Tim Westwood = AWESOME

Ma$e, my god yes the nadir of 90s commercial rap ("Feels So Good" is so bloody lazy it isn't there, and you need a real trick to pull that off - Ma$e didn't have it, no wonder he got religion and retired). I was looking through an old Uncut the other day and Nigel Williamson gave his album four stars, which says it all. That was the era when the entire letters page of Hip Hop Connection was dissing TW for playing too much Puffy-related music, wasn't it?

http://members.aol.com/dubplatestyle/mase.jpg

plus he's possibly the only guy in the world that every us rapper agrees is ace. they love him for the comedy value

Holla!

God knows who Radio 1 is going to replace him with when their Logan Run policy kicks in on him as well.

Probably Science.

etc etc

I read that as Silence.

I really need to clean my contact lenses. It's been a bad day.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1792186,00.html?=rss

Conservative leader David Cameron has claimed that BBC Radio 1 encourages knife and gun crime by playing music that glorifies violence.

Mr Cameron said the music Radio 1 plays on Saturday night - believed to be a reference to Tim Westwood's hip-hop show, which runs from 9pm-11pm - had contributed to the growing problem of knife and gun crime in the UK.

"I would say to Radio 1, do you realise that some of the stuff you play on Saturday nights encourages people to carry guns and knives?" he said last night in a speech to the British Society of Magazine Editors.

The Tory leader said his remarks were an example of how he wants people to have "the courage to speak up when you see something that is wrong", despite the fact that "you will get a lots of bricks thrown at you" for voicing unpopular opinions.

A spokesman for Radio 1 said the station took its responsibilities very seriously.

"We find it difficult to understand what he could be referring to," he said.

Mr Cameron's comments came in response to a question from June Walton, the deputy editor of Good Housekeeping, about how the Conservatives would tackle knife crime in the wake of a series of stabbings, including the murders of 29-year-old policewoman Nisha Patel-Nasri and 15-year-old schoolboy Kiyan Prince.

Speaking six months to the day after he was elected as Conservative leader, he also said media brands were more trusted by the public than politicians and had the ability to make more of a difference to people's lives.

He said Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign through his Channel 4 series was able to do in a matter of weeks what government ministers and inquiries had failed to do over a much longer period because "he [Oliver] is a trusted brand in a way politicians aren't".

"Your brands," he told the assembled magazine editors, "are increasingly more trusted than a political brand."

Mr Cameron was also asked by Sarah Miller, the editor of Condé Nast Traveller, for his views on the Office of Fair Trading's recent draft recommendation to overhaul radically the newspaper and magazine distribution system, which has been met with opposition from the industry.

But he was forced to admit he did not know about the issue and asked Ms Miller to explain to him why she believed the OFT recommendation would favour supermarkets and put hundreds of small newsagents out of business.

"I will encourage Alan Duncan [ the shadow secretary for trade and industry] to looked into it," promised Mr Cameron. "We'll get Alan to talk to you and the industry and try and push things in the right direction."

But Ms Miller is unlikely to be holding her breath: she said that last time Tony Blair had addressed the society she had asked him what he would do about the situation and he too had promised to look into it "but did nothing".

And despite revealing that he was "uncomfortable" with some magazine content aimed at youngsters, Mr Cameron said he preferred "sensible debate", self-regulation and "leanings" rather than regulations, laws and bans, which he said was Labour's response to everything.

He praised the work of the Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel in helping improve standards.

Mr Cameron's surprising attitude to buying British was also revealed during the evening.

When asked by the editor of Car magazine, Jason Barlow, why he did not drive a British-made Jaguar, his lengthy answer about the merits of "green performance" cars included the admission that "I'm a great believer in buying the car that's right for you. I try to buy British when I can, but if it's not right then I don't."

Saturday's programme was CLASSIC.

The four-cornered intellectual discussion on the preponderance of lyrics about money in contemporary hip hop nearly caused me to eat my dinner twice, I was laughing so much...Westwood/Dre/Rob >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Moral Maze.

Also Valentine's "Love for the Ladies" special heralded by Carmina Burana and gunfire, Goldfinger crosstalk and touching end-of-show remembrances of J-Dilla and Big L.

