Radio Ga Ga: Ewan Cameron, Fact Or Fiction?
I was advised by friend of the blog, Pujol, of a task that the ‘friends of the Real Radio phone in’ at Follow Follow were undertaking to prove that it’s not Celtic that have been on the end of ‘honest mistakes‘ it’s actually R*ngers. This task was conceived by Hearts fan and lead anchor on the phone in, Ewan Cameron.
The Real Radio Phone In – for those who have been on Mars – is unlistenable tosh, presented by Ewan and Alan Rough. My Dyson has picked up more intelligent life forms from my living room carpet than 99% of their callers. The presenters style appeals to the audience as they are basically knobs with microphones. Think the format of Talksport produced and presented by chimps.
Usually such tomfoolery from them would be dismissed but – here I go into confession – I had the pleasure (sic) of hearing an hour or so of a show last Thursday.
In this show Ewan was like an over excited 13 year old seeing his first pair of erect nipples through the gym teachers tight vest top. His passion when crying that he had ‘pages and pages’ of evidence of bias against R*ngers would have put Meg Ryan to shame in When Harry met Sally. All from a Hearts fan.
The Hearts fan also recently wrote a blog defending R*ngers fans behaviour in Europe using the minority excuse. Is he protesting too much?
I don’t know if Ewan has had any acting lessons. Is he just a failed drama student and this gig is his ultimate Glee? It’s hard not to think that his Hearts fan persona is just Ying to Rough’s Hibs Yang and when matters close to the heart are topics then his mask slips.
I could just be looking into this far to much. His station is a slave to ratings and it’s not hard to see more intelligent beings telling the hosts what sides to take and giving them scripts to read. Are the listeners just being duped? A Roswell incident every week night between 6 and 8pm? The show and opinions are so OTT it’s hard not to come to the opinion that it’s fake and they are aiming to snare the lowest common denominator of the target audience. Basically they are aiming it at morons.
Cameron is an apologist like most in the broadcasting media. It’s ingrained when you start attending press conferences and start discussing things over the pastries and custard creams with other members of the media. He hasn’t yet learned how not to let his mask slip.
One thing comes out loud and proud. He is anti-Celtic and he doesn’t hide that he is anti-Celtic. That makes him more dangerous than other apologists. What’s worse that he has some sort of power over the morons who take his word as gospel. He is some sort of David Koresh type figure in the Phone In world.
So, next time someone asks you if you listened to the Real Radio Phone In I would find the nearest mirror and check that some hasn’t tattooed “I’m a f*cking c*ntbutler’ on your forehead.
It’s how you spot them.
Here, inspired by the laid back atmosphere and a slow, cold KRONENBOURG 1664, they played their legendary manic song, The Ace of Spades, at half the normal speed.