Last night, four hours before my show went live to a global audience, I received an e-mail from Alex Jones's office saying he had to pull out of the show because he was "too tired"! Message for Alex - we all get too tired sometimes, but most of us try NOT to let others down! Thisappearnce had been headlined by stations all over the world that were taking the show, and an awful lot of Alex Jones fans felt very let down.
Luckily, my friend Laura Zaky stood in at very short notice and did a fantastic job for an hour on air.
It got me thinking though, about the very future of the show, which has now been going for over 4 years. Now THAT'S Weird started in Sept 2005 on a station I used to be involved with, and migrated with me to Glastonbury Radio. But I announced this week that I will be leaving Glastonbury Radio in January to take a law degree course (if I am accepted and get the necessary grants!) and this leaves me wondering whether to continue the show or give it up completely.
I have often thought that maybe I would be better doing the show for an American FM network and relocating out there, as my biggest audience is in the States and I have a lot of friends out there. George Noory does a similar type show and is now getting over 15 million regular listeners!
I guess a lot of this comes down to fate as to what doors open up for me in the future, and life has a habit of sending you in a different direction to that which you plan. After all, before I came to Glastonbury I was planning a move to Capetown to work for Cape Talk Radio, at that point I had no intention of staying in the UK, but look what happened! Fate can play a huge part in your future.
All I know for certain, is that I need a change of direction. I have built Glastonbury Radio into something good, with a great potential future, and have kept it going for two and a half years, but now I feel it needs some new energy to take it forward to it's next stage of development.
Ross
- A change in direction.
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nomadrush- October 17th, 10:42
restless
- The awards in London
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- nomadrush
- October 15th, 22:13
amused
Well we didn't win, and strange though it may seem, the winners were the only one of the three finalists that had purchased a stand at the exhibition, not that this had anything to do with the outcome of course! (We were approached to buy exhibition space at the event but declined!)
But hey - win some lose some, at least we made it to the final three, and well done to I2i the eventual winners.
It was good to make the finals, and there was free booze provided, so not all was lost!
Ross
- Tonight we are at the big awards in London!!
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- nomadrush
- October 15th, 9:08
- cheerful
Today I'm in London at the Awards!!
Today may turn out to be my swansong at Glastonbury Radio, as we are finalists in this years Streaming Media Global Readers Choice Awards in London.
The awards are particularly important because they are voted for by web users, and we are one of three finalists for "Music and Audio Delivery Platform" along with Spotify and I2i Online. Only one of the three companies can turn out to be the winner tonight!
The awards are taking place at the Novotel nr Hammersmith and the ceremony starts at around 5.30 p.m. and both myself and major shareholder Doug Hill will be there. Anyone can attend, so if you are in the area, do come along!
Obviously blue-chip company Spotify are the firm favourites to win the award, but just to make it from thousands of companies into that final three is a massive achievement for Glastonbury Radio!
So you may catch a rare glimpse of me wearing a suit if you see me around today lol!
Fingers crossed everyone!
Ross
- Glastonbury's growing problem
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- nomadrush
- October 14th, 12:20
Myself and several friends have all experienced problems with people in Glastonbury in recent weeks/months, with several "sackings" taking place of people who appear to be a little "unstable".
I have had to release another presenter from Glastonbury Radio this week, after failing to adhere to previous warnings and yet again it's a member of the "esoteric community". Now I'm not knoocking everyone in this marketplace, but in two and a half years running the radio station, the only people I have had to let go, have been from this part of the local community.
It poses the question of whether Glastonbury just attracts "nutters" or whether the town has an effect on them and sends them over the edge?
Locally, many people come to the town looking for somewhere to live, and seem on the face of it "spiritual people with good intentions". Yet within a few months, they get in with this same small crowd of people who are about as truly spiritual as a knitting needle and joining in the Glastonbury rumour mill. Many even start to believe their own gossip and think they OWN the town and can cast spells forcing people they don't like to leave lol!
Now don't get me wrong, I believe natural magic works and that when used properly it can be very powerful, but used in a negative manner, it can have some very serious side effects and rebounds on the user. Karma is a very real thing and will catch up with them.
In two and a half years, I have had a few of these people threaten me with illness, upheaval and even death, but I'm still here and so is the radio station, but some of them have had to move on elsewhere!
I love this area, and I think Glastonbury is a very magical place, but some minorities are indeed acting way above their own capabilities and spoiling the town for others. But my message to you all is clear, don't stop visiting the place just because we have more than our fair share of nutters, in a way it's an appealing attraction for tourists!
