Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

07-01-2019 04:14PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's the new lady?

Yep, but I'd imagine she is just filling in for Barbara Scully.

Tell me how · 07-01-2019 04:30PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's her! But it wasn't Brendan today either ? Or else his voice has changed a lot!

Gearoid Farrelly. A comedian.
Sean didn't introduce them as filling in for the originals so hard to know if it's temporary or permanent.

Say Your Number · 07-01-2019 06:56PM

I wish they'd scrap that rubbish and have more time to dedicate to pieces like why people become extremists and stuff like that.

Ol' Donie · 07-01-2019 07:05PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

I wish they'd scrap that rubbish and have more time to dedicate to pieces like why people become extremists and stuff like that.

It doesn't matter who's on it. It's the worst section by absolute miles.

Even the interviews with alien abductees have more substance.

Tell me how · 07-01-2019 07:11PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

It doesn't matter who's on it. It's the worst section by absolute miles.

Even the interviews with alien abductees have more substance.

I think it can be funny at times. It certainly isn't 'expert advice'. I enjoy it because of the texts they get in to it more so than what either of the two say.

I wonder what do those who write in feel after their situation has been discussed, does it give them guidance or make them cringe I wonder.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 07-01-2019 07:24PM

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

jobbridge4life · 07-01-2019 07:27PM

Cameron Sharp Equalizer wrote: »

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

The cynical side of me wants to agree... but the side of me that ran an agony uncle page in my school magazine for a year says 'you wouldn't believe the stuff people will submit'. Of course that doesn't mean it isn't fiction ultimately but honestly I don't think you'd have much trouble getting 'problems'.

StreetLight · 21-01-2019 04:16PM

First time I've heard the current guest pronounce the ancient land of Mesopotamia as "Messo Pot A Meea"!

ballsymchugh · 15-02-2019 04:00PM

when will the movie reviewer realise that 'a star is born' is awful shyte??

every fckin week she goes on about how it has been badly overlooked for awards.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-02-2019 04:43PM

Cameron Sharp Equalizer wrote: »

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

I spent a week working at a regional radio station when I was 16.

I was asked at one point to fabricate questions for a 'teen agony aunt' section which featured on one of the shows. The guy said to me, 'write about girls, exam stress, arguing with your parents etc.'

You'd wonder how much of this goes on in radio.

Tell me how · 15-02-2019 05:24PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

when will the movie reviewer realise that 'a star is born' is awful shyte??

every fckin week she goes on about how it has been badly overlooked for awards.

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

15-02-2019 05:31PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

It made me (a grown man) cry. I loved it, and went to see it expecting to be disappointed.

i71jskz5xu42pb · 16-02-2019 11:13AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It made me (a grown man) cry. I loved it, and went to see it expecting to be disappointed.

I must give it a go. To be honest I've avoided because it sounds exactly like loads of movies along similar lines, triumph in the face of adversity, most recently Crazy Heart (country singer with a drink problem, grand but hardly original).

(just looked it up on Wikipedia, "fourth remake of the original 1937 film", we have seen it before)

Tell me how · 17-02-2019 03:59PM

Ahmad Kind Pasteboard wrote: »

I must give it a go. To be honest I've avoided because it sounds exactly like loads of movies along similar lines, triumph in the face of adversity, most recently Crazy Heart (country singer with a drink problem, grand but hardly original).

(just looked it up on Wikipedia, "fourth remake of the original 1937 film", we have seen it before)

There's more to films than just the story line.

If you haven't seen it, I think it is worth a watch.

ballsymchugh · 19-02-2019 12:54AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

i fell asleep during it. bohemian rhapsody is a far better movie.

19-02-2019 01:11AM

Esther McCarthy (I think that's her name) also recommended Roma this weekend.

It's shot in Mexico, in Black & white, and it's got subtitles: but it's a really unlikely possibity for Best Picture. It's a beautiful film. Watch it on Netflix, if you get a chance.

kunst nugget · 19-02-2019 01:37AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i fell asleep during it. bohemian rhapsody is a far better movie.

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

Grolschevik · 19-02-2019 03:50AM

kunst nugget wrote: »

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

"I see a little ****ty echo of a man. "

19-02-2019 09:44AM

kunst nugget wrote: »

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

Did you? Admittedly, I didn't think the acting was great, but thought it told a great story. I suppose it did somewhat rely on the viewer being a Queen fan. Are you not?

