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Shaun Ryder and Spoons

Black Grape's Shaun Ryder gives Chris their first new single in 20 years from their upcoming album Pop Voodoo. Wooden spoon carver Barnaby Carder on his beautiful utensils.

Black Grape's Shaun Ryder gives Chris the world exclusive first play of the new single Nine Lives. He also has news of their upcoming album Pop Voodoo and fills Chris in on the past 20 years. Wooden spoon carver Barnaby Carder tells us about his beautiful utensils for Great Job Wednesday. Vassos welcomes Dame Kelly Holmes into the Sports Locker to chat child fitness, and it's a Gravesend Top Tenuous. Plus Paul Kerensa provides the daily Pause For Thought.

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Wed 17 May 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Lady Gaga

    The Cure

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • The Charlie Daniels Band

    The Devil Went Down To Georgia

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • George Ezra

    Did You Hear The Rain?

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 001.

  • Gregory Porter

    Don't Lose Your Steam

    • Take Me To The Alley.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • JP Cooper

    Passport Home

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Taylor Swift

    Bad Blood

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • The Belle Stars

    Iko Iko

    • Rain Man O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Capitol.

  • Scott McKenzie

    San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • James Arthur

    Can I Be Him

    • Back From The Edge.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Danny Wilson

    Second Summer Of Love

  • 顿别别别鈥怢颈迟别

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • The Best Of 100% Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • The Piano Guys

    (It's Gonna Be) Okay (feat. Cliff Richard)

    • (CD Single).
    • Portrait/Sony Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Black Grape

    Nine Lives

  • Black Grape

    In The Name Of The Father

    • (CD Single).
    • Radioactive.

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • Kajagoogoo

    Too Shy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Lovin鈥� Spoonful

    Daydream

    • The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Kelsea Ballerini

    XO

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 001.

  • 10cc

    Rubber Bullets

    • Greatest Hits... And More.
    • Mercury.
    • 11.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Squeeze

    Cradle To The Grave

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • Buddy Holly

    Heartbeat

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Comedian & writer Paul Kerensa

My all-time favourite fact involves an unsung star of yesteryear: Paul Winchell, aka 鈥榃inch鈥�.聽 He鈥檚 probably best-known for voicing Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, or Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races, or the evil Gargamel in The Smurfs. But here鈥檚 the fact: bonkers as it sounds, this voice behind Tigger invented the artificial heart.

At a young age, Winch was obsessed with ventriloquism, and his hit radio show featured just that鈥� Radio ventriloquism, where your lips can move to your heart鈥檚 content. Early on, Winch created that Muppet-like method of moving puppets鈥� hands via your own linked gestures. By the late 50s, he was a star, and won 鈥楢rthur Murray鈥檚 Dance Party鈥�, the Strictly of its day. During after-show drinks, Winch met Dr Henry Heimlich, of Heimlich Manoeuvre fame 鈥� just the person you want at a party full of vol-au- vents.

This strange friendship formed between Tigger and the manoeuvre guy. 鈥淵ou must be choking?鈥� Well I鈥檓 not. Dr Heimlich let Winch observe his surgical operations, and their interests combined to invent the artificial heart. The ventriloquist behind puppet gestures became equally fixated on manoeuvring human bodies 鈥� and who better to manoeuvre them with, than the world鈥檚 most famous manoeuvre.

Transferable skills 鈥� even ventriloquist doll-making and cardiac surgery 鈥� show us the value of trying another path, a parallel path, to the one we鈥檙e on. Winch was fascinated with how bodies work, and how to physically manipulate them when they don鈥檛. Jesus was a carpenter, then built with words and teaching. His disciples were fisherman, and then fishers of men. Personally, my first writing job was for Radio 2 鈥� jokes for The News Huddlines in 2001. I never thought that would wind up here. I couldn鈥檛 have predicted what led to now.

We may think we鈥檝e found our calling, a job for our skillset. But for me, God鈥檚 the ultimate manoeuvrer. Paul Winchell gave new life to puppets and people. I believe that maybe, just maybe, God鈥檚 manoeuvring us likewise. We might yet discover new, surprising, dynamic uses for parts of us we鈥檝e given up on.

So I think bouncing is NOT what Tiggers do best 鈥� I think it鈥檚 artificial heart invention 鈥� and maybe what we do best will surprise us yet. Because like the Tigger song nearly goes, the wonderful thing about each of us is, that we are the only one.

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