It’s RAG Week!

Category : Goings On, Shows

Amidst the usual  Monday Breakfast talk of amnesiac musicians, rabbits who like liquorice and the smaller than expected left handed population of the world (only 11%) we were talking charity.

Hot on the heels of Children in Need raising over £26 million Bangor RAG have got a great week of fundraising fun lined up for you.

On Friday Otis the Storm Gorrilla took part in a dance off with Rhodri Rag and Daffydd Nightline for Children In Need, check out the video here.

RAG will be out and about all this week to raise money for their four chosen charities; two national National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)Papyrus UK and two local Shine CymruFareShare North Wales; click the links for more information.

If you want to get involved and donate then come to one of their fantastic events.

Tuesday 22nd November Take Me Out Bangor @ Bar Uno

Thursday 24th November Quiz Night @ The Belle Vue

Friday 25th November Leg Waxing @ Rascals Bar

You can even sponsor a few of the Storm FM presenters to get their legs waxed, so if you enjoy the sight of a man in tears, come and watch Cam, George and Scott skinned in Rascals. If you pay us enough we may even let you take a chunk home with you.

Breakfast Break-Dancing!

Category : Shows

Party Rock Anthem!

Nick and Caryl Party Rock Shuffle

Click the link above to check out our skills!

Friday mornings are getting a douse of dancing when Nick Bell and Caryl Burke start throwing out some legendary shapes in the Storm FM studio. Despite being tea-less, I had the energy to pull off exceptional moves whereas Caryl, high on life and high on hot chocolate was performing one of the best robots ever witnessed amongst the foothills of Snowdonia.

The discovery of the quick buttons was a remarkable bit of fun with Stewie Griffin’s “Who the hell do you think you are?” illuminating our Friday morning and sending our beloved Caryl into a giggling fit. My favourite was “to the bat cave!” Much fun.

Finally before I sign off, the fun Welsh word of the week was Sbigoglys. Guess what that means and you’ll receive a visit from a unicorn with many presents.**

Have a lovely day from the English and Welsh duo!

Nick Bell and Caryl Burke.

**unicorns aren’t real and will not bring you presents for knowing what Sbigoglys means.

The End of the Line…

Category : Shows

Well, That’s it.
No more JPC on Thursday mornings. :(

We’re going to miss all the mental antics and tales of strange adventures that always seem to end in a near death experience. Continue Reading

‘Beyond the Deep End’

Category : Shows

Having returned from our breif Easter Sojurn, it soon became clear that JPC had gone so far beyond the deep end
he was in a completely different pool, five miles down the road! Continue Reading

Breaking News: JPC’s lastest writing Project is ‘Sacrilige!’

Category : Shows

To  those of you who have been following JPC on twitter recently you’ll have probably noticed him going on about something called ‘Project Sacrilige.’ This morning we found out what that was.

Turns out he is trying to write a live action Fireman Sam movie. (Many of you of a certain generation will now be screaming in hatred at your computer screens, considering this to be sacrilige of a childhood favourites.) Though we didn’t get many details on air, we can confirm that the plot ‘goes back to basics, revolving around the story of a man who fights fires.’

The main writing criteria is that it doesn’t end up as ‘Fireman Sam VS Pyro from X Men.’ This was the reason for the main topic of the morning: Kids Cartoons vs Comic Book Characters.

Such suggestions included:

  • Postman Pat VS Catwoman
  • Charlie Chalk VS The Joker from Batman
  • Wolverine VS The Poddington Peas

Further suggestions since we went off air have included:

  • Thomas the Tank Engine VS Magneto
  • Thomas the Tank Engine VS The Juggernaut
  • Pingu VS The Incredible Hulk

To coincincide with the launch of the New Series of Dr Who, we also had a run down of our best dr who stories from each doctor.