Ross
- Cars - can't live with 'em and can't live without 'em!
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- nomadrush
- October 13th, 16:44
- calm
I had a flat battery today so got my landlord to come over with his jump leads to get it started. Then left it running for ten minutes to get some charge into the battery.
I then set off for a neighbouring village taking the scenic route via the nature reserve, and it stalled! In the middle of bloody nowhere! Needless to say, it wouldn't start again, so I thought i would call the AA - only to find out that my phone had just 16 pence credit on it as I had forgotten to top the damn thing up!
So I sent a text to my landlord, who bless him, got in his car with jump leads and came and got me started for a second time! This at least allowed me to get to my destination! Had he been unavailable God knows what I would have done, I guess I would have had to walk home and leave the car there!
However, by the time I got into Glastonbury (my next stop) I was fifteen minutes late for an appointment with one of the station's new advertisers -and they had left, so I missed them :(
Glad to be back home today!
Ross
- Who wants to help convert a book into a screenplay?
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- nomadrush
- October 13th, 9:36
Some time back, I started work on a fictional book (based on many actual events) about life on the inside of the music industry. It covers the day to day corruption, sex, drugs and rock'n'roll of an industry that from the outside appears "glamorous", and follows the life of a naive youngster who enters a record label job as an A & R man, at the age of 16. Having spent many years in the business myself, a lot of my writing here is based on people I knew.
What I have written so far was recently reviewed by a friend who is a very successful writer, and she suggested it would probably work better as a screenplay, so now I am looking for someone with skills in adapting a book into a screenplay format.
The book is tentatively called "It's Only Rock'n'Roll and I hate It".
The book is filled with humour, but also twists, turns and eventual sadness as we follow the young A & R executive from bright eyed youngster, to corrupt "star-maker"!
So if you are up for working on the project, drop me a line and we'll have a chat!
Ross
- (no subject)
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- nomadrush
- October 12th, 21:27
- bored
Over the last few days, I have found that I have needed to drag the fleeces out of their summer hibernation, and have seen the electric blanket find its way back onto the bed - yes autumn is welcoming the early signs of winter onto our doorstep.
On the upside, the grass won't need cutting every week for a few months!
I sometimes long to live somewhere that is warm and sunny all year around, as I always feel happier when the sun is shining outside. I have never much liked the cold and wet weather, but these days even the summer seems to produce more wet than dry & warm!
Yes, they blame it on "climate change" the new buzzwords for what was once known as "global warming"! But now they don't seem to know if it's warming cooling or just dying!
Each day as I read the news, I struggle to think why anyone would want to stay in England any more. It's not just the weather, it's the government, the bullshit and collapsing economy! They try to fool us by saying we are "coming out of recession", but then we read that Gordon Brown is selling off all the country's assets to pay the enormous debt we are in!
Perhaps the people who claim the dole all their lives and live off the system have it right after all - they get their rent/mortgage paid, their council tax paid, money for food and what's more THEY can usually afford to be in the pub at night. Whilst those who work their butts off, are either too tired or have nothing left once the bills are all paid!
Born to live - taxed to death :(
Ross
- What a strange place lol!
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- nomadrush
- October 12th, 15:38
- amused
I had to go into Glastonbury to check Studio 2 this afternoon and was stopped in the Gauntlet by a gentleman who has been defaming me online. He put his hand out to shake mine and I responded accordingly thinking he was going to apologise, but no, that would be far too simple!
He is apparently a "High Priest" and started to explain the law to me and how he was quite within his rights to say what he did online. Next thing he is accusing me of "threatening him" - now where have I heard that before? I wonder if he has been socialising with another slightly unstable person locally who made similar untrue accusations in the summer!
I do find this town extremely strange at times, and a small minority of the local population do appear to have gone a little over the edge, but what is worse, is that this little populus seem to hang out together. This guy is apparently the "High Priest" to another local "witch" I fell out with some time ago. Beginning to get the picture?
No wonder Glastonbury is getting the reputation that it is!
Perhaps it's that bombing of the moon that affected his hormones lol!
Ross
- I've registered for the law degree course!!
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- nomadrush
- October 12th, 9:35
It may seem a little late in life to return to education, but last night I finally took the plunge and registered for a six year course culminating in a law degree as a Bachelor of Arts if successful. The Open University offers one of the best law courses in the country for home study, and I think this may turn out to be one of the best decisions I have made in my life.
I was inspired to do this after watching my good friend Trevor Jones studying for his degree through the same source, albeit in a different subject, and last night having had some dialogue with someone who successfully took the course and is now in pupilage for the Bar as a Barrister, I made my final decision.
