Morning Simon, the Collective, blogpoppets and the lovely man who chooses the tunes .....



So, we have an ART eh!?



Well, today is a year ago exactly since your colleague, Mr Chris Evans of Lambie-pie-ville hosted his Bye Bye Drivetime, Hello Breakfast shindig at the o2. It was a fantastic night, and the night that Nic and I chose to "come out" as a couple, much to the jaw-dropping disbelief of our fellow bloggers.



It's been a year of change, all of it good, and a steep learning curve in many respects. But I have never been happier.



So, for ART, can I say thank you to Nic for a fab year and ask for







ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY (or the Samantha Mumba version, if you prefer)





Happy Christmas everyone.



Deevs



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Morning Simon, Drivetime Team inc NYM and of course all the lovely blogpoppets,



It sounds as if the Mayo household has got Christmas all under control. I shall be off shortly to collect my turkey, ham joint etc from my local butcher, but before I go, I would love to request



GREG LAKE'S I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS



Happy Christmas Everyone!



Mcw x

morning all.



WINTER WONDERLAND DARLENE LOVE of that rather splendid phil Spector Christmas album...



merry Christmas all my fellow bloggers



PSL x

Heard lots of festive hits this year, but not heard QUEEN - THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS yet.



Or if not that, SHOWADDYWADDY - HEY MR CHRISTMAS.



Merry Christmas everyone...(sounds like a great title for Christmas tune)...



TTFN.

Morning all, on this, our first All Request Thursday



Please may I request Bob Dylan's Must Be Santa ... to me it sounds like a tune from one of my favourite films Oh Brother Where Art Thou ...



Have a tinselly Thursday x

Dear Simon, team, NYM and fellow blog poppets.



Rockin Around the Christmas Tree please. But Brenda Lee, not Cyndi Lauper. Much as I like some of Cyndi's stuff, her version of this song is pretty dire.



Thanking you very muchly for a year of fab listening to drivetime xxx

Chickster .. I'm off to pick up the Christmas meat for ChezNic at lunchtime. We're having venison this year, something different for a change although a little dear .....



OK, getting my coat ....!



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Good Morning again. Good Morning.



May I suggest something a bit different to start the show?



ZAT YOU SANTA CLAUS? by Louis Armstrong



It's zany and it's fun. Just what is needed!



Love



BP

PS #1 what a lovely, happy love story Deevs xxx

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets.



Woke up this morning with a lurgy. Don't have time to be poorly so hope it is a 24 hour thingy.



Thank you all for a year of great shows and blogpoppetry - it's been fun. Thea Gilmore said last night that Christmas makes her "go all squishy" and that made me think of:



MARSHMALLOW WORLD - Frank , Dean and Sammy.

Morning all



Well done Deev's and Nic on your anniversary - it has been an incredible year for you!



Can I ask for



A spaceman came travelling by Chris de Burgh



Cheers



A

It would be nice Simon, to remember all hard working clergy over this period of Christmas, one of the busiest for us all (Carol Services & Christmas dinners) so how's about a Christmas song with some distinct reference to the reason for it all? So may I suggest:

GABRIEL'S MESSAGE - Sting or GOD REST YE MERRY by Annie Lennox

Dear Simon and Dear All,



Hope you are all warm and well.



My absolute favourite is Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea. It just has that great feel to it - especially if you really are driving home...



Best wishes to anyone who is. Have a great day.



Softy

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Morning all finally landed back in my office well for one day before the holidays at least! Clients happy until 4 January 2011 so I'm happy too! I know CLP played what would have been my choice for a festive cracker earlier that being U2 "Angel of Haarlem". But as long as there are some stonking tunes tonight I won't care.



If I miss tomorrows blog here's to a Happy Christmas to you all



GB

Morning All,



Will suggest a Christmas one tomorrow, but today suggest



'Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)' Paul Young



that would be for all bloggers that are travelling or have family and friends coming to theirs, and also bloggers that are staying safe and snug at home



Have a good day everybody

Good Morning Simon, Team, NYM and Blogpoppets



Our Granny has arrived too, I'm picking the turkey up on the way home from work, it's my last day till 4th January so I'm feeling a bit de-mob happy and festive! So can I second Deevs Mariah Carey choice, or alternatively go for:



MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY by Slade.



Hope you feel better soon Alex_G. This is definitely not the time of year to be poorly.



Deebee X

Thanks Deebee. Could you pass on a hug to Gaily for me - sorry to hear sheis poorly.



Kittens are getting over-excited - charging around like a pair of nutters!



Deevs - can't believe it was a year ago that I heard you on the radio!!

I will indeed Alex!



