Unsomnambulist
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Sir David Gilmour will be 76 tomorrow.
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Ojai Sam
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I have reached the same conclusion about Bill Cosby as my friend, Mark Evanier (newsfromme.com):
I've probably allowed myself to think about this man way more than I should but I've been puzzling over that question about separating the Art from the Artist. I finally decided I can't. Can't watch his TV shows. Can't listen to his records. Can't even praise him for the good he did. I'm going to try and stop thinking about him and just hope I can be satisfied with his big loss in The Court of Public Opinion.
I've probably allowed myself to think about this man way more than I should but I've been puzzling over that question about separating the Art from the Artist. I finally decided I can't. Can't watch his TV shows. Can't listen to his records. Can't even praise him for the good he did. I'm going to try and stop thinking about him and just hope I can be satisfied with his big loss in The Court of Public Opinion.
axolotl
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The Story of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lost Debut
The fabled cassette, recorded in 1994, is finally getting an official release following an internet leak.
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Ojai Sam
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One of my favorite non-musical websites (NOT newsfromme.com) got my attention with this startling observation:
"When I was growing up, I assumed there must be some sort of connection between Bill Cosby and Bing Crosby (this was in the early ’70s, when Der Bingle was still alive). Two famous entertainers with such similar names — it couldn’t be just a random coincidence, right? Maybe they were related? Maybe one of their names was a take-off or commentary on the other’s? Maybe one name was the “Black version” and the other was the “White version”? Maybe each generation was assigned an entertainer whose name sounded like that? It seemed like it must be some sort of sophisticated grown-up thing that nobody had yet explained to me."
I'm going to withhold the name of the website. Boy, I thought I was a strange kid.
"When I was growing up, I assumed there must be some sort of connection between Bill Cosby and Bing Crosby (this was in the early ’70s, when Der Bingle was still alive). Two famous entertainers with such similar names — it couldn’t be just a random coincidence, right? Maybe they were related? Maybe one of their names was a take-off or commentary on the other’s? Maybe one name was the “Black version” and the other was the “White version”? Maybe each generation was assigned an entertainer whose name sounded like that? It seemed like it must be some sort of sophisticated grown-up thing that nobody had yet explained to me."
I'm going to withhold the name of the website. Boy, I thought I was a strange kid.
Nickyboy
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A decade of lost music: the deleted years.
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A Decade of Music Is Lost on Your iPod. These Are The Deleted Years. Now Let Us Praise Them.
From 2003 to 2012, music was disposable and nothing survived.
Unsomnambulist
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Your friendly local private torrent tracker would like to beg to differ. (I know I will get FLAC for this reply.)A decade of lost music: the deleted years.
A Decade of Music Is Lost on Your iPod. These Are The Deleted Years. Now Let Us Praise Them.
From 2003 to 2012, music was disposable and nothing survived.
Ojai Sam
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As a Latin major, I endorse this message.
axolotl
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As a Latin non-major, I made it my Signature.As a Latin major, I endorse this message.
Nickyboy
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Never having studied Latin, I would have guessed that "I learn" would be something along the lines of "educatum". So, I assume that the word "discovery" would mean "something I learned"? Studiosis linguae Latinae interrogo, etiam vulgo "nerds" vocatur. ( I kid, I kid! or....kiddus, kiddus!)
Ojai Sam
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Nick, that makes sense but "discover" doesn't derive from "disco" ("I learn"), which relates instead to our word "didactic".
"Discover" goes back to the Latin "discooperio" ("dis"+"cooperio"), meaning "I uncover".
"Educate" comes from "educo" ("e"+"duco"), literally "I lead from", i.e. "teach")
axolotl
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The Origins of Egyptian Music Legend Hamid Al Shaeri
A new Habibi Funk compilation offers valuable insights into one of the most monumental figures in Al Jeel music.
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axolotl
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Lifetime Achievement | Gundula Janowitz
The great German soprano, beloved of some of the finest conductors of the day, is honoured for her remarkable recorded legacy
www.gramophone.co.uk
Unsomnambulist
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It's interesting that you can add electric guitar to the blues and get psychedelic rock, which I love, or you can get modern blues, which is often so commercial and clean sounding that it bores me to death.
Ojai Sam
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As luck would have it, I just picked up a collection of her work. I'll give it a spin and post it soon.Lifetime Achievement | Gundula Janowitz
The great German soprano, beloved of some of the finest conductors of the day, is honoured for her remarkable recorded legacy
Unsomnambulist
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Unsomnambulist
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Phil Collins bids farewell to fans as he performs his last ever show
Phil Collins, told fans at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night that he will have to 'get a real job' after an astonishing music career spanning 55 years
axolotl
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Music, memory and my dad: how songs define and shape us
The Flying Pickets’ Only You unlocks such visceral emotions for Jude Rogers that it can stop her in her tracks. In this extract from her new book, she asks what science lies behind the power of music to make the past vividly present
Janata’s hunch proved correct: the songs that promoted the most neural activity in the medial prefrontal cortex were those that prompted vivid recollections. “A piece of familiar music [therefore] serves as a soundtrack for a mental movie that starts playing in our head,” Janata said. “It calls back memories of a particular person or place, and you might all of a sudden see that person’s face in your mind’s eye.”
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