SMILE

Did you know that the greatest rock band ever - QUEEN - started out as SMILE ?

Of course you did.

Within The Geriatric DJ's weekly Top Twenty Chart Queen is still at number one.

CLICK HERE for the full chart while Freddie and the boys will play for you all their chart topping hit for right here.

We play music here on our blog, we play it on our YouTube Channel, on our website www.geriatricdj.com and for eight hours a week on the radio www.crmk.co.uk.

EVERY note is designed to make people SMILE, be happy and to inspire support for good causes.

Over the past week we have had a lot to smile about. Are you smiling with us ?

The Geriatric DJ in person had a bit of a silly moment !

However, with only seven views so far it is NOT going to become much of a YouTube sensation ! 

Not so The Mini Libs with their Christmas Special.

The blog page announcing their appearing on last Wednesday's radio show broke Google Blogger records and catapulted our total readership a good bit nearer to that 100k we hope to achieve in the New Year.

When you have listened to their single JINGLE GIRLS follow

the link to download a copy, all proceeds are being donated to Milton Keynes Winter Night Shelter.

If you ,missed the live show with The Mini Libs catch up with the PODCAST - CLICK HERE.

Help these amazing youngsters become the Christmas Sensation and send thousands of pounds to Milton Keynes Winter Night Shelter.

The Mini Libs will be singing live within the New Year Special on CRMK but more of that in a moment.

Make sure you open the music window on our Advent Calendar each day, smile and support good causes this Christmas.  You can find the latest window on the home page of our website: www.geriatricdj.com and all at our YouTube Channel.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....

Our Secret Santa Project is going well. We have the 34 gifts

we need for The Childrens Ward in Milton Keynes Hospital, are almost at the point where we have the 85 gifts we need for Birmingham Childrens Hospital and are working towards the gifts of love we need for Sheffield Childrens Hospital. Check the latest information and add your gift to Santa's Sleigh by visiting our SECRET SANTA page on our website.

There are just two more muddled up music days for MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEGA MIX - 10th and 17th December before Christmas.

Tuesday's show MUSIC FROM MY VINYL COLLECTION will this coming

week feature the second disc in the double album THAT'LL BE THE DAY. Then on 18th December the featured album will be JIM REEVES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.

The Geriatric DJ may have boogied in the studio this week so could we persuade him to polka ?

Next Wednesday's show is all about MUSICAL MILESTONES with each track dedicated to a good cause.

The following week the director of LightForce International will be in the studio to talk about his work in UGANDA so telling listeners all about that country, the country in which we have located our toilet twinning project. This show will be extended to THREE hours.

Let's have a bit of music from Uganda.

Isn't that a lovely piece of music ?

So far we have not attracted any radio listeners from Uganda

but we had last week listeners in: UK  USA  FRANCE GERMANY  TURKEY  IRAN  JAPAN  CANADA  MEXICO  ALGERIA  COLUMBIA  INDIA  JERSEY  HOLLAND  DENMARK  ALGERIA  LATVIA  BURUNDI  AUSTRALIA - 19 different countries - we have certainly been rocking all over the world !

Thursday's show this week featured THE NUTCRACKER BALLET.  The Geriatric DJ is, of course, a great fan of the ballet.

Let's play his favourite dance from the ballet.

Next week's show will feature the music of John Philip Sousa.

For those who like The Geriatric DJ's bit of fun WHERE CLASSICAL MUSIC MEETS ROCK AND ROLL this will be included in the show.

The following week Gilbert and Sullivan will be our featured composer.

That brings is to CHRISTMAS.  This is next week's THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

MONDAY 24th DECEMBER 6am to 8am LIVE on Radio CRMK will be a request and dedication show for fans of our

music.  Are you a member of the music's fan club CLICK HERE

TUESDAY 25th DECEMBER 6am to 8am LIVE on Radio CRMK will be a request and dedication show sending love to families with a child sick in hospital. Join the fan club and add your dedication so sending a musical Christmas card.

WEDNESDAY 26th DECEMBER 6am to 8am LIVE on Radio CRMK will be a request and dedication show forthe good causes we support. Join the fan club and add your dedication so sending a musical Christmas card.

