Playing it was such an incredible rush.
I can believe that, considering that just *listening* to it makes me feel like I'm soaring.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 9:52:27 am PST #2497 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
P.M. Marc - Jan 31, 2005 9:52:30 am PST #2498 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm pretty sure I don't remember this one from any nostalgic seafaring yarns I've read. Are you sure he's really in the Navy?
I'm certain he's not, actually. He's a marine diesel engineer in the private sector, working in the guts of cargo ships, which keeps him gone for most of the year.
I think, though my sample size of guys on large boats is two (brother and FiL), that "stupid asshole head engineer" is actually the technically term for that position.
JohnSweden - Jan 31, 2005 9:54:54 am PST #2499 of 10002
I can't even.
Stravinsky's "Firebird"
God, but what a gorgeous piece. Particularly the finale.
I love it too, but mostly the Skynyrd version.
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Pix - Jan 31, 2005 9:55:14 am PST #2500 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I would really like to listen to it again now.
All kidding aside, one of the odd things about having played an interior voice in an orchestra for so many years is that I have very little consciousness of what the pieces sound like as a whole. Even when I hear a classical performance live, I'm always straining to hear the elusive middle notes.
Dana - Jan 31, 2005 9:57:15 am PST #2501 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
one of the odd things about having played an interior voice in an orchestra for so many years is that I have very little consciousness of what the pieces sound like as a whole.
My thing is that since the chorus always sits behind the orchestra, my sense of the balance is completely out of whack. I always hear way more of the brass and much less of the strings.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2005 9:57:16 am PST #2502 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
On a related note to un/mispronounceable cities and towns, a few of my favorite goofily named American cities:
Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Bug Tussle, TX
Cheesquake, NJ
Downers, VT
Humptulips, WA
Ojo Caliente (Hot eye?), MX
Lizard Lick, NC
Grosse Tete, LA
Sopchoppy, FL
Toad Suck, AK
Monkey's Eyebrow, KY
Chicken Bristle, IL
Gnaw Bone, IN
Knockemstiff, OH
Bunny Run, MI
Scalp Level, PA
Lickskillet, OH
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 9:58:22 am PST #2503 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fritters are nasty and who thought it would be a good idea to put cooked corn into a doughnut in the first place?
All fritters? There's no need for cooked corn to be in all fritters. Damn, a good saltfish fritter is a thing of glory and beauty.
Nutty - Jan 31, 2005 9:59:36 am PST #2504 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Grosse Tete, LA
The birthplace of James Van Der Beek.
Humptulips, WA
Founded by ruined Dutch speculators from the early Renaissance? Yeah, I got nothing.
Kathy A - Jan 31, 2005 9:59:48 am PST #2505 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Fritters are nasty and who thought it would be a good idea to put cooked corn into a doughnut in the first place?
But you have obviously never had the sweet bliss that is hot corn fritters from White Fence Farm--pure melt-in-your-mouth sweet, with a hint of corn-y goodness. Combine that with the best damn fried chicken in the midwest, and it's a feast!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2005 10:00:24 am PST #2506 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sits alone in the corn fritter liking corner.
On edit, or not so alone - yay!
Although I prefer hushpuppies.