Subscribe to the New Statesman
New Statesman
Login | Register

To log in enter your Email and your Password. If you forgot your Password click here.

  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Media
  • Life & Society
  • Energy
  • World Affairs
  • Columns
  • Blogs
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Jobs
  • The Staggers
  • Cultural Capital
  • Mehdi Hasan
  • Laurie Penny
  • David Allen Green
  • David Blanchflower
  • Graeme Archer
  • Helen Lewis-Hasteley
  • Steven Baxter
  • Guy Walters
  • Gavin Kelly
  • Tom Ravenscroft
  • Nelson Jones
  • Star Spangled Staggers
Click here to claim subscription offers
Click here to claim subscription offers

Return to: Home | Blogs | Tom Ravenscroft

TomRavenscroft

Tom Ravenscroft

Fresh sounds from the BBC 6 Music DJ

Follow: Tom Ravenscroft RSS   |  Tom Ravenscroft Twitter

I have not a gram of rock'n'roll in me

Posted by Tom Ravenscroft - 20 November 2006 12:00

I am a potterer, a flâneur. I am brilliant at it, quite brilliant. I am encouraged in this by Hackney Council, which makes public transport so horrendous

Get the full magazine for just £1 a week with a trial subscription. PLUS get a free copy of Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent by Laurie Penny

Post this article to

  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • newsvine
  • Reddit
  • Tweet

4 comments from readers

frank quinlan
27 November 2006 at 22:24

I am a self taught guitarist/singer. I watched two of your programmes on channel 4 and am so impressed that I will hopefully watch many more. I am 77! Thank you.

fionasoepaing
12 December 2006 at 01:26

Well, thank goodness you persevered - I just found out that you played one of my songs for your Channel 4 music show! I am very chuffed indeed, as I have only just started promoting my music, and this is my first proper play! Many thanks...

Fiona Soe Paing


12 December 2006 at 17:59

First of all thanks Mr Quinlan for making me feel like a mere stripling at 45! I heard the Fiona Soe Paing track on the C4 podcast and was blown away by it - please play it again, or another track from her?


24 January 2007 at 22:28

http://www.channel4.com/music/myband/chiefpinkton

THey're awesome!!!! Wicked podcast by the way...

Post your comment

(Your email address will not be published)

click on the image to reload it Click to reload image
Latest Posts by our Bloggers
The Staggers

The Staggers

  • Morning Call: pick of the papers
  • Isn't it time we backed Bahrain's revolution?
Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital

  • Whitney Houston, 1963-2012
  • The Friday Arts Diary
Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan

  • Boris Johnson vs the London Irish
  • The threat from far-right terrorism
Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny

  • Compassion, a subversive idea
  • Don't be fooled by the Fred Goodwin sideshow
David Allen Green

David Allen Green

  • NightJack blogger to sue the Times
  • Must read posts on the Twitter Joke Trial appeal
David Blanchflower

David Blanchflower

  • Don't be fooled by the employment increase
  • Happiness on the Eurobarometer
Graeme Archer

Graeme Archer

  • The Lefties it's OK to love
  • The isolation of day-to-day life feels harder than ever to beat
Helen Lewis Hasteley

Helen Lewis Hasteley

  • Helen, 28, has some thoughts on Page 3
  • Does Steven Moffat have a problem with women?
Steven Baxter

Steven Baxter

  • Empire of the Sun
  • On Sky News, Twitter, and whether we would like journalists to be human
Guy Walters

Guy Walters

  • The curious case of the "break into Auschwitz"
  • It’s time we grew out of PDC (public displays of care)
Gavin Kelly

Gavin Kelly

  • The lesson Cameron needs to learn from Birgitte Nyborg
  • Waving goodbye to two decades
Tom Ravenscroft

Tom Ravenscroft

  • Not raving, but drowning
  • "Through the Cervix of Hawwah": don't judge a song by its title
Nelson Jones

Nelson Jones

  • Bideford Town Council hasn't a prayer
  • When is a bishop not a bishop?
Star Spangled Staggers

Star Spangled Staggers

  • VIDEO: Republican's heartfelt plea on gay marriage goes viral
  • When Ron Paul met Piers Morgan
Most Popular
  • Most popular
  • Most commented

In praise of John Fahey

By Tom Ravenscroft - 12 October

Why do I listen to so many sad songs?

By Tom Ravenscroft - 06 July

Tom Ravenscroft's music blog

By Tom Ravenscroft - 27 April

60 comments

Tom Ravenscroft's music blog

By Tom Ravenscroft - 11 May

13 comments

A day will come when all I listen to is bluegrass

By Tom Ravenscroft - 29 June

10 comments

Tim Key: he's a poet and he knows it.

By Tom Ravenscroft - 08 June

9 comments

"Through the Cervix of Hawwah": don't judge a song by its title

By Tom Ravenscroft - 17 November

8 comments

Elsewhere on the Blogosphere
  • Daniel Knowles
    Can you spend money to make money? Some things to know about fiscal stimulus
  • Duncan Weldon
    Market Analysts: The Chancellor isn't responsible for low gilt yields
  • Coffee House
    Lansley's battle should've never been fought
  • Benedict Brogan
    Surrender to the forces of conservatism would be a disaster for David Cameron
  • Lindsey Hilsum
    UN's Ban Ki-Moon is right to fear for Syria's future
  • Left Foot Forward
    Positive trade figures undermine Osborne's claim that Eurozone is to blame for negative growth
Past Entries
Blogroll
  • www.revolts.co.uk
  • Gauche
  • Liberal England
  • Tygerland.net
  • Iain Dale's Diary
  • Pickled Politics
Subscribe
This week's New Statesman
NewStatesman

Enter search term below:

Policy | Charity & Fundraising | Research | Education | Executive | Media | Social Care | Communications
NewStatesman

Newsletter!
Enter your email address here to receive updates from the team
chronicle of protest
Vote!

Can the UK achieve it’s commitment to carbon reduction targets by 2020?

Suggest a question

View comments

Tools & Services
PDF version PDA version RSS Podcasts Email updates Special Supplements Stockists Magazine Archive Subscribe
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Magazine
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Sponsorship
  • Stockists
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility

© New Statesman 1913 - 2010