{"id":10388,"date":"2012-12-24T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2013-01-18T10:44:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T10:44:52","slug":"toyah-christmas-newsy-bits-pieces-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/toyah-christmas-newsy-bits-pieces-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyah Christmas Newsy Bits &#038; Pieces!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10367\" style=\"border: white 6px solid;\" title=\"christmas12e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/christmas12e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <em>Bev Meets&#8230; Toyah Willcox<\/em>, which aired on &#8216;BBC WM&#8217; yesterday, is now available, until Sunday 30th December, at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/p01242qv\/Bev_Bevan_Toyah_Wilcox_and_Tony_Christie\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s a great hour-long special with Toyah talking about her early life, growing up and her career, as well as choosing some of her favourite songs. She also talks about her plans for 2013. Toyah chose tracks by T-Rex, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Nirvana, David Bowie, Lana Del Ray, Muse, Tasmin Archer and The Rolling Stones. Listen <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/p01242qv\/Bev_Bevan_Toyah_Wilcox_and_Tony_Christie\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <em>It&#8217;s Slade<\/em>, the 1999 documentary that&#8217;s been repeated several times on &#8216;BBC Four&#8217; over the past few days, is also available to view at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b01pf7kr\/Its_Slade\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer<\/a><\/strong> for the next week. Toyah pops up sporadically talking about the band. Watch <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b01pf7kr\/Its_Slade\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Today sees the final box to open at <em>Toyah&#8217;s Christmas Countdown<\/em> at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyahwillcox.com\/countdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">toyahwillcox.com<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Check out Twenty Four From Toyah at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/24fromtoyah\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A third clip from <em>The Resurrection Live Sessions<\/em> has been uploaded to &#8216;Vimeo&#8217;. It&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/55672861\" target=\"_blank\">Brave New World<\/a><\/strong>. &#8216;Angel and Me&#8217; and &#8216;Danced&#8217; are also available.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/the-harmless-tv-fun-of-today-may.html\" target=\"_blank\">David Hepworth&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/strong>: The former Editor of &#8216;Smash Hits&#8217;, commented in his blog yesterday, on something Toyah said in <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b01pcs5s\/Neil_Tennants_Smash_Hits_Christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neil <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10390\" style=\"border: white 5px solid;\" title=\"merrychristmas2012c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/merrychristmas2012c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"222\" \/>Tennant&#8217;s Smash Hits Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong>: The harmless TV fun of today may produce the scandals of tomorrow: Toyah Willcox said an interesting thing on this week&#8217;s programme on Radio Four about Smash Hits when talking about the relatively benign world of 80s pop stardom. &#8220;Nowadays,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I think of fame as something dark and abusive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smash Hits Archive<\/a><\/strong>: The December 23, 1982 &#8211; January 5, 1983 issue of &#8216;Smash Hits&#8217; is now online &#8211; It includes a brief comment from Toyah talking about her Christmas 1982 plans: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51106326@N00\/7846302790\/sizes\/l\/in\/set-72157631211898160\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;ll Be Homely This Christmas<\/a><\/strong>: Toyah&#8217;s off to Italy just before Christmas, because she&#8217;s got a hit single there at the moment, but she&#8217;s flying back on Christmas Eve. &#8220;I always spend Christmas with my parents &#8211; it&#8217;s the only time I get to spend with them. And I&#8217;ll be getting ready for a busy next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-2252593\/Ever-felt-someones-watching-As-survey-reveals-41-cent-believe-heavenly-guardians-meet--The-women-talk-angels.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/strong>: Ever felt that someone&#8217;s watching over you?: Toyah was mentioned in a &#8216;Daily Mail&#8217; article yesterday on Guardian Angels: Toyah Willcox and Myleene Klass have also talked about their faith in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Bev Meets&#8230; Toyah Willcox, which aired on &#8216;BBC WM&#8217; yesterday, is now available, until Sunday 30th December, at BBC iPlayer. It&#8217;s a great hour-long special with Toyah talking about her early life, growing up and her career, as well as choosing some of her favourite songs. She also talks about her plans for 2013. 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