What English Listeners Think

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 25, 4 January 1929, Page 2

What English Listeners Think

Pexstracés from the Mailbag of "Radio Times"

HE following ate short pithy extracts from the "Radio Times," Which in Bngland fulfils the Same function as outsélves = The grumbler is the "outward and visible sign" of that divine. discontent that has beén the motive power behind the world’s progress throughout the ages. I am sure there are grumblers at Savoy Hill. Hven the Chief Engineer, on those all too rare occasions when he "comes on the air," has a grumble that things aren’t to his liking, but he intends to keep plodding on. I am also equally sure that the grumbler has been one of the best friends of the officials of the B.B.C. «the pointer that shows the way-

J. A.

C.

Rotherham.

Go on! Pat yourselves on the back. tt is easier, I should say, to 20 through the eye of a needle than to #et a letter criticising the B.B.C. on to your letter-page, or any redsonable Dronosal suggested by a listener adopt-

éd by vour organisation.-

B. R.

D.

Oxford.

t will be interesting to read a reufoned justification of wireless by any listener. I can find in it nothing more than an added disturbance to the tranquillity of life. Forgive candout.

P.

T.

Beaconsfield,

What They Think of Jazz, HY not let jazz alone? It is all right in the right place. It is all wrong in the wrong place. To hear nothing but jazz is like eating nothing but jam. The former is 4s bad for the ears as the latter is for the stomach. Season your meal with & little of everything, and you won’t get "colly-wobbles" }-+"All-Rounder,." ‘Sir Henry hates jaza and is proud of

it TIT hate Bach and am protd of it,

too. I expect wé’re both fools !-

S.

F.

J.

HarWich:

I have a@ canary whose case hangs in my drawing-room, wheré the wireless set is, and hé also accompanies lustily both the musicians and singers, especi-+ ally the lady singers. I have noticed, however, that when jazz is played he immediately shuts up and is silent for

the duration.-

G.W.

G.

Having regard to the large number of indifferent dance orchestras and ils literate American vottilists who are all engaged in making this a brighter and better land, it should be easy to rtin a complete twenty-four hours ‘service of dance music only, so that enthusiasts need never waste their tithe on less important matters. Jazz music also has this advantage that you get a different effect by playing it backwards or sideways, without in any way spoiling the tune-‘Tango Twins," Dorchester.

Jdeal Programme. "THE ideal way to enjoy broadcasting is to listen only to thosé items which you know will hold your attention. On purchasing ‘The Radio Times," try marking in blue pencil those items you are able and wish to hear, and in ordinary pencil those which may appeal to you and in which you should take an intelligent interest. With this method you are never bored and can add considerably to your store of knowledge. Should it appear to be a ‘dud week,’ don’t fuss. It’s better to listen to one item with all your attention rather than to a dozen with your mind wandering: besides, the balance at the end of the year will be well in your favour--the law of nverages and the selection committee

will see to that."-

J.L.

T.

, Tufnell Park,

N.7