I've held my fire in the expectation that there might be others sharing my reaction to yesterday morning's broadcast but I've not found a kindred spirit. I can't possibly be alone, can I; the only one listening to Radio 3 at 10.45?
Being significantly deaf makes understanding announcers' blurb difficult (particularly since the Beeb adopted estuary english) so I'm a little unsure of what was said but I think the noise made was created by a chap called Steve Rice. Now, I readily acknowledge that whilst this piece of the programme was entirely characteristic of the worthless tripe that self-absorbed BBC producers like to include to demonstrate their avant garde credentials, it was, in fact, requested by a guest of the programme, so Auntie might be thought blameless.
Not so! I have a deeply-rooted objection to being irritated by such a wretched example of "progressive" and, no doubt, "inclusive" tastes of programme guests when their choice is so-called music that is repetitive, devoid of any artistic value, quite meangingless, wholly without merit and inexcusably boring as was the case yesterday. Auntie as an accessory before and during the fact is indeed culpable. In order to avoid the ire of mentally stable, licence fee-paying listeners, the guest should have been persuaded to select something different. But I'm forgetting - the producer probably loved it.
Bah!
Being significantly deaf makes understanding announcers' blurb difficult (particularly since the Beeb adopted estuary english) so I'm a little unsure of what was said but I think the noise made was created by a chap called Steve Rice. Now, I readily acknowledge that whilst this piece of the programme was entirely characteristic of the worthless tripe that self-absorbed BBC producers like to include to demonstrate their avant garde credentials, it was, in fact, requested by a guest of the programme, so Auntie might be thought blameless.
Not so! I have a deeply-rooted objection to being irritated by such a wretched example of "progressive" and, no doubt, "inclusive" tastes of programme guests when their choice is so-called music that is repetitive, devoid of any artistic value, quite meangingless, wholly without merit and inexcusably boring as was the case yesterday. Auntie as an accessory before and during the fact is indeed culpable. In order to avoid the ire of mentally stable, licence fee-paying listeners, the guest should have been persuaded to select something different. But I'm forgetting - the producer probably loved it.
Bah!
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