to me neck in jam making, lots of beasties bugs, as we call them way down south here too.



A bit intrigued by posts 32 & 59, hi ladies.



Did someone mention a sting by a hornet yestarday? That has got to be painful, I leggit if we get one in the garden.



I cant think of a suitable song suggestion, so may hang back till Friday, with a suitable reserve tune too.



Its very dreary today, but wont let it get to me.



Someone mentioned a scorching August, so maybe the odd dreary day in between will offer a bit of respite.



A Happy Tuesday to you all.



MTF.xx

Deebee - where are you my lovely? We're missing you. You snowed under with work since your boss's return from hols? I hope you're okay. Gaily

Hi MTF, how goes the jam making? What flavours have you got on the go today? I bet you'll have some willing quality controllers.



Gaily

Hi Gaily, its a mix today as some more fruits have ripened. Loganberry, jostaberry and wild strawberry, with a few whortleberries thrown in for good measure!!



It going to be the start of the chutney soon.



My kids wear clothes pegs on their noses for the duration, which is usually about 3 weeks.LOL!



MTF.xx

I'm here! I had an aborted visit to the swimming pool, due to a van blocking the entrance to the carpark. There was a queue of cars waiting for it to move, but as I only have a limited time for my swim I couldn't be bothered to wait. I may try again later in the week.



Anyway - well, just a little bit excited! For anyone who's not on Twitter and hasn't yet heard, RICHARD HAMMOND IS ON DRIVETIME TONIGHT!!



Sorry, was I shouting?



Deebee X

Hi Deebee.



Right I have to go and wash some of this jam out of my hair before starting work.



Not a good look!



Its amazing how far jam can fly!!



Have fun folks.



MTF.xx

Oh, and it blooming well stings too!!



MTF.xx

#65 - Blogpoppets Jam - we could sell it for charity! Drivetime Jam? Traffic Jam? See what I'm getting at? Pure inspiratino! (No I haven't managed to register that domain name yet, due to not having a landline at the new house until tomorrow evening).



#66 - nice big breaths Deebs..in..and out...in....and out... (sorry, sounds like I have been listening to the Carry On tribute series on R2!)

Mr. Of Sheffield - Direby play Bournemouth at Dean Court tomorrow. Shoudl I really subject my kids to their first proper footie match at a proper stadium watching Direby? Nah, I'll wait until next week when they play Pompey instead!

MTF - a rather exotic sounding batch today - I admire your patience. I used to love the smell in the kitchen when my Mum was making jam and was a very willing helper when it came to preparation of the fruit - one for me, one for the pot...



Deebee - I wondered if you'd gone for a lunchtime swim. What a shame you didn't make it today. I've been a bit grumpy of late (just ask the GBs), I went for a run yesterday and the grumpiness has gone - is that coincidence or can exercise alter your mood? You did get a bit shouty there but I'm putting it down to excitement.



Kev - you are an inspiratino.



Gaily

Kev - synchronised posting?



Gaily

Just realised we've got to 72 without Katy's big 5-0 being suitably acknowledged. Whooop whoop and a woo hoo for you my lovely.



Gaily

#69 Talking of charity, any progress on the Blogpoppets single for Children in Need?



#71 I always find physical activity lifts my mood. Even if it's just walking the dog. The other thing that does it for me is listening to music. And if I can combine the two, even better.



Kev - random question. Why are you paler than everybody else? You feeling a bit faint or something?

#73 - probably because I didn't realise it was Katy's b'day - shame on me! Have a great one Katy, Matey!

#74 - no progress I'm afraid. I never got a reply from Simon LeBon's management company, so I set my sights a little lower. Jodie Prenger. I got a lovely reply from her manager saying she would have loved to help but she is already working on that night, and doesn;t have enough time to record anything else this year. At least I got a reply, which was nice.



Perhaps we need to start planning for next year's show instead?

#74 - sorry, forgot the random question. I have a feeling (woo hoo - Black Eyed Peas) that I kinow what you're on about, but can't be definite! I think you may have lost me, I'm afraid...

