I too am very sad to hear of Burt’s death.
But, How on earth is loneliness a modern condition?
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- Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Burt Bacharach 1928-2023
- Replies: 3
- Views: 481
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:52 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump tossed off Twitter —> for permanently!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3888
Re: Trump tossed off Twitter —> for permanently!
Twitter shuts down Trump. and so his library loses its exhibits. more important he loses 88million followers even more important it shuts down his revenue stream important question is this. can the Impeachment process continue with the new administration some dems seem to think so.. if he's impeache...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
- Replies: 79
- Views: 213448
Re: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
My understanding that even the simplest impeachment process takes nine days minimum. But, if they vote to impeach, then he’s the first president in history to be impeached twice. Invoking the 25th amendment is unlikely at this point, he’s better off resigning. “Mr Nixon, they have the votes” Then Pe...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:56 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
- Replies: 79
- Views: 213448
Re: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
I watched until the gavel fell, and one thing bothered me all day. The accusation of a cop posing for a selfie with a ‘thug’ I watched this ‘act’ A cop stood his ground while a ‘thug’ took a selfie with him. First roll of civil defense, if a thug wants a selfie, don’t move a muscle. That’s what happ...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:48 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
- Replies: 79
- Views: 213448
Re: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
I have a friend, Col. Bob, who worked at the very highest levels of the Pentagon, in the Office of Net Assesment. It actually does not get higher, its next door to SECDEF's office. at the beginning of the presidency SECDEF was a marine general WH Chief was a marine general Joint Chief was a marine g...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
- Replies: 79
- Views: 213448
Re: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
Last weekend Trump flew back from Mar A Lago to instruct the pentagon to recall the Aircraft Carrier Nimitz from the Gulf. \ Against the advice of SECDEF and the Joint Chiefs. This was to encourage Iran to make War, but the Iranians are not stupid, the nimitz was turned back around less than 36 hour...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:01 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
- Replies: 79
- Views: 213448
Re: Pro-Trump Protesters to Gather Amid Fears of Violence
Hey Guys, few things you should know. Pence and SECDEF called in the National Guard. Pence does not hold that authority. He does now... The National Guard are not armed at all. No guns, no riot guns. You cannot bring in the military, Ten former CECDEF's wrote an opinion stating that this weekend. Th...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:26 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Domingo out of hospital
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5225
Re: Domingo out of hospital
His son Jose told me that he was in the Clinic mainly as a precaution, so he could be monitored full time, he's back home now and enjoying good food again.
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Domingo has coronavirus
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6682
Re: Domingo has coronavirus
His son Jose is a very dear friend of mine. He had been sending me videos of his fathers Operas with Carlos Kleiber last week to keep me occupied whilst in Lockdown. He said his father thought Kleiber the Greatest Conductor. Then yesterday he sent me a Text about his fathers condition. Sadly he’s un...
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:25 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Concorde
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19827
Re: Concorde
I worked on Concorde as an Aircraft Enginer (electrical) from 71-73 and I flew on it occasionally in 78-98. and I'm with Belle here. if the FAA had not imposed restrictions on its flightpaths it could have been very successful. But it was given access to very limited routes.Paris and London to NewYo...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:18 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My topic deleted.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 89379
Re: My topic deleted.
Whilst I may not post on here, it does not mean I do not still keep an eye on things. It takes a lot for a Topic to be deleted, in fact I think its 2-3 years since it last happened. JohnF is right, check after posting that the Thread is up and online. Most anyone who required censorship has gone, so...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:11 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Day Irreplaceable Music Burned: the 2008 Universal fire.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9542
Re: The Day Irreplaceable Music Burned: the 2008 Universal fire.
For what it's worth, almost meaningless really, is that the US Labels only received "Copy Masters" from the Bands and Record Companies, I know, I carried then here to the US many times in the 70's and 80's. This is AMERICA'S musical heritage, and that's a tragedy, because Americans INVENTED this mus...
- Thu May 30, 2019 7:12 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Mueller Speaks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6832
Re: Mueller Speaks
Mr Mueller has retired from Public Life, I doubt you will ever hear from him again. the letter he wrote to AG Barr, disputing the facts was only the second letter of its kind he has ever written. the frst was to Scotland, after they released Lockerbie Bomber for Compassionate reasons. mueller wasin ...
- Wed May 29, 2019 2:18 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Navy pilots report UFOs repeatedly, capture 'em on video and have a CE with one
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12438
Re: Navy pilots report UFOs repeatedly, capture 'em on video and have a CE with one
No Government Agency or Spokesperson has suggested this is anything other than an unidentifiable object. Not an Extraterrestrial Object.
