[…]summer holiday. I think it was. And to accompany the stills I put a small loudspeaker in the still case. But I had to think of a way of. Playing some music that would repeat itself throughout the day. And I came I bought a gram deck which fitted on top of a record player and I remember a lady whose […]
[…]that, that I think in some ways we were falling out of love with America and that love of American culture, its movies, its novels, its jazz, popular music and so on, was being overshadowed by Vietnam, politics, and that kind of change of atmosphere around sixty-eight, sixty-nine. Also for me, I bec[…]
[…] used to, I think he must have been in his 20s when he used to do what we now call gigs. He used to play drums for various functions. And so he had a musical talent, maybe I ll change that. He had a talent, a rhythm talent. And interestingly enough, our son is also a drummer. Now he has inherited th[…]
[…]revailed and it was very important in enabling the channel to get off the ground as a really risk taking operation.[25:08]And what about sort of art, music and arts programmes?Well, the obligation to be different and to cater for tastes not catered for was interpreted in all kinds of different ways […]
[…]ionship with philosopher Freddie Ayre for three years; JR talks about costume designer Beatrice ‘Bumble’ Dawson; JR worked with Loudon Sainthill on a musical ‘Bloomer Girl’; at this time JR had been working at Nathan’s costumier and was asked to work as assistant to Roger Furse on The Prince and the[…]
