What a shame I missed it 
having seen that i'm feeling more than a little queasy
having seen that i'm feeling more than a little queasy
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Sky is reporting that there is another big anti-royalist protest outside St Paul's ... the reporter estimated the size of the demo at about '5 or 6 noisy people'.
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Aren't there any good looking English Sopranos that might have partnered Alfie Boe? Fleming is a little over age for this role. Or perhaps the palace has a fixation with American sopranos?Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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Really, you're like a dog with a bone, Amateur. Sky Arts 2 have last week shown a complete Mahler Symphony Cycle from one of the world's greatest orchestras. I have watched a couple, the rest are stored on my hard disk. And at some point in the future, said cycle will be available to the poor people who haven't got Sky, so that they can buy the Blu-Rays at considerable expense. I won't need to.Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
Big deal if the performances are commercially available. I've still been able to watch them, record them, and keep them for as long as I want, at no extra cost. If that is "lazy programming" then one can but wish that the BBC would follow suit, instead of Maestro, Ditto at the Opera, the One Show, Eastenders, etc.,etc.,.....
And nearly eveything you watch is pre-recorded anyway, in form or another. What's the difference? You don't criticize Film4 for endless films, most of which are available on DVD, do you? (Unlike Sky Movies, which shows them before they are available commercially.....rather like the Mahler cycle...) |And Sky produce a huge amount of original programming every year. But then you wouldn't know, because you don't watch it. I have never known somebody presume to be so knowledgeable about a product of which they have absolutely no experience.
You said you're not anti-Sky, you're anti- Murdoch. In which case please have the good grace to acknowledge that Sky Arts provides the only two channels specifically devoted to the Arts on British television, and has recently had its budget TRIPLED. Even the Grauniad and Independent praise the channels:-
So please. Grow up, and stop this ridiculous knee-jerk rubbishing of Sky Arts. You merely expose your own ignorance and pettiness when you do so.
Anyway, I'm off to watch the Pageantry of the Diamond Jubilee procession, on Sky News naturally.
After the BBC's lamentable display the other day, there's no contest.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
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Avoiding my questions as usual, Pee.Originally posted by Mr Pee View PostReally, you're like a dog with a bone, Amateur. Sky Arts 2 have last week shown a complete Mahler Symphony Cycle from one of the world's greatest orchestras. I have watched a couple, the rest are stored on my hard disk. And at some point in the future, said cycle will be available to the poor people who haven't got Sky, so that they can buy the Blu-Rays at considerable expense. I won't need to.
Big deal if the performances are commercially available. I've still been able to watch them, record them, and keep them for as long as I want, at no extra cost. If that is "lazy programming" then one can but wish that the BBC would follow suit, instead of Maestro, Ditto at the Opera, the One Show, Eastenders, etc.,etc.,.....
And nearly eveything you watch is pre-recorded anyway, in form or another. What's the difference? You don't criticize Film4 for endless films, most of which are available on DVD, do you? (Unlike Sky Movies, which shows them before they are available commercially.....rather like the Mahler cycle...) |And Sky produce a huge amount of original programming every year. But then you wouldn't know, because you don't watch it. I have never known somebody presume to be so knowledgeable about a product of which they have absolutely no experience.
You said you're not anti-Sky, you're anti- Murdoch. In which case please have the good grace to acknowledge that Sky Arts provides the only two channels specifically devoted to the Arts on British television, and has recently had its budget TRIPLED. Even the Grauniad and Independent praise the channels:-
So please. Grow up, and stop this ridiculous knee-jerk rubbishing of Sky Arts. You merely expose your own ignorance and pettiness when you do so.
Anyway, I'm off to watch the Pageantry of the Diamond Jubilee procession, on Sky News naturally.After the BBC's lamentable display the other day, there's no contest.
Your trouble is you're all sizzle and no sausage
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I wouldn't eat at a well rated Italian restaurant of variable quality run by the mafia. Even more so if it could put a decent cheap one of variable quality out of business.
On the subject of the Jubilee, I'm wading through the concert now. After an hour and a half, Grace Jones was a good spectacle - how does she do that at 64? - but the only music I have heard was by Ruby Turner, Renee Fleming, Shirley Bassey and Rolf Harris.
I'm pleased people enjoyed it though. The social glue is what matters.Comment
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That's rich. How about responding with something sensible, instead of the usual knee-jerk juvenalia.Originally posted by amateur51 View PostAvoiding my questions as usual, Pee.
Your trouble is you're all sizzle and no sausagePatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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I' ve been banned from talking to you on this topic cos it gives SWMBO a headacheOriginally posted by Mr Pee View Post
[This is true, though only a metaphorical headache - Ed
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Bbm, were you watching the same thing as me? There were a couple of high spots but in the main, the music was a case of mediocrity reigning all over us.Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostComment
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The lights, pyrotechnics and fireworks in last night's supercharged Royal Variety performance were all spectacular. Sadly, time had dulled the brilliance of some of the musical stars on parade. I prefer to think of the likes of Elton John, Shirley Bassey and Annie lennox in their heyday. The supreme musical talents of Stevie Wonder, a man whose spent a lifetime in darkness, still shine brightly as did the inspired magical latern show with Madness on the Buck house roof. What will they do when there's no Macca to top the bill? By then if will be all over, no more jubilee medals for Charlie and the final credits will roll, hopefully without the BBC obscuring the last notes ….
Fingers crossed that the weather holds today, for the selfish and sentimental reason of wanting to see the Avro Lancaster.Comment
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Indeed so, but it was for me, not a patch on the Golden Anniversary.Originally posted by amateur51 View PostHe did say "Good to be British!", cloughieComment
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Blimey I must have been watching a different concert BBM.Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
We had people round for a bit of a do so was forced to watch it.The light shows on the palace, especially when Madness were performong, and the fireworks were brilliant.
The music was mostly dreadful IMO.
BTW when Lang Lang was playing Gershwin and I said this is awful my wife replied "I thought you liked all that classical stuff ?"
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One of the odd things is that the Silver Jubilee is remembered by many more vividly than the Golden Jubilee. I agree with Pegleg about preferring some of these people in their heyday. Their voices are, of course, ten years older than in 2002.Originally posted by cloughie View Post
I've still got McCartney, Wonder and Madness to see so my final impression might be different. At present, my feeling is that these royal pop concerts are always brash and this one seemed particularly so. There was very little of the class that can be found in rock and pop - oh yes it can - and hardly any emotion. Most of the comperes - Carr, Brydon, Mack - were particularly charmless.
I fear the Olympics will be similar.Last edited by Guest; 05-06-12, 09:53.Comment
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James Naughtie in the cathedral careful in his words when mentioning the culture secretaryComment
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