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Six of the best: TV themes and titles

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:02:39 +0000

With the Bill set for a glossy, post-watershed makeover, out goes the famous theme tune that's served it well for a quarter of a century, and in comes a whole new ident for the show.

And it got us thinking here at Central Quay. So via the Daily Record's Twitter feed, we asked for your favourite themes. You answered, and here's a few of the nominations...

Six of the best: Neighbours stars turned pop stars

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:31:29 +0000

Welcome to a very special six of the ~~best~~ worst, inspired by the Daily Record's interview this week with Stefan Dennis.

Now poor Stefan's had a career trajectory that went from Neighbours (imperial era) to Dream Team to River City to Neighbours (contemporary). But nestled in among all that TV gold is a shining nugget of music terror.

So in tribute to Stef, and the rest of the Stock Aitken and Waterman hits factory (am sure that's an anagram), here's six of the best of the worst to make the jump from Ramsay Street to Top 40...

I defy anyone to watch this video and not say aww...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:05:39 +0000

My girlfriend, knowing how much I love (a) cute japanese things and (b) coffee, found this little video on YouTube.

So, like the title says. Watch it. And if you don't go awww, you've a swinging brick for a heart.

Chip off the old block

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:10:31 +0000

Saddened to see the story kicking about today of the Bervie Chipper in Stonehaven being badly damaged in a fire at the weekend.

Stoney's always been a great town for it's fish and chips. Sitting where it does, on the Mearns coast, and surrounded by farms, you got the best fish and the best spuds for chipping, and the large number of award-winning chippers around Kincardineshire can be attributed, in part to that.

As well I know.

Playing for Change: Stand By Me

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:56:58 +0000

It's not often I'll find something that on the internet that really moves me.

But occasionally, just occasionaly, among all the virals and LOLcats and chaff, the odd absolute nugget turns up that's makes you grin like a fool for the rest of the day.

This is a video by the people behind the remarkable Playing for Change movement, a multimedia project designed to bring people from all sorts of backgrounds and attitudes together in the name of music.

You can find full details of their remarkable project here, but in the meantime just sit back, relax and enjoy this - Stand By Me, performed by street musicians, singers and artists from around the world.

Brought to Boyle around the world

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:20:51 +0000

This week, I've been haggling with NBC in the States and TV Asahi in Japan, speaking to the Oprah show and seeing the Record's logo splattered across TV screens across the globe. Yes, it's been an interesting couple of weeks at DailyRecord.co.uk, and largely thanks to one wee woman from West Lothian.

Susan Boyle fever's been more infectious than H1N1, and the whole world's caught a dose - with the Daily Record at the forefront.

In praise of a great team

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:09:16 +0000

Last night, at the Scottish Press Awards, we grabbed a double whammy on the digital desk, on a week when we brought you Susan Boyle's first musical recording, kicking off a groundbreakingly successful period here at the site and taking the Daily Record's name arond the world.

As webeditor, I'm delighted to say I won the first Multimedia Journalist of the Year award, with the Record's Razz Girl and blogger extraordinaire Bev Lyons as runner up in the category.

So you'll have to forgive me feeling a little bit chuffed this morning - albeit struggling after the world's hottest curry.

It's a tremendous honour for the site, and comes as the paper also picked up Journalist Team of the Year for it's coverage of the Peter Tobin trial and News Photographer of the Year for our brilliant snapper Tony Nicoletti.

Over at the Sunday Mail, Charles Lavery deservedly picked up the Reporter of the Year award - and if you haven't seen his tremendous videos from Afghanistan, where he came under fire from the Taliban, you should go do so now.

Send a message out across the sky...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:03:59 +0000

There are days when you end up feeling very old, even when everyone you work with is round about your age.

Today is one of those days.

What more can we do for you? Tell us!

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:36:24 +0000

It's been a fairly dramatic year here at DailyRecord.co.uk. But we want to hear from you as we go forward into the 2009 on what you want from the site.

So now they can charge you for it, mobile phone use on a plane's acceptable? We've been had

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:58:02 +0000

It's always been one of those great unbreakable rules - that using your mobile phone could send the plane you're on to it's doom should you start texting your pals from 30,000 ft.

Except, of course, everyone knows that's absolute guff.

We've all done it. Left the mobile in the bag and forgotten to switch it off. First time I flew after getting a mobile I did it. Got into the terminal and found I'd four missed calls. Yet I hadn't plummeted into oblivion.

And now Ryanair have proved the point by offering punters the chance to make calls and texts during the flight.

So all these years we've been told it's a nono, and now it's help yourself since one of the airline operators can make a quick buck? I think we've been had.

Kitted up

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:40:40 +0000

With the Celtic v Rangers game approaching, we're putting together all the supplemental bits and bobs for our Old Firm channel.

You can see today's piece here - our guide to the best of the worst kits sported by either half of the Old Firm over the last few years.

But the good thing with all those kind of features is they spark lots of reminiscing from the team over the rest of the football kit horror shows we've suffered.

Cold comfort

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:37:07 +0000

I had to laugh at all the bleating on down south about the snow.

After so many years living down south, I know from bitter experience how little of a dusting it takes before everywhere south of the Watford Gap grinds to a frozen halt.

RIP Consolevania - Rab and Ryan, you will be missed

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:24:07 +0000

Sad day at the weekend, when I learned it was the end of one of the best and bravest uses of the internet in years.

Scotland's own Consolevania, the online video games review show, finally came to an end after five years, 23 episodes and a lot of laughter.

The web videos, presented by and largely produced by Rab Florence and Ryan McLeod, were sassy slices of comedy mixed with a genuine love for video games. And what's more, they were about as Glasgow as they come.

"Get away from her you b..."

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:46:08 +0000

Come with your online editor, back in time 15 years or so. Back to the days when he was but a young, impressionable and supposedly fearless youth.

One late night Aliens was on tv - albeit in the edited with a cement mixer form ITV used to stick out in the early 1990s.

And afterwards, there was an advert for something called Alien Wars. Just a few seconds worth, at most, but enough to intrigue your too-young-to-be-up-that-late viewer.

Sofa so good

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:21:36 +0000

Happy new year to you, faithful reader.

Hope you've had a more successful one than your drookit online editor, who's spent the holidays mopping up flood water from a second floor flat. Gravity, eh? Who knew?

And a terrible warning story from the Record today too, which sent a shiver of fear down my back, and I suspect the back of everyone else reading it.

In case you missed it, click here to read of the medical timebomb that your sofa presents...