Inside, the radio's prayer. Rockall. Malin. Dogger. Finisterre.
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posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 2:12 PM on August 24
Southeast veering southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later. Squally showers. Good, occasionally eponysterical.
posted by Novus at 12:36 PM on August 24, 2017 [21 favorites]
Southeast veering southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later. Squally showers. Good, occasionally eponysterical.
posted by Novus at 12:36 PM on August 24, 2017 [21 favorites]
One more for you: The B-Side of Tears for Fears' 1985 single "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is "Pharaohs", featuring an appearance of the Shipping Forecast read by Brian Perkins. The title is a play on the Faeroes region mentioned in the broadcast.
"No matter how horrifying the conditions may really be, the voice reading the shipping forecast is deliberately calm and relaxed."posted by JoeZydeco at 1:51 PM on August 24, 2017 [3 favorites]
- Chris Hughes, Producer
"Showers, good ..."
All together now ...
"No! Showers bad!"
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:00 PM on August 24, 2017
All together now ...
"No! Showers bad!"
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:00 PM on August 24, 2017
For many of us, the first thing the Shipping Forecast brings to mind is Mrs. Bale on the BBC comedy As Time Goes By.
Lionel: Would you excuse us, Mrs. Bale?
Mrs. Bale: Yes, of course. It's almost time for the shipping forecast anyway. The last I heard the wind was doing some very peculiar things in the Irish Sea.
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 2:41 PM on August 24, 2017 [8 favorites]
Lionel: Would you excuse us, Mrs. Bale?
Mrs. Bale: Yes, of course. It's almost time for the shipping forecast anyway. The last I heard the wind was doing some very peculiar things in the Irish Sea.
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 2:41 PM on August 24, 2017 [8 favorites]
I'd be far sadder to lose the Shipping Forecast than I'd be about Big Ben. It encapsulates all that I love about Britain.
posted by Flashman at 2:42 PM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Flashman at 2:42 PM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Alan Bennett reads the Shipping Forecast.
posted by verstegan at 3:00 PM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by verstegan at 3:00 PM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Expected to rock all by midnight.
There's also the best Blur song (IMO) that's built on The Shipping Forecast, as well as Wire's very taut "Mercy" (around the 1:50 mark), etc.
posted by stannate at 4:19 PM on August 24, 2017
There's also the best Blur song (IMO) that's built on The Shipping Forecast, as well as Wire's very taut "Mercy" (around the 1:50 mark), etc.
posted by stannate at 4:19 PM on August 24, 2017
As I think I pointed out the last time there was a thread about the Shipping Forecast, it's one of the two great, constantly-shifting-but-always-the-same pieces of British aleatoric poetry. The other, of course, is the football results on a Saturday afternoon.
posted by Grangousier at 4:38 PM on August 24, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by Grangousier at 4:38 PM on August 24, 2017 [5 favorites]
Heligoland. Planet-struck and spellbound. The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds.
posted by herrdoktor at 7:11 PM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by herrdoktor at 7:11 PM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Oh, thank goodness you included that Sean Street poem/recording. One of my most enthralling discoveries this year.
It's not exactly the same, but I've always been fairly obsessed with the VOLMET (Shannon, RAF, Gander, Australia, Novosibirsk) broadcasts on shortwave. Similarly calming, entrancing, and strangely exotic to my ears.
posted by mykescipark at 11:54 PM on August 24, 2017
It's not exactly the same, but I've always been fairly obsessed with the VOLMET (Shannon, RAF, Gander, Australia, Novosibirsk) broadcasts on shortwave. Similarly calming, entrancing, and strangely exotic to my ears.
posted by mykescipark at 11:54 PM on August 24, 2017
A bit of hunting found a playlist with some I haven't heard before - New Model Army. Manfred Mann, Jethro Tull (in which is shewn that pouring flute arpeggios over the Shipping Forecast doth not happiness make) - and the one I was looking for, Thomas Dolby.
posted by Devonian at 5:49 AM on August 25, 2017
posted by Devonian at 5:49 AM on August 25, 2017
I have a playlist on YouTube! Always looking for more to add, I'll be going through this thread for suggestions.
posted by Helga-woo at 8:18 AM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Helga-woo at 8:18 AM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
the Shipping Forecast read by Brian Perkins
And then, of course, there's this
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 3:26 PM on August 25, 2017
And then, of course, there's this
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 3:26 PM on August 25, 2017
And of course: Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, I've got a message I can't read...
posted by jokeefe at 6:50 PM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by jokeefe at 6:50 PM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
And the genuinely brilliant Canadian poet Lisa Robertson used the Forecast as one of the sources for her book The Weather.
posted by jokeefe at 7:00 PM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by jokeefe at 7:00 PM on August 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
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