hello again.

ive been away for a while.
ha.

Tim.

RADIO REVIEW: The Matt & Joe Show Breakfast.

The Matt and Jo show airs on Fox FM from 6 - 9am weekdays.

Matt & Joe are pretty funny people. I don’t like Matt for some reason, I don’t know why, maybe it’s the arrogance in his voice. BUT these two work really well together, they can have fun and muck around, as well as be very organised when they are conducting interviews. When their regular gossip king Adam Richard comes on they do have a lot of laughs as he tells all the latest gossip.

There is a lot of listener contribution making the listener feel included. Today they had people call in and suggest who would be on Melbourne's A list, as well as having a tattoo artist to answer that delicate tattooing question.

The show was okay, I wouldn’t rush back to listen to it, but besides my somewhat confusing anger and dislike towards one of the hosts, the show was alright and most people aged 16-25 would probably like it a lot.

Keep the good times coming.
Tim Bolch.

RADIO REVIEW: Fifi & Jules Drive Show

Fifi and Jules work really well together. the show is very casual with lots of laughs. They both tend to tell stories about themselves as well as people they know, which can turn out to be very funny and give the listener an insight into their lives.

Their is a lot of listener participation during the show with listeners given plenty of opportunities to call in and have their say. They have a regular segment called 'Is it Amazing' where listeners call in to test out a story on Fifi and Jules before using it on their friends and Fifi and Jules decide whether it is an amazing. Today the started the segment with celebrity chef Curtis Stone telling one of his embarrassing stories which was found amazing.

Overall, this is an entertaining, easy going show. I recommend it for anyone looking for a bit of light hearted humour to unwind on their drive home from work.

Keep the good times coming.
Tim Bolch.

RADIO REVIEW: Breakfast with Tom & Alex.

Hosted by Tom Ballad and Alex Dyson this breakfast show air weekdays from 6 - 9 am. The boys spend most of their time joking around with each other and their guests. Alex quite often doesn't sound all that enthusiastic, especially first thing in the morning but Tom is a lot more into it.

There is a lot of listener participation through texts and calling in. Sometimes it seems too much, with it sounding like the listeners are doing most of the talking.

The boys quite often refer to things that have happened previously during the week, which is great for regular listeners, but as a first time listener I had no idea what and who they were talking about.

Overall, the show is very relaxed, but it's kind of too relaxed and the boys often sounded like they haven't put any thought into what they were going to say. Then when they were talking it wasn't really about anything and I just found the whole show quite boring and I don't plan on tuning in again any time soon.

Keep the good times coming.
Tim Bolch

RADIO REVIEW: MONDAYITIS AFL 12/6

Step one: create amazing intro theme. (check)

Step two: talk about the best sport in the world. (check)

Step three: engage me as a listener. (cross)

Going for a walk this afternoon while listening to this podcast I was excited to listen to a show about my most loved and favourite sport on this planet, Australian Rules Football. From previous experiences listening to footy shows I had a standard that I though was going to be met. How wrong I could be.

The program started with the 3 hosts talking and having a crack at each other. They talked about the bye and how the short round was a 50/50 in excitement. I expected them to go in to detail and analyse the 6 games, but they really only talked about the major things that any joe bloe could have noticed.

Listening to a footy show I expected a detail breakdown of the major key points that wins football games. Or at least them talking about the major elements of this great game (contested ball, efficiency & pressure). But I was given three aussie blokes who from what I thought had little knowledge of the game chatting about irrelevant things that a normal footy analysis wouldn’t even look at.

BUT, this could just be me being a classic footy fan, who loves the real nuts and bolts of things, who likes to hear about important moments and players that change games.

In my opinion the show was pretty poor and I DEFFINATLY will not be listening in again.

Keep the good times coming.
Tim Bolch.

RADIO REVIEW: Tripple J- New Unearthed Music 3/6

The show begins with an ubeatd song, and a voice over lets the fact known that the show plays the best new music that’s crossing the airways.

Host Dom Alletio explains that the show will have five fresh new hits from the triple j unearthed website.

He introduces the first band (Tiger Town) and there song “lions and witches”. He explains that it’s a 6 peice band from Brisbane that is very drum and vocal heavy. The song is a great layering of voices and has great levels of intensity. To make me enjoy the song even more, the beautiful sounds of fading brass comes in which turns into strong horns, and if you know me, you know I love a good fading horn.

Vegas Aces is the second band also out of Brisbane and is a hip hop/ R&B duo and their song “hard to breathe” is a great power lifting song and the deep, heavy waves of sound creates a great feeling for the lyrics which arnt to bad.

Dom goes on to review the last 3 new performers and gives his opinion about the artist and the track. The show is a great venue for new artists locally who have a fresh beat that want some air time. I like how dom talks about each song and artist and that it seems like he is genuinely interested and excited about the new talent that is coming each and every week.

Again I will probably be listening back to hear the newest songs from acts in our great country.

Keep the good times coming.
Tim Bolch.

RADIO REVIEW: The Planet- ABC National Radio

The show started with the presenter (who’s name I missed) talking about Willie Nelsons new Album, Heroes.

 He talk about Willie Nelson’s new album, saying Heroes, is all over the shop, with guests ranging from Snoop Dogg  to Merle Haggard and mostly his son Lukas Nelson, who wrote three of the album’s songs.

His tone suggests that he almost despises the album and the way he speaks shows that he really is having a dig at poor old Willie.

 He notes that Willie contributes only one new song – Hero -  a tribute to Texas singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver

The show was a very opinionated show and really was critical on the album. The “in your face” truth and reality of the show is very intriguing to me and I really liked the honesty and realism of the program.

The show itself was great and its made me want to listen to more of the reviews.

Keep the good times coming
Tim Bolch.