Originally posted by Richard Butler
A source of huge joy for me was discovering Radio 4. Don't laugh. Stephen Fry and others say it's the greatest thing there is.
Just put it on and leave it on, don't turn off when you think a show will be dull, go with it. You end up in all sorts of miraculous places and learning a shed load. You also get an incredible inner calm from it - listen how uncompressed and quite and equisitely recorded everything is.
Wierd, I go from pounding up to the minute techno to a Radio 4 show about seagulls or weaving.
Ah Mr. Butler my radio 4 closet loving friend:stongue:
At 27 i have kept this a firm secret until now...i too have to get my daily dose of dulcet tones from radio 4 & the world service:p
I don't care if this makes me nationalistic; the BBC is the greatest broadcaster in history by a country mile. Only we can go from maple dancing to taxidermy & make it sound COOL:D
I know exactly what you mean about the recording too!! it's almost as if you can hear the air itself in the microphones, just so brilliantly captured. The intonation of the contributors & the overall pace is exceptional. I liken it to a loving grandfather, who you could sit with for hours & just listen intently to his wonderful stories:)
The fry is a cultural treasure! if you haven't already, i'd really recommend you give his biography (early life) moab is my washpot a read, it's one of the most surprisingly upfront books i have ever read.
Thanks for making me feel less of a freak:haha:
Andy28
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Originally posted by CalvP
I don't care if this makes me nationalistic; the BBC is the greatest broadcaster in history by a country mile.
Still not worth the bloody licence fee!!
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Thanks for making me feel less of a freak
Well it aint changed my opinion on you :haha:
CalvP
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Originally posted by EddieZilker
Eddie i presumed this was some sort of SNL skit (i had no idea he sang) but i have to be admit, i genuinely found both songs arresting.
These two lyrics really plague me sometimes;
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Maybe not today or even next year But before you know it you'll be saying "Is this all there was? What was all the fuss? Why did I bother?"
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When do I feel I haven't failed?
Reminds me of this:)
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Originally posted by meriter
I'm hoping I can look back on my life and not feel too much regret. So far I'm not doing all that well in that regard but I'm getting better at seeing opportunities when they present themselves and learning to trust my instincts.
I can tell you one thing for sure; it's only when i didn't listen to my gut instinct that i have found myself in trouble & regrets have manifested themselves...i have found this particularly true regarding "matters of the heart". I hope you find that advice at least worthy of a weeks free stay in your log cabin:stongue:
CalvP
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Originally posted by Andy28
Still not worth the bloody licence fee!!
I knew it!!! let me guess; you're only gonna pay the license fee "when you can afford" it right:stongue:
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Originally posted by Andy28
Well it aint changed my opinion on you :haha:
EddieZilker
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Originally posted by CalvP
Eddie i presumed this was some sort of SNL skit (i had no idea he sang) but i have to be admit, i genuinely found both songs arresting.
He did a complete album with Ben Folds a while back, called Has Been, and a brilliant but quite insane chemist I hung out with used to play the out of it. The whole concept for the title was based on a photograph he posed for with an actress who, on walking away, was overheard by Shatner to say that she hadn't wanted to take a picture with "that has been."
The whole album is pure genius with Shatner's poetry and spoken word delivery being conveyed by arguably some of the best production and musicianship I've heard. Shatner, in William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, posits that had it not been for his wrong decisions, early on, he'd not have had the wisdom to follow through with the correct decisions that have affected his success in later life. His ventures with music is a prime example of that with his early and, by his account, misunderstood version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" juxtaposed against his later work with Ben Folds.
In a segment of the film prefaced by the sentence, "Just because you make bad decisions doesn't mean you stop making decisions." he elaborates that the songs of The Transformed Man were so devoid of their intended context, some being truncated for the sake of radio play, that it turned out to be a brutal miscalculation to have made it, let alone released it, at all. As withering as the criticism was - that his first album is essentially a cultural flag-stone for the unintentionally funny - he made decisions which allowed for Has Been to be a more considered, relevant piece of art; decisions predicated by his failure, early on.
Andy28
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Originally posted by CalvP
I knew it!!! let me guess; you're only gonna pay the license fee "when you can afford" it right:stongue:
or when they come knocking...
begrudgingly :haha:
Storyteller
hapiness equals success imo.
And if you want it more specific: I'd say success is being in a place where you are happy with yourself, and the ones close to you are too.
I like how that philosophy can be applied to any context. Personal life, music, work...
CalvP
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Originally posted by Andy28
or when they come knocking...
begrudgingly :haha:
Ffs Andy all the variety on show & you still won't pay? holby city, eastenders, the weakest link, the one show...you'll be asking for quality programs next:stongue:
Diagnosis murder ROCKS though:cool:
Andy28
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Originally posted by CalvP
Diagnosis murder ROCKS though:cool:
Jessica fletcher FTW!!! :)
No Left Turn
To me, success is reaching or surpassing whatever goals you have made for yourself. Success, in and of itself, is subjective. What I think success is could totally not matter to you (a general "you", not directed towards anyone) and vice versa. Some people want to achieve way more than others. So I think that as long as you've accomplished whatever it is that you've set out to do, then you're successful.
Richard Butler
A wealthy industrialist took a day trip up the coast whilst there, he chanced upon a poor fisherman, sitting with one measly fishing rod in the water, hoping for a bite. The industrialist went over and started chatting.
"Caught much?" he asked the fisherman.
"Ah, you know, I only catch a few fish each day. Enough for me and my family. They bite when they bite."
This man's low ambition and lack of imagination for grander fishing operations troubled the industrialist.
"Have you ever thought of getting a net?" asked the industrialist
"Why would I want to do that?" replied the fisherman
"Well, you'd catch more fish, quicker." explained the industrialist.
"And then?"
"Then you can sell those that your family do not need for profit!" exclaimed the industrialist
"And then?" came the deadpan response.
"Then you can invest in a fishing boat to catch even more fish," the industrialist was getting into it now.
But the fisherman couldn't see where he was going, so of course, he replied: "And then?"
"Well, then you can garner yet more profit, buy a fleet of fishing boats, operate them under a company, with employees and everything. You might not have to spend so much time fishing yourself." he said.
The fisherman scratched his head and looked at his measly rod, a little perplexed. "What happens then?"
"What happens then? Oh my god man, don't you see it?! And then, you can move to the big city, court the stock market, sell your company and become really wealthy - just like me!" huzzahed the industrialist with a triumphal snort.
The fisherman didn't seem to share his enthusiasm at all. There was a long pause. Finally the man came out of his period of reflection and said:
"And then?"
"And then, my little fishing friend, you can retire to the coast and go fishing everyday and spend loads of time with your family, sit back and enjoy life!"
“What do you think I’m doing now?” the fisherman smiled.
