[paraphrased, in duplicate, what was written by another person 2 years ago] I am curious: why do you make posts like this? What is the point of resurrecting old threads simply to paraphrase something that somebody else wrote, often many years ago (this particular example is one of the more recent t...

... 'fantastique' coming through the speakers. the symphony was not too bad, but as is often the case, especially with classical music, maybe needs repeated listening before one can appreciate it properly. i also read about it on wikipedia... That's nice that you listened to the Symphonie Fantastiq...

Geoffrey wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:52 am ...below some books. not meant to impress; to show that i truly do have this interest

My goodness, that is quite the P.B. Shelley library you have there! Nice!

Well, these types of lists must be 'flavour of the month' :) If I remember rightly, at least one of the songs mentioned is a certain forum member's album favourite ;-) Oh, yay, another list! Not sure if I am the forum member you are thinking of, but I resemble that remark regarding Ballad of the Ab...

... if i stopped a million random people in the street and asked them what they knew about berlioz's 'march to the scaffold' i would be astounded if even a single one of them could supply any info... it would not surprise me if you also had knowledge of shelley's 'tanyrallt assailant', as it is cal...

...of berlioz's life and work know next to nothing... Berlioz was quite a character! A good place to start in his music is his "Symphonie Fantastique" -- it is one of his most famous pieces, which is very enjoyable, and comes complete with its own semi-autobiographical story! It is an ins...

...as for shelley, he too had a guitar. never played it though, simply gave it to an appreciative girlfriend. we will never know for sure, but part of paganini's ' allegro maestoso ' (1st concerto) could possibly have inspired leonard cohen to write a couple of sentences in one of his novels... in ...

...paganini... I have undoubtedly mentioned this before in coversations about Paganini, but I shall mention it again, because I think that it is interesting: in addition to being a virtuouso violinist and writing a lot of violin music, for which he is most famous, Paganini was also an exceptional c...

It was not a brush off. Yes, there are multiple issues here. One of which is how indigenous people accept new members as full members with full rights and privileges. I hope you can see the options with which others are more open to accepting new family members. The Massachusetts Historical Society...

...It's very important to remember that she was accepted by the indigenous community. I suppose that it is also very important to remember that, from the beginning of Buffy's career, she told everyone that she was Indigenous -- complete with a personal history that was entirely fabricated -- and th...

my goodness, that is more than amazing! lino cutting is something i have yet to try, so i looked at one or two youtube videos to see exactly how it's done. the ones i saw were just black and white, but your finished product has brilliant colours! i note the varying shades, like on the five sprigs(?...

...card illustration... Love the little happy faces on the flowers -- very cute and cheerful! -- I hope it made someone's day! To celebrate the Spring weather we've been having (10 degrees celcius, almost unheard of for February in these parts), I made this mixed-media picture: a linocut print (I'v...

...p.s. Don't you just love the way all journalists generalise? ;-) Ha-ha! Of course, to avoid making unjustified generalisations (mind you, one could argue that most generalisations are unjustified), a person merely has to say, "many, most, some, a lot, quite a few", or even better, &quo...

Underrated by whom? :roll: Regardless, I think that "underrated" is a poor choice of word for this article's title, for it implies that people know of the thing in question and do not rate it highly. However, the author of this condescending piece of drivel provides no evidence to support ...

absolutely fantastic, both your picture and the interesting article. i am not sure if this is three different poses of the same chickadee or if it portrays three different chickadees. the one on the right is recognisable as the little fellow that perched on your finger, but they all look so lovely,...