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Post by lindenchase on Jun 28, 2010 11:45:20 GMT
I'm not really sure if this is the same series as mentioned in the thread that nobody started a while ago, that's why I decided to give it a thread of it's own. Hope that's ok. Another chance to appear in an upcoming series presented by James, but unfortunately only blokes are invited:
Grade One male musicians required for James May's new prime time BBC series.
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Auditions will take place and be filmed in Camden on Sat 10th July (day time), and if successful, applicants will be required to rehearse with the orchestra in Central London on Sat 24th July (day time) and perform on either Fri 20th Aug (late afternoon/evening) or Sat 21st Aug. The orchestra will be conducted by James May and will be for James May's Man Lab.Link!I'm sure your hubby/boyfriend/brother would love to take part in this all and for you to tag along.... ;D It does seem to tie in with the new book he's working on.  |
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Post by jacqui on Jun 28, 2010 11:51:05 GMT
Wow how cool  wish he'd do one for women ;D but then again he'd be inundated  ;D Just thought... maybe I could put an ad in the local paper... Wanted. Male who plays an instrument to Grade 1, any instrument considered. Must be willing to be accompanied by desperate female. ;D  |
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Post by nobody on Jun 28, 2010 12:09:43 GMT
This does sound better than the thing I posted. I guess their will be more than one episode and each one will have a different theme, Wonder what the other themes will be?
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Post by jacqui on Jun 28, 2010 12:16:55 GMT
If yours is part of a series encompassing the above then it might not be too bad James is always going on about how men are not real men anymore, not knowing the insides of an engine, being able to put up a shelf etc. and you're right Linden it would tie in with the new book. Mmm lets wait and see PS: My advert will appear in fridays local paper ;D |
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Post by From Afar on Jun 28, 2010 13:17:31 GMT
Can I put on a deep voice, a fake moustache and hide my b**bs and apply myself? Oh wait I don't play and instrument and I am on the wrong continent.... damn it!!!! |
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Post by jacqui on Jun 28, 2010 13:30:56 GMT
even the best orchestra's need a percussion section - you can play the triangle can't you? |
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Post by From Afar on Jun 28, 2010 13:46:46 GMT
even the best orchestra's need a percussion section - you can play the triangle can't you? You'd like to think so wouldn't you..... but you have not seen me with a triangle  if there was a smilie for covering your ears then I'd use that too |
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Post by chariset on Jun 28, 2010 14:01:42 GMT
Nice riff on Hammond's show.
I wonder what Clarkson's would be. Jeremy Clarkson's Hammer Lab?
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Post by dit on Jun 28, 2010 14:53:03 GMT
I'm trying to imagine a whole orchestra playing at Grade One standard. Believe me, if you've never heard a Grade One violinist you've never had your ears scrubbed out with a wire brush whilst simultaneously being hit over the head with a tuning fork. Run for the hills!
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Post by chariset on Jun 28, 2010 15:04:57 GMT
What is a Grade One standard? I'd assumed it was someone at the very top level of expertise but dit's comment is making me think it's one step above beginner
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Post by jacqui on Jun 28, 2010 15:27:44 GMT
What is a Grade One standard? I'd assumed it was someone at the very top level of expertise but dit's comment is making me think it's one step above beginner In this case Grade 1 is the beginning  |
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Post by jacqui on Jun 28, 2010 15:28:49 GMT
I'm trying to imagine a whole orchestra playing at Grade One standard. Believe me, if you've never heard a Grade One violinist you've never had your ears scrubbed our with a wire brush whilst simultaneously being hit over the head with a tuning fork. Run for the hills! I agree Dit but my late Mum would argue (especially in my case) that grade 2 wasn't much better ;D |
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Post by chariset on Jun 28, 2010 15:35:06 GMT
What is a Grade One standard? I'd assumed it was someone at the very top level of expertise but dit's comment is making me think it's one step above beginner In this case Grade 1 is the beginning Well heck, in that case I qualify. Give me some plane tickets, a short wig, and a lot of duct tape and I can abuse a cello for two hours. |
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Post by dit on Jun 28, 2010 16:17:03 GMT
Grade One is where they start you off when you're just beginning to read music. This often happens at about 6 years old, or 11 if you start in high school. It isn't much fun for anyone. Think "Twinkle twinkle little star" being played very slowly and haltingly on a euphonium and that should just about give you the picture!
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Post by eshalda on Jun 28, 2010 21:48:21 GMT
I can't wait to see James conducting his 'orchestra.'
