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Mark Goodier gets you in the weekend spirit with a Whole Wower with tracks from Gloria Gaynor, McFadden & Whitehead and Jackie Wilson.

Mark Goodier gets you in the weekend spirit with a Whole Wower with tracks from Gloria Gaynor, McFadden & Whitehead and Big Audio Dynamite. Today's Diva O'Clock is courtesy of Dina Carroll with Ain't No Man. We hear from our listeners including early achiever Nina who's training for the Manchester 100 and Kerry who's taking part in the Rutland Night Swim. Plus Sonali Shah previews the weekend's action in the Sports Locker and we Pause For Thought with art historian Dr. Jim Harris.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 Aug 2018 06:30

Music Played

  • The Trammps

    Disco Inferno

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Rod Stewart

    Didn't I (feat. Bridget Cady)

    • Blood Red Roses.
    • Decca.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Status Quo

    Caroline

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

    The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Eye Industries.
  • James Brown

    Living in America

    • 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.
  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    People Give In

    • Resistance Is Futile.
    • Columbia.
  • Dina Carroll

    Ain't No Man

    • The Love Album II (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Liam Gallagher

    Paper Crown

    • As You Were.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.
  • Chris Rea

    Let's Dance

    • Auberge EP.
    • East West Records.
  • Supertramp

    The Logical Song

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • A&M.
  • David Guetta

    Don't Leave Me Alone (feat. Anne-Marie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Ariana Grande

    no tears left to cry

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.
  • Elvis Costello

    Veronica

    • Elvis Costello - Extreme Honey.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Pretenders

    Back On The Chain Gang

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.
  • Spandau Ballet

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.
  • Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan

    Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.
  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Big Audio Dynamite

    ·¡=²Ñ°ä²

    • Alternative Eighties (Various Artist.
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Ramones

    Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (1979 Live Version)

    • The Ramones - All The Stuff And More.
    • Sire.
  • The Tamperer featuring Maya

    Feel It (feat. Maya)

    • (CD Single).
    • Pepper.
  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Baby D

    Let Me Be Your Fantasy

    • (CD Single).
    • Production House.
  • Kylie Minogue

    A Lifetime To Repair

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Roy Orbison

    I Drove All Night

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.
  • Thin Lizzy

    Jailbreak

    • Best Air Guitar Album In The World II.
    • Virgin.
  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Flo Rida

    I Don't Like It, I Love It (feat. Robin Thicke & Verdine White)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Jax Jones

    Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Jess Glynne

    All I Am

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.
  • Paul Young

    Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 5.
  • Texas

    I Don't Want A Lover

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.
  • Boyzone

    Because

    • Thank You & Goodnight.
    • Rhino.
  • Michelle Shocked

    Anchorage

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Naughty Boy

    Should've Been Me (feat. Kyla & Popcaan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Jim Harris, Art Historian:

Ìý

I went camping this summer, in Dorset with my eldest, Miriam and my youngest, Silas.Ìý We pitched camp in our usual busy field a couple of miles outside Swanage, but then on our way to town for fish and chips, we passed a beautiful, empty, wide-open site, and our heads were turned.

Ìý

So back we went, took down the tents down, loaded up the car and set off again.Ìý And the car died.Ìý No coughing, no spluttering, just dead right there in the lane. A friendly farmer in a pickup tried to jumpstart us but to zero effect. So we hauled the tents back out of the car and prepared for the walk of shame back onto the campsite, but then the farmer returned with farm-size jump leads, and the car leapt miraculously into life.

Ìý

So off we trotted again, and camped again.Ìý And one by one the tentpoles broke.

By the time I’d fixed the poles with the torn-off handles of a carrier bag (true), we were too late for fish and chips.Ìý And when we finally got to Swanage, the car broke down again.

And then it all got a bit sweary.Ìý We ate a nasty sandwich in the dark on the beach. It was bleak.

Ìý

There’s a Psalm in the Bible that angrily addresses God and says: ’Surely the darkness will hide me and the light will become night around me’.Ìý My holiday had become like night around me. And yet.Ìý As if by magic, a kindly family appeared like angels, gathered us up and drove us the three miles back up the hill to the campsite. Next morning I found Gary the Garage Guy who cheerfully fixed the car.Ìý And for two days we walked and swam and played backgammon in the Square and Compasses pub.

Ìý

The next line in that Psalm is, ‘even the darkness will not be dark to you; for darkness is as light to you’.Ìý Christians believe that there’s nothing too dark, miserable or even just too ridiculously annoying, for God to shine a light on. Now that’s not to suggest that there will always be a happy ending.Ìý But I don’t think that the darkness will always be dark. I don’t think the night is forever.Ìý And I reckon that the light is often closer than we think; sometimes, in the kindness of strangers.

Ìý

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