What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.

You're welcome to call psychology "twaddle" - that's your problem.

So do tell us what have you done in your own life that raises you
above the level of "twaddle"?

You seem to think you're "above" all this and no doubt inside your own
head you feel superior. Do you have any concrete evidence of your
superior thinking or is it just a self gratifying perception?

Andy

On 27/04/2010 08:06, Andy Evans wrote:
What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.


Have you written any peer reviewed material at all?

Rob

On 27 Apr, 08:35, Rob wrote:
On 27/04/2010 08:06, Andy Evans wrote:





What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.

Have you written any peer reviewed material at all?

Rob

The whole MA course I wrote and teach is constantly reviewed by
academics and external advisers - that's the nature of modern academic
courses.
Out of interest, have you asked yourself why peer reviewed material
should be the only form of writing that qualifies for respect, or did
you have something else in mind?

andy

On 27 Apr, 08:41, Andy Evans wrote:
On 27 Apr, 08:35, Rob wrote:





On 27/04/2010 08:06, Andy Evans wrote:

What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it.. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.

Have you written any peer reviewed material at all?

Rob

The whole MA course I wrote and teach is constantly reviewed by
academics and external advisers - that's the nature of modern academic
courses.
Out of interest, have you asked yourself why peer reviewed material
should be the only form of writing that qualifies for respect, or did
you have something else in mind?

andy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...owViewpoints=1

The above gives you some idea of what I write. I have several articles
that are peer reviewed, and speeches at International Conferences are
routinely peer reviewed both in choosing them and in writing up the
proceedings. One of my earlier books was reviewed in the Independent
on Sunday by Anthony Storr, who in his particular field was one of the
most important authors and psychologists of his generation - an
awesome mind and a lovely guy who I had the honour of collaborating
with on a BBC "Science Now" programme. He wrote as follows -

“Evans not only gives excellent advice on how to cope with emotional
stress, but also guidance about planning and promoting the musician’s
career. This is a self-help book packed with information and full of
perceptive, non-doctrinaire psychological guidance. Every musician,
from schoolchild learner to established virtuoso, should find it
valuable.”

Andy

The joys of anti-culturalism -

Basil: Manuel!
Manuel: Sí, señor?
Basil: There is too much butter on those trays.
Manuel: Qué?
Sybil: You would've had them both done by now if you hadn't spent the
whole morning skulking in there listening to that racket.
Basil: Racket?! That's Brahms! Brahms' Third Racket!

(Fawlty Towers "A Touch of Class")

On 27/04/2010 09:12, Andy Evans wrote:
On 27 Apr, 08:41, Andy wrote:
On 27 Apr, 08:35, wrote:





On 27/04/2010 08:06, Andy Evans wrote:

What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.

Have you written any peer reviewed material at all?

Rob

The whole MA course I wrote and teach is constantly reviewed by
academics and external advisers - that's the nature of modern academic
courses.

Yep, quite familiar with quality processes. I've never written an entire
MA (180 L7 credits! Hat off), students feed back as well, of course.

Out of interest, have you asked yourself why peer reviewed material
should be the only form of writing that qualifies for respect, or did
you have something else in mind?

andy


Peer review and citation index are quick/cruel estimates I use to get me
in the ballpark. I'm not saying (by the way) that the ballpark matters.
I couldn't see your name in either, which set me thinking, to which you
answer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...owViewpoints=1

The above gives you some idea of what I write.

You write your own reviews? :-) Amazon reviews are another estimate, but
not one that I'd rely on. I know of one example of academic literature
where the reviewers are sympathetic mates. Shame, becasue i rate the
material.

I have several articles
that are peer reviewed,

Ah, OK - it's just they don't come up on a quick litsearch - unless
you're A K Evans?

and speeches at International Conferences are
routinely peer reviewed both in choosing them and in writing up the
proceedings. One of my earlier books was reviewed in the Independent
on Sunday by Anthony Storr, who in his particular field was one of the
most important authors and psychologists of his generation - an
awesome mind and a lovely guy who I had the honour of collaborating
with on a BBC "Science Now" programme. He wrote as follows -

“Evans not only gives excellent advice on how to cope with emotional
stress, but also guidance about planning and promoting the musician’s
career. This is a self-help book packed with information and full of
perceptive, non-doctrinaire psychological guidance. Every musician,
from schoolchild learner to established virtuoso, should find it
valuable.”


