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Post by trubble on Jul 15, 2010 15:47:58 GMT
Yes, it was the best style decision he ever made.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 16, 2010 13:13:08 GMT
I read over the weekend that he got into a bit of trouble - initially - with this new album - It apparently wasn't what the record company were expecting. He does almost look normal now doesn't he. Still a bit leathery though.
I don't know why, but Alan Yentob annoys me.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 24, 2010 10:28:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 12:12:11 GMT
not fond of alan yentob neither.. he has made some good tv programmes but i always feel theyve been good despite him, not because of him..
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Post by Weyland on Jul 24, 2010 12:20:18 GMT
not fond of alan yentob neither.. he has made some good tv programmes but i always feel theyve been good despite him, not because of him.. Never liked him. Reminds me strongly of Blair. All froth and no substance. The kind of bloke whose suit it would be a pleasure to puke on.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 31, 2010 17:10:36 GMT
Peers Versus People: The 1910 ElectionsSaturday 31 July 8:00pm - 8:30pm (Other times available) BBC Parliament "What if TV had been around at the time of the 1910 general election? Here's a creative vision of election night TV coverage in Edwardian times. From a sepia-washed studio, we see results rolling in, while separate analysis delivers context and implications for the 21st century audience. It's a fascinating shot at bringing political history to life. Think - only a century ago and Britain is locked in a struggle over who runs the country. It's a straightforward constitutional battle. The Liberal government has been forced to take on the House of Lords after peers threw out Lloyd George's radical budget. In the wings, the new Labour Party is gradually winning the support of the working class. Women, still denied the vote, are supporting the Suffragettes, while the campaign for Home Rule in Ireland is gathering support."
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Post by trubble on Aug 15, 2010 7:56:21 GMT
Archive on 4 Meeting Yourself Coming Back Peter Mandyliliyson, or however you spell it, listens to his past via BBC archives and talks about those moments. Rather good. Now on iplayer. Next week Jonathon Miller. I think I'd like such an opportunity. I've got diaries but I'm not sure whether it's that healthy to read back over them, sometimes I find one and have a look and despair. Patrick, of course, has famously kept all his answer machine tapes which I think would make a wonderful radio play and if he doesn't write it, I will. He will have to send me the tapes first, of course. Or my imagination will write something quite horrendous.
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Post by Patrick on Aug 15, 2010 10:40:18 GMT
Caught the end of that as I was preparing my award winning Lasagne (which would! If such awards were available at the "Stub Crouch Country Fair". I was pondering on the evil Facebook at it's wonderment
But I digress. It did occur to me that Mandy listened back to each piece and thought the same thing. Not that he was like a Lasagne of course, but that each little snippet of news served to remind him (in his mind) how wonderful he was n'est pas?
As for diaries - I kept some rigidly from 1984 through to about 1996. Sadly though they went in a consignment of stuff into storage and the place where they were stored got trashed. So someone had a good laugh over my adolescent ramblings into adulthood (a bit like this posting really). I have a small fantasy that someone of a literary bent has found them and is in the process of adapting it into an Oscar winning film - which like my Lasagne will also be alcoholic and cheesy.
As for the tapes - sadly the most important one has also disappeared - this had the plaintive cries from my Mother on it after I did one of my famous disappearing acts, when work was getting me down. About the only time one of the tapes ever got filled up.
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 15, 2010 10:43:17 GMT
When I make lasagne at home (which I don't now), I never get it right.
In restaurants it has a lovely sloppy, gloopy quality, but when I do it at home I must put in too many layers of pasta or something, as it's dry and not gloopy.
How many layers do you do Patrick?
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Post by Patrick on Aug 15, 2010 10:44:08 GMT
9am! On a Sunday! Criminal.
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Post by Patrick on Aug 15, 2010 10:49:27 GMT
When I make lasagne at home (which I don't now), I never get it right. In restaurants it has a lovely sloppy, gloopy quality, but when I do it at home I must put in too many layers of pasta or something, as it's dry and not gloopy. How many layers do you do Patrick? I had bolognese in a restaurant once - and I told them it was like it came out of a tin. That got us a couple of free (quite) expensive extra cocktails. ;D Only three layers on mine, but unlike some folk (and restaurants) who feel the need to use ground mince in their recipes - which for me is little more than the stuff school dinners are made of - I use real mince (look away now Trubble!) My dish makes four portions so it goes over two nights - just transfer it to a smaller one and pour a fresh cheese sauce over it the next night. It's nothing really spectacular of course, but I love it.
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Post by Weyland on Aug 15, 2010 11:16:41 GMT
Archive on 4 Meeting Yourself Coming Back Peter Mandyliliyson, or however you spell it, listens to his past via BBC archives and talks about those moments. Rather good. Now on iplayer. Next week Jonathon Miller. I just couldn't listen to that. The man makes me sick, and I wouldn't believe a word he said. I WILL listen to Jonath an Miller.
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Post by Patrick on Aug 15, 2010 11:37:03 GMT
I'll try and catch JM too. Because too many times over the years he's come across as another one with a well polished ego.
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Post by Weyland on Aug 15, 2010 12:00:11 GMT
I'll try and catch JM too. Because too many times over the years he's come across as another one with a well polished ego. There's a fundamental difference: JM's ego is well polished for a very good reason -- he's good at everything he does, and he tells it like it is. Mandelson is a lying slimy bag o' shyte.
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Post by everso on Aug 15, 2010 14:55:03 GMT
Mandylillyson, as Trubbs calls him (how apt) is (IMO) a bit of a slimeball. However, I don't know the man and he might be a vair nice person.
Might.
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Post by everso on Aug 15, 2010 14:56:07 GMT
What?? Are you MAD everso?
Yes, possibly.
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Post by trubble on Aug 16, 2010 9:44:04 GMT
How do recipes get into every thread? Try making cannelloni instead, Riot, it's much easier and much the same effect. And the pasta ratio is already sorted for you. Plenty of sauce is the secret to wetness. You want to cover the pasta and then pour in enough to cover it again so the pasta can absorb to its heart's content.
Well, I never suggested that 'The Prince of Darkness' should be regarded as anything more than an interesting programme subject. And that he was. Great piece of radio. I understand the dislike for him but I compare him to Alastair Campbell and find Campbell much worse. When Mandy speaks on this programme, I feel I am getting an insight into how he thinks and feels, he has a sense of sincerity about him, even if he's sincerely a git.
When Campbell was promoting his book recently his interviews came across as as stage managed and as faux as ever. With his sincere looks and tragic stories of depression and difficulties, I found myself thinking that they made his actions all the worse because he should have had empathy instead of a sort of psychopathic urge to push for and shape us all into a society that is so made up of spin it can't tell its aras from its oboe. Empty little man.
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 16, 2010 9:46:24 GMT
I think Alistair Campbell is hot. He gives me the thrill.
So there.
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Post by trubble on Aug 16, 2010 9:51:59 GMT
I am concerned that Riotgrrl has been hypnotised by A Campbell with Evil Intent. I suggest that some of the Stubbies gather together outside her house about 9pm tonight and perform an intervention.
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 16, 2010 9:56:42 GMT
I am concerned that Riotgrrl has been hypnotised by A Campbell with Evil Intent. I suggest that some of the Stubbies gather together outside her house about 9pm tonight and perform an intervention. What's not to fancy about a dour, psycho, sweary Scotsman? See also Gordon Ramsay. These are my people, my culture, my way of life.
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