THURSDAY 26th DECEMBER 6am to 8am LIVE on Radio CRMK will be a request and dedication show for fans of our music.  Are you a member of the music's fan club CLICK HERE

That brings us to The New Year...

11.30pm New Year Eve to 12noon New Year Day The Geriatric DJ will be broadcasting a marathon LIVE from the

studio of CRMK.

This show is to formally unveil the twinning certificate for the project the radio station undertook to provide a toilet in the home of a family in the village of KEERU in the MUYANJE KABALE DISTRICT of UGANDA.

Fellow presenters on CRMK will be joining The Geriatric DJ throughout the broadcast, on the hour every hour we will play

a different version of Auld Lang Syne. One presenter is bringing in an acoustic guitar and has challenged the Geriatric DJ to sing !  The Mayor of Milton Keynes is coming along, a representative from Freemasonry In The community will be playing tracks, 

TOPPING THE BILL the fabulous Mini Libs will be in the studio singing live to the world.

You can join the show, have fun, play some tracks, make people smile and inspire support for good causes.

ADD YOURSELF TO THE GUEST LIST - just CLICK HERE

SUNDAY 13th January 3pm, we are having a brainstorming meeting to form a management team for the music we play: Music to make people SMILE, be happy and to inspire support for good causes. Music on the radio, in the community, here on our blog page, on our website and on YouTube.

We have the skeleton of a senior management team with Lisa, David and Paul but need a couple more. We want to have a link with every good cause we support, Maggie will be our NHS link. WATCH THIS SPACE AND GET INVOLVED.

Back to Christmas, well ADVENT.

One of the causes we support is STOWE NATIONAL TRUST.

Every week-end in Advent they are featuring Carols In the Courtyard.  

Do check their website and pop by.

So there's a lot of music happening. SMILE and enjoy it all.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

And for our international audience............

MEGA STARS !

The blog page promoting The Mini Libs appearing on the radio with me this morning pulled - 2,662 !  At times so many were reading and listening to the music there was not enough bandwidth so things were crashing !

 The MiniLibs appeared on my show this morning. Did you catch it.  CLICK HERE for the podcast.

We had listeners in: UK USA Germany  Jersey  India 

France  UK  Holland  Denmark  Mexico Algeria. Send the podcast figures into orbit !

You can now watch The MiniLibs Christmas Special on YouTube.

Take a look.

But PLEASE do not leave it there. On YouTube there is a link to Jingle Girls on on i-tunes.  HERE IT - CLICK HERE

I am hoping this blog will pull a similar number to that of my last edition.

Please share it and help the AMAZING MINI LIBS sell zillions of downloads to support Milton Keynes Winter Night Shelter.

ADVENT - Day 3

I started writing this blog update at 3.am... 12.30 and I am just sitting down to finish it.  the show went well. CLICK HERE for the podcast.

Here's the latest window on our Advent Calendar. To watch all and listen to all music visit our YouTube Channel

Returning from the studio I had a meeting with MAGGIE to talk over a million and one things but mainly to make some plans for our Secret Santa Delivery.

Santa's Sleigh is not departing until 22nd December so there is plenty of time for you to get involved. CLICK HERE for the web page.

I am now listening to the podcast from the show, updating a few web pages then I hope I can chill out for a while - WOW I have been on the go for nine hours - before I head of to watch The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker.

Let's check how many people read yesterday's blog:

And how many people have listened to the music ?

Just a few e-mails to deal with then I plan to have a rest.

Here's yesterday's blog - if you missed it PLEASE read now.

I am so excited, I need to pinch myself to make sure this is really happening.

OWCH ! That hurt ! 

Yep it IS happening.

This is going to be big, just how BIG depends on you.

Come on let's make this HUGE !

WEDNESDAY 5th December I do not care what you are planning for that day - YOU MUST LISTEN TO MY RADIO SHOW. That's an order.

6am to 8am - LIVE at www.crmk.co.uk CLICK ON LISTEN

The podcast will be on-line by 9.30am. CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST

As well as listening to the show I need you to read this blog then share it right across social media so we get an audience of thousands, millions, trillions, zillions !

This is where the total blog readership stood just ahead of publishing this edition.

And this is the PODCAST total:

So what is this all about ?  What are we being asked to make BIG ?

Once upon a time there was this wizz-kid teacher at Leon School. There was also a mischievous teenager who was about to play a practical joke on Sir !

