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Shep Gordon: “Make Parents Angry”

Doctor Spin

Image: Wikipedia ) Gordon gained fame as a talent agent and manager for various high-profile celebrities, particularly in the music and culinary industries. link] It’s speculated that local London media, particularly radio, might have mentioned the traffic disruption, and possibly local papers covered the story the following day.

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The sedative effects of PR speak

Mark My Words

One of my favourite scenes from Apollo 13 is when Tom Hanks recreates the infamous, ‘Houston, we have a problem’ moment, which I remember hearing on the radio as a child. In addition to giving the film an authenticity borrowed from scientific language, the stream of technical speech also adds to the chaos and confusion of the scene.

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Okay Google, I think we’re going to get along

Stephen Waddington

The BBC and Wikipedia are frequently cited. Any request for information about films, restaurants, sports and transport is localised. It also seems to be able to connect and play any live radio station. These are trivial examples but they quickly enable you to being to understand the computing power and potential of the device.

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