SW Radio Africa concerned about Al Jazeera’s reports from Zimbabwe

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Manila Peninsula

Watching the army entering the hotel live on Al Jazeera. Bloody amazing.

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I wish I'd known about this website earlier: looks like a work of passion, and I love it!
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Edirol R09 Mic Minijack

The mic input minijack on my Edirol R09 has broken. It's still in there, but lose.

It happened while I was recording very loud waves and wind on Makara Beach. So I was able to keep recording using the line in socket.

Now though my R09 is back to it's original, intended use: a pocket recorder that'll I'll always have with me.

And in the next few days, I'll be upgrading to a big-boy's recorder, a Fostex FR-2LE. Excited!

Got to use the Sound Devices 702 at the weekend. It spoils us it really does. Using Shure SM63s, with the gain up full, the limiter takes care of all the rest. No distortion… amazing.

Ronnie Barker sings Leonad Cohen pastiche Goon style

In the Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead on this week on BBC 7. I say.

Pakistan coverage

So Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan – second time round – was well covered, thanks to the magic of the mobile phone.

It was mildly electrifying (you know what I mean!) when CNN cut in just before the top of the hour to talk to him on the phone, not long before he left Saudi Arabia (or Saudi and Arabia as the Radio Live newsreader called it the day before). They asked some really good questions too – so working in a CNN affiliate at the time I was able to get straight in there and cut out a tape… cut… clip… actuality… Whatever.

BBC WS and I think World both had him on arrival – and he hadn't been shoved back onto the 'plane by anyone, so that seemed maybe more relevant. But you can't beat CNN to sell a story!

And then t turned out France24 got him too!

I've only just discovered Onion Network News

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