outrage. now, there is virtually no facet of american life immune from politics and partisanship. it s in a tiny example of what i mean. some friends invited my wife and i to the essence festival concert last saturday night at the superdome in new orleans. it should have been a fun time. 50,000 people there to see janet jackson patti labelle. just before the headliners took the stage, this well-known warm-up act wandered out. we are in the middle of a critical time. they are trying to take women s right to choose. they are trying to take voting rights. raymond: the reverend may have gone may have well is gone to a chump rally. nobody wanted to hear that political message. at that point miss jackson hit the stage. no. hello, essence festival, this november we will be electing folks who make critical decisions in our community. decisions about our health care, very personal decisions we make about our bodies. stay on with black approval of the president biden below 50%
a champion of the new, the undiscovered even in her 80s, her taste in music didn t age. from day one, annie nightingale said, i chose the records i wanted to play and stuck to it ever since. annie nightingale, who s died at the age of 83. a tv script from an episode of the sitcom friends, found in a rubbish bin, has been sold at auction for £22,000. it s from one of the sitcom s most awkward moments. janine machin takes up the story. in a small hertfordshire auction house, the lot that hundreds of bidders from around the world wanted to get their hands on. two original scripts from the series friends, the one with ross s wedding, filmed in london. i, ross. take thee emily. take thee rachel. the scripts were meant to be destroyed, but were found in a bin, and today went under the hammer. i m starting at eight, nine, ten, 11.
she always knew what the coolest tune was. she was 17 when she decided to become a journalist, she got a job on the brighton argus and got to interview the beatles. she became one of the first music journalists on fleet street, a pioneer in the largely all male world of rock. and as the first female presenter on the old grey whistle test, ushered in punk, new wave and a new era. the first time i saw buzzcocks was when they toured with the clash in their early days. she obviously had great things to say about the buzzcocks. she welcomed that new spirit and breeze that came in. and she recognised that, and played the records and stood by it. a powerful character. an inspirational character. they don t make them like that any more. the damned! i love you so. even in her 80s, her taste in music didn t age.
her taste in music didn t age. from day one, annie nightingale said, i chose the records i wanted to play and stuck to it ever since. we are going to reflect a bit more. i m joined by nick reilly, content editor at rolling stone uk. thank you very much for coming on the programme. what are your overwriting reflections today? it is obviously a overwriting reflections today? it is obviously a very overwriting reflections today? it 3 obviously a very sad day, but one where we can just look back on the incredible legacy that annie leaves behind and just how much of a trailblazer she was. that package said it, she was the first female dj on radio one at a time when it was a male dominated music industry, and she was really kind of unapologetic anyway she played the music that she really wanted to. she said from day one, i chose the records i wanted to play, i stuck to it ever since stop she was largely on evenings for that