Friends of Radio Three?

[Malcolmtalcum]

I think he needs more practice.

Perhaps he could try using <sarcasm> </sarcasm> tags

I’m not very good with those emoticon thingys – perhaps someone tell #4 what the one for “Harumph” looks like?

The Guardian article, though old, amused me the most. I could have picked a dozen more recent ones – all of them from the Daily Telegraph, funily enough. Which probably speaks volumes about the kind of people who inhabit Fo3.

[Thropplenoggin]

I’m not very good with those emoticon thingys – perhaps someone tell #4 what the one for “Harumph” looks like?

The Guardian article, though old, amused me the most. I could have picked a dozen more recent ones – all of them from the Daily Telegraph, funily enough. Which probably speaks volumes about the kind of people who inhabit Fo3.

You're not very good with diplomacy, either. As Caliban would say:



KAPOW!

[Serial_Apologist]

I’m not very good with those emoticon thingys – perhaps someone tell #4 what the one for “Harumph” looks like?

The Guardian article, though old, amused me the most. I could have picked a dozen more recent ones – all of them from the Daily Telegraph, funily enough. Which probably speaks volumes about the kind of people who inhabit Fo3.

So, have you joined the forum to take the role of house bully, then? Or would you prefer us to take it in turns?

[Anna]

So, have you joined the forum to take the role of house bully, then? Or would you prefer us to take it in turns?

Oh, Please Sir, Me Sir, Please Sir. Can I go first Sir!!!

[Mr Pee]

So, have you joined the forum to take the role of house bully, then? Or would you prefer us to take it in turns?

You'll need to get the badge off Mr Gong Gong first.

[doversoul1]

Oh, Please Sir, Me Sir, Please Sir. Can I go first Sir!!!

Oh, Please Sir. Let her, Please Sir. Can she go first Sir?!!

[Nick Armstrong]

Being a occasional Radio 3 listener

Excellent - we'll await some further, constructive or informative posts with interested anticipation.

[french frank]

According to the writer of the article:

"They made contact on Radio 3 messageboards, using a code to identify each other."

Who are you people? The Opus Dei of the classical world? The freemasons? Whatever it is it sounds like every other fanatical cult I've ever heard of.

If you’re the friends of Radio 3 it certainly doesn't need any enemies.

Meanwhile the same writer of the article later wrote:

"Radio 3 remains an admirable station, but it could be an extraordinary, no-holds-barred station that is so ambitious and demanding it gives you a headache. That's the sort of station I want, and unfortunately this ill-judged toying with the schedule is a step down the mountainside. Sherpas, time to revolt!"

And in 2011 he wrote:

"I too have given up on the breakfast programme, full of lollipops and tedious emails from self-publicists telling us where they first heard the Polovtsian Dances. I'm afraid this is Classic FM-isation at its worst. You may as well get Simon Bates to do it. Most of my R3 listening now is done via i-Player, and you wonder whether the station needs to be broadcasting CDs 24 hours a day. We have CD collections and Spotify, and if we have a sudden urge to hear a disc of a Beethoven symphony we'll have no difficulty finding a decent recording. I would concentrate on life music, contemporary music, cultural discussion, good conversation, contextualisation. Get artists to talk about their work; have pre-concert talks about the pieces; get some really knowledgeable presenters to explore works. The tech revolution changes the rules of this, as of every other, game. What does Radio 3 want to be a decade, two decades from now? Does the internet pose an existential threat to 24-hour broadcasting? Do we actually need a breakfast show or the all-night marathon, which I assume is listened to by a few thousand insomniacs, burglars and nightwatchmen with a penchant for Schubert lieder. Why not go back to evenings-only broadcasting but make it top notch – a live concert from Berlin, a live relay of an opera from La Scala, event broadcasting. Revolutionary times demand a revolutionary response, not an even bigger rucksack for Rob."

The mystery is that the critics of FoR3 like Mr Talcum (welcome, Malcolm) and the 'enraged BBC insider' never actually specify what they disagree with, or debate the issues. When the ex-Controller of Radio 4 was specific, he then had to recant, having made four mistakes out of four.

My favourite bit was where we were accused (completely inaccurately) of threatening to hit the Controller with a wet dishcloth. But he and I have laughed over it since

[DracoM]

Look for him under the rickety-rackety bridge!

[eighthobstruction]

>>>>>a wet dishcloth <<<<<

....Ah yes that ol' Kleenez assassin, never very successful....tried and tried, but in the end just left to stink on the edge of the sink....gave up in the end after a poor career.....superceded in the end by a Bacterial Wipe that hadn't even ever been in a hardware-shop.

Sheeesh!!....you couldn't make it up could ya....

Tim 'Soap' Davie ....cough....just remember....

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

This from a BBC "insider":

"Who are these friends? There are only about four of them. .

A few more, I thinK:-

http://www.for3.org/about/support/supporters.html

[Malcolmtalcum]

Meanwhile the same writer of the article later wrote:
My favourite bit was where we were accused (completely inaccurately) of threatening to hit the Controller with a wet dishcloth. But he and I have laughed over it since

I think that is what is called "pulling rank". Since you're such great mates with Roger Wright do you care to tell me what he thinks of Fo3's aims these days?

[Anna]

I think that is what is called "pulling rank". Since you're such great mates with Roger Wright do you care to tell me what he thinks of Fo3's aims these days?

And, being rational,
Could I ask you what you think of R3 these days, the schedue, Roger Wright and R3 (seeing as you are a somewhat when the mood takes you listener so you probably know diddlly squat)

[JFLL]

I think that is what is called "pulling rank". Since you're such great mates with Roger Wright do you care to tell me what he thinks of Fo3's aims these days?

I daresay Roger Wright can speak for himself. Perhaps a better idea would be for you, who started this thread, to say what you think Radio 3's aims (or indeed For3's aims) should be, and then there might be a basis for discussion (though heaven knows it's probably been had umpteen times before) and you could clear yourself of the suspicion of trolldom.

[Resurrection Man]

I think talcum is doing very well for himself