Merry Christmas and what have you

Posted on December 21st, 2007 in General by chris

We’d like to wish all you Blueprint Podcast listeners a very happy Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa or whatever winter festival it is you’re into at this time of year.

The podcast has had a great 2007, and we’re delighted with the number of listeners we have these days. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening to us giggle and bicker. There’ll be more of the same for 2008, as well as more guests and musical fun.

A special thank you to the guests and musicians we’ve featured on the show this year, including Paul Mosley, Dave Mosley, Stacy Jagger and Gwildor. We wish you creativity and success for 2008.

We’d also like to thank canoe legend John Darwin for providing us with a remarkable amount of website traffic since we mentioned him.

Cheers!

Chris Wright and Greg Hildreth

Episode 23 – You Can’t Have Your Kayak and Eat It

Posted on December 14th, 2007 in Podcast Episodes by chris
 
 Episode 23 - You Can't Have Yout Kayak and Eat It [31:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Okay, form a queue, yeah, cheers, thanks, okay, one at a time, back off, your turn in a minute. The Blueprint have been very professional about dealing with the world’s press where the story of John Darwin, the infamous “back from the dead” canoeist is concerned. We’ve saved it for you. You’ll know by now that we’re Hartlepool’s only podcast, and we’ve been press-dodging like troopers in order to make sure that you, the Blueprint listeners, got us first.

Once again, our home town is in the spotlight because of the actions of some idiot, but this time it’s captured the world’s imagination. John Darwin, the Hartlepool canoe-disappearance-life-insurance-Panama-laughable-liar-or-so-we’re-told local legend brings us to the front line of the news for a few minutes in this latest episode.

But hey, we have other eggs to fry in this episode, and no amount of canoe escapism can change that. We give you your few minutes of canoe talk before moving on to vital topics such as evil driving instructors and such.

A sign of the times

This episode’s picture is what some wag did to the sign welcoming visitors to Seaton Carew, to illustrate Hartlepool’s mirth.

You can also now buy your very own Hartlepool Canoe Club merchandise…

Hartlepool Canoe Club t-shirts, mugs, hats, and all manner of other wonderful things, available to buy online...

Episode 22 – Airwolf and the Dog Nugget

Posted on December 2nd, 2007 in Podcast Episodes by chris
 
 Episode 22 - Airwolf and the Dog Nugget [43:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Blueprint Podcast has its finger on the pulse of popular culture, as we controversially take on a 20-odd year old television programme about a helicopter. Astonishing Airwolf facts abound.

We also find arguably the most ridiculous news story we’ve found so far right on our doorstep in the Blueprint hometown of Hartlepool. Basically the meat of the story (no pun intended) is that a man found a chicken nugget that he thinks looks a bit like a dog. AND IT GOT INTO THE PAPER.

Here’s the pictorial evidence of the dog/nugget.

A chicken nugget that doesn't look enough like a dog to be displayed without some dog features crudely drawn upon it