tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post113573456040469769..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Would You Like Some Mozart with Your Centerfold?Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136447788101042122006-01-05T02:56:00.000-05:002006-01-05T02:56:00.000-05:00heh heh, it sure does.heh heh, it sure does.Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136429851810245262006-01-04T21:57:00.000-05:002006-01-04T21:57:00.000-05:00although even bigger quotation marks on "found" ar...although even bigger quotation marks on "found" are necessary to write about that hoax. they have had that scull for eons-- only the hipbone from his maternal grandfather is new - and the fact that they conveniently announce it NOW, before the festival (and announce only that they HAVE test results, not what they are) kind-of gives away the answer, doesn't it? :)jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136423779533757852006-01-04T20:16:00.000-05:002006-01-04T20:16:00.000-05:00Okay, well sorry to interrupt your lovely dialogue...Okay, well sorry to interrupt your lovely dialogue here, guys, but did you see the Mozart skull that was "found"? <BR/><BR/>Go see at http://whfropera.blogspot.com/ & follow the link!Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136175278785236202006-01-01T23:14:00.000-05:002006-01-01T23:14:00.000-05:00yeah, well, anonymous 1, i guess i am as good at e...yeah, well, anonymous 1, i guess i am as good at english as tchaikovky was at composition 101. but then i am not a GREAT WRITER... ;-) and besides, i didnt really pour oprobium on good old Luwig van. i only said i dont like him a great deal. there are other things i dont like. chicken, for example. how about you? have you ever come across something you didn't like? (other than my post?)<Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136165401740081292006-01-01T20:30:00.000-05:002006-01-01T20:30:00.000-05:00Don't be an ass where it's not due, anonymous pos(...Don't be an ass where it's not due, anonymous pos(t)er. The true anonymous furia brings wrath upon and hates sloppy content, not sloppy form!<BR/><BR/>" i am 3 minutes into the score, i have already ping-pinged and wham-whamed and toot-tooted, what do i do now?!"<BR/><BR/>Make me laugh more than that sentence did and we will talk again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136163362408082352006-01-01T19:56:00.000-05:002006-01-01T19:56:00.000-05:00May I please suggest that we learn how to compose ...May I please suggest that we learn how to compose coherent, well-structured, grammatically-correct and properly-punctuated sentences before we make such lofty and gradiose attempts at criticizing masterpieces composed by Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky?!!! Indeed, that might make the commentator a more credible critic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136091250583846512005-12-31T23:54:00.000-05:002005-12-31T23:54:00.000-05:00OK, i'll try to explain: all the brahms i have ev...OK, i'll try to explain: all the brahms i have ever heard (and as a result it hasnt been such a great deal) sounded silly and sappy to me. <BR/><BR/>by silly i mean technically embarassing: it is not as hilaroriously hopeless as Tchaikovski's Swan lake whose act one i sometimes listen to for laughs (you can just see Tchaikovski composing it -- with incredible tension on his forehead leaning Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136078389391624972005-12-31T20:19:00.000-05:002005-12-31T20:19:00.000-05:00yes, jfl of the troubled-Verdi-relationship ilk. :...yes, jfl of the troubled-Verdi-relationship ilk. :) although i must warn: i might warm up to Verdi, too. for now only don carlos - of which i just received a recording that has me sign up for this opera (french, 5 acts) wholeheartedly. it won't change my opinion about nabucco, though - don't worry. <BR/><BR/>with brahms, alas, i don't share your tastes. of course, i AM much more frivulous with myjflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136073190596655762005-12-31T18:53:00.000-05:002005-12-31T18:53:00.000-05:00sorry, jfl, i just *assume* everything here is by ...sorry, jfl, i just *assume* everything here is by charles. shdnt jump to conclusions. shd read more carefully. damn.<BR/>well, OK, i take your word for it. if you are the fellow with these really really funny posts on the god-awfulness of Verdi, which we have seen here from time to time, and to which i wholeheartedly subscribe, (and which i have copied to all and sundry several times to Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136046174352606592005-12-31T11:22:00.000-05:002005-12-31T11:22:00.000-05:00charles cannot blamed for this review, i am afraid...charles cannot blamed for this review, i am afraid - he is innocently in michigan and not listening to mrs. Mutter, i am sure. even so, i am not sure how to answer the comment... as i think this is at the bottom a fairly negative review that voices a.) positive surprise, b.) distanced admiration, and c.) suggests exactly what you say: she's not going to be on the top list of most music jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136032500026778022005-12-31T07:35:00.000-05:002005-12-31T07:35:00.000-05:00i dunno, charles. in my book sophie has got to be ...i dunno, charles. in my book sophie has got to be among the most boring and overrated violin players i know! this is often reflected in the quality of the reviews one reads about her -- someone's major point in one review was that she broke 3 strings in the course of one concert. i mean, the playing must not be so great if its interruption is its most memorable aspect? <BR/>best regardsSir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.com