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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:27 pm

Chalkperson wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:50 pm
... fucking Pathetic.
Bilious.

Yup, bilious is exactly how i feel.

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absolute rubbish, typical of Thommasini, an old hack with no new words.

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Now, fifty years later you appreciate his genius, and you think you know about classical music.

you know nothing.?

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NONE, it's over.

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Classical Music died years ago.

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The Met is dead, only its rotting corpse remains.

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The SFA should dissapear, its a crap place now.

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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.

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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

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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...

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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.

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I should be able to make July 18th lunch.

Will be good to see you all again.

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He has done this once before actually.

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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.

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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don't use microsoft or google, buy an apple phone.

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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...

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A Presidential Pardon. but will Trump still be President then, he was cracking today, in the Trade announcements.

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1634012

Read this, it's very damning.

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Today an INTEL source suggested Trump will die in jail. The calls to Russians have been going on non stop since 2015. The UK, Germany and France also tapped the Russian's phones, they have more INTEL than Congress knows about. Could Impeachment be off the table for Trump, is Treason the new charge...

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Evidently, there are intercepts of the contacts between Flynn and the Ruskies going all the way back to last summer. Let's see whether those transcripts eventually come to light and what they might reveal about Trump's possible involvement in the sanctions fiasco or even more explosively, in Russia...

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The Word for Today is Kakistography, Google it... All I found was kakistocracy , so I'm guessing kakistography must be a coinage about the Donald's bathetic tweets. They are the worst and, dear donald, lose the caps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/10/how-all-caps-came-to...

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What if Senators McCain and Graham conclude that Trump's foreign policy in effect serves the interests of a foreign power? What might happen then? Nothing at all. Articles of impeachment are brought by the House of Representatives; unless they are passed, the Senate has no say. It would be up to Pa...

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The Word for Today is Kakistography, Google it...

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I'd post more, but the members have said zilch about the new administration, its assault on America, and the Autocracy they are forming by turning the US into a Dicktatorship (sic) Us who resist are not using #thatman's name, but #presidentbannon is dragging this country to its knees, and no CMG mem...

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You do love whine and moan Lenny, if you don't like it here stay in Jersey.

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I found John to be the perfect person to sit with and watch Cricket. He was a wonderful, lovely man...

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its fake, get a grip

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I only use iPads and iPhone to check the site, I'm constantly having to log in. I suspect you are using Safari, which like Mail is one of the worst things Apple makes.

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Patti Smith behaved like the most obnoxious spoilt brat in 1975. She wasn't quite as obnoxious as Lou Reed, but it was close. I gave up on her, until now, because she seems to have learned a little about humility. Don't be offended by the title, but Piss Factory, from 1974, is one of THE great punk ...

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Patti Smith was approached in September to sing at the Nobel Awards. But the announcements had not been made. Either, Bob knew in advance, refused to show in advance. Or the Nobel Committee knew he'd never show. Either way, they were prepared, they nominated Mr Dylan for the right reasons. BECAUSE J...

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Jbuck919 is right: this dispute is not worth losing a valuable friendship over, especially when both sides have so much to offer the rest of us and are so genuine and passionate about their beliefs. Anybody can make a mistake, the point is to correct oneself when it is pointed out, and I think that...

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There is a big difference, we disagree on Broadway shows in general. But, we research our opinion. John F did nothing of the sort, he told me I was speaking nonsense, without a shred of evidence except his arrogance. Once he read the speech, given by the American Ambassador, he understood Bob's genu...

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I wouldn't be quite that harsh to John Francis, though I find myself uncomfortable being a referee in this case, since both of you are my friends. This topic is not worth taking off the gloves and boxing bare-handed. The Nobel committee made an obvious mistake, which it has done many times before, ...

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