Burn the witch.

kunst nugget · 19-02-2019 10:17AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Did you? Admittedly, I didn't think the acting was great, but thought it told a great story. I suppose it did somewhat rely on the viewer being a Queen fan. Are you not?

Burn the witch.

I love Queen. I just think it went out of its way to make Mercury look like a slightly pathetic figure and it was your standard sanitised biopic that didn't capture even a hundredth of the charisma of the man and played extremely hard and fast with the truth. First thing we did after watching the movie was to stick on Queen's actual performance from Live Aid which is still amazing after all this time.

I kind of wish they had stuck with Sasha Baron Cohen and what he wanted to do with the movie.

Mad_maxx · 19-02-2019 12:28PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

I love Queen. I just think it went out of its way to make Mercury look like a slightly pathetic figure and it was your standard sanitised biopic that didn't capture even a hundredth of the charisma of the man and played extremely hard and fast with the truth. First thing we did after watching the movie was to stick on Queen's actual performance from Live Aid which is still amazing after all this time.

I kind of wish they had stuck with Sasha Baron Cohen and what he wanted to do with the movie.

Haven't seen it but read several opinion pieces which claimed the movie under portrayed the level of hedonism which marked his life?

kunst nugget · 19-02-2019 12:44PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Haven't seen it but read several opinion pieces which claimed the movie under portrayed the level of hedonism which marked his life?

Not one scene of a dwarf walking around with a tray of cocaine on their heads... totally disgusted. And you never see Freddie actually indulging in anything beyond a bit of booze iirc.

20-02-2019 04:29PM

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

kunst nugget · 20-02-2019 05:00PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

Paolo Tulio and David Carey were two brilliant contributors to the show that are still sadly missed. The interview with David Carey that Sean played after his death was a really fascinating insight into the man's life.

baldbear · 20-02-2019 05:04PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

yeah i really miss Paulo Tullio too & the bee keeper guy Philip McCabe. They all sounded like such lovely people & their voices were magical.

That Kate Mcguinness one who does the reviews in the Independant now can be so mean. Paulo was never mean like that but you knew when he wasn't over impressed with a meal.

Uncharted · 20-02-2019 05:07PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Esther McCarthy (I think that's her name) also recommended Roma this weekend.

It's shot in Mexico, in Black & white, and it's got subtitles: but it's a really unlikely possibity for Best Picture. It's a beautiful film. Watch it on Netflix, if you get a chance.

A beautiful film indeed.

Albeit a dull and boring,beautiful film.

I know, i know......

Save your bile.

Im obviously an uncultured Neanderthal.

:rolleyes:

20-02-2019 05:08PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

Paolo Tulio and David Carey were two brilliant contributors to the show that are still sadly missed. The interview with David Carey that Sean played after his death was a really fascinating insight into the man's life.

I didn't hear that - doubt it's still online, sadly.

And yes - how could we forget Paolo? Two very different characters, but both sadly missed. I'm sure, if there is a Heaven, Paolo is getting David drunk on a robust Pinot Noir, and David is drawing out Paolo's childhood traumas and how they've shaped his personality.

20-02-2019 05:15PM

Uncharted wrote: »

A beautiful film indeed.

Albeit a dull and boring,beautiful film.

I know, i know......

Save your bile.

Im obviously an uncultured Neanderthal.

:rolleyes:

Yeah, I guess it depends on your mood at the time. On Friday night, I was in the mood for something tragic and slow-burning, so I loved it. Definitely not the kind of movie you'd watch on a Saturday night before going to meet your mates. What a downer.

styron · 20-02-2019 07:56PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I didn't hear that - doubt it's still online, sadly.

MP3 to download or listen here

Uncharted · 20-02-2019 08:42PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

The interview with David Carey that Sean played after his death was a really fascinating insight into the man's life.

I remember that.
I heard it at the original airing,and I stopped what I was doing to take it all in. It was beautifully done.
A real honest richness and honesty to David's voice as he opened up about his own beginnings.

An educated and worldly wise man,the world is indeed a poorer place for his loss.

Im smiling as I recall it.
Thanks for reminding me of it.

Excellent (although bittersweet) piece of radio.

Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

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