TOSYNS TOP PHIVE SONGS

There is so much great music coming out these days, that not only will i be hyping songs, i need to also hype artistes in general!

THis week though, we are staying true to form.

It is the Top Phive Songs which represent the millions of songs i am currently loving now!

STRONG THING- Banky W

HOW FAR- Terry tha Rapman featuring Sound Sultan

ONE MORE CHANCE- Objazz

MA FI SUE- Lawale

SITTING ON TOP- Kel

Listen out for them... and ENJOY!!!

RANDOMIZING YOUR THURSDAY!

On the Top of the Morning show today Thursday, 27th August, 2009, things were really unpredictable as we started off with the AREA! show, where the only thing that gets you on the show is shouting AREA! and Tosyn, in true random Thursday style, asked callers to mention the people they can see in their neighbourhood; you might recall that we started “randomizing” our Thursdays a few weeks ago where we started with “read something jo!” and then we were talking about fears last week; we had pap sellers, breadsellers, agberos, and even the milk van and newspaper boy inside Bayo’s dreams from the United Streets of Amukoko (USA).lol. On PROVERBS LANE, where we usually have proverbs in any language other than English and then translate them into English, we had proverbs from isokoland, yorubaland, iboland, etc someone even gave us one proverb in English, Yoruba and Ibo. We then went ONLINE REALTIME where listeners sent in texts to let us know what they were doing online right then, many people were either facebooking, twitting or doing both, a lady was applying for jobs over the internet and I think she dropped some information for other job seekers on our facebook page, people were on eBay, YouTube, Yahoo!, someone was saying that she hadn’t gotten a reply to the email she sent to Tola Sunmonu of Harambee Nigeria.

Please note that the Harambee 2.0 annual conference takes place tomorrow, 28th, August at Shell hall, MUSON centre, Onikan by 8am, the theme of the conference is “Planting Seeds of Tomorrow” and Admission is Free. MI is expected to be there and lunch is served. To make reservations and for more details, check out www.hendeavor.org ,send a mail to harambeenigeria@yahoo.com or search for their facebook group. You can also send a text to 08071949742.

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
NBC, Total, Benue Cement Company, WAPCO, Flourmill
Top 5 losers
7up, Guinness, Nestle, Julius Berger

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 6:56pm. Expect early morning light, cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until about midday when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 31 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degrees Celsius.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• The NYSC director-general has directed all zonal offices across Nigeria not to post corps members to troubled areas, in compliance with President Yar'adua’s directive
• President Barrack Obama has said that he is heartbroken at Senator Ted Kennedy, JFK’s brother’s death. He died at the age of 87 on Tuesday, 25th august after fighting brain cancer for about a year.
• A cabdriver in New Jersey got more than he bargained for recently when he picked a bank robber unknowingly, the passenger had told him to wait while he takes out some money at the bank, the driver not knowing he was going to rob, waited. The police stopped them a couple of blocks later and arrested the passenger. This economic depression sef, desperate times...
• In their latest attempt to reduce cost and generate funds, the State of California has resorted to selling thousands of surplus items on eBay and in a warehouse auction.
• A federal appeal court in the United States has overturned a ruling that granted the copyrights of the software, UNIX to Novell.
• Some suspected drug barons have abandoned about of 3.265kg of heroin worth over 25 million naira. The heroin was stored in some charger heads imported from India.
• Good News!!! Christ embassy’s devotional, “Rhapsody of realities” is going to be free from September, about 10 million copies will be distributed nationwide.
• “we can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb as they pass by”

On SING A STORY, our “randomizing” continued because everybody had a different story to sing, no two stories were the same; while someone sang “Glory, glory Lord...” someone else sang “Aye pogan...”, there was quite an amount of appreciation to God sha, from “wellu wellu” to “boundless love” to “sope tie” to “glory glory”, and as always, we had “loooots of love”, the most touching story today though, which actually brought tears to my eyes was the story of the man who lost his wife in childbirth over a year ago, though the child lived, and somehow, he was still able to find the strength to sing Sammie Okposo’s “wellu wellu”, we should all take a cue from him, he’s a man who views his cup as half-full rather than half-empty. We pray for more strength for him(it can never be too much now) and we also pray for the lady who lost her mother recently, we ask for strength and comfort for you.

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow. Stay blessed

Ciao

Celebrity Wednesday

when you tune to Top Radio 90.9 at 6:30 in the morning and you hear a pleasant feminine voice, have no doubt about it; you're listeneing to Tosyn Bucknor on Top of the Morning. she does her 'thing' on Mondays through Fridays alongside Area MAma, Double 09, Sweet 17 and the VIP kids, with each day having a totally different package from the other days. Today is Celebrity Wednesday and it is the day of the week when on the Area Show, people get the rare opportuinty of making everyday poeple celebrities for the day and it is on the same day that famous celebrities stroll into the studio and tell us a bit about themselves. but before all these, there are usually traffic and weather updates from different places across the state. Traffic and weather Updates:need I mention that the first update for today came in when K-banj, or Edoyak {as Area MAma likes to call him} called? So everyone who's been itching to hear Edoyak's voice but didn't listen to the show this morning obviously missed out. there was light traffic at places like: ikorodu, maryland, sagamu, shasha, mafoluku, iwo, iju, mangoro, cement, oshodi, ogijo, amukoko and magboro. however, the traffic at Abule Egba, Oko-Oba, Ikeja, 3rd Mainland bridge, alagbole and berger was quite heavy. the weather was cold and breezy in all these places.In Yarn Free Zone today, we listened to songs by Etcetra, Rooftop Mcs and Lucid Storm. and from then on, it was music, music and more music on the show. Top 9 Moments with Aramide:-a website for higher education professionals has announced results of a survey on Twitter usage and trends among college faculty. the survey of approximately 2000 higher education professionals found that nearly one-third of the respondents say they use twitter in some capacity.-thousands of people welcomed South African runner, Caster Semenya on her return to Johannesburg airport yesterday, as local athletics officials slammed the decision to test the champion's gender. -authorities say the mother of a Florida girl suffocated by a pet python last month has been charged in the child's death. 19-year old Jaren Ashley and her boyfriend, 32-year old Jason Darnell, were each charged on Monday with manslaughter, 3rd degree murder and child abuse after 2-year old Shaianna died July 1.-Gabon's men should go on a 'sex strike' if a man wins this weekends presidential poll, an opposition leader said on Tuesday, saying the country needs a woman as a leader.-2 turkeys are recovering after being cut open by drug smugglers and stuffed with 5 kg of cocaine. Police were amazed to find the drug surgically implanted in the bloated birds in Peru.-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is optimistic Cesc Fabregas will be available for the weekend's clash against MAnchester United.At 10:00am, it was time for Celebrity Special. Today's celebrity is an international artiste who has worked so hard to gain the respect and loyalty of her fans. It was no ther person than Whitney Houston. A brief look into her background:She was born August 9, 1963. her mum, aunt and godmother were all prominent Soul singers: Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin. she started singing in church and her talent was discovered by Arista Record label's head, Clive Dans. She got married to Bobby Brown in fron tof 800 people by the marriage ended in 2006. She also dated Ray J- Brandy's brother. Rumours of drug use began in the 90s. she began cancelling shows and appearances. she wasn't giving her best at performances and when she featured in Bobby Brown's reality show, they both seemed like crazy coz of the looks and mannerisms. when confronted about her addiction, she said: 'crack is cheap, i don't do crack, it is whack'. She's the CEO of Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. she will appear again on Oprah Winfrey Show next month. 'I look to you' is her first and latest album since 2002.there was no better way for Tosyn to sign out on the show than to play one of Whitney's lastest songs: 'like i never left', in which she featured Akon.Much love,Ruthina Atinuke.

CELEBRITY WEDNESDAY WITH WHITNEY

Today on the Top of the Morning show with Tosyn Bucknor on Top radio, 90.9fm was “sope tie” as it was time to appreciate the people in our lives in our own little way by making them celebrities and as usual, lots of mothers were celebrated, I love Africa! in general, Nigeria in particular, Oyo state specifically, the corner of my house precisely.... (just kidding) but I really love Africa because we value family a lot and that is one thing I wouldn’t trade for a million dollars... maybe for a billion sha, just kidding again o! lol, I wouldn’t trade my family for anything! Anyway most of our celebrities today were family members, brothers, fathers, mothers ... we felt lots of love in the studio today along with a hint of something else, something... I don’t know how to put this, but it might have been responsible for Tosyn’s “high” state today, don’t say I told you o.

TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• Chris Brown has been sentenced to 5 years probation and 180 days community work for hitting Rihanna.
• Bangladesh police men are trying to improve their confidence and appearance. They have approached the owner of a beauty parlour to give some 140 new recruits tips on looking good.
• Researchers have found out that most people search for new information to confirm what they believe, and usually just ignore contrary information.
• Facultyfocus, a website for higher education professionals, which carried out a survey on Twitter usage has discovered that more than half of the people researched don’t use Twitter at all while about one-third use twit
• South African star, Semanya has returned home to a heroes welcome along with her teammates as her “countrypeople” slammed IAAF for even thinking about carrying out a gender test on her.
• The19-year-old mother of the 2-year-old girl who was suffocated to death by an 8-foot long pet python in Florida on the 1st of July has been charged along with her boyfriend with manslaughter, child abuse and 3rd-degree murder.
• An opposition leader in Gabon has declared that all men should go on a sex strike if a man should win this weekend’s presidential poll (hunh?), he said the country needs a woman and that all men should sleep with their clothes on. Is this a joke or sum’n? In Africa?! A man actually opened his mouth to say that a woman would be a better leader?!! Wow, these are really the endtimes?lol
• Two turkeys in Peru who were surgically implanted with 4.8kg of cocaine are recovering after they were discovered by the police after a tip-off
• Arsene Wenger has said that Fabregas who was injured recently will be available for the match against Manchester United this weekend
• “the man who makes no mistakes makes nothing at all”



THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
OANDO, CONOIL, Benue Cement Company, WAPCO, Flourmill
Top 5 losers
7up, Guiness, Eterna Oil, DN Meyer, Portland paints

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 6:56pm. Expect early morning light drizzle, wind-chill and cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until about midday when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 29 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree Celsius.

Quite unfortunately, our celebrity pulled a no-show on us, but as that lepa-to-bad, sweet seventeen would say, “nothing do us”. We had CELEBRITY SPECIAL with WHITNEY HOUSTON (her name has to be written in capital letters you know, she’s a gbogbo bigz girls o)
Whitney started singing very early in her church choir, her mother and aunt were soul singers, her mother was Diane Houston and, wait for it... her godmother is Aretha Franklin! The Queen of Soul herself! She got married to Bobbi Brown, which was a big surprise because Whitney used to be seen as a “good” girl while Bobbi was the “bad” one. During the Bobbi Brown reality show, she was portrayed as a (hmmh) sorta crazy person, and her life almost literally went downhill from there, she started cancelling shows and acting somewhat dodgy, there were rumours of drug use, but Whitney said in an interview that “crack is cheap, we don’t do crack, crack is wack”. She is reported to have dated Ray jay, Brandy’s younger brother, did someone say “cradle-sna...” I didn’t say anything o, how old is that boy again sef. Whitney is reported to have helped a lot of other artistes up, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Robin Thicke among others credit Whitney as an influence in their careers. She was a fashion model and was the first person of colour (I think that’s the “politically correct” term now no longer black or coloured, abeg na dem sabi) to grace the covers of Seventeen! Magazine, she is a pretty good actress and has acted in a lot of movies, she was in “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner, “Preachers wife” with Denzel Washington, and “Waiting to Exhale”, there was no hot guy in that one sha, :). Whitney has a new album out, her first since 2002, titled “I look to you” which featueres, Alicia Keys, Akon and some other people. She is scheduled to appear on Oprah next month, that’s a must-watch show.

That’s all for today. Enjoy the rest of the day and the week. Till tomorrow


Ciao




Tuesday, 25th August, 2009

BRAGGING RIGHTS TUESDAY – OMO NA SWAGGER SWAGGER...