Deevs - bet your year has flown by! Maybe on tomorrow's blog each of us should give a potted review of our 2010.



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Nice idea Deebee. Will start thinking about it now and post tomorrow.



Get well soon Alex. I was terrified of being on the radio - Foxy just handed me a microphone, grinned and said "I think you'll be needing this ...!". I was even more amazed at CiN last month when Foxy and Johnny Saunders (legend!) both remembered me!



I can't get going today, but have an office with eyes and stuff to do.



Hmph!



Not going to the butchers' til later now. I have negotiated leaving early with my boss, which suits me betterererer tbh.



Laters!



Deevs

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Deevs, I witnessed (and was very impressed by) Johnny remembering you. Once met, never forgotten!



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Good Morning Each! So, are we having an ART, or an ARCEE? Both, I suspect, but as acronyms go, the first one does sound a bit better. I, for my part, would like to suggest...



'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)' by The Ramones.



Rightio, off to dish out alcoholic items of appreciation to the builders.



Laters. po-tay-ters!

#21 Lucky Simon doesn't an all request show on Saturday or Sunday

Afternoon Simon, afternoon nice young man, and afternoon everyone not already included in previous greetings.



How about "Ring Out, Solstice Bells" by Jethro Tull for an ART opener.



Or "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake



Or "Rum With the Fox" by Messrs Chris Squire and Alan White (actually scrap that one, they're doing yet another Yes tour as a glorified tribute band without Jon Anderson so I really don't think they deserve any airplay. Guess who WON'T be at the Cambridge Corn Exchange to see that one :-) )

Simon, please play Shakin' Stevens good old Christmas song

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE for all of your bloggers!



Thanks and Merry Christmas Simon and everyone!

iPhone on random for some lunchtime listening. First selection...Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Lucinda Williams with added Buddy Miller mando-guitar (best sound on the planet).



Almost makes being at work pleasurable :-)

#22 Missed a 'have' doh...

Hi one and all and the very warmest seasons greetings from a first time blogger. How about "A Merry Jingle" by The Greedies- that should give the festivities a kick!

Hash 20 Deebee ... lol!! Not sure if that's a good thing, or not ...!



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Hello Driza and welcome!

TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN - THE BLUE NILE

Good Afternoon,



Sorry I'm late. Poorly Little Girl. Would send a note from my mum but she's poorly too. On that point - get well soon Alex_G.xxx



#1 Deevs - oh how lovely!

#27 Driza - nice to "meet" you on here.



ART - FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK by The Pogues & the late, great Kirsty McColl, please. Particularly for my lovely friend Ange and hubbie Phil who had it as their first dance at their wedding - and it wasn't even Christmas (long story).



Just listening to Jeremy Vine and Roger Royle. Needless to say I have a lump in my throat.



Have a good day.x

Welcome aboard Driza. Now that you've dipped your toe, don't be a stranger. Incidentally, is that pronounced dree-zer, or Dry-zer, as in Driza Bone?

Welcome Driza, and seasons greetings to you too! Hope you can stick around. Remember, a Blogpoppet is for life, not just for Christmas...



X

please can we have "in dulce jubilo" by mike oldfield not heard it played yet

#33 what have I got myself into LOL.



Welcome Driza!



Turned out to be pretty busy after all. So why is the day dragging???



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Egg nog blog again. Seriously Albuquerque - worse than normal.



Beds all made up for visting family - just bathroom to clean. Having a pause with a Lemsip (other remedies etc) first though.

Afternoon all



Manic here, so just quickly pooping in to suggest:-





One Of Us - Joan Osborne



- to remind us what Christmas is really all about.



Merry Christmas everyone.



Nic

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#35 didn't they warn you, Mo?



;o)

Hello everybody,



I see we have an Albuquerque situation again. Even a bucket of egg nog could not create hiccups like that - I think the sherry bottle has been cracked open.



Apologies for the absinthe this week. Have decamped down to cider country for the festivities, just in time for the big dump on sunday night ( I mean the cold white stuff, not the annual laying of the post-yuletide log)



No ART from me. Just wanted to wish you all (including Simon and NYM) a very merry Christmas and happy New Year, keep warm and safe, and see you all in the new year.



John

Never mind eggnog jumping blog, it's a bit quiet in here today x

It's odd that I don't seem to suffer from the jumping blog problem. Not that I'm complaining...



A very merry Christmas to you too JBG! And to any other blogpoppets who won't be around tomorrow. I for one plan to be pooping in and out all day, in between my various culinary preparations for the big day. Hope there will be a few more people around to enjoy the party. And of course to choose that all important ARCE (snigger) opening song...



