Neil Gits Double Delivered

I don’t buy a daily newspaper anymore. I used to get two – a national one six days a week, plus the local one from Monday to Friday, but I haven’t bought either of them for over five years now. What’s the point in spending hard earned cash just to depress yourself at the breakfast table first thing every morning ? We all know what the press are like !

The only bigger waste of money is smoking – who in their right mind would spend nearly £20 on a packet of cigarettes that make your clothes smell & your breath stink, whilst giving yourself a fatal disease in the process ?! Some of the things we do in our lives just don’t make any sense … and the newspapers are full of them !

However, I do have one exception – my weekly football newspaper which I have been loyally buying ever since it first appeared 25 years ago in 1999. I used to skip quickly through certain sections before I retired as I was so busy in my life, but now I can read every match report, interview, special feature and study all the league tables and results in depth, making my copy last all week. A much better way to start your day as a football fan !

I’ve always had it delivered to my door, I am just not a morning person and can’t risk the local shop selling out (or closing!) before I finally get up and about. A new company took over the task of getting my paper to my letterbox last year and there have been a couple of teething problems which were soon rectified, but last week they managed to send me TWO copies – one on Sunday and another on Monday morning. I felt sorry for the person who didn’t get their newspaper, but after exchanging a couple of emails, the company said to keep the extra copy.

Although I don’t have much love for newspapers generally these days, I do miss a regular supply of newsprint coming through my door – it’s handy for speading out on the floor if you are doing some messy cleaning and don’t want to splash muck on the carpet and also for shoving inside your wet muddy boots to help them dry out after a good walk ! So my extra free copy is now sitting on the stairs waiting to prove useful in my life rather than make it more misearble like my old ones were doing !

Two hours of soul, jazz-funk & disco tunes are almost guaranteed to give you a cheerful disposition and put a smile on your face each Monday evening ! Listen LIVE tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm or catch up any time you like via the “Listen Again” page – here’s the latest selection :

The Tunes – Monday 10th March 2025

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr – You Don’t Have To Be A Star
Gayle Adams – Stretchin’ Out
Victor Haynes – Let The Lovin’ Start
Shalamar – Uptown Festival
Shalamar – The Real Thing
Terri Wells – You Make It Heaven
Will Downing – Hey Girl
Antonio McLendon – How I Feel
Gloria Gaynor – Part Time Love (Is A Full Time Job)
Kool & The Gang – Take It To The Top
Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love (Groovefunkel Remix)
Chic – Open Up
Trammps – Sixty Minute Man
Taana Gardner – Heartbeat
Jonathan Butler – Lies
Harvey Mason – Till You Take My Love
Revolucien & A-P Connection Ft Princess Fressia – Burn
Tyra Levone – Water
Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me
Sylvia Striplin – Searchin’
Funkapolitan – As The Time Goes By
Heatwave – Slip Your Disc To This
LA Boppers – Give Me Some

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The Old Gits Soul Show is broadcast LIVE from 7pm–9pm every Monday, repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, on Gateway 97.8FM in Basildon & East Thurrock, across South Essex on DAB and available nationally via the Radio Player on your TV as well as online via www.gateway978.com You can listen on your smart speaker or your phone too … plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website – just search “Cool Soul” !