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- Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11
Re: The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows
Thanks for this. A concise and right-on, brilliant analysis. Not surprising from a Court with an incompetent Thomas, " Citizens United " Alioto, frat boy Kavanaugh, and religious fanatic Barrett, "guided" by finger-in-the wind Roberts. See for yourself. The California ruling : https://www.supremecou...
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:25 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Collusion Back In The News
- Replies: 2
- Views: 26
Re: Collusion Back In The News
Who at Treasury, in the IC,FBI,DOJ had this info, and why did they not release it to Mueller ? Afraid of Trump , who was not even elected yet, was predicted to lose anyway, or on orders from Trump ? Duh !
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:11 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
Re: TrumpReich in action
Latest from the racist Iowa GOP, per Cedar Rapids Gazette op ed.Original bad bill I reported earlier now made even worse: "This is part of a concerted, nationwide effort to crack down on protests and to strip law enforcement and local government of any discretion to respond to them. The House bill s...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Kirchner / Henze piano concertos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1177
Re: Kirchner / Henze piano concertos
I know the Mitropoulos (one of my favourite conductors anyway). In 2001, my late associate in producing recordings, Nick Nickson and I, released of semi-private CD of this very performance with the NYP. Dimitri Mitropoulos was an excellent pianist. He performed and recorded Prokofiev's Piano Concer...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:56 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Kirchner / Henze piano concertos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1177
Re: Kirchner / Henze piano concertos
There is an Albany cd I have , also at YT , of Kirchner's solo piano music played by several of his students, among them Fleisher, Peter Serkin,Jonathan Biss,Jeremy Denk. As with the concerti , tough nuts at first hearing , but rewarding after more. Heard the Albany cd again today.Confirmed, a lyri...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
Re: TrumpReich in action
From a longer WAPO article: "Among journalists who say they have been harassed following segments on Carlson’s show, there is a reluctance to speak publicly about what happened for fear of inciting a new round of negative attention and hostility. One female journalist expressed fear of a “Tucker wav...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:39 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Clotting Cases
- Replies: 2
- Views: 85
Re: U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Clotting Cases
I'm of course not a scientist. But, does not seem the messaging has been good ? 7 cases out of 7M vaccinations. 7/7M = .000001. It is reported the chance of being hit by lightning is 1 in 500000, twice as likely as a clot. 1/500K = .000002 Also reported the clot risk is higher in most commonly used ...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:35 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 75
Re: How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser?
The fact the officer was charged surprisingly quickly with criminal manslaughter may suggest she was not supposed to use even a taser in this case ?
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Enabling stupid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 54
Re: Enabling stupid
Per Axios today: " 21 Iowa county health departments turned down vaccine allocations this week, possibly due to lack of demand. (Iowa Capital Dispatch) The number of new coronavirus infections in the U.S continues to rise, making a quick, clean end to the pandemic less and less likely. New cases ros...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:28 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
Sir Andras Schiff live here at Gstaad's 2020 Menuhin Festival, my 2 fav LvB piano sonatas:
Bach
Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV.878 (Well-Tempered Klavier, Book II)
Beethoven
Sonata in E, Op.109
Sonata in A flat, Op.110
Schubert
Allegretto in C minor, D.915
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v306
Bach
Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV.878 (Well-Tempered Klavier, Book II)
Beethoven
Sonata in E, Op.109
Sonata in A flat, Op.110
Schubert
Allegretto in C minor, D.915
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v306
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:26 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Enabling stupid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 54
Enabling stupid
George F. Will Columnist WAPO April 14, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. CDT Many 21st-century Americans are impressed, and distressed, by the supposed power of late-20th-century technologies, especially the Internet and social media, to shape society, and them. Two 19th-century technologies stirred somewhat simil...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:43 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
Re: TrumpReich in action
Where is General Sherman when we need him ?!
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
Richter,Prokofieff's Piano Sonata No.6, live at Carnegie Hall, 1960, perhaps the one on my "Richter Rediscovered" 2-cd set on RCA/BMG, audio with score ( I'd never seen before ) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCeeLXdSQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCeeLXdSQs
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:52 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
Re: TrumpReich in action
GOP Trump suck-up Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds surprisingly proposed an anti-racial profiling ban this year that would have required law enforcement agencies to report race and ethnicity data on the people they stop, but it died in the GOP controlled Legislature. AxiosDesMoines 4/14
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:48 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 173
Re: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
As with White supremicists, appears what White evangelicals really fear their loss of power and prestige in the society, both groups cloaking their fear and concern as a loss of “rights” and/or “ freedom”, rather than asking why their power is waning and what constructive steps they could take ? Fro...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: U.S. Signals Support for Ukraine and Will Add Troops in Germany
- Replies: 2
- Views: 60
Re: U.S. Signals Support for Ukraine and Will Add Troops in Germany
Time will tell.As with Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine, Truman’s pull back in Korea, Obama’s imaginary “ red line” in Syria, Trump’s support of Saudis’ war in Yemen, is the US again blinking, this time in Afghanistan, where the repression of women and slaughter of opponents will start en masse Se...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:48 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 360
Re: His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752.
Nutcase GOP Gov. Abbott recently claimed Texas was one of the safest States to visit. God help the Met orchestra.
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Australia abandons the goal of vaccinating all its people this year.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 226
Re: Australia abandons the goal of vaccinating all its people this year.
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Indeed, Aussie railroads and paper mills, La-La land, Cardiff !
It's horror stuff, for sure.
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Indeed, Aussie railroads and paper mills, La-La land, Cardiff !
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Australia abandons the goal of vaccinating all its people this year.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 226
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Met Opera Players to Meet an Old Friend for a Gig, and Aid
- Replies: 4
- Views: 73
Re: Met Opera Players to Meet an Old Friend for a Gig, and Aid
Do hope they are careful. Texas was 19 % vaccinated at last report.
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:09 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 173
Re: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
The Murdochs cant even lie very well.Pity so many Aussies and Brits and Americans fall for their dangerous racism.
"Horse sense is the thing horses have that keeps them from betting on people." WC Fields
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-stands-b ... 40042.html
"Horse sense is the thing horses have that keeps them from betting on people." WC Fields
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-stands-b ... 40042.html
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:07 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Music From the Death Camps: Alive and Being Readied for a New Home
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1615
Re: Music From the Death Camps: Alive and Being Readied for a New Home
You may be interested in some of the piano music of Viktor Ullmann, who composed his Piano Sonatas Nos. 5 - 7 at the Terezin camp before he was murdered at Auschwitz. Here is his 6th Sonata and an article about a recording I have of all his piano sonatas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbL7GwKnsc...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:38 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 173
Re: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
Just one small example , an event in 1979 , 5 years after I finished law school in North Carolina ; since then we of course had the Charlottesville white supremacist march -rally Trump praised :
https://www.blackpast.org/african-ameri ... -massacre/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-ameri ... -massacre/
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:28 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 173
Re: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement
I wouldn't dignify anything at all written in the New York Times; this most recent incarnation of Pravda cannot be taken seriously by anybody except its ideological captives. It should therefore be re-badged the Stockholm Syndrome Times. With all due respect, absolutely the height of hubris to sugg...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:07 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Re: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
Carl Vine mentions on the Cliburn program his First Sonata was very influenced by Elliott Carter's early First Piano Sonata. My Carter is a track from a Virgin Classics CD by pianist Peter Lawson. Here the late Paul Jacobs, the influence on Vine apparent, and one of Carter's more accessible works: h...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:41 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Australia abandons the goal of vaccinating all its people this year.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 226
Re: Australia abandons the goal of vaccinating all its people this year.