"Please Sir, I feel ill."

"Get on with your work Joe."

"But I want to be sick."

"You look OK to me, stop skiving and write !"

At this point Joe threw up, fell from his chair and lay

unconscious on the floor. David left the classroom, grabbed the phone from the wall outside in the hallway; "Crash bleep Matron, I have a kid seriously ill in English Room Four !"

Matron was not exactly a slender lady, out of breath she burst into David's classroom. Thereupon, Joe sat up, smiled, lifted a sheet of plastic sick from the floor and said "Got ya !"

The whole class erupted into laughter, including David but Matron was not a happy lady. Joe you have no idea the telling off she gave me later in the day !

That once young teacher is now The Geriatric DJ broadcasting four mornings a week on international radio station CRMK. Joe has a highly successful career and the most amazing young family you could imagine.

Joe and David are Facebook friends. When Joe posted this video David said, "I want that on the radio !"

This incredible family have gone one step further, they have made a Christmas Special - JINGLE GIRLS.

Unlike their Knickers On Your Head video you will not be able to watch this for FREE, it will cost you £1 to download.

All of the money from sales of the MiniLib's Christmas Special is to be given to charity. Knowing of my passion to help our rough-sleeping friends, that money will be given to MILTON KEYNES WINTER NIGHT SHELTER.

Wednesday's show on CRMK will be the official launch of the video.

I did the Maths and thought together we could sell one thousand downloads so the MiniLibs would donate £1,000 to the Winter Night Shelter.

Listen to the show and these incredible young people will tell you how many copies they want to sell.

What is it this week's THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK SAYS ?

WE CAN DO THIS...........

FIRST we need get hundreds of people to read this blog. The highest daily read we have ever had is 2,000. Share this page on social media, tell your friends - let's get as close to that number as we can - NO let's beat it ! SMASH IT.

When a post appears on Facebook - LIKE IT and make a comment. SHARE IT. When it appears on Twitter, retweet it.

THEN we need to get a mega audience listening to my show on Monday 6am to 8am www.crmk.co.uk CLICK ON

LISTEN. 

The MiniLibs will be featured in the second half of the show. They will tell you all about their music and this Christmas Special. Make sure you are sitting down when they tell you how many downloads they plan to sell.  I will have a chat with the technical team at the radio station to make sure the show is heard on Jupiter.

FINALLY we need to encourage, ask kindly, twist arms up backs, force at the point  

of a gun to get people to part with £1 to download their copy of Jingle Girls and support The Winter Night Shelter.

Of course we will, together, achieve one thousand downloads but if the video were to go viral one million would not be impossible.

Can you imagine that ?  This wonderful family raising ONE MILLION POUNDS for Milton Keynes Winter Night Shelter ?

BUT support is more than money. As well as wanting the money from The MiniLibs and Jingle Girls going viral there is the immense raising of awareness of our nation's rough sleeping problem which is beyond any figure of money.

Those who know me know so very well why I am passionate about friends who rough sleep and will never shut up about the sadness associated with their fate. On Wednesday's show I will explain, for those who do not already know, how a year ago I had no interest in this problem. That was before Destiny took my hand and gently introduced me to Josh and Jelena who are now my dearest friends.  Where would they be without Destiny having done that ?

Look at The Winter Night Shelter's website - CLICK HERE for this specific page.  Look at what was achieved last winter.

Share this blog - send the readership into orbit.

Listen to Wednesday's show 6am to 8am www.crmk.co.uk or the PODCAST after about 9.30am

Download your copy of Jingle Girls - tell everyone to do the same.

Make this video go VIRAL.

Realise the MiniLib's ambitions.

This is currently the biggest selling Christmas single of all time.

That was 1984 - 34 years ago. Let's change that and move The MiniLibs with Jingle Girls to the top spot !

This is going to be BIG !

I am so excited, I need to pinch myself to make sure this is really happening.

OWCH ! That hurt ! 

Yep it IS happening.

This is going to be big, just how BIG depends on you.

Come on let's make this HUGE !

WEDNESDAY 5th December I do not care what you are planning for that day - YOU MUST LISTEN TO MY RADIO SHOW. T hat's an order.

