Comments on: This American Life

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:20:02 +0000

Very true Piley. Buying books is an aspirational investment, not just in your intellect (as such) but in your time and shelving capacity. I am also so shallow that I have had to stop reading a particular book temporarily as it is just too heavy to carry round in my bag (I tend to read on the train) – my ipod and the new Word mag. are much lighter…

By: Piley

Piley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:10:04 +0000

trouble is a DVD or a book take seconds to buy… but you need a good couple of hours to watch the bloomin thing, and much more to read a book… I can easily buy an armful of books in half an hour… but realistically, it’s years worth of reading!! Specially now we have the little one… quality reading time is at a premium!

Podcasts and CDs on the pod are almost like freebies arnt they? coz you can tuck in whilst doing somethin else…

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:42:19 +0000

And Piley, unwatched DVDs and unread books? That sounds strangely familar. At least podcasts don’t take up any shelf space.

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:40:24 +0000

If there is one thing stranger than people reading this blog, it’s people actually taking my recommendations seriously! If you listen I hope the programme lives up to expectations. I’m getting nervous now…

Glad you liked the album PM. And take a listen to this (Dusty7s kindly reminded me) –
http://dusty7s.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-you-wanna-be-in-my-gang.html

By: planet mondo

planet mondo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:20 +0000

This sounds exactly the sort of show that is on my wavelength scuse pun – I’ll give it a go.

PS tracked down that Sessions album, you know with the Maggie Bell tune you posted a couple of weeks back – killer, thanks for the tip.

By: ishouldbeworking

ishouldbeworking — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:56:11 +0000

Oh dear, another ‘bookmark’…I am currently reading a lot of Studs Terkel stuff, and wonder if this show might have some of the same qualities. Studs just talked to people, and let them talk back to him, and the results were incredible. Sounds very like what you’re describing here. Thanks!

By: BLTP

BLTP — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:24:07 +0000

good stuff

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:44:16 +0000

I had never checked this out before. It sounds pretty interesting. Not that I need anything else to be addicted to.

By: Piley

Piley — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:26:51 +0000

oh gawd…. NOOOO! please don’t tell me stuff like this…. I already have shelves of unread books and unwatched dvds… even the odd unlistened to CD… now this!!

Well, maybe i’ll just try one eh??