From Biden's CDC today, per WAPO, a warning for Australia, rest of World,too: "Cases are spiking in Michigan, placing the state among the worst of the nation's hot zones. Michigan needs to “shut things down" rather than try to lean more heavily on vaccines , said Rochelle Walensky, director of the C...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
Re: TrumpReich in action
Do you think any of them were also carrying AK-47's? :mrgreen: The criminal GOP and Trump morons will kill us through lies and stupidity as well.From WAPO today: " ... some U.S. politicians have begun to boast that their communities are nearing herd immunity. This weekend, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:28 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Re: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
Fww, the Vine program was excellent, extensive comments by the composer and pianist, too : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUpmBhII5b0 The program about Vine's First Sonata also mentions his 4th Sonata I had not heard. Here 'tis, the 4th, composed in 2019. A cd of several of his solo piano works is...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:45 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Re: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
I have heard none of the programs , but will probably hear the Carl Vine as I enjoy his solo piano music, have a cd of his three sonatas and Anne Landa Preludes although I prefer his 3rd Sonata over Nos. 1 and 2. ( at YT ). Fww, the Vine program was excellent, extensive comments by the composer and...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
- Replies: 18
- Views: 236
Re: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
WAPO op ed today suggests calling Manchin's bluff: "Instead of trying to make sense of Manchin’s impulsive answers and contradictory statements, the White House should enlist him in this project: Find 10 Republican senators who will support a bill that all 50 Democrats will still support. Manchin ob...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Loneliness, Anxiety and Loss: the Covid Pandemic’s Terrible Toll on Kids
- Replies: 2
- Views: 58
Re: Loneliness, Anxiety and Loss: the Covid Pandemic’s Terrible Toll on Kids
From AxiosAM Newsletter today: " ' All the things that could prolong the COVID pandemic are playing out right in front of our eyes,' Axios health care editor Sam Baker writes. Why it matters: Although the pace of vaccinations is still strong, experts fear it's about to slow down. In some parts of th...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:39 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Re: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
I have heard none of the programs , but will probably hear the Carl Vine as I enjoy his solo piano music, have a cd of his three sonatas and Anne Landa Preludes although I prefer his 3rd Sonata over Nos. 1 and 2. ( at YT ).
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:01 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TucKKKer Carlson has become the face of right-wing Whitelash
- Replies: 6
- Views: 89
Re: TucKKKer Carlson has become the face of right-wing Whitelash
It was wonderful to see former golfer Lee Elder recognized , an Asian woman win , and an Asian man win at major golf tournaments this week --- all in “ stop the steal “ Georgia.
Sushi for the 2022 Masters Champions Dinner ! Love it.
Sushi for the 2022 Masters Champions Dinner ! Love it.
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:10 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cliburn programs for pianophiles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Cliburn programs for pianophiles
I have not heard any of these yet , but may .You can sign up for their newsletter. https://tinyurl.com/k5ymjd59 Biweekly on Sundays—2:00 p.m. CT Cliburn Masterpiece is a series that examines the who, what, when, where, and how of the greatest piano works. Cliburn laureates and other esteemed special...
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
Vitezslav Novak’s ( 1870-1949) Piano Sonata “Eroica “, Op.24 ( 1900 ), Frantisek Rauch,pianist, from my Suraphon cd set to the composer’s complete solo piano works played by Rauch. For awhile, the Sonata was in the active recital repertoire of Ignanz Friedman. Here audio plus score: https://www.yout...
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:46 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TucKKKer Carlson has become the face of right-wing Whitelash
- Replies: 6
- Views: 89
Re: TucKKKer Carlson has become the face of right-wing Whitelash
Does the Murdoch family also support the Liberal Party in Australia and the Tories inUK ? Other governments ?
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:45 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump, echoing Harry Truman, calls Mitch a “dumb son of a bitch. I hired his wife. Did he ever say thank you?”
- Replies: 6
- Views: 98
Re: Trump, echoing Harry Truman, calls Mitch a “dumb son of a bitch. I hired his wife. Did he ever say thank you?”
Trump's rant not unlike Hitler's rants of the '30's.Except Hitler far more intelligent.
