4.9 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2017
⏱️ 66 minutes
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0:00.0 | Ellis James and John Robbins. |
0:02.2 | Radio X. |
0:03.2 | Hello everyone. |
0:04.1 | Welcome to the podcast. |
0:06.0 | A good show today. |
0:07.1 | I've just had a lovely gift from... |
0:10.0 | Let me get the letter. |
0:13.3 | Snailmail. |
0:15.3 | Bruno Vincent, who sent me a copy of the 1970s film Fat City about washed up boxes |
0:20.6 | because I've just read the book, |
0:21.7 | which was brilliant. Hold that letter up to the light, Ellis. See the watermark? |
0:28.2 | Basled and Bond. Very nice. Wow. That was, there used to be a Russ Abbott sketch. The name's |
0:33.5 | Bond. Basled and Bond. You see, I still think occasionally that there's life left in the |
0:38.7 | old dog when it comes to stale mail. It's nice to see a watermark. It's nice to see a watermark. |
0:44.0 | Thank you, Bruno. This was supposed to be a Christmas present, but I was too busy. That's fine. That's |
0:48.8 | fine. Speaking of presents, we've had an email from Mike. He says, I write with a favour to ask. |
0:55.2 | My friend Sid is off travelling for a few months, |
0:56.9 | and I wondered if there'd be a chance of getting him a signed copy of the Robbins Amongst the Pigeons book. |
1:00.5 | This would be a gift, not of shame and regret, but of inspiration from you. |
1:03.3 | And retro one as Polly and me. |
1:05.0 | And it would hopefully be great for those days he's either feeling a case of the darks or the maximum shunting regrets. |
1:11.4 | He often talks about how when in need of cheering up |
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