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Keegan & Keane Thursday Evening 6pm-8pm

Matt.Keegan@tudnofm.co.uk — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:25:18 +0100

Hello!

First Blog..

Make sure you tune in every Thursday! 6-8pm!

Valley Of The Giants Welcomes you to Motown Chart Busters Saturday Evening 4 Feb 2012 From 10pm ...

rob.horton@tudnofm.co.uk — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:48 +0100

A warm welcome to the Motown Chart Busters Saturday 4 February 2012

This weekend has come round so fast and it is time for another great weekend of entertainment from your Community Station Tudno Fm. As we turn back time and remember the brilliant music of the 60's & 70's .Please join Rob Horton Live from the Tudno Studios for two hours of The Very Best Motown Chart Busters . Helping you to recall some of the best moments in your life.

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NOTP - 1st February

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:26 +0100

Hello!

Gosh - look, it's the first of a new month and I'm not used to writing - or saying - 2012 yet. Two thousand and twelve? Not twenty-twelve, surely?

Anyway, it's cold so a nice warm set of tunes for you on NOTP tonight. Unfortunately a computer malfunction meant we weren't streaming on t'web so I postponed the album of the week till next Wednesday. It will be one that seemed to have passed me by - it's Laura Marling's latest album, 'A Creature I Don't Know'. A bit of a Read More...

FILM REVIEW - The Artist - ****1/2

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:09:12 +0100

FILM REVIEW

The Artist

Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo; dir Michael Hazanavicius

Quite often, when watching yet another scripted-by-committee, directed-by-numbers film with phoned-in performances by overpaid actors my mind begins to wonder at what happened to the magic of cinema. Then, as if to order, films like Hugo and now The Artist turn up to restore my faith.

FILM REVIEW

Haywire

Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor; dir Steven Soderbergh

It’s a while since we’ve had a star-studded action picture, and this one is all the stranger for featuring a martial-arts practitioner as the hero. This is Gina Carano, who reputedly got the part after Soderbergh saw her skills on TV and decided she would be ideal in this film. Luckily she can aRead More...

Valley Of The Giants this weekend goes Disco So Join Rob Horton This Sat 28 January 2012 from ...

rob.horton@tudnofm.co.uk — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:38:42 +0100

Welcome To The Seventies Disco Sound

Theses weekends come round so fast and it is time for another great weekend of entertainment from your Community Station Tudno Fm. As we turn back clock and remember the brilliant Disco Music of the 70's .

Join Rob Horton Live from the Tudno Studios for two hours of the best disco music that will remind you of some of the best moments you experienced in the seventies.

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NOTP - January 25th

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:36:55 +0100

Hi there

Not much happening music-wise this week, so it's back to the Live Lounge CD for my Album of the Week - this time Vol 6, disc 2. From that we had 'Hold it Aginst Me' by Taio Cruz (origianlly by Britney Spears), 'Becoming a Jackal' by Villagers and Arcade Fire's 'We Used to Wait', this time by Mark Ronson.

Well, for all those Scots out there it can't have escaped your notice that it's Burns Night! So Three in a Row relating to that event - three slightly less known ScRead More...

Film Review - J Edgar ****

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:45:26 +0100

FILM REVIEW

J Edgar

Leonardo DiCaprio, Judi Dench; dir Clint Eastwood

In case of any doubt, the title refers to J Edgar Hoover, the instigator and head of the FBI in America for almost half a century.

This film, not unlike The Iron Lady, employs the technique of an old man dictating his memoirs to a succession of FBI typists – interestingly all male. We are thRead More...

Tune in to Valley Of The Giants this weekend for 'Sounds Of The 70's ' Sat 21 January 2012 ...

rob.horton@tudnofm.co.uk — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:09:37 +0100

Welcome to V.O.T.G's Sounds Of The 70's with Rob Horton

Theses weekends come round so fast and it is time for another great weekend of entertainment from your Community Station Tudno Fm. As we turn back clock and remember the brilliant music of the 1970's was and for that matter still is today. Join Rob Horton Live from the Tudno Studios for two hours of the very best music that will remind you of some of the best moments you experienced in the seventies.

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NOTP - January 18th

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:26:57 +0100

Hi there

Well, post-Christmas blues are here to stay, and we had our first taste of the cold weather to come. With this in mind I chose ice as the theme for Three in a Row - Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice, the Lightning Seeds' Sugar Coated Iceberg and Kate Bush's chilling Under Ice. Unfortunately I couldn't find Jonathan Richman's seminal 'Ice Crem Man' - though I believe he's coming to do a gig at Hendre Hall next month which it would only be polite to attend. Of course today it's wRead More...

