THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TEXTED/EMAILED THEIR CHOICE

WE HAD ABOUT 3,000 TEXTS ALONE!!!!!

BELOW ARE THE WINNERS AND THE NOMINATIONS

WELL DONE TO ALL NOMINEES...YOU WILL RECEIVE A SOLID GOLDEN ROOSTER BOG BRUSH* AND A BIG HUG.

*Terms & Conditions apply...*coughs* but hug is still available and that is priceless...*cue cheesy grin*

DRUM ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ROOSTER END OF YEAR LEGEND AWARDS

BEST LOCAL MUSIC ACT

FRED (Winner)

MICK FLANNERY

ANNETTE BUCKLEY

RULERS OF THE PLANET

SULTANS OF PING

THE FRANK AND WALTERS

BEST LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT

THE ANYBODIES

SNOWMAN F.C.

CIRCUS CAT

BRIAN DEADY

FIVE WILL DIE (Winner)

LOCAL SPORTING HERO OR HEROES

LIAM KEARNEY (Cork City F.C.)

SARSFIELD STAR – PAT RYAN (won first championship in 51 yrs)

OLYMPIC WALKER ROBERT HEFFERNAN

GLANMIRE BASKETBALL CAPTAIN – MARIE BREEN (Winner)

THE CORK LADIES CAMOGIE TEAM

THE CORK LADIES FOOTBALL TEAM

BIGGEST TOOL ON THE BOX

GERRY RYAN

RYAN TUBRIDY

MARTIN KING

SEOIGE SISTERS

LORRAINE KEANE

BRENDAN O CONNOR (Winner)

AMANDA BRUNKER

BRIAN ORMOND

BEST CELEBRITY HAIRSTYLE

SIMON COWELL

MARY HARNEY

AMY WINEHOUSE (Winner)

SINEAD O CONNOR

LIAM KEARNEY

BEST INTERNATIONAL BEARD

ROY KEANE (Winner)

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

THE TYRONE TEAM

BRIDIE-MARY

DAVE MAC

CELEBRITY MOST RESEMBLING A CORPSE/ZOMBIE

POSH SPICE

KEITH RICHARDS

AMY WINEHOUSE (Winner)

RYAN TUBRIDY

ANGELINA JOLIE

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!

SEE YOU ALL SOON... MYSELF AND THE TALL GUY ARE GOING INTO HIBERNATION FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS

MEANWHILE HERE'S MY RANDOM PIC OF THE YEAR:

IT WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE BROWN THOMAS ON WINTHROP ST....IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF COCKHEADS AND A DANCER....NICE!!!!



AND PLEASE CHECK OUT MY DOCUMENTARY ON CORK GUITAR LEGEND RORY GALLAGHER...ITS PART OF THE HEROES SERIES WE ARE DOING OVER CHRISTMAS...IT'S ON SUNDAY 28th DECEMBER...THANKS

check out this tree -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7785957.stm

SOME PICS FROM THE JINGLE BELL BALL!!!

WHAT A NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HUGE HUGS & KISSES (NO TONGUES ;-) TO EVERYONE WHO CAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND TO EVERYONE LISTENING AT HOME...WE RAISED OVER €10,000 FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH...A TESTAMENT TO HOW BRILLIANT YE ALL ARE...WELL DONE YOU ARE CLASS!!!!!

Here's an email we got from JOE DUFFY (not the radio dude but Breast Cancer charity man!!!) Although the other Joe is always pestering for signed pics, merchandise etc...

I thibnk this is tesatment to the hard work put in by everyone including the ROOSTER listeners:

"I hope your have recovered from the big night in the Pavillion on Saturday. I have to say the whole experience far exceeded what I expected. Your organisation of the gig was top class and all of the crew from RedFM were so helpful and are really lovely people. The Blizzards and Fred were brilliant live and I am sure your listeners, who did not get tickets for the gig, will have enjoyed the live broadcast.

To be honest I was blown away with the generosity of the Cork people as they arrived at the door of the Pavillion . I know it was a free gig and that RedFM had asked people to make a donation at the door but the level of generous donations really surprised me. I know lots of people can have personal reasons for wanting to support breast cancer research but it was very encouraging to see the level of support we received on the night. The total realised from the gig was a staggering €10,000 and this money will greatly assist Prof. Michael Kerin and his team at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute to carry on their great work. If anyone would like to get further information on the work of the NBCRI they can visit our web site www.breastcancerresearch.ie .

An example of the generous support was the following envelopes which were handed in

• €850 from John Coakley, family & friends & Keary's Toyota Cork
• €400 from Kelly Bros & fellow work mates
• €200 from The Jordan Family,Kathryn Collins, Peggy, Aisling and Barry Murray -All chipped in.

This gig was a total success thanks to a huge effort from yourself and the wonderful RedFM team. The Blizzards and Fred were fantastic and the management and staff of the Pavillion could not have been more helpful, all helping to making it a really memorable night.

On behalf of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute I wish yourself, the crew at RedFM and all your listeners a very peaceful Christmas and happy New Year.