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Michael Steinhardt, a Leading Jewish Philanthropist, Is Accused of a Pattern of Sexual Harassment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5617
Re: Michael Steinhardt, a Leading Jewish Philanthropist, Is Accused of a Pattern of Sexual Harassment
just wait u til you see what happens to the secler family
they profit from oxytocin end and are evil
the tate in london and the guggenheim in new york just turned down millions of their dollars
they profit from oxytocin end and are evil
the tate in london and the guggenheim in new york just turned down millions of their dollars
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump attacks McCain again: 'I didn’t get a thank you’ for approving late senator’s funeral
- Replies: 16
- Views: 21490
Re: Trump attacks McCain again: 'I didn’t get a thank you’ for approving late senator’s funeral
you are printing his lies, washington cathedral does not need to have presidential approval for a funeral, the deal with the family.
- Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:51 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: John Brosseau - JBuck919 (September 19th, 1954 - January 5th, 2019)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 39477
Re: John Brosseau - JBuck919 (September 19th, 1954 - January 5th, 2019)
I cannot put into words how sad this makes me feel. I loved John dearly, loved his wit, his knowledge, everything about him. I will tell just this one story. Maybe 12 or so years ago John went missing from CMG, I was concerned about him and via Corlyss managed to contact his sister. She told me he w...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:06 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18632
Re: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
maybe he's in a bad way, and what little of his bipolar is left has taken over. he's mentioned being mentally ill a number of times, which is why he tries not to post. sometimes the dark side takes over. trust me, its no fun. If you regret what you said to me, then say so. If you don't, what you're...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:05 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18632
Re: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
if seraglio wants me banned, feel free, i have nothing let to live for anyway, eight years of chronic depression has left me unable to function properly. I'm unlikely to ever say anything positive again.
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:57 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18632
Re: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
So Vanska is utterly uses in your old school opinion. How fucking Pathetic. May the old members of orchestras, websites, etc die gracefully, try not uttering another word on this site. let new champions take their place. time to pack it in John F If this is addressed to me, it's completely uncalled...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:55 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18632
Re: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
Yup, bilious is exactly how i feel.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:03 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: The Greatest Composers Ever
- Replies: 31
- Views: 49837
Re: The Greatest Composers Ever
absolute rubbish, typical of Thommasini, an old hack with no new words.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:02 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Richter
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22347
Re: Richter
Now, fifty years later you appreciate his genius, and you think you know about classical music.
you know nothing.?
you know nothing.?
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:58 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
- Replies: 4712
- Views: 2522266
Re: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
NONE, it's over.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:57 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Not too many posts lately ...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 88060
Re: Not too many posts lately ...
Classical Music died years ago.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tonight's La Traviata
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11124
Re: Tonight's La Traviata
The Met is dead, only its rotting corpse remains.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Salonen to San Francisco
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5910
Re: Salonen to San Francisco
The SFA should dissapear, its a crap place now.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:53 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tonight's Trittico
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6164
Re: Tonight's Trittico
More grey haired comments, let the Met Rot, it deserves to.
after letting a Paedophiile hold court for decades, obscurity for the institution is deserved.
frig the Met.
after letting a Paedophiile hold court for decades, obscurity for the institution is deserved.
frig the Met.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18632
Re: Osmo Vänskä leaving Minnesota Orchestra
So Vanska is utterly uses in your old school opinion.
How fucking Pathetic.
May the old members of orchestras, websites, etc die gracefully,
try not uttering another word on this site.
let new champions take their place.
time to pack it in John F
How fucking Pathetic.
May the old members of orchestras, websites, etc die gracefully,
try not uttering another word on this site.
let new champions take their place.
time to pack it in John F
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:23 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Fortress Trump is being undermined as Manafort pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with Mueller
- Replies: 46
- Views: 412787
Re: Fortress Trump is being undermined as Manafort pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with Mueller
Belle, you have no idea how disgustingly partisan the Pub was long ago. slowly but surely the right wingers all lost their cool and are now gone. My friend Mt Stradivarius has never broken any rules and always speaks his mind. The concept of everyone agreeing with one side is a nice idea, but fantas...
- Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:37 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Queen's Handbag
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13247
Re: The Queen's Handbag
The Queen always carries a handbag, even to the toilet.
The Duke of Edinburgh walks with his hands behind his back.
The reason is that the both felt they were shaking way too many hands back in the 60’s and 70’s. So between themselves the decided on the plan.
Good for them, smart thinking.
The Duke of Edinburgh walks with his hands behind his back.
The reason is that the both felt they were shaking way too many hands back in the 60’s and 70’s. So between themselves the decided on the plan.
Good for them, smart thinking.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:38 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Overdue for a meet-up?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 218871
Re: Overdue for a meet-up?
I should be able to make July 18th lunch.
Will be good to see you all again.
Will be good to see you all again.
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Better Late Show than never: Jon Stewart in dispraise of Donald Trump
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5322
Re: Better Late Show than never: Jon Stewart in dispraise of Donald Trump
He has done this once before actually.
