Originally posted by oddoneout
View Post
Radio 3 Unwind starts on the 4th of November
Collapse
X
-
Last edited by french frank; 05-11-24, 10:48.
-
-
Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostSean Rafferty just called it BBC Rewind so clearly he hasn’t heard those terrible incessant trails.
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostSo, yes, French Frank, you can only hear Radio 3u on a train going to / from Hungary / Serbia.
I've travelled from Hungary to Croatia and Hungary to Turkey but I was boycotting Serbia because of the Bosnian massacres. But I have been on first-rate trains tout confort, German, Austrian, Spanish, like the Danish one.
Leave a comment:
-
-
Sean Rafferty just called it BBC Rewind so clearly he hasn’t heard those terrible incessant trails.
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by french frank View PostYou can only hear Radio 3u on a train?It looked too uncrammed / continental for the UK... Reminiscent of the Danish trains (which had beautifully designed bi-fold tables).
... and just look at the quality of the stitching / upholstery on that seat - we don't get that on the Maesteg train!
Not to mention the reading lamp or the time on his watch.
Update:
Found the original - it's described as "African American male commuter sleeping at the train stock photo", Location: Serbia.
Here's The Man in Seat 61 photo of the same first class seats in the double-deck SOKO train, between Budapest & Belgrade.
So, yes, French Frank, you can only hear Radio 3u on a train going to / from Hungary / Serbia.Last edited by AuntDaisy; 04-11-24, 17:35.
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by french frank View Post
Radio 3 is the BBC's new therapy discovery. Haven't looked at the Guardian piece yet but, yes, why is classical music being categorised as music to calm and relax you? Is it the government's way of keeping down the NHS costs of prescription drugs?
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostIt made the front page of the BBC website...
"Unwind on BBC Sounds aims to help us escape the pressures of daily life with music that isn't heard anywhere else."
Really?
I wonder if he's on a UK train?
Leave a comment:
-
-
I looked at the programme for Piano Focus this lunchtime - majority of pieces seemed to be crossover stuff with the odd bit of classical music thrown in.
I assume Tom Service no longer writes for the Guardian ...
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostYou forgot to add "write on both sides of the paper"...
Digital/online only must raise age discimination issues.
Since R3 is still elitistAs Dante so eloquently said "lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"* - translated by Dorothy L Sayers as "Lay down all hope, you that go in by me".
(* Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostI duly tuned in on my laptop. It seems harmless enough and presumably achieves what it sets out to achieve - wallpaper? Even if I was wanting to become a regular listener - unlikely - I would probably not tune in since I can only play Sounds through a decent speaker by the slightly circuitous route of going through the TV which is in turn connected by an optical cable to my amp. It does not seem to figure among the multiplicity of internet stations that I can receive directly and uncomplicatedly via my tuner/streamer.
If they bring out a companion station featuring music to induce distress, existential angst and general malaise, I might be interested. Radio Put the Wind Up?
Isn't it something that you just ask your smart speaker for, like thisTo listen on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live"
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by french frank View Post
Radio 3 is the BBC's new therapy discovery. Haven't looked at the Guardian piece yet but, yes, why is classical music being categorised as music to calm and relax you? Is it the government's way of keeping down the NHS costs of prescription drugs?
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostWho, or what, is this Wellbeing so often referred to everywhere? I was told it was the Archbishop of Canterbury!
Leave a comment:
-
-
Who, or what, is this Wellbeing so often referred to everywhere? I was told it was the Archbishop of Canterbury!
Leave a comment:
-
-
Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
Not for the first time we ask: Who writes this nonsense (no doubt charging a very expensive fee)?
Leave a comment:
-
Leave a comment: