The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[underthecountertenor]

I'm amused to see that this particular thread (recently moribund) has been sparked back to life by Martin Handley's nuts.

(I found his discourse on the subject, and his repeated return to it on both Saturday and Sunday rather typically self-indulgent, but the apparent avalanche of responses it provoked from Mrs Trellis in North Wales and her friends would suggest that it found favour elsewhere).

[oddoneout]

I'm amused to see that this particular thread (recently moribund) has been sparked back to life by Martin Handley's nuts.

(I found his discourse on the subject, and his repeated return to it on both Saturday and Sunday rather typically self-indulgent, but the apparent avalanche of responses it provoked from Mrs Trellis in North Wales and her friends would suggest that it found favour elsewhere).

The response is as one might expect, and no different from what would happen on the forum if someone mused about nuts being pinched. There would be helpful suggestions as to the perpetrator and what to do about it and sharing of similar anecdotes. The problem is that rambling on a forum is rather different from rambling on national radio, and comes down, as far as I can see, to how much of said rambling the presenter wishes to encourage or broadcast. Martin Handley can get a bit self-indulgent in that respect in my view, not least because the relevance to music can be non-existent or sparse. The listener input presented by Ian Skelly for instance will often be corrections/clarifications to facts and additional information, with personal stories having some link to what has been heard.

[LMcD]

Have you any idea what they’re on about in half of those trails? No we don’t want wall to wall anything but it’s good to have a wider mix - like on R2 or RCornwall - I don’t want wall to wall sixties music but I want some of it in the mix!

Nope!

[Stanfordian]

Have you any idea what they’re on about in half of those trails? No we don’t want wall to wall anything but it’s good to have a wider mix - like on R2 or RCornwall - I don’t want wall to wall sixties music but I want some of it in the mix!

The use of trails comes at the expense of providing content.

[antongould]

Nuts, mice and rats ......

Unable to listen this morning due to the awesome Peppa Pig ruling the kitchen .... Has Sherlock Holmes arrived .... is the mystery solved .....

[cloughie]

Not really Breakfast but listening to Sarah Walker’s Sunday Morning - a lovely choice of music this morning - a great antidote to Ciara howling outside - has someone on the forum been listening too as I tried to order the Markham Nettle RR Bennett and had to settle for one at a slightly higher price!

[kernelbogey]

I enjoyed the frogs this morning - and laughed aloud when they obtruded gently into the Haydn et al. Kermit was an inspired choice....

[teamsaint]

Not really Breakfast but listening to Sarah Walker’s Sunday Morning - a lovely choice of music this morning - a great antidote to Ciara howling outside - has someone on the forum been listening too as I tried to order the Markham Nettle RR Bennett and had to settle for one at a slightly higher price!

I really enjoy her Sunday show. Generally a good choice of music that works with that time of the week. And always well presented.
( not guilty on the CD, BTW !)

[Padraig]

I really enjoy her Sunday show. Generally a good choice of music that works with that time of the week. And always well presented.

I had not heard Michala Petri for such a long time - and playing Bach!

[oddoneout]

I had not heard Michala Petri for such a long time - and playing Bach!

Another reminder of the march of time. It doesn't seem all that long ago that she was the 'brilliant young recorder player'

[cloughie]

I really enjoy her Sunday show. Generally a good choice of music that works with that time of the week. And always well presented.
( not guilty on the CD, BTW !)

She knows her music, and mainly full works played. I liked the RR Bennett as it resembles the work he did with Marian Montgomery and Claire Martin.

[Serial_Apologist]

She knows her music, and mainly full works played. I liked the RR Bennett as it resembles the work he did with Marian Montgomery and Claire Martin.

Which was fine so long as he restricted himself to tickling the ivories!

[Bryn]

Which was fine so long as he restricted himself to tickling the ivories!

Harsh but difficult to argue against.

[cloughie]

Which was fine so long as he restricted himself to tickling the ivories!

Yes but he does do that rather well!

[Pulcinella]

Petroc, just now:

Here's the complete second movement!

Don't tell me we don't even get full movements now?
Radio 'accidentally' on this morning while getting up, as I don't usually have anything on (in both senses, ).