Really, he is the ONLY reason to listen to Radio 1.

I fucking LOVE westwood.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/09/urban.radio

^^really insightful article

I occasionally have to record Westwood doing voice work as part of my job and he is a super nice guy.

The Mail thinks Westwood helped Break Broken Britain.

That would be like me saying "Trevor Phillips [he means McDonald] shouldn't be reading the news, I want to see a white guy on there."

OK that is funny

Poll thread when Quentin Letts has done all 50, right?

With an extra "City bankers, hedge fund managers etc." option which I suspect he will not include in his half-century.

Don't click the Daily Mail link if you don't want to be choked up with rage. The thought that it's the product of a real living, breathing human being, as opposed to, say, a parody of a WWI general fills me with despair. There's even an attempt to rehabilitate Enoch Powell in there.

As 2009 has dawned Westwood seems to have become boring again.

Endless plugs of the dreary new 50 Cent album and all the "naked hustle"/"hot chick" chat is turning into depressing self-parody.

He does tend to have his ups and downs as a broadcaster.

But then he'll probably be forced off the airwaves soon anyway, because yet again it's all the fault of That Evil Music.

Someone high up really needs to tell the media to go fuck themselves but unfortunately it isn't going to be Mark Yellowbelly Thompson.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1633/1246/320/DrudgeSiren.gif"...is turning into depressing self-parody."http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1633/1246/320/DrudgeSiren.gif

not really. no more than he has been. its not his fault there isnt that much exciting for him to play. although i do still get hyped listening to his show. cant remember half the songs after its over, but hey.

hes better on the sunday night 1xtra show.

better = funnier

Agree about the 1xtra show but there's more than enough decent stuff around for him to play on the Saturday show if only he broke out/was allowed to break out of his comfort zone and stop playing just The Big Names. He needs to go South more, as the parlance goes.

HEAVY HIT AFTER HEAVY HIT AFTER HEAVY HIT AFTER HEAVY HIT

i like when grime mcs come on the 1xtra show and act like they think westwood is a complete nob and then take him too seriously when he starts teasing them...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4783/6050046.jpg

damn

That's the Tesco in Edmonton, by the big Ikea.

What do you think he needs all the bogroll for?

It was funnier when I thought it was two trolleys full of Tesco Value toilet paper.

He needs it for his rims...

Westwood's twitter is quality lolz http://twitter.com/TimWestwood

Most recent entry: ladies free all nite - if you’re born a woman, look womanly or just mad effeminate - your free all nite.

another favourite from today: plans for summer - sleep late, loose weight & sex on the first date.

Westwood might inspire me to finally get on this Twitter ting.

altho I only came here to repeat my statement of 27th Jan, tbh.

love Westwood livetwitting his hotel breakfasts

WAFFLES AT THE DOOR I'M GOING IN

PORRIDGE TOO RUNNY - BIG DISAPPOINTMENT BABY!

hahaha

# Anybody seen Wiley?????
6:57 AM May 20th from web

uh-oh :(

# Wiley didn't turn up! Didn't even ring! How am I meant to feel about that? What does this mean for the future?
8:49 AM May 20th from web

oh, why you braek heart william? that's not a good look man!

# best answer from @benhuggy - maybe some girls wearing his Rolex and he has no idea what time it is!
9:00 AM May 20th from web

yay, westwood was shown a silver lining and learned to laugh again

"Shout to Derby for the hot party last nite - made it back to London in time for mcDonalds breakfast."

Wiley would be a great addition to the micro-blogging community come to think of it. Seem to remember some pretty fantastic "i'm retiring" spiel, badly spelled on a messageboard, posted from a New York hotel room at the middle of the night or something.

PORRIDGE TOO RUNNY - BIG DISAPPOINTMENT BABY!

ROFL.

can someone keep updating this thread for us non twitterers?

Wiley would be a great addition to the micro-blogging community come to think of it. Seem to remember some pretty fantastic "i'm retiring" spiel, badly spelled on a messageboard, posted from a New York hotel room at the middle of the night or something.

The best part of this was that he rescinded a day or so later, saying that he'd had to do it to discipline his label (Big Dada at the time I think?) and teach them a lesson, and the thread became a bunch of fans saying "er Wiley you probably shouldn't do this sort of thing in public, keep it off the internet you're just embarrassing yerself man" and him shouting back "AIR BLUD YOU DUN UNDERSTAND THE MUSIC BUSINESS SHUUT YA MOUTH GROWN FOLKS TALKING" and the like.

can someone keep updating this thread for us non twitterers?

HEAVY TWIT AFTER HEAVY TWIT AFTER HEAVY TWIT

National Condom Week – cover the candle

National Condom Week – every sword needs a shield

National Condom Week – I’m like Darth Vader - I rock a big helmet

National Condom Week – wear a latex or you might be getting that late text - the text that says she’s late

National Condom Week – don’t buss bare back - don’t catch nothing you can't throw back

National Condom Week – whether your wifey or a side piece lick the wrapper like a lollipop

National Condom Week – shout all my ladies who are head strong & even a little cock-eyed

National Condom Week – no glove, no love!

National Condom Week – hold on to your hat

National Condom Week – be like the NYPD - serve & protect

National Condom Week – ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sex

National Condom Week – the only type of strap I pull out is a box of 3

good luck to all my students taking exams this week – hope you get the questions you want. hope you get revision done without stress

Is that Wiley ringing my doorbell? 11:45 PM May 20th from web

Naw - Tesco delivery 11:46 PM May 20th from web

just doin shit around the house - shout to all the house husbands7:36 PM Apr 22nd from web

This is classic.

Ladies I'm in Primark - do you want me to get you anything? Let me know 6 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

lovin' this guy's work...

<3

# Oh shit - just said Swinden make some noise. I'm in Swansea3:54 PM Apr 29th from TwitterBerry

LOL

# This queue is to long - I'm puttin your stuff back about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Primark be busy!

I think this is the twitter page to make finally get tweeting.

u can read it without twatting

really? even better.

But you can't shout out to Westwood unless you're a twatter!

The urge to make some kind of "twat Westwood" is overwhelming...

"twat Westwood" joke, I mean

'Westwood is a Twat (allegedly)' isn't on youtube :(

TimWestwood Was I the only person who didn't watch the football? There was a good show on bbc1 about losin weight 19 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

Other dj played mad mash ups - hate that. Confuse the fuck out of me - you don't know what's goin on. He's playin BIGGIE on Frank Sinatra

i imagine tim is pretty confused by most of what's goin on in 2009 that isn't on the universal def jam label

"Is their a doctor on twitter - need to ask somethin personel"

worrying! :(

i imagine tim is pretty confused by most of what's goin on in 2009 that isn't on the universal def jam label

But that album came out in 2005 and you were still repping him hard in January 2008

Tell a friend to tell a friend to get on the Westwood twitter train - first stop happy town about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry

"first stop happy town"??

TimWestwoodRadio 1 the place Westwood calls home like Castle Grey Skulls to He Man, like sewage system to Ninja Turtles, like gutters to crack heads.

Woke up worryin about Wiley turnin up on Sunday. Of all people why did he make a song about wearing a watch - it makes no sense.

^ quality lollage

It's finally come out it was arranged for Em to teabag Bruno - but it went wrong as Em ended up rimming him! Don't be jealous

# Just walked into this club in Forest Gate to hang out & there's flyers with my name on sayin I'm playin there. Pissed!
9:13 PM May 30th from web

# And now the promoter's telling me some shit. F#@k it I'm gonna McDonalds for breakfast
9:21 PM May 30th from web

not sure if this one's a joke:

Blazin Squad in the buildin pre recordin for 1Xtra - any questions u wanna ask them?

to continue on from the Wiley lols:

I'm a fuckin idiot for bookin Wiley - if you see me on the road shout 'WHY WESTWOOD WHY!!!!!!!!!!'

Seems there was a big misunderstandin today - I was talkin about Jo Whiley at Radio 1 - I don't know the other artist one

his interviews with ciara and idis elba on saturday were quality. westwoods interviews>>>the music he plays.