This TrumpReich soldier gives "suckups" a bad name:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scoop-ohio-s ... 32802.html
This TrumpReich soldier gives "suckups" a bad name:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scoop-ohio-s ... 32802.html
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:11 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Horszowski's 1940 Vatican Radio recordings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 88
Horszowski's 1940 Vatican Radio recordings
Recordings made in 1940 for Vatican Radio , extraordinary playing, the pianist at age 48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ygOhhZg98 Chopin Scherzo No.1,Op.20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSk9BQzQwjg Liszt,Legend No.2, “St.Paul Walking on the Waves “ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8U646ygws C...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Faure's Piano Trio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 108
Faure's Piano Trio
I have several of Gabriel Faure’s ( 1845 -1924 ) chamber works, but had not heard his Piano Trio, Op.120 ( 1923) before, a wonderfully lyrical, uncomplicated work for late - Faure, here the ATOS Trio , live video from a performance in Berlin, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3oDLxslZA ( 18 mi...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
- Replies: 18
- Views: 236
Re: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
Sen.Manchin is even worse than I thought:
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/joe-manc ... 12253.html
His charade should be called for what it is.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/joe-manc ... 12253.html
His charade should be called for what it is.
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:39 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Matt Gaetz promotes a new G.O.P. Contract with America: sex, drugs and wild parties
- Replies: 57
- Views: 994
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:59 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Pianist Alexei Lubimov
- Replies: 5
- Views: 129
Re: Pianist Alexei Lubimov
Not sure about the box, but he had no fear. Here he is playing live the 6th Piano Sonata (1988) of Galina Ustvolskaya. I have a recording of her Piano Concerto and Symphony No.1 and Grand Duo for Cello and Violin, all great , but earlier than that Sonata. Shostakovich proposed marriage to her, but s...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
The Schubert rarely-done is a great work IMHO, with its haunting opening theme. Do give it a chance! I did decide to hear the Schubert from the Fischer recital.Enjoyed.My first hearing of it as well. Of my 3 first hearings on this recital , decided to purchase a 320kpbs mp3 download from Presto of ...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
I am a huge Faure fan , but have no recording of his presumably early First Violin Sonata,Op.13 ( or any any later ) , and do not recall ever hearing the First ( or any later ) . Delightful here. I did not hear the Mozart ( 28 ??!! ), nor the Schubert . I am also a huge Poulenc fan, yet his extraord...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:11 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: In Mississippi, 73,000 Vaccine Slots and Few Takers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 139
Re: In Mississippi, 73,000 Vaccine Slots and Few Takers
“There isn’t one right way to communicate about vaccines, but you need multiple messages with multiple messengers,” said Dr. Frieden, who leads the health advocacy group Resolve to Save Lives. “And people don’t want to hear from politicians.” One right way is to suggest criminal sanctions.We dont s...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:01 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 1340
- Views: 946533
Re: What I listened to today
Franck's D Minor (Albert Wolff/Lamoureux) Saint-Saens' Fourth Piano Concerto (Casadesus/Bernstein) That S-S 4th PC recording is wonderful, mine the Columbia lp, coupled with some Faure. Try to hear the Cortot / Munch 4th on Naxos, too.Think it's at YT. I feel the big theme of the final mov. is almo...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: TrumpReich in action
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8027
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:06 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
- Replies: 18
- Views: 236
Re: Joe Manchin says there is ‘no circumstance’ in which he would back weakening the filibuster
As with most politicians, his first priority is getting re-elected.He could "hide" among all the Dems on 2nd Impeachment and point to 10 GOP votes as well ( I think West Virginia GOP Gov. Justice also supported 2nd Impeachment ), and knew the Relief Act would be popular in WVA , but this time he see...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:51 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Senate parliamentarian to let Democrats bypass GOP filibuster on two more bills
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Re: Senate parliamentarian to let Democrats bypass GOP filibuster on two more bills
NYT today 4/8: “Right now, the U.S. raises less corporate tax revenue as a share of economic output than almost all other advanced economies,” Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley of The Times write.The justification for the tax cuts has often been that the economy as a whole will benefit — that lower ...