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Johann Sebastian Bach: Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh 169) (reconstruction: Alexander Grychtolik) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTQL9TKUDJ3bYO5yExETGbUq5hVFJBdyGmaLsT59IrfaUEhP-sQuiD0bhYjTdWzK7r7fHGNFZhO_nScCxygRjgzqIOQEHLICCSTGS8faXjZsxJ2yPLTTazVs8w1wp25lt3wOuw9snUr6kHfD1Cn...

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As in the original performance, the windows of the church are all covered with curtains to produce the mid-afternoon darkness and a sense of solemnity is captured visually. Only the spoken meditations from the priest which would have been given between movements is dispensed with Probably a nod to ...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:22 pm
Yep, aphorisms are yet another possible 'cure' for the crisis of the American Dream. But I wouldn't bet on it.

Don't kid yourself. If and when the American dream dies, Australia, with its extractive industries and its agriculture, will inevitably be incorporated into the Chinese orbit.

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:41 pm
More agitprop from the New York Times!! Dream on.

Sone nattering nativists are just jealous these good folks didn’t choose to enrich

with their youth, vigour, culture and talent. And who in his right mind can blame them??!!

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:36 pm
Oh yes, 'reproductive rights' are going to fix your failed American Dream. Doah!!!

Meantime your country’s population is headed … uh — Down Under!! Time to admit more immigrants to goose up your birth rate??!!

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https://youtu.be/EDMinX6t1Zk?si=_z9eKcq_02_hgeic

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Read for 30 days:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/nyre ... &sgrp=c-cb

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Since we are including opera finales that reference the afterlife, I nominate the Heaven-bent women in the ’Salve Regina’ scene of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites”. https://youtu.be/QbRpYJsqhpE?si=7bTFwrUTD8t5TfPh

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Thank you.

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Note: The construction workers lost or injured on Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge hailed from Mexico. R.I.P. And who invents obligations for desperate people seeking a better life and and then labels them “illegals” for not meeting them??!! :( people have an obligation to be work ready and we w...

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OK, we have some of these homeless problems to a much smaller extent here in Australia (so I don't want to blame the US for everything ) - but people have an obligation to be work ready and we won't allow illegals into Australia. You can throw stones at me . . . Ok, start ducking. Homelessness in y...

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The American dream? Not in Democrat-controlled states , that's for sure: this link below is beyond shocking. The spouse and myself have our chins on the floor looking at this [news report from Alabama!] https://youtu.be/ytd06hadrsM?si=ZGZJE7CK22exjOcV&t=220 With all meaningful credit belonging to J...

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In this, we may have the stirrings of a 4th remake of "A Star is Born"!

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For me, the olde Gregorian plainsong version resonates from the pre-1955 Tenebrae service in the RC Church I used to attend, iirc, at night on Wed, Thu & Fri of Holy Week. I remember veiled statues and a cover on the crucifix hanging over the altar. A darkened church. A 15-arm candelabra and a big s...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:48 pm
Too many 'preachy females'? Ya THINK??!!!!

Not to worry, boys

Just too many ma’amsplaining gals!! 🧒

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That’s the one the coda of which I excerpted above. I like it better than the 1979 performance.

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lennygoran wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:42 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:38 am
How do you impose a gag order on somebody who talks out of his ass? —Stephen Colbert
You tell him not to squeeze the Charmin? Regards, Len [desperate]

Lenny, you are the reigning king of putdowns!!

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lennygoran wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:24 am
Can anyone give me the betting odds on when trump will cross the line on the gag order! Regards, Len

No . . . but a question . . .

How do you impose a gag order on somebody who talks out of his ass? —Stephen Colbert

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This is the later of the two HvK video perfs from 1988. The other, even more famous, was given at St. Florian's in 1979, which is complete on youTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihtXjBmAXgM

I think it is the greatest symphony of the greatest composer of symphonies, but what do I know?

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Bruckner 8. IV. Finale.

Every second of it.

But esp. https://youtu.be/aFvzEIZ8oZc?si=WIqYGqCalDuBw_uv

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https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-r ... -a-fascist

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To find a man’s true character, play golf with him. —P. G. Wodehouse

From Rick Reilly, The Commander in Cheat (2019)

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Maria!
I've just met a churl named Maria,
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me.

Maria!
Say it soft, there's a lawsuit pending—
Say it loud, it's like a jackass braying—

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NEW YORK TIMES Stephen King’s First Book Is 50 Years Old, and Still Horrifyingly Relevant “Carrie” was published in 1974. Margaret Atwood explains its enduring appeal. By Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood is the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and many other books. Her latest, “Paper Boat: New and Se...

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You think it's 'decent' to expect Democrats to create a lie about Trump's mental state, having tried to destroy him first through the legal system? So, let’s play an indecent but fun lit’l Liberal Party game, something along the lines of ‘Spin the Bottle’. It’s called ‘Defend the Donald’. Or mebbe ...

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barney wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:08 am
If you want to stay out of the legal system, don't boast of your criminal sexual assaults on tape.

Donald's hands may be tiny, but he boasts that his Mike Johnson is in fine fettle.

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Disagree that Trump has dementia. Here's the first clue: Trump NEVER reads from an autocue . . . (I remember that hideous old termagant tearing up Trump's speech) Whoa there, pardner! Didntja just say that Trump NEVER used cue cards. Then, my esteemed doctor of diagnosis at a distance, why have I w...