"i imagine tim is pretty confused by most of what's goin on in 2009 that isn't on the universal def jam label"

tim westwoods shows arent about the music anymore.

has any "independent lady" taken up tim's offer to "treat you at primark" yet?

has he started taking it easy with the explosions? i wanted more of those on saturday. i dunno if tims just showing more of his humour or if hes got great producers behind him but he was seriously bringing the lols.

personally i'd like him to play more music and newer more vital stuff not six months of stanky leg and do the halle berry.

does he have any gigs left other than the usaf bases?

westwoods only as good as whoevers 'assisting' him. i dunno who he has sourcing stuff for him now. but yeah, theyre not doing the best job. his shows are really mish mashy these days - theres got to be other stuff out there worth playing. (i say theres got to be, cos i havent got the energy to sift through all the hip hop out there anymore, but there must be - i think he was playing jeezys put on on sat which is cool, but that tracks pretty old now).

has any "independent lady" taken up tim's offer to "treat you at primark" yet?

# Ciara asked me to take her shoppin today her favourite shop is Top Shop but I suggested Primark. She hadn't heard of it but I'm tight.
about 16 hours ago from TwitterBerry

# just brought Ciara 7 pairs of shoes, 10 dresses, 3 bags and matching accessories - spent £112. Is that enuff to guarantee a jump-off?
about 14 hours ago from web

50 Cent'll be having a word with him then.

Tim getting philosophical on the deep issues:

having bad day - what the f**k is up with me today? I can't of got outta bed on the wrong side cos my bed's up against a wall - so what's up

I really know how to get the good seats on Easy Jet - be the last on the first bus to the plane. Head for the second row of grey headrests.

about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Set the phone alarm wrong - got up far to early. Gone back to bed. Now the cleaner's arrived.

Tidying up so she can clean. Watchin her use the same cloth to clean every room is makin me feel like a victim.

I watchin her clean the kitchen floor with the same cloth - where is that goin to go next! I need to get a mop or something.

The only way she can clean the bedroom carpet is by goin to Carpet Warehouse

There was charging €25 on the door & over a 1000 people turned up. Amazin people was payin that cos I'm really an £8 dj. My fees are goin up

ust landed Faliraki - with all these resorts I'm goin to this summer - I must lose my virginity. Praise the lord & live in hope.

Just finished rippin Club Ice in Aya Napia - lookin forward to the after party at Club Bed with DJ Pillow. Time to fall back baby.

These all inclusive hotels mean you eat for 10 people cos its free food & I'm a greedy muthf#ka. If I was here for 2 weeks I'd explode & die

OH MY GOD HE'S THE NEW PETER SELLERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeRySTqLHvs

He looks an awful lot like David Byrne in some of those shots.

lege.

actual lol at the security jobsworthwood

I wd fucking die for this man.

TimWestwood Just passed Rolf Harris - damn! should've twitpic. 10 minutes ago from UberTwitter

Tonite Aberdeen Uni freshers party at Tiger Tiger. I'm goin in hard like the go in go hard brother that I am.

Went down to breakfast late & the chief had just thrown out the porridge! In Aberdeen & can't get no porridge! A devastating start to my day

These Scottish pound notes are confusing me. I'm keep ripping myself off givin away money!

I feel really sick about the Aberdeen University Freshers Party last nite After the gig I took the Loch Ness monster back to the hotel.

The only good thing about spending last nite at the hotel with Nasty Ness was that she had a long neck

Tonite Club Suju Swindon - come party with Westwood & I'll give you the flu. Then you really can say Westwood makes you sick.

Got an Ikea flat pack - my most ambitious DIY project of all time. Its a desk! 11:41 AM Oct 21st from TwitterBerry

I have totally over-reached - I'm in serious trouble with this flat pack!!!!!! about 23 hours ago from web

the desk in my office is goin to be over 25 foot long!!!! it's goin to be a real powerful look!!! about 23 hours ago from web

these tools are useless - I'm talking about Matt who keeps loosing important bits about 23 hours ago from web

the floor can't be level about 23 hours ago from web

there must be bits missin from the flat pack - bastards! about 23 hours ago from web

has anyone in the central London got a set of allen keys? about 22 hours ago from web

heavy lol after heavy lol after heavy lol

how can anyone not love this man?

i dont think theres another presenter on 1xtra as compelling as westwood. they almost dont deserve him.

http://www.poisontothemind.org/pics/2009/westwoodpants.jpg

oh i do hope those tim westwood elasticated absorbent dj trousers are real

surprised no one has posted this yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFM0JH5jLs&feature=player_embedded

ahahahaaaa

"It's dubstep, who cares" is the new "It's a pupppeeeettt"

Can't believe someone wanted to shoot this guy

"It's dubstep, who cares?!"

