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Title: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: PLW (Peter) on August 31, 2008, 12:09:13 PM Swarb was interviewed on BH this morning re the famous Daily Telegraph obituary incident. Alway first with the news, at R4 ;)
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Amethyst (Jenny) on August 31, 2008, 12:52:00 PM Is there any way we can listen again to that.. I missed it...?
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Andy on August 31, 2008, 01:31:56 PM Should be on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/ soon.
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: MikeB (Mike) on August 31, 2008, 02:22:19 PM You can download today's program from here (http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/bh/bh_20080831-1127.mp3). (Right click and press "Save As"/"Save Target As"/"Save Link As")
The bit with Swarb starts at about 25:45. Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: gower flower (Shirl) on September 02, 2008, 10:29:41 AM Thanks - just been listening. Lovely. {:-)
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Amethyst (Jenny) on September 02, 2008, 10:57:17 AM "It was almost worth dying for..." of reading the obituary...
Great stuff, thanks. Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Malcolm on September 02, 2008, 11:49:24 AM I got his signed obit from Cropredy that year. He was selling his signature as part of Swarbaid and calling his wares: "roll up, view the only animated corpse" .
I shall never forget that, the only time I've spoken to him so far. :) Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Amethyst (Jenny) on September 02, 2008, 11:50:06 AM Our signed obit is in the downstairs loo ;D ;D
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Ollie on September 02, 2008, 05:17:23 PM He did a gig in St Neots on the day his obituary was published. He went up to my friends mum and said 'aparently, I'm dead!'.
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: jude on September 02, 2008, 05:37:55 PM He did a gig in St Neots on the day his obituary was published. He went up to my friends mum and said 'aparently, I'm dead!'. I think you'll find that he was seriously ill in hospital Ollie, not actually playing gigs anywhere Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Ollie on September 02, 2008, 05:40:59 PM He did a gig in St Neots on the day his obituary was published. He went up to my friends mum and said 'aparently, I'm dead!'. I think you'll find that he was seriously ill in hospital Ollie, not actually playing gigs anywhere Really? I didn't know. :-[ Just what my mate told me... Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Poor Will (Bill) on September 02, 2008, 05:41:56 PM In case there is anyone who has not read the original obituary, there's a copy here http://www.alexlyons.co.uk/atrax/swarb_archive/obituary_files/telegraph_obituary.htm
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: jude on September 02, 2008, 05:57:22 PM He did a gig in St Neots on the day his obituary was published. He went up to my friends mum and said 'aparently, I'm dead!'. I think you'll find that he was seriously ill in hospital Ollie, not actually playing gigs anywhere Really? I didn't know. :-[ Just what my mate told me... and it was 1999 so you would only have been about 4 ;D it's ok Ollie, here's an interview with Dave about it http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/jun/15/folk Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: jaypeter (Peter) on September 03, 2008, 08:59:18 PM Legend. No other word. Legend. Could listen to him all day. God bless his bow and rosin. And fiddle. (Actually God probably already has.)
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: dennis on September 03, 2008, 09:54:12 PM I got his signed obit from Cropredy that year. He was selling his signature as part of Swarbaid and calling his wares: "roll up, view the only animated corpse" . I shall never forget that, the only time I've spoken to him so far. :) just out of interest wats a Obit? Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: gower flower (Shirl) on September 03, 2008, 09:56:42 PM Obituary. People write them about famous dead people. :o
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: jude on September 03, 2008, 09:58:20 PM I got his signed obit from Cropredy that year. He was selling his signature as part of Swarbaid and calling his wares: "roll up, view the only animated corpse" . I shall never forget that, the only time I've spoken to him so far. :) just out of interest wats a Obit? It's an obituary. What people say about you after you've died. Or in Swarb's case (and a few others!) accidentally before you've died :o Curses GF you beat me by a whisker... Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: gower flower (Shirl) on September 03, 2008, 10:00:41 PM Sorry Jude! :-*
And if you are lucky Dennis, they say Really Nice Things about you. As in the case of dear Swarb who was alive all the time and lucky enough to read what people said. ;D ::) Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: dennis on September 03, 2008, 10:09:20 PM Thanks, i learn more on here than i do at school,
HHAHA Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: gower flower (Shirl) on September 03, 2008, 10:17:16 PM Thanks, i learn more on here than i do at school, HHAHA Well, I don't know about that, but it is gratifying that TAW satisfies some educational needs. ;D Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Nick on September 03, 2008, 11:21:36 PM And if you are lucky Dennis, they say Really Nice Things about you. As in the case of dear Swarb who was alive all the time and lucky enough to read what people said. ;D ::) Alfred Nobel was another famous person who accidentally got to read his own obituary. His brother died but the newspaper editor got the wrong information. Interestingly it wasn't a nice obit. It was very critical of the fact that he had invented Dynamite: "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday." The headline referred to him as The Merchant of Death. The mis-published obit changed his life. He left the bulk of his fortune to found the five Nobel Prizes (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace) awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." As a story, it's positively Dickensian... Cheers Nick Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Jules Gray on September 04, 2008, 09:22:41 AM Alfred Nobel was another famous person who accidentally got to read his own obituary. His brother died but the newspaper editor got the wrong information. Interestingly it wasn't a nice obit. It was very critical of the fact that he had invented Dynamite: "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday." The headline referred to him as The Merchant of Death. The mis-published obit changed his life. He left the bulk of his fortune to found the five Nobel Prizes (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace) awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." As a story, it's positively Dickensian... Cheers Nick Great story there Nick! Jules Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Edthefolkie on September 12, 2008, 10:10:59 PM Colin Irwin owned up to writing said Swarb obit in his splendid book In Search of Albion. Worth a read that is, my handsomes.
Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Ollie on September 12, 2008, 11:02:00 PM Colin Irwin owned up to writing said Swarb obit in his splendid book In Search of Albion. Worth a read that is, my handsomes. Reading it ATM. Great book. As is 'The Magic Spring' by Richard Lewis. Title: Re: Swarb on Radio 4 Post by: Edthefolkie on September 12, 2008, 11:41:18 PM Quote As is 'The Magic Spring' by Richard Lewis Yer right there Ollie, it is indeed. Both those books say a lot that I've been trying to get me head round for years. I mean I KNOW our music/tradition/capering about/making arses of ourselves is valid and important but it's nice to get confirmation from people wot write books (and younger people like yourself - and I'm not being patronising). |