Of course I should add that I work in television as well. I make the stuff that keeps the shows from slamming together. Paul On Dec 20, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
