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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324746 is a reply to message #324700 ] |
Fri, 14 March 2008 16:00   |
 Bill Mueller
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| Brian Kehew wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 15:08 |
The weird thing about her is that she refuses to interview someone face to face. They CANNOT be in the room with her - only by a remote link. They never tell you this and it SOUNDS like they are together, but they're not.
I think she does an "ok minus" job of reviewing subjects and people. But it's very surface-level and superficial, which is great for the mass public when learning of something new, but not the best way to do something.
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Brian,
As I'm sure you know from your experience with your book, most interviewers never read the book, don't know what the hell their talking about and read from a list of questions that you, the interviewee give them. I'm sure Terry is exactly the same or worse than most, since she does so many interviews.
Sometimes an interviewer will have a producer read the material and do a cheat sheet to make them look better, but it is really rare when they actually read the material themselves.
Best Regards,
Bill
"Don't take it personally. But this shit is a science." J.J.Blair
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324750 is a reply to message #324746 ] |
Fri, 14 March 2008 16:11 |
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I think she does an "ok minus" job of reviewing subjects and people. But it's very surface-level and superficial, which is great for the mass public when learning of something new, but not the best way to do something.
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This is clearly a matter of opinion (and not mine, I'll tell you). Many, many folks think much the opposite, including the people behind the Peabody Awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards (Canadian) and the National Book Foundation.
I find her interviews to be often insightful and a far cry from "surface-level." She is known in the industry for having an extraordinary work ethic and researching deeply (which includes reading the books, Bill Mueller).
But, to throw a bone, I will admit that she seemed more antagonistic than normal with Bill O'Reilly. Whether that was editing, or due to a pre-show confrontation (I can imagine Bill being a prick, can't you?), nonetheless, she was less than measured.
And she's ugly, too, if you're going to press me on her faults.
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324771 is a reply to message #324712 ] |
Fri, 14 March 2008 17:02 |
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"...asuming an average of four members per band, gives a staggering 28 million people in this country who are in a band, on MySpace."
that's assuming that the world stops at the mexican and canadian borders...
cheers,
max
sydney, oz
http://www.asylumdreams.com
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324784 is a reply to message #324750 ] |
Fri, 14 March 2008 17:16 |
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[quote title=dconstruction wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 17:11]| Quote: |
(which includes reading the books, Bill Mueller).
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L,
Don't get too upset. I'm not accusing Terry of anything out of the ordinary. I actually like to listen to her interviews, and I don't care what she looks like. It's just that I have done the radio interview circuit with a professional publicist. It's just how things are done.
Best Regards,
Bill
"Don't take it personally. But this shit is a science." J.J.Blair
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324889 is a reply to message #324840 ] |
Sat, 15 March 2008 09:09 |
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| pipelineaudio wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 20:09 |
| wwittman wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 22:03 |
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I thought that map was titled "America according to prejudiced bigots"
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Wow,
This is so true. Sad, but true.
Don't believe me? Go anywhere outside a major metropolitan area and ask around for this:
Where is Mexico on a map? I bet whoever you ask will think you are asking them about the State of New Mexico, and not the country.
I grew up down there, and I have had this happen to me. People sometimes think I'm from New Mexico. I've only driven through there once in my life.
Is Russia communist? I bet they'll say yes. It's not anymore. Someone needs to tell a bunch of americans about this one, believe it or not...
You can come up with other fun questions to entertain and scare you all at once.
Have fun. Be safe.
You, Flock of Seagulls, know why we're here?
Nick Sevilla
www.nicksevilla.com
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324894 is a reply to message #324739 ] |
Sat, 15 March 2008 09:33 |
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| Bill Mueller wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 13:44 |
| wwittman wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 12:33 |
as though "left of Lennon" is a BAD thing.
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William's baaaaaack. 
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And thank god for that!
I listen to Gross sometimes but she lost me when she attacked Gene Simmons.
But seriously, this is an interview with a guy from Wired? When has Wired ever gotten anything right? Do we need to rehash the story of "Wired "Science"'s assault on science with their completely pre-determined pro-digital alleged comparison with analog?
Wired is a pundit publication. Like the talking heads yammering about election prognostication justified by the need for selling tampons and credit cards, Wired exists as printed noise to fill the tiny gaps between tech ads. And I say this as a former subscriber.
DS
"As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about the atoms this much: There is no matter as such! All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together . . . We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter."
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck, from a speech he delivered in Florence, Italy in 1944, entitled "Das Wesen der Materie" (The Character of Matter)
"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all." - Stephen Hawking
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324927 is a reply to message #324894 ] |
Sat, 15 March 2008 12:17 |
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| mgod wrote on Sat, 15 March 2008 14:33 |
| Bill Mueller wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 13:44 |
| wwittman wrote on Fri, 14 March 2008 12:33 |
as though "left of Lennon" is a BAD thing.
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William's baaaaaack.
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And thank god for that!
I listen to Gross sometimes but she lost me when she attacked Gene Simmons.
But seriously, this is an interview with a guy from Wired? When has Wired ever gotten anything right? Do we need to rehash the story of "Wired "Science"'s assault on science with their completely pre-determined pro-digital alleged comparison with analog?
Wired is a pundit publication. Like the talking heads yammering about election prognostication justified by the need for selling tampons and credit cards, Wired exists as printed noise to fill the tiny gaps between tech ads. And I say this as a former subscriber.
DS
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I really like Terry Gross, too, but I like her most when she's interviewing someone on a subject that I know little about.
I agree with Dan about the Gene Simmons interview, and also agree with Brian that she asks relatively shallow questions about most things. I remember a David Bowie interview in the early 2000's where she spent the majority of time talking about the Ziggy Stardust era - Bowie tried to tell her politely that he's done many, many other things since then, but she just kept going.
I, too, used to be a subscriber to Wired, back in the 90's. It seemed like the fall of the tech industries took that magazine with it. Looking back now, the 90's seemed so technologically optimistic, and it's odd that so much of that optimism has disappeared.
John
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| Re: New music biz paradigm on "Fresh Air" [message #324953 is a reply to message #324889 ] |
Sat, 15 March 2008 13:57 |
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| noeqplease wrote on Sat, 15 March 2008 14:09 |
Don't believe me? Go anywhere outside a major metropolitan area and ask around for this:
Where is Mexico on a map? I bet whoever you ask will think you are asking them about the State of New Mexico, and not the country.
I grew up down there, and I have had this happen to me. People sometimes think I'm from New Mexico. I've only driven through there once in my life.
Is Russia communist? I bet they'll say yes. It's not anymore. Someone needs to tell a bunch of americans about this one, believe it or not...
You can come up with other fun questions to entertain and scare you all at once.
Have fun. Be safe.
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Your bigotry is astounding. Your ability to paint an entire people with one broad brush is insightful to amazing degrees.
Are you upset that apartheid ended?
Bummed the Final Solution didnt work?
Want to bring back Jim Crow?
We can do without intolerant, closed minded prejudiced people like you.
Or wait, is it only prejudice when it is applied to anyone but the US? Ahhh doublethink, BBCspeak, I see.
I just moved to a tiny redneck town in a red state and their level of education is pretty good thank you very much.
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