Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 287168 times)

Ham · « **Reply #125 on:** 09 February, 2014, 12:30:29 pm »

I don't watch much of anything, but I just walked into someone's house with a TV on. I was very amazed to read the name of this food programme from the on screen ident. "Kitchen" and " best bites" was OK, but the other word......

Then I realised that the "sa" at the start and the "ay" at the end had camouflaged themselves into the background.

citoyen · « **Reply #126 on:** 09 February, 2014, 11:13:24 pm »

Was the bit in the middle "James Martin"?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #127 on:** 08 March, 2014, 01:47:00 pm »

My choir is currently practising Rossini's "Petite Messe Solonnelle" for a concert next month. You don't gain the full impression of a work when you only practise the choruses. I think he misnamed it. It's for full orchestra and choir and lasts about 15 minutes longer than Beethoven's 9th symphony.

if Rossini wrote a Grande Messe Solonnelle then I don't think our superannuated lot would ever have the energy to perform it. As it is, a couple of the choruses we are doing require a fair bit of stamina.

If anyone fancies a listen, it's here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/uFGzmTLTjA8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/uFGzmTLTjA8&rel=1</a>

hellymedic · « **Reply #128 on:** 08 March, 2014, 03:00:04 pm »

Petite Messe Solonnelle was the first piece we sang when I joined Uxbridge Choral Society in 1993.
Wonderful.
Enjoy!

Dibdib · « **Reply #129 on:** 09 March, 2014, 09:21:28 am »

Signs of spring: Just cancelled my Netflix subscription, in favour of a Eurosport Player subscription for the cycling season.

This morning will be spent drinking tea, eating toast and catching up on KBK and Le Samyn

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #130 on:** 09 March, 2014, 08:44:20 pm »

I bloody love Call the Midwife.

citoyen · « **Reply #131 on:** 10 March, 2014, 12:04:54 pm »

Quote from: Dibdib on 09 March, 2014, 09:21:28 am

This morning will be spent drinking tea, eating toast and catching up on KBK and Le Samyn

If you didn't see it yet, make sure you watch highlights of Saturday's Strade Bianche. Fantastic race.

tiermat · « **Reply #132 on:** 10 March, 2014, 04:13:33 pm »

+1 to what Citoyen says, fantastic race.

Dibdib · « **Reply #133 on:** 10 March, 2014, 04:15:45 pm »

I'll have a look tonight but I think the selection of on-demand video on Eurosport Player isn't as comprehensive as I'd like.

Also, the "live" feed of Paris-Nice yesterday was actually on about a half-hour delay. Mental note to avoid Twitter.

Ruth · « **Reply #134 on:** 19 March, 2014, 09:04:14 am »

Did anyone see the thing about old bicycles yesterday on that awful daytime antiques programme? It was on the telly in my coffee break at work yesterday.

Pingu · « **Reply #135 on:** 24 March, 2014, 10:44:04 pm »

The jukebox in the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen just got a mention on 6music

Nostalgia!

clarion · « **Reply #136 on:** 02 April, 2014, 11:02:38 pm »

Any so-called journalist who can't tell the difference between Alice Cooper and Kiss should have their typing finger chopped off

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #137 on:** 03 April, 2014, 07:53:55 pm »

I've just watched Legs & Co dancing to Sultans of Swing on TOTP1979.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #138 on:** 19 April, 2014, 07:49:11 pm »

Watching "Dear John" on DVD. The third programme of series 1 (the one with the disco and the dead terrapin) is possibly the funniest piece of TV comedy ever. And I really had a MILF thing for Belinda Lang back then.

Ham · « **Reply #139 on:** 19 April, 2014, 09:02:48 pm »

Any Legs & Co video with the sound down is the PERFECT accompaniment to the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show, it really works.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #140 on:** 20 April, 2014, 06:04:27 pm »

Temporarily (no speaker stands) the stereo speakers are plonked on the edge of the fireplace. There is a buzz at a particular bass frequency with classical music (Classic FM is on, sounding awesome through a gert FM aerial). I feel like Martin Hannett wiuth Joy Division's drumkit...I can't get rid of the buzz and the standard fix (blu-tack) isn't anywhere to be found.

Andrij · « **Reply #141 on:** 25 April, 2014, 11:02:33 am »

I used last night's insomnia to watch Farscape: Peacekeeper War, reminding myself how much I enjoyed the overall series.

Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black)

Tim Hall · « **Reply #142 on:** 30 April, 2014, 12:17:11 pm »

Just been listening to "After Henry" again on the iThing. It's all very lovely, typical Simon Brett stuff. A bit of digging reveals that Clare, the granddaughter, is played by Gerry Cowper, who has misc. roles in Eastenders, The Bill and so on. But the winning one was playing the alleged missing girl Rowan Morrison in the Wicker Man.

Deano · « **Reply #143 on:** 08 May, 2014, 10:13:57 pm »

Rihanna vs Avril Lavigne

Ok, they belabour the point, but the Avril Lavigne ones are wonderfully awkward.

Ruth · « **Reply #144 on:** 09 May, 2014, 11:14:11 pm »

What the bloody hell has happened to Barry Manilow's face?

Is he some kind of android?

Dibdib · « **Reply #145 on:** 09 May, 2014, 11:45:19 pm »

I'm sorry.

madcow · « **Reply #146 on:** 30 May, 2014, 05:33:38 pm »

Last week I caught 2/3 rd s of Issie Sutties "Love Letters " on R4. It made me laugh during an extremely busy and stressful week.
As a cynical and jaded northerner,I have become immune to a lot of R4 content.
I have now listened to the whole prog on i-player and it's a really well crafted monologue performance.
This type of comedy from a woman is rare and so much better than Sarah Millicans foul mouthed tripe. Look for "George and Louise".

She also contributed to a Great Lives prog about Jake Thackray. That's worth listening to as well.

Ham · « **Reply #147 on:** 04 June, 2014, 05:29:44 pm »

Insulting the world (large image, you need to zoom in):
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/144/e/a/map_of_the_world_stereotypes_by_jaysimons-d7jiuq7.png

clarion · « **Reply #148 on:** 11 June, 2014, 12:41:56 pm »

Listening to Radio 4xtra, I was overcome with sadness. It was the beginning of the second series of the sitcom Albert & Me. While it isn't great, that wasn't the reason that I was saddened. More that it was Robert Lindsay (an actor I very much admired since I first saw him as Wolfie Smith), taking over from Richard Beckinsale, who had died at a ridiculously early age. I loved Beckinsale, who I'd seen in Porridge, Going Straight, and a few other things, and it was a shock to find out that people can die unexpectedly. It affected me greatly at the time.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #149 on:** 11 June, 2014, 01:25:46 pm »

Quote from: madcow on 30 May, 2014, 05:33:38 pm

Last week I caught 2/3 rd s of Issie Sutties "Love Letters " on R4. It made me laugh during an extremely busy and stressful week.
As a cynical and jaded northerner,I have become immune to a lot of R4 content.
I have now listened to the whole prog on i-player and it's a really well crafted monologue performance.
This type of comedy from a woman is rare and so much better than Sarah Millicans foul mouthed tripe. Look for "George and Louise".

She also contributed to a Great Lives prog about Jake Thackray. That's worth listening to as well.

I cried at the end of one of the love letters. The one where the couple communicated by morse code, and he was building a shed for her. They were going to run away to France, but didn't. Very sad.

Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 287168 times)

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