Ivan Moravec. :)
Hilary. 8)
Sherlock Holmes as portrayed by Jeremy Brett.
Yay, my first avatar :D.
Australian artist Russel Drysdale's Man feeding his dogs (1941).
My first avatar, as well. I really don't like The Merry Widow. ;D
Marx
a smurf:
a blue elf living in toadstools, 3 apples tall, can't play music for nuts.
Michelangeli
Quote from: Egebedieff on April 15, 2007, 08:23:43 AM
And as my son pointed out to me, some say he is "a fellow traveller"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs_and_communism
Where you'll see an argument that Papa Smurf resembles Michel's Avatar
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Papasmurf.jpg)
Tovarisch Egebedieff
hahaha!
The OSU Music Cognition background.
Who Knows?
Tony,
A Dr. Who villan as I recall, but as usual...I cannot remember his name.
Mike
My avatar is my favourite chess World Champion, Vassily Smyslov (born 1921, and thankfully still with us). He always related music to chess. Indeed, he was a professional-level baritone singer, and auditioned for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscva (Moscow) in 1950. He failed in the audition, but competition was stiff to get in there. And also keep in mind that he was already a world-class chess player by that time, having come in 2nd in the 1948 match-tournament that was to determine the new World Champion after the death of Alekhine in 1946. Only 6 people were invited to that tournament (one of them, Rueben Fine, declined to play so it ended up being only 5). It was meant to be the best of the best, and coming in second behind the great Botvinnik showed Smyslov's already tremendous strength.
Smyslov won the supertournament at Zurich in 1953 and went on to play Botvinnik for the world title the following year. It was a drawn match, Botvinnik keeping the title. Smyslov went through the candidates' cycle yet again, an almost impossible feat that would later be matched by Boris Spassky in the 1960s. This time, he managed to unseat Botvinnik, who had finessed himself a rematch clause just in case this happened. Smyslov lost the return match narrowly, but even so, was almost certainly the best player in the world in the mid to late 1950s (even Botvinnik himself thought so; the best doesn't always win, in chess or anything else).
I first got interested in Smyslov when learning about his climb to the candidates' final match at the advanced age of 63. People who are not into chess may not realise how impossible this is. He failed to qualify for the World Championship match with Karpov in 1984 only because he was eliminated by Garry Kasparov, who went on to become the strongest player of all time. No shame in that at any age, but at 63! This was the candidates' final, the very last step before the World Championship itself, and at the age of 63. It would be like a 50+ year old winning a 100 metre dash in the Olympics, it's just unthinkable. I consider this the most phenomenal age-related achievement in all of competitive events, physical sport or games or anything you can name.
Anyway, Smyslov's autobiography was called "In Search of Harmony". He believed that a game of chess, like music, should involve all components working together in harmony. His greatest strength was the endgame, where his power in his heyday was unmatched by any, even Botvinnik himself (who was known for his endings as well).
Smyslov used to sing occasionally with another world-class chessplayer, Ukrainian Mark Taimanov, playing the piano. Taimanov was a concert pianist, and is now in his 70s. He was married to Lyubov Bruk, and they recorded together playing works for 2 pianos. A double-disc set of them was released in Philips' "Great Pianists of the 20th Century" series. (http://tinyurl.com/32x8s3)
By the way, here is an audio file of Smyslov singing with an orchestra. Could anyone identify the piece?
http://www.patrick.k12.va.us/josh/audio/smyslov.wav
Mildly related asides: Prokofiev was a very strong chess player for an amateur. Here are four of his games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=61923 Capablanca would be World Champion in 1921, and Lasker had been prior to 1921. The Capablanca game is listed on that page as a tournament, but it was not; Prokofiev wasn't that strong! It was a simultaneous exhibition.
Hungarian Lajos Portisch was another world-class chessplayer who was (is) a singer. Here is an interview with him from just the other day, translated by a fan:
http://www.chessninja.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=001504
Portisch: I confess I have greater ambitions now. I would like to sing songs for which later I will not have the time or the voice.
Q: Is this more important to you?
Portisch: Classical music is an inexhaustible treasure-house, at least as huge as chess. I know professional singers who sing merely twelve songs. I know from Schubert at least 70-80 songs. I have hardly performed any Brahms songs in front of an audience. At the moment I am studying Wolff-songs and Wagner airs - my voice is especially suited for heroic figures of Wagner, or it would've been suited had I sang any operas. We chessplayers tend to have a heroic temperament.
...
Portisch: I looked at the games from the recent Linares tournament, I took notes of what interests me and discarded the rest. Although it does happen occasionally that I study chess in the evening and in the morning I search the litter because I realize I shouldn't have thrown out everything. I've always been like this, sometimes whole bunches of analysis landed in the wastebasket because I wasn't succesful with the particular opening, and later I searched for the papers in vain. I have been and still am impulsive. Occasionally I even threw out music sheets, although not as often as chess analysis. I know it's a sin with musicians, but music sheets can be copied as well.
Q: Sorry for asking, but why the music sheets?
Portisch: In case I sang something in a bad tune, and got angry.
Q: Which position of your games would you put on your birthday cake, which is the most memorable?
Portisch: I couldn't choose, I have many nice games. But I couldn't choose a music either, the history of classical music is so rich.
It is gelato.
Quote from: Mozart on April 17, 2007, 10:25:51 AM
It is gelato.
Don't lie, we know what that
really is (or the brown one at least.)
You need to see a Dr. >:D
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 16, 2007, 03:54:42 PM
Who Knows?
The Master as played by the late great Roger Delgado.
Quote from: George on April 17, 2007, 10:27:37 AM
Don't lie, we know what that really is (or the brown one at least.)
You need to see a Dr. >:D
But it tastes sooo goood! I thought id sell it in a cone for $3.99. I know I will call it Cold Stone Creamery. :)
Quote from: Mozart on April 19, 2007, 09:05:57 AM
But it tastes sooo goood! I thought id sell it in a cone for $3.99. I know I will call it Cold Stone Creamery. :)
In certain neighborhoods, you could make a ton of money as a taster. ;D
Quote from: George on April 19, 2007, 09:37:48 AM
In certain neighborhoods, you could make a ton of money as a taster. ;D
Nero's Rome is a thing of the past.
Mike
When you're very young, sleeping is easy.
Must I really?
Quote from: Michel on April 20, 2007, 12:56:49 PM
Must I really?
Anne-Sophie Mutter seems to have been burning the candle at both ends I see.
Mike
A fine picture of great Ginette.
Quote from: Michel on April 15, 2007, 07:21:59 AM
Marx
Very interesting Michel. I just happen to live in the "Karl Marx Hof" here in Vienna, Austria. Small world isn't it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Marx-Hof
Wow, that is one amazing apartment complex!
I was in Vienna just before Christmas, meant to go to Heiligenstadt but never made it.
Pee-Wee Herman! Wasn't that obvious?
I suspect Nipper needs no introduction, but you can find out more about him here: http://www.danbbs.dk/~erikoest/nipper.htm
My girl again, in a very Nordic pose (in other words, my type 'a thang).
Mike, you still have the same avatar, how boring! :D Even Sarge changed his avatar. ;D
Modify I was mistaken, that was Sarge's sig that I was looking at, not his avatar.
My avatar is Robson Green. He starred in Touching Evil and Wire in the Blood. I have loved Touching Evil ever since I first saw it, but only recently had a chance to watch the first series of Wire in the Blood. He is playing the same type of character, and he's awesome. :) In both series he catches murderers by getting into their heads, how they think, to profile them and also sometimes anticipate their actions.
I can already tell you now that my next avatar will be (http://www.violetdesigns.co.uk/Foyles%20War%20copy2.JPG) the other show I'm currently watching. I'll say more in a week or two when I change my avatar. :)
Now, that second show is really worth watching, esp the first series. Quite original and superbly acted.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 24, 2007, 09:28:58 AM
Now, that second show is really worth watching, esp the first series. Quite original and superbly acted.
Mike
Yeah it is really great. The library has all but the previous season, which comes to pbs this summer. It's my favorite show right now. Drama and subtle, but deep, acting elevates
Foyle's War beyond the exaggerated melodrama that I'm used to from tv shows. The mysteries are pretty clever and the premise of the show is an interesting one.
I also watch Inspector Lynley-- it's amusing that the show caught on and became so popular in Britain, because it's written by an American author. Elizabeth George lives in California! :D Since I don't know anything about the UK, I wouldn't even know what would be inaccurate about it, but I like it. Anyway Lynley was my previous avatar, and before that it was Psych. ;D
So while Bill's avatars are different, we both are working on the same theme. :)
You seen Rebus or Messiah (DI Red Metcalf) with Ken Stott...you would like those David.
Rebus is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ken Stott must be the hardest Detective on the Planet (Being Scottish you can well guess, Mike will confirm this ;D )
The Angriest Actor I have ever come across, bar none.
Oh Rebus... that's Ian Rankin, I've read one of those novels, but that was a few years back, I don't recall it that well. Just recall it being very dark! :D
Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2007, 10:01:35 AM
Oh Rebus... that's Ian Rankin, I've read one of those novels, but that was a few years back, I don't recall it that well. Just recall it being very dark! :D
Very dark and seedy David, bit like a Mahler 6th ;D
Stott is the guy who played Hitler in Uncle Adolf, the Chubbiest, Scottish sounding Nazi you are ever likely to come across ;D First time I ever saw Hitler Nut somebody in the Head. LOL
The Inspector Lynley mysteries are pap I think. The books are bad enough, but the TV adaptations eviscerate even the set up between the detectives. She is clueless about British society and it is more fantasy than anything else.
George spent a lot of money and time trying to prove that Jack the Ripper was the painter Walter Sickert. The 'evidence' was the usual guess work or tenuous, it would not even get him arrested these days.
As to Rebus...top show, Stott is so believeable and indeed it is dark. The actor John Hannah, (He who was incapable of sustaining an English accent in The Mummy.) bought up some of the book rights and was Rebus in several of the stories, hopeless, like a gawky daft laddie. Stott is the real deal. And I always like to see Edinburgh, even its underbelly.
Mike
Just an amazing photo I found while surfing
Quote from: DavidW on April 24, 2007, 08:12:13 AM
Mike, you still have the same avatar, how boring! :D Even Sarge changed his avatar. ;D
Modify I was mistaken, that was Sarge's sig that I was looking at, not his avatar.
I remain fundamentally opposed to cosmetic surgery and frequent changes of avatar. I first used my avatar five years ago and it has been an unchanging presence thoughout cyberspace. I walk into a chatroom anywhere and I'm instantly recognized. Kids beg for my autograph; men slap me on the back and offer to buy me a beer; women want my body. My unwavering commitment to those 100x100 pixels is celebrated in some circles as an example of steadfastness and loyalty that all persons of clean mind and sound body should emulate...or was that sound mind and clean body? Whatever... I know who I am, I am what I am, and I will go to my grave with my Sgt Rock avatar. The only way they'll make me give it up is to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Sarge, feeling a bit Charlton Heston'ish tonight ;D
That was a real good speech, Sarge! :D 8)
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 03:44:09 PM
That was a real good speech, Sarge! :D 8)
I beg to differ. $:)
???
Major??
???
Well, it was very moving... Made me think about my own rather happy-go-lucky avatar customs...
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 04:18:02 PM
???
Well, it was very moving... Made me think about my own rather happy-go-lucky avatar customs...
I guess changing avatars can get confusing, but I assure you this time its all in fun. :)
You won't fool me that easily! I can see your face behind the Sgt Rock pic... George! >:D
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 04:22:35 PM
You won't fool me that easily! I can see your face behind the Sgt Rock pic... George! >:D
Stinker! :P
Hey, for a while there I thought it was Sarge who changed his screen name to Major... ??? ??? ??? That was a really confusing idea... ;D
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 04:29:14 PM
Hey, for a while there I thought it was Sarge who changed his screen name to Major... ??? ??? ??? That was a really confusing idea... ;D
I should've put
Minor, that would have been most confusing. ;D
Well, anyway: we proved Sarge's point. Seeing his avatar I instinctively treated the post as coming from Sarge without even thinking about the name that was displayed next to it.
Then I decided it was a newcomer.
Then I noticed the eerily high post count. And started to wonder what sort of hacker the newcomer was... ::) ;D)
And back on topic: my current avatar is a blurred pic of my daughter standing in our bedroom door.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 30, 2007, 03:36:48 PM
I remain fundamentally opposed to cosmetic surgery and frequent changes of avatar. I first used my avatar five years ago and it has been an unchanging presence thoughout cyberspace. I walk into a chatroom anywhere and I'm instantly recognized. Kids beg for my autograph; men slap me on the back and offer to buy me a beer; women want my body. My unwavering commitment to those 100x100 pixels is celebrated in some circles as an example of steadfastness and loyalty that all persons of clean mind and sound body should emulate...or was that sound mind and clean body? Whatever... I know who I am, I am what I am, and I will go to my grave with my Sgt Rock avatar. The only way they'll make me give it up is to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Sarge, feeling a bit Charlton Heston'ish tonight ;D
That was classic! LOL....a lot. I put in a submission to The Mad Hatter to see if I might don my old Bogart avatar, but have not heard back yet. :D
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 04:38:27 PM
Well, anyway: we proved Sarge's point. Seeing his avatar I instinctively treated the post as coming from Sarge without even thinking about the name that was displayed next to it.
Then I decided it was a newcomer.
Then I noticed the eerily high post count. And started to wonder what sort of hacker the newcomer was... ::) ;D)
And back on topic: my current avatar is a blurred pic of my daughter standing in our bedroom door.
I am honored that I wasn't your first, second or third guess. ;D
Mine is now Sviatoslav Richter.
I was maybe gonna go back to the Moravec one, but the image is no longer available. Karma I guess. ;D
Anyone have a link to the old forum?
Quote from: Bill on April 30, 2007, 04:39:29 PM
That was classic! LOL....a lot. I put in a submission to The Mad Hatter to see if I might don my old Bogart avatar, but have not heard back yet. :D
I still say the Bacall one was tops! :)
Dead on Sarge, but I think I have an easier way to get respect from men, adoration from women, and beer... steal your avatar when I need it! ;D ;) :D
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 04:40:57 PM
Anyone have a link to the old forum?
Here you go:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/forum/index.php (http://www.good-music-guide.com/forum/index.php)
Quote from: DavidW on April 30, 2007, 04:51:02 PM
Dead on Sarge, but I think I have an easier way to get respect from men, adoration from women, and beer... steal your avatar when I need it! ;D ;) :D
I can say from personal experience that stealing Sarge's avatar will not accomplish that goal. It only made the mods a little nervous and me feel like a traitor to my country. I'll never do that again.
I now believe that the powers of Sarge's avatar lie within him and are not transferable to others.
Quote from: DavidW on April 30, 2007, 04:51:02 PM
Dead on Sarge, but I think I have an easier way to get respect from men, adoration from women, and beer... steal your avatar when I need it! ;D ;) :D
;D :D ;D
With you and George on this forum, I better copyright my avatar and/or petition Rob to impose a no-imping rule.
Sarge
An expressionist rendition of Paganini in action. I wouldn't conceive of any other. :)
Quote from: Bill on April 30, 2007, 04:39:29 PM
That was classic! LOL....a lot. I put in a submission to The Mad Hatter to see if I might don my old Bogart avatar, but have not heard back yet. :D
Truthfully, I enjoyed your changes of avatar when they all had some link to Bogart. That was pretty damn cool.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 30, 2007, 04:59:45 PM
Truthfully, I enjoyed your changes of avatar when they all had some link to Bogart. That was pretty damn cool.
Sarge
I believe it is about ime to revert back to Bogey.....and stay there within the Bogart framework like you pointed out Sarge, no matter the temptation of one night flings. I will have to deal with Mad Hatter later. ;D :D Maybe I will send him a couple of cds for his trouble. Would this be considered buying him off........you bet! 8)
Quote from: Steve on April 30, 2007, 04:58:24 PM
An expressionist rendition of Paganini in action. I wouldn't conceive of any other. :)
That's a great avatar, Steve. Good color. Don't ever change it.
Thus spake Sarge ;D
Quote from: Bill on April 30, 2007, 05:11:51 PM
I believe it is about ime to revert back to Bogey.....and stay there within the Bogart framework
Well, you got my vote, Bogey.
Sarge
Morbo from Futurama.
"I will destroy you."
Quote from: edward on April 30, 2007, 05:47:51 PM
"I will destroy you."
I am glad that you longer have this text beneath your avatar, for I don't think it suits you. :)
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 05:49:02 PM
I am glad that you longer have this text beneath your avatar, for I don't think it suits you. :)
Oh, I thought it was great! Cracked me up everytime I read it.
Quote from: Bill on April 30, 2007, 05:11:51 PM
I believe it is about ime to revert back to Bogey.....and stay there within the Bogart framework like you pointed out Sarge, no matter the temptation of one night flings. I will have to deal with Mad Hatter later. ;D :D Maybe I will send him a couple of cds for his trouble. Would this be considered buying him off........you bet! 8)
Hey, great, I log off the boards for a couple of days to work and get offered free CDs! I'll have to do this more often.
Bill/Bogey, I'm trying to think of another suitable image to Google, the man in the trenchcoat is all yours once I do...and I think I just did...
The man is Tom Waits, I believe from the photoshoot for the album Alice.
Because Bogey can't be the only one with a theme...
Quote from: The Mad Hatter on April 30, 2007, 06:31:00 PM
The man is Tom Waits, I believe from the photoshoot for the album Alice.
Because Bogey can't be the only one with a theme...
Thank you again Mad Hatter....you are a great sport!
Don't mention it - he suits you better :)
A rare single of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord."
Quote from: The Mad Hatter on April 30, 2007, 06:41:16 PM
Don't mention it - he suits you better :)
I agree. Bill = Bogey. :)
Great Zeus
Quote from: carlos on May 01, 2007, 04:24:45 AM
Great Zeus
Carlos,
Your coin avatars are always a pleasure to take in.
Bogey's back! Cool!
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 01, 2007, 05:08:47 AM
Bogey's back! Cool!
Sarge
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:yq63Uxb0q2jDYM:http://casablanca.blogs.ma/ecrire/imagesusers/casablanca_blogs_ma/ricks.jpg)
Yes, Rick's Cafe is officially reopen for business.
Good morning Sarge....your table is waiting.
Quote from: carlos on May 01, 2007, 04:24:45 AM
Great Zeus
Nice one,
carlos, keep them coming! 8)
This is a commemorative 5,000 drachma golden coin from 1980, anticipating the 1982 13th European Field Games, held in Athens. The ΚΑΛΟΣ ΚΑΓΑΘΟΣ (kalos kagathos - "good and virtuous") inscription is from an apofthegm by Plato.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 30, 2007, 05:28:26 PM
That's a great avatar, Steve. Good color. Don't ever change it.
Thus spake Sarge ;D
I wouldn't dare, lest someone might come and take it from me ;D
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 06:51:55 PM
A rare single of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord."
Very excellent choice my friend.
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 06:51:55 PM
A rare single of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord."
You could use the song
My Sweet Lord was pinched from,
He's so fine.
Well you all know who is on my avatar. ;D
And I will try to keep it!
Quote from: Harry on May 03, 2007, 01:49:44 PM
Well you all know who is on my avatar. ;D
And I will try to keep it!
Unless I grab the same image ;)
Quote from: George on May 06, 2007, 06:08:21 AM
Don, will you be visiting the Identify your avatar thread soon? I am curious....
My avatar?
It's what you get when a Divertimentian is enjoying a serenade...
0:)
Okay...
It's trumpeter extraordinaire Dizzy Gillespie giving us a lesson in bubble blowing (or an artist's rendering thereof).
Quote from: donwyn on May 06, 2007, 08:50:13 AM
My avatar?
It's what you get when a Divertimentian is enjoying a serenade...
0:)
Okay...
It's trumpeter extraordinaire Dizzy Gillespie giving us a lesson in bubble blowing (or an artist's rendering thereof).
Cool. Now I see it. Thanks. :)
Another George Harrison photo.
Since I'm now posting much more often than I used to on the old GMG, I've decided to change mine every two weeks (and not once a month, as I have done until now).
It is, of course, the same recurrent theme: my daughter + various members of the family (usually me ;D).
Maciek
The Sesame street gang. 8)
The king of the castle.
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 08:20:43 AM
Love it!
:)
Yes, I think I found my permanent avatar.
The late, great Bill Shankly
Quote from: George on May 19, 2007, 08:45:53 AM
:)
Yes, I think I found my permanent avatar.
No, George! This one!
(http://www.vatsaas.org/rtv/arsenal/teamrocs/bert/ebg.jpe)
;D
Quote from: George on May 19, 2007, 08:45:53 AM
:)
Yes, I think I found my permanent avatar.
Dear Members of GMG,
I will be starting a "pool". Please send me the date and time of day that you believe our friend George will change his avatar again. One entry per member and grand prize to be determined later. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 08:52:31 AM
Dear Members of GMG,
I will be starting a "pool". Please send me the date and time of day that you believe our friend George will change his avatar again. One entry per member and grand prize to be determined later. ;D
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 08:50:20 AM
No, George! This one!
;D
Dave, gettin' all gangsta up in this mofo. :D
Quote from: George on May 19, 2007, 09:09:43 AM
Dave, gettin' all gangsta up in this mofo. :D
Why did you choose a Sesame Street avatar, may I ask?
Quote from: George on May 19, 2007, 08:45:53 AM
:)
Yes, I think I found my permanent avatar.
I love it too. (In a way, it's very much like my own, actually... LOL! ;D)
Tchaikovsky it is, and it will stay that way, afterall he is the greatest right! ;D
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 12:41:52 PM
Why did you choose a Sesame Street avatar, may I ask?
I believe George's original avatar for the longest time was (http://www.goldenweb.it/software/immagini/icone/cartoons/henson/Ernie.gif)
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 01:34:37 PM
I believe George's original avatar for the longest time was (http://www.goldenweb.it/software/immagini/icone/cartoons/henson/Ernie.gif)
I know, but why...?
(http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/images/Wanderer-above-the-Mists-Friedrich.jpg)
The Wanderer above a sea of fog by Caspar David Fredrich
I especially enjoy Fredrich's paintings. I love art, poetry and of course music from the late Romantic era in particular.
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 02:18:48 PM
I know, but why...?
We should just wait for George to chime in....nah....I believe that Ernie was to him back in the day, as Richter is to him now, that is, just a favorite from his childhood. I even remember changing mine to Bert for a few days.... ;D
By the way Dave, wasn't it you that used to come hard with the classic monsters from the Universal Library (and I'll include Chaney Sr. here for fun)? Those were sweet!
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 02:31:53 PM
By the way Dave, wasn't it you that used to come hard with the classic monsters from the Universal Library (and I'll include Chaney Sr. here for fun)? Those were sweet!
That was me. My current avatar is just as scary methinks. ;)
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 02:18:48 PM
I know, but why...?
1. back in the day I didn't know how to do images.
2. Rob had a number of images on the old GMG for people like me.
3. I searched them and chose the Ernie, because Sesame Street was a big part of my life growing up. I'm more of a Bert than an Ernie, therefore I thought it would be fun to be Ernie for awhile.
(http://www.goldenweb.it/software/immagini/icone/cartoons/henson/Ernie.gif)
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 02:27:13 PM
We should just wait for George to chime in....nah....I believe that Ernie was to him back in the day, as Richter is to him now, that is, just a favorite from his childhood. I even remember changing mine to Bert for a few days.... ;D
Good times. :)
Changed for Bill.
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 03:00:51 PM
Changed for Bill.
Let me guess, vacationing in Lake Michigan last year? ;D
Quote from: George on May 19, 2007, 03:05:54 PM
Let me guess, vacationing in Lake Michigan last year? ;D
:P
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 03:00:51 PM
Changed for Bill.
That may be one of the best designs that Universal put out Dave....though there was not a weak one in my books. I do not believe that The Creature was designed by makeup artist Jack Pierce. I believe that he was let go from Universal before this one started. Maybe you can correct me on this point. No matter, Pierce was DA MAN! and the Creature design was top-shelf, no matter who came up with it. I happen to have (bragging tone engaged) an autographed picture from Ben Chapman....neat stuff.
I have Photo #3
http://www.the-reelgillman.com/store/gillstore.html
Quote from: Bogey on May 19, 2007, 03:18:28 PM
I do not believe that The Creature was designed by makeup artist Jack Pierce. I believe that he was let go from Universal before this one started. Maybe you can correct me on this point.
A little internet research and I find the name "Bud Westmore."
Not sure how accurate that is.
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 03:28:44 PM
A little internet research and I find the name "Bud Westmore."
Not sure how accurate that is.
I'll dig around starting with that name. Thanks!
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 19, 2007, 03:28:44 PM
A little internet research and I find the name "Bud Westmore."
Not sure how accurate that is.
Looks like he did all three Creature films....and the Abbott and Costello Meet ____________ films as well. Nice little resume of work:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922863/
It might say on the Creature DVD set if he came up with the design or simply carried it out....good excuse to give those another viewing. ;D
It's my conception of the dream that led to Stockhausen's infamous Helicopter String Quartet, drawn with some sort of freebie art program stuff given me by the bro-in-law.
Love your avatar Dave. It reminds me of the first Pez dispenser I ever bought back in 1965 which I still have to this day and keep in a display box hanging on my wall.
(http://www.juicyraoul.com/pez/pictures/p77.jpg)
Quote from: Hollywood on May 19, 2007, 11:03:48 PM
Love your avatar Dave. It reminds me of the first Pez dispenser I ever bought back in 1965 which I still have to this day and keep in a display box hanging on my wall.
(http://www.juicyraoul.com/pez/pictures/p77.jpg)
As you should Hollywood, as that dispenser went for over $320 on EBAY!
Quote from: Hollywood on May 19, 2007, 11:03:48 PM
Love your avatar Dave. It reminds me of the first Pez dispenser I ever bought back in 1965 which I still have to this day and keep in a display box hanging on my wall.
(http://www.juicyraoul.com/pez/pictures/p77.jpg)
Very cool, Hollywood!
Great Fritz,warmest of violinists. Y love him and
all his works.
My angel, my All, my other self.
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 08:03:58 AM
My angel, my All, my other self.
This she is also huh.
From my private collection! ;D
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 08:03:58 AM
My angel, my All, my other self.
She's still your girlfriend, right? ;D
I think I threw up a little in my mouth.
:P
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:38:32 AM
I think I threw up a little in my mouth.
:P
Sorry, dave.
Sorry, Dave.
;D
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 08:36:52 AM
This she is also huh.
From my private collection! ;D
\ :D >:D
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:38:32 AM
I think I threw up a little in my mouth.
:P
Awwwwww....
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:40:40 AM
Sorry, dave.
Sorry, Dave.
;D
"Nuthin' burps like bacon!"
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 08:43:44 AM
\ :D >:D
I kept this picture
Andy to remind you once in a while what a beauty she is, and to torture myself in seeing what I am missing. ;D
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:38:32 AM
I think I threw up a little in my mouth.
:P
Throw up of joy or disgust? :-\
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:47:02 AM
Throw up of joy or disgust? :-\
Something green ;)?
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 08:50:23 AM
Something green ;)?
Ha. Nope. I already got one. It-za real niiiize.
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 08:36:52 AM
This she is also huh.
From my private collection! ;D
You have a COLLECTION? I believe that's called a HAREM!
Quote from: springrite on May 20, 2007, 08:53:58 AM
You have a COLLECTION? I believe that's called a HAREM!
You are a wise man for your age, I am sure! :)
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:51:44 AM
Ha. Nope. I already got one. It-za real niiiize.
Eccellente! My best wishes for both of you!
Quote from: springrite on May 20, 2007, 08:53:58 AM
You have a COLLECTION? I believe that's called a HAREM!
:D ;) ;)
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 08:57:42 AM
You are a wise man for your age, I am sure! :)
Harry, you need to start a thread devoted to your Harem, or, one devoted to Scarlett. :)
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:59:55 AM
Harry, you need to start a thread devoted to your Harem, or, one devoted to Scarlett. :)
I am absolute besoothed by Scarlett, can't help it.
A thread, no I am not worthy enough my friend.
And my harem is private! ;D
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 09:01:52 AM
I am absolute besoothed by Scarlett, can't help it.
A thread, no I am not worthy enough my friend.
And my harem is private! ;D
No more inviting looks from her, Harry, 'tis not FAIR!!! :-[
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 09:01:52 AM
I am absolute besoothed by Scarlett, can't help it.
A thread, no I am not worthy enough my friend.
And my harem is private! ;D
I live for big brown eyes, pale creamy skin, and long brown hair. But for a blonde, Scarlett is quite extraordinary!
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 09:03:59 AM
No more inviting looks from her, Harry, 'tis not FAIR!!! :-[
Tis not indeed,
George!
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 09:05:11 AM
I live for big brown eyes, pale creamy skin, and long brown hair. But for a blonde, Scarlett is quite extraordinary!
I suspect that's because she's not a real blonde? :-\
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 09:08:41 AM
I suspect that's because she's not a real blonde? :-\
She's not? Hmmmm...
It's interesting (well, for me at least): many people see Scarlett as the embodiment of Viking/Valkyric loveliness. But she's part-Jewish!
Quote from: Harry on May 20, 2007, 09:01:52 AM
And my harem is private! ;D
Beware of an "
Abuduction from the Seraglio"!
Quote from: springrite on May 20, 2007, 09:15:23 AM
Beware of an "Abuduction from the Seraglio"!
;D ;D ;D
Morgan Webb, X-Play (the video game review show, not what you might be thinking)
Great Michael Rabin. Big head :o
Emperor Kangxi
Eva (yummy) Green.
The third most delectable woman on the planet
:)
Quote from: SimonGodders on May 24, 2007, 11:19:38 AM
Eva (yummy) Green.
The third most delectable woman on the planet
:)
Why settle for third best?
Quote from: George on May 24, 2007, 11:43:08 AM
Why settle for third best?
The other two won't have me!
My avatar is Ditters. :)
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/EgonSchiele-SelfPortrait1912.jpg)
Egon Schiele - Self-portrait (1912)
It also looks like me a bit.
(http://www.askewreviews.com/images2/pop1280.jpg)
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 24, 2007, 04:56:00 PM
(http://www.askewreviews.com/images2/pop1280.jpg)
I believe that the little "fella" off center to the left at the bottom of your book is the icon for
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard if I am not mistaken David....here is more on their efforts.
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/blacklizard/
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mPXrCrtLL._AA240_.jpg)
I'm considering this one for my new avatar.
(Yes Bill, I know.....) ::)
Quote from: Bogey on May 24, 2007, 05:31:23 PM
I believe that the little "fella" off center to the left at the bottom of your book is the icon for Vintage Crime/Black Lizard if I am not mistaken David...
You are not mistaken.
The quiet one. 0:)
<------- What it says on the tin
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/3121EYYX15L._AA240_.jpg)
for the picture itself, the artist, the voice, a great series of records (American Recordings I to V).... so good that the outtakes are even better than other artists's best of ;D
Quote from: SimonGodders on May 24, 2007, 11:19:38 AM
Eva (yummy) Green.
The third most delectable woman on the planet
:)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/Lenin.jpg)This is Eva Green??? She looked a lot better in The Dreamers and Casino Royale. Laid out too long in the sun, I guess. The beard doesn't turn me on either. ;D
Sarge
Quote from: papy on June 08, 2007, 12:50:08 PM
<------- What it says on the tin
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/3121EYYX15L._AA240_.jpg)
for the picture itself, the artist, the voice, a great series of records (American Recordings I to V).... so good that the outtakes are even better than other artists's best of ;D
Amen, Papy
Sarge
Der Paukenspieler (1940) by Paul Klee.
