A shirt for a song

This was originally posted on February 13 & 17, 2009.

Last Thursday I was listening to a radio show called "Volt" on Studio Brussel, when all of a sudden, shortly before 9 pm, I hear an interview with a guy named Michael. He and his wife have been PJ Harvey fans for the longest time... And it suddenly dawned on me: I KNOW WHO THAT IS!
I E-mailed him and he confirmed that it was, indeed, him. He also convinced me to submit one of mine, wearing my beloved K's Choice t-shirt. After some hemming and hawing I gave in and sent the producers of Volt one of me standing on Brooklyn Bridge.

Frankly, I didn't think they'd call me back, and I had forgotten about it. Until I got a call today. It was an unknown number but I recognized the international code for Belgium, so I thought: "Who is that?" as I answered the phone.
It turned to be a producer from the radio show, asking me if I was the person on the picture wearing a K's Choice t-shirt (YES!) and whether I agreed to be interviewed (SURE!). Finally he asked me what song I wanted them to play for me ("Too many happy faces").
We set a time and date; he's going to call me back to do the interview - which probably be edited. It'll be aired later that day.
If you're curious: tune into Studio Brussel on Tuesday, February 17. You should hear the interview between 8 and 9 pm (CET).

Today was the day. It went by fairly quickly, until a little after 4PM. Then it suddenly hit me: the radio show producer told me he'd call me back between 4 and 5PM. It was after 4:30 when I got a call - by the host. It certainly helped he has a friendly, somewhat soothing voice, to help calm my nerves. That and I paid attention to my breathing.
The interview started after he asked me if I was ready for it (I replied I was). And off we went - no rehearsals. I was actually busy translating my answers into proper Dutch ones, as I caught my thoughts at freight train speed going on IN ENGLISH. I guess that also helped keeping my nerves in check; I was too busy to be nervous at all (I suck at multi-tasking). And suddenly it was over.
The interview got some editing (fortunately) and was aired shortly before 9 o'clock, a couple of hours later... And I got to rock out to "Too many happy faces" :D
Check out the Studio Brussel page *here* (the radio show is called "Volt"). I will look for the link to the podcast and post it later.
Edit: my friend Mafalda helped me find the link to the podcast (obrigado, hon)