I may, or may not, have been on't telebox
A friend of mine managed to blag some tickets from work to watch the filming of "Orange unsigned act", or "Mobile act unsigned", or "Indie band X-factor" or whatever it's called that was (is?) on channel 4. It was free and being filmed in the student union bar near us so cheap drunkeness and the possibility of getting into Lauren Laverne's pants was on the cards, happy days!

Filming started rather early so I didn't have time for any food before I went out, which turned out to be a rather large mistake...

From watching the show it all seems very slick, band on, play a song or two, judges make their remarks, Alex James flops his hair about then the next band comes on... Turns out this is all achieved through the magic of television and filming actually takes fooking hours!

After about 2 bands the night became rather hazy as the cheap beer and no food combo started to take hold, I remember little of any of the bands but I do remember my mate first cornering Alex James and confessing:

"Alex... ALEX!..."
"Yeah?"
"...I... Love youurr trrrrousherssss"
"Ummm, thanks?"

Before turning to Ms. Laverne and asking

"Lauren, whensh the Cuuuuult show back on? mmmmm"
"Its already back on? BBC2 on a sunday"
"Ah Cheershh"


(Scene deleted)


We stumbled out of the make shift studio and headed for the car. Unfortunately, when we started driving, I got the distinct impression that I was not supposed to be there; "mate shhhhtop the car, I I I need to get out, gonna be shhick..." But the bastards wouldn't pull over for me. So I just concentrated on not being sick until we pulled up to some traffic lights and, seeing my opportunity, made a break for it... and preceded to wander about in the middle of the road, dodging on-coming traffic for a minute or two before I could be sheppherded away by my mates.

Thankfully we stopped so I could get the deamons out of my tummy and pick up a chinese to put them back in

(scene deleted)

I awoke in a daze, at my mates house fully clothed and was instructed to take a look at what i'd done to the car. In the back where I had been sitting was a delightful, what can only be described as 'rice angel'. A good night had by all

So If you watched the Oxford leg of that show, did you see anyone making a drunken cock of themselves in the crowd? If so, chances are it was me!


Appologies for length and wheeey we got pissed-ness, but its the only one ive got for this week!
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:52, 5 replies)

Mmmm. Lauren Laverne
*Click* for making me think about her
(cheez is feeling ergophobic, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:08, closed)

Better in real life
believe it or not!
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:16, closed)

Was the show called "Transmission"?
A mate of mine went to the Bristol recording. He also said it was a long boring drawn-out affair, where you couldnt hear the interviews and the technicians would say to the crowd "We need 10 seconds of laughter....ok...go".
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 16:16, closed)

That sounds about right!
But I seem to remember that being about actual signed bands?

This was very much an X-factor type thingy


The techs kept asking us to be quiet... didn't work at all
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 16:26, closed)

It was probably...
Orange Unsigned act!
(lei, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 23:26, closed)