The Ranting Room

Oh dear - Geri Halliwell's let herself go a bit...

I want to rant about something, but cannot think of anything... now that's not fair!  Why can I not  find something to  rant about!

Actually, I have found something very minor to rant about: The Grammies

I did not actually see much of it ( I saw about 10 minutes and that was enough for me), but I did see was total and utter drivvel.  There was some blonde "singer" walking around with her bits as forward as she could get them, with a black skirt and boots on... I quote "singer" deliberately, because she was flat and she was conveniently distracted by annoying men with little on, dancing around what seemed to be scrap cars... it was complete .  Then it turns out Amy Winehouse won a Grammy (I gather she won five altogether... was that for services to Columbia's drug traffickers or something?) and she was not there to accept it.  Then some R&B/Hip-Hop/Rapper guy came on with silly shiny glasses on... I am not sure what he was about.  I thought it was Kanye West, but apparently it was some guy I have never heard of.  Then worst of all was Fergie and some guy who's name escapes me (something like Norman Wisdom or Stevie Wonder, but neither of them) came on and did this whiny song... unusual for Fergie to do something so sophisticated, mind you and she can sing, but still, it was .

I switched over then to watch Dave.

What got me though was all the silly dancing, the over-the-top stage effects and very poor singing.  Maybe I am getting old, but I quite like my musicians to stand still and play, rather than jump about or having strobe lighting that makes everyone go mental and forget how terrible the music is.

So yes, that is a silly worthless rant by me which is not even that serious.  Oh well.

Blacksword wrote: full of ego maniacs, blood sucking harpies and spoilt b&stards. A place where music is actually incidental.

Also known as The Velvet Room

Hmmm, what shall I rant about today?

Gameshows?

And in this should I include X-Factor, Masterchef, Lottery Shows etc?

Where all the contestants (goaded on by the brainless, I'll do anything for money and to hell with any kind of credibility I may once have had, so called celebrities - file under 'D') tearfully emote that whatever they are striving to win, be it a million quid, a chance to work in a professional kitchen, a holiday in Blackpool, a car, a house, a record contract guaranteed to expire the first time a release fails to hit number one (ie about three months) or an aged celebrity's signed colostomy bag, will "change their lives". Of course it won't change your life you sad pathetic "I'm on TV, can you see me mother?" reject from civilised society - enjoy your Warhol-ian 15 minutes, because in 16 minutes time, you could ride naked on the back of a Harley through the House Of Commons & nobody would (a) know who you are, (b) care, even if they did, or (c) pee on you if you were on fire - so go ahead, look with teary eyed anticipation at the minor celeb pausing for the regulation 57.6 seconds between the words "and the winner is" and "insert pleb's name here" - but don't forget to cry when you win...

...you sad

Rant #2

Now I find out the only decent digital station in the UK, Planet Rock is to close; Why? Well, let me give you the reason stated by their holding company:

"...not an economically viable growth platform for GCap Media"

Absolute ers!

Edited by Jim Garten - February 12 2008 at 07:54

Jim Garten wrote: you could ride naked on the back of a Harley through the House Of Commons & nobody would (a) know who you are, (b) care, even if they did, or (c) pee on you if you were on fire

Ah,yes! The inter-parliamentary naked motocross championships.

Apparently,Anne Widdecombe is the three times champion .

Anyone got any tips to clean vomit from a PC keyboard?

Jim Garten wrote: Anyone got any tips to clean vomit from a PC keyboard?

Jim, I misread tips for lips...

James wrote: That is terribly sad news about Planet Rock.  I've not listened to that station for ages, but the last time I did, I noticed how much better it had gotten since the previous time I'd heard it.  Fish and Wakeman have shows on there, as does Alice Cooper and if you like Nicky Horne, then so does he.

Not to mention Tony Iommi & occasionally Phil Manzanera & Gary Moore; this is a great radio station with (I'd hope) a lot of influence, given their supporters - we can but hope...

Jared, change your glasses - this is the ranting room

Does anyone remember when the BBC News was actually any good, instead of just good compared to the American counterpart? The journalists have all become dire - when EVERY SINGLE person you interview begins their sentence by saying "Well obviously..." then perhaps the questions you're asking aren't quite as incisive as they could be, hmm? The man who spoke with George Bush today was allowed to relate his interview process in a remarkable display of meta-broadcasting, and made every single one of his points twice in slightly different ways. If I was involved with the production of the NATIONAL news I'd be ashamed to have my name associated with it at present. ;P

It is becoming nearly as bad as the local news, and as soon as our main reporters start trying to establish themselves as personalities as opposed to fscking newsreaders, it will be exactly the same program twice in a row. I hate the phrase "dumbing down" and those who use it, but... well, how else can you put it? I don't even claim to be all that intelligent, aware, eloquent, or anything of the sort, but the quality of the BBC News is embarrassing. A group of six people chosen at random could do better.


Edited by laplace - February 14 2008 at 13:39