Quote from: Norseman on June 09, 2007, 03:02:55 PM
Der Paukenspieler (1940) by Paul Klee.
Hooray for Klee!
Quote from: Kullervo on June 09, 2007, 03:51:25 PM
My new avatar is an alleged self-portrait of Sandro Botticelli.
I saw the original just two weeks ago. 8)
Quote from: Norseman on June 09, 2007, 03:02:55 PM
Der Paukenspieler (1940) by Paul Klee.
nice...... 8)
Quote from: Norseman on June 10, 2007, 01:24:03 AM
I saw the original just two weeks ago. 8)
How fortunate. That's an excellent avatar, my friend. :)
Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze.
Hair: brown. Lips: scarlet.
Age: five thousand three hundred days.
Profession: none, or "starlet"
Where are you hiding, Dolores Haze?
Why are you hiding, darling?
(I Talk in a daze, I walk in a maze
I cannot get out, said the starling).
Where are you riding, Dolores Haze?
What make is the magic carpet?
Is a Cream Cougar the present craze?
And where are you parked, my car pet?
Who is your hero, Dolores Haze?
(http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/images/lolita_hayes.jpg)
Quote from: johnshade on June 11, 2007, 05:03:44 PM
Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze.
Hair: brown. Lips: scarlet.
Age: five thousand three hundred days.
Profession: none, or "starlet"
Where are you hiding, Dolores Haze?
Why are you hiding, darling?
(I Talk in a daze, I walk in a maze
I cannot get out, said the starling).
Where are you riding, Dolores Haze?
What make is the magic carpet?
Is a Cream Cougar the present craze?
And where are you parked, my car pet?
Who is your hero, Dolores Haze?
(http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/images/lolita_hayes.jpg)
One of my favorite books.
Wir betreten feuertrunken
That's my favorite portrait of Beethoven, or anyone.
A new book by Pema Chodron.
I like the suggestion. :D
My fiancee during Halloween '06. She was heavy into Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Darkthrone, etc. at the time. I used to keep my own Roman Catholicism from her, for fear of losing her. Today she's with me as an RC but we still have huge amounts of fun, dressing up, etc.
Quote from: Kullervo on June 11, 2007, 09:08:37 PM
That's my favorite portrait of Beethoven, or anyone.
Yeah, I agree. I tried to find a poster of it to frame and hang up in my room, but unfortunately was unsuccessful.
(http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/photos/arms_and_influence_refere/bogart1.jpg)
The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
Quote from: Bogey on June 12, 2007, 05:36:26 PM
(http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/photos/arms_and_influence_refere/bogart1.jpg)
The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
That's a sweet avatar you got there Bill.
Almost makes it easier to miss Lauren. ;D
Quote from: George on June 12, 2007, 06:52:39 PM
That's a sweet avatar you got there Bill.
Almost makes it easier to miss Lauren. ;D
Oh, she'll be back....when you expect her least. :)
Mary at Medjugorje, Hungary
It's that annoying ad I see every other time on this forum
Annoying because you only get to see it every other time? :D
Procol Harum's second album:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NCV89SMRL._SS500_.jpg)
Quote from: George on June 17, 2007, 05:44:44 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=2006;type=avatar)
Procol Harum's second album:
You are a man of passions my friend.
Quote from: Bogey on June 17, 2007, 06:59:14 PM
You are a man of passions my friend.
I love the surreal quality of that cover. Plus, it has a piano so it seems appropriate here. 8)
Hedonism Bot from Futurama, specifically the opera-themed episode, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings."
My longstanding "thing" about Hedonism Bot is well-known in my social circles. Some of the best quotes from later Futurama came from Hedonism Bot.
The quiet one returns.... 8)
I challenge three other Beatle fans to pick an available Beatle and make him your avatar. :)
Is that Jesus? I didn't know you were religious.
Quote from: George on June 19, 2007, 03:48:24 PM
Summer of Love Album Cover 8)
Maybe my all-time favorite picture of Harrison, George.....hmmmm, something inherently wrong with this sentence.
I will pass on the challenge. But if I were to pick up the banner, mine might be:
(http://members.home.nl/jpgr/paul1969.jpg)
Warning, warning! Screen name change! $:)
Cheers,
MrOsa
Quote from: Maciek on June 22, 2007, 03:26:57 AM
Warning, warning! Screen name change! $:)
Cheers,
MrOsa
Farewell, MrOrsa...
Sarge
Same for me:
Quote from: Bogey on June 21, 2007, 08:37:16 PM
I will pass on the challenge. But if I were to pick up the banner, mine might be:
(http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/shining1.jpg)
Quote from: George on June 21, 2007, 08:09:03 PM
The quiet one returns.... 8)
I challenge three other Beatle fans to pick an available Beatle and make him your avatar. :)
You know they'll have to pry my avatar out of my cold, dead hands before I give it up. But if I took up your challenge, it might be this one:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/lennon.jpg)
It looks good reduced to avatar size:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/lennonju.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 03:54:27 AM
You know they'll have to pry my avatar out of my cold, dead hands before I give it up. But if I took up your challenge, it might be this one:
It looks good reduced to avatar size:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/lennonju.jpg)
Sarge
Due to your leadership in this area Sarge, I was able to avoid the temptation of change in so far as at least maintaining the "Bogey" theme. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on June 22, 2007, 04:27:01 AM
Due to your leadership in this area Sarge, I was able to avoid the temptation of change in so far as at least maintaining the "Bogey" theme. ;D
Good man 8) Now, if I can just convince George to keep the George themed avatars, my work here will be accomplished.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 03:54:27 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/lennonju.jpg)
Looks just like you Sarge!
Quote from: Maciek on June 22, 2007, 04:57:19 AM
Looks just like you Sarge!
Ah, you noticed! Most people don't because I have a mustache and beard now.
(http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/20/johnlennon_narrowweb__300x460,0.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 05:36:10 AM
Ah, you noticed! Most people don't because I have a mustache and beard now.
(http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/20/johnlennon_narrowweb__300x460,0.jpg)
Sarge
*
Aw, we could have been fab. :( ::) :'(
(http://members.home.nl/jpgr/paul1969.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/lennon.jpg)
(http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/shining1.jpg) (http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/quiz154outcome3.jpg)
Quote from: Szykniej on June 22, 2007, 03:44:54 AM
Same for me:
(http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/shining1.jpg)
Didn't Ringo do one of the voices for Thomas the Tank Engine? Is that the point of the picture? (Great pic, in any event.)
Quote from: Shrunk on June 22, 2007, 06:01:46 AM
Didn't Ringo do one of the voices for Thomas the Tank Engine? Is that the point of the picture? (Great pic, in any event.)
Indeed, that is classic Ringo. :)
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 05:50:38 AM
Aw, we could have been fab.
Yes, it makes me sad to think, What might have been...
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 22, 2007, 07:19:50 AM
Yes, it makes me sad to think, What might have been...
Sarge
We all, shine on.... :)
Who knows mine? :)
Quote from: Shrunk on June 22, 2007, 06:01:46 AM
Didn't Ringo do one of the voices for Thomas the Tank Engine? Is that the point of the picture? (Great pic, in any event.)
Yes, Ringo played the part of Mr. Conductor on
Shining Time Station before George Carlin.
Quote from: Black Knight on June 22, 2007, 10:23:34 AM
Who knows mine? :)
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=610;type=avatar)
Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.
Must watch that again some time...
Quote from: Szykniej on June 22, 2007, 11:08:06 AM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=610;type=avatar)
Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.
Yes, I was going to respond but Tony got Back in Time! :D
Audrey Hepburn..........from the film Sabrina (1954).
(http://www.vueweekly.com/upload/01c065cf-a092-494b-939e-0a69cf8a9474.jpg)
Veni, Creator Spiritus. The 1st movement of M8.
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2007, 09:09:52 PM
Audrey Hepburn..........from the film Sabrina (1954).
(http://www.vueweekly.com/upload/01c065cf-a092-494b-939e-0a69cf8a9474.jpg)
Great movie, but Bogey's totally miscast in that one!
Quote from: Kullervo on June 24, 2007, 05:07:15 AM
Great movie, but Bogey's totally miscast in that one!
Agreed.....but what a leading lady to be miscast with!
Quote from: Bogey on June 24, 2007, 06:39:49 AM
Agreed.....but what a leading lady to be miscast with!
She sure brightened my day! 0:)
Glenn.
-
(http://bluepyramid.org/ia/pfvn.jpg)
-
George, you and I look like we're gonna bust some safes. Or some heads. ;D
Quote from: Mark on July 04, 2007, 07:39:38 AM
George, you and I look like we're gonna bust some safes. Or some heads. ;D
That was too weird looking at myself...don't know how you do it Mark. :-\
Anyway, back to ol' George Harrison. 8)
My last avatar was spiderman doing a hindi dance.
Can anybody guess this one? ;D
Nothing. I even gave up Dana's pipe.
Odilon Redon - The Siren Rising from the Waves Clothed in Barbs (1988)
Humphrey Bogart.
Casablanca = Awesomeness.
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 08, 2007, 03:38:19 PM
Humphrey Bogart.
Casablanca = Awesomeness.
People will confuse your posts with Bogey's!
Wait!
Someone else uses Humphrey Bogart?
Crap, gotta find something else.....
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 08, 2007, 04:08:45 PM
Wait!
Someone else uses Humphrey Bogart?
Crap, gotta find something else.....
:) Many thanks.
Changed it to Oscar Wilde.
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde = Awesomeness.
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 09, 2007, 09:46:20 AM
Changed it to Oscar Wilde.
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde = Awesomeness.
Very, very witty... very, very witty
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/oscarwil.htm
Quote from: Kullervo on July 09, 2007, 10:53:10 AM
Very, very witty... very, very witty
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/oscarwil.htm
Nice - I laughed out loud.
Oscar Wilde = Legend.
Have you read 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' ? It's really good, I recommend it.
Havergal Brian (1876-1972)
Quote from: Jezetha on July 09, 2007, 03:08:38 PM
Havergal Brian (1876-1972)
YES!!!(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/ngmg/bUTTHEAD.gif)
Sarge
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 09, 2007, 02:39:59 PM
Nice - I laughed out loud.
Oscar Wilde = Legend.
Have you read 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' ? It's really good, I recommend it.
One of my all-time favorite books....and I only read it for the first time this year! ;D
Quote from: Bogey on July 09, 2007, 04:19:04 PM
One of my all-time favorite books....and I only read it for the first time this year! ;D
Same here aaaaand same here.
Looks like we're twins or something...
Shakyamuni Buddha
A Japanese flag with the Chinese words "Shameless" written over it.
Mawangu Mingiedi, leader of Konono no. 1 who plays a mean electric mbira
(http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/2006/jpg/mingiedi.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konono_N%C2%B01 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konono_N%C2%B01)
Nydia, la jeune aveugle aux fleurs de Pompéi.
Statue by Randolph Rogers. 1855-56
She's a good listener:
(http://www.insecula.com/Photos/00/00/02/28/ME0000022893_3.JPG)
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 10, 2007, 10:44:25 AM
Same here aaaaand same here.
Looks like we're twins or something...
For a time there I thought you might go (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:rrW4sXACVEMxRM:http://www.britfilms.tv/images/news/willis%2520die%2520hard%25204.jpg) on us.....which would be very cool as well.
Yeeeeah...
Realized it now...
Maybe I will change it someday...
Quote from: Kiddiarni on July 09, 2007, 02:39:59 PM
Nice - I laughed out loud.
Oscar Wilde = Legend.
Have you read 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' ? It's really good, I recommend it.
I actually wrote a paper on this a few months ago for my last English seminar in college... I studied the use of music in the work. I actually read through it in great detail a second (and third) time and marked every single instance in which music in any shape or form was mentioned. I then made a 3-page index on Microsoft Word of them, which I used as my main reference in writing the paper. It was tedious but well worth the effort.
Your quote can be attributed to Lord Henry, no?
My avatar is obviously a wolf. Wolves have always fascinated me and "spoke to me", so to speak. I once created a scratchboard piece of art, and it was a portrait of a wolf. It was my favorite. I was also particularly good at sketching wolves and equus.
I chose the wolf on the left because I find it beautiful. The snarl is a gesture commanding respect, not necessarily condoning violence.
Wolves have fascinated me because of their sense of affinity towards one another. Such companionship and ensemble is rarely paralleled in this world.
Quote from: LaciDeeLeBlanc on July 19, 2007, 10:04:02 AM
My avatar is obviously a wolf. Wolves have always fascinated me and "spoke to me", so to speak.
You are in good company. Mrs. Rock loves wolves too, and I'm sure you know Hélène Grimaud owns a nature reserve devoted to wolves.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gmgpictures/GrimaudBeethoven.jpg)
Sarge
Mine is Anton Bruckner, but I have seen several other Bruckner avatars floating around, so maybe it is time for a change?
Ah, there were are... changed to Albert Camus, but I may change again.
Take a guess. ;)
Why Felix, of course. :D
Bob Dylan from the cover the great: "Bringing it all back home." 8)
The Lady of Medjugorje
Judas! 8)
The Knight of Infinite Resignation
I play bass.
One of my paintings.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/30/ce/b2b0228348a03338cbb81110.L.jpg)
:)
It's identified beneath the image, but I wanted to share a larger image here, since it's a little hard to see as an avatar:
(http://www.jaysonjo.com/theologue.JPG)
(http://www.elbauldelartesano.com/sitebuilder/images/theologue2-600x231.jpg)
Quote from: George on December 23, 2007, 09:17:45 AM
It's identified beneath the image, but I wanted to share a larger image here, since it's a little hard to see as an avatar:
Sort of like full screen vs. letterboxing/widescreen buddy. 8)
Quote from: Bogey on December 23, 2007, 09:22:31 AM
Sort of like full screen vs. letterboxing/widescreen buddy. 8)
Yes and once again, letterboxing wins!
I thought I'd retire Kierkegaard and give in... to temptation. >:D
In honour of the massive revelations bestowed upon me my these Metal Kings, most recently by their double dvd "Absolute Power" and the "Gods of War" masterpiece cd, Manowar KILLS WITH POWER!
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, with a Spartium junceum bush in full bloom in the foreground.
Quote from: Wanderer on December 23, 2007, 10:25:47 AM
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, with a Spartium junceum bush in full bloom in the foreground.
One of my favorite "maintained" avatars on this forum. Never tire of seeing it.
Quote from: Bogey on December 23, 2007, 10:49:53 AM
One of my favorite "maintained" avatars on this forum. Never tire of seeing it.
Might we hear more about the backstory of your current avatar?
Quote from: George on December 23, 2007, 10:56:02 AM
Might we hear more about the backstory of your current avatar?
As you have been able to tell, I have been changing avatars like socks. However, the WWII avatar that I tried recently hit a chord with me and images from this period I find to be powerful. Lately I have been doing some reading on WWII and also have been getting back into some WWII figure painting (1:35 scale). So, I thought that I would change my avatar based on the month/date and connect to some WWII events/images. On a more personal connection, my grandfather and Uncle Bill (whom I was named after) served during WWII, so I am also doing it to honor them and all the other veterans that came before, now serve, and will come after. Just a lot of layers here for me that have all come together at once buddy.
A caricature of painter Arnold Böcklin, of " Isle of death" fame....
Quote from: pjme on December 23, 2007, 11:41:16 AM
A caricature of painter Arnold Böcklin, of " Isle of death" fame....
Did the caricature have any script with it?
No script... it's a clip from a 1930-ies (French) magazine and gives no clue at all....
My favorite writer and the greatest single artistic influence on my life (so far, of course). I'm rereading the short stories.
I'm not quite sure what I should install as an avatar, so i just chose myself.
My favorite music celebrities are already taken.
I took this photo when I was visiting the Yellowstone National Park last year. This is from the top of one of the many waterfalls.
David with Igor, father and son. IMHO,Igor was a fantastic
violinist undervaluated and unjustly compared with his father.Can you believe that he's 77 years old?.
I changed my avatar today. But I stayed with Havergal Brian - this photo is from 1966, Brian's annus mirabilis, when 'The Gothic' got its first professional performance under Sir Adrian Boult.
picture of me from the tour, back in September. As I joke, when we played a song that rips off "Rock n Roll" by Led Zeppelin, the singer handed me a bow, and I played a whole verse hitting the chords with it.
d.
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/index.php.png)
Bogey, my man, why?
By the way, this is my favorite Star Trek character, the Klingon warrior Worf, House of Mog:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/worf.jpg)
A little known fact about Worf is that he tried to make it as a pop singer before entering Star Fleet Academy. Long out of print, this, his only album, has become quite a collector's item:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/whippedworf.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 11, 2008, 06:51:39 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/whippedworf.jpg)
Sarge
BAY-bee!
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 11, 2008, 06:51:39 AM
A little known fact about Worf is that he tried to make it as a pop singer before entering Star Fleet Academy. Long out of print, this, his only album, has become quite a collector's item:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/whippedworf.jpg)
Sarge
Qapla'! ;D
Andrei Korsakoff, an outstanding virtuoso who died
too soon and too young. But I'm afraid that only Harry Collier and I know him.
No changing mine. But IF I did it would be a pic of Alfred Schnittke
Quote from: paulb on February 11, 2008, 08:58:39 AM
No changing mine. But IF I did it would be a pic of Alfred Schnittke
But you didn't identify your avatar. ???
Quote from: George on February 11, 2008, 09:59:23 AM
But you didn't identify your avatar. ???
If its not Schnittke, then it must be...
Pettersson!
;D
Quote from: George on February 11, 2008, 09:59:23 AM
But you didn't identify your avatar. ???
Oh apologies
I thought everyone knew that is a photo of Allan Pettersson, scandanavia's greatest composer.
Quote from: paulb on February 11, 2008, 10:06:17 AM
Oh apologies
I thought everyone knew that is a photo of Allan Pettersson, scandanavia's greatest composer.
Thanks. :)
I had thought it was you, actually.
Today's avatar is a moose out huntin' for Texans. ;D
My current one is a pic of me, sans me. ;)
Quote from: George on February 11, 2008, 10:11:22 AM
Thanks. :)
I had thought it was you, actually.
What you can't read faces yet?
There's greatness and genius beaming forth from that face.
next to Pettersson i look sort of
bozo ;D
Quote from: paulb on February 11, 2008, 12:30:34 PM
What you can't read faces yet?
There's greatness and genius beaming forth from that face.
next to Pettersson i look sort of bozo ;D
Prove it. ;D
Quote from: George on February 11, 2008, 01:02:22 PM
Prove it. ;D
This is what i would look like if I stood next to the great man, Pettersson.
Quote from: paulb on February 11, 2008, 01:12:41 PM
This is what i would look like if I stood next to the great man, Pettersson.
LOL
Quote from: paulb on February 11, 2008, 01:12:41 PM
This is what i would look like if I stood next to the great man, Pettersson.
But you have to admit there is an undeniable resemblance between you and Pettersson.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/PPcomparison.jpg)
I can understand George's confusion.
Sarge
Currently a testament to Super Bowl XLII's most extraordinary play!
Next weekend I will be changing it to a portrait of Antonin Dvorak. :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 11, 2008, 06:51:39 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/index.php.png)
Bogey, my man, why?
By the way, this is my favorite Star Trek character, the Klingon warrior Worf, House of Mog:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/worf.jpg)
A little known fact about Worf is that he tried to make it as a pop singer before entering Star Fleet Academy. Long out of print, this, his only album, has become quite a collector's item:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/whippedworf.jpg)
Sarge
LOL! Was it Benji that used to put the Klingon head on HvK....that was hilarious as well. I have to admit that I have difficuly sticking to the same avatar....just too much fun. Maybe I should start a thread where folks nominate choices that I can choose one from. However Sarge, you must admit that the gotee is damn cool.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 11, 2008, 02:35:28 PM
But you have to admit there is an undeniable resemblance between you and Pettersson.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/PPcomparison.jpg)
I can understand George's confusion.
Sarge
I really think you have found your true vocation, Sarge! ;D
Keep 'em coming, good man!
Hm, not so sure about this new avatar. Doesn't seem to fit my style ... Maybe I should start a "Choose Brian's Avatar" thread. :-\
Gee, Mark, your new one looks like you're morphing into King Henry VIII :o
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=7530;type=avatar) (http://join2day.com/abc/H/holbein/holbein59.JPG)
Doesn't bode well for his wife.... :-\
Wife # 1 was merely repudiated. I'd feel more worried if she was one of her successors...
Ha ha! Very good, chaps. ;D
I'm rather pleased with my new avatar. Yes, it reveals I'm putting on a few pounds. But it also looks like me, which I feel so few photos of me do.
Kicking my can all over the place, singing...
Quote from: gomro on March 15, 2008, 08:30:55 AM
And so my NEW avatar is some sort of something I put together while listening to Stockhausen's Cosmic Pulses; I'm not sure what it is, but I think it captures the intensity of that electronic maelstrom well enough.
LOVE it! :)
My new Avatar is a photo of Gerhard Richter's painting Candle which sold for close to eight million Dollars at a recent auction at Sotheby's!
:o
Quote from: uffeviking on March 15, 2008, 06:55:26 PM
My new Avatar is a photo of Gerhard Richter's painting Candle which sold for close to eight million Dollars at a recent auction at Sotheby's!
:o
I noticed it earlier & I like it. :-)
BTW, for those who didn't know, my current one is from Maurice Sendak's
Where Wild Things Are.
Quote from: uffeviking on March 15, 2008, 06:55:26 PM
My new Avatar is a photo of Gerhard Richter's painting Candle which sold for close to eight million Dollars at a recent auction at Sotheby's!
:o
Hm, thought it was just a cover for a Sonic Youth album.
(http://www.copons.it/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/daydreamnation.jpg)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on March 15, 2008, 06:59:13 AM
Gee, Mark, your new one looks like you're morphing into King Henry VIII :o
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=7530;type=avatar) (http://join2day.com/abc/H/holbein/holbein59.JPG)
Ha!
They do look somewhat similar...
Myaskovsky
Mine's a young Ralph Vaughan Williams. :)
The Exorcist
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 20, 2008, 07:56:44 AM
The Exorcist
One of my favorites.
I'll be spinning
Boys From Brazil once more, after 25-plus years, tomorrow.
The debut album from Stone Temple Pilots.
Flauto traverso (aka baroque flute) after J. Denner (c. 1720 Germany) made by Daniel Deitch in San Francisco, CA.
FangLin
Hal Peary (1908 - 1985) who created the character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. Gildersleeve evolved as a guest character on the radio series Fibber McGee and Molly during the late 30s before receiving his own show in 1941. The Great Gildersleeve ran to 1957 (I think), though Peary left the show in '50. Anyone go back far enough to remember hearing this show on the air?
Some German dude.
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 20, 2008, 07:56:44 AM
The Exorcist
Why would you want to identify yourself with some image from a crappy horror film?
(I recovered from a mild case of demon infestation. :D. Now I'm back to almost normal.) (http://entimg.msn.com/i/100/mo/exorcist_whiteface_125x125.jpg)
The Gibson Firebird compels you!! See.....much better.
0:)
Quote from: Haffner on March 20, 2008, 02:01:15 PM
Some German dude.
Yeah me too just some random German dude ;)!
marvin
Quote from: drogulus on March 20, 2008, 03:40:25 PM
Why would you want to identify yourself with some image from a crappy horror film?
(Laughing) the BEST horror film (love #3 as well. Go
GEORGE C.!)
Quote from: Haffner on March 20, 2008, 03:49:04 PM
(Laughing) the BEST horror film (love #3 as well. Go GEORGE C.!)
Yeah I do too, including #3, but hate #2. George C. Scott can just make a movie can't he? Which reminds me one of my favorite horror movies is The Changeling with George C. Scott. :)
Mr. Sviatoslav Richter pondering a good divertimento.
Quote from: donwyn on March 20, 2008, 08:54:11 PM
Mr. Sviatoslav Richter pondering a good divertimento.
And here I thought he was pondering a pickup line in a Chelsea bar. ;D
I usually remember to shave only once every two or three weeks; this is the unhappy result. Whatever you do, don't let tartar sauce get stuck in your beard. But that's probably too much information already.
Johan Julius Christian Sibelius.
Quote from: DavidW on March 20, 2008, 05:59:59 PM
Yeah I do too, including #3, but hate #2. George C. Scott can just make a movie can't he? Which reminds me one of my favorite horror movies is The Changeling with George C. Scott. :)
The Changeling is a little know movie that is extremely cool. Scott really was like a force of nature. I completely agree, Exorcist 2 was a total dud.
Quote from: Haffner on March 20, 2008, 03:49:04 PM
(Laughing) the BEST horror film (love #3 as well. Go GEORGE C.!)
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3363/exorcist2shot4lqn1.jpg)
This one was so bad it wasn't even fun.
Quote from: drogulus on March 21, 2008, 01:59:08 PM
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3363/exorcist2shot4lqn1.jpg)
This one was so bad it wasn't even fun.
A waste of Richard Burton, indeed!
Quote from: Haffner on March 20, 2008, 02:01:15 PM
Some German dude.
Andy, as much as I love Wagner (and you know I really, really do ;) ) I have to admit I love your girlfriend more. I prefer the avatars where she was featured 8)
Sarge
;)
From a "Black Metal" modeling gig.
;) ;)
Quote from: George on March 20, 2008, 09:25:06 PM
And here I thought he was pondering a pickup line in a Chelsea bar. ;D
;D
He tried it and flamed out so he went back to pondering non-threatening things... ;D
Quote from: Haffner on March 20, 2008, 08:44:23 AM
One of my favorites.
I'll be spinning Boys From Brazil once more, after 25-plus years, tomorrow.
You have stirred my juices for another Marathon Man viewing.
(http://www.lazydork.com/movies/marathonman.jpg)
Quote from: BorisG on March 21, 2008, 04:30:33 PM
You have stirred my juices for another Marathon Man viewing.
(http://www.lazydork.com/movies/marathonman.jpg)
Another excellent movie that few people know about.
Quote from: Haffner on March 21, 2008, 03:52:10 PM
;) ;)
Thanks, Andy. Even better than an avatar ;) She is a goddess.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2008, 05:06:52 PM
Thanks, Andy. Even better than an avatar ;) She is a goddess.
Sarge
You are very kind, Vielen Dank'!
Quote from: Haffner on March 21, 2008, 03:52:10 PM
;) ;)
He, stop that, don't torture us, man she is too beautiful, we almost get blinded by it..... 8)
Quote from: Haffner on March 21, 2008, 03:50:41 PM
From a "Black Metal" modeling gig.
I remember you posting that one before. I miss my visits to Lake Champlain.
Quote from: Szykniej on March 22, 2008, 10:37:41 AM
I remember you posting that one before. I miss my visits to Lake Champlain.
The view can be nice, but the water...yech!
Quote from: Haffner on March 22, 2008, 11:53:36 AM
The view can be nice, but the water...yech!
I used to swim in it as a kid....come to think of it, this might explain a lot of things. ;D
My new one is a shop shutter from Barcelona. Some such is clearly graffiti, very skilled. Some may have been commissioned by the shops. Difficult to tell with this one.
Mike
Quote from: Bill in the Rockies on March 22, 2008, 01:42:24 PM
I used to swim in it as a kid....come to think of it, this might explain a lot of things. ;D
(laughing like a loon)
Queen's debut album cover.
Quote from: George on March 22, 2008, 05:17:46 PM
Queen's debut album cover.
The first and second (if I remember correctly) had some fairly heavy stuff on them, didn't they? Maybe I should check 'em out again.
Quote from: Haffner on March 23, 2008, 05:07:30 AM
The first and second (if I remember correctly) had some fairly heavy stuff on them, didn't they? Maybe I should check 'em out again.
To me all of their early albums (up to and including A Day at the Races) have heavy stuff on them - to varying degrees, of course. Keep Yourself Alive has to be one of the greatest debut singles of any rock band. Gotta love that guitar work (especially the intro) and the positive message of the lyrics.
Still to this day one of my favorite movies of all time, Jaws (1975)
Robert Shaw as Quint also one of my favorite performances, not to mention Roy Scheider as Chief Brody. :)
Another Maurice Sendak pic-- this time from the cover of my favourite book of his, In the Night Kitchen.
(http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~rflynn/0064434362.jpg)
Quote from: just josh on March 26, 2008, 05:57:35 AM
Another Maurice Sendak pic-- this time from the cover of my favourite book of his, In the Night Kitchen.
(http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~rflynn/0064434362.jpg)
Gonna miss your last one Josh. Hope it, or something from "the island" makes a return.
Havergal Brian at 90 (1966), for those who don't yet know...
Quote from: Bogey on March 26, 2008, 08:06:28 AM
Gonna miss your last one Josh. Hope it, or something from "the island" makes a return.
RRROARRR! ;D
I may just start circulating through a few Maurice Sendak drawings every now & then. :)
Thoth-Amon!!!
Quote from: MN Dave on March 27, 2008, 12:14:53 PM
Thoth-Amon!!!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ixnzOu5S2QhOeM:http://www.thecimmerian.com/wp-content/uploads/random/reh_sidebar_studio.jpg)
Mr. Howard and I are both pleased with you choice Dave.
Quote from: Bogey on March 27, 2008, 12:25:28 PM
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ixnzOu5S2QhOeM:http://www.thecimmerian.com/wp-content/uploads/random/reh_sidebar_studio.jpg)
Mr. Howard and I are both pleased with you choice Dave.
8)
The Thing to combat Dave's sinister Victor von Doom. 'Nuff said.
Quote from: Bogey on April 15, 2008, 07:41:45 AM
The Thing (Kirby style) to combat Dave's sinister Victor von Doom. 'Nuff said.
I remember being introduced to one of my favorite characters (Adam Warlock) in the pages of Fantastic Four. Back then he was "Him".
Really cool avatar,
Bill.
Quote from: Bogey on April 15, 2008, 07:41:45 AM
The Thing (Kirby style) to combat Dave's sinister Victor von Doom. 'Nuff said.
Where are the other three?
You are going to need them!
Bwa-ha-ha-HAAAA!!! >:D
Quote from: MN Dave on April 15, 2008, 07:46:46 AM
Where are the other three?
You are going to need them!
Bwa-ha-ha-HAAAA!!! >:D
(
Dave's most nefarious
Dr. Doom voice)
Quote from: Haffner on April 15, 2008, 07:45:07 AM
I remember being introduced to one of my favorite characters (Adam Warlock) in the pages of Fantastic Four. Back then he was "Him".
Really cool avatar, Bill.
Like any tale, your story is only as good as your villain in it Ange. When Dr. Doom goes, I am afraid The Thing will have to follow.
Quote from: MN Dave on April 15, 2008, 07:46:46 AM
Where are the other three?
You are going to need them!
Bwa-ha-ha-HAAAA!!! >:D
Yeah? Just wait, sooner or later I'll get my mitts on you!! Just wait!! (See FF #15).
Quote from: Bogey on April 15, 2008, 08:01:52 AM
Yeah? Just wait, sooner or later I'll get my mitts on you!! Just wait!! (See FF #15).
It's CLOBBERIN' Time!
Quote from: Bogey on April 15, 2008, 08:01:52 AM
Yeah? Just wait, sooner or later I'll get my mitts on you!! Just wait!! (See FF #15).