With kind regards

Joe Duffy

NBCRI

These guys are in with us tomorrow ....PLUS we reveal our second mystery band WHOOOOOOO *cue mysterious music*.....TOMORROW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN TICKETS FOR THE JINGLE BELL BALL SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE LISTENING!!!!

Far too long now we have been subjected to adverts about moisturisers, reducing wrinkles, reducing beer guts, (hey it's just a fuel tank for a love maghine) and picking up a six-pack you CAN'T drink. So, to combat this a campaign has been started Down Under to harden up the world of the Man. So here goes with the first video to tuen the Whoa! Man into just MAN!! (sorry). Whatever you do DON'T MESS WITH CHOPPER!!!

"HARDEN THE F*CK UP"

Bear Grylls (yeah i know strange name i think he got off lightly his brothers name is Barand) ...sorry. Anywho he has been airlifted to hosptial after breaking his collar bone skateboarding or something down a very steep mountain in Nepal or wherever you find tall bits of land. The thing is he has divided opinion among survival fans. Personally, i'm a big fan of Ray Mears, he has a beer gut any Irishman would be proud of yet he only eats berries and woodland nuts, methinks he tucks into the odd lost cow every now and again. Bear has been criticised for staying in hotels and for faking his show. I think anyone willing to sleep in a camel or drain the juice from an elephant dung just for TV deserves a pint. Below is a few examples...make up your own mind. And if ye like what ye see check him out on the Discovery Channel:

CAUTION. NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED...OR THE FULL STOMACHED!

What a weekend!!!

Met Santy on Friday, Diana Vickers with her annoying puppet hand (her Mr. Garrison impression soon got the better of her) and her Dolores (Cranberries) O' Riordan random screaming got finally quenched and then the usually brash and shouty Jeremy Clarkson lost his voice on Top Gear last night. An amazing weekend by all accounts although it was all torn to pieces like a present in a shredder when i read the news that B*witched (please tell me what the * means!!) are set to reform and grace our charts again with their ear poison.

*oh and i've worked out what this means...it's an asterix to refer to a footnote.

footnote: * = god awful shite.


In other news i had a brilliant day on Friday DJing down at the annual Children's Party down in Fota House. It's amazing for the kids and i was as excited myself when i met the big man in red and white. Here are some pics:


Trees in the entrance...it was like a winter wonderland


Clowning around...big up to Wally & Bally


...I know it looks like a board meeting at FAS, but this is the party!!!


Michael Flatley gave a loan of his Roller...nice! Minnie looks very impressed although i have to say Pluto is looking rather camp...too long in the company of Mickey methinks!!


Claire, Debbie and myself meet the man himself.


Santy tells me off about being on the bad boys list...yes i'm not letting go of that selection box

Well done to Joe Swash on winning I'm a Celeb...


...I wonder if he'll continue to snog Pensioners when he gets out?

Mums are Mums and this is most definitely the case when it comes to Irish Mammy's..."Will ye ever put a scarf on"..."Now don't be in too late i'll be waiting up"....you know the craic...It's cos they love us and in their eyes we are still the little fella with the short pants or the girl with the curls!! Or in my case both...(i'm the youngest of four lads!) Irish Mammies are very similar to Jewish Mammies and this is brilliant...This morning we played out some clips from a Stand-Up comic in the States who plays her Mother's answerphone messages on stage and because they proved so popular she has even released them on CD!!!!!! BRILLIANT!!!

"Oi vey, you need to click on dis link awlready"

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/may/amy/

Nothing is always what it seems, and this is never truer that in advertising. We are bombarded with images of scantily cald women and men selling everything from jewelry to kitchen products (although it's gotta be said the two men/women in the Bounty ads should defo keep their clothes on *retches a little*) People are sitting in boardrooms now devising ways to sell things and competition is fierce...so this is why they devised 'Subliminal Advertising' I'm a massive fan of conspiracy theories cos if they're bullshit at least they're entertaining! Check out the pics and clip below for some fantastic examples of adverts that aren't quite what they seem...*cue X-Files music*

Study the picture carefully. It was used in an advertising campaign for a beer manufacturer. Notice any hidden sexual references!




And here's one that's about as subliminal as Katie Price...

Probably closer to the truth than anything...

MUSIC TO YOUR EARS...OR MAYBE NOT!!



And the movie sequel all men have been waiting for...

50 CENT BRAND NEW SHOW: THE POWER AND THE MONEY...

First we had Donald Trump and his roadkill attached to his head, then we had Alan Sugar looking like an angry Furby, then we had Bill Cullen and his penny apples...NOW it's time for Mr Curtis Jackson a.k.a. 50 Cent and his pimp daddy ways..."Get the f*ck out a here"...Drop it Fiddy!

IT'S BBBBBBLLLLLLOOOOODDDDDYYYYY FFFFREEEEZZZZIIINNNNNNGGG!!!!!


ABOVE is a perfect recreation of my face as i exited my cosy and warm bed this morning.

BELOW is a picture of my new Barometer, her name is "Busty Puppies", i was sick and tired of my previous one giving wonky readings - and now i can be guaranteed daily accurate readings, which is fantastic, that is, if she agrees to let me mount her.