A busy few months for DBL

By Christopher Lydon | Sunday, 14 August 2011 16:42

Evenin' all!

Glad to see you back here.

It's been a busy few months for the DBL crew. Bonham jetting off here there and everywhere, cleaning up after The Doctor and his arguments with various barmen about paying the bill. (We fear the Doctor has never paid a bar bill in his life. It came as quite a shock when this came up in Seattle recently...)

The Bishop has been trying keep his young offenders on the straight and narrow, getting some other youngsters to their BBC Prom, engrossing himself in the new world of gourmet chocolate brownies (hear me about that in the coming weeks!) and yesterday played at a wedding in a bandstand in Sheffield. A first for him. A lovely wedding!

Gadsby has been holding the fort back home, issuing forth instructions to the boys on their travels keeping the whoel wagon rolling. On desks in radio stations all over the region, smart little red packages have been arriving with a note from the Doctor asking them to just take a few minutes out of their day to hear some awesome music. Gadsby has been making this happen - excellent work!

So, how are you? What have you been up to? Let us know on Twitter (@drbiglove) or contact us.

Big Love y'all

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The Doctor is a whisky fan

By Christopher Lydon | Friday, 10 June 2011 15:30

Some of you may have gathered that the Doctor enjoys a drink now and then. Some call him a connoisseur. Other bar men (and women) have labelled him in different terms.

During his travels, he's tried concoctions from all over the world: mojito in Cuba, sarabba in Indonesia, yak butter tea in Nepal, Manhattans in New York, caipirinha in Brasilia and the notorious Brennivín in Reykjavík.

Any of those ring a bell for you? Maybe you've got a tip for the Doctor to make a special trip, to some old joint like Satchmo's, where the broken hearted talk, to experience a particular brew? Let us know or drop a tweet on Twitter.

In the mean time, you might have have spotted that you always "Buy the Doctor a Whisky", the campaign he absolutely insisted we feature on every page of the web site, so he can enjoy his favourite tipple wherever in the world he is.

So, if you have a spare few quid, maybe consider buying your old chum Dr Big love a whisky?

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Big Love to artsderbyshire

By Tim Gadsby | Tuesday, 07 June 2011 14:25

Big Love and thanks go out to artsderbyshire for retweeting the info about our 50% discount offer currently going.

The artsderbyshire website it at www.artsderbyshire.org.uk, they are on twitter @artsderbyshire.

They cover all the arts scene in Derbyshire, what's happening, arts news and artists.

Big Love everyone - keeping on spreading the love!

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Dr Big Love in Dublin

Sunday, 05 June 2011 09:51

I met up with my old chum Cilian in Dublin last week. We sat outside the old rockers pub, Bruxelles, on Harry Street on a sunny morning drinking, watching the people go by, fixing the world. The man himself, Phil Lynott, not impressed, stood with his back to us, dreaming perhaps of dancing in the moonlight one long, hot summer's night. Warrior-like, bass guitar like a broadsword, vertically beside him, one hand resting on the top to keep it upright.

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