Vic McGlynn

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Vic McGlynn (born Victoria Claire McGlynn, May 19, 1978 in Blackpool, England) is a radio presenter and DJ.

She is also a performance DJ, as well as having been a one-time stand-up comedian, and an animal mascot performer, being a monkey, shark, lion and rabbit, on the stage with the The Flaming Lips at the Manchester Apollo.

Vic left Montgomery High School [1] in Blackpool in 1994.

She became a big fan of The Smiths very early on in her life, then worked for RSL Radio and regional radio in Preston in her late teenage years. She subsequently spent eight years working for commercial radio stations in Liverpool, London, Manchester, and abroad in Dubai.

All this before arriving at BBC 6 Music, where she was the presenter of the weekday lunch time radio music show from 2003 to 2006. She announced that her last afternoon show for BBC 6 Music was to be on August 25, 2006 and left the BBC to embark on a trip circumnavigating Australia on a tandem bicycle. [2]

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On Kurt Cobain:

"Kurt left a legacy of a brutally honest artist who opened up his most personal thoughts and exposed his self-loathing and laid them down for all to see. His music was honest, tortured and vulnerable. He gave his all for his art but it's a shame he left nothing for himself".[3]

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  1. ^ Montgomery High School, Blackpool, England
  2. ^ expressed mission statement, Vic McGlynn's travel website
  3. ^ BBC "On This Day", regarding impressions and legacy of Kurt Cobain

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