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Each, as always, to their own never liked him ..... IMVVHO Paul Gambaccini is vastly superior on Pick of the Pops ...Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostI love Tony Backburn late night show on R2 that I listen to on Catch Up!
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I never really liked him back in the 60s - I always got the impression he was more interested in his ego than the music he played!Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostI love Tony Backburn late night show on R2 that I listen to on Catch Up!Comment
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He's still on Radio 2 on Saturday mornings from 6.00 a.m. I much prefer 'Gambo' at 1.00 p.m. I share cloughie's opinion of Mr Blackburn.Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostComment
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Agreed - but on that basis it’s even more telling that I occasionally turned from a Radio 3 CD Reviewer to him on a Saturday morning.Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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That's the bit I don't understand. Why listen to anything? Silence is golden, golden, but my eyes still see.Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostIt 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.Comment
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I like to have the radio on when I'm driving (if I don't have alternative sources of music to hand). And Radio 4 is bad for my health.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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I have a rare condition called 'tunnel concentration': I can only focus my brain on one thing at a time. I used to do long motorway journeys and couldn't listen to the radio - had to concentrate on the road. And as for those people who walk along the street having telephone conversations …Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
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.Comment
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This morning we had Guerrero's excellent motet Maria Magdalene. Two or three times we were told only that it was a motet in praise of Mary Magdalen. In fact, it's an account of the discovery of the empty tomb on Easter Sunday (Mary Magdalen and the other Mary...). Could nobody at the BBC be bothered to find this out? Maybe Suzy Klein could have read out the text instead of a few tweets?Comment
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Three times we were told - once a few minutes ahead of the work, once when announcing it and once when back announcing it.Originally posted by rauschwerk View Post
But don't take rauschwerk's word for it: take the Latin, Spanish and English words …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.Comment
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I happened on the 'Time Traveller' in Essential Classics this morning. A very droll piece about Mary Benson:
...about 1hr 12min from start.Comment
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I must have this condition too!!! Probably a great irritation to others as well as me, whenever I irately answer the phone "Yes?!" while in the middle of doing something straightforward that really does demand my undivided attention, such as posting an email. I have the greatest envy for those who can multiskill, remembering visiting a publisher for an article I'd written, and watching him typing figures into a complex set of onscreen business accounts with one hand, while reading my article in the other hand, and conversing nonchalantly over the phone tucked into his hunched shoulder with someone else about some deal they were negotiating. At the end of all three simultaneous activities, he replaced the phone receiver, clicked "enter" on the computer, and put my article down with a "Yes, that'll do fine, leave it with me"!Originally posted by french frank View PostI have a rare condition called 'tunnel concentration': I can only focus my brain on one thing at a time. I used to do long motorway journeys and couldn't listen to the radio - had to concentrate on the road. And as for those people who walk along the street having telephone conversations …
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