The Top of the Morning show today, Tuesday, 25th August, 2009 was highly “fantabulous” ! On the AREA! show, callers had to get their swagger on since today was Bragging Rights Tuesday, where every caller and texter had to mention one thing they really like about their Areas, one thing they were proud of in contrast to our former Town hall Tuesdays where we used to talk about the things we don’t like, it’s all about keeping a positive mentality sha. We had a very excited caller from shogun estate, ogba who said he likes his area because it’s very entertaining and there are different types of people there, someone from Talbot road, Ijebu-ode said his area is the best because they all look good everyday, another caller from Ipaja says his area encourages commerce because there are many shops there, Dr. Lee called, this time not from third mainland bridge but from his Area! sawmill-bariga` and said he likes his area because it’s cool and there are no fighting in the streets.

On VERSUS SPECIAL, it was an animal something as we had Cats vs. Dogs. I must confess that the moment I heard the topic, I just knew... how can you pitch dogs against cats?! In Nigeria?! After all our possessed cat movies and witches turning into cats movies?! It’s dogs that will win now! We’re a much too spiritual country...lol. Anyway, the dogs won, as I expected and it was a landslide victory! I mean, it was like comparing kokolettes bolanle and shona’s votes (lol) it was that bad. The people who voted for cats gave reasons like, they don’t tear up your most expensive pair of jeans as a form of play, they kill rats, they are clean and those that didn’t like them said they are scary (that was a pretty general reason, I think it’s because of the eyes though), they were insensitive in contrast to dogs, I think cats can be very self-absorbed creatures;has anyone watched Garfield?! lol, okay maybe I’m judging all cats based on one movie but... anyway, we have a cat in my house, there was one evening I was alone with the cat in the house and they took light, I couldn’t bear to touch it so I couldn’t carry it outside and I was also too scared to stay in the house alone with the cat, who knows if he will just turn into a bloodsucking monster or sum’n. lol. I had to leave the house for yanni (thats the cats name) o,lol, at least until someone else came


EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• The 11th annual victory over diabetes event will hold on the 29th of August, in the United States
• Two women in Kansas have made themselves friends for life after one donated her kidney to the other. The two women have being neighbours for 30 years but only got closer over the past 3 years. Food for thought; would you have done that?
• Married couples in France who want to divorce their partners on the grounds of infidelity can now present passionate text messages as proof. Ok the eleventh commandment comes into play here, just kidding o, please lets try and be faithful to our spouses
• A former reality show contestant, Ryan Jenkins, who is suspected of murdering his ex-wife has been found dead in what looked like a suicide in a motel in Canada, after evading a massive manhunt for days, a woman who was with him is wanted by the police
• A critically ill teenager who was denied a liver transplant because his sickness was drink-related has been flown to a specialist hospital
• Readers Digest has filed for bankruptcy! This economic recession should hurry up and do now ...
• Ian Robin has forced Real Madrid president, Perez to reassess his player-sales plans
• Someone in New York now sells bad advice for a dollar. Desperate times, desperate measures
• “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary”

HOW-TO CLASS
Today in the how-to-class, we were indoctrinated on “how to be a music superstar with zero fans”
• Be selfish; your work must not benefit the people that will listen to it in any way
• Fight your fans at a concert if they don’t catch you when you throw yourself in the crowd
• Sing without instruments and curse and insult everybody while singing
• Sing only in your mind
• Compose songs that humiliate members of the public
• Develop a snobbish attitude
• Never return smiles and never give out your autograph
And lots more...

