He is a sharp listener, in part because of his legal training, in part because he is eternally curious, in part because he likes to save up the funny parts for later.
So please put forward your songs in comments below, and optionally in the Spotify list to that that super-sharp listener, sonofwebcore, who is returning to put on the guru's headphones.
Scratch bands don't come finer than this (sharp-eyed listeners will have spotted principals from the LSO, LPO and Philharmonia), or local festivals more ambitious than Sydenham Music.
Patten has a passion for public service, the encouraging charm of a good listener, a sharp, humane eye and a clever, particular mind.
The idea that it was designed by the filter of Ms. Gordon's ears — she is a sharp and judicious listener — helped to make it cohere conceptually without wilting.
So, apart from hearing local AM and FM with pin-sharp digital reception, listeners can also get stock quotes, news headlines, weather forecasts, or movie times on a display fitted in their car's dashboard.
Supergrass's psychedelia, like the Beatles', grades into the baroque; it is intrinsic, textural, symphonic -- an accumulation of sonic details, bristling beneath unusual melodies, that reward solitary listeners with sharp ears and a good set of headphones.
Their music sounded gorgeously sharp, modern and strange, reminding listeners of 1980s synth pop, shoegazing, the 90s electronica of Warp records and the likes of Stereolab, Broadcast and Air.
With Johnny Mandel and William Ross drafted in to score the arrangements, the result is a series of lushly orchestrated versions of songs such as "In The Wee Small Hours" and "If You Go Away" – impeccably delivered, but never approaching the kind of revelatory interpretations that might cause a sharp intake of breath among listeners.
In the past couple of years, the company's radio unit has struggled amid a sharp decline in advertising as listeners opt for commercial-free options of prerecorded or satellite broadcasters.