Ooo. You're quoting from scripture. 0:)
Dave,
Looks like Bach and Vivaldi are good 'ole pals. Why is Handel on the other side of the organ? :D
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 16, 2008, 09:15:39 AM
Dave,
Looks like Bach and Vivaldi are good 'ole pals. Why is Handel on the other side of the organ? :D
I have no idea what you're talking about. 0:)
And so my NEW new avatar is something inspired by Tangerine Dream's Through Metamorphic Rocks, from their Force Majeure album. I've been revisiting that band's past glories quite a bit lately.
(http://a836.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/91/l_c64a8b57af5ed9be8ba11b8ced7ae50b.jpg)
Quote from: gomro on April 16, 2008, 12:00:17 PM
And so my NEW new avatar is something inspired by Tangerine Dream's Through Metamorphic Rocks, from their Force Majeure album. I've been revisiting that band's past glories quite a bit lately.
(http://a836.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/91/l_c64a8b57af5ed9be8ba11b8ced7ae50b.jpg)
Beautiful...works well as a small image, too.
--Bruce
Quote(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=8543;type=avatar)
What a beautiful girl. Yours, Haffner? :D Almost as beautiful as my... avatar.
Quote from: Wurstwasser on April 24, 2008, 06:15:51 AM
What a beautiful girl. Yours, Haffner? :D Almost as beautiful as my... avatar.
I'm drooling... over Sibelius.
Now I want an old composer avatar too.
Quote from: MN Dave on April 24, 2008, 06:25:42 AM
Now I want an old composer avatar too.
I knew you would. They're
so sexy!
Quote from: Wurstwasser on April 24, 2008, 06:15:51 AM
What a beautiful girl. Yours, Haffner? :D Almost as beautiful as my... avatar.
That's my lady during her "Gothic" era, a few years back.
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 07:04:45 AM
That's my lady during her "Gothic" era, a few years back.
My 'Gothic' era will never end. ;)
Quote from: Jezetha on April 24, 2008, 07:06:26 AM
My 'Gothic' era will never end. ;)
...that's probably just a stuck needle, Johan...
Quote from: Jezetha on April 24, 2008, 07:06:26 AM
My 'Gothic' era will never end. ;)
I tried reading
Melmoth the Wanderer recently. Crumbs, Maturin could go on and on.
Quote from: lukeottevanger on April 24, 2008, 07:19:51 AM
...that's probably just a stuck needle, Johan...
Yes, I've been listening to that cluster chord in the Judex for over 25 years now...
Quote from: MN Dave on April 24, 2008, 07:24:39 AM
I tried reading Melmoth the Wanderer recently. Crumbs, Maturin could go on and on.
I see you have found a use for 'Crumbs' already, Dave! Never read Maturin, btw. Just as well, judging by your exasperated sigh... (I seem to remember HPL mentioning him favourably in his 'Supernatural Horror' essay.)
Quote from: Jezetha on April 24, 2008, 07:51:02 AM
I see you have found a use for 'Crumbs' already, Dave!
;D
QuoteNever read Maturin, btw. Just as well, judging by your exasperated sigh... (I seem to remember HPL mentioning him favourably in his 'Supernatural Horror' essay.)
I'm no HPL.
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 07:04:45 AM
That's my lady during her "Gothic" era, a few years back.
Goth agrees with her.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 24, 2008, 08:38:07 AM
Goth agrees with her.
Sarge
It's really cool (for me at least). She still likes to dress up, but she doesn't like the music much anyore.
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 10:14:55 AM
It's really cool (for me at least). She still likes to dress up, but she doesn't like the music much anyore.
No matter, the former is far more important. ;D
Quote from: George on April 24, 2008, 10:21:17 AM
No matter, the former is far more imprtant. ;D
I like disrobing better.
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 24, 2008, 10:22:57 AM
I like disrobing better.
This is very much a valid point ;D.
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 11:24:25 AM
This is very much a valid point ;D.
Next weeks avatar? ;D
Quote from: George on April 24, 2008, 11:47:30 AM
Next weeks avatar? ;D
(laughing and grateful that today is a hot day, as my girl is indeed naked. Life is good for Andy, JA!)
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4703/gentlemenjb4.jpg)
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 11:54:14 AM
(laughing and grateful that today is a hot day, as my girl is indeed naked. Life is good for Andy, JA!)
Do you not have air conditioning?
... wise choice. ;D
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 11:54:14 AM
(laughing and grateful that today is a hot day, as my girl is indeed naked. Life is good for Andy, JA!)
I'll be back in a few minutes.
Quote from: Brian on April 24, 2008, 11:55:35 AM
Do you not have air conditioning?
... wise choice. ;D
Took alot of advance scheming. Hold off on the a/c as long as possibly tolerable.
Quote from: AndyD. on April 24, 2008, 12:00:30 PM
Took alot of advance scheming. Hold off on the a/c as long as possibly tolerable.
And you're sitting there, posting on the Internet.
You are a SICK man!
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 24, 2008, 12:03:41 PM
And you're sitting there, posting on the Internet.
You are a SICK man!
Computer exhaust heating up the room. ;D
Hey, now you guys have me worried about Cuddles! ;D
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 24, 2008, 12:03:41 PM
And you're sitting there, posting on the Internet.
You are a SICK man!
Nah, he's just resting. ;D
Do all your clothes shopping at....... Wal-Mart!
My new avatar is awesome.... unfortunately, it's only custom made.....
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on April 24, 2008, 02:58:54 PM
My new avatar is awesome.... unfortunately, it's only custom made.....
Have a bad time at Lowe's?
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 24, 2008, 03:16:50 PM
Have a bad time at Lowe's?
I bought something and they overcharged me.....
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on April 24, 2008, 04:16:20 PM
I bought something and they overcharged me.....
So, go get your money back.
MN Brahms! Love it.
Don't ever change your avatar or username. You got the one now. :)
Maybe I'll change mine to BruckNut :P
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 24, 2008, 04:17:23 PM
So, go get your money back.
lol, I was completely kidding. I work there.
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 24, 2008, 04:18:17 PM
Don't ever change your avatar or username.
Okay, I won't. :-*
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on April 24, 2008, 04:18:41 PM
lol, I was completely kidding. I work there.
I'm thinking about flying to Japan tomorrow by myself and then getting lost in a forest (while listening to Mahler) and then dying. I have the money, why not?
Maybe it won't be tomorrow, maybe it'll be a few days from now, still gotta work out the details....
So I don't think i'll talk to that girl, either, what's the point ::)
just checked prices...... all i can see are $4,000 flights....... ok....... am i checking the wrong places? There has to be something cheaper.
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on April 24, 2008, 04:21:51 PM[...]and then dying. I have the money, why not?
Haffners avatars...
Now I have a screenshot of my all-time favorite video game, Chrono Cross.
It's the protagonists mom saying, "You shouldn't break promises like that. Girls can be pretty scary if you make them angry."
Just randomness from google search.
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on April 25, 2008, 01:54:21 PM
Now I have a screenshot of my all-time favorite video game, Chrono Cross.
It's the protagonists mom saying, "You shouldn't break promises like that. Girls can be pretty scary if you make them angry."
Just randomness from google search.
Do better. ;D
Quote from: MN Brahms on April 25, 2008, 01:55:22 PM
Do better. ;D
There. The main character in his evil form, after switching bodies w/ the antagonist.
...must...change...avatar...
Quote from: MN Brahms on May 02, 2008, 12:04:02 PM
...must...change...avatar...
Oh no!! He's changing again... :o
Quote from: Jezetha on May 02, 2008, 12:08:17 PM
Oh no!! He's changing again... :o
Well, it has been two hours since his last change. Long overdue actually.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2008, 12:25:43 PM
Well, it has been two hours since his last change. Long overdue actually.
Sarge
Hey!!! It's been daaaaaaaaaaaays!!!
Quote from: MN Dave on May 02, 2008, 12:26:15 PM
Hey!!! It's been daaaaaaaaaaaays!!!
Yes, to be fair - you have been extremely restrained... Until now. ;)
And the new avatar entirely suits his personality! >:D
Quote from: Brian on May 02, 2008, 01:11:50 PM
And the new avatar entirely suits his personality! >:D
>:(
:-\
;D
0:)
Quote from: MN Dave on May 02, 2008, 01:13:05 PM
>:(
:-\
;D
0:)
Actually, if you mixed those four emoticons together, I'm pretty sure that Mr K's face is what you'd get. ;D
My avatar is of the late, great Hollywood actor Richard Widmark who died recently (1914-2008).
It's one of my works, a Gouache on Japanese ricepaper and Damar varnish, now in the permanent collection of Joe Feddersen:
http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=235
lol
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on May 09, 2008, 07:35:29 AM
hmmmmmmm....... who could that be? ;)
It's a Peeping Dave! *scream*
Quote from: Corey on May 09, 2008, 07:37:05 AM
It's a Peeping Dave! *scream*
I'm outside yer window, checkin' out yer CDs.
Quote from: MN Dave on May 09, 2008, 07:38:11 AM
I'm outside yer window, checkin' out yer CDs.
Nah, you're checking out my daughter. ;D
Quote from: Don on May 09, 2008, 07:40:55 AM
Nah, you're checking out my daughter. ;D
:-[ ;D :-[
Quote from: MN Dave on May 09, 2008, 07:38:11 AM
I'm outside yer window, checkin' out yer CDs.
I hear the secrets that you keep
(dum, da-dum)
when I look at your CDs
Now your posts no longer make sense. ;D
Quote from: MN Dave on May 09, 2008, 07:57:20 AM
Now your posts no longer make sense. ;D
The content of my posts are determined by the I Ching.
Quote from: Corey on May 09, 2008, 08:06:02 AM
The content of my posts are determined by the I Ching.
Awesome. You're just like Philip K. Dick.
In a small cemetery in upstate New York I found a tombstone engraved only with the the name George W.
I had to get a picture of it.
Quote from: Mark G. Simon on May 09, 2008, 08:27:02 AM
In a small cemetery in upstate New York I found a tombstone engraved only with the the name George W.
We can only hope .........
Quote from: Mark G. Simon on May 09, 2008, 08:27:02 AM
In a small cemetery in upstate New York I found a tombstone engraved only with the the name George W.
I had to get a picture of it.
You'd have missed it if it had been hidden by a bush.
Quote from: MN Dave on May 09, 2008, 07:34:22 AM
lol
The thread asked me to identify my avatar. I did. What's so funny????? >:(
I was laughing at my own funny face. ;D
Cato the Younger: a conservative republican from the last days of the Republic.
To protest Caesar's rise to power, he committed suicide by slashing open his abdomen with his own sword.
A horrified servant called for a doctor to stitch his master back up, and Cato regained consciousness, but was horrified that his honorable suicide had been sullied.
So with his bare hands, he ripped out the stitches! :o
Quote from: MN Dave on May 09, 2008, 10:37:05 AM
I was laughing at my own funny face. ;D
Hey, it's Stewart Copeland from The Police! :D
Quote from: MN Dave on May 02, 2008, 12:26:15 PM
Hey!!! It's been daaaaaaaaaaaays!!!
John Belushi: "We're on a mission"
Dan Aykroyd: "From Gad"
Quote from: Cato on May 09, 2008, 10:46:32 AM
Cato the Younger: a conservative republican from the last days of the Republic.
To protest Caesar's rise to power, he committed suicide by slashing open his abdomen with his own sword.
A horrified servant called for a doctor to stitch his master back up, and Cato regained consciousness, but was horrified that his honorable suicide had been sullied.
So with his bare hands, he ripped out the stitches! :o
.
Either he had a sense of purposefulness, or he didn't like to be contradicted. ::)
He probably knew he was going to die from an infected wound and wanted to get it over with.
Heinrich Shiff
Quote from: MN Dave on May 10, 2008, 03:28:09 PM
Of course.
I think he is eating the 'c' in
Schiff, Dave... ;)
Quote from: Jezetha on May 11, 2008, 01:01:57 AM
I think he is eating the 'c' in Schiff, Dave... ;)
I seem to be dropping letters these days.
Quote from: MN Dave on May 11, 2008, 05:38:37 AM
I seem to be dropping letters these days.
There are worse things you can drop.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 11, 2008, 05:40:05 AM
There are worse things you can drop.
Indeed.
Current avatar: Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo
Quote from: MN Dave on May 11, 2008, 08:55:18 AM
Indeed.
Current avatar: Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo
thanks for identifying. I thought it was Pee Wee Herman. ;D
Bach's head. ;D
He looks like Archie Bunker.
Quote from: Corey on May 11, 2008, 05:05:44 PM
He looks like Archie Bunker.
Boy, da way Glenn Miller played...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080304-bach-video-ap.html
My latest purchase. ;D
(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_01/StunGunDM0309_468x388.jpg)
you're under arrest!
"Don't taze me bro!"
The tazer gun can be a lethal weapon. The mere idea that it can be 'fun' to taze someone is testimony to the "virtual" society we have entered into :P.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM)
Quote from: mn dave on June 02, 2008, 06:52:11 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM)
Quote from: Brian on June 01, 2008, 08:48:27 PM
There are a lot of odd people on this forum. ;D
This one may be a keeper.
May...be...
Quote from: mn dave on June 06, 2008, 12:07:56 PM
This one may be a keeper.
May...be...
Why? That would be a revolution!
Quote from: Jezetha on June 06, 2008, 12:31:36 PM
Why? That would be a revolution!
Or I could use this:
(http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c0/c2605.jpg)
;D
Yes, do! Although the frustration a prospective buyer would be experiencing could be a horror story in itself... ;)
Quote from: Jezetha on June 06, 2008, 12:42:32 PM
Yes, do! Although the frustration a prospective buyer would be experiencing could be a horror story in itself... ;)
Yes, if you see one of his books for sale, don't hesitate.
No, really! Don't hesitate!!! ;D
I have George to thank for my avatar. Good going, bud! ;D
Quote from: donwyn on June 06, 2008, 05:01:11 PM
I have George to thank for my avatar. Good going, bud! ;D
Don't mention it! $:)
BTW, monkey see, monkey do!
My avatar, Mel Brooks and :o (from Blazing Saddles) 8)
Quote from: donwyn on June 06, 2008, 05:01:11 PM
I have George to thank for my avatar. Good going, bud! ;D
I was going to suggest the EXACT quote you put under your avatar. ;D
Great minds...
Quote from: George on June 06, 2008, 05:07:29 PM
I was going to suggest the EXACT quote you put under your avatar. ;D
Great minds...
Zoiks! That's too cool! :D
Quote from: donwyn on June 06, 2008, 05:11:46 PM
Zoiks! That's too cool! :D
Not as cool as my new Blazing Saddles avatar. $:)
Quote from: George on June 06, 2008, 05:13:06 PM
Not as cool as my new Blazing Saddles avatar. $:)
:D :D
Everyone could use a Blazing Saddles avatar!
Quote from: George on June 06, 2008, 05:13:06 PM
Not as cool as my new Blazing Saddles avatar. $:)
"Hello, boys, I missed you... " ;D
----------------
Listening to:
Tokyo String Quartet - Bia 436-2 Op 59 #2 Quartet #8 in e for Strings 3rd mvmt - Allegretto
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 06, 2008, 05:24:04 PM
"Hello, boys, I missed you... " ;D
----------------
Listening to:
Tokyo String Quartet - Bia 436-2 Op 59 #2 Quartet #8 in e for Strings 3rd mvmt - Allegretto
;D
Quote from: donwyn on June 06, 2008, 05:19:35 PM
:D :D
Everyone could use a Blazing Saddles avatar!
Two :D - well done! Took me a minute! ;D
Sfz liked it. ;D
Quote from: donwyn on June 06, 2008, 05:19:35 PM
:D :D
Everyone could use a Blazing Saddles avatar!
Let's see, there are the three of us, plus Todd - now we need Dave to be Miss Lili von Shtupp and Saul to be this guy:
(http://www.huntsmancancerfoundation.org/news_images/16BurtonGilliam.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on June 07, 2008, 09:53:41 PM
Let's see, there are the three of us, plus Todd - now we need Dave to be Miss Lili von Shtupp and Saul to be this guy:
(http://www.huntsmancancerfoundation.org/news_images/16BurtonGilliam.jpg)
;D
The great Stevie Wonder.
I just may have found a permanent avatar.
Quote from: George on June 10, 2008, 06:23:46 PM
The great Stevie Wonder.
I just may have found a permanent avatar.
But ... what about the great Governor William J. LePetomane?!?
Quote from: That's Hedley! on June 10, 2008, 06:27:02 PM
But ... what about the great Governor William J. LePetomane?!?
Wasn't groovy enough,
Hedy! 8)
<----Henry Purcell
0:) 0:) 0:)
Quote from: mn dave on June 10, 2008, 06:34:16 PM
<----Henry Purcell
0:) 0:) 0:)
You know you're cool when one of your favorite composers is on a stained glass window.
But you're only
really cool if one of your favorite composers is in an illuminated manuscript. :D
(http://www.malaspina.com/jpg/machaut.jpg)
Very nice, Corey. :)
Quote from: mn dave on June 10, 2008, 07:20:34 PM
Very nice, Corey. :)
That's Machaut, by the way. I've reminded myself I need that big set of motets.
Quote from: Corey on June 10, 2008, 07:21:51 PM
That's Machaut, by the way. I've reminded myself I need that big set of motets.
I know it's Machaut. ::)
(I peeked at the image's source.)I have this.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mS%2B2AHrFL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
;D
My architecture addiction is taking over... Liverpool anglican cathedral underneath the bell tower, a f'ugly building (in many ways) but also very impressive. From this angle it looks like something from Judge Dredd:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Liverpool_Anglican_Cathedral_North_elevation.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Liverpool_Anglican_Cathedral_North_elevation.jpg)
(http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Judge_Dredd-bobble.jpg)
Damnit! 2000ad nostalgia ;_: Just when I burnt off all my comics for HD space... Some of the art holds up very well.
(http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1282/judgedreddp3300dpidocgx9.jpg) (http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1282/judgedreddp3300dpidocgx9.jpg)
(http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2065/productimagephpep9.jpg) (http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2065/productimagephpep9.jpg)
Quote from: Lethe on June 11, 2008, 06:43:34 AM
My architecture addiction is taking over... Liverpool anglican cathedral underneath the bell tower, a f'ugly building (in many ways) but also very impressive. From this angle it looks like something from Judge Dredd
Do you know the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool? It's a wonderfully Tolkienian looking building. I have been there (1987)...
(http://lh3.google.com/__Le_vMi7wPE/RSn2Hul1ABI/AAAAAAAAANc/oXGB98S7iVo/s800/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral_at_dusk_(reduced_grain),_corrected_perspective.jpg)
Though like a lot of Liverpool, it looks better in the dark, as above >:D >:D
Quote from: lukeottevanger on June 11, 2008, 07:45:35 AM
Though like a lot of Liverpool, it looks better in the dark, as above >:D >:D
I like the muggers best in broad daylight. >:D >:D
('Sorry!' said Boris)
Quote from: Jezetha on June 11, 2008, 07:42:24 AM
Do you know the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool? It's a wonderfully Tolkienian looking building. I have been there (1987)...
(http://lh3.google.com/__Le_vMi7wPE/RSn2Hul1ABI/AAAAAAAAANc/oXGB98S7iVo/s800/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral_at_dusk_(reduced_grain),_corrected_perspective.jpg)
It's probably the jointly most successful "modern"* cathedral in England, IMO, along with Coventry. It has a more effective unified effect than C, but its simplicity also means that it lacks the impressive ambition of the other. Guildford is notable, but falls short due to the exterior looking like a glorified 70s fire station. I hadn't seen Liverpool at night before, the lighting compliments it a lot better than most gothic ones...
*Discounting deliberately backwards looking ones like Truro and Westminster, which are just ugly IMO.
Quote from: Lethe on June 11, 2008, 07:34:14 AM
(http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2065/productimagephpep9.jpg) (http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2065/productimagephpep9.jpg)
Where is that from?
Quote from: Drasko on June 11, 2008, 10:14:35 AM
Where is that from?
A Sinister Dexter strip from 2000ad, I think the artist was Greg Staples - he did quite a lot of Judge Dredd for that magazine as well. Those signature "splatter" effects are quite distinctive.
Quote from: George on June 10, 2008, 06:23:46 PM
The great Stevie Wonder.
I just may have found a permanent avatar.
Think of Ebony and Ivory, try not to hurl...and then get rid of that avatar ;D Get back to George.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 11, 2008, 01:41:02 PM
Think of Ebony and Ivory, try not to hurl...and then get rid of that avatar ;D Get back to George.
Sarge
Is that an order? :P
Quote from: Lethe on June 11, 2008, 11:49:11 AM
A Sinister Dexter strip from 2000ad, I think the artist was Greg Staples - he did quite a lot of Judge Dredd for that magazine as well. Those signature "splatter" effects are quite distinctive.
Thanks. I'm not familiar with any of them (strip, magazine or author). Yes, 'splatter' effect in nicely done but it's still just an effect. What I liked was toned down, just blue-orange, color scheme and composition of vast masses of buildings in first picture.
The Harvey Korman mourning period is over. :(
Quote from: Brian on June 11, 2008, 03:20:25 PM
The Harvey Korman mourning period is over. :(
I noticed. You're back to good ol' Dvorak. I think I'll stick with Brian a bit longer. People are used to him/it, I think.
Quote from: Brian on June 11, 2008, 03:20:25 PM
The Harvey Korman mourning period is over. :(
I'll miss seeing
Headley every day. :-\
Quote from: Drasko on June 11, 2008, 03:18:00 PM
Thanks. I'm not familiar with any of them (strip, magazine or author). Yes, 'splatter' effect in nicely done but it's still just an effect. What I liked was toned down, just blue-orange, color scheme and composition of vast masses of buildings in first picture.
2000ad was very extensively torrented on Demonoid a few years ago - there was a project to get all 1500+ scanned (with an incomplete collection of them weighing in at about 30gb), so I presume a lot are still in digital form if you want to look for them. It's a brilliant magazine IMO, while I stopped following it, I get major nostalgia :) It has great universes/characters, and somehow Judge Dredd remained kind of fresh after 30 years - and proved pretty original and creative with a lot in its universe. At a time when other dystopian sci-fi was focusing on the breakdown of society due to a lack of resources/a catastrophe, I just find it funny that a lot of JD's criminals were doing it out of boredom, as many jobs had become mechanised, and they were given a "pension" style income to live on - little things like that make the comic more creative than its copycats.
Quote from: Lethe on June 11, 2008, 04:03:16 PM
2000ad was very extensively torrented on Demonoid a few years ago - there was a project to get all 1500+ scanned (with an incomplete collection of them weighing in at about 30gb), so I presume a lot are still in digital form if you want to look for them. It's a brilliant magazine IMO, while I stopped following it, I get major nostalgia :) It has great universes/characters, and somehow Judge Dredd remained kind of fresh after 30 years - and proved pretty original and creative with a lot in its universe. At a time when other dystopian sci-fi was focusing on the breakdown of society due to a lack of resources/a catastrophe, I just find it funny that a lot of JD's criminals were doing it out of boredom, as many jobs had become mechanised, and they were given a "pension" style income to live on - little things like that make the comic more creative than its copycats.
I stopped folowing magazines something like 15 years ago but do get occasional bouts of nostalgia myself. And yes, I certainly agree that ennui makes far more elegant reason for corruption than plain need and dire circumstances.
The cover of
The Economist this week was a striking photograph of an Iraqi in a dreadful-looking stall of some sort, the building almost falling almost falling apart, the man sitting at his work-bench building an oud. He is an extraordinary craftsman, too, judging from the work which he's putting into it, the glorious beauty of the soon-to-be-finished product, and the meager tools at his disposal. The photo really touched me and I'm sad that I can only use this tiny detail as an avatar.
Here's the photo:
(http://www.economist.com/images/covers/currentcoverus_large.jpg)
Incidentally, my great-grandmother was one of the finest oud teachers in Turkey; we still have several CDs which were released on major Turkish and "world music" labels by her most prominent students. My love of the instrument and the incredible beauty of this man making something so timeless in a scene which time has left behind combine to make this picture especially meaningful for me.
Quote from: Jezetha on June 11, 2008, 03:22:31 PM
I noticed. You're back to good ol' Dvorak. I think I'll stick with Brian a bit longer. People are used to him/it, I think.
Perhaps I should switch to Brian. :D
Quote from: Brian on June 14, 2008, 09:42:06 AM
Incidentally, my great-grandmother was one of the finest oud teachers in Turkey; we still have several CDs which were released on major Turkish and "world music" labels by her most prominent students. My love of the instrument and the incredible beauty of this man making something so timeless in a scene which time has left behind combine to make this picture especially meaningful for me.
Perhaps I should switch to Brian. :D
A beautiful and fascinating aside about your great-grandmother, Brian.
Re the other Brian: you are, perhaps more than I am, entitled to using his avatar (in a sort of visual pun)! But I trust you'll allow me its continued use.
Symbol for the International Day of Peace
http://www.iansa.org/un/day-of-peace-2005.htm
Quote from: Jezetha on June 14, 2008, 10:57:54 AM
Re the other Brian: you are, perhaps more than I am, entitled to using his avatar (in a sort of visual pun)! But I trust you'll allow me its continued use.
Thank you. And permission granted, sir. ;)
no. it is not a picture of me. ;D
Revueltas - because in oktober conductor Dirk Brossé will lead the Brussels PhO in Noche de los Mayas, Villa Lobos ' Amazonas and a Leo Brouwer guitar Concierto ! Students from the GHent conservatory will play the extra percussion. I hope it will all be broadcast & taped.
Will it play in ghent or in Brussels ? I wish I could attend!
I was in Ghent last month only. If one could time vacations with events such as these... :-\
Hi Lilas, it will be played in Ghent - and only once! ( incredible!!). I will try to attend - it takes me ca 45 minutes to get in Ghent.
Ghent doesn't have a modern concerthall, but invested a lot of money in the Bijloke - site . More about that later - I must rush...
Peter
(http://www.vrp.be/img_site/activiteiten/Banner_WD_2007.jpg)
De Bijloke where the 13th century meets the 21st.
Keep us posted!
That concert is part of Leo Brouwer masterclasses / guitar.
I will keep you posted.
Peter
New avatar, image from "Hedgehog in the fog". http://youtube.com/watch?v=lCsJZV7aCdY
I think it goes well with this forum. As a classical music consumers, we're seeking for truth, for good works in the foggy forest of already composed music.
The hedgehog is searching for his baggage though. The light scene is the sweetest scene there.
Nice, Wurstwasser! (But I am missing Sibelius a bit...)
Hey! I wanna play! What's an avatar? And where is the beginning of this thread?
Yael
Quote from: classicartist on July 24, 2008, 01:17:50 PM
Hey! I wanna play! What's an avatar? And where is the beginning of this thread?
Yael
An avatar is the little picture you use to be immediately recognizable. Yours is some flower (?), mine is the composer Havergal Brian. This is page 26 - just click on 1 at the bottom of the page, and you'll get to the beginning of the thread.
It should be pointed out that most people have changed theirs since their initial identifications...
Huh? Changed it? How do you do that?
Natalie Portman wearing killer shoes, though no animals were harmed in the making of them.
Quote from: George on July 24, 2008, 02:05:37 PM
::)
You better get your eyeballs checked. They keep rolling up and down.
George, I'm enjoying your Bored? link especially the Ownage game >:D
Quote from: Apollo on July 24, 2008, 02:21:15 PM
You better get your eyeballs checked. They keep rolling up and down.
I just did. They are still there.
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on July 24, 2008, 02:38:15 PM
George, I'm enjoying your Bored? link especially the Ownage game >:D
I'll check it out. 8)
Quote from: George on July 24, 2008, 02:41:00 PM
I just did. They are still there.
You have to check them with knitting needles. >:D
Quote from: Apollo on July 24, 2008, 02:55:52 PM
You have to check them with knitting needles. >:D
With gods like you, who needs satan? ;D
Everyone knows who mine is, but the circumstances behind the photo are interesting. From ainola.fi:
Georg von Wendt, a physician and amateur photographer, took a series of colour photographs of Jean Sibelius in 1939. These were probably the only colour photographs of Sibelius ever taken.
(http://www.ainola.fi/gfx/photo_js_harmaa.jpg)
Quote from: Corey on July 24, 2008, 04:35:08 PM
Georg von Wendt, a physician and amateur photographer, took a series of colour photographs of Jean Sibelius in 1939. These were probably the only colour photographs of Sibelius ever taken.
OMG! Sibelius was a
white dude!
And you say this was the photographer?
(http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/quefuede/George%20Wendt01.jpg)
(Looks as if he and old baldy had a lot in common!)
It's two bunnies.
In two cups.
Two bunnies in two cups.
Quote from: Philoctetes on July 24, 2008, 06:14:48 PM
In two cups.
Two bunnies in two cups.
Lisa: Almost done -- just lay still.
Linguo:
Lie still.
Lisa: I knew that. Just testing.
Linguo: Sentence fragment.
Lisa: "Sentence fragment" is also a sentence fragment.
Linguo: [shifts eyes around] Must conserve battery power. [shuts
himself down]
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 24, 2008, 05:45:39 PM
And you say this was the photographer?
(http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/quefuede/George%20Wendt01.jpg)
(Looks as if he and old baldy had a lot in common!)
LOL!!
Quote from: Philoctetes on July 24, 2008, 06:14:48 PM
It's two bunnies.
In two cups.
Two bunnies in two cups.
Planets aligned...now move along folks, nothing to see here. $:)
Quote from: Corey on July 24, 2008, 04:35:08 PM(http://www.ainola.fi/gfx/photo_js_harmaa.jpg)
What's this on his head?
[ ] Shadow
[ ] Leprosy
[ ] Down shaven hair
Quote from: Philoctetes on July 24, 2008, 06:14:48 PM
It's two bunnies.
In two cups.
Two bunnies in two cups.
A classic!
Quote from: Wurstwasser on July 24, 2008, 07:57:30 PM
What's this on his head?
It's a shadow, but you knew that anyway. ::)
Quote from: Corey on July 25, 2008, 04:35:58 AM
It's a shadow, but you knew that anyway. ::)
I though it was a skull cap :<
For those who don't know, the mugshot is my own. ;)
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=10909;type=avatar)(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9569/19sharkdm468x591ht0.jpg)(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=113;type=avatar)
Teeth seem to be popular on this board. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on August 03, 2008, 06:31:35 PM
Teeth seem to be popular on this board. ;D
Bark. Bitehoven. Mauler... All teeth-related composers.
Quote from: Bogey on August 03, 2008, 06:31:35 PM
Teeth seem to be popular on this board.
Lots of dentists, apparently. ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on August 04, 2008, 12:22:14 AM
Bark. Bitehoven. Mauler... All teeth-related composers.
Don't forget Chompin'... $:)
Quote from: Lethe on August 04, 2008, 04:28:36 AM
Don't forget Chompin'... $:)
*looks for towel to wipe cereal and milk off the computer monitor*
Chew-bert?
Quote from: Jezetha on August 04, 2008, 12:22:14 AM
Bark. Bitehoven. Mauler... All teeth-related composers.
Conducted by Munch...
Almost forgot! My avatar is a Buchla 100 series modular synth, as pioneered by my namesake. Work beckons so...
TTFN.
Me.
Pizazz and Beatrice, our 2 dogs
Quote from: Mark on July 28, 2008, 02:19:13 PM
For those who don't know, the mugshot is my own. ;)
Me too.
