Worthing/Radio 4 doc

First, here's a picture taken by Dan Thompson at Friday's Waterstone's event in Worthing. You can see almost all the audience too! (And a table that, according to the man from Waterstone's, is going to be replaced in a refit because it's not giving out the right message in corporate imaging terms. I think that's what he said. Perhaps it will be replaced by a giant bagel or scatter cushion.)



Second, I've just found out that a documentary I've been working on with a smart chap called Toby at BBC Bristol is airing this Saturday on Radio 4. It's called Shots From The Hip and is a 30-minute one-off about the state of music journalism. I haven't heard the final edit, but the raw material is strong: interviews with Paul Morley, Charles Shaar Murray, Caroline Coon, Betty Clarke, Conor McNicholas, Keith Altham, David Hepworth, Jake Burns and Tom Artrocker (some of which I conducted, others that Toby did). This is all it says on the Radio 4 website:

Shots from the Hip
Saturday 14 July 2007 10:30-11:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Music criticism began as an art form, delivering the kind of scathing wit and opinion capable of making or breaking a band. Now, with the broadsheets, fans on the internet, and even the band themselves weighing in, journalist Andrew Collins asks whether the lone voice is still relevant, or just another voice trying to be heard.