Thanks for that Cotty. You saved me a rant. Discovery Channel here recently broadcasted a performance the London Symphony Orchestra in HD and surround sound. Fabulous. Other things on Discovery, such as "Sunrise Earth" are not to be missed as well. Paul On Dec 20, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Cotty wrote:
> On 20/12/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Neither of us has time to >> waste on TV. > > I find that incredibly naive from someone so well versed in music and > the arts? On the whole, I would agree that most TV is absolute drivel > and total garbage. However, there are plenty of examples of good > documentary-making, especially in terms of natural history and > music and > the performing arts. Obviously with my career being in TV, I'm pretty > much committed to it in terms of promoting the good things about it. I > also fully appreciate that many people have no interest in it > whatsoever, and care not a jot about what they might not have > access to. > But to think that I am wasting my time watching television is pretty > severe. I certainly *have* wasted some of my time watching something I > later regretted because it was just plain crap. I have also learned a > great deal from seeing things that I would not normally be able to see > in my lifetime, enjoyed fantastic music performances that I could not > get access to, and generally been privy to some of the most wonderful > images - moving and still - that have both inspired me and allowed my > own personal creativity to expand in new ways. > > Wasting time is obviously a subjective activity ;-) > > Rant over ! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
