Ah Lisa, one guess tells me that the motivation for listening to that opera wouldn’t have anything to do with your favourite classical composer, now would it ;-) ... I suppose that may have had something to do with it! 8) Thanks for the link to Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage" -- I hadn't heard my ...

Hello, Micha! Yes, I often find your jokes to be predicated with salted dill, rather like some potato chips ("crisps" in Old Blighty), crunchy and tasty!

By the way, you spelled my name wrong in Norwegian, it should be "wtrjkjhlmdgnd br". I am always correcting people about that...

what do we all have in the common?... I am not sure that I understand the question, and so, a clarification, please: Are you using the word "common" in the traditional legal sense, or in the ecological sense, or in the economic sense, or...? Is the "tricky" part thus decoding the question, or provi...

You would think that someone who was writing a "Behind the Song" piece for a magazine on songwriting would know the difference between an oud and a "flashy Spanish guitar." I wouldn't give these hack writers that much credit -- he probably doesn't even know what an oud is. That was one of the least...

A bit of opera this week -- not my usual choice, as instrumental music is more my thing, but I'm branching out! (Geoffrey would be so proud!)

Oh, well, I shall simply reiterate what I wrote on the first of February (it seems so long ago...)

LisaLCFan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:42 pm

Regardless of the outcome of this particular arbitrary contest, in my books, the album is a winner in every respect! I love it to bits!

Wow, Mary, how'd you find this old post? However it happened, I'm glad you did -- this little treasure is new to me, and I love it! Cheers, all!

Are these questions about legal issues , Frog ? Arnold the Frog hasn't been active on this forum since 2010, so you may not get a reply. It is sometimes best to check dates on posts, because every now and then somebody will resurrect an ancient thread with a whole new question (such as in this case...

I hereby place my vote: I give your pome 10 out of 10! You wrote that in 23 minutes, you say? If true, that's just smashing! (And if not true, it's still smashing!) Your preamble, however, gets a fail, a big zero. Your average score is therefore 5. Not "more than 5". Forgive me, but I cannot contrib...

... today I came across another Canadian jazz player (born US but lived in Canada) ... Lenny Breau ... Lenny Breau was an excellent musician! Thanks for the reminder! I may be mis-remembering, but I thought I heard a recording once of Leonard reciting some poetry with the Lenny Breau trio -- or may...

Play Oscar Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trxUoIXlk0 For those who may not be up on classic jazz (or who haven't yet watched the above video), Peterson was a Canadian jazz legend from Montreal. At the end of the Peterson video, this little treasure was brought to my attention (some of yo...

...I am critically shy by nature and have never spoken publicly. I suffer from stage fright, and the stage also seems frightened of me. I have for many years, at the specific request of 200 female Cohen fans, practised sexual distancing ... I am sure that Geoffrey and his DSM could provide you with...

...in case you are interested in the categories that define us, there is a .pdf link below. ... I just noticed this. Geoffrey has provided a copy of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Not everybody agrees that these are "categories that define us " and are thus applica...

solongleonard wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:16 pm

...your clothes are garish...

Oh, I don't know... I rather like the hat! It looks like a Christmas cracker hat with a pom-pom on top. Smashing!

The “nasty cist” gag was excellent... Yes, indeed, it was -- all of your comments were duly noted, I assure you! You certainly deserve to have your photo toasted for that -- salute! Nonetheless, please forgive my failure to state my admiration for your virtuosic word-smithery, but I was somewhat bu...