Johnny Borrell signed up to present radio show on XFM

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Johnny Borrell at the Royal Academy of Arts

Don't Golden Touch that dial

Wed, 12/08/2009 - 16:42 by Drake Scorpio

Whatever you do, make sure your radio sets aren’t tuned to XFM on Sunday nights from September 6 as the prince of darkness himself, Sir Johnny of Borrell, has been hired to present a radio show starting then.

As if UK radio stations weren’t in enough trouble as it was with falling revenues, XFM – remember them, they used to be alternative but are now just Capital with guitars – have decided to shoot themselves in the foot with a giant bazooka by hiring the Razorlight frontman.

Johnny will present the ten-part ‘The Sunday Service: Songs They Don't Play On The Radio’, which probably means he’ll finally have an outlet for the dire recent Razorlight album which mercifully seems to have died in the womb.

XFM boss Paul Jackson, who may well have been getting Johnny mixed up with Shakespeare, said Borrell was a "creative genius and a great storyteller".

A creative genius?

But at least on the radio, we won't have to look at his stupid face.

Johnny Borrell

Comments

Either Borrell on a Sunday night ( who listens to the radio on a sunday night anyway?!) or the delightful little cockney man with the most irritating laugh a.k.a Dave Berry who's about as funny and witty as David Blaine. Says it all about Xfm really eh.
kermits Thu, 13/08/2009 - 17:13
THANK GOODNESS I don't live in London.
mynicehat Thu, 13/08/2009 - 12:26
Well, we know that his mum must have had a penchant for the five-legged thoroughbred at least once...
Blartmonster Thu, 13/08/2009 - 10:34
Look at that photo folks. Do you still think Shergar is dead?
jiggerycock Thu, 13/08/2009 - 10:22
fucking gross.
stupidheart Thu, 13/08/2009 - 02:05
Wow I hate this guy.. not only is he a minger but he thinks he is God's gift to music.
carlybunny Wed, 12/08/2009 - 19:28
What a load of fucking shit - one of the most arrogant and least talented people in existence. Is he sucking corporate cock or what?

No.55 in the series "Faces I'd Never Tire Of Repeatedly Punching"
Blartmonster Wed, 12/08/2009 - 18:12
Sorry, does not compute. 'Song's they don't play on the radio'. Which he plays on the radio. {John Peel spins some good tracks in his grave at that idea, I'm sure.}
stella ah trois Wed, 12/08/2009 - 17:59
Yeah - or you could hate the bloke so much you write an article about it and advertise it on here! Durrr!
kwebb Wed, 12/08/2009 - 16:47

Yeah - or you could hate the bloke so much you write an article about it and advertise it on here! Durrr!
kwebb Wed, 12/08/2009 - 16:47
Sorry, does not compute. 'Song's they don't play on the radio'. Which he plays on the radio. {John Peel spins some good tracks in his grave at that idea, I'm sure.}
stella ah trois Wed, 12/08/2009 - 17:59
What a load of fucking shit - one of the most arrogant and least talented people in existence. Is he sucking corporate cock or what?

No.55 in the series "Faces I'd Never Tire Of Repeatedly Punching"
Blartmonster Wed, 12/08/2009 - 18:12
Wow I hate this guy.. not only is he a minger but he thinks he is God's gift to music.
carlybunny Wed, 12/08/2009 - 19:28
fucking gross.
stupidheart Thu, 13/08/2009 - 02:05
Look at that photo folks. Do you still think Shergar is dead?
jiggerycock Thu, 13/08/2009 - 10:22
Well, we know that his mum must have had a penchant for the five-legged thoroughbred at least once...
Blartmonster Thu, 13/08/2009 - 10:34
THANK GOODNESS I don't live in London.
mynicehat Thu, 13/08/2009 - 12:26
Either Borrell on a Sunday night ( who listens to the radio on a sunday night anyway?!) or the delightful little cockney man with the most irritating laugh a.k.a Dave Berry who's about as funny and witty as David Blaine. Says it all about Xfm really eh.
kermits Thu, 13/08/2009 - 17:13