Well done, nice review extract.

Rob

Hi Rob,

You sound like an academic, so I hope you're not affected by the
savage cuts that are rampaging through the system. I can't think of
any other time when crisis meetings occur almost weekly. In fact I
think I spend as much time sitting in rooms with fellow lecturers as I
do sitting in rooms with students in. I think there's a backlash
developing since meetings tend to be put off two or three times
because lecturers simply inform the management they are teaching/
cutting their toeneails/washing their hair at that particular time.

I should point out that I'm not an experimental psychologist, so I
largely evade being peer reviewed. That's another circuit. I
specialise in helping performers with a variety of health issues and
training other people (practitioners, teachers) to do the same. So
it's a heavily people-oriented thing. You do get your name in the
textbooks when you carry out experimental psychology so it's a career
building advantage, but set against that I get more out of seeing and
talking to people, particularly when they are so interesting as a
group. I'm more the GP than the brain surgeon. In fact my brother's a
GP.

What's your academic involvement yourself?

Andy

On 27 Apr, 08:41, Andy *wrote:
On 27 Apr, 08:35, *wrote:

On 27/04/2010 08:06, Andy Evans wrote:

What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a tube, a
bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to call it. Nine
times out of ten they never even begin to think about "why" it's called what
it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you certainly do
seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some
point in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology
at MA level at one of the London universities, I have published 4
books on psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80
times on TV and Radio talking about various aspects of performance and
media psychology, including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected
in my particular field.

Have you written any peer reviewed material at all?

Rob

The whole MA course I wrote and teach is constantly reviewed by
academics and external advisers - that's the nature of modern academic
courses.

Yep, quite familiar with quality processes. I've never written an entire
MA (180 L7 credits! Hat off), students feed back as well, of course.

Out of interest, have you asked yourself why peer reviewed material
should be the only form of writing that qualifies for respect, or did
you have something else in mind?

andy

Peer review and citation index are quick/cruel estimates I use to get me
in the ballpark. I'm not saying (by the way) that the ballpark matters.
I couldn't see your name in either, which set me thinking, to which you
answer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...dp_top_cm_cr_a....

The above gives you some idea of what I write.

You write your own reviews? :-) Amazon reviews are another estimate, but
not one that I'd rely on. I know of one example of academic literature
where the reviewers are sympathetic mates. Shame, becasue i rate the
material.

* I have several articles

that are peer reviewed,

Ah, OK - it's just they don't come up on a quick litsearch - unless
you're A K Evans?

* and speeches at International Conferences are

routinely peer reviewed both in choosing them and in writing up the
proceedings. One of my earlier books was reviewed in the Independent
on Sunday by Anthony Storr, who in his particular field was one of the
most important authors and psychologists of his generation - an
awesome mind and a lovely guy who I had the honour of collaborating
with on a BBC "Science Now" programme. He wrote as follows -

�Evans not only gives excellent advice on how to cope with emotional
stress, but also guidance about planning and promoting the musician�s
career. This is a self-help book packed with information and full of
perceptive, non-doctrinaire psychological guidance. Every musician,
from schoolchild learner to established virtuoso, should find it
valuable.�

Well done, nice review extract.

Rob

Hello again,

Here's the revised stock list for sale - I've had quite a few buyers
already. Andy

10 14 New in box
10 34 test good
10 7 test OK
10 2 VT25A
24 16 ST
26 37 ST
26 24 GLOBE
30 50 ST
30 16 GLOBE
31 49 ST
31 9 GLOBE
40 3
45 1
46 48 ST
46 4 Globe
49 7
112 7
807 24
813 1 Plus more uncounted
843 1
1624 35
1626 8
5676 180
6922 2
8532 15
01A 15 ST
01A 33 GLOBE
01AA 2
01B 1 GLOBE
112A 13 ST
112A 17 GLOBE
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12B4A 20
12SL7 2
12SN7 4
1E4G 15
1G4G 23
1G4GT 60
1H4G 15
1J6 34
2E22 26 NEOTRON
2E22 3 HK
2E22 3 TUNGSOL
30sp/VT-67 63
35T 3
37A 1
3A5 76
3B7 15
483/183 2
6528A 6
6AH4 25
6BK7 1
6EW7 9
6N1P 9
6N30 2
6N6 2
6P5G 2
6S4A 133
6SL7 6
6SN7 8 Some black glass
6SN7 8 BRIMAR NIB
7193/2C22 23
801/VT-62 7
C3M 2
D3A 2
E80CC 2
ECC40 4
ECC83/12AX7 27
ECC83/12AX7 10 Mullard
ECC99 1
EF86 1
EL34 7
EL84 10
RE? 2
RE? A408 1
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RE074 5
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Rectifiers etc.
80 1
480 1
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5R4GY 1
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5Y3 1
5Z4 1
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GZ33 53KU 5 Mullard in box
GZ34 2
GZ34 2 Mullard in box
GZ37 1
PY82 4
RGN1054 1 MESH

