DJDarren

DJDarren, 5 hours ago to random

Considering it’s treated as nothing more than a comedy song (because, to be fair, it is very, very funny), there’s no reason for Horse Outside to be such an incredible tune. I’m actually annoyed that I didn’t think of it for last night’s show.

The Rubberbandits - Horse Outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8

#NowPlaying

DJDarren, 10 hours ago to random

I guess I understand why it’s the case, but it still blows my mind that British Standards documents aren’t freely available from .gov.uk as a download.

They’re literally the documents that outline how things should be done, but you have to pay a vast amount to access any of them.

DJDarren, 13 hours ago to random

Listening back to yesterday’s edition of #ThePlaylist and have noticed 1 (one) fuck up.

Let me know if you hear it…

https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-270524-animals/

#NowPlaying #Radio

DJDarren, 11 hours ago to random

I’m just now realising that, for some reason it could well be entirely possible to put together a two hour radio show comprising purely of songs about horses.

Why do songwriters love horses so much?

DJDarren, 14 hours ago to random

Anyway, morning, champions!

How are you all on this shitty, wet Tuesday?

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

🪨🦞

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

Ten minutes, champions!
https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren/112513953607771144

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

@mixxx Hey. Is it possible to disable the tips that pop up when you hover over an element?

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

One of the nice things about listening to @labr while cooking dinner is not having to break for the news.

There’s a lot to be said for this.

#Radio #Broadcasting #NowPlaying

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

Today! At 8pm (BST)! #ThePlaylist!

The theme this week is ‘Animals’, and you guys have pulled out some absolute corkers. Really looking forward to this one.

@labr / https://stream.labr.online/ / 2000-2200 BST

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

Putting together tonight's #ThePlaylist is proving tricky.

I have 2:19:51 worth of music in the list so far, which needs to be thinned by at least 35 minutes.

Got to make some tough decisions!

DJDarren, 1 day ago to random

If this had happened in the movie, the dinosaurs would have escaped immediately, while the humans died horrible, painful deaths. https://botsin.space/@lexknowssystems/112513018278238626

DJDarren, 2 days ago to random

Nice one, Microsoft. I just want to play my game, but first we have to fuck about VNCing in so we can dismiss this bullshit.

If you can’t read it, the options it gives are “Get It” and “Schedule It”.

I feel like “No” should be an option.

DJDarren, 2 days ago to random

Sat here watching the rain. It’s quite nice.

DJDarren, 2 days ago to ADHD

I’ll tell you how much my #ADHD fucks with me.

I need to finish putting together tomorrow’s show. I’ve already got it 75% in place, just need to find the last few tracks and put them in order. Easy.

But I can’t muster up the mental energy to do it, because I know that I have all day tomorrow. I love doing the show, I just can’t convince my brane of that.

So rather than do it tonight and have the whole day to whatever tomorrow, I’ll spend this evening worrying that I haven’t done it yet.

DJDarren, 2 days ago to random

Something flipped in my stupid brane earlier which sent me from Good Day Darren to Everyone’s An Arsehole Darren, and I’m not a huge fan of it, tbh.

DJDarren, 2 days ago to random

The garden is now finished. Well, all the shit I trimmed today is now in a bag waiting for me to be arsed to take it up the tip.

The lawn looks like ass because it’s No Mow May, and apparently my lawn contains no wildflowers, just shitty weeds that grow fat, spiky leaves.

DJDarren, 2 days ago to random

Morning, champions!

DJDarren, 3 days ago to random

Yes yes, we’re all rightfully mad about AI and genocides and all that, but no one is talking about the biggest issue we’re facing: the proliferation of chocolate bars that aren’t segmented into neat lines.

Fuck you Tony, for the chaos you’ve wrought.

DJDarren, 3 days ago to random

Listening to Craig Charles’ #FunkAndSoul show on #6Music, and once again he publicly admits to carrying two pounds of funk in a bag rated for only one pound, and once again I ask why my complaints to the BBC and the HSE are going ignored.

Also, he needs to be careful when advertising his quantities in imperial measures.

DJDarren, 3 days ago to random

Having a Van Morrison moment this morning. Dunno why, just had a yen to listen to Whenever God Shines His Light, because it’s a nice track. Cheesy, yeah, and features Harry Webb himself, but it’s a chilled listen.

https://songwhip.com/van-morrison/whenever-god-shines-his-light

#NowPlaying

DJDarren, 4 days ago to random

With great deliberation, I’ve decided that next Monday’s edition of #ThePlaylist shall have the theme of…

Animals

Animals are great, and there’s loads of them that people have written songs about. So fling your suggestions my way and let’s see if we can’t put together the best animals-related radio show the world has ever seen.

Monday / 8-10pm BST / https://labr.online / @labr

DJDarren, 4 days ago to random

Finally got around to listening to the new Frank Turner album today. ‘Somewhere Inbetween’ has properly hooked me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn99Avv9Y8o

#NowPlaying #FrankTurner #FTHC

DJDarren, 5 days ago to random

A few months back my #Kobo pitched a fit and reset itself, losing my reading data for the year to that point. Not a huge issue, as for some reason I remembered that it was up to 65.2 hours.

Ever since then, I’ve had to add 65.2 to the current listed time in order to calculate my current reading time.

Anyway, I’m currently figuring out whether I can adjust the time displayed on the Kobo by editing the KoboReader.sqlite file.

So far my experiments have been unsuccessful, but I shall persevere.

DJDarren, 5 days ago to random

Just had cause to remember the first radio show I presented on a community station near Southampton. This was in 2007, a month or so after I started my radio degree.

Because I had no real way of playing requests on the fly like I could now if I wanted to, I had to make sure my playlists were all backtimed and ready, then I burned them onto two CDs. Even tracks on one, odd tracks on the other.

This meant I didn’t have to cue anything because the next track was already lined up.