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:01 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Concerned Fake Warning
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17375
Re: Concerned Fake Warning
The Perp records you, if he can get you to say yes., no and i guess some of the last four of your social, he edits it together and if extremely lucky, gains access.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:04 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
- Replies: 99
- Views: 130998
Re: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
That post means the world to me JohnF, the shame I felt after reading the responses last night was immeasurable, your response is that of a true gentleman, I can offer no finer words than that. X
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
- Replies: 99
- Views: 130998
Re: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
EXPLANATION FROM CHALKPERSON Having been the victim of abduction, assault and sexual abuse by two men when I was aged fifteen, things can trigger my mind into remembering the ordeal, and that is a very frightening experience 47 years later. I often suspected James Levine of being a monster, and John...
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 6:02 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
- Replies: 99
- Views: 130998
Re: Levine finally getting shamed, decades overdue
EXPLANATION FROM CHALKPERSON Having been the victim of abduction, assault and sexual abuse by two men when I was aged fifteen, things can trigger my mind into remembering the ordeal, and that is a very frightening experience 47 years later. I often suspected James Levine of being a monster, and John...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:03 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33761
Re: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
To jserraglio. You distort my comments a great deal, I would never accuse a member here of being a white supremacist, I suggested their lethal attacks have dulled your senses. To John F. You called me a Troll? Gosh, I’m hurt... To jbuck. You too miss the point. They strike in the us repeatedky at on...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:02 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33761
Re: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
To jserraglio. You distort my comments a great deal, I would never accuse a member here of being a white supremacist, I suggested their lethal attacks have dulled your senses. To John F. You called me a Troll? Gosh, I’m hurt... To jbuck. You too miss the point. They strike in the us repeatedky at on...
- Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:10 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33761
Re: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
My point, Lenny posts tourist snaps after being afraid to walk the high line. The radicalization process is the scariest factor in terrorism. That stretch of the WSH is perfect for this attack, I drove by last night and they were putting the concrete blocks in place. My real point, as shown in the r...
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 5:10 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33761
ISIS attacks NYC, nobody at CMG bats an eyelid
Very sad! He said in a Trump like manner... on wednesday an (alleged) Jihadist allied to ISIS from the Former Soviet Union, in fact from a difficult to spell country not under scrutiny by the present Administration, killed half a dozen people, injured a bunch of others, on the West Side Highway in N...
- Mon May 15, 2017 10:09 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Seeking Advice After Cyberattack News
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9365
Re: Seeking Advice After Cyberattack News
don't use microsoft or google, buy an apple phone.
- Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Where is everybody?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21871
Re: Where is everybody?
I have been listening to onlyAfrican Music these last few months. It's Happy Music. 60's to 80's Funk and Soul from Ghana and Nigeria, Soweto's Highlife and Jive, then traditional Mali, Ethiopian, Ivory Coast etc.
fab stuff...
fab stuff...
- Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: WSJ: Flynn's Offer to Sing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11487
Re: WSJ: Flynn's Offer to Sing
A Presidential Pardon. but will Trump still be President then, he was cracking today, in the Trade announcements.
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:14 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Thinking of Chalkie--photographer Don Hunstein dies at 88
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3509
Re: Thinking of Chalkie--photographer Don Hunstein dies at 88
Thanks John, I did know him, he was the master by whom all of those like me will be judged.
He commissioned me a couple of times when he ran Columbia's photography anddesign department
He commissioned me a couple of times when he ran Columbia's photography anddesign department
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:14 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Cancer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8463
Re: Cancer
My dearest friend, the closest I have to brother, has cancer. He's stuck in Hong Kong and I think it very unlikely we can get him back to Paris, I Skyped with him on Sunday, he was in a Chinese Hospital where they don't wear masks or gloves. Luckily he got out today. Its beyond heartbreaking, but he...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:36 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump blasts Obama; Comey undercuts Trump
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15095
Re: How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones . . . .
Trump may well be a witting or unwitting Putin pawn. But why in a misguided attempt to fight back and regain control over an unfavorable news cycle (re: Jeff Sessions & the Russians) would he blow the whistle on his own bugging? Was he not aware that in the end the transcript of any intercepted con...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump blasts Obama; Comey undercuts Trump
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15095
Re: How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones . . . .
Of course the FBI tapped Trump's phones. He was selling out the country to Vladimir Putin. Now we need the FBI to make those wiretaps public. :mrgreen: Don't be so sure that Trump's phone was tapped. The campaign was targeted, Trump might not be as stupid as he looks, he may have never communicated...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Trump's Mental Health
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4454
Trump's Mental Health
Allen Frances wrote the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. Now read this and think about what he says. An Eminent Psychiatrist Demurs on Trump’s Mental State FEB. 14, 2017 To the Editor: (NY TIMES) Fevered media speculation about Donald Trump’s psychological motivations and psychiatric ...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Flynn resigns from NSC, admits he misled Pence
- Replies: 37
- Views: 23457
Re: Flynn resigns from NSC, admits he misled Pence
The Russians have ben grooming Trump for the presidency for many years, they saw his vulnerabilities. Narcissisism, fame and money. Putin is the Worlds greatest Chess player, he manipulated Trump perfectly, and loaned him hundreds of millions of dollars, hence the No Tax Returns scenario. THE EU and...