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[email protected]>, Danny
Colyer ('
[email protected]') wrote:
> On 04/07/2007 10:52, Slark wrote:
>> The Climb
>> By Lance Woodman
>>
>> A drama-documentary which follows two competitive cyclists as they face
>> the biggest challenge of their sport, the hill climb. Jazz star Soweto
>> Kinch talks about a similar challenge experienced by musicians as they
>> improvise.
>
> Thanks for that. I've recorded it, but haven't yet listened to it. I
> missed reading the bit about jazz - having heard the theme music, I'm
> doubtful whether I'll actually be able to listen to the play all the way
> through, because I *really* /really/ can't stand jazz.
Frankly, I wouldn't bother. It had one of those constructions which are
supposed to be 'interesting', but which essentially mean that there wasn't
enough material to fill the time so extraneous stuff had to be inserted to
make it longer. Some of the social interaction of club cyclists was well
captured, but carrying on a shouted conversation all the way up a steep
hill was a bit comic. If I had the breath to do all that shouting, I'd use
it to climb faster!
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forever strive to improve things, so unquestioning acceptance of a
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