But I am still convinced this is Mark doing some work on the side:
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 25, 2008, 06:40:13 PM
Pizazz and Beatrice, our 2 dogs
Cute. Never seen those two before. :)
Cute doggies, Chamber. You should keep that avatar a while. :)
Mine is the Mael brothers (Sparks).
Mine is my little brother.
Quote from: mn dave on August 26, 2008, 07:08:41 AM
Cute doggies, Chamber. You should keep that avatar a while. :)
Brahms' will be on vacation for awhile. 0:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 26, 2008, 08:06:58 AM
Brahms' will be on vacation for awhile. 0:)
MN has already tripled the length of time holding his previous avatar. ;D
This is me playing bass clarinet in the Ochestra of the Southern Finger Lakes on March 4, 2007. Dvorak's The Noonday Witch and Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition were on the program.
Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, somewhere outside Moscow. It's on UNESCO's World Heritage list, and apparently was built "to celebrate the birth of the prince who was to become Tsar Ivan IV ('the Terrible')." The big picture with snow is nice.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Kolomen00.jpg)
Quote from: ezodisy on August 27, 2008, 11:04:47 PM
Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, somewhere outside Moscow. It's on UNESCO's World Heritage list, and apparently was built "to celebrate the birth of the prince who was to become Tsar Ivan IV ('the Terrible')." The big picture with snow is nice.
Coincidentally I was watching Eisenstein's Ivan last night and they used the church as exterior in some scenes. Here are screenshots, not the best quality:
Quote from: Drasko on August 28, 2008, 02:27:46 AM
Coincidentally I was watching Eisenstein's Ivan last night and they used the church as exterior in some scenes. Here are screenshots, not the best quality:
That's interesting. I still haven't seen that film....By the way, how do you capture screenshots of a film?
Quote from: Mark G. Simon on August 27, 2008, 04:34:24 PM
This is me playing bass clarinet in the Ochestra of the Southern Finger Lakes on March 4, 2007. Dvorak's The Noonday Witch and Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition were on the program.
Mark, you would seriously be my wife's hero :) She played bass clarinet in high school, and loved it! She wishes she hadn't stop playing it.....but is thinking of taking it up again. 0:)
Both those wonderful works have some great material for the bass clarinet. :)
Quote from: ezodisy on August 28, 2008, 04:18:41 AM
That's interesting. I still haven't seen that film....By the way, how do you capture screenshots of a film?
I suppose it depends on how one is viewing it; on one of the program on my computer you simply press C whilst the film is paused. But the other more usual methods of screen-capturing work too.
Quote from: lukeottevanger on August 28, 2008, 04:27:24 AM
I suppose it depends on how one is viewing it; on one of the program on my computer you simply press C whilst the film is paused. But the other more usual methods of screen-capturing work too.
What is
your avatar, btw, Luke?!
Some mountain I'm obsessed with; linked to the piece I'm writing, in fact.
Quote from: lukeottevanger on August 28, 2008, 04:33:07 AM
Some mountain I'm obsessed with; linked to the piece I'm writing, in fact.
Shades of
Close encounters Of The Third Kind ?
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 28, 2008, 05:18:38 AM
Shades of Close encounters Of The Third Kind ?
Ha! Never thought of it like that! ;D
How strange! Ever since you adopted it I had that in mind ;)
Quote from: lukeottevanger on August 28, 2008, 04:27:24 AM
I suppose it depends on how one is viewing it; on one of the program on my computer you simply press C whilst the film is paused. But the other more usual methods of screen-capturing work too.
Print-Screen doesn't work while the film is playing. I found a page which suggested disabling "use overlays" in Windows Media Player but that didn't work, neither did disabling video acceleration. I think I'm doing something incorrectly so will try again this evening.
Quote from: ezodisy on August 30, 2008, 04:51:08 AM
Print-Screen doesn't work while the film is playing. I found a page which suggested disabling "use overlays" in Windows Media Player but that didn't work, neither did disabling video acceleration. I think I'm doing something incorrectly so will try again this evening.
Try VLC media player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/), which has an inbuilt screencap feature. VLC can often play files that WMP has trouble with, so it's useful to keep around...
For a long time, Print Screen hasn't worked on my computer - perhaps that may be the problem you're having. Currently I use MWSnap 3 (http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlmwsnap.html), though only because it's the first bit of freeware I found which isn't time-limited. I would imagine you'd be able to use this to take screenshots of a film (I know it works on my PC)
Quote from: Lethe on August 30, 2008, 04:54:17 AM
Try VLC media player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/), which has an inbuilt screencap feature. VLC can often play files that WMP has trouble with, so it's useful to keep around...
I've been using VLC for a year or two but wasn't aware of this. Thank you very much, it works perfectly. I wanted to take a screenshot of a recent film and use it as my desktop wallpaper but unfortunately it doesn't look right. Pic attached.
Thanks Luke. VLC is very simple for this.
Just in time for the Halloween season: Bogart in The Return of Dr. X. I believe it his only "true" attempt at the horror genre (I'll have to check his extremely early work). I guess Karloff was wanted, but not available. In short, they should have waited for Boris.
Mr. Tone Poem
The Last of the Famous International Playboys AKA Born Again Atheist AKA Ringleader of the Tormentors AKA
Stephen Patrick Morrissey 8)
Quote from: opus67 on September 10, 2008, 11:14:03 AM
I, for one, want the cute dogs back. $:)
:D
They'll be back in the rotation some day. 0:)
Mr. Tone Poem.
Quote from: Keemun on September 10, 2008, 06:47:31 PM
Funny, he doesn't look like Sibelius. :D
Gasp! Keemun, bite your tongue young lad! :-X :D
In all fairness, I'm not much familiar with Sibelius' tone poems, and everything else in general. I will visit his works thoroughly some day.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 11, 2008, 04:21:11 AM
Gasp! Keemun, bite your tongue young lad! :-X :D
In all fairness, I'm not much familiar with Sibelius' tone poems, and everything else in general. I will visit his works thoroughly some day.
But for now you have Richard Strauss, a tremendous composer with a wealth of astoundingly well crafted Tone Poems!
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 11, 2008, 04:21:11 AM
Gasp! Keemun, bite your tongue young lad! :-X :D
In all fairness, I'm not much familiar with Sibelius' tone poems, and everything else in general. I will visit his works thoroughly some day.
At 33 I'm not sure I'm eligible for the young lad category. 8)
I'm much more familiar with Sibelius' tone poems that Strauss', which is why I thought of Sibelius when I read "Mr. Tone Poem".
Quote from: Keemun on September 11, 2008, 05:37:29 AM
At 33 I'm not sure I'm eligible for the young lad category. 8)
I'm much more familiar with Sibelius' tone poems that Strauss', which is why I thought of Sibelius when I read "Mr. Tone Poem".
We are almost the same age, and I still consider myself a young lad 8)
;)
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 11, 2008, 06:09:10 AM
We are almost the same age, and I still consider myself a young lad 8)
;)
Yes, I suppose it's all relative. :)
Some of the past few posts lend itself nicely to yet another (possibly done-to-death) poll topic. :D
Mr. Tone Poem 1885
The Finalists
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:AdRd0fc3cnvYSM:http://sausagelynx.com/Liszt%2520-%2520Henri%2520Lehmann.jpg)(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Uu5AwC5s-OjFqM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Jean_sibelius.jpg/225px-Jean_sibelius.jpg) (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7kOVAhQVRkgoHM:http://facstaff.uww.edu/allsenj/MSO/NOTES/0607/images/strauss.jpg%5D)
Herr Strauss, what would you do if you were crowned Mr. Tone Poem?
Of course, Liszt was too old then to be standing on stage for an extended period of time.(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:A9RqoqOUyEwDrM:http://www.dartmouth.edu/~music33/Mus33projects/nodes/PianoHistory/images/liszt.jpeg)
Will there be a swimsuit contest? If so, I think I'll avoid that thread. 8)
Ugh. *shudders*
Quote from: Keemun on September 11, 2008, 06:40:38 AM
Will there be a swimsuit contest? If so, I think I'll avoid that thread. 8)
"Und now vee haff Meester Rikart Shtrauss, bedeck'd in one of this fall's most stunningly alluring Teddys..."
OK, let's change the plan. My vote goes for a "Haffner girl vs. Haffner girl" swimsuit contest. KEEMUN! Still here?
I like the Sibelius decadent picture so much. It goes well with the situation here. He looks like "Ah great, the strippers arrive, Yeah, fun, let's just drink some champagne and smoke expensive cigars ..."
I'll still have to listen to all the Strauss Tone Poems one day ... I know all Sibelius ones. Who's the third guy on the opus67 pictures? Young Liszt?
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 10:43:29 AM
OK, let's change the plan. My vote goes for a "Haffner girl vs. Haffner girl" swimsuit contest. KEEMUN! Still here?
No objection coming forth here. ;)
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 10:43:29 AM
Who's the third guy on the opus67 pictures? Young Liszt?
Yep.
Hey Haffner, btw, if you're sick of comments like this just change your Avatar to the Aphex Twin/Windowlicker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=l7ovoPCZSQw) (a must know video) girls:
(http://www.line.at/members/zara/windowlicker.jpg)
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 10:55:42 AM
Hey Haffner, btw, if you're sick of comments like this just change your Avatar to the Aphex Twin/Windowlicker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCT3J38db8) (a must know video) girls:
(http://www.line.at/members/zara/windowlicker.jpg)
Cool album! My girl likes them especially.
Just one guy, Richard James from Cornwall. As for the videos, "Come to daddy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZ8Q9GNqFs) and "Rubber Johnny" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wXVnnNzob4&feature=related) are good as well. Rubber Johnny is pretty frightening. I loved "Come to daddy" as a music track as much as Ventolin, his greatest stuff.
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 11:06:28 AM
Just one guy, Richard James from Cornwall. As for the videos, "Come to daddy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZ8Q9GNqFs) and "Rubber Johnny" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wXVnnNzob4&feature=related) are good as well. Rubber Johnny is pretty frightening. I loved "Come to daddy" as a music track as much as Ventolin, his greatest stuff.
We have the "Come to Daddy" ep. Scary/cool stuff. Aphex Twin has alot of that kind of creep-ya-to-yer-bones tracks.
Yep, true. I liked the mummy mix of that ep. I have all his stuff. Now the idm scene is pretty dead. And strange, mainstream hasn't developed since. People still listen to the old Moby/Scooter/Frankfurt/whatever techno stuff which appeared in the 90s. Or even 80s, not sure. What I want to say is: Old Aphex Twin stuff (and of others, like Autechre) is still fresh, modern, and even avantgarde. You should also have "Ventolin" :D.
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 11:26:23 AM
Yep, true. I liked the mummy mix of that ep. I have all his stuff. Now the idm scene is pretty dead. And strange, mainstream hasn't developed since. People still listen to the old Moby/Scooter/Frankfurt/whatever techno stuff which appeared in the 90s. Or even 80s, not sure. What I want to say is: Old Aphex Twin stuff (and of others, like Autechre) is still fresh, modern, and even avantgarde. You should also have "Ventolin" :D.
Have most of the old stuff, but not Ventolin...yet. Moby never appealed to us like Aphex Twin and the old Merzbow.
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 10:43:29 AM
OK, let's change the plan. My vote goes for a "Haffner girl vs. Haffner girl" swimsuit contest. KEEMUN! Still here?
Still here. . . . 8)
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 11, 2008, 10:55:42 AM
Hey Haffner, btw, if you're sick of comments like this just change your Avatar to the Aphex Twin/Windowlicker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=l7ovoPCZSQw) (a must know video) girls:
(http://www.line.at/members/zara/windowlicker.jpg)
Those are some
large teeth. :o
Where ya from, you sexy thaaaang!
Quote from: AndyD. on September 11, 2008, 11:43:20 AM
Where ya from, you sexy thaaaang!
She's using air quotes while saying that, so I'm not sold on her sincerity. :P
Quote from: Keemun on September 11, 2008, 11:46:43 AM
She's using air quotes while saying that, so I'm not sold on her sincerity. :P
;) ;D
I don't know who this is, but it sure makes me bust out laughing every time I see it.
Oh, and it looks particularly striking right below Andy's avatar.
Now come on Greg, you shouldn't make fun of your girlfriend like that.
Tarzan art by Frazetta
Quote from: mahler10th on October 27, 2008, 06:15:43 AM
Now come on Greg, you shouldn't make fun of your girlfriend like that.
I should apologize, shouldn't I?
If she finds out, she might eat my head off......
i did meet her at the graveyard, when I saw her digging herself out of the ground, so that might explain a little.....
anyways, i couldn't take it anymore (already) so I changed it to the mainland map of the greatest video game of all time. 0:)
(avatar of the guy in the background was the main character of this game)
I'm not sure this one will last long.
Old photographs are quite wonderful. I'm not a real collector - but over the years I've collected many.
This "little boy with big dog" ( undated / possibly ca 1935-1945) is touching . They're friends for life!
P.
M, what happened to your shark? :) Is it time to make shark fin soup?
G-d
He reminds me of Marx.
Karlo.
It's actually W.G. Grace :D
(http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/inline/content/image/13423.html?alt=player)
Wow. It is.
;D
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_9etVnS4R1As/R6FCbNXnDsI/AAAAAAAAAWI/uyXrmpMSc3k/s400/1935RileyOldBeardCap2W.jpg)
Terry Riley....but he smiles!
Mike - good choice, an unearthly building in a perfect location.
From a great Serbian comedy - Balkan Spy
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Balkanski_spijun.jpg)
Quote from: Lethe on November 23, 2008, 01:39:03 PM
Mike - good choice, an unearthly building in a perfect location.
Thanks Sarah; it was taken from our room, when we were recently in Lincoln. We had a really interesting tour through the vast roof spaces of the cathedral, which felt like being in the hull of a ship. They still have in place 85% of the original 800 year old timber!
Mike
Quote from: knight on November 23, 2008, 11:33:52 PM
Thanks Sarah; it was taken from our room, when we were recently in Lincoln. We had a really interesting tour through the vast roof spaces of the cathedral, which felt like being in the hull of a ship. They still have in place 85% of the original 800 year old timber!
Mike
I agree. It is a good avatar.
From most front angles it tends to remind me of a shrouded, winged-thing hovering over the town. It is fortunate not to have any recent tall buildings nearby to spoil the effect.
A street in Suburban Maryland is named after my favorite composer.
Find mn dave an avatar.
(http://failurecasca.de/wp-content/uploads/awesome_med.png)
hmmm
Hahaha ;D
Quote from: mn dave on December 05, 2008, 06:58:33 AM
Does this reflect my many facets?
If it doesn't, here's a template to adjust it to your taste :P
(http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5489/grinbitsqj0.png)
Quote from: Lethe on December 05, 2008, 07:00:58 AM
If it doesn't, here's a template to adjust it to your taste :P
(http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5489/grinbitsqj0.png)
You know, you could help find me one. ;D
That thing affords remarkably little creativity, but there is a nice "general sense of bemusement" one.
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1151/animation1fw8.gif)
Every time I change (or lose) my avatar I get PMs asking for Morbo to come back.
I guess he's here to stay.
Quote from: edward on December 05, 2008, 07:33:24 AM
I guess he's here to stay.
As he should. Good man.
Sarge
Quote from: Corey on December 05, 2008, 06:48:12 AM
(http://failurecasca.de/wp-content/uploads/awesome_med.png)
Excellent find, Corey. If I had to vote for just one of Dave's thousands of avatars, this would be my choice for a permanent one. It
is Dave :D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 05, 2008, 07:38:14 AM
Excellent find, Corey. If I had to vote for just one of Dave's thousands of avatars, this would be my choice for a permanent one. It is Dave :D
Sarge
It might not be cool enough. 8)
Quote from: mn dave on December 05, 2008, 07:39:26 AM
It might not be cool enough. 8)
I could photoshop a few icicles hanging off the smiley's chin ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 05, 2008, 07:58:19 AM
I could photoshop a few icicles hanging off the smiley's chin ;D
Sarge
No! Put a viking helmet on it!
Quote from: mn dave on December 05, 2008, 07:59:49 AM
No! Put a viking helmet on it!
That would work ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 05, 2008, 08:02:48 AM
That would work ;D
Sarge
It's your project for the weekend. ;D
Quote from: mn dave on December 05, 2008, 08:03:15 AM
It's your project for the weekend. ;D
Already done:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy.png)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 05, 2008, 08:12:30 AM
Already done:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy.png)
Sarge
I'll have to wait till I get home. I'm getting the red x, here at work.
Quote from: mn dave on December 05, 2008, 08:20:26 AM
I'll have to wait till I get home. I'm getting the red x, here at work.
Leave work early :D
Thanks, Corey and Sarge. ;D
Misaki from "Welcome to the NHK"
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 05, 2008, 08:12:30 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy.png)
Hilarious! ;D
[But knowing Dave's predilection for the horror genre, why not give it fangs, too?]
Quote from: Jezetha on December 06, 2008, 02:44:21 PM
Hilarious! ;D
[But knowing Dave's predilection for the horror genre, why not give it fangs, too?]
;D
Quote from: Jezetha on December 06, 2008, 02:44:21 PM
Hilarious! ;D
[But knowing Dave's predilection for the horror genre, why not give it fangs, too?]
Yes, what could be cooler than a Viking Vampire ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy_fangs.png)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 07, 2008, 11:20:47 AM
Yes, what could be cooler than a Viking Vampire ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy_fangs.png)
Sarge
that's awesome, you just need blood drool coming out of his mouth.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 07, 2008, 11:20:47 AM
Yes, what could be cooler than a Viking Vampire ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/julygmg/red-viking-helmet-i%20copy_fangs.png)
Sarge
Sorry for a belated reaction - but a classic like this has a whole eternity ahead of itself... ;D
[And don't you change it, Dave! I warn you...]
Quote from: Jezetha on December 09, 2008, 03:33:42 AM
[And don't you change it, Dave! I warn you...]
That would be rude.
Quote from: mn dave on December 09, 2008, 05:09:58 AM
That would be rude.
You're a gentleman (with White Fangs).
Quote from: Jezetha on December 09, 2008, 08:02:20 AM
You're a gentleman (with White Fangs).
And a super-funky helmet!
Grrr!! ;D
MN Dave's next avatar:
Quote from: G$ on December 09, 2008, 06:50:22 PM
MN Dave's next avatar:
A new one already?
I like it.
Solstice, painting on silk by Maria Bablyak (http://www.geocities.com/maria_bablyak/)
Quote from: leggiero on February 11, 2009, 06:16:28 AM
Solstice, painting on silk by Maria Bablyak (http://www.geocities.com/maria_bablyak/)
Ooo!!! Are we changing our forum names now? ;D
It is the distant future, space year 2019, and all hail Mog. You're not Mog, you're little people.
Quote from: Mog: 100% replicant on February 11, 2009, 09:40:56 AM
It is the distant future, space year 2019, and all hail Mog. You're not Mog, you're little people.
I'm not in the business — I
am the business.
Quote from: leggiero on February 11, 2009, 09:42:08 AM
I'm not in the business — I am the business.
But you're not
more feline than feline!
Nicely done, Ben!
Brother Cadfael. My very first avatar and screen name from the old GMG forum.
-Bogey (Bill)
Self explanatory (unless you are my no-good son, nothing is easy for that little tick-terd.)
;)
Quote from: Sheriff Buford T. Justice on February 12, 2009, 06:57:32 PM
Self explanatory (unless you are my no-good son, nothing is easy for that little tick-terd.)
;)
LOL...a lot!
Quote from: Cadfael on February 12, 2009, 06:59:49 PM
LOL...a lot!
;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyNKXnX2lA&feature=related
I think King Karajan should change his avatar to the now famous Karajan Lizard ;D
DFO
Hassan i Sabbah
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan-i_Sabbah)
Mahler by Bernstein: 7, 9, & 10 (adagio).
;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 22, 2009, 06:06:34 AM
;D
Nice shot! 8)
(we'll see how long this one lasts...) ;D
Quote from: George on February 22, 2009, 06:18:08 AM
Nice shot! 8)
(we'll see how long this one lasts...) ;D
Avatars are like potato chips.
Beethoven with a large head and a small piano (in case you couldn't tell).
Quote from: aquariuswb on February 22, 2009, 06:24:21 AM
Beethoven with a large head and a small piano (in case you couldn't tell).
Love it!
I may soon go with this one:
KammerNuss needs to lose that dog avatar. I keep thinking he's Don. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 23, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
KammerNuss needs to lose that dog avatar. I keep thinking he's Don. ;D
He has a bulldog. I have a pug. ;D If that helps you.
I was thinking of changing the avatar today......but.
Quote from: KammerNuss on February 23, 2009, 12:03:08 PM
He has a bulldog. I have a pug. ;D If that helps you.
I was thinking of changing the avatar today......but.
No, it does not help. I see a beige, smoosh-faced dog and I think "Don". ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 23, 2009, 12:04:04 PM
No, it does not help. I see a beige, smoosh-faced dog and I think "Don". ;D
;D
Hey, look at me! I'm so rad. 8)
Bang Bang's teacher. 8)
Quote from: George on February 23, 2009, 01:43:58 PM
You don't remember me? :-[
WTF are we talking about here? ;D
No, that's Gurn. I mean Gorn!
Not being a trekkie, I have no idea what you're talking about. I will therefore assume that either you were simply aiming at a good wooden word or else you had the eminent bansuri virtuoso (http://www.stevegorn.com/) in mind.
Quote from: Maciek on February 23, 2009, 03:56:04 PM
Not being a trekkie, I have no idea what you're talking about. I will therefore assume that either you were simply aiming at a good wooden word or else you had the eminent bansuri virtuoso (http://www.stevegorn.com/) in mind.
I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie. I watched it but I'm no nut. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 23, 2009, 04:20:07 PM
I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie. I watched it but I'm no nut. ;D
Not yet. But a Star Trek avatar is surely the first step. 8)
Kirk should have taken that Gorn in the first round...
Today's image ;D was taken from the GMG supply. It is familiar to me but I can't place it. Can you? Something ancient, I assume.
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 24, 2009, 01:33:16 PM
Today's image ;D was taken from the GMG supply. It is familiar to me but I can't place it. Can you? Something ancient, I assume.
It's a cute li'l Mesopotamian lion
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/IshtarLionIconFacingLeft.jpg)
Ernie of Sesame Street
Hm. Never heard of him.
Quote from: aquariuswb on February 24, 2009, 03:21:02 PM
Hm. Never heard of him.
I watched Sesame Street all through grade school. (The 70's)
Quote from: George on February 24, 2009, 03:22:08 PM
I watched Sesame Street all through grade school. (The 70's)
"
The Electric Company!"
Quote from: AndyD. on February 24, 2009, 03:29:01 PM
"The Electric Company!"
Yeah baby! Captain Kangaroo, 3-2-1 Contact, Laverne and Shirley, Sanford and Son and Free to Be You and Me. 8)
Quote from: Lethe on February 24, 2009, 03:12:14 PM
It's a cute li'l Mesopotamian lion
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/IshtarLionIconFacingLeft.jpg)
Thanks. I was thinking Mesopotamia, but doubted myself. :'(
Quote from: George on February 24, 2009, 03:33:54 PM
Yeah baby! Captain Kangaroo, 3-2-1 Contact, Laverne and Shirley, Sanford and Son and Free to Be You and Me. 8)
Chico and the Maing(For earlier)
All in the Family
Quote from: AndyD. on February 24, 2009, 04:25:31 PM
Chico and the Maing
(For earlier) All in the Family
"Fish," "Happy Days," "Dukes of Hazzard" - good times, huh? Oh yeah, "Good Times," too. 8)
Quote from: Mog: 100% replicant on February 24, 2009, 03:18:46 PM
Bert's boyfriend, you know, Ernie?!
See, I knew that was common knowledge. I showed someone a picture of them holding hands and said sarcastically, "That doesn't look gay at all," and he said he never knew they were like that. ::)
Quote from: George on February 24, 2009, 04:33:00 PM
"Fish," "Happy Days," "Dukes of Hazzard" - good times, huh? Oh yeah, "Good Times," too. 8)
"Weezie!"
some guy......
no, i didn't take the picture. pssshhh i don't even know him. $:)
I like the new username, Greg. 8)
Herbert, Sviatoslav, Slava and King David conspire.
Quote from: DFO on March 08, 2009, 09:13:13 AM
Herbert, Sviatoslav, Slava and King David conspire.
Was this the photo that Karajan famously cut short the recording session to make time for?
Guess!
Snoopy, with Woodstock on the pianoforte.
My favorite Martian.
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 16, 2009, 03:40:10 PM
My favorite Martian.
Dude, you have finally found your permanent avatar! Seriously, it's perfect!
Quote from: George on March 16, 2009, 03:40:58 PM
Dude, you have finally found your permanent avatar! Seriously, it's perfect!
ALLELUIAH!!!
Quote from: George on March 16, 2009, 03:40:58 PM
Dude, you have finally found your permanent avatar! Seriously, it's perfect!
There's nothing permanent about MN Dave....
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 18, 2009, 11:51:53 AM
There's nothing permanent about MN Dave....
Nicely played. That works on at least a few levels.
All right!!
Quote from: Novi on March 18, 2009, 01:07:23 PM
Op. 110 :D!
It seemed longer when I last heard it.
Cato the Younger was a conservative Roman republican who opposed Julius Caesar's dictatorship. After being defeated in the civil war, he committed suicide rather than live under dictatorship.
The suicide was reported (by Plutarch) as taking place in two stages: he plunged his sword into his abdomen, but his hands were injured in the battle against Caesar, preventing him from cutting himself for a quick death. After he fainted, his horrified servants called for a doctor, who put his intestines back into place, sewed him up, and revived him. Cato was horrified that his suicide had been sullied, and ripped out the stitches and pulled out his intestines with his bare hands. :o
Quote from: Cato on March 18, 2009, 03:59:23 PM
Cato the Younger was a conservative Roman republican who opposed Julius Caesar's dictatorship. After being defeated in the civil war, he committed suicide rather than live under dictatorship.
The suicide was reported (by Plutarch) as taking place in two stages: he plunged his sword into his abdomen, but his hands were injured in the battle against Caesar, preventing him from cutting himself for a quick death. After he fainted, his horrified servants called for a doctor, who put his intestines back into place, sewed him up, and revived him. Cato was horrified that his suicide had been sullied, and ripped out the stitches and pulled out his intestines with his bare hands. :o
Yeh, yeh.....but what did he think of Alexander Glazunov? ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on March 18, 2009, 04:17:04 PM
Yeh, yeh.....but what did he think of Alexander Glazunov? ;D
Good question! I suspect Cato would have been highly skeptical at least of
Glazunov's "undisciplined nature."
Cato was a Stoic, and they took no prisoners on such things! 0:)
Quote from: Cato on March 18, 2009, 04:20:37 PM
Good question! I suspect Cato would have been highly skeptical at least of Glazunov's "undisciplined nature."
Cato was a Stoic, and they took no prisoners on such things! 0:)
I like all those Stoic writings. Must be one. :)
well my picture here was taken on Long Island. I waited for like 8 months to develop the film and then this retard exposed some of the film partially. that's why the picture has an orange tint, but overall it looks pretty badass. no photoshopping was involved!
Quote from: маразм1 on March 19, 2009, 07:52:54 AM
well my picture here was taken on Long Island. I waited for like 8 months to develop the film and then this retard exposed some of the film partially. that's why the picture has an orange tint, but overall it looks pretty badass. no photoshopping was involved!
Looks more like Fire Island. >:D
I'm thinking of changing my avatar once my friend's pic is uploaded. She did a lying on the floor pose to pretend being asleep for me, since it's almost impossible to catch her sleeping to take a picture. I'm thinking of having that as my picture, with my name as "Sergeant Sword Raper."
Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica.
Some picture I found.
I like the purple ;).
Quote from: AndyD. on March 21, 2009, 03:01:34 AM
I like the purple ;).
Yes, it's a rather deep hue, methinks.
I don't know why I even post in here. ;D
I know, I'm lame. Sorry!
Quote from: aquariuswb on March 21, 2009, 06:30:56 AM
I know, I'm lame. Sorry!
No, no. I meant my avatar changes so often, what's the point?
Ah, I thought you were poking fun at Andy, me, and our lameness (not that Andy is lame).
Quote from: aquariuswb on March 21, 2009, 07:05:02 AM
Ah, I thought you were poking fun at Andy, me, and our lameness (not that Andy is lame).
Wait, I'm lame and happy :D ;)! And yes, methinks the purplish hue quite deep as well, kind freund!
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 21, 2009, 06:44:26 AM
No, no. I meant my avatar changes so often, what's the point?
I used to change mine because it was fun. Now I'd really love to find one to stick with. :-\
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 19, 2009, 02:45:53 PM
I'm thinking of having that as my picture, with my name as "Sergeant Sword Raper."
Do you know: were you ever dropped on your head when you were young?
Mike
Quote from: knight on March 21, 2009, 07:31:31 AM
Do you know: were you ever dropped on your head when you were young?
Mike
Tsk, Mike, ever so tactful. ;D
Quote from: Renfield on March 21, 2009, 07:37:57 AM
Tsk, Mike, ever so tactful. ;D
I was going to piggy back that with "Dented Skull Terrorist," but then I thought better of it. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 21, 2009, 06:44:26 AM
No, no. I meant my avatar changes so often, what's the point?
[emphasis mine]
That is
exactly the point. You change it so often, that you need to keep informing people what the new one is about. :P This thread was made for you.
Quote from: opus67 on March 21, 2009, 07:42:08 AM
[emphasis mine]
That is exactly the point. You change it so often, that you need to keep informing people what the new one is about. :P This thread was made for you.
If Dave's avatar remained the same for more than a few days, I wouldn't recognize him. ;D
<--- no explanation required 8)
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 21, 2009, 07:44:12 AM
<--- no explanation required 8)
No, sir, I'm afraid it does. :(
Quote from: opus67 on March 21, 2009, 07:46:38 AM
No, sir, I'm afraid it does. :(
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 21, 2009, 07:47:21 AM
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Ah. Much appreciated. :)
Quote from: opus67 on March 21, 2009, 07:48:49 AM
Ah. Much appreciated. :)
Sometimes I forget how old I am. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 21, 2009, 07:50:12 AM
Sometimes I forget how old I am. ;D
:D Nah, it's just that I'm more familiar with Dittersdorf than Dylan.
Quote from: knight on March 21, 2009, 07:31:31 AM
Do you know: were you ever dropped on your head when you were young?
Mike
Yeah...so? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 07:29:48 AM
I used to change mine because it was fun. Now I'd really love to find one to stick with. :-\
Excellent 8)
Sarge
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 07:29:48 AM
I used to change mine because it was fun. Now I'd really love to find one to stick with. :-\
B&W Richter looking up or the Stevie Wonder one worked the best IMO. The George Harrison looking out the window also makes the cut here. I am going to try to keep the one I have for a calendar year (riiiiiiiiight).
Quote from: Bogey on March 21, 2009, 09:40:52 AM
. . . I am going to try to keep the one I have for a calendar year (riiiiiiiiight).
I like it!
Quote from: Bogey on March 21, 2009, 09:40:52 AM
B&W Richter looking up or the Stevie Wonder one worked the best IMO. The George Harrison looking out the window also makes the cut here. I am going to try to keep the one I have for a calendar year (riiiiiiiiight).
What is it?
Gil Grissom from CSI, Dave.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 21, 2009, 09:19:25 AM
Excellent 8)
Sarge
Am I the only one that pictured this (http://www.woopidoo.com/reviews/news/rich-list/monty-burns.jpg) when they read the above? ;D
Quote from: Bogey on March 21, 2009, 09:40:52 AM
B&W Richter looking up or the Stevie Wonder one worked the best IMO. The George Harrison looking out the window also makes the cut here.