On 28/04/2010 09:12, Andy Evans wrote:
Hi Rob,

You sound like an academic, so I hope you're not affected by the
savage cuts that are rampaging through the system. I can't think of
any other time when crisis meetings occur almost weekly. In fact I
think I spend as much time sitting in rooms with fellow lecturers as I
do sitting in rooms with students in. I think there's a backlash
developing since meetings tend to be put off two or three times
because lecturers simply inform the management they are teaching/
cutting their toeneails/washing their hair at that particular time.


Ever thus :-)

I teach at Sheffield Hallam, and there's a curious 'austerity'
programme. I think this crunch has been used as an excuse, and has
helped fuel a lot of what managers have been trying to do for a while -
simplify their portfolio and deliver a few solid cash cows that they can
understand and control.

I should point out that I'm not an experimental psychologist, so I
largely evade being peer reviewed. That's another circuit. I
specialise in helping performers with a variety of health issues and
training other people (practitioners, teachers) to do the same. So
it's a heavily people-oriented thing. You do get your name in the
textbooks when you carry out experimental psychology so it's a career
building advantage, but set against that I get more out of seeing and
talking to people, particularly when they are so interesting as a
group. I'm more the GP than the brain surgeon. In fact my brother's a
GP.


I don't know your field, but I'd imagine you could put out a few
theoretical/practitioner based papers. I can guess any of a number of
reasons why you don't - it certainly creates a lot of pressure at my place.

What's your academic involvement yourself?


Almost all teaching and admin, although I still go to conferences and
deliver papers. Also an external at Middlesex :-) I mean to get
something written over the summer, but we'll see, depends on the weather
etc.

Rob

In article
,
Andy
Evans wrote:
What a load of irelevant cobblers! People call this thing a valve, a
tube, a bottle, or whatever, because that's what they were taught to
call it. Nine times out of ten they never even begin to think about
"why" it's called what it's called.

After the complete load of twaddle that was your last post you
certainly do seem to have a knack for talking total bull****. :-)

David.

David - it's called "psychology". You may have heard of it at some point
in your life. I'm a psychologist, I teach Performance Psychology at MA
level at one of the London universities, I have published 4 books on
psychology, two being textbooks. I have appeared over 80 times on TV and
Radio talking about various aspects of performance and media psychology,
including several appearances on the BBC News.

It should be fairly obvious to you that I'm well known and respected in
my particular field.

You're welcome to call psychology "twaddle" - that's your problem.

What I find curious about the above is that you have essentially shifted
responsibility for what you wrote away from being your own personal opinion
onto it being an established view in "psychology". Hence trying to deflect
any criticism of what you wrote onto a criticism of "psychology".

TBH I am less than convinced that all of what you wrote was *not* "twaddle"
just because you implicitly claim it is the established view of all
"psychologists". So far as I could tell it looks like the kind of jagonised
theorising that groups of people put up to cloud their lack of genuine
understanding. But of course I'm not a card-carrying "psychologist" so you
can easily dismiss my views. :-)

Rather than try to hide behind the equivalents of saying "people who wear
white coats and have diplomas on the wall all say the same" I'd have
thought it more convincing of you could have actually defended what you
said in terms of relevant evidence.

BTW I also have published many books and articles, have degrees, and have
been on the radio. Yet for some reason I don't think you have accepted all
the things I've written here in the past on electronics and audio. ;-

Above said, I would not have described what you wrote as "twaddle". The
phrase that sprang to my mind included the terms "jargon" and "waffle"...
This isn't my argument, though, so I'll leave you to David. 8-]

Slainte,

Jim

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