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5198/51216847.jpg

"i haven't danced for about ten years"
"that's why you make dubstep"

EXACKLY

this is classic.

The Flavor Unit feat. Queen Latifah, 45 King, Apache, Double J and Lakim Shabazz "The Flavor Unit Assassination Squad"

Bobbito and I got hip to this record via the homie Tim Westwood in London who used to have what may have been the most progressive hip-hop show on earth in the late 80's. Because he was free to operate outside of the beef that had split NYC rap radio in the late 80's but also was very close to both Red and Marley (though closer to Marley who eventually would broadcast a version of In Control on his show in the UK), Tim would bless the airwaves with crazy exclusives and remixes, AND, influenced by his roots in 80's Jamaican and UK dancehall, was the first, and perhaps only, hip-hop personality to get all the hot emcees to re-record their hits with his name in them, sound-clash style. Many in the UK complained that Tim didn't support home-grown talent, but we sure didn't care, 'cause we'd frequently hear shit from his tapes first, sometimes to never be heard anywhere else. I'd have to confirm it with Aaron Fuchs, but I believe Tuff City only released this record after we played it on KCR from a cassette from Westwood's show. This record was HUGE for us in '90-'91.

― Stretch Armstrong.

people in the uk are always so ashamed of westwood.

Nah, I think the nation's quite warmed to him in recent years.

of course. but they are still ashamed of him too despite that. just look at all the comments on youtube etc.

basically whenever tim westwood is mentioned someone will say "oh what a twat. he thinks he's black". None of these people have ever been anything when i mention how great his radio show was in the 80s and how pivotal he was in popularising (well to the extent that it is popular here) hip-hop in the UK.

"anything but nonplussed" that was supposed to be.

Mostly dickheads who don't like Hip Hop anyway tho. "Thinks he's black" usually followed by the W word usually followed by realisation that the person you're talking to is a nob.

Mostly dickheads who don't like Hip Hop anyway tho

i.e. the great british public.

Something else that's sad is I feel like back in the 1960s people expected DJs to be Characters, to have a big persona. Nowadays anybody who doesn't talk/act like some boring twat you know from work is looked on as being a freak.

its mostly white people to be honest that are so ashamed. right across the board.

though of course black people do wonder 'wtf' too. though there its less to do with him acting 'black' then him acting american.

"Something else that's sad is I feel like back in the 1960s people expected DJs to be Characters, to have a big persona. Nowadays anybody who doesn't talk/act like some boring twat you know from work is looked on as being a freak."

right. nowadays people like their djs to be inane, braindead, personality-less banalities like edith and reggie yates.

Mostly dickheads who don't like Hip Hop anyway tho. "Thinks he's black" usually followed by the W word usually followed by realisation that the person you're talking to is a nob.

truth bomb

anyone who likes hip hop* in the uk has to like/respect westwood on some level. i dont care what krs one said on their famous face off (though to be fair, at that time, people did think westwood was getting too myopic in what he played)

*and hilarity

his on-radio build up to the Jay Z glastonbury show was awesome. genuinely made it all seem very exciting even to a floating Jay Z voter like myself.

the comment about jay-z not being able to dance when talking to chase and status was immense.

have chase & status since commented on that interview at all?

anyone who likes hip hop* in the uk has to like/respect westwood on some level. i dont care what krs one said on their famous face off (though to be fair, at that time, people did think westwood was getting too myopic in what he played)

*and hilarity

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:56 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

i can't remember this exactly, but didn't westwood win that battle? (against the ever-relevant krs-one, whose name sounds like a wack radio station.)

not sure. i think at the time people liked that krs 'brung it' to westwood cos he seemed to be getting a bit too satisfied about his status. i dont think tim won it, not really.

ah, it's on youtubes. in six parts. not sure if i can be bothered.

Wasn't krs just v. drunk and lolsome and Westwood acting all calm and ignoring him? Dunno, its been a while since I listened to it. Not really a winner, except the listeners obv.

TimWestwood

I'm sitting in a priority seat for the disabled. Not a good look but appreciate the extra leg room

I'm in the Post Office in Norwich eating a sausage. 12:01 PM Apr 2nd via TweetGenius

Shit - its Good Friday! I shouldn't be eating a sausage. 12:27 PM Apr 2nd via TweetGenius

Where can I buy a fish sausage in Norwich? And why is queue so long to get my stamp on? 12:29 PM Apr 2nd via TweetGenius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ynfYg1yqs

<3

gif of 0:22-0:23 pls

Ireland, June 1990, age 8. Not being able to fill in certain pages on your Panini album was, I imagine, very much like the feeling Bob Dylan had while recording Blood on the Tracks.

No wait, too subtle

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/munch/munch.scream2.jpg

That advert = he truly our generation's Jimmy Saville.

TimWestwood

Richard Blackwood in the building understand what's going down - 1Xtra

http://imgur.com/JXstE.jpg

Greatest Of All Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfGohvbsMy8

which brings us to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1269929/BBC-Radio-1-DJ-Tim-Westwood-YouTube-video-urging-festival-drug-taking.html

Hmm, wonder what that's about...

Some tremendous racism in the Daily Mail comments along the lines of "How dare this white man act like a black?"

also "how dare this old man act young"

"how dare this man act"

lol it is bangface for christ sake there is not going to be a single person in that room not on drugs regardless

one year at atp @ camber i was buying a drink in that hilarious pub and it was late and it was getting quite rowdy. one of the bar staff started making a fuss about how drunken it was getting only for one of the other staff to take him aside as say "listen mate i know you might thing this is bad...but you didn't work bangface" haha

wtf is wrong with my spelling. been a long day sorry

^^ on drugs

meow meow generation sorry

TimWestwood

Justed (sic) voted - Westwood for King!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PvEEFojupQ

OFF THE MEAT RACK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNC6gvV7J1c&NR=1

Every second in the first ad is gold. "Supersized, with gravy on the side!"

Ha, I helped with those.

<3

gif of 0:22-0:23 pls

― it's all abt groups, like i was saying in the jerk thread a few days ago (sic), Friday, 16 April 2010 11:32 (1 month ago)

gif of 0:20-0:23 in the new one pls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGv2N_fDkDs

http://twitpic.com/32d9l6

i think my life just peaked

http://a.yfrog.com/img612/1563/8xozn.jpg

BOOM!

i saw tim walking up a street near where i was working a couple of weeks ago, with his tiny producer walking along side him. he seemed awesome, and he was carrying a table. it was massive.

i said, it was MASSIVE.

DROP THE BOMB

:D <3 @ BOOM!

Was assuming that was a sailing reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_6VPzg0dJU

Blowing things up etc

"Westwood will never represent the most oppressed sections of our society"

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/03/tim-westwood-the-war-monger/

A white journalist is complaining that another white man doesn't represent black music?

watching the odd future interview

what a fucking gobshite, shut up timmy.

remember when this thread was quoting quality lols from his twitter every day? RIP hilarity

Westwood has been banished to the weekends, btw...

this is terrible, westwood was belatedly born for drivetime :(

and to be replaced by that insufferable wanker charlie sloth to boot

who's that german or half-german (iirc) r&b guy that's like a 3rd rate taio cruz/derulo clone, so anonymous i can't recall his name

anyway westwood had this poor unsuspecting bugger on the show a few months ago, half-assing it, asks him the regulation so who would you like to work with question

he replies "oh, usher, beyonce... i think it'd be great to do a song with [twinkle in the eye for the uk market] ed sheeran"

tim, suddenly: "that would be HORRIBLE! ohhh man! i would NEVER play that!"