It will change the direction that my life takes in the years ahead, and will allow me to expand my interest in the law and actually practice as a solicitor. I may, if successful on the course, even take that extra tuition and attempt to make it as a Barrister!
The course begins in February 2010, and if accepted by the OU, it will mean you won't be seeing much of me online next year, and I may have to drop the radio shows for a while if the study time is as heavy as I think it may be.
I guess however, that taking a six year course starting in 2010, means I don't believe the world will crash to an end in 2012 lol!
Ross
- Praemunire
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- nomadrush
- October 11th, 10:34
- cheerful
An historic law that may never have been repealed, could mean that the UK government have committed treason by signing the Lisbon Treaty.
PRAEMUNIRE:-
prae·mu·ni·re (pr
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r)n.1. The offense under English law of appealing to or obeying a foreign court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown.
This was brought to my attention yesterday by a very well educated former Oxford student who amongst other things, studies old laws.
I have sent the details to Gary McKinnon's lawyers, because if this law still applies, it would also mean that our government would fall foul of this law if they didn't try Gary in a UK court and just extradited him to the USA as they plan to do.
The more I see things like this, and look at the Magna Carta 1297 section 29, the more I want to take that law degree!
Ross
- A Reliant Robin doing 90 mph? I must have lost the plot!!
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- nomadrush
- October 10th, 17:56
cranky
Driving back from Truro today I was coming up the M5 stretch between Exeter and Wellington when a three wheeled Robin Reliant overtook me at what must have been 90 mph. The driver was wearing EAR DEFENDERS! Now I'm not sure if this was actually headphones and he was listening to music, or whether they WERE ear defenders because of the awful racket a Reliant Robin would probably make at 90 mph! I did for a moment, wonder whether I had fallen asleep and was dreaming, as I didn't think they could get over 50 lol!
I was returning from my talk this morning at the the Cornwall UFO Conference, which again seemed to go down very well.
We traveled down last night and the promoter put us up in a lovely guest house in Truro, one of the best I have stayed in for some time! Loads of room, all newly decorated, good size bathroom and a fridge in the room as well!
The conference was at Truro College, and was held in a lecture theatre with a massive screen for the presentation.
It is always interesting after a presentation, to hear of people's individual encounters which they queue up to tell me during the break, and today was no different.
On the way back, we paid a surprise visit to an old neighbour and drinking buddy in Devon where we once lived, he was quite surprised to see us!
Back home now, knackered and looking forward to a feet-up kind of evening!
Ross
- Studying for a degree
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- nomadrush
- October 9th, 12:58
thoughtful
Over recent days I have had a number of conversations with the Open University about studying for their law degree course, which is a series of modules which they state as six years (based on part time learning) but achievable in three - four years.
The course is one of the most expensive they do at £11,000 per annum, but grants are available including full funding under certain conditions, so it is possible.
I enjoy the law, and would like to be able to assist people who fall between "not being able to afford a solicitor" and "able to get public funding", especially within family law cases where women are using their children and finances as a weapon to attack their ex partners.
I am not a great one for reading, so that would have to change drastically as most of these modules are through the study of books!
It would be a massive decision for me, and would change the direction of my life. So if I decide to do this, it would mean giving up a number of other projects I have been involved in or thinking of getting involved in.
Decision - decisions!
Ross
- Life is a journey
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- nomadrush
- October 8th, 12:24
- thoughtful
Life is a journey and along the way we pick up passengers and drop others off. It is our choice whether we take life's motorway or the longer scenic route, but either way we eventually reach our final destination, that is the one certainty of that journey.
I posted this on Facebook today as it came into my head, but it started me thinking about why we are here and what we hope to achieve and as such, it opened the lock to some serious sub-conscious thinking.
1. We spend most of our lives trying to make enough money to get the things we want such as a nice house, car, holidays etc - but how much of these things are really necessary to us to achieve the real goals in life?
2. Why is it that as we earn the much needed income, someone sends a bill through our letter box for usually a little more than you have just brought in?
3. Do any of us finish our journeys at the exact point of our original destination?
Now I rent my house, but when I set out on life's journey I wanted to OWN my own home. Yet when I did and paid the mortgage for 18 years, only to then see it handed over as part of a forced bankruptcy some years ago - so did I waste 18 years of my life's earnings, or was this an important life lesson? In some countries, the people NEVER buy their house, they always rent!
I used to have a reasonable amount of savings, but these were lost after a divorce when the family courts failed to set up a suitable split of the goods and finances after the separation. So was it worth HAVING savings in the first place? If you have savings in the banks, there are organisations that can seize these and steal those savings from you!