Since this is a classical forum, I am trying to stick to classical artists. (I know, Woodstock never recorded for DG ;D) This kinda rules out Stevie as a permanent avatar, but then it is very cool. That and the Richter one are very dark, something I didn't really like. The new one makes me feel warm inside when I see it.
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 12:06:40 PM
Am I the only one that pictured this (http://www.woopidoo.com/reviews/news/rich-list/monty-burns.jpg) when they read the above? ;D
Heh... no. ;D
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 12:06:40 PM
Am I the only one that pictured this (http://www.woopidoo.com/reviews/news/rich-list/monty-burns.jpg) when they read the above? ;D
Not at all. THE SIMPSONS is part of the culture. I was watching an episode of something a week ago or so, and one of the characters said "excellent" in full Mr. Burns mode, i.e., with hand signals, and it was funny. No one commented further. No CSI-style overexposition ("You know. Homer's boss. On THE SIMPSONS"). The moment came and went, and either you got it or you didn't. I loved it.
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 12:10:30 PM
Since this is a classical forum, I am trying to stick to classical artists. (I know, Woodstock never recorded for DG ;D) This kinda rules out Stevie as a permanent avatar, but then it is very cool. That and the Richter one are very dark, something I didn't really like. The new one makes me feel warm inside when I see it.
I wonder how many days you could stick with one avatar, George. This one (Woodstock and Snoopy) would be a nice place to start.
John Michael Stipe, ca 1982?, voice for R.E.M.
Quote from: knight on March 21, 2009, 07:31:31 AM
Do you know: were you ever dropped on your head when you were young?
Mike
Please rephrase that sentence- it was too complex for my mind to understand.
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 22, 2009, 08:24:40 PM
Please rephrase that sentence- it was too complex for my mind to understand.
You baby noggin go boom boom, make dum dum?
For some reason I couldn't get mine to show, after several attempts. So my avatar for now is X.
Quote from: George on March 21, 2009, 07:27:31 PM
John Michael Stipe, ca 1982?, voice for R.E.M.
Yes, I think that's 82. A really nice photo shoot, that one, IIRC, if, as I think it is, it's the one with Stipe in a tin bath at one point. Or am I misremembering?
Quote from: sul G on March 23, 2009, 11:49:19 AM
Yes, I think that's 82. A really nice photo shoot, that one, IIRC, if, as I think it is, it's the one with Stipe in a tin bath at one point. Or am I misremembering?
The poster it was taken from has a big window with 4 panes, two on top of two others, one member of the band in each pane. I don't recall the one of Stipe in a bath.
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 22, 2009, 08:24:40 PM
Please rephrase that sentence- it was too complex for my mind to understand.
I think youi told us
all we need to know.
Mike
Quote from: Corey on March 23, 2009, 02:23:17 AM
You baby noggin go boom boom, make dum dum?
Uh huh, head head go hurt hurt on pavement. Then I fall in to wawa and drown drown. :'(
The water was red.
redrum
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 23, 2009, 06:43:21 PM
Uh huh, head head go hurt hurt on pavement. Then I fall in to wawa and drown drown. :'(
The water was red. redrum
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-pictures-kitten-asks-if-you-fell-down.jpg)
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 23, 2009, 06:44:33 PM
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-pictures-kitten-asks-if-you-fell-down.jpg)
yes yes, that right right. :'(
i hear head head go boom boom on concrete and skullcap go fly fly. blood blood go gush gush and no taste good. me put back together and no think it were the same way it were before.
redrumThis my life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/PI1vMglP8tI
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 23, 2009, 06:49:18 PM
yes yes, that right right. :'(
i hear head head go boom boom on concrete and skullcap go fly fly. blood blood go gush gush and no taste good. me put back together and no think it were the same way it were before.
We can rebuild you.
(http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content08/bionic-eye-six-million-dollar-man.jpg)
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=16655;type=avatar)
Moon Knight, correct?
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 23, 2009, 06:51:35 PM
We can rebuild you.
(http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content08/bionic-eye-six-million-dollar-man.jpg)
You m-m-m-m-make me h-h-h-happyyyyy.... :)
Quote from: Bogey on March 23, 2009, 06:52:07 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=16655;type=avatar)
Moon Knight, correct?
You got it in one.
Quote from: Gay Cuban Communist on March 23, 2009, 06:53:17 PM
You m-m-m-m-make me h-h-h-happyyyyy.... :)
Just don't look in the mirror.
(http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/u0526098/images/AnimatronicCyborg.jpg)
Didn't you used to have an avatar that looked like that, Dave....or close. Did it say, "You rang." under it?
Quote from: Bogey on March 23, 2009, 07:00:19 PM
Didn't you used to have an avatar that looked like that, Dave....or close. Did it say, "You rang." under it?
My life is a blur of avatars. Who can remember? ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 23, 2009, 07:01:28 PM
My life is a blur of avatars. Who can remember? ;D
I'll find it. ;D
This one is close, but not quite....or is it
(http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:7YA963UvYZ_F2M:http://zaurin.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/zombi_2_zombie.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on March 23, 2009, 07:25:52 PM
This one is close, but not quite....or is it
(http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:7YA963UvYZ_F2M:http://zaurin.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/zombi_2_zombie.jpg)
Damn, you're good. That's an image from the movie Zombie. A must see if you'd like to see a zombie battling a shark on the ocean floor.
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 23, 2009, 07:27:57 PM
Damn, you're good. That's an image from the movie Zombie. A must see if you'd like to see a zombie battling a shark on the ocean floor.
After reading that comment there was nothing in the world,
nothing I wanted to do more than see a zombie fight a shark. So I did.
How on Earth did we manage before Youtube? ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0)
Quote from: Benji on March 24, 2009, 11:18:41 AM
After reading that comment there was nothing in the world, nothing I wanted to do more than see a zombie fight a shark. So I did.
How on Earth did we manage before Youtube? ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0)
Watch the whole movie. The scenes on the island (early in the movie) are some of the most dread inducing ever in film. The last half of the movie lives up to the build up. In spades.
George, George, George!
An extremely nostalgic moment.....seeing that album cover for Def Leppard's Pyromania! :)
My sister had that LP, when I was 9 years old, and we'd listen to it every morning while we were waiting for the school bus to arrive and pick us up for school.
And of course, I had that "backpatch" later on when I was a teenager. ;) ;D Def Lep was my true first "favorite band", and stayed that way for many years!
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 29, 2009, 07:13:51 AM
George, George, George!
An extremely nostalgic moment.....seeing that album cover for Def Leppard's Pyromania! :)
My sister had that LP, when I was 9 years old, and we'd listen to it every morning while we were waiting for the school bus to arrive and pick us up for school.
And of course, I had that "backpatch" later on when I was a teenager. ;) ;D Def Lep was my true first "favorite band", and stayed that way for many years!
You sound Hysterical! (pun intended) ;)
BTW, as much as I loved Pyromania, I thought that Hysteria was pretty bad. Could have been my age, I suppose.
Gunter glieben glauchen globen 8)
>:D
Quote from: orbital on March 29, 2009, 08:22:29 AM
>:D
;D
It's better to burn out, than to fade away....... >:D
Quote from: George on March 29, 2009, 08:02:34 AM
You sound Hysterical! (pun intended) ;)
BTW, as much as I loved Pyromania, I thought that Hysteria was pretty bad. Could have been my age, I suppose.
Gunter glieben glauchen globen 8)
High and Dry and
Pyromania were fun!
Hysteria sounded ultra-programmed, really bad in my humble opinion.
Quote from: AndyD. on March 29, 2009, 01:28:43 PM
High and Dry and Pyromania were fun! Hysteria sounded ultra-programmed, really bad in my humble opinion.
Exactly.
Quote from: George on March 29, 2009, 01:37:37 PM
Exactly.
The term "Overly Processed Product" comes to mind.
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry' :)
Quote from: AndyD. on March 29, 2009, 01:54:44 PM
The term "Overly Processed Product" comes to mind.
The drummer lost his arm and the band lost their credibility. :-\
Quote from: George on March 29, 2009, 03:20:41 PM
The drummer lost his arm and the band lost their credibility. :-\
To be fair, they had to make some adjustments with Rick Allen losing his arm (if they wanted him to still be in the band). Going with the electronic drums definitely changed their signature sound a bit. And being a long time between Pyromania and Hysteria, they felt I guess that a new direction was needed, because maybe people had forgotten about them, so they needed a commercial hit? :-\ Just a thought. I still think there are some excellent tunes on Hysteria, including the title track.
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 29, 2009, 03:25:04 PM
And being a long time between Pyromania and Hysteria, they felt I guess that a new direction was needed, because maybe people had forgotten about them, so they needed a commercial hit?
Well, they had plenty of commercial hits with Pyromania - Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin - so I don't think a change was needed to score a hit on Hysteria. :-\
Quote from: George on March 29, 2009, 03:28:01 PM
Well, they had plenty of commercial hits with Pyromania - Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin - so I don't think a change was needed to score a hit on Hysteria. :-\
True, I agree there. I think they originally planned on going status quo (ie. the hard driving HnD and Pryo sound), but along the way they decided to go way more commercial 'pop rock'. Most definitely, High N Dry and Pyromania best capture the true energy and feel of what Def Leppard was, for me. Those two still would sound great today (but I won't be). :) I've moved on.
Quote from: George on March 29, 2009, 03:28:01 PM
Well, they had plenty of commercial hits with Pyromania - Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin - so I don't think a change was needed to score a hit on Hysteria. :-\
To be fair, 1987 was pretty abysmal. It was the real beginning of the Hair Metal saturation era (you know, the one that killed heavy metal for a time). Motley Crue, Poison...one of the only good albums that came out of it was former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale's
Whitesnake (self titled album). And even that was a bit of a sell out, salvaged mostly by the phenomenal guitar playing of ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes.
Quote from: AndyD. on March 29, 2009, 04:18:49 PM
...one of the only good albums that came out of it was former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale's Whitesnake (self titled album).
Yeah, I need to re-buy that one. GREAT album, if very 80's sounding. :)
My first album of there's was:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VSVXn9SSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
I believe I bought it in the summer of '83. It was an import disc and came in really loose cellophane and cost a few dollars more. Good stuff. As for their later works, I enjoyed them but not nearly as much as my mom....yup, you heard me right folks. :)
Off topic a bit Lethe, but my wife and I were laughing out loud at the combination of your avatar and signature:
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=11883;type=avatar)
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.
Do not not what the story is, but we found the two together a riot.
I found the cute cat via a combination of keywords in a Google image search which I have unfortunately since forgotten. It was cropped from a larger pic of the kitten sitting on a girl's shoulder (you can see her head on the right).
The sig quote was one of the responses in a thread on a cooking forum where somebody posted a recipe which purported to produce "delicious cookies", but was actually an attempt to set off as many smoke detectors as possible. Lots of replies in CAPS LOCK featuring some choice works were exchanged :D
I didn't notice the combination, but they do work perfectly together ;D Thanks for pointing it out!
Quote from: AndyD. on March 29, 2009, 04:18:49 PM
To be fair, 1987 was pretty abysmal.
not really ;)
The year the music died, Poop... ;D
Quote from: Poop tastes gud on March 29, 2009, 08:18:04 PM
not really ;)
Well, there were still some really good Metal releases (I think Seventh Son of a Seventh Son came out that year, and a few others), but MTV played that awful Girls Girls Girls, and Poison junk day and night. A nightmare. For me, at least.
Quote from: AndyD. on March 30, 2009, 02:34:47 AM
Well, there were still some really good Metal releases (I think Seventh Son of a Seventh Son came out that year, and a few others), but MTV played that awful Girls Girls Girls, and Poison junk day and night. A nightmare. For me, at least.
I actually think
Greg was born in 1987. ;D
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Quote from: AndyD. on March 30, 2009, 02:34:47 AM
Well, there were still some really good Metal releases (I think Seventh Son of a Seventh Son came out that year, and a few others)...
Among The Living 0:) 0:) 0:) 0:) >:D 0:) 0:) 0:) 0:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2009, 04:50:12 AM
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
We are gonna have to hang out some day. I dig your taste in music. (http://xs116.xs.to/xs116/07264/van_halen_emoticons_1.gif)
Quote from: orbital on March 30, 2009, 05:11:25 AM
Among The Living 0:) 0:) 0:) 0:) >:D 0:) 0:) 0:) 0:)
I went crazy over that one, really cool stuff "I'm the walkin' dude!". I think Testament's first album, the Legacy, came out that year as well, also a really good one.
Kreator, "Terrible Certainty".
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2009, 04:50:12 AM
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
I always thought that was their best album. Plenty of Edward experimentation on it, it really shows his more risk taking side. Plus there's the atomic blues on "So This is Love". It's also a fairly dark-ish sounding album, which is a big change form most VH.
Quote from: AndyD. on March 30, 2009, 06:53:09 AM
I always thought that was their best album. Plenty of Edward experimentation on it, it really shows his more risk taking side. Plus there's the atomic blues on "So This is Love". It's also a fairly dark-ish sounding album, which is a big change form most VH.
It really is their most creative album, and creative in a good way. I think the bass on that album is just phenomenal.
They really should have included "Hang 'em High" on Fair Warning. It didn't belong on "Diver Down", IMO. ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2009, 06:57:32 AM
It really is their most creative album, and creative in a good way. I think the bass on that album is just phenomenal.
They really should have included "Hang 'em High" on Fair Warning. It didn't belong on "Diver Down", IMO. ;D
What a riff! You know, now that I think about it, that song might be one of the few VH songs that could be classified as "Heavy Metal". The lyrical content, the whole dark feel. Kind of like "On Fire" in that respect.
Quote from: AndyD. on March 30, 2009, 06:51:33 AM
I went crazy over that one, really cool stuff "I'm the walkin' dude!". I think Testament's first album, the Legacy, came out that year as well, also a really good one.
Was that the one with the instrumental number as the last track?
Quote
Kreator, "Terrible Certainty".
Yes! That one, too.
Now that I look back at 1987 :o Appetite for Destruction (love'em or hate'em, that was a darn good album), King Diamond - Abigail. How about Helloween KOt7K Part 1? or Exodus - Pleasures of The Flesh, Overkill - Taking Over (my very first CD ever ;D) and Mekong Delta's first (the much better Erich Zann to be released the next year I think)
Overall I call that a pretty good year :D
So, I learn orbital was into metal.
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 30, 2009, 07:11:21 AM
So, I learn orbital was into metal.
Big time Dave. I wore an Anthrax pendant (6-7 inches wide) that kept on piercing my neck (those pointy corners of their logo ;D)whenever I ran, or jumped into the sea.
Quote from: orbital on March 30, 2009, 07:18:29 AM
Big time Dave. I wore an Anthrax pendant (6-7 inches wide) that kept on piercing my neck (those pointy corners of their logo ;D)whenever I ran, or jumped into the sea.
Hardcore. :)
I was never really a metalhead. I just dabble. I should probably stop. ::)
Quote from: Mn Dave on March 30, 2009, 07:20:11 AM
Hardcore. :)
I was never really a metalhead. I just dabble. I should probably stop. ::)
I love it too much. When I say "Metal", though, I include alot of Wagner, Beethoven's symphonies (1st movement of the Eroica...Metal baybeee!), Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Mozart's Requiem and Don Giovanni, etc.
Quote from: orbital on March 30, 2009, 07:08:54 AM
Was that the one with the instrumental number as the last track?
Yes! That one, too.
Now that I look back at 1987 :o Appetite for Destruction (love'em or hate'em, that was a darn good album), King Diamond - Abigail. How about Helloween KOt7K Part 1? or Exodus - Pleasures of The Flesh, Overkill - Taking Over (my very first CD ever ;D) and Mekong Delta's first (the much better Erich Zann to be released the next year I think)
Overall I call that a pretty good year :D
Whoa, you kick a$# Orbital!
Quote from: Bogey on March 29, 2009, 04:34:10 PM
My first album of there's was:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VSVXn9SSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
I believe I bought it in the summer of '83. It was an import disc and came in really loose cellophane and cost a few dollars more. Good stuff. As for their later works, I enjoyed them but not nearly as much as my mom....yup, you heard me right folks. :)
I have this LP, not an import where I bought it. Got it the day after I saw them live at the Northamptonshire Cricket Club. All downhill after that!
Quote from: Renfield on March 30, 2009, 02:43:49 AM
I actually think Greg was born in 1987. ;D
You got it!
Not to mention the artist who got me into music in the first place got famous for an album he released in 1987- i wouldn't be surprised if it was the first album I listened to all the way through, from beginning to end, by myself..... voluntarily.
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Day 3 - Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America'
I'd wager that ChamberNut had cookies for breakfast. 8)
Quote from: George on March 31, 2009, 04:45:20 AM
I'd wager that ChamberNut had cookies for breakfast. 8)
Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got.......Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot.....What she got?....Not a lot!
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 31, 2009, 04:55:29 AM
Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got.......Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot.....What she got?....Not a lot!
...
bah dah dah dah, dah dah dah da-da dah dah da-da...
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Day 3 - Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America'
Day 4 - The Police's 'Zenyetta Mondatta'
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Day 3 - Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America'
Day 4 - The Police's 'Zenyetta Mondatta'
Day 5 - Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother'
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Day 3 - Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America'
Day 4 - The Police's 'Zenyetta Mondatta'
Day 5 - Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother'
Day 6 - Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds'
Quote from: AndyD. on March 30, 2009, 07:24:49 AM
I love it too much. When I say "Metal", though, I include alot of Wagner, Beethoven's symphonies (1st movement of the Eroica...Metal baybeee!), Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Mozart's Requiem and Don Giovanni, etc.
Shouldn't it really be the other way around? Classical existed long before metal. So metal is actually classical!
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 08:05:56 AM
Shouldn't it really be the other way around? Classical existed long before metal. So metal is actually classical!
;D
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 08:05:56 AM
Shouldn't it really be the other way around? Classical existed long before metal. So metal is actually classical!
This man is truly a genius. We metalheads need you!
Quote from: AndyD. on April 03, 2009, 01:05:11 PM
This man is truly a genius. We metalheads need you!
;) ;D
Well, I'm not sure how to say this but my friends and I spent many a year in the underground scene - first hardcore then metal (back in the day I mean, early/mid 80s)...
...ran the gamut of all the coolest bands, attended as many concerts as possible in whatever decrepit dump would bother to build a stage and let bands perform there before the fire marshal condemned the place, watched the skinheads turn a thriving scene into a war zone, talked to Bad Brains' lead singer in the men's restroom while he preached about Jah, roadied/ran lights for my friends who had the coolest hardcore then metal bands that never made it, smoked/swallowed/snorted just about everything I could get my hands on, together with my friends built the most awesome skateboard halfpipe with specs from Thrasher with wood/materials stolen from all corners of our immediate area (and later got a writeup in Thrasher!), watched the hardcore scene - and several of the bands in it (Agnostic Front, Corrosion Of Conformity) - morph into that hardcore/metal hybrid scene for awhile until metal eventually won out, cried as my favorite metal band - Fates Warning - never achieved the fame that was due them (on par with Metallica, I mean) all the while looking on in disgust as Metal Church totally sold out on their second album, hoping for the return of Poison Idea to the throne of hardcore while Social Unrest just couldn't keep it together for a repeat of "Rat In A Maze", and Trouble sped up to 45rpm (on LP) sounded almost as cool as regular 33rpm (those guys took slow to new...slows...but wow!!)...
...but...
...despite all this, despite all the energy, raw power, excitement, and adrenalin of that whirlwind time, NOTHING comes close to the sheer hypnosis/catharsis/draining power that is classical music.
All I need now is to find a men's restroom and start preaching...
:)
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 09:08:59 PM
;) ;D
Well, I'm not sure how to say this but my friends and I spent many a year in the underground scene - first hardcore then metal (back in the day I mean, early/mid 80s)...
...ran the gamut of all the coolest bands, attended as many concerts as possible in whatever decrepit dump would bother to build a stage and let bands perform there before the fire marshal condemned the place, watched the skinheads turn a thriving scene into a war zone, talked to Bad Brains' lead singer in the men's restroom while he preached about Jah, roadied/ran lights for my friends who had the coolest hardcore then metal bands that never made it, smoked/swallowed/snorted just about everything I could get my hands on, together with my friends built the most awesome skateboard halfpipe with specs from Thrasher with wood/materials stolen from all corners of our immediate area (and later got a writeup in Thrasher!), watched the hardcore scene - and several of the bands in it (Agnostic Front, Corrosion Of Conformity) - morph into that hardcore/metal hybrid scene for awhile until metal eventually won out, cried as my favorite metal band - Fates Warning - never achieved the fame that was due them (on par with Metallica, I mean) all the while looking on in disgust as Metal Church totally sold out on their second album, hoping for the return of Poison Idea to the throne of hardcore while Social Unrest just couldn't keep it together for a repeat of "Rat In A Maze", and Trouble sped up to 45rpm (on LP) sounded almost as cool as regular 33rpm (those guys took slow to new...slows...but wow!!)...
...but...
...despite all this, despite all the energy, raw power, excitement, and adrenalin of that whirlwind time, NOTHING comes close to the sheer hypnosis/catharsis/draining power that is classical music.
All I need now is to find a men's restroom and start preaching...
:)
Wow. I had no idea. I wish you'd preach to some guys I know.
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 09:08:59 PM
;) ;D
Well, I'm not sure how to say this but my friends and I spent many a year in the underground scene - first hardcore then metal (back in the day I mean, early/mid 80s)...
...ran the gamut of all the coolest bands, attended as many concerts as possible in whatever decrepit dump would bother to build a stage and let bands perform there before the fire marshal condemned the place, watched the skinheads turn a thriving scene into a war zone, talked to Bad Brains' lead singer in the men's restroom while he preached about Jah, roadied/ran lights for my friends who had the coolest hardcore then metal bands that never made it, smoked/swallowed/snorted just about everything I could get my hands on, together with my friends built the most awesome skateboard halfpipe with specs from Thrasher with wood/materials stolen from all corners of our immediate area (and later got a writeup in Thrasher!), watched the hardcore scene - and several of the bands in it (Agnostic Front, Corrosion Of Conformity) - morph into that hardcore/metal hybrid scene for awhile until metal eventually won out, cried as my favorite metal band - Fates Warning - never achieved the fame that was due them (on par with Metallica, I mean) all the while looking on in disgust as Metal Church totally sold out on their second album, hoping for the return of Poison Idea to the throne of hardcore while Social Unrest just couldn't keep it together for a repeat of "Rat In A Maze", and Trouble sped up to 45rpm (on LP) sounded almost as cool as regular 33rpm (those guys took slow to new...slows...but wow!!)...
...but...
...despite all this, despite all the energy, raw power, excitement, and adrenalin of that whirlwind time, NOTHING comes close to the sheer hypnosis/catharsis/draining power that is classical music.
That's the longest sentence I've ever read in my life.
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 09:08:59 PM
;) ;D
Well, I'm not sure how to say this but my friends and I spent many a year in the underground scene - first hardcore then metal (back in the day I mean, early/mid 80s)...
...ran the gamut of all the coolest bands, attended as many concerts as possible in whatever decrepit dump would bother to build a stage and let bands perform there before the fire marshal condemned the place, watched the skinheads turn a thriving scene into a war zone, talked to Bad Brains' lead singer in the men's restroom while he preached about Jah, roadied/ran lights for my friends who had the coolest hardcore then metal bands that never made it, smoked/swallowed/snorted just about everything I could get my hands on, together with my friends built the most awesome skateboard halfpipe with specs from Thrasher with wood/materials stolen from all corners of our immediate area (and later got a writeup in Thrasher!), watched the hardcore scene - and several of the bands in it (Agnostic Front, Corrosion Of Conformity) - morph into that hardcore/metal hybrid scene for awhile until metal eventually won out, cried as my favorite metal band - Fates Warning - never achieved the fame that was due them (on par with Metallica, I mean) all the while looking on in disgust as Metal Church totally sold out on their second album, hoping for the return of Poison Idea to the throne of hardcore while Social Unrest just couldn't keep it together for a repeat of "Rat In A Maze", and Trouble sped up to 45rpm (on LP) sounded almost as cool as regular 33rpm (those guys took slow to new...slows...but wow!!)...
...but...
...despite all this, despite all the energy, raw power, excitement, and adrenalin of that whirlwind time, NOTHING comes close to the sheer hypnosis/catharsis/draining power that is classical music.
All I need now is to find a men's restroom and start preaching...
:)
Dude. You rule.
And it was a horrible shame about Metal Church, such a mega-promising debut.
I believe the future will be more kind to Fates Warning.
A feller from the Old West.
I just changed my avatar to a picture of an Italian Greyhound. I'm thinking of getting one soon, so I want to look at pictures of them.
Quote from: nicht schleppend on April 04, 2009, 08:43:10 AM
I just changed my avatar to a picture of an Italian Greyhound. I'm thinking of getting one soon, so I want to look at pictures of them.
Excellent choice. 0:)
I will post have a different avatar starting today every day for the next week indicating some of my favorite CDs/tapes growing up:
Day 1 - Def Leppard's 'High n Dry'
Day 2 - Van Halen's 'Fair Warning'
Day 3 - Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America'
Day 4 - The Police's 'Zenyetta Mondatta'
Day 5 - Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother'
Day 6 - Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds'
Day 7 - Ozzy Osbourne 'Diary of A Madman'
Quote from: Mn Dave on April 04, 2009, 05:56:49 AM
Wow. I had no idea.
Mild mannered reporter by day...
QuoteI wish you'd preach to some guys I know.
;)
Quote from: AndyD. on April 04, 2009, 06:40:50 AM
Dude. You rule.
And it was a horrible shame about Metal Church, such a mega-promising debut.
I believe the future will be more kind to Fates Warning.
:)
Quote from: Mn Dave on April 04, 2009, 08:46:47 AM
Excellent choice. 0:)
Do you have an Italian Greyhound?
Quote from: donwyn on April 03, 2009, 09:08:59 PM
...ran the gamut of all the coolest bands, attended as many concerts as possible in whatever decrepit dump would bother to build a stage and let bands perform there before the fire marshal condemned the place, watched the skinheads turn a thriving scene into a war zone, talked to Bad Brains' lead singer in the men's restroom while he preached about Jah...
I never talked to H.R. but I danced with him once 8) I was at the front of the stage at a Bad Brains concert (in Tübingen Germany, 1983), when I was somehow elevated onto the stage. I danced a bit and then dove off into the crowd.
Here's a pic of me shortly before my
ascension ;D Click on thumbnail:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/icons/BadBrainsSgtRock.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/BadBrainsSgtRock.jpg)
We (my punk friend and I) often encountered skinheads at punk concerts but we could usually handle them with little problem. The funniest instance was at a club that was featuring German punk bands. For some insane reason, a hippie, in flowing robes, decided to get out on the floor all by himself and do some kind of lame ballet. A skinhead took him out...which angered a girl I was talking to. She was a communist, a street performer, about five feet tall. She rushed out onto the floor, confronted this hulking 6 feet plus skinhead and shamed him into retreating. ;D One of the bravest, and coolest things I've ever seen.
Musicians I did manage to talk to in my punk days: Henry Rollins after a Black Flag gig at the Löwenbräü Keller in Munich. We invaded the dressing room and gave Henry a 13 ball (long story) we'd stolen from the company day room. We had a drink with Charlie Harper (singer of the UK Subs) after the Sub's show in Heidelberg.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 05, 2009, 06:45:44 AM
I never talked to H.R. but I danced with him once 8) I was at the front of the stage at a Bad Brains concert (in Tübingen Germany, 1983), when I was somehow elevated onto the stage. I danced a bit and then dove off into the crowd.
Here's a pic of me shortly before my ascension ;D Click on thumbnail:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/icons/BadBrainsSgtRock.jpg) (http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/BadBrainsSgtRock.jpg)
;D Nice! Looks like a great time for all. So were you actually a Sarge at that time?
I have to say the memory of that Bad Brains "sermon" in the men's room has stuck with me to this day. The most memorable line:
"No worry. No fears. No World War III, man. There will be no WWIII. The missiles, when they are up in the air...Jah will pluck them from the sky" - all while motioning with his hands in a plucking motion. 8)
It might have been pure fantasy but it sure had the men's room crown hanging on every word! ;D
QuoteWe (my punk friend and I) often encountered skinheads at punk concerts but we could usually handle them with little problem. The funniest instance was at a club that was featuring German punk bands. For some insane reason, a hippie, in flowing robes, decided to get out on the floor all by himself and do some kind of lame ballet. A skinhead took him out...which angered a girl I was talking to. She was a communist, a street performer, about five feet tall. She rushed out onto the floor, confronted this hulking 6 feet plus skinhead and shamed him into retreating. ;D One of the bravest, and coolest things I've ever seen.
That
is brave! Unfortunately something like that in my neck of the woods (Dallas) probably would've netted her a kick in the head. We had the misfortune of having a rigorous and very well organized skinhead movement. Started small but eventually grew so large that they would show up in Deep Ellum (the hardcore/punk hangout in downtown) in such numbers they seemed like locusts. They were everywhere. And they
weren't looking to have a nice tea with the lads. They were out to bust heads.
It got so bad the police finally had to step in - in equally large numbers, of course. So now the scene had to withstand a double-whammy from two sides: the skinheads who wanted to destroy everything and the police who began to practically infiltrate our every move - for our protection, I suppose, or the protection of the city streets. The weight of it all eventually helped fragment the hardcore scene - almost to the point of collapse. There simply were no places (halls/dumps) left willing to cater to such an incendiary crowd.
Luckily the Feds eventually broke up the skinheads and normalcy again returned to the alternative scene. But Deep Ellum was never the same. Though honestly we really have the next great organized movement to thank for that: the yuppies. Hey, they can see dollar signs in anything! ;D
QuoteMusicians I did manage to talk to in my punk days: Henry Rollins after a Black Flag gig at the Löwenbräü Keller in Munich. We invaded the dressing room and gave Henry a 13 ball (long story) we'd stolen from the company day room.
Ok,
13 ball? ;D
Ironically, one of THE coolest talks my friends and I ever had was with the band Agnostic Front (back when they were punk). Ironic because they were thoughtful, articulate, pacifist...and one of the leading
skinhead bands around. They were themselves puzzled at all the violence in the scene but hadn't a clue how to stop it.
QuoteWe had a drink with Charlie Harper (singer of the UK Subs) after the Sub's show in Heidelberg.
Cool, Sarge!
One of my all-time favorite shows was the twin-bill of The Exploited and the UK Subs. I don't think I'd ever seen the Twilight Room (the scene's "premier" hall) so packed! Absolute wall-to-wall people. Despite this I managed to plant myself right up front and remained there the whole show.
Ah, those were the days...
Arthur Brown
Well Dave, that diet he has been on has had both positive and negative effects; but over all, a success I feel.
Arthur Brown
(http://thm-a04.yimg.com/image/3a4c2dcfb43b2388)
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 11, 2009, 01:50:55 AM
Well Dave, that diet he has been on has had both positive and negative effects; but over all, a success I feel.
Arthur Brown
(http://thm-a04.yimg.com/image/3a4c2dcfb43b2388)
Mike
Hm. Might be a different guy, Mike. ;D
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/149765312_d141a2beeb_o.jpg)
Quote from: Mn Dave on April 11, 2009, 05:21:01 AM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/149765312_d141a2beeb_o.jpg)
Why why
WHY can't I be
him :'(?
