On the audiobed with David Bowie's Five Years, can anybody tell me what Ken was referring to when he says to Murph, "Yeah we are going to talk about it because we haven't talked about it before, I think it has been five years and I think it's about time". Always been intrigued by what this may be referring to. Had a quick search through boards but no joy. Thanks!
I've never found the bookclub to be a particularly interesting segment, mainly because - as everyone has said - they barely talk about the book.
Which is totally different to the yearly round up, which is reliably great
Maybe it'll be different with Richie as the only new material they'll have will be to talk about the book, but, I dunno, I don't dislike Richie, but I find him a bit dull - he can make interesting subjects boring I find.
I'd agree with a lot of what was said. The sports book of the year pod is one of the best of the year as there are a few people taking / arguing about the book.
Have often thought this myself, always becomes more about the guest than the book. The film reviews worked well as it was just Murph and Mal talking about the film
Well having Richie do it should actually make it a book review as they won't be "interviewing" him.
Book club was a decent idea but why do they need a guest at all. 2 of the 3 or all of them could/should do it.
I remember Uncle Jim doing an enthusiastic and detailed review of This Sporting Life apart from that it seems like an interview with the person about their career with an odd reference to the book, Caitriona Crowe was good on that book about Muhammed Ali as well.
I'm not talking about the book. I'm talking about the fact they need to get Richie to review it. Having him be the one to review it very much suggests to me that they either couldn't get anyone else to do it, or they are just phoning this one in to fill some airtime. I think the slot is generally one of the least interesting ones they do, a rare "miss" amongst their many hits.
I don't think the idea of a book review is a bad one, but they never seem to actually review the book with whoever they have as the guest reviewer.
It's one of the few Book Clubs I'm looking forward to. Ritchie is OKish, I'm not a huge fan of Paul Kimmage, I've never read the book (won't either). But I know enough about the book and it's verve and with the passing of time I'm interested in how it holds up.
Instead of them seen as "scraping the barrel" I see them more as tackling "the big one".
Could be fun.
Think they mean the fact its Richie reviewing it
that's a great book... how is it scraping the barrel?
Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage.
What book is it?
I'd say its the laziness of just getting Richie Sadlier to review it
Did Eoin not mention that it was one of the most requested books for the slot?They're just giving people what they want!
Anyways, I'll probably be skipping it as I'm not a huge Richie fan.
Yeah they seem to be in need of some filler with no football tournament this summer.
Hope they do more Wimbledon coverage, was a little disappointed that the main focus yesterday was on the Russian absentees with just a brief nod towards the actual tennis.
Jaysus they are really scraping the barrel with the latest Book Club. Seems like they are doing it for the sake of filling a slot.
Lol at "one high speed run on the GPS"
I raised an eyebrow on Murph's chat about the calm demeanor of Padraig Joyce throughout the chaos as I thought that's his job. But then I remembered he lost an air pod at the start of the match and now I have new found respect for Joyce as I would be tearing my hair out looking for that air pod while trying to manage my team in an All Ireland quarter final.
Ken was class on yesterday's gaa pod.
Ken's trolling in the GAA podcast today is brilliant. If you were listening to Ken for the first time you'd think he was being deadly serious
Today's podcast with Oisin & Paul is out. I haven't listened to it yet
Ken really does look like a true gael/ member of the waterboys there.
Fecking egomaniac!
Met Murph briefly yesterday after extra time in the Galway match. He was trying to get a quick pint in before Kerry Mayo, but the queues were manic so had to abandon the pint to make it back for throw in. I threw a 'some game that was Ciaran' at him and he was very friendly in fairness and chatted happily for a minute. I said to him it will make some podcast Monday and he replied 'I picked a bad week to go on holidays for feck sake' and then followed it up with ' I may have to phone in!'.
Might even listen to the gaa pod tomorrow
Tomorrow should be interesting....
Sitting in the "guaranteed to be on TV" seat... just a coincidence. Yeah right.
Don't need to hear from Oisin or Paul next week, only one man's views matter
I'm a Man Utd fan and have Amazon.
There is no way in hell I'd watch it, even if it didn't have the worst reviews in history...
The intro to yesterday's pod was.....bizarre.
Ken was entertaining on the Pogba documentary.