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow

Ciao

Bragging Rights Tuesday- that’s the particular day on the Area Show when everyone gets to blow the trumpet about their areas. They blow the trumpet about their areas and make it seem like the best place to live. It is also the day for the Versus Special. This is another segment on the show when songs are played and a song says the same thing as the next one such that one is left to choose the songs that best explain how one feels at the moment. The show then rounds off with the How To Show, which comes after the Yarn-Free Zone and Top 9 Moments.
Traffic updates came from Sango, Lambe, Sagamu, Oke-Odo, MAgboro, ALakuko, Agbado, Abule Egba, Berger, Ikorodu, Ajah, and Badagry; the traffic in these places was quite heavy. On the other hand, Egbeda, Idimu, Agege, Ogijo, Ilupeju and Third Mainland Bridge were quite free. It rained pretty much in some places this morning. When it was time to brag, people said nice things about their areas; things like: the security level of their area, the calmness, the availability of power supply, the accessibility to water supply, the calmness of the area and the presence of ‘bukas’ in strategic places in some areas.
In the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to Craig David as he sang ‘Rise and Fall’, Sting as he sang ‘Shape of my heart’, and Michael Jackson singing ‘One more chance’. For the ‘versus’ on the Versus Special for today was between the cats and the dogs. The idea was to choose the one that is better preferred between the cat and the dog. At a point on the show, it seemed as though there was no need for the question coz very few people professed any likeness for cat because most of the votes were cast in favour of the dogs. Oops!
Top 9 Moments with Aramide:
• The 11th annual Victory Over Diabetes event, hosted by the American Diabetes Association {ADA}, kicks off in Atlanta in August 29, featuring singer/songwriter- Angie Stone and Lily USA. This free day-long event also supported by ETNA, educates and empowers African-Americans living with Diabetes to better manage the disease by providing educational tools and culturally relevant resources.
• Few things can be more neighbourly than offering your kidney to a friend. 2 Kansas City women have lived next door to each other for 30 years but Claudine Jackson and Jo Ann Walz really got to know each other after Walz donated her kidney to Jackson. The 2 had always been friendly but have grown much closer over the past 3 years as Walz helped with rides for dialysis treatments, appointments and the grocery store.
• Unfaithful spouses in France are to be warned that passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against them in a divorce. Experts say the recent ruling by Frances’ Supreme Court to accept phone exchanges as legitimate proof of adultery will make it easier for the French to get divorced.
• Ryan Jenkins has ended his life in a suicide in a remote Canadian Motel room and the Police had sought the ex-Reality Show contestant in the killing of his ex-wife. He was accused of killing his ex-wife, a model whose body was badly mutilated when found in a trash bin outside Los Angeles.
• A critically ill teenager denied a Liver transplant because his condition is drink-related and is to be flown to a Specialist Hospital Unit. Gareth Anderson, 19, suffered liver failure after a weekend of drinking and there are fears he could die soon.
• Readers’ Digest Association Inc., publisher of the Iconic General Interest Magazine that began gracing American homes in 1922, yesterday filed for chapter 11 on bankruptcy protection as it faces falling print circulation in the internet age and looming debt payments.
• Arjen Robben has forced Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez to reassess his player sales plan.
• Chris Chaplauske carries on a time-honoured tradition of trying to make money on the streets of New York in an unusual way- selling bad advice. The 32-year old advertises his ‘service’ with a sign that reads: ‘bad advice $1’.
• The Scottish Justice Secretary today defended the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Kenny MacAskill told an emergency session of the Scottish Parliament that it had been his ‘own decision’ to free Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, adding that he stood by ‘the law and values of Scotland’.
After the Top 9 Moments, it was music, music and more music until 10 am when it was time for the How-To-Show. Today’s topic was: ‘How to be a music superstar with zero fans’. Brilliant topic, right? The rules are as follows:
1. Be very selfish. Sing for yourself and not for the benefit of the people who would listen;
2. During a concert, throw yourself into the crowd and when they part like the Red Sea and you fall hard on the ground, stand up and fight all of them for not catching you. Being a Rock Star is a no-nonsense business o!!
3. Even if one person by mistake likes your music and tries to tell you, accuse them of mocking you and being an enemy of progress. Don’t you know that some of these so-called fans are spies in disguise?
4. Release a song in which you attack the fans and tell them how foolish they are for not buying your albums, but they would instead buy all the nonsense in the industry.
5. When one fan feels sorry for you and decides to ask for your autograph just to make you happy, chase him with cutlass, asking him whether you look like you’re desperate for fans.
6. Make-up a back story for yourself that the few fans you have would eventually find out is all a lie.
7. Release lyrics that can turn anyone who listens into suicidal stalkers; that way, there would be no-one left to become a fan.
8. It is a taboo to have a unique style: Copy everything and everyone that is popular. Since photocopy is only 2 naira, just copy everyone and everything on music
9. Finally make it your life’s work to go around the world preaching to students like you How to be a Music Superstar with no fans.
Now, those were the tips given by Double but of course, lots of text messages came in and there were lots of suggestions regarding the topic. Anyone who chooses to practice any of these will definitely get the corresponding result. Remember, it is your choice.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.