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Not Pete Atkin / Off-topic / Bruce Beresford |
14.10.17 at 13:32 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by Kevin Cryan |
The Age
OCTOBER 14 2017
Edited extract from The Best Film I Never Made: And Other Stories About a Life in the Arts by Bruce Beresford
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I first met Clive James in 1959. We were both students at Sydney University. I think he started there in 1958.
I saw Clive often over the next three years, although we were not great friends at this time. We were both indifferent actors, though I was the more indifferent, and came across each other occasionally during student productions, most of them dominated by students who went on to make a mark in Australian theatre: John Bell, Arthur Dignam and John Gaden. I still remember Clive's colourfully bizarre performance in Lysistrata and in annual university revues.
Bruce Beresford, Clive James at Clives party. January 01, 1980. Photo: Fairfax Media
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Not Pete Atkin / Off-topic / Benjamin Whitrow (1937 -2017) |
05.10.17 at 13:40 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by Kevin Cryan |
The Guardian
Brief letters
Wednesday 4 October 2017
Quote:Why do your obituaries of actors only ever seem to concentrate on what said actor did on stage or screen, but never radio? Your obituary of Benjamin Whitrow (30 September) failed to mention that one can still hear his mellifluous tones on Radio 4 Extra on Friday mornings in Simon Brett’s series After Henry. Here, Whitrow’s character, Russell, serendipitously plays the part of a second-hand bookshop owner.
Helen Adams
Guiseley, West Yorkshire
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Not Pete Atkin / Off-topic / Walter Becker R.I.P. |
05.09.17 at 07:27 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by Kevin Cryan |
The Guardian
Walter Becker obituary
Quote:Superbly talented guitarist, singer and songwriter who co-founded Steely Dan
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Walter Becker
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Walter Carl Becker, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, born 20 February 1950; died 3 September 2017
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Not Pete Atkin / Off-topic / Those 'few lines' found [Re: The Guardian] |
09.08.17 at 19:15 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by S J Birkill |
Member Seán Kelly writes:
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About Clive and the Guardian. This is a snap from our printed copy. Dated 22nd July:
A rather short and casual goodbye to him I thought!
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Perfunctory. Parsimonious. Unbefitting this august journal. Thank you Timothy Treffry and Elizabeth Dunnett (not MV members), and Kevin for keeping us posted during Clive's tenure. And well spotted, Seán! |
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Pete Atkin / Gigs / Re: Beeston, Nottingham - 30th June 2017 |
02.07.17 at 16:58 |
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Well, I was there, along with my old friend and fellow MV Andy Victor. It was something of a sentimental journey for me since in our schooldays Andy and I used to be frequent attenders of various Nottingham folk-clubs (Andy still lives there and still is) and I remembered one or two of the club regulars from those days. Not only that, but the first time Andy and I saw Pete perform live was some forty years ago just down the road at Nottingham University SU.
Thought it was a terrific evening. Pete was on top form, a great mix of older and newer songs, and a very appreciative audience. I spoke to one or two people who hadn't been familiar with the songs previously who were really enthusiastic. Oh, and a rare outing for Stranger in Town, my favourite song from LL. |
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Pete Atkin / Chums / Re: Russell Davies on Radio |
01.07.17 at 21:05 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by Kevin Cryan |
Russell is back on BBC Radio 2 with a new six-part series The Russell Davies Archive.
Quote:Classic tracks and forgotten gems from the 1920s, 30s and 40s
The Archive is a celebration of masterpieces and forgotten gems from the 1920's,30's and 40's . Recordings which saw the great stars of popular music and instrumentalists of the day stepping up to the microphone and perform exactly what we hear today with no way of correcting errors or eccentricities. In this programme we enjoy tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Fats Waller, Bing Crosby and the unique sounds of Whispering Jack Smith from this archive as Russell Davies opens up that glorious hinterland of older music, incidentally playable now in far better sound quality than was available at the time.
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Programme 1/6 (broadcast on Monday 26 June 2017 23.00) is here
Programme 2/6 ( to be broadcast on Monday 03 July 2017 23.00) here
Kevin Cryan
I still cannot get over the fact that we lost The Song Show four years ago. The show in which discussed in some depth popular songs, most of which came from the first six decades of the 20th century, but not all of them well known " Davies talking about the history, structure, writers, singers, arrangers.... was" as The Telegraph's radio critic Gillian Reynolds wrote at the end of 2013 " a real joy".
Having listened to the first episode of this series, I can say that at least some of the virtues of TSS have been restored.
Kevin Cryan
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