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Nov 11 09 8:29 PM

Mikeb:
Despite him being from Staleybridge - which is just outside Manchester - I knew nothing of Tim Willocks. I've seen the film of Swept From the Sea(apparently he did the screen-play based on the Joseph Conrad original) but the excerpt from The Religion on the publishers website (you managed to intrigue me) is the only thing of his I've read... You must be looking forward to Book 2 next year...
All:
With TV, I would be drawn to watch it regardless of how dire it was - unless I sat with my back to it... If there is a Test Match on I can listen to the cricket commentary, the fact that it lasts five days helps when painting something repetetive - like crossbelts... it makes the task in question seem smaller. But that is the only time radio would win over my-own-choice-of-music for painting accompanyment. If there ever happens to be a period connection in choice-of-music/panting-subject it is purely coincidental (rather than intended) my taste excludes a lot, but includes parts of the 1770's and 1870's as well as 1970's(etc) There are really only two types of music... Good and Not Good; the chosen disc is statistically more likely to be The Who than Wagner, but... I'm with Rudorf in that LOUDNESS is an asset!
The listening time available when painting is a HUGE hobby bonus! Even if we get less exercise with CD's than we did with vinyl Getting up every 75 mins instead of every 20...
GJ