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Post by jacqui on Jun 29, 2010 20:30:17 GMT
I agree eshalda this will be worth watching ;D
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Post by theplaguerat on Jul 13, 2010 15:50:54 GMT
Lol! Grade 1?! Anyone could do that  Ah wish they could take a Grade 6 pianist.... *hint hint* although I'm not a man |
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Post by flyslip on Jul 13, 2010 16:31:22 GMT
Grade 1. Maybe anyone COULD, but not everyone HAS. (I say that as a musician of some usefulness, but cursed with parents with less than uselessness... just saying.) I agree with eschalda and jacqui, this will be worth tuning into (well hey, it has James, so that's a no-brainer.) But seriously, I'd tune into this just to see where it went... not just to drool over James... |
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Post by lindenchase on Jul 14, 2010 9:55:07 GMT
Looks like the press release is out. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/top-gear-may-wants-to-be-a-real-man-14875933.html#Top Gear May wants to be a real man
Top Gear presenter James May is undertaking a TV quest to turn him into more of a 'real man'
enlarge He already presents one of television's most testosterone-fuelled shows, but now James May is undertaking a TV quest to turn him into more of a "real man", it has been announced.
The long-haired Top Gear presenter, who has confessed to a love of toys and floral shirts, will enlist other lost souls for a new BBC2 series to test their manliness and brush up traditional skills.
James May's Man Lab is part of the channel's autumn and winter season, launched on Wednesday.
May's new entertainment show will see him embark on a course of tests designed to teach men the skills and knowledge possessed by their male ancestors.
Among the skills he will learn will be how to "woo a lady" and how to defuse a bomb.
May said: "Modern Man is in crisis. He has degenerated from the redoubtable pillar he became through centuries of refinement and slipped resignedly into the popular depiction of himself as a witless under-achiever, incapable of looking after himself or those around him. Man Lab is designed to reverse the rot." |
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Post by From Afar on Jul 14, 2010 10:23:14 GMT
Among the skills he will learn will be how to "woo a lady" I'm sure the ladies here would agree he's got that skill down to a fine art already ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 11:03:52 GMT
Among the skills he will learn will be how to "woo a lady" I'm sure the ladies here would agree he's got that skill down to a fine art already ;D All he has to do is say "Hello". In his own words, "You have to start with hello..." |
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Post by nobody on Jul 14, 2010 11:10:49 GMT
I wonder who will be the lucky lady.
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Post by From Afar on Jul 14, 2010 11:13:22 GMT
I wonder who will be the lucky lady. ME!!! ME!!!! ME!!!!! |
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Post by theplaguerat on Jul 14, 2010 13:22:21 GMT
Now I'll audition for that role |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 14, 2010 13:53:31 GMT
I shall be glued to my television for the wooing episode!! ;D ;D Although I agree that he already has that skill down pat! And that was the best photo they could find for their article?? |
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Post by flyslip on Jul 14, 2010 14:13:46 GMT
And that was the best photo they could find for their article?? I know, right?   ;D He nearly has me beat in the "bedhead" stakes there... (eh, if anyone wants me, I'll be curled up with a bottle of vodka and a large bucket of ibuprofen in the far edge of the Naughty Corner... feeling the way I do, the James May Hospital might be a better place for me physically, but with thoughts like the one that went through my brain after typing "James" and "bedhead", well, the NC is the only decent place for me to go!... just kick me awake if you need me. ) |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 14, 2010 14:35:16 GMT
And that was the best photo they could find for their article?? I know, right? ;D He nearly has me beat in the "bedhead" stakes there... (eh, if anyone wants me, I'll be curled up with a bottle of vodka and a large bucket of ibuprofen in the far edge of the Naughty Corner... feeling the way I do, the James May Hospital might be a better place for me physically, but with thoughts like the one that went through my brain after typing "James" and "bedhead", well, the NC is the only decent place for me to go!... just kick me awake if you need me. ) You may not be aware yet, but the NC is a well stocked place. At the far end of the room, there is a refrigerator behind one of the pillowed panels. It is kept full of all the necessities one needs in the NC. Especially cheesecake! I'm sure you can find something to go with your ibuprofen and vodka. Hope you're feeling better soon. * hugs* |
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Post by dit on Jul 15, 2010 6:17:55 GMT
What I find amusing is that, of all the TG3, I would say that James is the the one who already is a "real man". He's the one who knows how to roll his sleeves up and get stuck in, and is brave in a very 'British' way and capable of hard physical work.
Or am I just biased?
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Post by flyslip on Jul 15, 2010 7:05:00 GMT
If you're biased, I daresay you're not the only one on this board, dit. But no, actually, you put my own amusement at this show's premise, into words quite nicely, there. I suppose there's nothing like being secure in your own "blokeyness" to be able to host a show like this... and if James' influence rubs off on the next generation of men, well, that can only be a good thing, right? |
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Post by jacqui on Jul 20, 2010 16:11:06 GMT
What I find amusing is that, of all the TG3, I would say that James is the the one who already is a "real man". He's the one who knows how to roll his sleeves up and get stuck in, and is brave in a very 'British' way and capable of hard physical work. Or am I just biased? No Dit... you describe our beloved James perfectly a real man  |
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wish he'd do one for women ;D but then again he'd be inundated 
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
if there was a smilie for covering your ears then I'd use that too
;D He nearly has me beat in the "bedhead" stakes there...