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Can you not post the link somewhere more unmissable so that some of our brave souls may join the battle?
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Can you not post the link somewhere more unmissable so that some of our brave souls may join the battle?
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I'm not sure where is more unmissableOriginally Posted by doversoul
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Can you not post the link somewhere more unmissable so that some of our brave souls may join the battle?. But here it is. Looks like the opposition is warming up. [Loved the witticism of 'with Friends like these who needs enemies' - I wonder if it's someone I know!]
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Fine article.
In what way can we effectively lobby The Guardian in supporting you?
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Just register and write your comments underneath.
If it hadn't been for that dissenter claiming that the changes were 'minimal' I wouldn't have got into the whole business of 'what's wrong with Radio 3' and would have stuck to the 'let's have a reasoned explanation with responses to the questions'.
How do they think that the new schedules (that is, the new programmes and styles) are being greeted by the average R3 listener, age 59, seriously interested in music (of whatever kind)? Where will the knowledgeable listeners of the future be found/educated? What is the justification for setting up a second station aimed and people with a casual interest in classical music? And so on ...
The Facebook thing now seems to have been invaded à la Arab spring by happy-clappy teens going "Wow, ah just luv u!"
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Don't know if this link has been posted already. Here is 'conservative' blog site Dale & Co's take on R3 - http://www.iaindale.com/posts/nightmare-on-elgar-street.
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Hello Pete - what are you doing in Oz - if it's you?
Great stuff, there! I'm very pleased that the Guardian discussion (well, I know it's mostly me, but I was told I was expected to respond) is staying serious and not descending to mindless abuse. Yet!
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Hi Sarah. I am living in Adelaide most of the year now. Back to the UK for a couple of months every year - I'm getting soft and I need the warmth. Still listen to R3 on the web.TheHello Pete - what are you doing in Oz - if it's you?
Great stuff, there! I'm very pleased that the Guardian discussion (well, I know it's mostly me, but I was told I was expected to respond) is staying serious and not descending to mindless abuse. Yet!
recent publicity prompted to me to make a visit. Hope you are well.
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Good to hear from you, Pete. Remember the long email exchanges we used to have at one point - mainly about Late Junction, if I remember? I may have moderated my views as a result! Enjoy the sunshine - hope the approaching summer isn't too hot and dry for you.
Am I well? - it's an uphill, soul-destroying task - especially when you see on Facebook the kind of listeners R3 is trying to attract. The deluge approaches!
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ff, the Facebook 'invasion' was as a result of a singer from a TV programme called "Glee" (which I'd never heard of before but which is very popular, I understand) being on "In Tune" yesterday. Apparently, this singer put a link to the R3 page on her website so that's why the 'camp followers' appeared.
I thought your Guardian article - and responses to the comments - very well argued.
Thanks.
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Thanks for the explanation, hmvman. I had an inkling that might have been the case. It makes me on balance favour scorn rather interest in the whole Facebook/Twitter thing, especially as you can see that as far as the BBC is concerned it's just a promotional tool, and is used by others (orchestras, performers) in the same way. No objection but it isn't really a service for listeners.
A great deal of derision greeted the original mention of 'Glee' but I hadn't yet discovered what it referred to
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