Film Review - War Horse ****

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:23:02 +0100

FILM REVIEW

War Horse

Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullen; dir Steven Spielberg

Spielberg seems to have made a career out of ignoring the advice to never work with children or animals. This time it’s the turn of the horse. The film is an adaptation by Richard Curtis and Lee Hall of the stage play based on Michael Morpurgo’s book which deals with the First World WRead More...

Valley Of the Giants this weekend welcomes you to The Sound Of Philadephia Music on Sat 14 Jan ...

rob.horton@tudnofm.co.uk — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:39:43 +0100

Welcome to Valley Of The Giants

Please join me and listen to this weeks Valley Of The Giants and two hours of The Sound Of Philiadelphia Music. You are invited to contact our Community Radio Studio's here in Llandudno. You can have a dedication whether It is a special occassion or just for a mention.

So if you would like a mention give us a call this weekend we would love to hear from you.

Here's how to contact us. You can

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NOTP January 11th.

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:08:41 +0100

Hi there

Well, now we're into the swing of 2012 it's back to business as usual for Not On The Playlist. That means the old favourites (!) together with albums of the week. They're a bit thin on the ground at the moment, but luckily Radio One's Live Lounge has come to the rescue with its double album compilation of live performances recorded throughout the year. I chose three tracks from the first disc - The Vaccines' version of Katy Perry's 'Last Friday Night', David GuetRead More...

My Favourite films of 2011 - and some others!

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:02:31 +0100

FILMS OF 2011 - a personal selection by Glyn James

Running down the fifty-odd films I reviewed in 2011 (and I saw many more that didn't merit a review) there were some surprises among the inevitable sequels and cheap TV tie-ins.

The high-concept film was much to the fore this year, and of them I particularly enjoyed Duncan Jones' Source Code - clever and just about fathomable. Equally good was The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt as the lovers who are prevented fRead More...

Film Review - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ***1/2

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:42:11 +0100

FILM REVIEW

Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law; dir Guy Richie

A year after the first of Richie's Holmes films comes the nest instalment - bigger and darker but maintaining the inspired pairing of Downey anal Law. Not for purists, perhaps, but in some ways I feel that the chemistry between the two leads is more what Doyle had in mind and hopefully, along with the recent television adaptations, puts finally to rest the popular depiction of Watson aRead More...

Film Review - The Iron Lady ****

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:15:28 +0100

FILM REVIEW

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent; dir Phyllida Lloyd

A film that treats a subject such as Margaret Thatcher must tread a very careful line between overt praise and dislike of such a controversial person. This film employs the ingenious premise of an elderly reclusive Thatcher looking back over her achievements prompted by small events as she is clearing out items that belonged to her beloved Denis. In this way we see things through her eyes and it neatlyRead More...

Valley Of The Giants wecomes you to Motown Gold this weekend 7 January 2012 Commencing from ...

rob.horton@tudnofm.co.uk — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:23:58 +0100

A warm welcome to The Sound Of Of Motown Gold Saturday 7 January 2012

This weekend has come round so fast and it is time for another great weekend of entertainment from your Community Station Tudno Fm. As we turn back time and remember the brilliant music of the 60's & 70's .Please join Rob Horton Live from the Tudno Studios for three hours of The Best Of Motown. Helping you to recall some of the best moments in your life.

ThereRead More...

Film Review - Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol ****

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:17:59 +0100

FILM REVIEW

Mission Impossible 4 - The Ghost Protocol

Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Michel Nyqvist, Tom Wilkinson

Dir: Brad Bird

Tom Cruise realised the potential of the Mission Impossible TV series and has made the franchise his own, giving the audience exactly what they expect from it - amazing gadgets, exotic locations, ludicrous plotlines and incredible stunts. This latest in the series delivers a tense, textbook action thriller, with the inevitable mad villain (NyqvistRead More...

Film Review - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (US version) - **** (no spoilers)

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:48:25 +0100

FILM REVIEW

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (US version)

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Steven Berkoff; dir David Fincher

Hollywood has a long history of remaking foreign films that might have been deemed too challenging for American audiences. They need not all be non-English speaking - remember Gaslight? We nearly lost Thorold Dickinson's arguably superior version in favour of the Boyer-Bergman remake as they tried to deastroy the earlier prints.

So now barely two years Read More...

NOTP - New year! 4th January

Glyn.James@tudnofm.co.uk — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:13:33 +0100

Hi there and Happy New Year!

Hope you had a good holiday and haven't broken many resolutions yet: but let's face it - what else are they for?

I thought I'd have a look over records that took my fancy last year and play tracks from them throughout the show. If I remember I'll make a list of the ones I featured as my records of the week and see if I can come up with a top ten. Maybe.

However, I did play tracks from British Sea Power, Manic Street Preachers, School of SevRead More...