Colin Murray:
It all started so normally. This morning I woke up and looked at my alarm clock (now retired the alarm is never set) and saw that it was 7.30am. That made me happy as I could listen to the radio for another two-and-a-half hours before Colin Murray takes over.
Colin Murray is a DJ who has a Sunday morning spot on BBC Radio 5 Live, the station I generally listen to. It's a news and sports channel, no music. I leave the radio on all night. It helps me (though probably not my sleeping partner) get to sleep. and if I wake up in the middle of the night I can just listen to the radio and soon doze off again. If music was being played on the radio it would wake me up and it wouldn't help me go back to sleep. Soothing talk has the opposite effect on me.
Back to Colin Murray, he is effectively my Sunday morning alarm call as I do not like his show, in fact I can't stand his show. His show is always the cue for me to qet out of bed.
Kyren Wilson and Lei Peifan:
The annual world Snooker Championship has just started at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Yesterday Kyren Wilson, last year's winner, lost to a Chinese debutant, Lei Peifan, China is the rising force in snooker and some have predicted that a Chinese snooker player will win this year's world championships for the first time.
Just before Colin Murray was about to start his show and for me to get up, there was a piece on the radio about Lei Peifan's shock win over Kyren Wilson. Commentary highlights of the game were played against the backdrop of this song.
Released in 2006, Sam Sparro's Black and Gold was a big dance hit. It's now my earworm today. I can't stop playing it in my head. as earworms go, it's a good one.
Sam Sparro:
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I only listen to the Bob and Tom Radio show but that's only when we are out and about and driving. So glad you find talk radio so soothing, there is no way I could listen to any kind of radio to get to sleep.
I had never heard of that talk show or this song, this is a good one though thanks for sharing it with us.
I hope your Monday is a marvelous start to your new week..
BBC Radio 5 Live can only be easily got in this country.
Now that warmer weather is here, it’s going to be a race of birds or the alarm clock waking me up in the mornings
I love the sound of birds. I have a magpie living in my loft.
Oh my goodness, radio all night would be a dealbreaker for me.
Although I've been trying to find a solution for middle of the night sleeplessness and have tried a couple of podcasts like Sleep With Me. But I listen on my earbuds. It hasn't been effective so far. It does put me to sleep but then if it's say, a 60 minute podcast it tends to wake me up again after 45 minutes or so.
So far none of my partners have complained about the radio. If they did, I would of course compromise.
Hi S! You’ve got a lovely morning routine: it’s good to have one; it brings a nice rhythm and a sense of consistency to life
I like my morning routines until Colin Murray spoils it on Sundays!
The quiet, except perhaps for the chirping birds, is my favorite part of the morning.
I love to hear birds singing in the morning and in the evening.