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  • handsomefortune

    #31
    off Bach

    neither here nor there, but it was sm-p, and I reckon it was mahler, not bach ..........

    i only remember because my mum and i were laughing about the likeliehood of anyone ever saying 'scribbling the *rse off durer' as an effective way of expressing 'the most ACUTE appreciation EVER' of 16th c complex drawing skill. likewise, i suspect mahler has lots of key symbols, and shades of emotion, rather than benefiting from being limited to description containing explicit sexual innuendo. sm-p's tweet unfortunately explained nothing about mahler, whilst also misrepresenting the author. ultimately, sm-p's probably 'just obeying producers' - hasn't actually given genuinely witty text, or tweets nearly enough thought? imv counter productive as far as the beeb's intent: pretending that text & tweet speak's 'new' and 'modern', and essential to all generations of listeners, particularly where it's against their will..... which imv makes r3 seem draconian, rigid, and 'old fashioned' in the worst possible sense ironically. combined, it's a double 'home goal' for r3, plus the current (non) style will rapidly date!

    french frank, surely every generation are potential 'air heads'? in that they usually possess their own 'light headed' encoded shorthand, as a part of their generational identity. half the fun of the arts is in deciphering what artists may have originally meant in their specific era, and what we think of it in retrospect.

    apparently, durer's global hit, 'miffed & math' has been trending for 500 yrs.... (soz)

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30286

      #32
      Originally posted by handsomefortune View Post
      french frank, surely every generation are potential 'air heads'? in that they usually possess their own 'light headed' encoded shorthand, as a part of their generational identity.
      I think it's true now. But wanting to establish a generational identity nevertheless strikes me as - sniff - a bit immature. Okay when you actually are a teenager, but pretending you're a teenager when you're 35 or 40 is daft
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • Old Grumpy
        Full Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 3612

        #33
        Originally posted by french frank View Post
        I think it's true now. But wanting to establish a generational identity nevertheless strikes me as - sniff - a bit immature.
        Speak for youself FF

        I think I've established mine!

        Old Grumpy

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        • french frank
          Administrator/Moderator
          • Feb 2007
          • 30286

          #34
          Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
          Speak for youself FF

          I think I've established mine!

          Old Grumpy
          Depends which end you're at, I suppose, OG. You're mature rather than immature!
          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20570

            #35
            Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
            Sir, I would respectfully submit that the word "Tweet" in itself might be considered an expletive!

            OG
            Also "text".

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            • handsomefortune

              #36
              she could have tweeted 'i was singing the arms off mahler' instead!

              (perhaps the other one sounded better when she said it outloud? or maybe actually mr wrong tweets on her behalf, has a dodgey idea of what is 'youthful', and 'spirited' .......rather than witless smutty-uncle-talk. the sort most people avoid (if they have the option)....including older people joshing online.

              when you actually are a teenager, ...moody, hormonal, spotty and reactionary!

              but pretending you're a teenager when you're 35 or 40 is daft

              it's a fantasy pretense, that earns 'professional' respect, and a career.



              but the pretense tends to send people a bit loopy as a rule......... sort of in two minds, or three, or five. before you know it, you're tweeting offensive gibberish, and living at your mum's.

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              • french frank
                Administrator/Moderator
                • Feb 2007
                • 30286

                #37
                Originally posted by handsomefortune View Post
                but pretending you're a teenager when you're 35 or 40 is daft

                it's a fantasy pretense, that earns 'professional' respect, and a career.
                True, and 'respect' (really! ) to those who resistJim was a one-off - he could get away with anything.
                It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                • handsomefortune

                  #38
                  does anyone watch '2012'? where's caliban?

                  it was 'meltdown week' for the character called siobhan sharp, on beeb tv satire '2012' ... a good example of why in current times, lots of people have be 'more like jimmy saville' in order to keep their careers in tact!

                  this week's 'modes of expression' included (umpteen) 'totally's - 'you the dude' - 'here's the thing', - 'sooooooooo cool', and some really cringey 'rap dancing + gestures' which made for pretty horrific (but funny) viewing. but jimmy saville (if he was here), would think siobhan sharp 'top notch', and perhaps inhale deeply on his (unlit) cigar! whereas i believe caliban's favourite '2012' character, sue, (played by olyvia colman), has long since resigned from her post, in a huff. presumably because she got no recognition for being helpful, intuitive etc and expressed herself authenticly. yet ironically sue might have genuinely helped 'prepare for the olympics' in some small way,..... unlike the rest!

                  if anything, '2012' demonstrates that what was once an oddity, or a 'one off' restricted to jimmy saville, is currently more of a norm, especially in some professions! the characters who really are younger than siobhan sharp, don't actually use half as many cod 'youthisms' ...but 'afterall' siobhan does have her own marketing company, called 'perfect curve' so is 'allowed' more 'youth'.....

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26536

                    #39
                    Originally posted by handsomefortune View Post
                    does anyone watch '2012'? where's caliban?
                    About to watch his recording of '2012' to end the weekend!
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • Mr Pee
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 3285

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      About to watch his recording of '2012' to end the weekend!
                      Loved "2012"!! Totally....

                      And apparently there is more to come during the actual running and jumping competition!

                      Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

                      Mark Twain.

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                      • Curalach

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
                        Loved "2012"!! Totally....
                        One of the best things on TV at the moment, and spookily true!!

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