vaporous entities and musings (in other words - BS)

[Peter47-NL (imported)]

Special for Dave the dutch brothers Arthur & Lucas Jussen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_%26_Arthur_Jussen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bygq-SIUqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1SSgJwpIs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wo4IPNMzWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-i7nvxfDIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

BxJ13RYkac4

[Dave (imported)]

the dutch brothers Arthur & Lucas Jussen

Thanks,

I will be watching the videos and those young men

[Arab Nights (imported)]

The Mesa (AZ) Arts Center tonight hosted "An Intimate Evening with the Trailer Park Boys."

[Dave (imported)]

The Mesa (AZ) Arts Center tonight hosted "An Intimate Evening with the Trailer Park Boys."

Sounds familiar

[Dave (imported)]

The best things I heard on the news today were

1) the world will not end on April the 23rd if Niburu manifests itself into existence, and

2) biologists have discovered a turtle that breaths through its ass.

That's the good news.

The bad news: I got my taxes all typed into the software and I owe. Of course, the silver lining in that dark cloud is that I can charge it on my credit card and get points.

just beat me to death now and save me the trouble

[Dave (imported)]

I posted my April Fools Day story.

I, SPADO

-- It should make most men cringe. -- It should especially please EA members

http://fragments.ws

I updated my web page with a story titled: "Murder in a Sleazy Nightclub."

blurb: The Moreau Virus was medical research's dream of eternal youth and longevity, an anti-agapic, a Fountain of Youth. Moreau unleashed the virus and nearly ended civilization. Five billion lives lost in less than two months.

Society crawled back on its hands and knees, not like a babe in swaddling clothing suckling from a wolf's tit but like a diseased prostitute sucking the hind end of some anthropomorphic nightmare. With society's return came all the havoc and sins of the past that promised nothing of what would be the future.

http://fragments.ws

[Dave (imported)]

Don't try this at home!

There's a story about a political appointee on the internet.

It is, however, something we tell people not to do -- cut open their scrotum and sew it back together. Don't do that. It's dangerous and you might bleed to death after going into shock.

Trump’s Pick to Head VA (Dr. Ronny L. Jackson) Was Nicknamed ‘Scrote’ By George W. Bush For a Particularly Gruesome Reason...

AS the story goes: one day while at GW Bush's ranch, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson cut open his leg and when GW protested about the Dr stitching the wound (gash) together, Jackson related the story that he stitched his scrotum after suffering a war injury. GW Bush nicknamed him: SCROTE ...

Please don't go political (Paolo will have a sh!t fit if you do), just embrace the total silliness and un-reality and "WTF" aspect of this entire story.

{hint: Patient: Dr, Dr, my life is in your hands." Scrotes: "Don't worry, you're as safe as my balls."}

[Dave (imported)]

Apropos of nothing: To enrich the literature of "Highly Dramatic and Seriously Thoughtful" movies, the next Planet Of The Apes movie will be titled -- PTSD On the Planet of the Apes.

[madnomadtoo (imported)]

Dave, I love your posts re the great composers. When I was a young man I had an extensive vinyl collection, close to 300 albums. Since I was not date material I had plenty of time to listen. Spent many melancholy evenings with Prokofiev's Symphony #5 or Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.

I remember poring over the Schwann catalog, finding some treasure and copying down the info to take to the lone record store in town to special order it. Would need a magnifying glass to read it today!

A few weeks ago you reminded me of the Shostakovich Waltz #2. Thanks for that.

BTW, the first album I ever bought was the soundtrack to "El Cid" in 1962. I adored Miklos Rosza. Paid an extra dollar for the stereo version!

[Dave (imported)]

The Program:

S. Stucky's "Silent Spring" in honor of Rachel Carson

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto - - James Ehnes on his Stradivarius

Brahms Symphony#4.

Today was one of my Symphony Days.

In 2011, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University commission Stephen Stucky to write a work for the 50th Anniversary of Rachel Carson's book -- The Silent Spring. Today, the PSO

with Manfred Honeck conducting

recorded this for later use.

Second piece was James Ehnes playing the Tchaikovsky Violin concerto. This is the piece of music that spawned the epic quote by Eduardo Hanslick - - "It gives us, for the first time, the hideous notion that there can be music which stinks to the ear.” Obviously not a review that has held up over time. If you can ever see this performed live, the sheer virtuosity of the piece will be apparent.

Brahms 4th Symphony -- the last of Brahms symphonies and to my mind, the most comforting. I first heard this on a recording made by the PSO with William Steinberg conducting and it felt warm, welcoming and (in a single word) gemütlichkeit. Manfred Honk's version is more powerful, less romantic. Granted that Brahms moved music toward the modern era and I guess that makes the more modern interpretations valid. The PSO recorded it and it will be available in a few months.

Today was a good concert.

Sunny day, good weather, too