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ms55401

Trad climber

minneapolis, mn

Aug 25, 2014 - 08:32pm PT

I have to say, though, Gene totally owns her in this one, IMO. She let it get personal and broke down. The guy may be an ass, but I also would like to have heard more about him and his perspectives and less about how offended TG was.

yeah. Gene Simmons was just a fat Jewish kid doing his shtick, and Gross got huffy and began asking loaded questions.

it's on youtube

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 26, 2014 - 10:41am PT

I would love to hear her interview Dingus McGee! She would know things about him that he had no idea of...

She would bring out what a fascinating person, accomplished in many disparate fields he is! Something that I do t think comes across here, on the Taco very well.

I'd pay money to hear her just have him take her on a tour of his Van! You wouldn't believe whats going on in there!!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Aug 26, 2014 - 10:55am PT

She may not be as overrated as Dr Sprock seems to think, but she does like
soft pitch ball. She's no Dick Cavett or Steve Allen. That said I do
enjoy her more often than not. I'm gonna listen to the Gene Simmons one
as I can totally seem him owning her. He might be an ass but he's no dummie.

rockermike

Trad climber

Berkeley

Aug 26, 2014 - 12:05pm PT

I had heard 'about' the Gene Simons interview but had never previously actually heard it. That guy has got to be one of the most creepy individuals ever to walk on the this earth. He ought to be euthanized...and all his women too to make sure the seed doesn't spread. lol

As to Terry, I like her. To my mind her touch is precisely that she isn't confrontational and yet can ask rather pointed questions without putting the guest on the defensive. She comes across - generally - as an interested friend rather than the inquisition trying to find dirt.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 26, 2014 - 12:27pm PT

TG: "Dingus may I call you Dingus?"
DM: People call me many things Terry...
TG:Okaythen, Dingus, it has been said that you lived in Teepee for several years, and that you paid rent of a dollar each year
DM: You can never pay the same rent twice Terry
TG: um, okay? That brings up another question, you have said many times ( if that's possible) in many situations that you can " Never cross the same river twice"
DM: Act-ually, you can't even cross the same river once...
TG: and yet upon giving directions to Reese Mountain, you tell people that you cross the creek at least four times, sometimes as many as six or seven on a wet year. How is that possible?
DM: we'll terry that's just practical shorthand, in point of fact at each crossing you are not the same person, and the water is not the same as you crossed before, but the creek is in large part the water so you aren't crossing the same creek technically, but I do want people to find their way to the crag....
TG: can we talk about you winches? Oof!
DM: oh don't mind Lute he just wants you to throw that handball so he can chase it.
TG: here, in this tiny room?
DM: sure, it never hits the same thing twice
TG: we'll okay?

. I'm gonna listen to the Gene Simmons one
as I can totally seem him owning her. He might be an ass but he's no dummie.

Obviously you haven't heard the interview! Wherein he shows clearly that not only Is he an Ass, but the dumbest of the dummies. If he hadn't beaten the misfits to clown makeup we would never have heard of him

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Aug 26, 2014 - 01:31pm PT

Wow, my fist successful troll, and leave it to me to be sincere! Does it still count?

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Aug 26, 2014 - 01:59pm PT

Jaybro, HaHaHa! Watch Henry Rollins' interview with Gene Simmons and you'll
see a good interview by someone who didn't want to talk about makeup for 20 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-aPxV5vtE

TradEddie

Trad climber

Philadelphia, PA

Aug 26, 2014 - 02:13pm PT

I nearly crashed my car listening to that Gene Simmons interview!
My last job involved a one-hour commute each way, filled almost every day with NPR, those days when I left in time for Fresh Air were the best. My current job now involves a 30 second commute to my home office, so much less NPR, and much less of Terry. I accept that her inflection is weird, but where else can you hear long interesting conversational interviews like that? Perhaps she doesn't deserve all the credit, NPR is simply the only outlet for this format.

There's a climb in RRG called "I heard it on NPR", which was named following a great weekend meeting new climbing friends from many disparate walks of life, but the common feature of all the campfire discussions was not climbing, all the best conversations started with "I heard on NPR...".

TE

Dingus McGee

Social climber

Laramie

Aug 26, 2014 - 04:04pm PT

Jaybro,

Well Terry, you choose your GPS points the same and still get to a different locations but we all meet up on Reese Summit somehow. You cannot cross the same river once but ya can have the same numbers, get it???

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 26, 2014 - 04:29pm PT

That's the suff Dingus! It would clearly go over the heads of the listening public. They call it a bicameral mind, but most people cant process one thought on one channel let alone multitask.

Ms Gross though would be with you asking the next question based on that input; it's all trolling....

