I just listened through all of Cabin Pressure again. This is one of my favourite Radio 4 comedy. I’ve heard all of the episodes quite a few times now, what with listening to it as it was broadcast over the past few years and then listening to it again at times like this. I wrote a bit about it before so I won’t go in to too much detail here because this isn’t really a review.
I’ve been feeling pretty down lately, and I’m very stressed with university stuff, so what I usually do is listen to an episode of a radio comedy show when I go to bed, which helps me get sleepy without just lying in bed with my mind racing. Also I try to get in a 30 minute walk a day, which is the perfect time to listen to a half hour radio comedy. So you may have noticed that I’ve reviewed quite a few radio shows recently.
I had run out of new stuff to listen to which is why I decided to listen again to this show. So here is a pretty good recommendation: even when I am utterly miserable, Cabin Pressure can make me laugh and put a smile on my face for 30 minutes a day. I really don’t know what else you would want from a comedy show.
I have been a bit busy the past few days getting things sorted for the start of the new semester. Having been home for just over a month, I am now back in my flat at university. It is actually a lot warmer and nicer here than I had remembered, and I have spent the afternoon getting all my things sorted out and tidied away. The main downside is my noisy neighbours, who tormented me last semester when they acquired a keyboard and a guitar and seemed to think that 1am was an appropriate time for music practice. They have spent most of the afternoon playing and do not appear to have improved at all in my absence. I have been trying to drown out the noise by listening to old episodes of I’ve Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. Right now they are butchering a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit (at least I think that is what they are trying to play). I am contemplating finding an episode of ISIHAC which features Jeremy Hardy singing and then turning up the volume on my laptop! Overall however it is okay to be back here.