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Merry #ThrowbackThursday (Christmas 2025 Style)! Here are the Top 10 90s and 2000s Songs of the Day, enjoy them and have a great day :) 10 Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill - Turn Your Lights Down Low 09 Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 08 B2K - Girlfriend 07 Vitamin C featuring Lady Saw - Smile 06 Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block (Track Masters Remix) 05 Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way 04 Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever 03 Madonna - Miles Away 02 Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love 01 New Kids On The Block - Step by Step (7 Inch Version)   https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Throwback%20Dec%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ Follow Qu...

Welcome to #WaybackWednesday (Christmas Eve 2025 Dub)! Here are the Top 10 70s and 80s Songs of the Day, enjoy and thanks for listening. 10 Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around 09 The Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles (Extended Version) 08 The Intruders - Hang On In There 07 The O'Jays - Now That We Found Love 06 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together 05 Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It? 04 Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extended Version) 03 Teena Marie - Behind The Groove 02 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down 01 The Time - Jungle Love   https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Wayback%20Dec%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Li...

Welcome to #CoolTuesday for Christmas Week 2025! We'll make up for last week this week and next week. Here are the Top 10 Cool Tunes of the Day! 10 Jodeci - Come & Talk To Me 09 Caoilfhionn Rose - Josephine 08 N.E.R.D - Run To The Sun 07 Babyface - There She Goes 06 Durand Jones & The Indications featuring Aaron Frazer - Witchoo 05 Tommy Richman - Selfish 04 Prada Ray - Like I Want You 03 River Simmons - Far Apart 02 Galdive - Blue 01 John Cena featuring Tha Trademarc - The Time Is Now https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20RnBCool%20Dec%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stere...

Just over a year ago I posted about the major upgrade that we had gotten to our internet here, even though price-wise we were still getting fleeced - US$45 for a 1 Terabyte data package (and this was the basic package!) that offered 1Mbps speeds maximum. At some point this year those fine folks at the mobile network that was providing this service (which they named SmartBiz) decided to change tactics by getting rid of that and introducing the new and much more ridiculous sounding SmartSuite service, which is just another collection of small data bundles tagged with ridiculous prices. Same speeds too:  SmartLite - 50 Gigabytes US$30 SmartPlus - 75 Gigabytes US$40 SmartMax - 100 Gigabytes US$50 SmartFlex - 200 Gigabytes US$70 SmartPro - 400 Gigabytes US$99 SmartUltra - 800 Gigabytes US$170 Not even their top tier package sniffs terabyte territory, haha. So for a couple of months we were using that SmartFlex package, 200GB was enough to cover us. Then the old man had the idea of wan...

It is #ThrowbackThursday, welcome to it! We went back in time yesterday to check out some 70's and 80's tunes, now we make the return trip home and pass through the 90's and 2000's :) enjoy, share and thanks for listening! 10 The Cool Notes - Make This a Special Night (Fordy's Night Magic Special Mix) 09 Tevin Campbell - Round and Round (Soul Mix Edit) 08 Brand Nubian - Don't Let It Go To Your Head 07 MC Hammer - Have You Seen Her? 06 Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) 05 Aaliyah - Try Again 04 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) 03 Will Smith featuring Jada Pinkett Smith - 1000 Kisses 02 Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown - No Air 01 Phil Collins - Can't Stop Loving You https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Throwback%20Dec%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiF...

Happy #WaybackWednesday! We're stepping back in time to check out today's Top 70's and 80's Songs of the Day :) enjoy and thanks for listening. 10 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 09 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain 08 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her? 07 Jean Carn - Don't Let It Go To Your Head 06 The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun 05 The Jacksons - Can You Feel It? 04 Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It? 03 Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (12 Inch Version) 02 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (New York Mix) 01 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Wayback%20Dec%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.z...