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Biden Vows Federal Help After Bridge Collapse in Baltimore President Biden, who said the federal government would “pay the entire cost of reconstructing” the collapsed bridge, will have another high-profile opportunity to respond to a major civic calamity. A cargo vessel crashed into the Francis Sc...

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https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58885851

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NYT UPDATE Peter Eavis March 26, 2024, 12:05 p.m. ET 13 minutes ago 13 minutes ago An inspection of the Dali last year at a port in Chile reported that the vessel had a deficiency related to “propulsion and auxiliary machinery.” The inspection, conducted on June 27 at the port of San Antonio, speci...

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Holden Fourth wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:06 am
I'm not a Gen Zer but I'm also disillusioned with politicians

I’m not a politician, so I am enamored of GenZers.

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CNN UPDATES Ship’s crew warned of power issues before it collided with a Baltimore bridge, governor says; 6 remain missing Updated 10:50 AM EDT March 26, 2024 The crew of a massive container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday warned of power issues before...

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Baltimore Sun WATCH https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000009380716/baltimore-bridge-collapse.html?smid=url-share Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a vessel, sending cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue ...

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Man Is Killed by New York Subway Train After Being Pushed Onto Tracks The attack in East Harlem was the latest in a series of violent episodes that have led officials to increase the police presence in the subway. A man was shoved onto the uptown tracks at the 125th Street station in East Harlem ju...

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I'm sorry that you're poor, but that's not an excuse to be dumb as well. There are always internet trolls like you at every site. They're bitter, angry and things just haven't gone well for them in the financial stakes. You could mortgage your house on that being a fact. As usual, when contradicted...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:12 pm
Yours isn't an argument, just a knee-jerk over-reaction from a lefty who preaches this kind of garbage himself!!

… which affirms that what you posted is garbage!!

Belle wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:12 pm
the Right has zero institutional power in the USA or anywhere else.

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What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain? Living standards have fallen. The country is exhausted by constant drama. But the U.K. can’t move on from the Tories without facing up to the damage that has occurred. By Sam Knight March 25, 2024 … the third political era of my lifetim...

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Brian he's an insurrectionist and worse-a liar, a fascist [maybe a nazi], a rapist, maybe one of the worst human beings ever, a mob boss [his lawyer expects Kavanaugh to deliver big time] etc, etc, etc Regards, Len :x Wow - so much hate and bitterness in one sentence. One sentence cannot possibly c...

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A failed putschist?

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Belle wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:41 am
No amateur ever understands these kinds of dynamics.

. . . which is why I pay a pro to manage my portfolio for me, keeping my mind free for finer things than vulgar money grubbing. In the unlikely event you ever accumulate enough to interest a wealth manager, you should try that yourself.

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I don't see how Israel's continued existence is possible without a decisive military defeat of Hamas. Yes, but at issue is what "decisive military defeat" means in practice, and how and at what cost in human lives that is to be accomplished. Regarding solutions, I respect David Brooks highly but ha...

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As per usual, in lieu of an answer you offer bald denial. So tell us, when has Netanyahu taken responsibility for his own behavior? How has his refusal to do so not ceded the high moral ground to bloody Hamas murderers? How is it not “bleeding-heart liberalism” of the worst sort to see over 15,000 k...

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The political line toed by the Right runs something like this: “Oh, oh, oh my, how my heart is breaking for the children of Gaza, but Israel didn’t kill those babies, Hamas killed them, Hamas started it. You must understand, the ancestors of these kids are to blame for voting Hamas in.” So, a modern...

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Péter Eötvös, two-time Kossuth Prize-winning composer, has died at the age of 80 TELEX https://telex.hu/belfold/2024/03/24/eotvos-peter-meghalt-zeneszerzo-zenepedagogus-karmester Wikipedia https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s_P%C3%A9ter March 24, 2024 - 12:40 p.m Nikolett Halász Péter Eöt...

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lennygoran wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:53 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:09 am
White bourgeoisie and the fear that they will soon be "replaced" by undeserving brown-skinned immigrants.
You must be talking about trumps good people on both sides? Regards, Len

Magafa are noxious Know-Nothing nativist ninnies.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... nist-dead/

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The Far Right Lost Badly and Wants Its Revenge Bipartisan spending legislation approved by Congress represented a major defeat for ultraconservatives, who immediately turned on Speaker Mike Johnson. Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday pushed through a $1.2 trillion bipartisan package to fund the governm...

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[The Germans] were voting for specific programs that they thought would benefit them, and for a year’s insurance against the people they feared..." That was very interesting to read thank you and confirms for me that those with the most to lose financially (could we call them the middle class?) wer...

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the rump of 'deplorables' gather behind Trump. People who've been excluded from 'the American dream' by their own historic, and now former, political base! Your misconceptions about America are broader than the Mississippi and run deeper than Crater Lake!!! :lol: Trump’s base, the Deplorables, have...

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NBC News Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker Johnson has served as speaker of the House for five months. Greene stopped short of forcing a vote to remove him, calling her motion a “warning.” Mar. 22, 2024, 11:49 AM EDT / Updated Mar. 22, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT ...

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