I'll be blogging off shortly - there are rumours of mulled wine and mince pies. Sadly only half a glass for me, as I will then have to drive home. Not sure how much of the show I'll be able to listen to this afternoon - thank goodness for 'listen again at a more convenient time'!



Deebee X

Calling all blog-poppets, old and new ...



If you cast your mind back to Mr Mayo's summer holiday, we managed to keep the blog going for the full three weeks of his absinthe ...



I am planning to set up a Festive Alison from Eastleigh Sweepstake on tomorrow's blog, where you can guess the number of comments posted until the next blog begins ... we managed 2234 last time



So please check in tomorrow to log your guess ... and then whenever you're around over the holidays to keep it ticking along



Hopefully Katy Mac, our bean counter, will reappear, as she was a whiz with the stats last time



See y'all tomorrow x

A Merry Jingle by The Greedies, featuring Phil Lynott and other rock stars.

Alison - You've done it again! Well Done! The ART Opener!

Whoop whoop Alison!!!!! A good week for you! I am grinning like an eejit!!

#39 JbG, A Happy Christmas to you and yours, and to any other bloggers that will not be around tomorrow

Thanks poppets ... very proud on the first ART ... don't forget to log in tomorrow with your guess for the Sweepstake ... the prize last time was a jar of my greengage jam x

Yep Yep Yep, well done Alison,

Yay!! Well done Alison!



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A Sneeky #50?

Hi Everyone..........



Please, may I wish a Happy Christmas to all those who can't be with us over the next few days?



Happy Christmas. Nadolig Llawen. Please God we'll meet up again in 2011.



2011? That's a bit frightening!



I CAN still be here and will be and will probably post rubbish - but Alison - STAR THAT SHE IS - has asked us to keep the blog going and I shall do my bit!

Doing my bit...



I've played some "new" Christmas music tonight which arrived today courtesy of the big river people. They also supplied 4 more prezzies for Mr.BP! Thanks to them. 'cos he would have had 1 and I would have had 5.



Supper is MEATLOAF and mash and baked beans. Don't know about telly (but at least the sound is working!)



Gazza, lovely, - you've finished work now for a while? Do you have to wear shades in the daylight 'cos your eyes are not used to it? What are your plans for Crimble?



I think that's it. Back tomorrow. Please God.



NNGBPGSYAITM



Love





BP

#52 billie lovely-i thought i was working today until the boss said merry xmas see you next year the ones that start at 6am finished at 12 midday so if i turned up at 2pm the factory would be closed lol i was up early this morning watching chris evens live from york on the red button then had a couple of hours kip then up 2 do some xmas shopping have 2 do more tomorrow then i be over my dads for the weekend then back at new year i still have my laptop with me i take with me when i go there every other weekend but being single i got no one 2 kiss under the missletoe:( lol i be popping up on here over over the hoidays should be on tomorrow



gazza x

Gazza!



I have Mr. BP's permission to kiss you under the mistletoe but we don't have any.



So it will be a virtual kiss.





XXX Gazza. MWA! MWA! MWA!



Maybe speak tomorrow?



Love



BP

MTF - up a tree or not. Nightnight. Godbless

Thank you Billie.



MTF.xx

billie a virtual kiss 2 you



mwah mwah mwah ♥♥♥



gazza xxx

How about starting today's show with The Tractors 'Santa Claus Is Comin In A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train'. It's the one Bob Harris played on his country show yesterday and is very rarely heard. I can only think of two occasions where I've heard it previously on the radio and both of those were several years ago. Have a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKyd97_B9U

Hoping everyone has a very merry Christmas and a great new year.

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Well done Billie on a sneaky 50!



Working til lunchtime then doing my Santa bit this afternoon. I will be around until Monday then away for a week. Haven't worked out how to get on here on the moby but if I can I will poop in by x

Fantastic Alison! I hope you are wearing the festive ART crown with pride. Hope you removed the red bobble hat first ;-) x

I think the ART crown is a special one - rarely seen and designed specifically to fit over a red bobble hat!!!



Morning all!

Hands up those of you waiting for a new blog!



MTF.xx

"ME"!!!



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Good Morning Everyone!

Good morning!



It's Christmas Eve!



Good Morning!

And Me!

Me too!



Happy Christmas Eve!



x

In the words of Johnnie Walker....



Get a move on Simon :)



MTF.xx

Don't tell anyone, but I'm watching Miracle on 34th St on my iPod touch (other MP3 players......) hee hee xx

I'm watching Burnham on sea webcam.



It looks lovely this morning.



MTF.xx

Good Morning All



Come on Mr M! Some of us have lots to do today...



Deebee X