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Every week, we give away a voucher worth twenty five euros wherever you see the Golden Discs sign.

All we ask from you is a tune we can play next week.

This week’s theme:Ambient

What unobtrusive, yet atmospheric, soundscape puts you into a mood best described as ‘floaty’?

How, in other words, do YOU like your sonic wallpaper?

To enter, please complete the sentence.

‘I am partial to the ambient sounds of ______________________as it makes me feel____________________’

Lines Must Close at 9.15pm 6am!

Golden Discs

What a night.

A big, enveloping thank you to clockwise from top: a Velázquez self-portrait by Luke Brennan; Johnny Keenan; Marcel Kreuger; ‘Preposterous‘; Derek Mooney, Olga Cronin and Luke Brennan, our panel on last night’s Broadsheet on the Telly.

It was night dominated by the Disclosures Tribunal and the spectre of Sinn Féin – with Derek and Vanessa barely on the same page, both as implacable as the province itself.

Proceedings were becalmed by Luke’s latest etchings from Portugal.

The show can be viewed in its entirety above.

Our ‘at a glance’ guide:

00:00:10: Preposterous interrupted
00:00:12: Derek Mooney Vs Vanessa Foran.
01:10:26: Bedroom chat
01:22:50 : Stardust Anniversary with Johnny
01:23:50:  Disclosures Tribunal with Olga
01:36:30: . Our man in Porto paints a picture.
01:44:00: Father Johnny Kingston’s Sounds
01:55:30: De papers
02:02:00 Awkward Silence

Language both salty and adult throughout.

Sorry.

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly

Two hours,

It’s all we ask.

Broadsheet on the Telly returns tonight at 10pm streaming LIVE above and on our YouTube channel.

Join old friends, domestic pets and surprise guests and as we assess the news of the week from home and ‘abroad’ with honesty and, often, searing passion.

Beverages served.

‘Sailor’ language inevitable.

Sorry

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly

Food of the love gods.

Last week, we offered a Maltesers Teasers hamper to a Broadsheet reader who could successfully complete (to the satisfaction of the judges) this romantic rhyme:

‘Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers,
____________________,
____________________.

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

In reverse order then…

Roses are red
And so are my Teasers,
At weekends me and he,
We turn into Creatures.

ahjayzis

Roses are red
So are my Teasers
I think I’m STI free
But that’s not what my wee says

missred

Roses are red
And so are my Teasers
I should shout out my safeword.,
But sure, anything to please her.

f lawless

Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers,
Love is an abstract concept for sure,
hijacked by commercialism that nasty auld hoor,
for yet another day to keep you docile enough,
under the illusion of romance just buying more stuff.

Joe

Roses are red
So are my Teasers
For someone you’d love
To get diabetes.

Nigel

Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers,
My fiancé repeated the leaving cert twice,
But I love her and not high achievers

Dublin Bus Smoker

Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers,
Mount me Denis O’Brien,
Said no Broadsheet readers…

Lo

Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers,
I don’t wanna be alone,
I don’t wanna be alone.

Hallström

Winner…

Roses are red,
And so are my Teasers.
It’s the 1st day of Lent,
I’ll save them for Easter.

Boj

Thanks all.

Maltesers Ireland (Facebook)

Previously: Beats Roses

Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth twenty five euros on offer, we asked YOU: what song from the  woozy, reverb-drenched My Bloody Valentine canon would you like played on February 14?

You answered in your tens.

But there could be only one winner.

In reverse order then…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8kjbjx2EUw

My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise

Digs writes:

Cause it has the most disarming mix of the following four ingredients; Sonic, Punk, Melody and Harmony. It’s basically like the Beach Boys strung out on love, insecurity and crystal meth. Like a young persons awoken brain!…and it’s kind of catchy!

My Bloody Valentine – Nothing Is

Rich Uncle Skeleton writes:

It may be a few seconds of noise repeated over and over, but if you let yourself get lost in its repetitive glory, it’s always worthy of your time. LIKE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iT5EuTlHOM

My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes

Liam writes:

Such a beautiful melody buried deep under layers and layers of distortion. It was the first song of theirs I heard on the old Fanning radio show and I still remember thinking WTF is this? Perfect lovelorn (if virtually inaudible) lyrics too:

Over there, and I want true love to grow
You can’t hide, oh no, from the way I feel

My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow

Matt Lucozade writes:

Just play My Bloody Valentine’s Only Shallow on February 14 for the following reason(s): “It’s the perfect shoegaze wall of sound mashup of monstrous guitars, snare-centric drumming and a slathering of digital distortion with a Kate Bush-alluded Bilinda soothing topping”

Winner:

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

My Bloody Valentine – Blown A Wish

Wait For It writes:

it’s their most deliriously romantic song. Even aside from the lyrics that follow the opening line, ‘midnight wish, blow me a kiss/I’ll blow one to you’, there’s the dizzying, off-kilter swooping of the guitar, the warm explosion between verses, and the half-heard gurgling guitars and Bilinda’s soothing, wordless vocal harmonies as the song comes to an end.

It’s a song that sounds as heady and disorienting as love feels. They  also do a lovely cover of ‘We Have All The Time In The World’ too.

Thanks all

Golden Discs

Previously: Cupid From Coffee Cup

Pic: Island