6am to 8am - LIVE at www.crmk.co.uk CLICK ON LISTEN

The podcast will be on-line by 9.30am. CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST

As well as listening to the show I need you to read this blog then share it right across social media so we get an audience of thousands, millions, trillions, zillions !

This is where the total blog readership stood just ahead of publishing this edition.

And this is the PODCAST total:

So what is this all about ?  What are we being asked to make BIG ?

Once upon a time there was this wizz-kid teacher at Leon School. There was also a mischievous teenager who was about to play a practical joke on Sir !

"Please Sir, I feel ill."

"Get on with your work Joe."

"But I want to be sick."

"You look OK to me, stop skiving and write !"

At this point Joe threw up, fell from his chair and lay

unconscious on the floor. David left the classroom, grabbed the phone from the wall outside in the hallway; "Crash bleep Matron, I have a kid seriously ill in English Room Four !"

Matron was not exactly a slender lady, out of breath she burst into David's classroom. Thereupon, Joe sat up, smiled, lifted a sheet of plastic sick from the floor and said "Got ya !"

The whole class erupted into laughter, including David but Matron was not a happy lady. Joe you have no idea the telling off she gave me later in the day !

That once young teacher is now The Geriatric DJ broadcasting four mornings a week on international radio station CRMK. Joe has a highly successful career and the most amazing young family you could imagine.

Joe and David are Facebook friends. When Joe posted this video David said, "I want that on the radio !"

This incredible family have gone one step further, they have made a Christmas Special - JINGLE GIRLS.

Unlike their Knickers On Your Head video you will not be able to watch this for FREE, it will cost you £1 to download.

All of the money from sales of the MiniLib's Christmas Special is to be given to charity. Knowing of my passion to help our rough-sleeping friends, that money will be given to MILTON KEYNES WINTER NIGHT SHELTER.

Wednesday's show on CRMK will be the official launch of the video.

I did the Maths and thought together we could sell one thousand downloads so the MiniLibs would donate £1,000 to the Winter Night Shelter.

Listen to the show and these incredible young people will tell you how many copies they want to sell.

What is it this week's THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK SAYS ?

WE CAN DO THIS...........

FIRST we need get hundreds of people to read this blog. The highest daily read we have every had is 2,000. Share this page on social media, tell your friends - let's get as close to that number as we can - NO let's beat it ! SMASH IT.

When a post appears on Facebook - LIKE IT and make a comment. SHARE IT. When it appears on Twitter, retweet it.

THEN we need to get a mega audience listening to my show on Monday 6am to 8am www.crmk.co.uk CLICK ON

LISTEN. 

The MiniLibs will be featured in the second half of the show. They will tell you all about their music and this Christmas Special. Make sure you are sitting down when they tell you how many downloads they plan to sell.  I will have a chat with the technical team at the radio station to make sure the show is heard on Jupiter.

FINALLY we need to encourage, ask kindly, twist arms up backs, force at the point  

of a gun to get people to part with £1 to download their copy of Jingle Girls and support The Winter Night Shelter.

Of course we will, together, achieve one thousand downloads but if the video were to go viral one million would not be impossible.

Can you imagine that ?  This wonderful family raising ONE MILLION POUNDS for Milton Keynes Winter Night Shelter ?

BUT support is more than money. As well as wanting the money from The MiniLibs and Jingle Girls going viral there is the immense raising of awareness of our nation's rough sleeping problem which is beyond any figure of money.

Those who know me know so very well why I am passionate about friends who rough sleep and will never shut up about the sadness associated with their fate. On Wednesday's show I will explain, for those who do not already know, how a year ago I had no interest in this problem. That was before Destiny took my hand and gently introduced me to Josh and Jelena who are now my dearest friends.  Where would they be without Destiny having done that ?

Look at The Winter Night Shelter's website - CLICK HERE for this specific page.  Look at what was achieved last winter.

Share this blog - send the readership into orbit.

Listen to Wednesday's show 6am to 8am www.crmk.co.uk or the PODCAST after about 9.30am

Download your copy of Jingle Girls - tell everyone to do the same.

Make this video go VIRAL.

Realise the MiniLib's ambitions.

This is currently the biggest selling Christmas single of all time.

That was 1984 - 34 years ago. Let's change that and move The MiniLibs with Jingle Girls to the top spot !