Welcome to #CoolTuesday for the new month of December! There's a slight change: Mondays will be an off day, meaning that Tuesdays are the day when you can catch your R&B songs. That off day gives me time to do prep work behind the scenes and rest a bit. None of the other days will be affected so no worries about them. Let's check out today's Top 10 Cool Tunes of the Day! 10 John Legend & The Roots featuring Common & Melanie Fiona - Wake Up Everybody 09 Funhill featuring Lincoln Jean-Marie - Me My Turn (Street Soul Mix) 08 Seinabo Sey - Pretend 07 The Internet - Dontcha 06 Gabriel Gifford featuring Maya Law & Freya Roy - Cold Too 05 Ciara featuring Summer Walker - Better Thangs 04 Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It) (Disciples Remix) 03 ford. featuring Barrie - 4:38am 02 Tyrese - What Am I Gonna Do? 01 Quantic featuring Alice Russell - Now or Never https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20RnBCool%20Dec%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are f...

Welcome to #SoulfulSunday! There was no Saturday set yesterday because we had a sudden power fault, which got fixed today fortunately. Let's have a look at your Top 10 Jazz, Reggae and Afro Songs of the Day :) 10 Mary Stallings - I Want to Talk About You 09 Lisa Casalino - Charade 08 Randy Scott - Affection 07 El Chicano - Viva Tirado 06 Sizzla - Rejoice 05 Junior Reid - Mother Move 04 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote 03 Fortune Muparutsa - Wangu Ndega 02 Boom Shaka - It's About Time 01 Pozee & Sku - Hamba Nobani https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20SoulSun%20Nov%20C%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for u...

Welcome to #FlashforwardFriday. This makes up for the absence of yesterday's set (I had no power). Has a bit of the 90's, a dash of the 2000's and a helping of some modern Pop. Enjoy :) 10 Kid Frost - La Raza 09 Mariah Carey - Honey (Smooth Version with Intro) 08 Tamia - So Into You 07 George Michael - Shoot the Dog 06 DJ Cleo - She Wants Me All the Time 05 Flight Facilities featuring Giselle - Crave You 04 Bre Kennedy - Milestones 03 Donny Benét - American Dream 02 Doja Cat - AAAHH MEN! 01 Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It) https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Flash%20Nov%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel f...

Welcome to #WaybackWednesday! Here are today's Top 10 70s and 80s Songs of the Day :) 10 Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze 09 The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt 08 Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal 07 Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight (Edit) 06 Joni Haastrup - Greetings 05 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 04 Christopher Cross - Sailing 03 World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ 02 Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life 01 Stu Phillips - Knight Rider Theme https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Wayback%20Nov%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Catch Queen Val on ZiFM Stereo's The Big Show, Mondays to Fridays 10am to 2pm Central African Time. Streaming Live on https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stereo, the latest DJ music sets and mor...

Happy #RnBMonday, welcome to it. Here are your Top 10 R&B Songs of the Day! 10 Ashanti - Foolish 09 Des'ree - You Gotta Be 08 Shanice - I Love Your Smile 07 Elmiene - Light Work 06 Pharrell Williams - Just A Cloud Away 05 Conya Doss - Long Haul 04 Jill Scott - The Way 03 Andy Stokes - Best Day Ever 02 Leela James - Good Time 01 The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley & Snoop Dogg - Friends & Family https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20RnB%20Nov%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stereo https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ , the latest DJ music sets and more https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vaf7ZPyG3R3q9XYImh0B R&B Mondays - R&B Cool Tuesdays - Hip Hop, Electronic, Nu-Soul, Ambient, Cityscape Wayback Wednesdays - 70...

Happy #SoulfulSunday! Here are your Top 10 Jazz, Reggae and Afro Songs of the Day! 10 Steve Cromity featuring Eric Wyatt & Kenyetta Beasley - Without a Song 09 Sven Tore Erik Berglund & Anders Johan Greger Lewen - Stampen 08 Patrick Trahan - New Day 07 Jeff Golub - On the Beach 06 Bobby Melody - Try So Hard 05 The Abyssinians - Peculiar Number 04 Jah Cure - Zion Awaits 03 TKZee - Dlala Mapantsula 02 Joe Nina - Sbali (Groove Mix) 01 Oliver Mtukudzi - Chara Chimwe https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20SoulSun%20Nov%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stereo https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ , the latest DJ music sets and more https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vaf7ZPyG3R3q9XYImh0B R&B Mondays - R&B Cool Tuesdays - Hip Hop, Elect...

