The Open Arms
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The Open Arms is a long-standing, recurring segment on Community Garden Radio, carried from the BBC Radio 6 Music show, where Shaun will ask listeners to send in a drink request and a song to be played on the jukebox (costs £1). There are often weekly specials on hand, including crispy eggs.
Beds and Clips used
- General hubbub of pub chatter is used as a background bed to the segment.
- Requests to the jukebox are accompanied by a cartwall clip "Open Arms juxebox" - the sound of a coin being put in a jukebox.
- Requests for cocktails to be made up are accompanied by a cartwall clip "Open Arms cocktail shaker" - the sound of a full cocktail shaker been shaken.
Weekly specials
| Episode | Drinks | Food | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 003 | Cheeky vimto | (none) | |
| Turbo shandy | |||
| The Fire Warden aka The Mike Parry (half a pint of tequila and 7 spoonfulls of cinnamon) | |||
| 006 | John Nettle's favourite vermouth cocktail - Cinzano de Bergerac | (none) | |
| The Sue Grey - a pint of vodka with a piece of lemon in it | |||
| 014 | The Special - half a pint of Guinness, half a pint of whipped cream - it'll make you vomit | ||
| 018 | The Sue Grey - a pint of Ouzo | ||
| 023 | Low abv. Yes I'll take you home but you'll have to give me a fiver IPA | (none) | |
| Low abv. You've told me that already lager | |||
| 025 | Templeman's Jesus Not This Story Again pale ale | crispy eggs, hairy pork scratchings, and big bowls of Eton Mess on the bar | |
| 034 | The Special - half a pint of Guinness, half a pint of head of Guinness | ||
| Low abv. Scumtruck's I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's son 0.5 ABV IPA | |||
| 035 | The Special - half a pint of Guinness, half a pint of head of Guinness (repeat from last week) | ||
| Low abv. is just a pint of Guinness foam | |||
| 040 | The Stormy Daniels - half a dark and stormy, half a JD | ||
| 045 | Sade Special - A Sweetest Taboo - pint of taboo and lemonade | ||
| Johnson's Folly Bitter - "it does repeat on you and make you vomit" | |||
| 047 | Low abv. Fuck It, I'll Drive lager | ||
| 068 | Jack, Ginger and Cream (2 fingers of Jack Daniels, Splash of Ginger, topped up with double cream) | ||
| 118 | The Putin Special aka An Open Window (a bottle of vodka, a dash of angustura bitters, 5mg of Novichok) |
Jukebox choices
| Episode | Song | Artist | Chosen by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 016 | Tuftii from the Fens | ||
| 017 | No Rain | Blind Melon | Helen the publican from Fishguard |
| Bring Me Sunshine | Morecambe and Wise | Jimmy | |
| 018 | Black Tar | Pit Pony | Kathryn From South Shields |
| Don’t Believe A Word | Thin Lizzy | Dan 'Reggaeboi' Evans | |
| 029 | Go With The Flow | Queens of the Stone Age | Annie from Isle of Harris |
| 033 | Canadian Girl | The Walkmen | Mike in Brooklyn |
| 035 | Holiday | Madonna | Leah the Cheshire Travel Agent |
| 037 | The Mourners of St Paul's | Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family | Tara in Coventry |
| 044 | House of Jealous Lovers | The Rapture | Tuftii from the Fens |
| 046 | Picture This | Blondie | Zoe French |
| 050 | Brothers In Arms | Dire Straits | Gemma |
| 051 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | max |
| 054 | Merry Xmas (War is Over) | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | Cat Barter |
| 064 | Sick Day | Fountains of Wayne | Scott |
| 065 | Danny Nedelko | IDLES | max |
| 067 | Somewhere In My Heart | Aztec Camera | JimmyG |
| 068 | We've Only Just Begun | Sandra Cross | Zoe |
| 070 | Down to Earth | Gentleman's Dub Club | Dan 'Reggaeboi' Evans |
| Rock the House | Gorillaz | James in Poole | |
| Prioritise Pleasure | Self Esteem | Tuftii from the Fens | |
| Golden (feat. Cody Fry) | Cory Wong | JimmyG | |
| Beating Heart Baby | Head Automatica | Beth | |
| 071 | Dreaming | Blondie | Siobhan |
| 072 | Caught By the River | Doves | Dave |
| 073 | One After 909 | The Beatles | Beth |
| 074 | Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | Tara in Coventry |