In the past few months, for one reason or another, I've interviewed several writers, philosophical and literary, and even been interviewed myself (albeit for about three minutes) on the BBC world service. But what ... is an interview? What is it to interview someone well? The brief BBC experience confirmed to me that the primary interview-mode of the broadcaster is the bark (blame Paxman). One is not...
Over at CNBC, writer Chris Morris takes an interesting look at the likelihood of a pricing war in the video-game console industry. Despite what Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are saying, analysts suggest the companies could cut console prices for the holiday season.
Heavily edited by a young Chris Morris, BBC Radio Three's Why Bother? interviews between Morris and Peter Cook (as Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling) were the last flowering of Cook's immense talent, teased and prodded by the enfant terrible of modern British comedy. Without Morris (and especially the astonishing Blue Jam) no Little Britain, no Day Today, no Alan Partridge, no Office, no Thick of It, and...
Natural Resources officers check for safety infractions — and provide directions A little past 3 on a sunny afternoon, Natural Resources Police Officer Chris Morris steered his 19-foot Boston whaler around Baltimore's Inner Harbor and then worked his way to the outer edges of his patrol area.
Not so much a celebration of Chris Morris’ twisted genius, rather a tawdry tale of a lad who swaps hedonism for…you guessed it, cake. Sweet romance this, all sixth form drumming and Gorky’s vibes – and that’s not bad thing. Double A-side ‘Cacen Mamgu’ is a pseudo-Welsh nightmare; written by Mei after too little sleep it sounds like Race Horses, like all good...
Here’s Sony’s Jack Tretton, speaking to Chris Morris at CNBC, on leaks: People don’t respect confidentiality in this industry. It’s tough enough to keep a secret within your own company, much less when you speak to third parties. So true. E3 2009, otherwise known as The Year In Which Everything Leaked, was a parade of anti-climaxes because [...]
Last week at Sony’s E3 press conference, the company unveiled a motion controller for the PlayStation 3. This week, Sony’s President and CEO of SCEA said that the motion controller just might be backwards compatible with older PlayStation 3 games. When asked in an interview with CNBC reporter Chris Morris if updates to existing games would [...]
Health officials rebut claim Chris Morris on Sat, 6 Jun 2009 Olive McRaePublic Health South officials have criticised a Dunedin-based anti-fluoride lobby group for "misleading and untrue" claims about the Blueskin Bay water supply. Fluoride Action Network Dunedin representative Olive McRae warned mothers in the Blueskin Bay area not to use the area's new fluoridated tap water to mix infant...
Ever wonder what could have been? Keep wondering. According to Chris Morris at CNBC, Iwata has said that ready-for-market handheld system was canceled sometime in the last three years. Nintendo’s global president Satoru Iwata says the company did have another handheld gaming system complete at one point in the past three years, but ultimately decided not [...]
I don’t know much about Charlie Brooker: I know he’s on TV in some capacity (but I haven’t had a TV for about five years), that he writes a column in the Guardian, that he co-wrote the desperately muddled, unfunny Nathan Barley with Chris Morris. People I rate seem to rate him so when I saw a photocopy of an article from Monday’s Guardian on a colleague's desk I picked it up...
Urban Planner is Torontoist's daily guide to what's on in Toronto, published every morning. If you have an event you'd like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you've got any—to events@torontoist.com . Jan Gehl's "Metropolis for People." Courtesy of the City of Toronto . LECTURE: Danish Urban Designer Jan Gehl presents his work and rounds out his lecture...
No, not this year's. We've discussed it to death, haven't we? I was looking over the last several years, and most of these players are at least still playing for the Raiders (although that 2002 draft didn't work out for them so well). Some of them are even starting for other teams. 2008 1. Darren McFadden , RB, Arkansas 4a. Tyvon Branch , DB, Connecticut 4b. Arman Shields , WR, Richmond 6. Trevor Scott...
A Stupefying Futile Conceit March 26, 2009 Joe Hisaishi - "Unit 1" - Robot Carnival OST Huaca - "WW" Blotted Science - "REM" - The Machinations of Dementia Univers Zero - "Vous Le Saurez En Temps Voulu" - Heresy Chris Morris & Peter Cook - "Bears" - Why Bother? Peter Gordon - "I'm Dreaming in the Sun and Dreaming in the Moon" - Star Jaws...
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