Dingus McGee

Social climber

Laramie

Aug 26, 2014 - 04:33pm PT

Terry Grose interviews Jammer

;intro skipped boring for Terry
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Jammer, Bob Scarpelli said real men don't spread their Legs. I see you claimed to the Brits that you boulder V12 but seemed not to have enough leg spread to do the problem as a simple big spread. If V0 is for real men how real are you at V12?

Jammer: I am more interested in talking about my last blow Job.

Terry: Oh, I am sorry we are out of time on this session.

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..

.next session

Terry: Will it be okay if I just can call you "Jam"? We are running tight on time, Sweetie. Oh, Sorry, I am getting hungary. What are your three favorite climbs at the VU?

Jam: Yes MaM, They would be Spectre MaM, Soft Parade and Strong Love. I have done 'em a lot.

Terry: Jam, I see you made this post 3 times on Mt Project about ratings at the VU:

A worthy note regarding the grade of this route is it was originally done without sticky rubber using by today's standards clunky toed shoes. This is likely why this feels relatively soft compared to hand/fist cracks and OWs at the same grade at Vedauwoo by today's standards.

and the comment was in reference to the routes// Soft Parade, Spectre Man and Strong Love.

Jam: I try to make sense to everyone but I am having a hard time with you, MS Gross.

Terry: Jam, that is okay a lot of men fall for my soft spoken manner. So Jam, can we talk about that Blow Job? It seems you like repetition and feel relatively soft about Scarpelli's ratings which have stood the test of time. Have you ever had a fist sandwitch from Bob? Aren't ratings at the VU sand bagged and yet you say soft? Jam, skip that question the audience wants to hear about you and Pamela, the offwidth queen, may we pry?
//

Jam: Sex at Noon Taxes.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 27, 2014 - 12:17pm PT

I confess, I did spread my legs for bob Scarpelli.
-that was the only way I kept him from stuffing me in that garbage can!

-True Story!

Edit re gene simmons

I just listened to the Rollins interview and the Terry Gross back to back. The difference was that Rollins for all the bravado and shouting, that is his trademark, totally softballed the interview. It sounded to me like every question was one Simmons wrote himself, ones that he had prepared answers for. He was annoyed with terry gross for asking him questions he didn't want to have to think about, instead of answering her he just went for a juvenile snarky response, to get a reaction, sometimes it worked, and most times was just tedious. which is kinda the whole Kiss shtick, that hides the fact that they wore lame make up etc to take attention away from their generic "rock" and completely forgettable lyrics. Does anyone know a kiss song besides the party all night one?

Inspite of that, she did get some answers from him, and got him to actually divulge some things. Unlike the other interview where Rollins just let him babble and patted him on the back.

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Nov 27, 2014 - 09:05am PT

With threads on SNAGs and punk music etc, I thought I would stick my head above the trench again and post another compliment to Terry/Fresh-Air. I loved the interview with Ray Davies of the Kinks (Wednesday Nov 26). Among other things, he was promoting the release of the 5 disk set: Kinks The Anthology 1964 - 1971. It was good to be reminded how interesting I found the Kinks, and I still like their music. My never-into-punk-too-into-Beatles-harmony wife liked the interview and was interested in Davies, but she still doesn't like the Kinks' music. Oh well.

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/26/366813240/naive-yet-revolutionary-ray-davies-on-50-years-of-the-kinks

http://www.modculture.co.uk/coming-soon-the-kinks-the-anthology-1964-1971-five-disc-box-set/

Ken M

Mountain climber

Los Angeles, Ca

Nov 27, 2014 - 11:03am PT

I was amazed by her Ray Davies interview. I think HE was amazed, also. She took him in directions that clearly surprised him, and her level of preparation was just great.

She did a great job of breaking down his defensiveness, with her friendliness and knowledge, and clear enjoyment of his music. She converted him into a guy sharing stories and background with a friend, and ended up with a complex and in-depth understanding of the man.

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Nov 28, 2014 - 09:42am PT

^^^Nicely written Ken. I was searching for something like that.

Elcapinyoazz

Social climber

Joshua Tree

Nov 28, 2014 - 10:10am PT

There is a woman named Robin Young (??) hosting on a current NPR show "Here and Now". She sounds like a slightly younger Ms. Gross. Her voice and inflection are uncannily similar.

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Oct 21, 2015 - 07:34pm PT

OK, another good one by Terry. Tonight she's interviewing Iris Dement. That's why I more than just like Terry: where else am I going hear that here in Seattle? Anyway Iris singing "Our Town" had the humans in this house in tears.

I just adore Iris, but it was an awesomely interesting interview. My Wee Wifey says Terry is not familiar with Iris's work, but Iris talked about stuff I haven't heard before. Her relationship with the Pentecostal Church and her learning of her ability to write songs.

And Terry's interviewing Sarah Silverman tomorrow!