This is from the summer of '93 just as Nick started getting into his 'Phone-out' period.

Dials number. Phone rings.

Nick: Great !

Man: (Gives out phone number)

Nick: Hello, is Mark there please ?

Man: Mark ?

Nick: Yeah.

Man: No, he's in bed asleep.

Nick: Is he ? Oh sorry about that.

Man: Who's that ?

Nick: This is Nick Abbot from Virgin 1215 and you're on the air right now.

Man: Oh. (Pause) Are we ?

Nick: I'm afraid so, yes.

Man: We're all in bed.

Nick: Are you ?

Man: Yeah ?

Nick: Sorry about that, mate.

Man: It's Ok, bye.

Nick: Bye bye. I kind of thought so. I have a letter here which says :-

Dear Nick,
In our school we have a crap club which we are not members of because it's crap! It's called the (Pause) ***Steve Wright Fan Club !!*** (Pause, Nick laughs) All they do is talk about Steve Wright in the afternoon, they think it's great, they should get a life ! Because you hate Steve they hate you. Oh now when did I ever say that I hated Steve ? They call you a show off and a minge bastard and take the piss out of your hair. MY HAIR!?! (pause, Nick laughs) What's wrong with my hair !?! WE HATE THEM !! They think you are really rude because you dump so many callers and are rude to them. They are too scared to tell you face to face so we will you give you their names and phone numbers. They make cheap excuses not to call you, they will not be expecting your call. Too true, they was asleep.

P.S. Who sang 'keep on rocking in the free world' originally ? I heard it on your show the other night and saw it on the MTV movie awards performed by Pearl Jam and some other guy. Oh great (Nick laughs) Kids ! Some other guy ?! Neil Young!

So anyway, isn't that interesting ? People who listen to his show are in bed asleep right now and people who listen to mine are up and vibrant and throbbing !!