Nice to compare Brian Aldiss's two visits on Desert Island Discs.
The first included "The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid," Schubert, and Bennie Moten doing "Kansas City Breakdown."
The second has Walter Brennan, Górecki, and Ella doing "Cow Cow Boogie."
Both include Borodin, Holst, and Tom Lehrer.
His luxury changed from a time machine to a banjo.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mksv
Enjoying Tim Berners-Lee on #DesertIslandDiscs immensely. What a lovely, brilliant and yet humble man. With interesting music taste.
Despite the failings of BBC news & current affairs to objectively cover so much of the world and its ongoing bias towards the intolerance agenda of the far right there are still beacons of hope in the remainder of the organisation’s output.
One example: Desert Island Discs which today introduced me to Sally Mann.
#bbc
#radio4
#desertislanddiscs
#photography
@sallymann
Desert Island Discs - Lorraine Kelly
#BBCRadio4 #DesertIslandDiscs
#LorraineKelly #ITV #ITVLorraine
#Lockerbie #Dunblane
Today's #DesertIslandDiscs on #BBCR4 with Michael Sheen - I would never have expected #Lau and #Yello on the same playlist. Ultravox's Vienna and Talk Talk's Desire too.
Well, this is quite amusing:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00282hj
#DesertIslandDiscs
Former child refugee Sir Alf Dubs, on his love for Britain and regaining his Czech passport - 'It's a nice feeling to be European as well as being British'. His final record, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the EU anthem, reminds him of how 'Europe got together in a positive way'. #DesertIslandDiscs
Why has nobody previously told me Araucaria had been on #desertislanddiscs ? Excited for this! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
John Graham
I’ve been listening to Desert Island Discs for a while and thought I’d share (especially for those outside the UK). Such a great mix of stories and music. Worth a listen if you’re curious about people who’ve made a difference, and want to know what’s on their ultimate playlist. Just finished the episode with Sir Jony Ive and really enjoyed it. #DesertIslandDiscs https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/desert-island-discs/id342735925?i=1000700464362
Cyndi Lauper on Desert Island Discs
Maybe I had a crush on her as a teenager, maybe I still have.
Donna Ockenden on #DesertIslandDiscs - what an extraordinary woman and life
The completely brilliant and lovely lovely lovely Alice Roberts on Desert Island Discs:
https://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/https/vpid/p0hls17r.mp3
#AliceRoberts #DiD #DesertIslandDiscs #DiggingForBritain #Archaeology #Osteology #Anatomy #Humanism #BBC #BBCRadio4 #BBCRadio4Extra #medicine #rollerblades #education #biology
Jony Ive o Apple i Steve Jobsie w nowym wywiadzie dla BBC
Jony Ive, były główny projektant Apple, w rozmowie z BBC Desert Island Discs opowiedział o swojej pracy nad przełomowymi projektami i relacji ze Steve’em Jobsem.
Ive przyznał, że wciąż zastanawia się, co zrobiłby Jobs, mimo że ten odradzał mu takie myślenie. Wspominał też pierwsze doświadczenie z Macintoshem oraz projektowanie iMaca, którego przezroczysta obudowa miała dla klientów większe znaczenie niż specyfikacja.
Podkreślił, że innowacje mogą mieć nieprzewidziane konsekwencje, ale cieszy się z pozytywnego wpływu swoich projektów.
Ive potwierdził, że pracuje nad nowym urządzeniem AI we współpracy z OpenAI, choć nie ujawnił szczegółów. Stwierdził, że po raz pierwszy w karierze czuje się „zainspirowany możliwościami technologii” w takim stopniu.
Po odejściu z Apple w 2019 roku Ive założył firmę LoveFrom, współpracującą m.in. z Airbnb, Monclerem i Ferrari.
Pełnego wywiadu można posłuchać na stronie BBC, a wkrótce powinien pojawić się na platformach podcastowych.
Tim Cook o planach emerytalnych, codziennej rutynie i więcej
#BBC #DesertIslandDiscs #JonyIve #podcast #steveJobs #wywiad
Twenty years on, the “message to the best football supporters in the world”, has like a fine wine, just got better with age.
iPhone designer still asks: ‘I wonder what Steve Jobs would do?’ – despite being told not to https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/23/iphone-designer-still-asks-i-wonder-what-steve-jobs-would-do-despite-being-told-not-to #DesertIslandDiscs #Television&radio #Mobilephones #Artanddesign #Smartphones #AppleWatch #Technology #SteveJobs #Computing #Culture #Design #iPhone #Radio4 #Apple #Radio #Media #BBC
iPhone designer still asks: ‘I wonder what Steve Jobs would do?’ – despite being told not to https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/23/iphone-designer-still-asks-i-wonder-what-steve-jobs-would-do-despite-being-told-not-to #DesertIslandDiscs #Television&radio #Mobilephones #Artanddesign #Smartphones #AppleWatch #Technology #SteveJobs #Computing #Culture #Design #iPhone #Radio4 #Apple #Radio #Media #BBC
This date in 1914 was the birth date of Desert Island Discs presenter Roy Plomley. 10 things you might not know about Desert Island Discs:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/01/20-january-desert-island-discs.html
My top eight DFD Winterreise recordings, in no particular order. #desertislanddiscs
I fell in love with #GregoryPeck 's voice many years ago when I first listened to his #DesertIslandDiscs interview. An interview I've regularly listened to since. Enjoy.
(Desert Island Discs has been going on for more than 3/4 of a century now. You should dig in their archives, I mean it.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mw0w
I'm of the opinion that all bands or artists have one good song in them. And quite a lot of them will produce a decent to good first album. But the litmus test is the second one. If that's a good one, chances are they will produce some more good stuff to listen to down the road. Those are the keepers.
So, based on that idea, here's my current top 5 bands, albums and songs I recommend solely based on the fact I like them in the replies.