Sara!! I do believe that is the first time I've seen you change your avatar. :o
No more talky cat? 8)
Indeed! I've had about 4 avatars in as many years - they don't change very often 0:) The cat will be back after Newman has either been beaten or run off :D
Quote from: Lethe on May 28, 2009, 01:44:04 PM
Indeed! I've had about 4 avatars in as many years - they don't change very often 0:) The cat will be back after Newman has either been beaten or run off :D
Well, then we have a goal to achieve!! The cat simply
must come back! :D
By the way, I commend you on the striking dissonance between your nickname and avatar! :D It gave me a bit of a shock when Brahms disappeared for Bruckner.
An angry baby.
Quote from: Lethe on May 28, 2009, 01:57:40 PM
By the way, I commend you on the striking dissonance between your nickname and avatar! :D It gave me a bit of a shock when Brahms disappeared for Bruckner.
I know.....I actually thought about that the other day. People will think I am a nut for calling myself ChamberNut and having an avatar of a predominantly orchestral composer! 8)
I change mine regularly, so I'm sure Brahms, et al will make a re-appearance.
So Sarge's stage diving? Better wear a hat then.
(http://nobenjaminbutton.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/binoche1.jpg)
I like Dave's wolf avatar the best it this point in time. I think we should all change our avatars to wolves. Our gangs of wolves unite in support of our beloved Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
0:)
You're hungry...like the wolf.
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 09:01:05 AM
I like Dave's wolf avatar the best it this point in time. I think we should all change our avatars to wolves. Our gangs of wolves unite in support of our beloved Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
0:)
"Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - boys becoming men, men becoming wolves" ;D
Quote from: George on May 29, 2009, 09:15:22 AM
"Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - boys becoming men, men becoming wolves" ;D
Now
there is a scary avatar. ;D
(http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/american-werewolf-in-london-lifesize-2.jpg)
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 29, 2009, 09:17:07 AM
Now there is a scary avatar. ;D
Hopefully
funny too. We'll see ho many 30 Rock fans we have here. 8)
Picasso - Old Man with a Guitar
The composer outside the recently re-opened Fenway entrance to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (http://mfa.org/).
Mine's all wolves' Mother. 0:)
Cover of a recently acquired rare Moravec CD, his first recording of the Chopin Preludes.
Um...
Where's the bloody lancet!?
It will have to come out.
Changed it again. EAP
Yes, yes, I am!
Stole this idea from a gentleman either on a jazz or SH music forum. Fred Flintstone playing some vinyl on a system that probably sounds better than mine. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on June 07, 2009, 07:34:58 AM
Stole this idea from a gentleman either on a jazz or SH music forum. Fred Flintstone playing some vinyl on a system that probably sounds better than mine. ;D
:D ;D
Got it now, Bill.
So is Fred still running a stock
stylus beak or has he upgraded to the Waverly XLP-3000?
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 07, 2009, 08:52:41 AM
:D ;D
Got it now, Bill.
So is Fred still running a stock stylus beak or has he upgraded to the Waverly XLP-3000?
Here is a shot of me downloading my most recent avatar. I read about this new system in the
Daily Slab and had to have it. (http://bedrock.deadsquid.com/img/other/objects/fredcomputer.jpg)
My first pressing of the Bedrock Twitch really grooves on it. ;D
Quote from: Bogey B.C. on June 07, 2009, 09:13:46 AM
Here is a shot of me downloading my most recent avatar. I read about this new system in the Daily Slab and had to have it. (http://bedrock.deadsquid.com/img/other/objects/fredcomputer.jpg)
My first pressing of the Bedrock Twitch really grooves on it. ;D
:D :D :D
Boy, you LP hounds are hardcore! ;D
We hates it...
Josef Hofmann's hands. 8)
Pierre Boulez. :)
My avatar is a California Thrasher that crossed my path during a birding excursion at San Elijo Lagoon near Solana Beach, CA last summer.
Full size version here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvk116/2749884575/in/set-72157606650321090/
And another view:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvk116/2749884425/in/set-72157606650321090/
Elizabeta Gilels, Leonid Kogan's wife. A great violinist on her own right.
But Leonid didn't let her made a career. :(
I couldn't take it anymore. :P
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 05:53:58 PM
I couldn't take it anymore. :P
I'm glad to see it. :)
:)
A very young and handsom Nathan.
Quote from: MN Dave on August 07, 2009, 05:53:58 PM
I couldn't take it anymore. :P
Awesome! I love it. The Schu!! :)
OK, I'll join in.
- Frederic Chopin
8)
It's a raccoon-dog. I considered putting up a mythological tanuki, but I didn't know if the swinging over-sized testicles would hurt sensibilities. :D
Quote from: tanuki on August 09, 2009, 02:05:12 PM
It's a raccoon-dog. I considered putting up a mythological tanuki, but I didn't know if the swinging over-sized testicles would hurt sensibilities. :D
That's the same reason why I didn't put up a picture of myself as my avatar. 8)
:D :D
Quote from: DavidW on August 09, 2009, 02:07:52 PM
That's the same reason why I didn't put up a picture of myself as my avatar. 8)
:D :D
LOL
I say! It's MN Dave out on his yacht! $:)
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2009, 05:37:18 AM
I say! It's MN Dave out on his yacht! $:)
Aw, I miss the pudgey 'lil guy on the scale. He was cute!
Oh, how dreadful!
Quote from: MN Dave on August 29, 2009, 05:37:18 AM
I say! It's MN Dave out on his yacht! $:)
;D
I woulda went with this one:
(http://www.facebook.com/profile/pic.php?uid=AAAAAQAQD7Tq2qiMMweYONYBdnYz9QAAAAoRBJXzWS8woaSJ4V-Hc7KA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
Quote from: George on August 29, 2009, 06:13:18 AM
;D
I woulda went with this one:
(http://www.facebook.com/profile/pic.php?uid=AAAAAQAQD7Tq2qiMMweYONYBdnYz9QAAAAoRBJXzWS8woaSJ4V-Hc7KA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
Yes, you woulda.
I've change young Nathan for young Vladimir. After all, they where
close friends, they leave Russian together (with Gregor), and even
they recorded together a Brahm's sonata. ;D
Still JB.
(http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Juliette+Binoche+Launches+Portraits+Eyes+ZoBKK_zHVYel.jpg)
My avatar is self-explanatory if you know that I can play the Celtic harp (and have curly hair). The hat is optional.
Picture or young Harry. Err....I mean young Peter :D
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 03, 2009, 04:42:15 AM
Picture or young Harry. Err....I mean young Peter :D
Seriously, I keep thinking you are Harry. ;D
Sa fuzzywuzzy.
Quote from: opus106 on September 03, 2009, 06:38:04 AM
Seriously, I keep thinking you are Harry. ;D
Yep, I have the same problem...
<<<<<< My two musical heroes.
Cupid
My avatar is me playing in a band in 1970. I bought the guitar for some ridiculous price like $50. Here's one almost exactly like it:
(http://www.guitarcrazy.com.au/Firebird%20Re%20shoot.jpg)
Mine had dot inlays, though. You can take this one home for $17,500. So, the lesson is get the dot one. $:)
Oberhoffer was the Minnesota Orchestra's principal conductor until 1922. He has been followed by Henri Verbrugghen (1923–31); Eugene Ormandy (1931–36); Dimitri Mitropoulos (1937–49); Antal Doráti (1949-60); Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1960–79); Neville Marriner (1979–86); Edo de Waart (1986–95); and Eiji Oue (1995–2002). In 2002, Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä was appointed the ensemble's 10th music director and assumed the post in September 2003. In 2005, Vänskä extended his tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra through 2011.
Yes, I am now color coordinated with the forum.
I decided on a new look. The New York neon boot has been given the boot.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/DSCF0216.jpg)
The Russian Orthodox church in Tampere Finland, taken early in the morning.
Mike
I changed my avatar for "Arrested Development Friday." But I am too lazy to change it back. Who knows when the oud-maker will be returning... :P
Quote from: Brian on September 12, 2009, 12:34:51 PM
I changed my avatar for "Arrested Development Friday." But I am too lazy to change it back. Who knows when the oud-maker will be returning... :P
GREAT Avatar!!!!
A little small, but it's Asahina Mikuru from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
I had to change it because girls with the personality of Haruhi (my previous avatar) lately just make me irritated. So I can't look at her picture every day- at least not for awhile.
Mikuru is the sweetest, nicest character... (though I'll admit girls like her are often painfully boring to talk to).
Quote from: Greg on September 13, 2009, 05:54:14 PM
Mikuru is the sweetest, nicest character... (though I'll admit girls like her are often painfully boring to talk to).
Cartoon characters? Yeah I'd imagine! ;D
Well, in terms of personality... but, talking to a real life cartoon character actually would probably be fun. ;D
Ugh, why'd you have to change your avatar to that?
I just killed one of those by accident less than an hour ago, and another 2 or so weeks ago. Never a fun thing.
Quote from: Greg on September 13, 2009, 06:37:28 PM
Well, in terms of personality... but, talking to a real life cartoon character actually would probably be fun. ;D
Ugh, why'd you have to change your avatar to that?
I just killed one of those by accident less than an hour ago, and another 2 or so weeks ago. Never a fun thing.
For some reason I thought you lived in Australia. :D What do you live in a southern state of the good ol' US of A? :)
Quote from: DavidW on September 13, 2009, 06:43:18 PM
For some reason I thought you lived in Australia. :D What do you live in a southern state of the good ol' US of A? :)
You're serious- you thought that? :o
Here I was, thinking that everyone on this forum knew I live in Florida, when the person that I've talked to possibly longer than anyone in terms of overall time (how many years has it been?) thinks I live in Australia. Ha! :D
Still, that's not as bad as my friend blurting out in front of everyone in class, "Oh, so THAT's his name. I didn't know what it was, even though we talk to each other every day, for several months now. I just called him 'dude.'"
She does have the best personality of any girl that I've known for awhile, but sometimes, I really don't know what to think...
You know how you manage to turn every conversation back to that girl... yeah that's called obsession. ;D
Women are ok. Your avatar has gone belly up, btw.
Happy Honegger. :)
Chedric Fropin
Quote from: DavidW on September 14, 2009, 06:10:56 AM
You know how you manage to turn every conversation back to that girl... yeah that's called obsession. ;D
Nah, that was someone else I'm talking about.
Quote from: Greg on September 14, 2009, 03:55:49 PM
Nah, that was someone else I'm talking about.
Ah okay. :) Wait a minute, does that make me the obsessed one? ;D
Quote from: DavidW on September 14, 2009, 04:37:04 PM
Ah okay. :) Wait a minute, does that make me the obsessed one? ;D
I don't know, are you? ;)
Petrouchka
Quote from: opus106 on September 17, 2009, 09:41:33 AM
Is Petrouchka a martial arts exponent?
Ha :) No, Petrouchka is a clown-like puppet that is brought to life by his "owner", the Charlatan. Two other puppets are also brought to life (The Ballerina and The Moor)
Oops, spelling mistake on ballerina, fixed.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 17, 2009, 09:49:10 AM
Ha :) No, Petrouchka is a clown-like puppet that is brought to life by his "owner", the Charlatan. Two other puppets are also brought to life (The Ballerian and The Moor)
Interesting... :)
A special reminder that tomorrow is Rodent Avatar Friday. (or for Brian, 'Arrested Development' character day). :)
For those who are already into Friday, you know what to do. ;D
Robert E. Howard's
SOLOMON KANE
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2009, 10:39:37 AM
Big red letters.
Sort of looks like that 'Wanderer...' painting.
"I am not yet ready for Hell."
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentinian poet, essayist and short-stories writer.
Another poem of gifts
I want to give thanks to the divine
Labyrinth of causes and effects
For the diversity of beings
That form this singular universe,
For Reason, that will never give up its dream
Of a map of the labyrinth,
For Helen's face and the perseverence of Ulysses,
For love, which lets us see others
As God sees them,
For the solid diamond and the flowing water,
For Algebra, a palace of exact crystals,
For the mystic coins of Angelus Silesius,
For Schopenhauer,
Who perhaps deciphered the universe,
For the blazing of fire,
That no man can look at without an ancient wonder,
For mahogany, cedar, and sandalwood,
For bread and salt,
For the mystery of the rose
That spends all its color and can not see it,
For certain eves and days of 1955,
For the hard riders who, on the plains,
Drive on the catttle and the dawn,
For mornings in Montevideo,
For the art of friendship,
For Socrates' last day,
For the words spoken one twilight
For that dream of Islam that embraced
A thousand nights and a night,
For that other dream of Hell,
Of the tower of cleansing fire
And of the celestial spheres,
For Swedenborg,
Who talked with the angles in London streets
For the secret and immemorial rivers
That converge in me,
For the language that, centuries ago, I spoke in Northumberland,
For the sword and harp of the Saxons,
For the sea, which is a shining desert
And a secret code for things we do not know
And an epitaph for the Norsemen,
For the word music of England,
For the word music of Germany,
For gold, that shines in verses,
For epic winter,
For the title of a book I have not read: Gesta Dei per Francos,
For Verlaine, innocent as the birds,
For crystal prisms and bronze weights,
For the tiger's stripes,
For the high towers of San Francisco and Manhattan Island,
For mornings in Texas,
For that Sevillian who composed the Moral Epistle
And whose name, as he would have wished, we do not know,
For Seneca and Lucan, both of Cordova,
Who, before there was Spanish, had written
All Spanish literature,
For gallant, noble, geometric chess,
For Zeno's tortoise and Royce's map,
For the medicinal smell of eucalyptus trees,
For speech, which can be taken for wisdom,
For forgetfulness, which annuls or modifies the past,
For habits,
Which repeat us and confirm us in our image like a mirror,
For morning, that gives us the illusion of a new beginning,
For night, its darkness and its astronomy,
For the bravery and happiness of others,
For my country, sensed in jasmine flowers
For Whitman and Francis of Assisi, who already wrote this poem,
For the fact that the poem is inexhaustible
And becomes one with the sum of all created things
And will never reach its last verse
And varies according to its writers
For Frances Haslam, who begged her children's pardon
For dying so slowly,
For the minutes that precede sleep,
For sleep and death,
Those two hidden treasures,
For the intimate gifts I do not mention,
For music, that mysterious form of time.
Translated by Alan Dugan
Great Ruggero Ricci as a child. He's more than 90 now.
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 17, 2009, 10:54:43 AM
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentinian poet, essayist and short-stories writer.
Oh, I didn't know that it was his photo adorning your posts.
The Library of Babel is close to the top of my To-read list. :)
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 17, 2009, 10:54:43 AM
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentinian poet, essayist and short-stories writer.
Another poem of gifts
Thanks for posting something I don't recall reading by one of my favorite writers. That was quite beautiful.
My avatar: one of many images of gas stations by Ed Ruscha, one of my favorite artists. Here's another one in the photo below.
--Bruce
Quote from: opus106 on September 17, 2009, 10:58:59 AM
Oh, I didn't that it was his photo adorning your posts. The Library of Babel is close to the top of my To-read list. :)
Where did you get Ratticus Bachulus?
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2009, 11:07:05 AM
Where did you get Ratticus Bachulus?
From the intert00bs, of course, where else? (http://api.ning.com/files/wFvIiebu4VCwMo0yS*7b0vkzDtlp5ur62PtS5K8ZDDhVh2u39VmKeT57sqDM6s*U9Q-zouz4bY1koQeIMmR2tGhXgBkWHorq/JMouseSebastionBach.jpg) ;)
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2009, 11:07:05 AM
Where did you get Ratticus Bachulus?
Well, it's rather an imposition for a blind man, my friend.
:)
Sorry. You've lost me.
Opus106,
I love it!!! ;D :D ;D I can't believe I was able to coax you into changing your avatar? You NEVER waver from your original avatar!
:)
Quote from: opus106 on September 17, 2009, 10:58:59 AM
Oh, I didn't know that it was his photo adorning your posts. The Library of Babel is close to the top of my To-read list. :)
Yes,
Opus, the old and great Borges. I love his short stories and poems, but especially his wonderful essays. I don't know how many times I have read his collection of essays called
Other Inquisitions, but I adore that book.
Quote from: bhodges on September 17, 2009, 11:06:55 AM
Thanks for posting something I don't recall reading by one of my favorite writers. That was quite beautiful.
You're welcome,
Bruce. Borges is one of my favorite writers, too. Probably you will enjoy this, if you don't know it yet:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Hav8-ZLxdJY
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2009, 11:32:21 AM
Sorry. You've lost me.
I'm not surprised at all,
Dave. Just a stupid (and incomprehensible) joke: in Spanish walking stick = báculo, from the latin Bacŭlum, then I thought that a blind man needs a Bachulus... I know, I know, incomprehensible, too long, too complicated... ;D
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 17, 2009, 01:03:16 PM
You're welcome, Bruce. Borges is one of my favorite writers, too. Probably you will enjoy this, if you don't know it yet:
Wow, how totally cool is that--the closest we'll ever get to seeing Borges as "stand-up comedian"! I didn't quite "get" all of the sonnet in Spanish, but never mind. That was a treat.
PS, my first exposure to Borges was reading him
in Spanish when I was 17 or so, studying the language in high school. As you can imagine, my mind was completely blown, trying to make sense out of
The Circular Ruins or
The Garden of Forking Paths--difficult enough in one's native language, but quite a challenge in a "new" one!
Anyway, thanks again for that little diversion.
--Bruce
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 17, 2009, 01:03:16 PM
I'm not surprised at all, Dave. Just a stupid (and incomprehensible) joke: in Spanish walking stick = báculo, from the latin Bacŭlum, then I thought that a blind man needs a Bachulus... I know, I know, incomprehensible, too long, too complicated... ;D
Thanks. :)
Quote from: MN Dave on September 17, 2009, 10:39:37 AM
Robert E. Howard's
SOLOMON KANE
And a GREAT read, by the way.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 17, 2009, 11:32:25 AM
Opus106,
I love it!!! ;D :D ;D I can't believe I was able to coax you into changing your avatar? You NEVER waver from your original avatar!
:)
Just a twenty-four hour trial. Crazy Thursday it was, listening to Bartok and changing my avatar. ;)
Quote from: opus106 on September 18, 2009, 06:37:36 AM
Just a twenty-four hour trial. Crazy Thursday it was, listening to Bartok and changing my avatar. ;)
I think it should be your permanent avatar. ;D ;)
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 18, 2009, 06:45:10 AM
I think it should be your permanent avatar. ;D ;)
Yeah, and I should have Stockhausen on repeat mode. :P
Boris and Dieter.
The Moon. Beautiful.
The sun. Even more beautiful.
An ocelot.
Quote from: ' on September 24, 2009, 01:50:39 PM
We moved back to Amarillo (for the third time) when I was in the second grade, and I remember being excited at being able to look out my bedroom window and see the lights of the Holiday Inn and the Ramada Inn on Rt 66, and also the thrill of seeing license plates from all over N. America funneling through that stretch of highway.
Later I learned that one of them carried the Stravinskys and Craft, who once spent the night in my home town. Hard for me to feature that. '
Great little snapshot--not to mention learning of Stravinsky and Craft being steps away from you! PS, I've been to Amarillo a number of times, since I used to live in Lubbock years ago.
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on September 25, 2009, 06:26:26 AM
Great little snapshot--not to mention learning of Stravinsky and Craft being steps away from you! PS, I've been to Amarillo a number of times, since I used to live in Lubbock years ago.
--Bruce
Then you should be pleased to know Bruce, as reported on the news a few days ago, Lubbock is no longer a dry city! ;D It was the largest dry city in Texas. :D
Quote from: DavidW on September 25, 2009, 06:33:41 AM
Then you should be pleased to know Bruce, as reported on the news a few days ago, Lubbock is no longer a dry city! ;D It was the largest dry city in Texas. :D
Well, it's about time! (Actually I was way too young to drink when we lived there.) But I'm sure people are happy not to have to drive to another town to be able to buy a bottle of wine!
Thanks, hadn't heard that. Will pass on to my family members to get their reaction!
--Bruce
??? Now David (W) looks like BaxMan, who is now (back to being) HaydnGuy. And yesterday, the two rodents (David (W, again) and Ray), even though they weren't even the same species, had me confused.
:-\
And now Dave (MN, but in reality another W) is just ChamberNut -- a former self of, actually -- from a different angle!
There's only so much a little mind like mine can handle...AAARGH! :'(
Quote from: opus106 on September 26, 2009, 07:52:41 AM
??? Now David (W) looks like BaxMan, who is now (back to being) HaydnGuy. And yesterday, the two rodents (David (W, again) and Ray), even though they weren't even the same species, had me confused.
:-\
And now Dave (MN, but in reality another W) is just ChamberNut -- a former self of, actually -- from a different angle!
There's only so much a little mind like mine can handle...AAARGH! :'(
;D ;D ;D
I'll add that 'Secondwind' had me confused with David (W), with her rodent avatar, which looked like David's first rodent avatar from a few weeks ago! :D
Haha confusion is wonderful! :D
DFO Russian commemorative silver 2 roubles coin
Quote from: DFO on September 27, 2009, 10:35:43 AM
DFO Russian commemorative silver 2 roubles coin
Very nice.
Yes, officer. The avatar is mine.
When John listens to Varese, he turns into George. ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 09, 2009, 12:59:09 PM
When John listens to Varese, he turns into George. ;D
Oh, I quickly changed that.
As you can see from the new avatar, I REALLY DO turn into George! ;D
(Sorry George 0:) )Here was the quick switch I made, from the first to the second whilst listening to Varese...
From the first to the second in under 5 mins...
Guess what ? You'll finally get rid of that insufferable third line character, Lilas Pastia.
As of January 1, a new, improved avatar will take his place. Name and pic already chosen. Stay tuned ;)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on December 11, 2009, 04:31:36 PM
Guess what ? You'll finally get rid of that insufferable third line character, Lilas Pastia.
As of January 1, a new, improved avatar will take his place. Name and pic already chosen. Stay tuned ;)
Look forward to seeing what it is Andre! :)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on December 11, 2009, 04:31:36 PM
Guess what ? You'll finally get rid of that insufferable third line character, Lilas Pastia.
As of January 1, a new, improved avatar will take his place. Name and pic already chosen. Stay tuned ;)
I bet the new one will be Smurfin great. 8)
Jan Toorop - Desire and Satisfaction (1893)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Desire_and_Satisfaction_1893_Jan_Toorop.jpg)
Frazetta (http://frazettaartgallery.com/)
The Mog who stole Christmas.
My new Avatar is a wren, we call it "Zaunkönig". A very small, but loud Bird. I like that bird, we always have got some in our garden, because I take care of having some hidden near-ground places in my garden.
Bad Santa and Mrs. Claus' sister
Quote from: Wurstwasser on December 19, 2009, 04:14:55 AM
My new Avatar is a wren, we call it "Zaunkönig". A very small, but loud Bird. I like that bird, we always have got some in our garden, because I take care of having some hidden near-ground places in my garden.
We had a nesting pair in our yard this spring/summer. Cool avatar!
Quote from: Wurstwasser on December 19, 2009, 04:14:55 AM
My new Avatar is a wren, we call it "Zaunkönig". A very small, but loud Bird. I like that bird, we always have got some in our garden, because I take care of having some hidden near-ground places in my garden.
Our
Garten should offer suitable habitat too but I've never seen one. We do host about a dozen other species of bird.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2009, 06:04:31 AM
;D :D ;D
Sarge
I do hope you saw the movie (Bad Santa), Sarge, for I am willing to bet you'd love it.
Quote from: George on December 19, 2009, 06:12:08 AM
I do hope you saw the movie (Bad Santa), Sarge, for I am willing to bet you'd love it.
Along with the Griswold's Christmas, Bad Santa is my very favorite holiday movie. Yes, I love it ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 19, 2009, 06:16:52 AM
Along with the Griswold's Christmas, Bad Santa is my very favorite holiday movie. Yes, I love it ;D
Sarge
Haven't seen the Griswold's flick except in bits and pieces on TV years ago. I'll look out for it. A Christmas Story is another fave of mine, I bought that one this week.
Quote from: George on December 19, 2009, 06:22:14 AMA Christmas Story is another fave of mine, I bought that one this week.
I think I've only seen that once. I should get a copy.
Sarge
Quote from: George on December 19, 2009, 06:22:14 AM
A Christmas Story is another fave of mine, I bought that one this week.
That's my favorite one, followed by the Griswold's Christmas Vacation.
My wife and I just watched 'Four Christmases' with Vince Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon. We thought it would be a really big stinker, but it was actually very funny, quite enjoyable! :D
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 19, 2009, 06:25:38 AM
That's my favorite one, followed by the Griswold's Christmas Vacation.
My wife and I just watched 'Four Christmases' with Vince Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon. We thought it would be a really big stinker, but it was actually very funny, quite enjoyable! :D
I bought Fred Claus recently with Vince but haven't seen it or the one you mention with him yet.
The films he chooses seem to either be hilarious or real stinkers.
Quote from: Bogey on December 19, 2009, 05:51:06 AMWe had a nesting pair in our yard this spring/summer. Cool avatar!
Thank you. We also had a nesting pair, inside a hazel bush. The image is basically a 3 step process with Photoshop.
(http://www.minnit.de/bilder/cd430cf7.20091219.jpg)
(http://www.minnit.de/bilder/6a510d83.20091219.jpg)
(http://www.minnit.de/bilder/7e2e4727.20091219.jpg)
moon knight
Setsuko Hara
(http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Hara.JPG)
Never heard of her, Monsieur Obscure. ;D
She was the Japanese Greta Garbo. :>
Quote from: Brahmsian on December 21, 2009, 09:11:02 AM
Pick a damn avatar and stick with it! :D ;)
@#!% you, buddy!!! >:(
(deep breaths) :)
Quote from: George on December 11, 2009, 05:04:31 PM
I bet the new one will be Smurfin great. 8)
For the life of me, I can't recall what it is I had in my confused mind (must have had a drink too much that night) ???.
But, being a smurf of my word, I'll come up with something. :-\
Um... Moriz Rosenthal??!! :o ;D
Quote from: RexRichter on January 02, 2010, 02:44:24 PM
Um... Moriz Rosenthal??!! :o ;D
Lemme guess, he's in the ring with Pachmann?
"Les tontons flingueurs"
(clockwise from left : Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Lino Ventura)
Movie from the 60's
A painting by Cornelius Krieghoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Krieghoff), Canada's best-known painter. He specialized in winter scenes.
Some dude playing a piano.
All of you should know this guy.
John, you are hilarious.
The tricolor at left (actually a bicolor with two unicolors at either side) is the flag of Philadelphia.
This one just might stick:
(http://www.hollowearth.org/blog/uploaded_images/peanuts_records-723037.jpg)
Check out the composer, Ray! ;)
Quote from: Bogey on March 31, 2010, 01:51:15 PM
This one just might stick:
(http://www.hollowearth.org/blog/uploaded_images/peanuts_records-723037.jpg)
I can dig it, bro fro anotho mo. 8)
Thread duty : Josef Hofmann's hands, as photographed for Time Life magazine.
Thor's hammer. I'd like a pendant but there are sooo many to choose from. Oy.
I always wished I could play the piano as good as Rowlf. So I picked him and he was my loyal Avatar for years.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/35mm79e.jpg)
Last winter I watched the tv-series Twin Peaks again (DVD) and memories came back quite rapidly. Some young lady called Sherilyn Fenn played the character of Audrey Horne .... 'nuff said: had to say goodbye to Rowlf.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/o92scj.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on March 31, 2010, 01:51:15 PM
This one just might stick:
(http://www.hollowearth.org/blog/uploaded_images/peanuts_records-723037.jpg)
That really is a cool avatar, Bill. Yes, stick with it...but change your username to
Linus Schroeder ;)
Sarge
Quote from: Marc on April 08, 2010, 12:55:46 PM
Some young lady called Sherilyn Fenn played the character of Audrey Horne ....
Yummiest avatar on the forum.
Sarge
Palau de la Música Catalana (expect most people will know it though)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 09, 2010, 05:59:45 AM
Yummiest avatar on the forum.
The avatar pic is taken at a rather dramatic and weird moment though (series
Twin Peaks): the principal, with a broken voice, has just announced the murder of Laura Palmer, and all classmates are looking very compassionate and with sympathy to Laura's best friends Donna and James .... except that little snake Audrey Horne, who looks rather bored and seems to be thinking
like what you did you expect with a girl like Laura anyway?
I'm screaming for vengeance in a forum about classical music. ::)
Quote from: MN Dave on April 13, 2010, 06:15:28 AM
I'm screaming for vengeance in a forum about classical music. ::)
Hey that's my favorite Judas Priest album! :)
Quote from: DavidW on April 13, 2010, 06:23:03 AM
Hey that's my favorite Judas Priest album! :)
Mine too! I knew I liked you.
Mike, is that Strasbourg?
George pointed out that someone has already been using this avatar, though on a different forum. Not sitting well at this end. Like something stuck between my teeth and no toothpick to be had.
Bill, I love that avatar so much that I just saved it to my hard drive in case you get rid of it!
Quote from: Brian on April 14, 2010, 08:28:16 PM
Bill, I love that avatar so much that I just saved it to my hard drive in case you get rid of it!
Yup. George cropped it for me a few days back. Dude must actually work for Pixar as he did it in seconds. Now where is that toothpick. ;D
Here are the other two I sport at the other forum, Brian:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ESC4bygtp2M/R0rRmdmhRpI/AAAAAAAACEY/q4qreInpREg/s400/Schulz+Schroeder+and+Lucy.gif)
and
(http://www.fabrics.net/colpics/GR_1A300.jpg)
Quote from: Lethe on April 14, 2010, 04:10:37 PM
Mike, is that Strasbourg?
I thought it was Paris. I may be wrong. I usually use one of my own photos, but when I tried to do change it, for once the system refused to accept any of the URLs. from Photobucket. I went onto picture search and lots were rejected as not being Avatars. Eventually this one stuck...so I retained it. But I had not gone into the site itself to see what it was because I though it was Notre Dame.
Mike
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 15, 2010, 08:50:08 PM
I thought it was Paris. I may be wrong. I usually use one of my own photos, but when I tried to do change it, for once the system refused to accept any of the URLs. from Photobucket. I went onto picture search and lots were rejected as not being Avatars. Eventually this one stuck...so I retained it. But I had not gone into the site itself to see what it was because I though it was Notre Dame.
A problem with the French ones is that almost all of them are officially called Notre-Dame-de-Wherever.
Always excepting this one, Saint Chapelle Paris. A building basically without walls.
(http://www.visitingdc.com/images/sainte-chapelle-paris.jpg)
Mike
Quote from: Bogey on April 14, 2010, 08:38:43 PM
Here are the other two I sport at the other forum, Brian:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ESC4bygtp2M/R0rRmdmhRpI/AAAAAAAACEY/q4qreInpREg/s400/Schulz+Schroeder+and+Lucy.gif)
I wonder which sonata he's playing in this one...
Thanks! Saved 'em all. :)
Quote from: Brian on April 16, 2010, 08:07:53 AM
I wonder which sonata he's playing in this one...
Thanks! Saved 'em all. :)
Me too.
I got a free download for the first person who figures it out.
Quote from: George on April 16, 2010, 08:58:43 AM
Me too.
I got a free download for the first person who figures it out.
