Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sweet Sixteen

30Apr

Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a quarter final match in Hamburg, The UN was taking action in Bosnia, Indecent Proposal was number one at the cinema in the states, and George Michael, Lisa Stansfield and Queen were number one with ‘Five Live’. Yet something even more important was happening on April 30th [...]

Categories: People 4

Posted by carrie on April 30, 2009

A First for Deep Purple by David Lambert

29Apr

A month or so ago, Russ Williams was interviewing Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan about his new album “One Eye To Morocco”. During the conversation, Ian mentioned that he had always dreamed of making an acoustic album. This prompted Russ to ask whether any Deep Purple tracks could be stripped down and played on a 12-string [...]

Categories: Music 0

Posted by adam on April 29, 2009

Absolute Radio Playlist: 28 April 2009

28Apr

The new playlist is out today. New entries include songs from Marmaduke Duke, Nickelback, Snow Patrol and Kasabian. Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Record of the Week is A Camp and Love Has Left The Room.

Categories: playlist 4

Posted by adam on April 28, 2009

Radio Reborn by Adam Bowie

28Apr

Yesterday saw Mediaguardian host Radio Reborn 2009, with a wide range of top radio industry people discussing the state of radio and its future. The morning saw keynotes from Tim Davie, director of audio and radio at the BBC who said that radio needs to act now to avoid a future of managing decline. With [...]

Categories: Absolute Radio Events 3

Posted by adam on April 28, 2009

Anti-Social Smartphone Users by Chris Goldson

28Apr

With an increased number of iPhones and Blackberries across the building, and the launch of our new iPhone app, and the chance to check emails on the move, and send important texts, and update our Twitter accounts, and just… do… like LOADS of just AMAZING things on our phones… the below presentation clip caught my [...]

Categories: Technology 0

Posted by adam on April 28, 2009