also, just now i got an email with the subject line 'New in hip-hop: Barry White'

i went to a keele open day recently and was naturally told that the student radio system was 'amazing' and had won awards. i was expecting something totally appalling but have just started listening to it and it actually is amazing. i'm pretty sure that i must have just caught it at the exact moment when its most perfect for me. this show that i'm listenign to now, broadcast thursdays 22:00 to 00;00, has so far played some un-named microhouse (its frustrating at first, but theres also something kinda exhilarating about hearing a great song on the radio and it then slipping away from you forever, makes you appreciate it all the more), some burial and autechre well as some hip-hop and a lovely r&b track with someone whispiering 'you are my only flaw'.

i'm pretty satisfied, its been an amazing playlist so far. its kinda weird cos its a playlist that seems to be of the kinda '3am post-club' type where you jsut want things to be soft, but its on at 10pm, i guess cos thats the latest this place broadcasts. lol. if you wanna check it out (though i have little doubt that at all other times it plays the feeling and adele/duffy over and over again) then the link is http://www.kuberadio.com

WHEN I SAY 'B.I' Y'ALL SAY 'G'
WHEN I SAY 'R.I' Y'ALL SAY 'P'

an urgent appeal

i need to find this r&b song. it was pretty high in the charts about a year ago, it was played on the hits a lot, and it was based around this crazy, all over the place clarinet sample witha woman singing over it. i really really want this song but cant think of any way to find it. does anyone know what i'm talking about?

i remember this cos i finally found out that the song i keep hearing and wanting on classic fm when i'm in oxfam is this. it's always a great moment when you finally get hold of a song, and i'd been hearing this for weeks as the radio is always on classic fm in oxfam. i dont really mind this, but i hate the way the emphasis is always on how you should 'relax'. i dont really understand this view people have of classical music where its always 'relaxing'. it can be the most rousing and inspiring of music, and its heartbreaking to have a station like classic fm where everything has to be smoothe and lovely. i hate being told to 'relax' at the best of times, but especially when i'm being told to 'relax' with music.

there are things i like about classic fm, though. i love it when kids ring in with requests, as they are invariably terribly smart kids who are learning the piano or something and so know exactly what they want and request precise, obscure pieces unlike most of the adults who request 'theme from lord of the rings' over and over again.

on the subject of classic fm, today i swear i heard some elderly woman phone in for a request and say 'my name is problem'. now, whether or not she was intentionally quoting wiley we'll probably never know, but nevertheless: cool.