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Good Morning Nantwich

Adventures in Breakfast Radio

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Good Morning Nantwich

By: Phill Jupitus
Narrated by: Phill Jupitus
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What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ?

The opening DJ on the Beeb’s new alternative radio channel, 6Music, Phill Jupitus was a maverick on the flat landscape of inane commercial breakfast radio. Disregarding the prescriptive chart-led schedule and showing no fear in the face of BBC management, this ex-performance poet’s personal crusade against the bland, the predictable and the smug self-satisfaction ensured that he never had any trouble practising what he preached.

Not one to pull punches, Phill recounts with acerbic wit, honesty and more affection than he would care to admit, his encounters with petulant band members, tedious showbusiness jargon, colossal salaries and four-letter firewalls.

Inviting world-weary media cynics and radio enthusiasts to sit back and revel in a heady dose of painful banter ensuing from the absent interview technique, The Clash, the perils of idols as on-air guests, Black Umfolosi and The Coasters, Nantwich remorselessly dissects the limply beating heart of breakfast radio and reconstructs it one playlist, anecdote and transcript at a time.

©2010 Phill Jupitus (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Entertainment & Performing Arts Celebrity Funny Comedy

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Critic reviews

‘No one knows or cares more about radio or can write about it with such wit, love and grace’ Stephen Fry

'Very funny' Lauren Laverne, Grazia

'As interesting as it is timely … what shines through is his affection for a medium he flourished in' Shortlist
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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, and I would have listened to more. Entertaining, funny and an insight into Phill's radio career that I really wasn't aware of.

Mr Jupitus. LoL

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Would you listen to Good Morning Nantwich again? Why?

No, done it now. Wasn't wholly what I was expecting but interesting none the less

Would you be willing to try another book from Phill Jupitus? Why or why not?

Possibly. I had foolishly thought this would be a full autobiography of a person I thought I knew because of the stand up circuit and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. But his musical tastes seem more varied and at a tangent to mine. I have never listened to his music show. Therefore the references in this book passed me by and that it was concentrated on the period he was on the radio show meant little to me

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I enjoyed the epilogue when taking with his producer Phil about the book and contextualising what I'd just listened to

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really it was t that type of revelation

Any additional comments?

I still like Phill but realise I'm not really a groupie and so don't know enough to interact with him (to his relief no doubt?) and don't feel I've learned enough from this episode in his life. Maybe I just want simple anecdotes about the stars who have appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks

A Philup but not a Journey all the way to Jupitus

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Phil Jupitus argues that radio does not need to be formulaic soul less pap made by those who are more concerned with business than music. I loved this book and can not believe that there is not room on the airwaves for Phil and his ilk. Imagine a world where the content was sellected with love, care, whimsy and passion. Radio is in the hands of the dull and safe grey people who know how not to offend but do not know how to be great. In his time at 6 music he was up against a massive awareness problem and held back by the lack of digital sets. Just imagine what he could do now that digital penetration is reaching a critical mass and music lovers are allert to the gem that was so nearly lost when BBC axe men planned to close the station. A must read for all who love music radio.

A warm big hearted plea for great radio

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As a fan of Phil and a fan of radio I thought this would be right up my street, no such luck. Phil's writing style is engaging and amusing but sadly the subject matter is very dull, the meat of the book is made up of Phil's 5-year stint at 6music and, having read some interviews and heard some of the stuff Phil (and Phill) said, I thought this part would be really interesting, I was expecting some proper show-downs with management and a real insight into what's like to work in the Beeb. As I said, no such luck, Phil has a couple of minor disagreements with management towards the end of his time at 6music and aside from not liking some of the songs on the playlist, he mostly has a pleasant, if uninteresting (for the reader/listener at least) time there.



On a side note, there is a chapter which is not included in the audiobook which is available to download for free on this very site, it is without doubt the funniest part of the book so I recommend you just download that.

Well written but dull subject matter.

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Well I really like Phil on TV and the radio. I decided that this would be an interesting listen, how wrong could I be? Monotonous, dull, and mind numbingly uninteresting, great for sending you to sleep, instantly! Sorry Phil this is a dreadful read or rather listen. To use your own quote 'I would rather listen to the weather forecast in Russian'.

thought it would be good listening but....

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