tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8122152291567581786..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Coup for classics?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7958059058954377762009-05-15T11:57:00.000+01:002009-05-15T11:57:00.000+01:00"Not that important, it really isn't" -
http://n...<I>"Not that important, it really isn't"</I> -<br /><br /> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8051091.stmPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-18925284455221239852009-05-14T11:19:00.000+01:002009-05-14T11:19:00.000+01:00"Not that important, it really isn't" -
http://n...<I>"Not that important, it really isn't"</I> - <br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049614.stmPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-91905729988472050402009-05-13T15:19:00.000+01:002009-05-13T15:19:00.000+01:00"Not that important, it really isn't" - http://new...<I>"Not that important, it really isn't"</I> - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8047410.stmPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12008983794036421362009-05-13T07:34:00.000+01:002009-05-13T07:34:00.000+01:00Tom, beautifully put.
Bayan Northcott described ...Tom, beautifully put. <br /><br />Bayan Northcott described Paul Gambaccini's presentation style as characterised by <I>'refraining from any information commentary or judgement of the slightest musical interest whatever'.</I>In the <I>Art of the Animateur</I> link above Itzhak Perlman is quoted as saying <I>"If something is good, even if it is a little difficult, people will get that it is good."</I>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-45359211552141467522009-05-12T23:57:00.000+01:002009-05-12T23:57:00.000+01:00There is an almost universal tendency in every are...There is an almost universal tendency in every area of human artistic endeavour of promotion through celebrity endorsement. It is, of course, usually meaningless. Its not that I am against endorsements, rather the opposite as I warm to hearing anyone who is knowledgable and passionate on any subject. But when I feel that the celebrity is'nt really there because of any particular interest or passion but is only there to add a bit of surface gravitas (to put it at its most generous) then I usually feel I am being patronised.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094352018625897848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-14150260028183228062009-05-12T21:20:00.000+01:002009-05-12T21:20:00.000+01:00http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/11/art-of-animat...http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/11/art-of-animateur.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-71719225364433276702009-05-12T20:59:00.000+01:002009-05-12T20:59:00.000+01:00I think I'm missing what you're looking for? More...I think I'm missing what you're looking for? More coverage for 'classical' music, but only by people you don't disagree with?<br /><br />I'm curious, who would you suggest instead?King and Pawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178446174012292510noreply@blogger.com