My journey has therefore differed greatly from my original route, but I am happier without the mortgage and the shackles. That said, we all need the basics to pay the rent etc, so how do we find our spiritual truth, a way forward and continue that journey without these basic essentials?
Those who say "money is evil" and "capitalism is wrong" are basically talking absolute bollocks, we all NEED to earn money to survive, but GREED is something very different.
My journey is changing direction on an almost weekly basis at the moment, sometimes through my own choice, and at other times by "no through road signs" being constantly laid out in front of me! So I cannot tell which route that journey will take in the coming years, all I know for certain, is that it will end at the final destination at some point in the future!
Ross
- And to think I could have been a goalkeeper!
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- nomadrush
- October 7th, 8:31
- thoughtful
Life is a funny old game, and bloody painful at times, and I often wonder what the point of it is! Perhaps we are all chess pieces in some twisted overlords game! I can imagine a few people sitting up on high laughing at our daily misfortunes!
My own life has been full of twists and turns, and many changes of direction. I was once a goalkeeper and passed a trial to play for Gillingham in the football league, but failed the medical required for an apprentice contract because I apparently had "dodgy knees" which would not have survived professional training!
I then went on to boxing, survived even harder training - but decided to become a pop musician and go on tour instead of turning pro as the next "great white heavyweight hope!" Far less painful believe me!
I often look back and wonder what life may have dealt me as a footballer or a boxer lol!
Now, I am at that point in my life where I know another big change of direction is coming, but I really don't know which of several ideas and projects will prove to be my own way forward. I am particularly keen to return to full time education and study for a law degree, but this will be very expensive and dependent on me getting the necessary grant. I have always enjoyed seeing how law works (or doesn't as the case often appears!) and spent two years of my life working in a lawyers office as he was one of the partners in a business I ran some years ago, and I learned quite a bit whilst there!
Interesting and possibly confusing times ahead!
Ross
- Political no-hopers
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- nomadrush
- October 6th, 10:54
- worried
I sit in despair sometimes looking at the choices we have for the next government of the UK, with all being seemingly as bad as each other, when in fact we need some very major changes to the way our country is managed.
Cameron appears to be a Tony Blair clone, whilst Gordon Brown - well the least said the better. Nick Clegg is trying hard but really doesn't seem to have his finger on the pulse of the problems. So what is left?
Well there are a number of smaller parties none of whom will get enough votes because the major parties will use their "spin" of DON'T WASTE YOUR VOTE AND LET THE OTHER SIDE GET IN!
Then of course, we have to deal with a public at large who believe everything they read in THE SUN (The country's largest selling tabloid newspaper) which has now pledged it's allegiance to the Conservatives, so that probably means they have it in the bag! Shouldn't the Press remain on the fence and NOT take sides? Murdoch has some very serious questions to answer me thinks!
The new Mayor of Doncaster has done some great work since he came into office - perhaps we should all vote for him as the new PM? lol
Seriously though, this country needs a major shake-up and a BIG wake-up call, as whoever gets in they will still be controlled by the REAL powers, namely the civil servants who advise the government, and the money players behind the parties who pull their strings and control them like puppets.
Ross
- An interesting weekend up North!
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- nomadrush
- October 5th, 11:37
- cheerful
My talk seemed to go down very well at the Probe Conference yesterday and many people came up to chat to me afterwards. It seems more and more people are now waking up to the fact that they are NOT being told everything by their governments and their inquisitive minds are now asking some very serious questions about what is really going on out there - and that's good.
I was interested to hear Delores Cannon's two talks over the weekend, although I was a little disappointed that she disregards everyone else's point of view and says she doesn't listen to other people's talks or read others books because she knows her views are right and doesn't want to be distracted from that. I find that view a little disconcerting as I personally do not believe ANYONE has it all right as yet! We all carry pieces of the jigsaw, but we MUST listen to what others tell us, as they too may have pieces of information needed for us each to complete our own jigsaw!
David Boyle showed me some very interesting research he had done on crop circles and his interpretation of what they mean, hailing a change in our universe and some new planets entering by 2012. He certainly has done a lot of work on this and it was quite intriguing.
Other speakers included Richard D Hall, Clint Denyer, Mark Bennett, Kathy Rowan-Druitt and Vitaly Safarov (who is also speaking at the Cornwall UFO Conference on Saturday). Each with a different view of what is happening but with many common points.
