James Galvin

The latest Gift Grub saw the real Roy Keane in studio. Mario Rosenstock is a genius. Listen to it here; thanks Eamo.

I was never a big fan of Red FM - most of the music doesn’t appeal to my taste (although there are some good shows like Green on Red), and like the Peoples Republic of Cork forums they tend to go much too far with their Cork self-parody. While its better than the alternative (fake accents as provided by 96fm’s Nick “C3P0″ Richards, or Hollywood “I-went-to-New-York-once-when-I-was-a-teenager” Hayes) I often cringe at some of the stuff they come out with in the hope that Cork people will approve - in particular those clowns in the morning who think they are funny but make me embarrassed.

Initially, I had tarred Victor Barry with the same brush, but turns out he is a very funny guy (with a great blog). He says some outrageous (in a good way) things on the radio and I don’t know how he gets away with it. The first time I realised this was last Christmas - I was genuinely shocked as he described the sexual connotations that he associates with the stuffing of the turkey… well beyond the “Men Behaving Badly” sketch. Tonight he killed the opposition on the underage drinking debate by describing with disgust the older male predators on Junior Cert results night in Cork, “they should be dragged out and have the shit beaten out of them with golf clubs”. I don’t know how he has the patience to deal with some of the fools he gets on Cork Talks Back, but fair play anyway - he might not be right in everything he says but at least he listens to people.

You could compare to his opposite number over in Sydney Place - Neil “I’m-not-racist-just-as-long-as-they-stay-out-of-my-country” Prendeville. Here are some memorable quotes from him:

• <Neil> Idle hands make light work
• <Neil> he was paralysed from the spine down
• <Caller> I have catholic taste
  <Neil> Ah come on now, in this day and age?
• <Neil> (about the Heineken European Rugby Cup) Toulouse has won it three times, while Leinster Tigers have won it twice.

There are loads more but thats all I could think of for now - feel free to add your own.

For anyone who doesn’t usually listen to Cork’s 96fm - tomorrow is a good day to tune in. Even the rest of ye who are not in Cork would do well to listen in online, because the Celebrity Voices competition is there for the taking. Each word “Corks” “Perfect” “Music” “Mix” “96″ “FM” is spoken by a different celebrity, and five of them have been correctly identified. The unidentified celebrity voice saying “Perfect” is a male actor who plays in a commanding role. All of the incorrect guesses are here. If anyone knows who it is but can’t get through, please tell me so that I can win it and I will give you half a third of my winnings.