I'd say its the laziness of just getting Richie Sadlier to review it
What book is it?
Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage.
that's a great book... how is it scraping the barrel?
Think they mean the fact its Richie reviewing it
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
My vague memory of it was that Murph caused an injury to/mildly disfigured Ken in some way.
It's been mentioned before, but the David Silva "put some respect on my name" audio bed is brilliant. No only do i not skip it, its stays funny!
"quarter final, didn't get on"
Something about the music and how Kens rant goes up in tone slightly with each "didn't get on". Amazing
The audio beds are great in general, but some are ENDLESS. The Mayo / Kerry gaa one, Lmerick winning all ireland and the rugby one are the biggest culprits. They feel like 15 minutes each.
It's my favourite one. Ken puts on a very strange culchie accent at one stage during it and I dunno if it's intentional or not
I don't mind Ritchie but It has the whiff of getting someone from the RTE canteen to go on The Late Late
YES!! "sitting on the sidelines" or something like that. It goes full Oirish haha. Love the audiobed
Ha, Yeah, it's that specific line where he goes full culchie!
I remember Ken having a crush on Diego Lugano.
I had forgotten about that David Silva rant until they started playing the bed earlier this year, apparently it's from July 2020
I think they were blind drunk one night and murph jumped up on him. Might even been 2012 at the euros.
I believe Murph kicked the back of kens foot from behind. Ken fell onto the ground and scrap burned his jaw neck.
The longest ones I can think of are Arsenal winning the league, Liverpool winning the league - both are at least 2 minutes worth of skipping forward.
BUT the longest one I think is the Denmark one...that has to be the longest. So much filler in it...I think Maria Bailey appears in it at one stage which is just unnecessary (I'm sure it was somewhat relevant at the time) but I even think Ken said that was weird when he listened back to it a while later.
Haven't said this in a while, but their rugby coverage is consistently woeful and boring. Doesn't matter who they have on, it's always a snorefest.
Yeah, that one is seriously dragged out. Wifi wànkers quote is used about 3 times
I don't know why but I always chuckle when I hear Maria Bailey explaining herself amongst all the Denmark trash talk.
The rugby audiobed today felt like a Podcast in itself
Anyone else have a problem with the Patreon payment?
Doesn't seem to like the card I've been paying with for ages all of a sudden.
same here!
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