Zombie

listening blind I would definitely have said an early Chopin Nocturne that I’d not heard. In fact it reminded me of the opening of Chopin’s Nocturne Op 9 No 2 in E flat major - the first note and chord so similar albeit, of course, in different keys. I especially enjoyed the mid-performance fight with the page turner - I really thought those pages were heading for the floor

oh bejaysus!

Alessandro Marcello - Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor rewritten by JS Bach BWV 974 While on the subject of interpretations of JS Bach, I previously posted an “understated” performance by Paul Barton of the adagio from an oboe concerto by Italian nobleman Alessandro Marcello (1673 - 1757) which Bach had rewritten for keyboard (he liked it so much). Contrast that performance with East End Londoner (and music student) George Harliono’s most beautiful performance in the Romantic tradition Which is only right considering he’s so, er… fit!

JS Bach Prelude No. 1 in C major BWV 924 This definitely was not an understated performance in 2019 at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, when young Adrian Koo really went for it and delivered with faultless technique Note that Adrian’s left hand continues to hold down the dominant (G) chord in his left hand for 7 bars in the closing passage for almost 30 seconds, as written. You might think those notes would fade away to nothing but they continue to sing by harmonic resonance until the piece finally resolves on the tonic (C)

Clo preparing for her next lesson

that’s the pudding after the snack

*squeaks* Let me in! Pleeeeeze!* *growls* NO!!

the Nutella bathers fight back

poor little bear you wrap up warm and sleep tight

shake it all about! *and while they’re busy doing that… *

bear thinks the fly is a teasy meanie

I’m trying to get my head around how present / future “PC fiction” could be “comfortable” reading when various characters are “they” / “theirs” and in a group situation “They looked at themself in the mirror” At least we can choose what we read, and so long as existing works aren’t “corrected”

it seems Chris’s bear agrees

Are eBooks books? UK libraries seem to think so. Like everywhere else they were shut during COVID lockdowns. So, they began offering their books on free electronic loan just like physical books Maybe they were doing this already and I simply missed it Anyway, seems a Twitter storm kicked off coupla weeks ago, hating on the Internet Archive for “stealing”. I’ve actually borrowed some books from here including an old 50s sci-fi (now unobtainable - unless you want to spend £80 or so on eBay for a dog-eared original ) and was happy to read the scanned pages including the original illustrated dust jacket (so important for that 50s sci-fi vibe and which likely wouldn’t have survived even if the local library had a copy) I’m a consumer, not a creator, so I think that’s great. But maybe not everyone’s a fan of the Internet Archive? Or even free libraries? https://popula.com/2022/01/22/what-kind-of-writer-accuses-libraries-of-stealing/

party penguin practising some moves

fly would know

and electric kitty can also fly …just like a penguin

cheat! swindler! thief! IT’S NOT FAIR!!! SNATCH!

nice try sly fly but is MINE!

that bear needs some bromide

fly wants a fight

In medieval England, blacksmiths forged swords by heating, hammering and then dunking (tempering) the sword in ginger-haired virgin boys’ urine. Yeah, blondes or brunettes just didn’t work… https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02cxcvx (hope the video plays in your region - explains everything)

don’t believe that darned fly it’s all lies!

Lies! the bear posted it!! So, the fly is a cheat AND a liar!!!

that’s a walk you’re a fly which means you cheated!