One thing that was brought to my attention at the conference and is well worth you all viewing is the "new Mayor of Doncaster", and "English Democrat" who has made some very sweeping changes since his inaugaration as Mayor! It seems he has halved his salary, got rid of the Mayor's limo, wants to reduce the number of councillors, and has refused to provide funding for the local Gay Pride March becuaes of the cost to the local community! Perhaps this guy should be our next PM lol! Check out http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/15745/PETER-DAVIES-WINS-MAYORAL-ELECTION.53 34454.jp
Ah well, next stop Truro on Saturday for the Cornwall UFO Conference, hope to see some of you there.
Ross
- The Irish vote on the Lisbon Treaty
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- nomadrush
- October 1st, 13:24
- aggravated
Has anyone here actually READ the Lisbon Treaty?
Today, the Irish vote on whether to accept or refuse it, and after what I have heard about some of the content, I really hope they vote AGAINST it and make the stand that we were not allowed when our own government signed it behind our backs.
Just one clause that was brought to my attention the other day, will allegedly give police the right to arrest and detain anyone without charge INDEFINITELY!! That could be YOU!
As our own unelected prime minister has openly said he is "working towards global governance", this treaty is just another step towards giving our power to Europe (or the people behind it!)
I am concerned for our future. Perhaps now is the time to consider emigration! Last one out of Britain please turn off the lights.
Ross
- A change of direction
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- nomadrush
- September 30th, 15:10
- optimistic
I have decided I need a change of direction and am now busily MAKING the changes I want to see around me.
Glastonbury Radio pretty much runs itself now, and Siobhan and Mark are doing good work in keeping the streams online and new programmes coming to air, so it frees me up a little for other ventures.
For some time now I have been directed back to music, both for pleasure and as a part of my alleged continued "enlightenment" through sound healing and sound activation. So I know that sound/music plays a big part of the consciousness changes around us. So for that very reason I am setting up a music, songwriting, rehearsal and recording facility in an old disused church, and am going to call it...... wait for it..... ACTIVATION STUDIOS!
I have placed my order with the universe for the funds needed and to help make the project happen, and already I have two people interested in getting involved including a well known "pop star".
I spent many successful years in the music industry in varying roles, but have a great affection for music and always have.
I think this may be a project that will become more apparent as it gets going - but I do feel there is more to this than just a recording and rehearsal facility! And the actual premises is not by accident either!
Ross
- Back to rehearsals!
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- nomadrush
- September 29th, 9:49
bouncy
As well as rehearsing with a 60's covers band, we also have a duo version in rehearsals doing mostly 60's but with a view more modern tracks thrown in just because we like them!
I was putting some midi-file backing tracks together the other day to songs like Video Killed The Radio Star, I Don't Like Mondays and a few of the classy Eagles tracks, and they sound damn good!
The process is a bit long-winded as you have to find midi files online, download them, work them up to pro standard, change the key to suit our vocalist and then transfer them to mini disc to work to. We then put the guitars and vocals on "live". It may be easier if I had a newer music recording and midi system but I just can't afford one right now :(
It's another "will play for beer" project as we're in it for fun not for money lol!
I sometimes think if we could just find a keyboard player with a good built in drum machine, we wouldn't need midi files, but there doesn't seem to be any decent keyboard players around who want to do this kind of stuff, which is a crying shame!
Tonight we have another duo rehearsal and it will be interesting to see how the singer (not me!) gets on with the new songs!
Ross
- Talking at conferences
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- nomadrush
- September 28th, 10:50
- excited
Over the next two weeks, I will be speaking at two conferences at different ends of the country on the subject of inter-dimensional existence.
This weekend I will be speaking at Lytham St Annes near Blackpool at the Probe international Conference which is being headlined by Delores Cannon.
The following weekend I will be speaking Truro in Cornwall at the Cornish UFO Conference.
My presentations will include showing a picture of something that I believe to be an "inter-dimensional being" standing next to me in Rendlesham Forest! I have never published this picture, nor e-mailed it to anyone, I only ever show it at conferences. The whole experience was very strange as I had described this thing in detail whilst "channling" a message form it late at night on Track 10 in Rendlesham. A few minutes later, one of my team of investigators plugged his camera into his laptop in the boot of his car to download his pictures, and there it was!
My research seems to indicate that much of the "UFO" and "paranormal" activity that is reported, relates to a parallel universe next to us, separated by a wafer-thin gauze, and at times, is exposed to us. This is an area of research that is gaining credibility in some scientific circles right now.
So if any of you are in the Blackpool or Truro areas over the next couple of weekends, perhaps I'll get to meet you!
Ross
