Links to things discussed in the podcast:īook: 'How To Spend A Trillion Dollars' by Rowan HooperĬlimate Music Blowout, London, 17 October 2021 - tickets They put on festivals including the beautiful music, art and wellness festival Wilderness, being held in Oxfordshire in August 4-7 2022.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN SERIES
Sounds Like A Plan series 2 is supported by Festival Republic. He also shares his thoughts on climate "hypocrisy", how art can help steer the perception of the climate issue and how he believes we should be talking about the emergency in terms of "opportunity". Hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane joined Brian in a cupboard (explained in the podcast) at his west London studio to hear about how the project aims to accelerate action on climate, while also hearing Eno's thoughts on the steps being taken by his peers including Coldplay, U2, Billie Eilish and others. In spring 2021 Eno co-founded EarthPercent an organisation designed to help direct funds from the music industry towards some of the the most effective climate causes. Sophie can’t make it at seven so we’re meeting a bit later.įinally, when all the arrangements are made, you might finish the conversation with the following:Ī: So, see you next Wednesday at the restaurant.A legendary artist, and one of the music world's great thinkers - Brian Eno is our first guest on series 2 of Sounds Like A Plan. There’s been a change of plan for this Thursday. If a few friends have planned to meet and you need to tell someone that the arrangements have changed, you can start to explain by saying: ‘There’s been a change of plan’ : If you arranged a date and place to meet before but now want to make certain that the friend is still able to come, you might say, ‘Are you still okay for this Thursday/Saturday, etc?’ If you are now not able to meet because you have to do something else, you might explain, ‘I’m afraid something has come up and I won’t be able to make it this Thursday.’ Okay, let’s pencil Tuesday the 8th for dinner and I’ll call you nearer the time to confirm. In this case, you might say, ‘Let’s pencil in next Wednesday.’ (The idea here is that you can remove these words more easily than those written in pen.) You might add that you will speak or be in touch ‘nearer the time’ to make the arrangement certain: Sometimes we arrange something for now, knowing that we may have to change the arrangement at a later time.
At this point, people sometimes use the slightly informal phrase ‘Does that sound like a plan?’:Ī: So, Tuesday, eight o’clock, at Charlie’s. If you both discuss a few different dates, and decide on one, you might say, ‘Okay, let’s make it Friday, then.’ Or simply, ‘Okay, let’s say Friday, then.’ You may then want to repeat the arrangements in order to make sure they are correct. Is that any good?’ If your friend can’t do a particular date, you might say, ‘ How about Sunday? Does that work better?’ If you can’t meet your friend on that day because you have already arranged to do something, you might say (UK) ‘I have something on that evening.’ or (US) ‘I have something going on.’ Or you may simply say, ‘ I’m afraid I’m busy that evening.’ If you want to suggest a different time when you are free, you can say ‘I could do Friday evening. You can ask the same question with the slightly more informal phrases, ‘Does next Thursday work for you?’ or ‘ How are you fixed for next Thursday?’
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN FREE
You might say ‘Are you free next Thursday?’ or ‘Is next Thursday any good for you?’.
You will probably start by trying to find a time when you and a friend are both free. This week we’re looking at the sort of things we say to our friends when we are planning to do something together – the words and phrases that we naturally use when we are looking at our calendars and fixing a time and a place to do something.
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