Well, this would have been GREAT to see and HEAR. :)
Aya Hirano. (she's a voice actor) 8)
(http://www.ayahirano.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/aya-hirano7.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Rxo-dVWeH5A/SbPMy4elwhI/AAAAAAAAFO0/HXvq-TA0lo4/s400/Aya_Hirano_picture_001.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rxo-dVWeH5A/SbPM0CNREvI/AAAAAAAAFPU/9Ij9uvq8YKg/s400/Aya_Hirano_picture_005.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Rxo-dVWeH5A/SbPMzzunNMI/AAAAAAAAFPM/Xuuh35-J1lk/s400/Aya_Hirano_picture_004.jpg)
(http://myotakuhalf.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/3177_1.jpg?w=450&h=800)
What's everyone's favorite picture, btw?
Quote from: Barak on January 16, 2010, 08:01:34 AM
A painting by Cornelius Krieghoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Krieghoff), Canada's best-known painter. He specialized in winter scenes.
No shit.
Thread duty: The old WETA Logo in reduced form. Specifically chosen (apart from plugging WETA, that is) to be flat and not take up a lot of space in case my posts contain just a few lines.
She nevertheless still looks only about 15.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 02:33:51 AM
She nevertheless still looks only about 15.
True. If a grown man made that his avatar, the only message I'd get from that is: Never the f*#$ agree to meet that sick weirdo and make your children are locked away and safe if and when he's on the prowl. But then I don't understand the worn-underwear dispensing machines, either.
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/01/world/01oud_650.jpg)
Joao Silva for the New York Times. Published May 1, 2008; later became a cover photo for The Economist. Possibly my favorite photograph of all time, especially for the symbolism: this is a craftsman building an oud (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdr-ShQ8KIc) at his workshop in Baghdad. Out of something ugly, or ordinary, or humble, something so beautiful can be born.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HzNXdX6RD8c/R2ebR3AzaxI/AAAAAAAAAX8/Jtj4SaT-if4/s320/musica+vihuela-libro+de+alonso+mudarra.jpg)
A detail from an engraving contained within Tres libros de musica en cifras para vihuela by Alonso Mudarra (1546).
Il Furioso was the pseudonym of the great 17th century guitarist-composer Giovanni Foscarini.
(http://www.monicahall.co.uk/images/Fos/Foscariniportrait.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on April 28, 2010, 09:22:08 PM
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/01/world/01oud_650.jpg)
Joao Silva for the New York Times. Published May 1, 2008; later became a cover photo for The Economist. Possibly my favorite photograph of all time, especially for the symbolism: this is a craftsman building an oud (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdr-ShQ8KIc) at his workshop in Baghdad. Out of something ugly, or ordinary, or humble, something so beautiful can be born.
Truly a gorgeous picture. Of course, even knowing it isn't you, I imagine it is. (Just like I though Sarge, a trim ex-military man, would wear a helmet. [He didn't.])
Quote from: Brian on April 28, 2010, 09:22:08 PM
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/01/world/01oud_650.jpg)
Joao Silva for the New York Times. Published May 1, 2008; later became a cover photo for The Economist. Possibly my favorite photograph of all time, especially for the symbolism: this is a craftsman building an oud (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdr-ShQ8KIc) at his workshop in Baghdad. Out of something ugly, or ordinary, or humble, something so beautiful can be born.
When I first came back to this forum Brian, I thought that was a picture of you! :D
Quote from: DavidW on April 29, 2010, 07:46:46 AM
When I first came back to this forum Brian, I thought that was a picture of you! :D
The same. What added to this is that your posts are well beyond the sophistication that I would have been able to create at age 20.
On the general topic of avatars, I thought it worth reviving this thread to address something that bothers me a little.
There was a discussion in the 'Listening' thread where I was thinking out loud that I'm probably the only one along with Sarge who has never changed their avatars, and was found to be patently incorrect, and then was wondering out loud how how many have actually never changed it.
But I'd like to make something, that all this thinking out loud might have distorted, explicit:
I never intended to suggest someone who doesn't change their avatar is somehow superior, more 'settled', or whatever else, compared to one who does. To name just one example, I utterly love Bruce's gallery of avatars, and the fact that they change.
Probably the one thing that does bother me is avatars that change too quickly to keep up with - like Greg's, or MN Dave's at some point.
Quote from: Renfield on June 08, 2010, 07:06:49 AM
Probably the one thing that does bother me is avatars that change too quickly to keep up with - like Greg's, or MN Dave's at some point.
Surely Eugene, this means you were never a fan of 'Rodent Avatar Fridays' ;D
Quote from: Brahmsian on June 08, 2010, 08:16:46 AM
Surely Eugene, this means you were never a fan of 'Rodent Avatar Fridays' ;D
Surely you mean Furry-days? ;D
*goes off and considers starting to change it every day
Avatars are like underwear!
Quote from: Greg on June 08, 2010, 09:05:59 AM
*goes off and considers starting to change it every day
Avatars are like underwear!
How about you pick a theme, and use variations on it?
Mine's currently a painting by Edward Hopper. I might change it to other paintings by Edward Hopper.
Quote from: Renfield on June 08, 2010, 09:15:33 AM
How about you pick a theme, and use variations on it?
Haha, maybe I already have, unintentionally? Anime! :D
Quote from: Scarpia on June 08, 2010, 03:19:14 PM
Mine's currently a painting by Edward Hopper. I might change it to other paintings by Edward Hopper.
That would be cool.
Me on 9/9/09, the day the Beatles remasters were released. They had a bunch of costumes to put on at the Best Buy I went to and they took your photo once you chose your getup. Not being one to participate in things like this, I can't recall why I did it. I don't think I have ever done a realistic avatar before, so I wanted to try one out.
Quote from: George on June 10, 2010, 01:17:39 PM
Me on 9/9/09, the day the Beatles remasters were released. They had a bunch of costumes to put on at the Best Buy I went to and they took your photo once you chose your getup. Not being one to participate in things like this, I can't recall why I did it. I don't think I have ever done a realistic avatar before, so I wanted to try one out.
Are you sure a picture featuring a flourescent blue outfit can be termed "realistic"? :)
It's certainly a change of pace from from the disembodied hands.
Thread duty, since I've just changed mine:
The Seal of Rassilon, from the "old school" Doctor Who.
Quote from: Renfield on June 08, 2010, 07:06:49 AM
There was a discussion in the 'Listening' thread where I was thinking out loud that I'm probably the only one along with Sarge who has never changed their avatars, and was found to be patently incorrect, and then was wondering out loud how how many have actually never changed it.
When I first joined the forums my avatar was a picture of Dvorak; I believe I made the change over to the gentleman with the oud in 2008. Since then, it has only been altered on rare and brief occasions - for instance, after the Giants-Patriots Super Bowl and on an 'Arrested Development Avatar Friday.' I really don't foresee making any long-term avatar changes, or not until I see a photograph which might be more interesting or more beautiful to me than this one.
Josef Hoffman's hands from Life Magazine.
Rather better than the 'Gilbert and George' lookalike picture.
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n98-79330
Mike
Quote from: George on June 10, 2010, 01:17:39 PM
Me on 9/9/09, the day the Beatles remasters were released. They had a bunch of costumes to put on at the Best Buy I went to and they took your photo once you chose your getup. Not being one to participate in things like this, I can't recall why I did it. I don't think I have ever done a realistic avatar before, so I wanted to try one out.
Thanks for going back. I wasn't even sure if that wasn't a different George. :(
Quote from: Brian on June 10, 2010, 06:51:44 PM
When I first joined the forums my avatar was a picture of Dvorak; I believe I made the change over to the gentleman with the oud in 2008. Since then, it has only been altered on rare and brief occasions - for instance, after the Giants-Patriots Super Bowl and on an 'Arrested Development Avatar Friday.' I really don't foresee making any long-term avatar changes, or not until I see a photograph which might be more interesting or more beautiful to me than this one.
Wasn't there a time you used close-up of Kleiber from the DG Brahms recording? I used to identify you with that picture... or was that someone else? ???
I wouldn't mind having the image below as my avatar, Jens' and Sarge's possible bewilderment notwithstanding, but it'll be too small.
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-2001-cat.jpg)
Joly Braga Santos - the great Portuguese composer (1924-1988)
Try symphonies 1-4 and Symphonic Variations if you don't know them. Oops, not supposed to talk about music here :-X
Quote from: vandermolen on June 11, 2010, 03:08:08 AM
Joly Braga Santos - the great Portuguese composer (1924-1988)
Try symphonies 1-4 and Symphonic Variations if you don't know them. Oops, not supposed to talk about music here :-X
He looks a bit like Stravinsky from the side.
Quote from: Renfield on June 11, 2010, 06:21:10 AM
He looks a bit like Stravinsky from the side.
Yes. Even Prokofiev crossed my mind for a moment.
Quote from: Opus106 on June 11, 2010, 02:38:17 AM
Wasn't there a time you used close-up of Kleiber from the DG Brahms recording? I used to identify you with that picture... or was that someone else? ???
Oh yeah! That was even before Mr Dvorak, I think. I did in fact change it because people thought I was depressed all the time.
Quote from: Brian on June 11, 2010, 06:58:30 AM
I did in fact change it because people thought I was depressed all the time.
Heh. ;D
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/YellSign.shtml
That is the insignia of the Grammar Nazi. It should be banned in the interwebs.
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2010, 05:54:53 AM
That is the insignia of the Grammar Nazi. It should be banned in the interwebs.
?
Quote from: MN Dave on July 12, 2010, 05:55:57 AM
?
That, the exclamation mark; the semi-colon and the comma, and of course, the full stop. They are all there in the logo...seems apt for the Grammar Nazi. :D
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2010, 06:06:04 AM
That, the exclamation mark; the semi-colon and the comma, and of course, the full stop. They are all there in the logo...seems apt for the Grammar Nazi. :D
Works for me.
Mine is from a contemporary artist new to me, Mark Grotjahn: Ruby Needs New Diapers (Thirteen Months of High Stakes Poker 741), 2007-2008, color pencil on paper, 67 x 47 3/4 inches
Quote from: Renfield on June 11, 2010, 06:21:10 AM
He looks a bit like Stravinsky from the side.
I wouldn't want to look like the side of Stravinsky, even if it was his
good side.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/tongue.gif)
The lord of the jungle.
Mine is a cartoon image of the great Villa-Lobos. One of my absolute favorite composers.
<----- no, this is not the gun he killed his wife with
Something I made in Photoshop. Can I have a thread now?
I wanted one of the great buildings here in Sydney, but something other than the famous opera house on Bennelong Point. My avatar is the Queen Victoria Building (built in the 1890's) which is like a Victorian shopping mall in the heart of the city. It's really a great work of art, with it's carved sandstone facade, ornate domes and decoratively tiled floors inside. Can you believe that in the 1960's it was almost demolished for a car park? Finally in the 1980's it was bought and restored by an Asian company. The interior had to be rebuilt virtually from scratch as it had been converted to Art Deco style in the 1930's. Needless to say, this is one of my favourite buildings in this city...
Quote from: Corey on August 30, 2010, 10:23:59 PM
Something I made in Photoshop. Can I have a thread now?
Only if you use it for self-promotion and monetary gain...in the grand tradition of such threads. Like your avatar, by the way.
Sarge
Don't forget to call it a limited edition - this can justify the msot absurd of mark-ups.
Let's start the bidding low. Say, $10,000?
Philistines... you... you don't even know art!
Quote from: Corey on September 02, 2010, 06:53:03 AM
Philistines... you... you don't even know art!
Did I win?
My art is too good for the world. I'm taking it back!
I go to the lava-tree!
Another photoshop thing. Big version:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs338.ash2/61817_431770456537_687686537_5248779_1150013_n.jpg)
Quote from: Corey on September 01, 2010, 08:11:31 PM
Let's start the bidding low. Say, $10,000?
It's not as if it is a Saul piece. No princess, no fog-shrouded castle, no white horse. You call that art?
Quote from: Scarpia on September 18, 2010, 08:03:59 AM
It's not as if it is a Saul piece. No princess, no fog-shrouded castle, no white horse. You call that art?
LOL
Quote from: Corey on September 18, 2010, 08:00:52 AM
Another photoshop thing. Big version:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs338.ash2/61817_431770456537_687686537_5248779_1150013_n.jpg)
Didn't quite get it at first, but then spotted that particularly telling shade of green 21 mm from the right, and 42 mm from the bottom. Perfect. And in just the right place.
Well hey, I like Brice Marden and Barnett Newman, so go figure.
Quote from: Corey on September 18, 2010, 05:41:08 PM
Well hey, I like Brice Marden and Barnett Newman, so go figure.
I like it.
My guy - Pete.
I had selected another picture, but I have a feeling that it would not have gone over so well.
:-*
Who is that?
It's Peter Sarsgaard (pretty close on the spelling there George).
Probably the actor, from this generation, that I would rank the highest in regards to the quality of his acting ability.
Plus he's just so damn cute.
Don't think I've ever seen anything with him in it, but he is a looker indeed. :)
Quote from: Corey on September 18, 2010, 05:41:08 PM
Well hey, I like Brice Marden and Barnett Newman, so go figure.
Just to be clear: I wasn't knocking it. I was just having an impulsive silly moment.
Flying the flag here in case you haven't noticed. As I don't see much fun in avatars, I'm not likely to change it (unless I move to Sweden!).
Quote from: Corey on September 18, 2010, 09:39:29 PM
Don't think I've ever seen anything with him in it, but he is a looker indeed. :)
Oh? You really should.
I'd suggest Kinsey, Shattered Glass, or An Education to get you started. In that order, unless you're a bit of a prude, then scratch Kinsey off the list. :-*
This was my first avi on GMG -- the original forum in 2006.
If I recall correctly, we were all llamas when we first signed on.....not sure why? :)
Quote from: hildegard on September 19, 2010, 07:26:47 AM
This was my first avi on GMG -- the original forum in 2006.
If I recall correctly, we were all llamas when we first signed on.....not sure why? :)
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FbwkkXGmFrI/1.jpg)
Release las llamas!!!
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:24:00 AM
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FbwkkXGmFrI/1.jpg)
Release las llamas!!!
This could be a variation on 'Rodent Avatar Fridays'! ;D Perhaps we should institute a 'Llama Lundi'? 8)
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:24:00 AM
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FbwkkXGmFrI/1.jpg)
Release las llamas!!!
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l468en9gvQ1qcsvnpo1_500.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:24:00 AM
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FbwkkXGmFrI/1.jpg)
Release las llamas!!!
lol! So glad to resurrect the topic! ;D
Gerhard Richter's Ice (1). I was recently able to see the permanent collection of Gerhard's work at the Museum of the Art Institute here in Chicago and they are just astounding to behold. He is probably my favorite painter still working today.
(http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000103/6235_883057.jpg)
My avatar is none other than the great Henri Dutilleux. Quite possibly my favorite French composer after Ravel and Debussy.
Quote from: Corey on September 25, 2010, 06:59:40 AM
Gerhard Richter's Ice (1). I was recently able to see the permanent collection of Gerhard's work at the Museum of the Art Institute here in Chicago and they are just astounding to behold. He is probably my favorite painter still working today.
That's an extraordinary painting. Thanks for introducing it to me.
Quote from: Brian on September 25, 2010, 08:12:46 AM
That's an extraordinary painting. Thanks for introducing it to me.
It makes me think of Birch Trees.
Yes, me too!
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/44/m_6204b8e5c8987d9315eb4c36fbc7cc8c.jpg)
Dalai Parton?
Quote from: George on September 25, 2010, 09:09:54 AM
It makes me think of Birch Trees.
My reaction exactly and was going to post that when I saw your exchange. Yes; this is an example of misleading marketing.
I think this one is going to stick. At least for a while.
Robert Bly, my favorite poet.
I hadn't heard of him until you made that poem your signature. I like it.
My avatar is another Gerhard painting. I love how he moves from paintings like the photo-realist work, the abstract paintings and the post-painterly abstract works like this one.
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/GerhardRichter-25Farben2007.jpg)
Quote from: Corey on October 04, 2010, 03:31:54 PM
I hadn't heard of him until you made that poem your signature. I like it.
Glad that you like it. I first came across Bly back in 1992 with my grandfather, through one of his men conferences (we had it on tape), being that it is cyber era, I updated it, and posted it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/v/zeb8-KBq4b0
My needs no introduction: the great Alban Berg.
I've changed mine to another historic building of Sydney, Cadman's Cottage (1816) (the oldest residential building in the city). My avatar was previously the Queen Victoria Building. I plan to change them now and again, every few months...
DEAD EARTH: The Vengeance Road
Available in November wherever fine alien/zombie books are sold. ;D
Edgar Allan Bro.
Quote from: MN Dave on October 09, 2010, 06:00:10 PM
DEAD EARTH: The Vengeance Road
Available in November wherever fine alien/zombie books are sold. ;D
i.e. the Alibrary or Zombookshop.
this is my progeny
The man: Ludwig van. 8)
Nice! Although I was fond of hip Edgar.
Quote from: Brian on October 15, 2010, 04:31:02 PM
Nice! Although I was fond of hip Edgar.
Yeah, me too. :( Though this is more appropriate for this crowd.
Limited time Halloween avatar, then back to Schroeder with the records.
Quote from: Bogey on October 16, 2010, 08:26:23 PM
Limited time Halloween avatar, then back to Schroeder with the records.
Very cool, buddy!
My avatar is a creppy Expressionist painting. I have no idea who painted it.
Damn. Now I want a Halloween avatar.
My current favorite actor:
Toshiro Mifune
Quote from: Philoctetes on October 17, 2010, 07:57:31 PM
My current favorite actor:
Toshiro Mifune
Shogun! Awesome. :)
Halloween Mog appearance, with profuse apologies to the weak of stomach ;D
Just because this scene is to be the basis for my halloween costume. I'm making the paper mache alien this week. Photos to follow after the fact!
Good luck with the alien! I see another movie coming up: Alien vs Mog! :D
A reflection in the new Art of the Americas wing of the MFA.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 15, 2010, 06:42:31 AM
A reflection in the new Art of the Americas wing of the MFA.
Thanks, I had assumed it was you playing your clarinet in a courtyard, somewhere in Beantown.
Toonces the driving cat, from SNL. Listening to classical music, of course!
My current one is a work by Lee Bontecou. My first time using art for an avatar, probably last since I'm not an artsy type. :)
Quote from: DavidW on November 16, 2010, 12:32:14 PM
My current one is a work by Lee Bontecou. My first time using art for an avatar, probably last since I'm not an artsy type. :)
I call it the
Shattered Glass in Wood.
Quote from: DavidW on November 16, 2010, 12:32:14 PM
My current one is a work by Lee Bontecou. My first time using art for an avatar, probably last since I'm not an artsy type. :)
Looks great--makes a very striking avatar.
--Bruce
Quote from: Toonces on November 15, 2010, 12:34:57 PM
Toonces the driving cat, from SNL. Listening to classical music, of course!
No, Toonces... WATCH OUT!!!
Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Good memories: One of the cats of my Ersatz-parents in Fargo was named Toonces... and she had her kittens in my room while I was staying over at their place for the summer.
;D
Jonny Lee Miller as Jordan Chase
MNDAVEMNDAVE
MNDAVEMNDAVE
I wanted to use a Tapio-like avatar but decided to use a Shosta avatar. I like him with that funny cap. Must be the 1000th DCSH avatar btw.
I hate to confuse everybody, since I've been using the oud-maker avatar for literally years now - as long as I can remember - but I took this photo of the organ at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia during my stay in Barcelona, about ten minutes before my camera's battery died ;D , and a picture I took myself of as spectacular and musical a subject as this one, has to make for a cooler avatar... right?
By the way, the colors are like that because of light reflections from nearby stained-glass windows. And as you can see from the attachment, this avatar makes a great desktop background!
my latest toy, a fretless gourd banjo built by Barry Sholder in GA
Quote from: Brian on January 16, 2011, 08:07:43 AM
I hate to confuse everybody, since I've been using the oud-maker avatar for literally years now - as long as I can remember - but I took this photo of the organ at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia during my stay in Barcelona, about ten minutes before my camera's battery died ;D , and a picture I took myself of as spectacular and musical a subject as this one, has to make for a cooler avatar... right?
By the way, the colors are like that because of light reflections from nearby stained-glass windows. And as you can see from the attachment, this avatar makes a great desktop background!
Beautiful, Brian! (I'll miss the oud-maker...)
Quote from: bwv 1080 on January 19, 2011, 02:01:14 PM
my latest toy, a fretless gourd banjo built by Barry Sholder in GA
you can hear it here
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,12400.msg483976.html#msg483976
Killer B's.
My avatar is of one of my absolute favorite composers: Charles Koechlin.
Love the new avatar Dave! It makes us the young Dave and the old Dave. ;D
Quote from: DavidW on June 05, 2011, 07:02:48 PM
Love the new avatar Dave! It makes us the young Dave and the old Dave. ;D
David, your avatar looks about 19. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
Quote from: drogulus on June 05, 2011, 07:26:39 PM
David, your avatar looks about 19. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
Young Brahms: girls are pretty! :)
Old Brahms: I think I'll burn another string quartet. Why can't they be perfect!?! >:(
;D
Paget's Sherlock Holmes.....this is the avatar that I had when the old GMG closed its doors.
Old Brahms is letting one rip.
That Sherlock sure looks skeletal!
Quote from: eyeresist on June 05, 2011, 07:51:51 PM
Old Brahms is letting one rip.
That Sherlock sure looks skeletal!
Here you go:
http://www.arthes.com/holmes/
old brahms
Looks like an amalgam of Ives and Koechlin . . . .
Lady Ga-Ga and Chewbacca?
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 25, 2011, 11:53:21 AM
My avatar is of one of my absolute favorite composers: Charles Koechlin.
Ah, that clears
that up! :)
8)
My own image of a duck with fish in the background.
Brahms in Duluth . . . .
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
Oh, I didn't mean to drive you from Falk, Bill!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 27, 2011, 07:08:25 AM
Oh, I didn't mean to drive you from Falk, Bill!
Well there was also Brian, just one too many Columbos! ;D
I need a new avatar myself... :)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 27, 2011, 07:08:25 AM
Oh, I didn't mean to drive you from Falk, Bill!
Naw....now decided to go with a bit of Shag art for summer grillin' and chillin'. :D
Quote from: DavidW on June 27, 2011, 07:14:28 AM
I need a new avatar myself... :)
May I suggest Columbo? :)
We need an av of Colombo saying to JS Bach, "Oh, one more question . . . ."
My avatar is the great Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera.
Haha yeah Columbo grilling Bach! :D
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 27, 2011, 08:49:25 AM
We need an av of Colombo saying to JS Bach, "Oh, one more question . . . ."
Columbo: You gonna finish that fugue?
Bach: Be my guest.
*Fugue turns out to be a brand of cigar*
My new avatar. :)
(http://thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2011/july2011/imagesjuly2011/haydn2.jpg)
That could kinda fit Janacek too. :)
Artwork that we were unable to see while on our trip in Boston:
(http://www.oilpaintings-art.com/Movement/big/JanVermeer-22.jpg)
The Concert: a painting of c. 1664 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Still has not been recovered. :-\
Oh did you go to the MFA Bill? Or the Harvard Art Museums? They're great! :)
<-------- Richard Diebenkorn's "Horizon Ocean View" (1959).(http://197462_1504392384620_1678568165_965437_2682085_n)
<---- Jacques, my son's Sock Monkey. Not sure why he's French, but I made him to be, he even has a French accent. I was contemplating celebrating my 500 post with a new avatar though.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
Good series.
Question -- I had actually made this gif avatar months earlier, but (for me) it just appeared. I had actually forgotten about it, but I guess something must have updated on my browser or something. Anyway, was I sporting it this whole time or did something change in the forums to allow it to appear?
Quote from: -abe- on August 17, 2011, 05:08:08 AM
Question -- I had actually made this gif avatar months earlier, but (for me) it just appeared. I had actually forgotten about it, but I guess something must have updated on my browser or something. Anyway, was I sporting it this whole time or did something change in the forums to allow it to appear?
I have not seen you with an avatar in a long time, except it when it said hot linking not allowed! :D
Quote from: DavidW on August 17, 2011, 05:32:46 AM
I have not seen you with an avatar in a long time, except it when it said hot linking not allowed! :D
Aha.
No hot linking allowed-- the 4'33 of avatars.
At first glance, I thought MN Dave's avatar was of a baseball player. Perhaps a 'Cooperstown' image.
Now I realize it is of a violinist. :D
Quote from: Bogey on August 14, 2011, 08:01:03 PM
Artwork that we were unable to see while on our trip in Boston:
(http://www.oilpaintings-art.com/Movement/big/JanVermeer-22.jpg)
The Concert: a painting of c. 1664 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Still has not been recovered. :-\
Yup, it sure looks great in my living room, Bill. :D 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 03, 2011, 04:18:32 PM
Now I realize it is of a violinist. :D
It is. He's a nice fellow if you don't piss him off. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on August 14, 2011, 08:01:03 PM
Artwork that we were unable to see while on our trip in Boston:
(http://www.oilpaintings-art.com/Movement/big/JanVermeer-22.jpg)
The Concert: a painting of c. 1664 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Still has not been recovered. :-\
I live round the corner from where Vermeer (must have) lived and worked...
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 15, 2011, 07:54:25 PM
<---- Jacques, my son's Sock Monkey. Not sure why he's French, but I made him to be, he even has a French accent. I was contemplating celebrating my 500 post with a new avatar though.
I'm glad you didn't change it. Love the Sock Monkey and...well, it's so you ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 04, 2011, 04:01:11 AM
I'm glad you didn't change it. Love the Sock Monkey and...well, it's so you ;D
Sarge
Thanks, Sarge.
Perhaps I'll just change it to another Sock Monkey pic. I would hate to lose the respect of my fellow GMG'rs because I deleted Jacques! :o :)
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 03, 2011, 04:19:28 PM
Yup, it sure looks great in my living room, Bill. :D 8)
Ah....looks like it disappeared again, Ray! ;D Wallander for now.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 04, 2011, 03:02:00 AM
I live round the corner from where Vermeer (must have) lived and worked...
Oh!, pictures if you can.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 03, 2011, 04:18:32 PM
At first glance, I thought MN Dave's avatar was of a baseball player. Perhaps a 'Cooperstown' image.
Yup, the spittin' image of 'ol Sam Thompson, right down to the lefty stance!
Quote from: Szykneij on September 06, 2011, 04:32:18 PM
Yup, the spittin' image of 'ol Sam Thompson, right down to the lefty stance!
;D
Mine should be obvious if you were alive during the 20th century :D
Quote from: Grazioso on September 07, 2011, 04:54:23 AM
Mine should be obvious if you were alive during the 20th century :D
(http://images1.makefive.com/images/entertainment/celebrity/hottest-celebrity-couples-past-and-present/marilyn-monroe-and-joe-dimaggio-7.jpg)
Ol' Sam had the moustache but Joltin' Joe got the babe!
That floozie . . . .
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 04, 2011, 03:02:00 AM
I live round the corner from where Vermeer (must have) lived and worked...
Is Griet still around?
;D
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2mg5g87.jpg)
Quote from: Marc on September 07, 2011, 10:51:13 AM
Is Griet still around?
;D
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2mg5g87.jpg)
Oh, multiple 'Grieten', this being a university town. My 'view of Delft' can be very lovely....
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 11:58:19 AM
Oh, multiple 'Grieten', this being a university town. My 'view of Delft' can be very lovely....
You don't say.
;)
Yes, the centre of Delft is beautiful indeed.
Here, under the 'Olle Grieze' (in Groningen), there's nothing to complain about 'wichter' (grieten) either. And you know what, entering the church of the 'Olle Grieze' is very worthwhile, too: one can find a great organ in there! :)
Quote from: Marc on September 07, 2011, 12:14:09 PM
You don't say.
;)
Yes, the centre of Delft is beautiful indeed.
Here, under the 'Olle Grieze' (in Groningen), there's nothing to complain about 'wichter' (grieten) either. And you know what, entering the church of the 'Olle Grieze' is very worthwhile, too: one can find a great organ in there! :)
After all that, I wouldn't have expected the organ to be small. ;D
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 12:15:58 PM
After all that, I wouldn't have expected the organ to be small. ;D
:P
It's the Alkmaar organ in my avatar at the moment, though (topic duty). Another beauty .... and the grieten over there say cheese. Interesting city.
(http://i54.tinypic.com/pucdw.jpg)
Well, refreshing to see a brunette instead of the eternal blonde... 8)
I like your avatar! Mine hasn't changed since I joined in July 2007. I think people would be in shock if I changed it.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 12:30:50 PM
Mine hasn't changed since I joined in July 2007. I think people would be in shock if I changed it.
I know I would.
Quote from: MN Dave on September 07, 2011, 12:34:28 PM
I know I would.
Said the man who would shock everyone if he
didn't change his avatar every week.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 12:39:35 PM
Said the man who would shock everyone if he didn't change his avatar every week.
I get bored. ;D
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 12:30:50 PM
I like your avatar! Mine hasn't changed since I joined in July 2007. I think people would be in shock if I changed it.
Could be fatal to some. Please don't change it. I have enough stress in my life.
Sarge
Quote from: Marc on September 07, 2011, 12:27:49 PM
It's the Alkmaar organ in my avatar at the moment...
I miss Audrey :(
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 01:15:01 PM
Could be fatal to some. Please don't change it. I have enough stress in my life.
Like losing Audrey, I know. I'll be more considerate than Marc.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 01:19:37 PM
Like losing Audrey, I know. I'll be more considerate than Marc.
Thank you 8)
Here's my new one!
Quote from: MN Dave on September 07, 2011, 12:40:15 PM
I get bored. ;D
Oh my God! I actually thought it was Sarge who posted this!! I think we should all change our avatars to Sarge's. Hee hee!
Dave - you are for sure going to get nuked by Sarge now! :D
Bwah-ha-haaa-a-aa-aa...
:D :D :D
Quote from: The Anti-Sarge on September 07, 2011, 01:38:59 PM
Bwah-ha-haaa-a-aa-aa...
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/MN%20Dave%20nuked.jpg)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 01:44:03 PM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/MN%20Dave%20nuked.jpg)
If you nuke Minnesota, I'm probably a goner too. I'm too close! Use the machine gun instead. :D 8)
Who's MN Dave? ???
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 01:45:36 PM
If you nuke Minnesota, I'm probably a goner too. I'm too close! Use the machine gun instead. :D 8)
Too late....
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 01:44:03 PM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/MN%20Dave%20nuked.jpg)
That'll teach him. ;D
Retaliation!
(http://www.kevincharnas.com/uploaded_images/earth-exploding-731529.jpg)
This is the end of GMG as we know it. :o
Quote from: The Anti-Sarge on September 07, 2011, 01:49:45 PM
Retaliation!
(http://www.kevincharnas.com/uploaded_images/earth-exploding-731529.jpg)
So endeth the forum of the day....
ALL YOUR FORUM ARE BELONG TO US!
2012 has arrived early.
Quote from: The Anti-Sarge on September 07, 2011, 01:52:45 PM
ALL YOUR FORUM ARE BELONG TO US!
And all we have on board is Stockhausen!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 01:54:59 PM
;D :D ;D ..but who is us?
MN Dave and all Minnesota celebrities, like Jesse Ventura, Prince, Bob Dylan, etc.
You know, when Dave reverts to his true identity, the last two pages are going to be complete nonsense to late arrivals :D
Sarge
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 01:57:39 PM
MN Dave and all Minnesota celebrities, like Jesse Ventura, Prince, Bob Dylan, etc.
