Originally posted by antongould
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
According to an article in the Telegraph, the station's schedule is 'evolving' is response to a fall in listener numbers, one benefit of said evolution being 'more music' for listeners.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
That's what God said when he inflicted an asteroid on the earth to wipe out all the dinosaurs with a promise to introduce birds,
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This morning, I went for an MRI scan. Everything was done efficiently and with sensitivity. I was put in a kind of surgical straight jacket, my ears plugged (sort of), and given an emergency button to hold, as the staff have to leave the room during the scan. Just before the machine was switched on, some unwelcome music entered my head. I politely protested immediately. The operator asked what my preferred radio station was, so I said Radio 3.
Wonderful sounds then entered my head (along with the machine’s strange but unavoidable noises).
But I’d forgotten that it was Saturday, and when the music stopped, the jabbering voice of Tom Service dominated my brain. Never mind, I thought, he’ll soon shut up, and then there’ll be more music. But no, he carried on and on. Normally, I would reach for the controls to silence the intruder, or even to change to Classic FM, but I was buried in this science fiction machine with nothing to save me but the emergency button, but I couldn’t justify that. The torture had to be endured, and it went on and on - the longest 20 minutes of my life!
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostThis morning, I went for an MRI scan. Everything was done efficiently and with sensitivity. I was put in a kind of surgical straight jacket, my ears plugged (sort of), and given an emergency button to hold, as the staff have to leave the room during the scan. Just before the machine was switched on, some unwelcome music entered my head. I politely protested immediately. The operator asked what my preferred radio station was, so I said Radio 3.
Wonderful sounds then entered my head (along with the machine’s strange but unavoidable noises).
But I’d forgotten that it was Saturday, and when the music stopped, the jabbering voice of Tom Service dominated my brain. Never mind, I thought, he’ll soon shut up, and then there’ll be more music. But no, he carried on and on. Normally, I would reach for the controls to silence the intruder, or even to change to Classic FM, but I was buried in this science fiction machine with nothing to save me but the emergency button, but I couldn’t justify that. The torture had to be endured, and it went on and on - the longest 20 minutes of my life!
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostThis morning, I went for an MRI scan. Everything was done efficiently and with sensitivity. I was put in a kind of surgical straight jacket, my ears plugged (sort of), and given an emergency button to hold, as the staff have to leave the room during the scan. Just before the machine was switched on, some unwelcome music entered my head. I politely protested immediately. The operator asked what my preferred radio station was, so I said Radio 3.
Wonderful sounds then entered my head (along with the machine’s strange but unavoidable noises).
But I’d forgotten that it was Saturday, and when the music stopped, the jabbering voice of Tom Service dominated my brain. Never mind, I thought, he’ll soon shut up, and then there’ll be more music. But no, he carried on and on. Normally, I would reach for the controls to silence the intruder, or even to change to Classic FM, but I was buried in this science fiction machine with nothing to save me but the emergency button, but I couldn’t justify that. The torture had to be endured, and it went on and on - the longest 20 minutes of my life!
Cruel and unusual punishment indeed. The stuff of nightmares: Service gabbling and no access to the off switch
Best wishes for the outcome of the less-stressful medical business of the day"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
Sorry to hear about the accompaniment to your scan. I always make a note of when TS is on the air and make alternative arrangements, which was, I realize, difficult in your case!,
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Let's not forget that we once had a knowledgeable member who used regularly to object to all the criticisms piled on Mr S and was complimentary towards him. No like? No listen.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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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
I can’t imagine who that was.
Content in this context is the music chosen and the format in which it's presented (all short pieces, a few long pieces, live or recordings, presenter input limited to music comment and information or other interposed speech features of various sorts, in which case it becomes a magazine programme rather than a music programme).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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