Tim Westwood = AWESOME

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.