Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Help Me Catch A Crook!
I got ripped off this week. I’ve become an audiobook narrator. I auditioned for and was accepted to narrate a guided meditation audiobook through http://www.ACX.com. The deal I had with the manuscript rights holder was that I would get paid $70 for every hour of the book I produced. The book contained ten one-hour meditations, […]
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Tags: ACX, Audiobook, Drunk Robot, Graham Mack, Meditation, Ripped Off, scam
Road Rage
I haven’t exactly had a dream start to my new career. During the coronavirus crisis I’ve got a job delivering medical supplies to pharmacies. I started yesterday and made drops to seventeen chemists and one hospital in the Home Counties. I made my first mistake just after delivery number four. They gave me some plastic […]
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Tags: Blog, Chemist, Ford Transit Custom, Google, Graham Mack, Home Counties, Inspiration, Internet, Media, Radio, Sigma, Travel
Virtual Reality
Britain is not a democracy. In the UK we have an elected House of Commons, but the upper house, the House of Lords is independent from the House of Commons. The job of Lords is to challenge the work of the government. No new laws can be passed without approval from the Lords. No members […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Brexit, Britain, Broadcasting, democracy, Google, Graham Mack, Hereditary Peers, House of Commons, House of Lords, Life Peers, MPs, Radio, Referendum, UK
Talk of Australia
Sometimes you should look at the glass as half full. I got an email from James Cridland the other day. James is a British radio consultant who recently moved to Brisbane, Australia. He mentioned that 4BC, the talk station in Brisbane now has only one local presenter. The rest of the shows are networked from […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Australia, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, England, Graham Mack, Life, Media, podcast, Politcs, Uncategorized, Youtube | Closed
Tags: 2GB, 2SM, 2UE, 4BC, AFTRS, Aircheck, Australia, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Brisbane, Broadcasting, Central Coast, Graham Mack, James Cridland, LBC, News, Radio, Sydney, Talent, TalkRadio, television
The people who lead the most interesting lives at radio stations tend not to be the presenters. At one radio station I worked at, one of the ladies in the sales team had an interesting experience after meeting a bloke through an internet dating site. “I’ve been on your radio station!”, he said on their […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Internet Dating, News, Radio
The Justice Bell
A schoolboy holds a leather ball In a photograph on a bedroom wall the bed is made, the curtains drawn as silence greets the break of dawn. The dusk gives way to morning light revealing shades of red and white which hang from posters locked in time of the Liverpool team of 89. Upon a […]
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Tags: 1989, 96, Anfield, April 15th, Cover up, Dave Kirby, David Duckenfield, Eternal Flame, Hillsborough, Justice for the 96., Leppings Lane, LFC, Liverpool, Memorial, Police corruption, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police, The Justice Bell, Unlawful killing, Yorkshire, You'll Never Walk Alone
Monkey Music
I got back into music in 2004. It was all because of the late Jim Cronin. With Dr Alison Cronin, he set up the ape rescue centre, Monkey World in Dorset. This week I found a video from 2004. I’d put a blues band together and got to be part of “Chimpfest”. It was the […]
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Tags: 2004, Alison Cronin, Ape Rescue Centre, Blues Band, Chimpfest, Dorset, Graham Mack, Jim Cronin, Monkey World, Willie Dixon
Mind Games.
I got a fright this week. About three weeks ago my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. His brother’s got it and before they died, his two sisters had it. I’m worried that it might run in the family, so I got Julie to book me an appointment for me to see my doctor. Fast forward […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Alzheimer's, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, doctor, family, Graham Mack, medical
Mack's Craic 