Happy #DanceSaturday, welcome to it. Here are your Top 10 Dance Songs of the Day! 10 Dublon, Deza & TABLE - Salve 09 ELWD - Sunrise 5000 08 Caius - In The Sun (Extended Mix) 07 Sonic Palms - On the Beach (Extended Mix) 06 Julien Jabre - Swimming Places (Original Mix) 05 Angelo Ferreri - End Of Street (Original Club Mix) 04 Knee Deep featuring Cathy Battistessa - All About Love (Vocal Mix) 03 Marc Evans - Given Me Joy (Knee Deep Classic Club Edit) 02 Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) 01 Armand Van Helden, A-Trak & Duck Sauce - Ask Me (Extended Mix) https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Dance%20Nov%20B%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stereo https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ , the latest DJ music sets and ...

  Welcome to #PopFriday! Here are your Top 10 Pop Songs of the Day :) 10 The Finkelstiens - Good Life 09 Twenty One Pilots - Shy Away 08 JENNIE featuring Dua Lipa  - Handlebars 07 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (Nagai & Omar 80's Synthwave Remix) 06 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 05 Ruthie Conray - Better Half 04 Lars Kristen - Everybody's Home 03 Litany - My Dude 02 Kenya Grace - Mr. Cool 01 Britney Spears - I Wanna Go (Alex Dreamz Remix) https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Pop%20Nov%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio archive here https://archive.org/details/channelqueenvalaudio Got a song request? Get in touch via email channelqval@xmail.net Follow Queen Val via her Whatsapp Channel for updates on her appearances on ZiFM Stereo ( https://zifmstereo.co.zw/ ), the latest DJ music sets and more :) https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vaf7ZPyG3R3q9XYImh0B R&B Mondays - R&B Cool Tuesdays - Hip Hop, Electronic, Nu...

I've mentioned helping out Val with these DJ sets before but hadn't thought of posting the links here on the blog site. No harm in doing so, right? Let's see how this goes, welcome to #ThrowbackThursday ! On this day we'll be going down memory lane, back in time to the 90's and 2000's and check out 10 nice songs to get those nostalgia feelz triggered. Here are your Top 10 90's and 2000's Songs of the Day, enjoy :) 10 Whigfield - Think of You 09 Quad City DJs - C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) 08 Double You - Who's Fooling Who (Organ Mix) 07 Inner City - Good Life (CJ's Living Good Club Mix) 06 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Tony Humphries Club Mix) 05 Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go 04 Beyoncé - Crazy in Love 03 Liquideep - Fairytale 02 Ne-Yo - Closer 01 David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi - Memories (Extended) https://archive.org/download/channelqueenvalaudio/Val%20Throwback%20Nov%20A%202025.mp3 All previous sets are found in the Queen Val audio a...

Title: Asterix the Gladiator Written by René Goscinny Illustrated by Albert Uderzo Volume released in 1964 English translation by Anthea Bell and Dereck Hockridge (1969) **Note: Hello, hello. If the audio sounds a bit lousy, apologies, I recorded on my phone after failing to reconfigure my headphones for some reason. It had been a while since I last used them, maybe the firmware needs to be updated. Hopefully that will be sorted out by the time I record the next episode, but if not then it's back to the not-so-smartphone. Thanks for listening and take care! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_the_Gladiator https://www.asterix.com/en/the-collection/albums/asterix-the-gladiator/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122401.Asterix_the_Gladiator https://archive.org/details/collection_202405 Downloadable audio version Audio Archive: https://archive.org/details/comic-book-chronicles Asterix and the Indomitable Audio Series 04 (YouTube) Asterix and the Indomitable Audio Series 04 (B...

