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Russell Brand last night - cringemaking unprofessional radio
Posted Jan 27, 2008
An insurance policy, just in case Brand's tame brown-nosers object and get it modded:-
Russell Brand last night - cringemaking unprofessional radio
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Message 1 - posted by AgProv (U538194) **, Just Now
Dale W is currently plying Chrissie Hynde's "Brass in Pocket" on POTP on R2, which reminds me....
....what exactly happened on the Russell Brand show yesterday when Chrissie was a guest? Yes, I know I said I'd never listen again, but every so often, basic fair-mindedness makes me attempt to see how much I can put up with before I have to switch off. (You never know, he might have improved)
Just after ten o'clock, for those of you who understandably give RB a total miss (as I do most weeks. last night I was working in the den and switched the radio on, realised, and thought "what the hell. Give the man a fair go"), his guest was Chrissie Hynde.
The sequence of events ran much like this: Brand cajoles and berates her into attempting a karaoke with him. Possibly so as not to seem like a spoilsport, she joins in, but doesn't sound happy about it. It is obvious she isn't expecting it and he hasn't rehearsed, so it makes for excruciating listening. After which Brand berates Hynde for HER getting it wrong, even though he admits it was unrehearsed. Hynde goes on to attempt another araoke solo, but the machine is faulty or otherwise lacking. The show goes to a record, in some confusion.
After this, Brand changes the subject completely and casually mentions to Chrissie Hynde that "I've been out with your daughter two or three times". Dead silent but brief pause. "She never told me that" said Chrissie - no doubt as appalled as any parent would be at discovering their daughter has been within a mile of a specimen like Brand.
Russell Brand then compounds the gaffe by babbling on about Internet porn sites featuring un-natural acts between parents and their (adult)children and speculates on how you would prove the two participants really were mother and daughter, and could you get the producers under Trades Descriptions legislation if they weren't? Even his normally supie and sycophantic sidekick Morgan is appalled by this, and HE makes the obvious point that it sounds for all the world as if Russell Brand is inviting Chrissie Hynde and her daughter to join him for a threesome.
The show very abruptly goes to another record. After which Chrissie Hynde is no longer in the studio and Brand and Morgan are no longer making jokes or comment - just a passsing remark about her obviously having other things to do.
So the obvious conclusion is that by then she'd had enough and she'd walked out. Good for you, Chrissie!
Note to Mods: the above is a fair and accurate description of events shortly after ten pm on the Russell Brand show last night. You can check it by "listening again" to satisfy yourselves I have invented nothing and embellished nor exaggerated not at all. I consider this is fair comment and is published here for public enlightenment and if this posting is taken down - well, it will be patently obvious who's complained about it, won't it?
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Latest reply: Jan 27, 2008
Right, let's embarrass them:
Posted Nov 6, 2007
Wow. Out of premod. And just as I hit on a newe strategy to put pressure on them to take me out of it:
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If I stay in premod any much longer, though, I might actually go to the "Daily Mail" and ask if they want a follow-up story!
Something along the lines of
"I started the thread about Sarah Kennedy which you quoted from last week. As a result of staring the thread which your paper quoted, I have had my access to BBC mesageboards restricted to a situation where I cannot post comment until a BBC employee has approved of it first. I consider these things are related.
I also had issues with Russell Brand and he took the p out of a complaint I made about his show, live, on air, which I consider to be absolutely unprofessional behaviour on his part. Would this make a good story for you? "
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The power of adverse press coverage for the BBC?
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Latest reply: Nov 6, 2007
Famous Last Words...
Posted Nov 6, 2007
"this is the last BBC forum to which I currently have open access without going into pre-mod status first (ie, a moderator has to read and approve of my posting before allowing it to go onscreen, a process which could take hours and rather kills the point of having access to messageboards - ie being able to respond more or less immmediately )."
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Appearing today: "Please note: Your Postings are being pre-moderated and will only appear after they have been approved by a Moderator".
And this is on Hootoo?
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Latest reply: Nov 6, 2007
Accursed premod spreads to Hootoo
Posted Nov 6, 2007
Please note: Your Postings are being pre-moderated and will only appear after they have been approved by a Moderator.
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And now I find it's spread to here too and I seemingly can't post a journal entry. I'm annoyed. What price free expression?
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Latest reply: Nov 6, 2007
Now they're REALLY taking the pi$$
Posted Nov 6, 2007
I have just discovered that my premodding now extends to Hootoo, an area which I thought was moderated more lightly and sensibly than the rest of the BBC forums and where in the past the Editors and mods have fought for a greater degree of editorial freedom and liberalism - my general impression is that this is generally respected and hardly ever abused here by anyone.
Having only ever been modded ONCE on hootoo - and that was over a technicality, where I inadvertantly contravened the "no posting in "foreign" languages rule by posting in Welsh (this on a conversation thread to do whether or not Welsh is an important language in the 21st century, btw) - may I ask who I have annoyed or offended on this conversation forum?
You're really taking the michael now and I really don't like this. Who made this decision and to wehom can I complain?
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Latest reply: Nov 6, 2007
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