  1. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
  2. Tomb of the Cybermen (Second Place: The Mind Robber )
  3. Inferno
  4. Genesis of the Daleks (Second Place: City of Death, Special Mentions: The Talons of Weng Chiang, Brain of Morbius, Stones of Blood (because it mentions Bangor University Archaeology Department)) Androids of Tara, Horror of Fang Rock)
  5. Mawdryn Undead- (Special Mentions: The Visitation and The Awakening)
  6. Trial of a Timelord (Segment 2: Mindwarp AKA: Brian Blessed doing what Brian Blessed does best for 90 Minutes!):  Dishonourable Mention- Colin Baker’s Costume!)
  7. JPC’s Favourite, The Curse of Fenric-  (Special Mentions: Survival, The Greatest show in the Galaxy, Remembrance of the Daleks)
  8. Only one to Choose from here- The Movie!- (Dishonourable Mention: ‘I’m half human On my mother’s side (I mean, WTF?))
  9. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances-
  10. The Waters of Mars-(Special Mention: Tennants Performance)
  11. The Eleventh Hour-  (Special Mention: Everything So Far!)

The next Series (Starting 23rd April) looks to be fantastic and we reckon it might just knock Fenric off it’s pedastal as JPC’s all time favourite.

Only Time will tell. (Ha Ha, Get it?)

See you after easter guys- The Thursday Team.

 

Positive proof: waking up in a good mood works

Category : Shows

The regular Thursday Morning Breakfast was back this week- with some incredibly cheery music to wake you up. This was entirely because James actually woke up in a good mood for once. (Someone probably spiked his breakfast!)

There was a brief discussion about School Teachers after the above mentioned James worked out (after playing a song and recalling that his Geography Teacher used to make the class sit and listen to it with their eyes closed,) that he is in fact getting on a bit and it’s seven years since he started his GCSES.

Even after this depressing thought, the tunes kept coming with the promise that the mood would have to drop eventually.

We also played Hugh Laurie’s (Yes- the Hugh Laurie, Dr House, MD!) incredible new single, ‘you don’t know my mind.’ Not only can the man act like a legend, but he can sing like one as well!

This Blog was written some twelve hours after the fact- The mood has apparently yet to drop. Positive proof that waking up in a good mood actually works!

Breakfast in Bed- Adapted for the Storm FM Blog!

Category : March, Shows

An adaptation themed breakfast hit your airwaves this morning at 9:00.

We spoke about the differences between James Bond films and Books- Like in From Russia with love (the book) when Rosa Klebb comes out of the Bathroom dressed like a Tart and later ends up in the washing basket (If you haven’t seen the film or read the book- This is Rosa Kleb: ROSA KLEBB).

Something we didn’t know when we woke up this morning was that Fight Club was also an adaptation of a novel. For understandable reasons, we are not allowed to talk about this.

There was also the contemplation of whether cover versions of songs could also be considered adapatations. The answer is probably not.

We revealed the Air Date of the next series of Dr Who as 23rd April and played some Chameleon Circuit (A Band who sing songs based on Dr Who: Chameleon Circuit on Myspace)

Unfortunately, i’m not here next week so someone else will be bringing you the thursday morning edition.

See you in two weeks time- James

Going West…

Category : Shows

JPC woke up this morning in a wild west mood and so natuarally, the majority of todays show was Wild West Themed- Including:

-How the Magnificent Seven changes from Film to Film

- Monument Valley in Wyoming

- The Idea of a High Noon Showdown in the Car Park

- Ranch Holidays

Here also, as promised is the Trailer for the Upcoming film: Cowboys and Aliens. Enjoy. Cowboys and Aliens Trailer

James.

Birth of the Ice-Shadow…

Category : Shows

Inspired by this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mxBaXHcFw (Warning, clip contains violence & swearing) this morning was all about Superheroes.

We discussed the Spider-Man reboot and in particular the new costume: http://www.rwdmag.com/2011/01/first-look-at-the-new-spider-man-costume/ as well as the upcoming X-Men First Class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4_ra9VneUc

Alongside some heroic music (I can’t get enough of this one!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV-L14ReUsE ) we asked for cool superhero names. With your suggestions and a little help from http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/ The ICE-SHADOW was born.

Meanwhile… The following picture began to circulate on the Internet. Could this be the mysterious ICE-SHADOW?

Could this be The Ice Shadow?

Where’s the Beef???

Category : Shows

A Major technical problem this meant a much truncated show- but we still managed to give you a good solid Breakfast in Bed none the less. As usual much thanks go to the people who helped sort everything out.

With the original plan for this morning’s show well and truly out of the window and halfway to Bethesda, We ended up randomly discussing the merits of Beef… and Ice Cream… Together!
We also played this rather appropriate little number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmzS9mjz_I