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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostJohn Humphrys isn't the problem as far as I'm concerned, it's politicians who won't answer questions or who, when they are finally forced to do so, persist in sticking to their (frequently misdirected) guns in the face of contrary substantiated arguments presented by non-politicos.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostJohn Humphrys doesn't let interviewees answer the questions. If they do, he interrupts them. It's all about his own personal agenda.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostI suspect that, in many cases, if he didn't interrupt, he wouldn't elicit any useful information at all from the interviewee, especially if the latter is 'on message' and trotting out the party line. Justin Webb, Sarah Montague and Martha Kearney interrupt people even more than he does!
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... acquaintance with highly skilled lawyers makes me think that sometimes these interviewers wd do better by learning the (difficult) art of maintaining a lengthy silence. Most interlocutors can't abide silence, and after a time will feel the need to say something to fill the void. If their utterance is met with further (prolonged) silence, still more may be proffered. Very very few people are comfortable with silence.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post.
... acquaintance with highly skilled lawyers makes me think that sometimes these interviewers wd do better by learning the (difficult) art of maintaining a lengthy silence. Most interlocutors can't abide silence, and after a time will feel the need to say something to fill the void. If their utterance is met with further (prolonged) silence, still more may be proffered. Very very few people are comfortable with silence.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post.
... acquaintance with highly skilled lawyers makes me think that sometimes these interviewers wd do better by learning the (difficult) art of maintaining a lengthy silence. Most interlocutors can't abide silence, and after a time will feel the need to say something to fill the void. If their utterance is met with further (prolonged) silence, still more may be proffered. Very very few people are comfortable with silence.
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There are very few pieces of music that I would describe as “execrable” but that opening movement of the “Airborne Symphony” by Blickstein(sp?) played today hits the spot. “Sparky’s Magic Piano” had more going for it than this pile of kitsch.
And who knew Carl Nielsen composed the Karelia Suite?
The cherry on the parfait of a fairly gruesome morning’s offering was “I do like to be beside the seaside” played on the Blackpool Wurlitzer.
What quality.O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostThere are very few pieces of music that I would describe as “execrable” but that opening movement of the “Airborne Symphony” by Blickstein(sp?) played today hits the spot. “Sparky’s Magic Piano” had more going for it than this pile of kitsch.
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The playlist can't make up its mind whose Karelia Suite - Ballade, op 11 was played. When I first looked it said Carl Nielsen, Ballade from Karelia Suite, Op. 11. Just googling to find out what Nielsen's op 11 was (Humoreske-Bagateller for solo piano). Back to check the playlist and it was Sibelius's Karelia Suite, for orchestra. Must have made a mistake - but I had the old tab still open. Definitely said Nielsen. Back to check a third time. No, composer was the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Wait a few minutes and check again. Definitely Sibelius. They all look a bit like Carl Nielsen, though.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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