Classical music. Writing. Drawist and paintist. Writing/drawing a book about Shostakovich in 1960s. 🛸. Also @holocaustreader
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13 Mar 2021
Here is the first part of my unfinished Shostakovich graphic novel. There are no pictures; it's just the text. If you want a look, look now because I might change my mind and remove it.
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The "Following" tab seems very broken, offering me up all sorts of shite I definitely don't follow. It gives me this exchange, between people with whom I have no connection, and which surely belongs on a WhatsApp group.
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Apparently the left-wing thing to do now is to describe Jews as "an invasive species".
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I remember trying to listen to her podcast when it first came out and it was just this sort of thing.
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Genuinely had to check if it was April 1st
We're thrilled to announce Daniel Harding as the LA Phil's next Music Director, starting with the 2027/28 season! Daniel brings a global perspective, a commitment to education, and a passion for nurturing emerging voices.
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The zombie persistence of The Triple Entente and Triple Alliance in school history lessons on the causes of WW1 shows that history teaching will never change.
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I find myself utterly disgusted by this man.
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When I read some of the deranged incentive against classical musicians posted in the comments on their Facebook clips, I remember with amusement the days when it was the bloggers who were reviled as the great unwashed threat to the art form.
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Under every video posted by a pianist on Facebook is a comment from some closet-Horowitz saying "you played it too fast; you understand the notes but not the music".
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I wish someone would write a biography of Emil Gilels. We don't know much about his life and experiences. I've read little bits and pieces, notably the bits in the Richter book.
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And Shostakovich's music is a key ingredient.
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La aparición del fantasma de la versión soviética de HAMLET (1964) es una masterclass de horror gótico que ya quisieran muchas películas de terror. La cámara lenta, los susurros, la capa ondeante y la tormenta es una combinación expresionista perfecta.
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Been watching Wallace and Gromit with my children. Of the longer ones, Were Rabbit is immeasurably better than the most recent one, which felt like a short stretched out beyond its ideas.
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My 3 year old is singing Fabienk by Angine de Poitrine to herself while playing with her toys. Consider this my greatest parenting achievement.
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Armando Iannucci was trying to make a joke about poo in space on HIGNFY yesterday and no one got it, and it was like that bit in the Shows when he's trying to say something about Tom Thumb and dyke's holes and no one gets it.
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To think that there are still people around who would Surely Like That Sort Of Thing, but have still to hear (and see) Angine de Poitrine.
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Reactions to them are becoming redundant, but I do think they are one of the best things I have stumbled across in years. Joyous.
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Had a chance to tell Thomas Zehetmair how important one of his records had been in my life this evening. Nice to chat with him. He's conducting us in Brahms's German Requiem this week.
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Incidentally, I think he is one of the key violinists of the past half century. Not a classical celeb though.
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Jerry Goldsmith's music is such an important ingredient in this.
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