Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Hot For Cleaner
Things didn’t go according to plan when one of my single workmates booked a hot cleaner. He saw the image of a very attractive young girl advertising home cleaning services online. She was a lot more expensive than the other cleaners he’d got quotes from but he decided to book her to clean his flat […]
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Tags: Adam Carolla, Blog, Fix Radio, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Jimmy Kimmel, Media, Radio, scam, Sexy Cleaner, Toppless Carwash, work
Mack Nuggets
I went to a radio station reunion this weekend. It was BRMB’s 45th reunion at Bacchus Bar in Birmingham. I worked there from March 99 to January 02. I caught up with James Blonde and Ollie Hayes who’ve got hairier and balder respectively… Everyone has got older except Les Ross who should be 70 now […]
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Tags: Blog, BRMB, BRMB Radio, FM, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Les Ross, Media, Music, Radio, Youtube
Look Black In Anger
Is it offensive to homeless people? On my way to work the other morning, I saw two people sleeping rough at the South Bank entrance to Blackfriars station. I say “rough”, they didn’t look like they were down and out. They had sleeping bags that looked brand new and nice backpacks that they were using […]
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Tags: Blackfriars, Blackfriars station, Blog, Camping, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, health, homeless, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, News, Radio, sleeping rough, Travel, work
Mars Attacks
Alexa doesn’t like me. When we first got Amazon’s virtual assistant, about a year ago, she was fine. Now she’s gone off me. She prefers Julie’s voice to mine. Alexa has started behaving like a moody teenager. Often when I ask her a question, she just ignores me. When Julie asks, she’s straight onto it. […]
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Tags: A.I., AI, Alexa, Amazon Echo, Blog, Bruno Mars, Computer, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, Mars, Media, Radio, Shopping List
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been up to on Fix Radio Manchester lately, including: The start; Publicity Stunt ideas; The answer to the BIG question; Mission Impossible; Gaz climbs a crane; The UAE gender equality awards; A tribute to the inventor of Pot Noodle and The truth about The Manchester Evening News. Craic on! If you enjoyed […]
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Tags: Brexit, Fix Radio, Gaz Drinkwater, Graham Mack, Manchester, Manchester Evening News, Pot Noodle, UAE
Secret Sound Part 6
Mystery solved but it shouldn’t have take this long! For weeks now, we’ve had this annoying noise in the hallway of our new build flat. It sounds like it’s coming from the wall that separate us from our next door neighbour. The builders have been, turned off all of the power in our flat and […]
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Tags: Blog, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Media, new build, Nieghbours, Noise, Radio
Mack Nuggets
Listen to what happened when Gaz climbed 150 feet to the top of a tower crane. We broadcast from a building site in Salford. “Downtown” which is being built by McGoff Construction. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link. Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets at; http://www.mackmedia.co.uk/8th-mack-nuggets-audio-video
Filed under: 90s, AFTRS, blog, Commercial Radio, Commercials, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Media, Radio, Uncategorized, Youtube | Leave a Comment
Tags: Blog, Downtown, feedback, Fix Radio, Gaz Drinkwater, Google, Graham Mack, Manchester, McGoff, Music, Radio, Salford
Welcome Back Russ & Jono!
In the 90s, the biggest commercial radio Breakfast Show in the UK was Russ & Jono on Virgin. They had millions of listeners and won just about every major award going. Now they’re back and they’re on Fix Radio. All of their classic features have returned including, ‘House Of Crap’, ‘Sad But True’, ‘Dumb Crime […]
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Tags: Computer, feedback, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, News, Prostate cancer, Russ & Jono
Secret Sound Part 5
Jumping to conclusions can get you into a lot of trouble. The weird noise in the hallway of our new build apartment has become even more mysterious. When the builders came to investigate, they switched off all of the power in our place and the noise continued, so it must be the people in the […]
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Tags: Blog, Computer, feedback, flat, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Media, Neighbours, newbuild, Radio, secret sound
Birth Of A Station
This is what it sounded like when we launched a brand new radio station for Manchester this week. If you like it, you can listen live here; http://www.fixradio.co.uk/player/manchester/ I present the Breakfast show with the brilliant Gaz Drinkwater, weekdays 7am to 9am. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a […]
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Tags: Blog, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Launch, Manchester, Music, Radio
Secret Sound Part 4
The weird noise in the hallway of our new build apartment is still there! The builders have been, switched off all of the power in our place and the noise continues. This confirms that it’s coming from our neighbours. The other side of the wall is their bathroom, what are they doing in there day […]
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Tags: Blog, Fix Radio, flat, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, life, Neighbours, Noise, Radio, Youtube
A Brush With Fame
It was the coat that gave it away. It wasn’t even that nice a coat, a grey, rumpled overcoat that wouldn’t look good on anybody. On Monday, sat opposite me on the 18:17 from London St Pancras to Peterborough via Hitchin, was the multi-award-winning playwright, screenwriter, actor and author, Alan Bennett. At first I wasn’t […]
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Tags: Alan Bennett, Apple, Beyond The Fringe, Blog, Books, Celebrity, feedback, Google, Hitchin, Inspiration, journalism, life, Music, Overcoat, Radio, St Pancras, Train, Travel, work
Secret Sound Part 3
The weird noise in the hallway of our new build apartment stopped! We were disappointed because the builders had booked to go into our neighbours flat to investigate. We called the builders and told them not to bother because the noise had gone. The next day, the noise was back. Was that just a coincidence […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Bathroom, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Google, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, Radio, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tags: Apartment, Blog, Doomsday Machine, feedback, Google, Inspiration, Internet, meth lab, Nieghbours, Noise, Radio
The Heat is On
Every time I put something in the oven it reminds me of a classic George Carlin bit about the concept of a “preheated” oven. George said… “It’s ridiculous! There are only two states an oven can possibly exist in, heated or unheated!” I don’t get it either, surely, putting the food in AFTER you’ve heated […]
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Tags: Blog, Convenience food, feedback, George Carlin, Google, health, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, Preheat, Radio
Secret Sound Part 2
This is the strange noise in the hallway of our new apartment. It’s been going non-stop for over a month now. It sounds like it’s coming from the other side of the wall which is next door’s bathroom. We’ve asked them and they say they have no idea what it is either. The builders came […]
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Tags: appartment, Blog, builders, Drugs, feedback, flat, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Media, meth lab, newbuild, Noise, Radio, secret sound, wall
Cell Phones
Prison reform has gone too far. All inmates in England will have 24-hour access to a phone soon. 50 jails will have landlines fitted to every cell before March 2020 and eventually all 118 prisons in England will have phones in cells. It’s another barmy policy that’s been pushed through by do-gooders and snivel- libertarians. […]
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Tags: Cel Phones, David Gauke, Jail, Prison
Secret Sound
What the hell is this buzz? This mysterious noise in the hallway of our new apartment never goes away. It started about a month ago and is more noticeable at night. At first I thought it was a neighbour’s fridge or freezer but it doesn’t cycle on and off, it’s continuous. The other side of […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Bathroom, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Home, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, Moving house, Noise, Radio, Tech, true story, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tags: Home, life, mystery, Noise, question, quiz, secret sound, sound