<3

lol otm

1Xtra is basically even more po-faced and anodyne than Radio 1 is the thing yeah? no personality or funniness allowed on air during the day.

wellll... i mean, there's only one tim. the likes of ace & vis (also dumped, happily) and twin b cast themselves as the troublemakers of radio or whatever, they are cheerfully harmless/annoying moreso than anodyne

daytime wasnt too bad, sarah jane crawford is a fun gal, trev nelson i won't hear a bad word about unless it relates to chelsea obv

as a station they've generally been on a really great roll in recent years and have rarely put a foot wrong it has to be said. complete transformation from the 2008 doldrums

didn't realise Trevor Nelson was on daytime, no argument. when i do have it on for the music i find myself getting driven off by the DJs is the thing.

the aforementioned ace & vis were seemingly inescapable tbf, it was probably them you heard. or maybe gemma cairney with the vaguely slapped-arse demeanour

some of the weekend lot like nick bright and adele roberts idk much about, p sure "nick bright" is only going to be a faceless gimp tho

just going back to tim, must say he deserves credit (which he'll never get) for being pro-afrobeats way ahead of the current wave, he's the one that got me into it

too old for the bbc now?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23466305

basically. plus you can't really hold down a primetime slot playing exclusively hip hop

how times have changed. The BBC and its attitudes to age (amongst other things) are a national disgrace

is there any reason to assume that age is a factor in his show being cut, other than it being sort of in the news at the moment?

isnt that the usual reason for kicking out dj's?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jul/26/radio-1-tim-westwood-leave-bbc

Radio 1's voice of hip hop, Tim Westwood, to leave BBC station

Departure after nearly 20 years comes during Saturday night shake-up, part of a drive to find a younger audience

the irony

The 55-year-old presenter joined Radio 1 in 1994, hired by the then controller Matthew Bannister to present the station's first rap show in a bid to attract a younger audience.

Now Westwood appears himself to have become the victim of a drive to find a younger audience, the latest in a number of changes on the station that saw long-running breakfast presenter Chris Moyles replaced by Nick Grimshaw.

read that comments thread for talk of "fake" and "authenticity" rockism 101

https://s31.postimg.org/hb4c4kae3/C55695_F4-492_B-48_EA-_A154-_D0_A8_D58_F35_B1.jpg

The Times is really losing it.

Wait til somebody tells them about traveller boxing vids

lol at their choice of pic

what’s the opposite of a dog whistle?

This seems like a very quaint '89 vintage of outrage, they really are losing it!

Big Dog whistle.

RIP u son of a bish

RIP Ty 💛 thank you for calling out Tim Westwood’s predatory behaviour. pic.twitter.com/RO2P1AZmeh

— machine gun Kele (@kelechnekoff) June 21, 2020

Mad isn’t it that some people think Tim Westwood, a 62 year-old man who’s been dressing like this for decades, is a fucking deviant. All the signs were there, yet they went ignored, why? pic.twitter.com/GL1nm0WZAo

— Steven Stewart (@SteveStewartLLM) June 21, 2020

not really an incisive post, but no denying he looks like the consummate bbc pedo here!

@TimWestwood you’re disgusting, a grown ass man sexually coercing a SIXTEEN year old girl to your flat and serving her alcohol @TimWestwood pic.twitter.com/JynYxDBWeh

— GG YOUNGGIRL🤍. (@bshawty8) June 20, 2020

Tim Westwood ≠ AWESOME

Hate to do it but...

That advert = he truly our generation's Jimmy Saville.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 16 April 2010 10:50 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh look, Tim Westwood is trending again. Remember when Rodney P (🐐) made it clear that we've all known he's a wrong 'un for a long time? pic.twitter.com/Np8aB9H8vl

— nwoƚɘʞɒlᙠ (@blktwn) June 22, 2020

By the looks of this thread *A LOT* of ppl didn't know that!

I honestly can't bring myself to read too much of this thread.

westwood ...oh

Westwood has been accused in the media of giving false statements about his age and background. In 2000, at the age of 43, Westwood insisted to a Guardian journalist that he was aged 27.[31]

this is pretty good. i don't know much about the guy but came across his wikipedia page and found this.

Dj Tim Westwood has reinvented himself as a chef. pic.twitter.com/vcpTOqYi5C

— Scarcity News (@ScarcityStudios) April 19, 2024

AWESOME

Yes yes