ON the AIR SPECIAL 3 Manus: Trese Mcphie Och Claes Nordenskiöld Producent: Claes Nordenskiöld Sändningsdatum: 11/2 2004 Längd: 14’38
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Over to You - 2003/2004 On the Air 3 Programnr:31495ra8 ON THE AIR SPECIAL 3 Manus: Trese McPhie och Claes Nordenskiöld Producent: Claes Nordenskiöld Sändningsdatum: 11/2 2004 Längd: 14’38 Music: “The Gathering Sky” Pat Metheny Alan Pryke: Hello and welcome to On the Air Special. Today we have a report on sex awareness – How important is safe sex? And our regularly featured urban legend ties up well with that report – it’s called “Blind Date.” We also explore an interesting connection between all-time guitar hero Jimi Hendrix and classical composer George Frideric Handel – some 200 years apart, but London brought them together… However we start with our weekly quiz question…listen carefully now, you’ll get the correct answer at the end of the program. Music: “The Gathering Sky” Pat Metheny Claes Nordenskiöld: Every year fires seem to rage close to the large cities in Australia. What is the capital of Australia? Your four alternatives are: Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. AP: So once again, we’d like you to name the capital of Australia. Choose one of the following: Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne. I’ll give the answer at the end of the show. Now on to sex – a three-letter word which everyone understands. Having an intimate physical relationship with another person. For many young people it’s a step they’ve yet to take, for others it forms part of a healthy relationship. The average young person in Britain appears to be much less aware of the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases than the average Swedish youth. Or are they? Maybe young people aren’t as aware as the Swedish authorities want to claim? 1 Over to You - 2003/2004 On the Air 3 Programnr:31495ra8 Unfortunately being unlucky is a strong possibility if you aren’t informed about having sex or take risks. Over 23% of teenage girls in Britain think the pill protects them from sexually transmitted diseases. In fact in a recent survey 57% of teenage girls said they found out about sex from a friend – this highlights just how badly the sex education message is getting across in the UK. So, an independent charity called R U Thinking has decided to spread the word of safe sex. Woman: The rates of sexually transmitted infections in young people have increased massively. It’s also very difficult for someone to know they’ve got an infection. Very often you haven’t actually got any signs and symptoms. So it’s quite difficult to even know you’ve got it. So it would be really important to use condoms. It’s really, really important to remember though, that the pill doesn’t protect you from sexually transmitted infections. And if you’re on the pill, you should be using condoms anyway to protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections. Music: Woman 2: As far as boys are concerned, you’re going to get good boys, you’re going to get bad boys, you’re going to get you know, responsible girls, you’re going to get irresponsible girls. The fact of the matter is think, regardless what the bloke’s thinking and doing, I know that I can take care of myself and look after my own sexual health. Because in the end, if you do get sick, it’s down to that you’re the one that’s got to carry the burden. Woman: What we’d say to young people is do the thinking beforehand and certainly to be prepared beforehand. So if you know, or you think it’s likely you’re going to have sex, then we would advise that you would get condoms beforehand. And you can buy those from supermarkets or you can get them for free from family planning and youth clinics. There’s a free sex-wise help-line and R U Thinking also has a website. So if you didn’t want to talk to somebody you could get online and go to the R U Thinking website, which is at: www.ruthinking.co.uk Music: AP: Something to think about, and do check out that website. 2 Over to You - 2003/2004 On the Air 3 Programnr:31495ra8 Our regularly featured urban legend – a short story with a twist at the end – ties up well with that report – it’s called “Blind Date.” It could be true, but then again the definition of an urban legend is a story told by a friend-of-a-friend of the one who tells the story… Anyway, here goes. Music: “On the Blvd” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg Claes Nordenskiöld: Something happened to a young kid in Springfield, Kansas in the early 50s that he’ll never forget. A friend had arranged a blind date with – as he put it – an extremely pretty girl. The kid hoped that he would be lucky enough to… You know, get closer to her. So he decided to be well-prepared. In the afternoon after school he stops at the only drugstore in town to buy a condom. Embarrassed, he walks around the store for a long time and picks up this and that before he dares to walk up to the grumpy pharmacist and ask for a condom. The pharmacist does not say a word, just hands it over with a degrading look. The girl lives out in the middle of nowhere and later that evening he has to walk a long way before he finally reaches her house and knocks on the door. The girl who opens in the soft evening light is the most gorgeous girl he’s ever seen and he’s swept away by the romantic air until her father appears behind her. “So this is the young boy who’s going to take you out,” says the father – the grumpy pharmacist from the town’s only drugstore… Music: “On the Blvd” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg AP: Well, I’m glad to say that that particular twist never happened to me. Not that one but…well, that’s another story. Music: “1983” Jimi Hendrix Now, sexy is a word used quite often to describe guitar great Jimi Hendrix who sadly died of an overdose in 1970. He was about to conquer the whole world with his music, about to break all 3 Over to You - 2003/2004 On the Air 3 Programnr:31495ra8 conventional rules about music categories and styles. In this report we explore an interesting connection between Jimi Hendrix and one of the Western world’s most important classical composers George Frideric Handel. They lived more than 200 years apart, but London brought them together… Here’s On the Air’s reporter Nick Gulhane with Jacqueline Riding, the director of the Handel House, the house in London where Handel lived for many years. Music: “Hallelujah” from The Messiah by G.F. Handel Nick Gulhane: Jacqueline, we’re actually at Handel’s house and these beautifully creaky floorboards are the very floorboards which Handel would have paced around, maybe trying to draw or seek inspiration for his compositions. Jacqueline Riding: Well certainly in this room that we’re standing in at the moment, these are a lot of the original boards are here. So you can creak that board. Can’t find one though, can we? And but yes, but he lived in the house from the summer of 1723 until his death in 1759. So it’s a very significant sort of location in the history of Western music. NG: And here’s a painting of the man himself. He’s got a very puffed up, very flamboyant looking wig, very large anyway, almost afro- like. JR: Yes, he was well known for the size and quality of his wig. Even though towards the end of his life it was very unfashionable – this huge full-bottomed wig as they described it. But it was Handel’s favourite style and so he continued to wear it in a rather eccentric fashion until he died in his mid seventies. NG: Well, Handel was obviously a highly respected musician, a musical genius of his time. But this house, Handel House, has a not quite hidden surprise but there’s what some people might see as a slightly mystifying connection between Handel and another composer. We’ll just go and find out who that is. JR: OK. Music: “Hallelujah” from The Messiah by G.F. Handel 4 Over to You - 2003/2004 On the Air 3 Programnr:31495ra8 NG: So here we are then outside Handel House and here is a blue plaque which proudly proclaims George Frideric Handel 1685 to 1759. The composer lived in this house from 1723 and died here and wore those spectacular wigs which we’d seen. Now, just over here though is another blue plaque and this says: Bruce Fleming: Jimi Hendrix 1942 to 1970, guitarist and songwriter lived here 1968 to 1969. NG: Now this is the voice of Bruce Fleming. Bruce, you’re a photographer and compatriot, friend of Jimi Hendrix. BF: Yeah, great buddy of mine. Great buddy. And I did his first record cover, which was “Are You Experienced?”, and then from then on we got along so well. Happily, I became his public relations photographer and travelled with him all through ’67 and part of ’68. NG: Well, there are some photographs on display here. So let’s go in and have a look at them. BF: Sure. NG: And then moving along we’ve got Hendrix in classic pose – giving his guitar a good beating and obviously we can see that he’s a very left-handed player there.