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Jared

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 05:09

prog-chick wrote:

you got me banged to rights so you have!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 05:07

blimey, I've only been away for a few hours, and there's about 25 posts to read...(most of them incomprehensible, and by Peter....

)

I have taken in lots of your comments...I certainly think Lee is on the right lines, while I have to say I also like Handel's Waterbiscuits..er, I mean Watermusic...

and know I need to explore some more Dvorak... I will take note on your recommendations, one and all....

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:54

Peter wrote:

Originally posted by <FONT color=#ff00ff>progg-chik</FONT>

progg-chik wrote:

incredible! ISsn't someone on hand to ensure he takes his medication? It doesn't seem right for the poor old soul to be wondering around rooms at three in the morning unsupervised!

Or thou, my dear, up before your spell check!

(That's WANDERING.)

Good night, then! It's 4:26 now....

'tis a fair cop guv, you got me banged to rights so you have!

Now GO BACK TO BED........ THERE'S A GOOD FELLOW!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:46

Still wandering around GR (in your pyjamas?) at 4 in the morning... ??

Peter you must be CREAM CRACKERED...

get some shuteye!

Edited by mystic fred - June 17 2008 at 04:47

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:35

Anyway, I prefer these:

We make even better ones in Newfoundland, though -- thicker & flakier!

Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 04:37

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:27

progg-chik wrote:

incredible! ISsn't someone on hand to ensure he takes his medication? It doesn't seem right for the poor old soul to be wondering around rooms at three in the morning unsupervised!

Or thou, my dear, up before your spell check!

(That's WANDERING.)

Good night, then! It's 4:26 now....

Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 04:29

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:23

^ We have some Du Pre, Jim -- did you know she died from multiple sclerosis (in 1987)?

Many think she was the "best' cellist ever:

http://www.jacquelinedupre.net/jdupre/whoisjdp.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_du_Pr%C3%A9

R.I.P.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 04:21

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Peter has been waiting up for hours to attend the Grey Room when we're all in attendance; in his curiously post-coloni(c)al part of the world it's well gone three in the morning - filthy stopout!

incredible! ISsn't someone on hand to ensure he takes his medication? It doesn't seem right for the poor old soul to be wondering around rooms at three in the morning unsupervised!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:54

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I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to break this to you Greys, but about a month ago, I made this purchase on ebay; near mint condition for £9:
Beethoven:%20Nine%20Symphonies

and I must admit, I've been quite enjoying it...

As you should be Jared - it's one of the finest recordings (and certainly my favorite) of the cycle

; if you like that, I'd seriously recommend Mahler's symphonic cycle, particularly the 2nd, 4th & the magificent 8th (Symphony of a thousand):

Here's another favorite from my collection:

You won't hear Dvorak played better

Edited by Jim Garten - June 17 2008 at 03:56

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:44

Bravo Rachel - well said - although you have to bear in mind, Peter has been waiting up for hours to attend the Grey Room when we're all in attendance; in his curiously post-coloni(c)al part of the world it's well gone three in the morning - filthy stopout!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:39

Peter wrote:

^

???????

BISCUITS dear chap, BISCUITS..........as pointed out by my esteemed friend, it is YOU who are crackers!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:22

Ahhh.....George Friedrich Handel, another Englishman whose real name was Eric Scroggins --

taste, Peter, taste.......your crackers !!!

Edited by mystic fred - June 17 2008 at 03:26

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:22

^^^

I prefer Bath Olivers.They are even better as water biscuits

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:14

Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 03:15

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:14

Peter wrote:

Did you babbling, blithering, blathering, bleeding Brits know that in North America, a "biscuit" is a non-sweet, non-dessert snack for putting cheese, etc, on? Here, biscuits are also known as a crackers.

(What you call a "biscuit," we simply call a cookie, as in Oreo cookies.)

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Now that we can understand each other so much better, I'd like to inform you all that I have a pronounced fondness for this very pleasant recording:

It's simply spiffing! Topping! Triffic! Eh wot wot?

Great to listen to whilst eating water biscuits

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:00

Did you babbling, blithering, blathering, bleeding Brits know that in North America, a "biscuit" is a non-sweet, non-dessert snack for putting cheese, etc, on? Here, biscuits are also known as a crackers.

(What you call a "biscuit," we simply call a cookie, as in Oreo cookies.)

Furthermore, a "toilet" is the porcelain thing you actually pee (that is, urinate; "take a slash") in -- not the entire room. (We call that room a washroom, or bathroom, so if you ask us where the "toilet" is, we'll tell you it's in the bathroom, you idiot.)

And we walk on the sidewalk (normally made of concrete) -- not the "pavement." (We drive on pavement, that is, the street or road -- "pavement" is a material here, and synonymous with asphalt, or what I believe you might call "blacktop" or "macadam."

trunk = "boot"

hood = "bonnet"

tire = "tyre"

truck = "lorry"

windshield = "windscreen"

molasses = "treacle"

elevator = 'lift"

chips = "crisps"

french fries = "chips"

cigarette = "fag"

fag = "nancy boy" "poof" or "Englishman"

Jim Garten = (^ see above)

unlistenable crap = "Pallas"

crap = "bog"

bog = "fen"

sh*tter, crapper, john = "loo"

birds = "tits"

women = "birds"

tits = "bristols"

spotted dick = "Nixon sighting" or "oral-genital herpes"

and so on....

Now that we can understand each other so much better, I'd like to inform you all that I have a pronounced fondness for this very pleasant recording:

It's simply spiffing! Topping! Triffic! Eh wot wot?

Cheerio!

Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 03:10

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:43

James wrote:

Is that about Dell Notebooks?I guess not.

Robert Wyatt appears as narrator on one of Richter's albums

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:33

Is that about Dell Notebooks?

I guess not.

I can recommend Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov though. It's probably more Dean or Lee's cup of Jack Daniels but it's a great opera and one I actually enjoy. There's a strong Jewish and Eastern flavour and of coruse, a Spanish feel at times. Plus there is one moment that always disturbs me too.

Great stuff!

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:30

On a modern tip, I would wholeheartedly recommend, Max Richter,especially 'The Blue Notebooks'.Perfect for a rainy Summers' day.Make a pot of your favourite tea and listen to the beautiful.plaintive sounds of'The Blue Notebooks' and watch out of the window ss the rain smashes your lupins to bits.

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:09

I know who composed The Planet Suite, Steve, I just do not know what orchestra is playing it and who is conducting it.

I have von Karajan conducting some Bartók.

Edited by James - June 17 2008 at 02:14