#76 Jodie who....? You should hear me sing. I could have been Nancy....

#77 Okay, at the top of each post it says "At ****am/pm on 20 Jul 2010. ****** wrote: Most of our names appear in a darker blue - yours is in lighter blue. Do you have some sort of uber-blogpoppet status or something. Do our names get lighter the more we post? Is that why we haven't heard from CDF recently? Maybe he's posted so often he's now become invisible...

#75 - Kev I didn't mean Katy is having her 50th birthday, bless her there's not a mark on her, I'm guessing she's not even had her 40th. I meant, she got the 50th post. Apologies for any confusion caused - just be grateful you're not living in my head where confusion reins.



Gaily

#50 If only my predictive powers were realy that good! It was a mighty fine reading of Simon's tweet last night.

I've just been scouring fb too, wondering why I wasn't notified of Katys birthday!



DOH!!



I've questioned the pale blue thing before Deebee, it happens now and again on CLPs blog.



Up to now, no-one has come up with a reason.



MTF, with the hairdrier on, so you may have to shout!.xx

Afternoon,



JAMES _ Skullduggery - "An earwig crawled in to my ear, made a meal of the wax and hairs" - Honestly, I haven't made this up!



Nic

#83 Thanks Nic - I was actually eating my lunch...

My goodness! I meet up with a friend for lunch and you lot go mad! So many posts in an hour!

#74 I find exercise lifts my mood too, hence my doing Boxercise every week : )

#79 - Ah, I see! Well, in fact I don;t, as everyone's names are dark blue to me, including mine! Sorry i can;t be of much help!



D'OH - re: Katy's unbirthday. Sorry Katy if I offended you by saying it was your 50th! Didn;t mean it, honest! :-)

#78 - Sounds like we have a willing volunteer to be singer in the Blogpoppets band!

Hi all! Sorry for my absence for so long - was in Wales last week on holiday (driving buses!! (?)) and had no access to computer, and this week I am sooooooooooooooo busy preparing for America. I apologise most humbly. Hope all are well.



Katy - I would have to whole-heartedly support your suggestion for Ugly Bug Ball. Thanks for geeing me up to get my posterior on here, though I can't stay long - sooooooooooo much to do - cleaning, packing, sorting, AAAAAAAARGH.



3 word Tuesday: Being boringly domesticated



Deasant Play



MP

#86 It's all my fault Kev - pass me the sombrero of shame whoever had it last, please.



Gaily

Hey Malcolm - great to see you. Hope you had a fun-filled week bus driving in Wales. Love your three word Tuesday - will listen out for it. I hope you can poop by when you're on your travels with other three worders. Gaily

#89 Gaily - if it's any consolation, I knew what you meant.

I'm looking forward to my 50th, the only trouble is, that it is taking a long time to come around.



I think that the fact that I have been telling people that I am nearly 50 since I turned 45 (to soften the blow,you see!) might have something to do with it.



Be proud of your age, what ever it is.



MTF.xx

My THREE WORD TUESDAY - BOSS IS BACK (and he's cracking the whip - gotta get the head down for the remaining half hour).



Laters P'taters.



Gaily

Too right MTF - I'm 147 next month, and proud!



Cheers GB - I have missed you alllllllllll - was thinking of sending a FB to say hi, but not had time to think enough to do it. Currently tidying up my life and trying to figure out how to get to the airport - have to be there about 6:45ish AM Friday. Crikey.

Does Simon take 3 worders from the blog?



MTF.xx

#91 - Thank you Deebee - I knew we were on the same wave-length (not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing tho'). right my head is down and I'm typing like there's no tomorrow.



Toodle-oo for noo.



Gaily

Yeah he does MTF - I've had at least one read out from the blog.



Right, I'm really not here.



who'll get the 100 - will poop by later to see.



Gaily

Blimey, Gaily, I know I told you to shout, but ouch!! I've turned my hairdrier off now.LOL.



Malcolm, you are wearing very well. What pray tell is your secret?



MTF.xx

My secret MTF is to lie about your age ;-)

Me?



MTF.xx