Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Radio B and the secret pirates https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366146#post366146 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366146#post366146 A bit before my time, but do have this in the shelves

One from out of the frozen tombs.

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:51:34 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366143#post366143 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366143#post366143 live prank calls, certainly an outdated gimmick these days

we call them 'interviews' nowadays :(

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:37:25 +1200 Hugh Wilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366140#post366140 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366140#post366140 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:43:38 +1200 Deep Blue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366139#post366139 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366139#post366139 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:38:12 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366136#post366136 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366136#post366136 hugely interesting character – and a significant tastemaker when it came to music.

He and Alastair Riddell were school mates, and we had music listening sessions back then. I remember him sending off voice tapes to radio stations. At uni that just expanded with flatting mixing things along. A host…

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:37:04 +1200 Dennis Frank https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366134#post366134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366134#post366134 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:23:49 +1200 Dennis Frank https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366130#post366130 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366130#post366130 ..like a turd on a string... : ) yeah, you're recycling what was happening in my mind at the time!

Complex memes can be so infectious that they globalise – likely we picked it up from the cultural ambience. Probably originated in Scotland by youngsters paraphrasing the traditional 18th century…

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:50:26 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366126#post366126 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366126#post366126 I was on the periphery – got friendly with Selwyn Jones in ’71 who told me how he was deeply involved in building the Radio Bosom enterprise.

He seems like a hugely interesting character – and a significant tastemaker when it came to music.

Solidarity with Bosom was due to…

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:00:22 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366125#post366125 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366125#post366125 I guess I’m uncomfortable with portraying the old Post Office radio inspectors as bumbling incompetents … I knew some of them from back then and IMHO they were anything but

More likely their bosses had Muldoon breathing down their necks and they were under extreme pressure. I think that more…

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:55:52 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366124#post366124 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366124#post366124 Pete Nelson & the Castaways had a hit with a sped-up version of the Skye Boat Song

I remember that one. Speed bonny boat, like a turd on a string...

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:26:16 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366122#post366122 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366122#post366122 I guess I'm uncomfortable with portraying the old Post Office radio inspectors as bumbling incompetents ... I knew some of them from back then and IMHO they were anything but

More likely their bosses had Muldoon breathing down their necks and they were under extreme pressure. I think that more…

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:08:36 +1200 Dennis Frank https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366121#post366121 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366121#post366121 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:03:14 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366117#post366117 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366117#post366117 Infinite Improbability Drive to me – complete with the hot cup of tea, ]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:42:49 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366116#post366116 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-radio-b-and-the-secret-pirates/?p=366116#post366116 Discussion from blog post.

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