The time slot and the hangover from the Marian days might help, Mr Dee.
I would disagree Bobson. The man is terrifed of another Rory O'Neill - Iona situation. He intrupts people speaking to make cavets about "both sides" or "other people not being here to defend themselves", etc. This is the exact opposite of allowing space for answers.
It ruins the flow of the show.
I also find the new Guest picks some meaningful songs segment a little odd. Why go to all the effort of having someone on the show, picking their songs and then only playing a short segment of each song.
I appreciate that is why he is doing it. But no one else does it. Show me an RTE presenter who interupts their guests as frequently as O'Connor. To point out "There are two sides" or "Well, you cannot say that. They are not here to defend themselves.". The show is borderline unlistenable at times.
The thing is, RTE never actually went to the High Court. They would always just settle. Had they gone to court and won. Some of the bodies claiming they had been defamed might be a little more reluctant to sue.
I don't think Brendan is suited to the current affairs element of the show. He's good at entertainment and also personal interviews. Yes, RTE are too careful about avoiding a trip to court, but nobody over does the arse covering as much or as obviously as Brendan. I think Philip Boucher Hayes handled the panel discussions much better when filling in for this slot. The music interruptions really annoy me too (even Louis Walsh called him out on it!) but I always figured that was down to the producer or similar rather than Brendan.
Personally I'd rather listen to just about anyone than Anton Savage. I'd hate to see him working for RTE. His family has done enough damage.
The Callan's Kicks sketch nailed it -
Referring to the Dublin riots-
Guest: 'Ah it was terrible Brendan, terrible…there was broken windows and…'
OC as BOC: 'Well we won't talk about that, there's no windows here to defend themselves'
As said above, PBH was in for a weekend not too long ago and it was a pleasure to listen to with none of the interrupting crap O'Connor does - and guess what, nobody got sued. Brendan seems to think his input to the conversations is way more valuable than any of his guests
€1560 per hour for that? - He has some agent to pull that stroke
Ballsy is only following on from what went before him, even an easier gig in fact.
He only goes out in ‘open water’ for one hour on Sunday, the rest is all set up for him.
€1.5 large per hour for that is a fair auld wedge….but hey, it’s RTE .
Take that defence forces!
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The piece at the start of Saturdays show with Baz Ashmaway and Carl Mullen was quite good I thought. I wouldn't listen to either of them much in their own projects or whatever, but as a parent to 3 under 3, a lot of it resonated with me, and it was a good style of interview with all 3 asking questions
Jaysis Bobby Kerr. Is he still on air? I am sure he is a lovely man. But he has an ill suited voice for radio.
I think Brendan is good at the personal interviews
but yeh, the desert island discs bit but not actually playing all or most of the song - pointless.
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Does have a face for radio however
Who is this talking about Charlie XCX?
Sounds like her agent.
Total nonsense too. And made worse by the inflection on every sentence.
To be fair. It is not as if we can do much about how we look. You are born with a face and you are stuck with it. A few elocution lessons for Booby would be a solid investment.
It is more then half the job being a radio presenter.
I must have missed this. What was the context? I wonder has she a gig lined up and the BOC show is laying on the Plamás in return for an interview.
If I remember correctly the Wim Butler from Arcade Fire got a lot of soft balls when Ballsey had him. This was around the time that Butler was being accused of sexual misconduct. Things got so heated at the time that their European Support act Feist quit the tour. Not that you would know any of that if you listened to the interview.
He's unlistenable
You can listen back and decide for yourself.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22416994/
You remember incorrectly on the Win Butler interview.
That interview was broadcast a week before the allegations became public.
Incidentally almost two years later there have been no charges.
Who ?
Guy being discussed
Popped in in the middle of the interview and it made little sense to me, although I am of an age!
Stand outs were being a brat, green and not showering for a few days.
Oh, and anti-Swift but not really.
Oh I see, you were referring to Bobby Kerr.
I thought Booby was possibly a new nickname for BOC.
My mistake. Thank you for the correction.
Fionnuala Jones, she’s on with Moncrieff on Newstalk a bit. She covers entertainment stuff.
Think it was her anyway.
Alan Barrett from ESRI.
Woman contributor (don't know her name) with excellent well-balanced points will not be asked back.
Amazing stuff here. The 'woke, 'socially progressive', liberal academic is pushing the the far/hard right narrative (unintentionally?) and the 'middle aged white man' (Alan Barrett) is the only one calling out her. If other contributors were talking as she is, they'd be absolutely torn to shreds and explicitly called out as justifying some of the racist stuff that went on by the nutjobs in Coolock.
Ah I wouldn't agree with all she said but do like that she challenged the usual cosy d4 consensus that it's just some bad men stirring things up and not a genuine issue in the community. Its both of course but at least there was a bit more of a debate for once. I mean, Christ, Hanafin talking about how Blackrock is a beacon for us all to follow 🙄
I agree with you there alright, but she only condemned the racism when pushed a bit. She was on PK during the week too…basically inferring that everyone involved in the protests are disenfranchised, victims etc. She also emphasised this morning that the immigrants (potentially) going to Coolock would be men…you know, the whole 'dangerous single men' narrative that's often put out there.
I could read it as being a poor communicator, but she does communicate ideas for a living.
It's the fact that only Alan Barrett called her out a bit, and everyone else was silent, that irritated me so much. She may have some valid points, but she never seems to be properly challenged and questioned…like others usually are if making some of the comments she does.
Katriona O'Sullivan was the 'academic leftie'. The 'posh' one was Alan Barrett - the only one questioning some of views (or perhaps the communication of her views).
Katriona O'Sullivan will be asked back ad nauseam. Apart from her (unbalanced imo) views on the protests, she's perfect for these kind of shows…backstory (genuinely impressive), an academic, everyone's a victim of the system etc.