Name: Pokémon Righteous Red v1.4.2 Hack of: Pokémon Red Version Platform: Game Boy Creator: xNightdazerX Sources: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-righteous-red-and-righteous-green-completed-version-1-4-2-3-17-25.528151/ https://discord.gg/8BS5MhpdQh Hello hello, how have you been? It's been a good while, I know, I'll explain in a moment but this walkthrough update is part of why I haven't posted here in ages. It is finally done and now available for you to check out.  https://archive.org/download/pokemon-rom-hack-walkthroughs/Pokemon%20Righteous%20Red%20v1.4.2%20%5B17%20March%202025%5D.rar  The RAR contains the walkthrough document and the few video clips that show puzzle solutions. Someone had suggested that I write my walkthroughs in Word document format then convert to PDF, so this marks the start of a new way of presenting walkthroughs. I wish I had thought of it myself years ago haha, you can let me know what you think of this new format.  So ...

Hello hello there, how are you keeping? I am back in the swing of things now that the walkthrough for Pokemon Blazing Emerald is done, it's available for anyone who has been looking for one. Episodes 4, 5 and 6 of the WWE 2K16 Universe Mode series were posted during the weekend, covering Week 2, you can check those out also. My plan is to upload this series on the weekends while the music series ( House of Sounds , Counting Electric Sheep , Tuning for Tunes and A Room Full of Ticking Clocks ) become weekly and the podcasts (Comic Book Chronicles and The MultiMangaverse ) are released when they are ready. Asterix Episode 4 is my next major release, I can resume work on that and aim for next week for the episode release. The walkthroughs too, I think it goes without saying that they come out when they are done so I don't put a set schedule for those because it all depends on the games. There are some notable ROM hacks that have come out so far which I'm keeping my eye o...

  Name: Pokemon Blazing Emerald Hack of: Pokemon Emerald Version Language: English Platform: Game Boy Advance Creator: Struedelmuffin Documentation & Guides: Genoci and TheWiserLemon Source: https://discord.gg/rxXDj6Ap  or  https://discord.gg/GAbHMJ3 https://archive.org/download/pokemon-rom-hack-walkthroughs/Pokemon%20Blazing%20Emerald%20v1.6%20%5B7%20August%202021%5D%20Walkthrough.rar Phew, here it is folks. Done and done 😂 in the RAR you'll find the walkthrough Notepad text document, a folder of hidden item location screenshots and a couple of short video clips showing some puzzle solutions. 👍  You can also read the walkthrough on the Pokemon Coders site here  https://www.pokemoncoders.com/pokemon-blazing-emerald-walkthrough/  Shout out to site admin Jeiboy for editing and putting the final touches on it. May it serve you well.

Hello from the Battle Frontier! How have you been otherwise? Hopefully you've been doing okay. Yes, as you can tell from the screenshot I am not quite in the belly of the beast but I am now deep in the post-game of Pokemon Blazing Emerald . This is the portion of the game which I was not looking forward to because it's mainly focused on competing in all the facilities at the Battle Frontier so that I get both Silver and Gold Symbols in order to trigger a couple of Legendary-related events and complete the Pokedex. I've never been into the competitive scene of the Pokemon fandom so places like the Battle Frontier and other areas like it which have appeared in latter generations were stuff I would just have a first-time look through then leave alone because it's just battles galore in the same spot and I'll get bored with that in no time. For Blazing Emerald so far I've gotten the Symbols for the Battle Factory, the Battle Dome and the Silver Symbol for the Battl...

It's probably super, super, SUPER late to say this but Happy 2025! I hope that you've been keeping well so far, and that you will forgive me for the silence since my previous post near the end of last year. My aim to get back into the audio content in January flopped because I just couldn't squeeze in the time for it in between the offline family business work and the walkthrough for Pokemon Blazing Emerald which I still haven't finished yet. I've also been helping out my cousin Val on her Whatsapp Channel, which she uses mainly to promote her appearances on the radio station she works for. My idea for the channel was to make it a mini radio station where each day of the week you'll find a Top 5 Songs of the Day DJ set posted. Each day is themed around different genres: Monday - R'n'B (previously Mondays were for R'n'B and Pop music) Tuesday - "Cool" music e.g. Ambient/Cityscape and Hip Hop (previously Tuesdays were just for Hip Hop) W...