Talk:The Breezeblock

pulled out section
"Although BBC Radio 1 has not officially made these and other old broadcasts available, sessions can be purchased from some commercial websites that have archived the entirety of The Breezeblock. Alternatively, many sets are freely available at The Mixing Bowl, a popular BitTorrent site for sharing live bootlegs and recorded radio programs."

I removed this, if BBC didn't make it officially available, then this sounds like links to copyright violations, which is not the business of wikipedia. Othellowasaprettycoolguy (talk) 09:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Also, a technical error in the masonry department: A breeze block is not the UK term for a cinderblock. Firstly cinderblocks arent made anymore, and cinderblocks were concrete, whilst breezeblocks are cement with air bubbles, hence the comparitively different weight of the two. Breezeblocks must NEVER be used for foundations, more for filling doorways and arches. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.85.190 (talk) 01:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, literal breeze blocks (rather than the cement and aerated concrete types covered by the genericised term) are made from breeze, which is a type of fly ash - or cinder. And cinderblocks were, again - before the genericisation - actually made from compressed cinder ash. 193.63.174.211 (talk) 13:27, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

basis of name
Well, what's written there seems good, but the impression I always got when listening to it was more that it represented the ambience of the programme (usually quite, well, ambient, or breezy), with the scheduled times of a presenter's show often being called a "slot"... or "block". Literally, a breeze block. To wind you down gently after a tough week... (though the block itself isn't actually listed, I seem to remember it being late night over the weekend - possibly friday?) 193.63.174.211 (talk) 13:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)