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The 200th birthday party for the Word podcast - you should have been there
Last night we celebrated the 200th edition of the Word Podcast in the historic surroundings of the room upstairs in The King and Queen in Foley Street, W1. It was here that Bob Dylan made his first ever appearance on these shores in November 1962. It was here that Mark Ellen eventually struggled his way through a live rendition of the distinctive intro to the podcast. There then ensued an hour of semi-organised chaos featuring special appearances from Kate Mossman, Mike "Seventies" Johnson, Rob Fitzpatrick and Fraser Lewry.
Official photograph by Lenny Law.
Subjects covered included: the on and off wedding arrangements of Sinead O'Connor; Mossman being pursued the house Benny Hill-style by Kevin Ayers and Fraser's legendary misdirection of the Princess Of Wales. The audience who packed the upstairs room competed in the legendary Rock and Roll Spelling test, lined up to play thirty seconds of a rock classic on an unusual instrument and, in the words of Just A Minute's Nicholas Parsons, "cheered us on our way". Apologies if it sounds a bit chaotic but you should have been there.
I assume that Mark Ellen
had to dash off to continue his impossibly interesting life elsewhere, but surely "My Night With Chrissie Hynde" deserved a celebratory lap of honour?
Apart from that: Outstanding - I wish I'd been there...
After mye
abizmal performence in the speling conntest, I wishe I hadent.
Don't be so hard...
...on yours$lf. You did! fine.
Which is which in the picture
out of Fitzpatrick and Johnson (I assume it is them)?
Seventies Johnson...
The clue is in the name :-)
70s is wearing
an orange T-shirt, 'tache and scarf. (You probably could have guessed that from his name). Rob's on his right.
EDIT: Snap! Stimps
only got me and julio
reckon the uke player was robbed
Robbed?
...no, he was Bobbed! :-)
A tad bizarre
It was like something I dreamt where it comes to me to do my turn and I'm not wearing any trousers and wake up in a cold sweat.
This live Word podcast thing could get big - next year Hepworth and Ellen live from the O2.