The Boland Guest list for Friday 8th December….
Happy Birthday Elvis…Yes folks, Elvis Presley was born on this day 75 years ago, hard to believe Elvis at 75 if he had lived. Bolands first guest Charlie Connelly’s book In Search of Elvis, in an engaging journey that takes him from Elvis's birthplace in Tupelo, via places Elvis visited in Germany, Las Vegas and Hawaii, and of course to Elvis's home and the setting for his tragic death: Graceland in Memphis. Connelly – an admirer of Elvis rather than an obsessive fan – wanted to take a look at the Elvis legacy, and see why Presley remains the biggest cultural icon of our time. To do this, he's chosen not to write a biography, and not to trace Elvis's life through the obvious places. The trip takes him to Finland to meet a professor who performs Elvis songs in Latin while wearing a kilt; to Canada to meet Schmelvis, the Jewish Elvis impersonator, and Elvis Priestley, the Anglican priest and also an Elvis impersonator.
Maurice was originally drawn to the headline: ‘Teenagers risk death in internet strangling craze’ ….. Children are posting videos on the internet showing them choking other youngsters to the point of collapse, in a craze that doctors warn has led to brain damage and death!! In the troubling footage on YouTube, British teenagers can be seen losing consciousness, their eyes rolled back, as they collapse to the ground to the sound of their friends' laughter. The videos show teenagers applying pressure to the necks of friends. Others try to create the high on their own, using a ligature, with a greater risk of killing themselves if anything goes wrong and help is not at hand. Maurice has invited Françoise Cochet to join his Friday guest list and will tell him: “The afternoon my 14-year-old son Nicolas told me about a "scarf game" he and some friends had been playing in the playground, I dismissed it. I didn't realise that the "game" involved the children risking their lives by starving their brains of oxygen in pursuit of a high. Later that night, my son tied a judo chord around his neck, attached the other end to his door handle and, accidentally, strangled himself to death”.
We continue to be shocked by the amount of lies we are told in the media, by advertisers, politicians and experts. Boland’s next guests Simon Rose and Steve Caplin clearly are too, and have done some wide ranging and amusing research into the areas in which the public are misled. Theatrical posters, bottle labelling (wine can legally contain fish bladders and not tell you - urgh!), budget airlines and many quagmires of deceit are exposed. "British' pork can come from Ireland, 'British' beef can be Zebu meat from Brazil - hence the title of there book ‘Complete and Utter Zebu’ a metaphor for the amount of misleading tosh we are fed.
Bolands final guest Oonagh O’Hagan who’s new book ' I love You with Custard on Top and other notes from the Wilder Shores of Love' is a hilarious collection of genuine love notes, from the affectionate to the poignant to the downright filthy. Oonagh was given the notes by friends, colleagues and anonymous donators….Boland on Friday at 10..
Happy Birthday Elvis…Yes folks, Elvis Presley was born on this day 75 years ago, hard to believe Elvis at 75 if he had lived. Bolands first guest Charlie Connelly’s book In Search of Elvis, in an engaging journey that takes him from Elvis's birthplace in Tupelo, via places Elvis visited in Germany, Las Vegas and Hawaii, and of course to Elvis's home and the setting for his tragic death: Graceland in Memphis. Connelly – an admirer of Elvis rather than an obsessive fan – wanted to take a look at the Elvis legacy, and see why Presley remains the biggest cultural icon of our time. To do this, he's chosen not to write a biography, and not to trace Elvis's life through the obvious places. The trip takes him to Finland to meet a professor who performs Elvis songs in Latin while wearing a kilt; to Canada to meet Schmelvis, the Jewish Elvis impersonator, and Elvis Priestley, the Anglican priest and also an Elvis impersonator.
Maurice was originally drawn to the headline: ‘Teenagers risk death in internet strangling craze’ ….. Children are posting videos on the internet showing them choking other youngsters to the point of collapse, in a craze that doctors warn has led to brain damage and death!! In the troubling footage on YouTube, British teenagers can be seen losing consciousness, their eyes rolled back, as they collapse to the ground to the sound of their friends' laughter. The videos show teenagers applying pressure to the necks of friends. Others try to create the high on their own, using a ligature, with a greater risk of killing themselves if anything goes wrong and help is not at hand. Maurice has invited Françoise Cochet to join his Friday guest list and will tell him: “The afternoon my 14-year-old son Nicolas told me about a "scarf game" he and some friends had been playing in the playground, I dismissed it. I didn't realise that the "game" involved the children risking their lives by starving their brains of oxygen in pursuit of a high. Later that night, my son tied a judo chord around his neck, attached the other end to his door handle and, accidentally, strangled himself to death”.
We continue to be shocked by the amount of lies we are told in the media, by advertisers, politicians and experts. Boland’s next guests Simon Rose and Steve Caplin clearly are too, and have done some wide ranging and amusing research into the areas in which the public are misled. Theatrical posters, bottle labelling (wine can legally contain fish bladders and not tell you - urgh!), budget airlines and many quagmires of deceit are exposed. "British' pork can come from Ireland, 'British' beef can be Zebu meat from Brazil - hence the title of there book ‘Complete and Utter Zebu’ a metaphor for the amount of misleading tosh we are fed.
Bolands final guest Oonagh O’Hagan who’s new book ' I love You with Custard on Top and other notes from the Wilder Shores of Love' is a hilarious collection of genuine love notes, from the affectionate to the poignant to the downright filthy. Oonagh was given the notes by friends, colleagues and anonymous donators….Boland on Friday at 10..
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