I could think of worse worlds 8)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 02:01:02 PM
You know, when Dave reverts to his true identity, the last two pages are going to be complete nonsense to late arrivals :D
Sarge
That's what makes the 'Identify your Avatar' thread so wacky. I wish it would retain the avatars people had for the specific posts they made.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 02:03:04 PM
That's what makes the 'Identify your Avatar' thread so wacky. I wish it would retain the avatars people had for the specific posts they made.
Alas. But we had our fun!
Yep, I had fun. Thanks, guys.
Now, for a change...
Great Cthulhu!
This image is from a forthcoming antho in which I have a novella. :)
Nice pic. And congrats on the publication, of course!
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:09:05 PM
Nice pic. And congrats on the publication, of course!
Thank you, sir.
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:08:13 PM
This image is from a forthcoming antho in which I have a novella. :)
Cool...
I echo the sentiments, congrats on the publication Dave! :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 02:10:01 PM
Cool...
In this novella, the building where the orchestra plays is called "Henning Hall." ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 02:11:13 PM
I echo the sentiments, congrats on the publication Dave! :)
Thanks, Ray.
That means you're all buying one? Right? Guys...?
;)
No doubt I'll be seeing it on Facebook...
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:11:23 PM
In this novella, the building where the orchestra plays is called "Henning Hall." ;D
Nice one!!
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:11:54 PM
Thanks, Ray.
That means you're all buying one? Right? Guys...?
;)
Sure! Where can I get it, neighbor?
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:12:45 PM
No doubt I'll be seeing it on Facebook...
Oh, no doubt at all. :P
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 02:12:50 PM
Sure! Where can I get it, neighbor?
Probably everywhere online, once it's released.
Any time now...
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:15:16 PM
Probably everywhere online, once it's released.
Any time now...
OK, please let me know when dude! 8)
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:11:54 PM
That means you're all buying one? Right? Guys...?
I support all forum endeavors: Andy, Cato...I'll buy Johan's book when an English translation is available.
Sarge
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 02:15:55 PM
OK, please let me know when dude! 8)
Will do, Ray. If you want a signed one, we can work something out. :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 02:17:07 PM
I support all forum endeavors: Andy, Cato...I'll buy Johan's book when an English translation is available.
Sarge
8)
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:17:12 PM
Will do, Ray. If you want a signed one, we can work something out. :)
Most excellent....even better! :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 02:17:07 PM
I support all forum endeavors: Andy, Cato...I'll buy Johan's book when an English translation is available.
Sarge
Aah... Who knows, a German translation might be there sooner and Mrs Rock will be able to read it! ;D
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:20:40 PM
Aah... Who knows, a German translation might be there sooner and Mrs Rock will be able to read it! ;D
Let's see this book! Link!
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:21:23 PM
Let's see this book! Link!
Not so quick. First a Dutch publisher must take the bait. Two of them - big houses - are reading a big chunk of my novel. I am waiting for their reaction. I am not in the infamous 'slush pile', because I have people 'inside' who believe in my work. They recommended me. I am now finishing part 1. Next year I'll finish Part 2. I hope Part 1 will be published then, too. And Part 2 a year later (2013). Ergo: a translation can come in 2014 at the earliest!
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:27:38 PM
Not so quick. First a Dutch publisher must take the bait. Two of them - big houses - are reading a big chunk of my novel. I am waiting for their reaction. I am not in the infamous 'slush pile', because I have people 'inside' who believe in my work. They recommended me. I am now finishing part 1. Next year I'll finish Part 2. I hope Part 1 will be published then, too. And Part 2 a year later (2013). Ergo: a translation can come in 2014 at the earliest!
Oh, okay. :) I'm sure it will be well worth the wait.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:20:40 PM
Aah... Who knows, a German translation might be there sooner and Mrs Rock will be able to read it! ;D
I could read it too, at a snail's pace, and with the help of LEO :D
Sarge
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 07, 2011, 01:47:29 PM
Where's the nearest bunker!?!?! :'(
(http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/channelsurfing/uploaded_images/archie-739720.jpg)
Quote from: Szykneij on September 07, 2011, 02:32:26 PM
(http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/channelsurfing/uploaded_images/archie-739720.jpg)
Duck and cover :D
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 07, 2011, 02:29:27 PM
Oh, okay. :) I'm sure it will be well worth the wait.
There are unlucky people waiting much longer. I began in 1996, age 35... It's a very ambitious book, my very own 'Gothic'.
Quote from: Szykneij on September 07, 2011, 02:32:26 PM
(http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/channelsurfing/uploaded_images/archie-739720.jpg)
;D
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:34:47 PM
It's a very ambitious book, my very own 'Gothic'.
Let's hope you don't have to wait forty years for a first performance.
Sarge
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 02:34:47 PM
There are unlucky people waiting much longer. I began in 1996, age 35... It's a very ambitious book, my very own 'Gothic'.
Excellent.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 02:39:29 PM
Let's hope you don't have to wait forty years for a first performance.
There are aspects about Brian I don't much care for... ;D
Quote from: Marc on September 07, 2011, 12:27:49 PM
It's the Alkmaar organ in my avatar at the moment.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 07, 2011, 01:16:50 PM
I miss Audrey :(
:'(
This remark made me cry. I like it when a man gets sensitive. I bet Audrey feels the same about that.
(http://i55.tinypic.com/24y62cg.jpg)
A gunslinger dude from the iPhone shooter game Westbang.
It's an integral - and not even a proper one!
My avatar is the underrated Florent Schmitt whose recording catalog is downright pitiful, but I'm glad that he has been given some performances on disc.
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 07, 2011, 12:30:50 PM
I like your avatar! Mine hasn't changed since I joined in July 2007. I think people would be in shock if I changed it.
I admit, when I first saw that avatar I thought that he was almost rictus in his grimmacing stare, but in larger versions the pic is far warmer. Strange.
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 19, 2011, 12:31:09 PM
I admit, when I first saw that avatar I thought that he was almost rictus in his grimmacing stare, but in larger versions the pic is far warmer. Strange.
Perhaps the subconscious cues you pick up from the larger version are below the perception threshold in the small one. :D
I now find myself wondering if someone's done research to quantify that threshold for pictures of faces.
(It's pretty likely someone has!)
Click for full-size
(http://i.imgur.com/jyRZe.png)
It's around the 5th-6th when smile becomes a snarl, I think it's due to the eyes becoming too small to focus on. Also the shadows replace real shapes, and give the perception that the face is in a more angular expression.
The King of Cups (one of the four "Minor Arcana" suits of the standard Tarot) as drawn by an artist named Brian Williams, part of a deck published as "Renaissance Tarot". I've had this deck for a number of years, and it's very well done, the artwork drawing on the imagery and style of 16th century Italy, and each Minor Arcana suit is assigned to an Italian city--Cups, being linked to the element of Water, naturally was assigned to Venice, so the King is wearing the Doge's cap and the building serving as his throne is the Doge's Palace.
I may change to another version of this card from another suit in a little while, but I'll let this one stand long enough for folks to see it. I'm using the King of Cups because it is linked to the three decans (decan--10 degree section of the Zodiac) which include my birthday. I might also use the Nine of Cups, which is linked to my birthday's specific decan.
BTW, this is motivated by a renewed interest in collecting Tarot decks that was set off by a discussion in--where else?--The Diner.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 19, 2011, 06:29:35 PM
The King of Cups (one of the four "Minor Arcana" suits of the standard Tarot) as drawn by an artist named Brian Williams, part of a deck published as "Renaissance Tarot". I've had this deck for a number of years, and it's very well done, the artwork drawing on the imagery and style of 16th century Italy, and each Minor Arcana suit is assigned to an Italian city--Cups, being linked to the element of Water, naturally was assigned to Venice, so the King is wearing the Doge's cap and the building serving as his throne is the Doge's Palace.
I may change to another version of this card from another suit in a little while, but I'll let this one stand long enough for folks to see it.
BTW, this is motivated by a renewed interest in collecting Tarot decks that was set off by a discussion in--where else?--The Diner.
I have a deck here in my desk drawer. I tried readings for a while but freaked out my wife too often. ;D
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 19, 2011, 06:29:35 PM
The King of Cups (one of the four "Minor Arcana" suits of the standard Tarot) as drawn by an artist named Brian Williams, part of a deck published as "Renaissance Tarot". I've had this deck for a number of years, and it's very well done, the artwork drawing on the imagery and style of 16th century Italy, and each Minor Arcana suit is assigned to an Italian city--Cups, being linked to the element of Water, naturally was assigned to Venice, so the King is wearing the Doge's cap and the building serving as his throne is the Doge's Palace.
I may change to another version of this card from another suit in a little while, but I'll let this one stand long enough for folks to see it. I'm using the King of Cups because it is linked to the three decans (decan--10 degree section of the Zodiac) which include my birthday. I might also use the Nine of Cups, which is linked to my birthday's specific decan.
BTW, this is motivated by a renewed interest in collecting Tarot decks that was set off by a discussion in--where else?--The Diner.
That was because of yours truly! :D 8)
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 19, 2011, 04:31:35 PM
Click for full-size
It's around the 5th-6th when smile becomes a snarl, I think it's due to the eyes becoming too small to focus on. Also the shadows replace real shapes, and give the perception that the face is in a more angular expression.
I see what you mean... But I never knew my innocuous avatar could cause so much anguish and research! Neither did I ever notice anything menacing in the old man's face before. Perhaps a certificate is in order, to protect youthful visitors... !
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on September 19, 2011, 10:05:52 PM
I see what you mean... But I never knew my innocuous avatar could cause so much anguish and research! Neither did I ever notice anything menacing in the old man's face before. Perhaps a certificate is in order, to protect youthful visitors... !
Beware of Stern Old Brian From A Distance?
Warning and puzzle, 2-in-1.
Quote from: Renfield on September 20, 2011, 01:34:27 PM
Beware of Stern Old Brian From A Distance?
Warning and puzzle, 2-in-1.
;D
I don't know what my avatar is. It was one of the default avatars under the "art" section and I thought it looked pretty.
I may change it at some point.
Quote from: Muzition on September 20, 2011, 02:51:36 PM
I don't know what my avatar is.
Kazimir Malevich - The Knife Grinder
Quote from: Drasko on September 20, 2011, 02:55:55 PM
Kazimir Malevich - The Knife Grinder
You can
always count on Milos. 8)
One of my favorite classical music villains - Rothbart
My avatars have been changing a bit, but right now it's the incredible Shostakovich.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 20, 2011, 04:47:56 PM
My avatars have been changing a bit, but right now it's the incredible Shostakovich.
Are you sure about that? ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 20, 2011, 04:47:56 PM
My avatars have been changing a bit, but right now it's the incredible Shostakovich.
You change it so frequently, that "identifying" it here becomes pointless. :D
Alfred Pennyworth, who I'm sure listens to classical.
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 11, 2011, 02:08:11 PM
Alfred Pennyworth, who I'm sure listens to classical.
How can you be so sure? I can picture Alfred listening to some big band jazz from the 40s. This is as wild as he gets though. He's able to let his hair down, so to speak, with this music. :D
<----------- still the Monkey. ;D
As for Greg's request...
<--------------------- It's still Charlie the K (for Karl). :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 11, 2011, 04:38:29 PM
How can you be so sure? I can picture Alfred listening to some big band jazz from the 40s. This is as wild as he gets though. He's able to let his hair down, so to speak, with this music. :D
I'm sure there's some nerdy fella out there that knows the answer.
The great Richard Wagner :D
Director John Ford, on location.
<----------------- According to the 1931 Soviet authorities, this man was "Especially dangerous on the musical front in the present class war". 8)
Karl or Brian....do recognize the lady in my avatar? ;)
(http://www.altfg.com/Stars/t/they-drive-by-night-lupino-bogart.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on January 21, 2012, 04:26:25 PM
Karl or Brian....do recognize the lady in my avatar? ;)
(http://www.altfg.com/Stars/t/they-drive-by-night-lupino-bogart.jpg)
Bill - is this just a 2 man contest? The actress looks like
Gloria Grahame, maybe in
The Big Heat? My guess - Dave :)
Quote from: Bogey on January 21, 2012, 04:26:25 PM
Karl or Brian....do recognize the lady in my avatar? ;)
(http://www.altfg.com/Stars/t/they-drive-by-night-lupino-bogart.jpg)
It's Mad Dog Earle's babe Marie!
Ida Lupino
Quote from: Szykneij on January 21, 2012, 04:40:14 PM
It's Mad Dog Earle's babe Marie!
Ida Lupino
BINGO.....you da' man.....Dave, we have some parting gifts, I believe Yani cds ;D....now, what is the Karl and Brian connection?
It's me playing my new guitar. (I'm really playing Segovia's transcription of Bach's Chaconne in D Minor.)
A larger view:
(http://www.guitarrum.net/sideview.jpg)
My current avatar is my natural progression from the opening bars of the Turangalila symphony.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=31009;type=avatar)
Quote from: Scots John on January 22, 2012, 12:38:54 AM
My current avatar is my natural progression from the opening bars of the Turangalila symphony.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=31009;type=avatar)
;D
I changed the beautiful organ of the Laurenskerk in Alkmaar, NL (made by Van Hagerbeer & F.C. Schnitger) into the beautiful actress of Italian descent, living in France and also sister-in-law to a certain Nicolas Sarkozy:
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. She's probably (I'm still struggling with my Top 3 ;D) my favourite actress, for what it's worth.
Mine is Mahler. :)
Quote from: Bogey on January 21, 2012, 05:06:02 PM
BINGO.....you da' man.....Dave, we have some parting gifts, I believe Yani cds ;D....now, what is the Karl and Brian connection?
Sorry, I recognize the name as a one-time Columbo guest star but I don't remember the episode! Was it the one about the football team owner with a gambling issue?
EDIT: Oh, the Johnny Cash episode! Love that one.
Quote from: Brian on January 22, 2012, 06:36:55 AM
Sorry, I recognize the name as a one-time Columbo guest star but I don't remember the episode! Was it the one about the football team owner with a gambling issue?
EDIT: Oh, the Johnny Cash episode! Love that one.
You got it....she was two episodes. Here she is a bit later. I recognize her more here:
(http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/inside_out/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/maturelupino.sm_.jpg)
Some people call it a groundhog. I call it a woodchuck.
Not sure if he's a keeper... It's difficult capturing the MN Dave essence in one image. :P
Quote from: MN Dave on February 28, 2012, 06:41:13 AM
Not sure if he's a keeper...
You're joking, right? That critter will be gone before the next sun-up ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 28, 2012, 07:20:44 AM
You're joking, right? That critter will be gone before the next sun-up ;D
Sarge
Heeey... ;D
Sarge was right! $:)
Quote from: MN Dave on February 28, 2012, 01:13:16 PM
Sarge was right! $:)
Damn...the critter didn't even make it to sundown :D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 28, 2012, 01:23:52 PM
Damn...the critter didn't even make it to sundown :D
Sarge
Should take a poll of who will change their avatar first....Mirror Image, MN Dave, or me. ;D Right now, sporting a crop from a favored set:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R4BjiBCAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
David with the W, when you post without an avatar, I feel that you're talking from behind a curtain.
Especially after the semi-piercing look from Glass one from the recent past (pun unintended). ;D
Quote from: Opus106 on March 01, 2012, 04:59:06 AM
David with the W, when you post without an avatar, I feel that you're talking from behind a curtain.
Especially after the semi-piercing look from Glass one from the recent past (pun unintended). ;D
Glass' gaze was too piercing, I felt self conscious! :D I need to find another avatar but I haven't decided yet. :)
Decided on a complete and total revamp. This is from a group of icons I found on Livejournal, which featured Ludwig, Gustav and Dmitri done in SouthPark style.
Quote from: DavidW on March 01, 2012, 05:09:22 PM
Glass' gaze was too piercing, I felt self conscious! :D I need to find another avatar but I haven't decided yet. :)
Much better.
Yeah inspired by Jeffrey's avatar... and the fact that I've been watching alot of South Park recently. ;D
Bub from Day of the Dead.
A composer so obscure, that if you listen to his music, the world knows you're cool ; )
Quote from: karlhenning on March 05, 2012, 11:55:30 AM
A composer so obscure, that if you listen to his music, the world knows you're cool ; )
Hm. I don't think he composed anything. I guess that would make him pretty obscure. ;D
My av, not your'n, goof! : )
I say that, but it surprises me now and again to find out that there's another musician (with whom I've not worked) who has heard of me . . . not that it's getting me anywhere.
Quote from: karlhenning on March 05, 2012, 11:55:30 AM
A composer so obscure, that if you listen to his music, the world knows you're cool ; )
I almost included you in my list, Karl, but then Dave specifically said "lesser" composers and I couldn't lump you in with those losers.
Sarge
I have changed my personal text. ;D
DSCH studying a score.
Huh? Not original? ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 06, 2012, 07:29:14 AM
DSCH studying a score.
Huh? Not original? ;D
Great avatar, Dave! ;)
(* chortle *)
Galactus is the famed "Devourer of Worlds" in the Marvel Universe. His powers are nearly omnipotent. He has appointed a number of entities as his Heralds, imbuing them with the Power Cosmic. He uses energy from the core of planets and universal sources to sustain himself.
Some old guy. ;D
The American Prairie. Copland's music brings me there each time I listen to it.
Ok, got rid of the DSCH pic studying a score, seemed to get confusing :P
This is Marcello Mastroianni from Fellini's film 8 1/2
My sock monkey days are over.
A watershed moment!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 06, 2012, 01:23:00 PM
My sock monkey days are over.
I'm devastated. I loved your sock monkey idea - unique and memorable. Don't be seduced by the dark side!! :)
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 06, 2012, 01:33:53 PM
I'm devastated. I loved your sock monkey idea - unique and memorable. Don't be seduced by the dark side!! :)
Just this post alone has got me thinking Banana, maybe I just needed a Sock Monkey update?
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 06, 2012, 01:33:53 PM
I'm devastated. I loved your sock monkey idea - unique and memorable. Don't be seduced by the dark side!! :)
haha, that didn't take long, got to thinking that I'm the only sock monkey around here and if any forum deserves a sock monkey, it's GMG!
Dont have access to my own pics at the moment, so here's one I pulled from the web.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 06, 2012, 02:14:38 PM
haha, that didn't take long, got to thinking that I'm the only sock monkey around here and if any forum deserves a sock monkey, it's GMG!
Dont have access to my own pics at the moment, so here's one I pulled from the web.
(http://blogs.powerreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Thumbs-Up.JPG)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 06, 2012, 02:14:38 PM
haha, that didn't take long, got to thinking that I'm the only sock monkey
Thank god I didn't see your avatar change to something other than a sock monkey. I might not have survived it. Dude, you
are Monkey Greg...don't ever try to change!
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 07, 2012, 11:29:23 AM
Thank god I didn't see your avatar change to something other than a sock monkey. I might not have survived it. Dude, you are Monkey Greg...don't ever try to change!
Sarge
Thank you, Sarge, (sniffle) you really know how to cut to the core of me. :'(
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 07, 2012, 11:29:23 AM
Thank god I didn't see your avatar change to something other than a sock monkey. I might not have survived it. Dude, you are Monkey Greg...don't ever try to change!
Sarge
Makes me wonder if I should go back to the Koechlin avatar...
minnesota gray wolf
(When Dave finally identifies his av . . . chances are a fresh change is imminent ; )
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 07, 2012, 02:47:06 PM
Makes me wonder if I should go back to the Koechlin avatar...
John, you will always be that Koechlin avatar in my mind, even if we ever meet I will think,
"Where's your long beard and pipe?"
Quote from: karlhenning on March 08, 2012, 05:32:38 AM
(When Dave finally identifies his av . . . chances are a fresh change is imminent ; )
not this time
Contrarian! : )
Quote from: karlhenning on March 08, 2012, 05:32:38 AM
(When Dave finally identifies his av . . . chances are a fresh change is imminent ; )
Quote from: MN Dave on March 08, 2012, 05:36:25 AM
not this time
I'll be sorry to see that one go....but go it will.
And so that future generations will know what I'm talking about, it's this avatar:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan11/avatar_6920_1331086700.png)
Sarge
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 07, 2012, 02:47:06 PM
Makes me wonder if I should go back to the Koechlin avatar...
You should definitely use a Koechlin avatar. I suggest this one ;)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan11/kalki-koechlin.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 08, 2012, 06:18:06 AM
I'll be sorry to see that one go....but go it will.
And so that future generations will know what I'm talking about, it's this avatar:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/jan11/avatar_6920_1331086700.png)
Sarge
Marry, well bethought, Sarge!
;D
Dave would you have you believe that he's just a harmless wolf... but he is really THE THING!
(http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2011/10/2011-10-11-thething1982.jpg)
;D
:D
William Colby.
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:40:32 PMA personal hero of mine.
This is the first I've heard of him, so all I can tell is he was a competent CIA director (?) and died mysteriously, possibly killed by disgruntled CIA agents. Why do you admire him?
Quote from: eyeresist on March 25, 2012, 07:44:17 PM
This is the first I've heard of him, so all I can tell is he was a competent CIA director (?) and died mysteriously, possibly killed by disgruntled CIA agents. Why do you admire him?
He also made one of the most kick-ass video games. I admire him for his pragmatism, and his ability to steer the agency through perhaps its most troubled times at that date. I admired how prescient he was about events and how he wasn't co-opted by politicians. To sum up, he's probably the most effective director the CIA has ever had. I also adored his openness, but I could go on.
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 07:54:33 PM
He also made one of the most kick-ass video games. I admire him for his pragmatism, and his ability to steer the agency through perhaps its most troubled times at that date. I admired how prescient he was about events and how he wasn't co-opted by politicians. To sum up, he's probably the most effective director the CIA has ever had. I also adored his openness, but I could go on.
Just also searched Colby, wasn't familiar with him...but have to ask, what video game did he make?
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 07:57:07 PM
Just also searched Colby, wasn't familiar with him...but have to ask, what video game did he make?
Spycraft: The Great Game
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 25, 2012, 08:01:37 PM
Spycraft: The Great Game
Never heard of it, but then again I wasn't into PC games until around 2000s, sounds good though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spycraft:_The_Great_Game
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 25, 2012, 08:06:06 PM
Never heard of it, but then again I wasn't into PC games until around 2000s, sounds good though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spycraft:_The_Great_Game
It's my second favorite game. Although, for it to hold replay value you have to really space them out. Hell, just last year I learmed of an entirely new scenario.
Well, mine is what it says under the picture - Akseli Gallén-Kallela's painting Kullervo's curse from 1899 - from the time of the Russification of Finland.
Some dude with a sword.
My final avatar!!! EVER!!!!
Quote from: MN Dave on March 26, 2012, 11:57:57 AM
Some dude with a sword.
My final avatar!!! EVER!!!!
Are you sure? Awfully short....sword. :)
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 26, 2012, 12:00:19 PM
Are you sure? Awfully short....sword. :)
The romans had awfully short swords and look what happened to...
Never mind. ;D
Quote from: MN Dave on March 26, 2012, 11:57:57 AM
My final avatar!!! EVER!!!!
Right ::)
This should be your next avatar:
(http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pinocchio.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 26, 2012, 12:09:31 PM
Right ::)
This should be your next avatar:
(http://cdn.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/what-choo-talkin-bout-willis.jpg)
Quote from: MN Dave on March 26, 2012, 11:57:57 AM
Some dude with a sword.
My final avatar!!! EVER!!!!
Mine as well....or at least until Dave changes his. ;D
I won't change mine. Leo is one dangerous cat!
Quote from: chasmaniac on March 27, 2012, 06:59:42 AM
I won't change mine. Leo is one dangerous cat!
Ah....I've always wondered why he was kept behind bars. Now I understand.
Sarge
I don't think I can remain blue for long. There's a double meaning in that.
Quote from: Bogey on March 27, 2012, 06:45:01 AM
Mine as well....or at least until Dave changes his. ;D
the last avatar ever!!! 0:)
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2012, 07:20:35 AM
I don't think I can remain blue for long. There's a double meaning in that.
Well, being the jazz fan that you are, nothing wrong with being
kind of blue. :D
Thank you, thank you....I'm here all week.
For full disclosure:
That fry pan of mine I am holding contains 4 egg whites (1 point) and 2 oz. Boar's Head 42% lower sodium branded deluxe ham (1 point). My drinking tin is coffee with 2 tbsp. of half and half and a 1 tbsp. of C&H Pure Cane Sugar (2 points all mixed).
It's none other than the world-famous violinist, timpanist, and soprano, Beaker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnT7pT6zCcA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnT7pT6zCcA)
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2012, 07:20:35 AM
I don't think I can remain blue for long. There's a double meaning in that.
Fixed.
I like your solution, but . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on March 28, 2012, 11:13:00 AM
I like your solution, but . . . .
Gettin' there, but I'd like to see something in a
Mondrian...
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2012, 07:20:35 AMI don't think I can remain blue for long.
No - eventually you'll go green. :)
I think I just witnessed MI go through four different photos of Tippett during the last fifteen minutes. Dave has met his match, or dare I say, his successor!
Quote from: Opus106 on March 29, 2012, 09:08:37 PM
I think I just witnessed MI go through four different photos of Tippett during the last fifteen minutes. Dave has met his match, or dare I say, his successor!
:P I've finally settled on one...
How do you like this one, Nav? I cropped the picture from the original which quite large.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 29, 2012, 09:12:04 PM
How do you like this one, Nav? I cropped the picture from the original which quite large.
Quite nice a photo. :)
Quote from: Opus106 on March 29, 2012, 09:38:04 PM
Quite nice a photo. :)
Thanks, I'll keep this one awhile.
Just for today....Herbert von Karajan, the greatest! ;D
Having finally got around to it, my first choice was accidental - just something to do with music making. Still, she may be playing her mandolin with ten thumbs, you never know and Morisot can't tell us. :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 05, 2012, 03:28:15 AM
Just for today....Herbert von Karajan, the greatest! ;D
Booo! :D
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 05, 2012, 03:28:15 AM
Just for today....Herbert von Karajan, the greatest after Bernstein! ;D
;D
Jokes aside, Karajan certainly is amazing. I am absolutely loving his Ring Cycle at the moment, extremely passionate and powerfully expressive performances!
So yes, happy birthday, Karajan!
EDIT: I'm sure it's extremely obvious who my avatar is! ;)
Quote from: madaboutmahler on April 05, 2012, 01:03:48 PMEDIT: I'm sure it's extremely obvious who my avatar is! ;)
Mine too. ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2012, 01:01:44 PM
Booo! :D
Quote from: madaboutmahler on April 05, 2012, 01:03:48 PM
;D
Jokes aside, Karajan certainly is amazing. I am absolutely loving his Ring Cycle at the moment, extremely passionate and powerfully expressive performances!
So yes, happy birthday, Karajan!
EDIT: I'm sure it's extremely obvious who my avatar is! ;)
Zurück vom Karajan! :D
Well, Bernstein was certainly amazing, superb....but Karajan was absolutely a genius, I haven't got enough words to describe his musical greatness!
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 05, 2012, 01:18:13 PM
Zurück vom Karajan! :D
Well, Bernstein was certainly amazing, superb....but Karajan was absolutely a genius, I haven't got enough words to describe his musical greatness!
I don't think Karajan was a genius at all. I think the term
genius should be used sparingly. Wagner a genius? Yes, I think so. Do you honestly think Karajan occupies the same kind of thought Wagner did? I think Bernstein had more know-how and was more versatile than Karajan but I wouldn't even call Bernstein a genius either because he simply wasn't. He was highly intelligent and a knowledgeable musician, but no genius. Let's reserve this word when it can actually be applied correctly.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 05, 2012, 01:18:13 PM
Zurück vom Karajan! :D
Well, Bernstein was certainly amazing, superb....but Karajan was absolutely a genius, I haven't got enough words to describe his musical greatness!
:)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2012, 01:22:15 PM
I don't think Karajan was a genius at all. I think the term genius should be used sparingly. Wagner a genius? Yes, I think so. Do you honestly think Karajan occupies the same kind of thought Wagner did? I think Bernstein had more know-how and was more versatile than Karajan but I wouldn't even call Bernstein a genius either because he simply wasn't. He was highly intelligent and a knowledgeable musician, but no genius. Let's reserve this word when it can actually be applied correctly.
Of course I don't, but I think it's not right to compare Karajan with Wagner, because they were two different types of musicians: Wagner was composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist, though mainly famous as a composer; instead Karajan was just a conductor. Karajan was certainly a master in conduting and interpreting works, he was able to extract a marvelous sound from every orchestra he led; from his performances I can really perceive all the expressive power, intesity and emotions the composers conveyed with their music. Don't you think he could be consider a genius for this?
Obviously, it's just an opinion of mine....
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 05, 2012, 01:42:36 PM
Of course I don't, but I think it's not right to compare Karajan with Wagner, because they were two different types of musicians: Wagner was composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist, though mainly famous as a composer; instead Karajan was just a conductor. Karajan was certainly a master in conduting and interpreting works, he was able to extract a marvelous sound from every orchestra he led; from his performances I can really perceive all the expressive power, intensity and emotions the composers conveyed with their music. Don't you think he could be consider a genius for this?
Obviously, it's just an opinion of mine....
I don't think it was unusual to compare Wagner and Karajan because of the context in which we're using to discuss them, which, in this particular discussion, you used the word
genius to discribe Karajan and I countered that with who I consider to be a real genius.
I usually associate a genius as someone who possesses exceptional creativity and originality. A conductor is certainly an important aspect of classical music, but I don't think they should be labelled as geniuses for the simple fact that they didn't write the music. I simply refer to them as good musicians.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2012, 03:06:30 PM
I don't think it was unusual to compare Wagner and Karajan because of the context in which we're using to discussing them, which, in this particular discussion, you used the word genius to discribe Karajan and I countered that with who I consider to be a real genius.
I usually associate a genius as someone who possess exceptional creativity and originality. A conductor is certainly an important aspect of classical music, but I don't think they should be labelled as geniuses for the simple fact that they didn't write the music. I simply refer to them as good musicians.
I mean this as a completely "discussion" type question. Where would Bernstein be then? Genius when he composed, and Clark Kent on the podium? :)
Quote from: Bogey on April 05, 2012, 03:18:40 PM
I mean this as a completely "discussion" type question. Where would Bernstein be then? Genius when he composed, and Clark Kent on the podium? :)
I think Bernstein was a highly intelligent musician but he was no genius. I don't think his music is particularly noteworthy, but he did compose some good works in his time.
Quote from: madaboutmahler on April 05, 2012, 01:03:48 PM
;D
Jokes aside, Karajan certainly is amazing. I am absolutely loving his Ring Cycle at the moment, extremely passionate and powerfully expressive performances!
So yes, happy birthday, Karajan!
EDIT: I'm sure it's extremely obvious who my avatar is! ;)
Just wait until you get to Gotterdammerung, the best of him and the best of his Ring. I love the ventelated forward sound and a lot of the singing is marvelous.
Mike
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2012, 01:01:44 PM
Booo! :D
By the way, your post reminded me a comment I saw on youtube: I was listening to Bernstein's Beethoven No.9, and as three users voted the video down, someone commented: "Three people must be Karajan's fans".
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2012, 03:06:30 PM
I don't think it was unusual to compare Wagner and Karajan because of the context in which we're using to discuss them, which, in this particular discussion, you used the word genius to discribe Karajan and I countered that with who I consider to be a real genius.
I usually associate a genius as someone who possesses exceptional creativity and originality. A conductor is certainly an important aspect of classical music, but I don't think they should be labelled as geniuses for the simple fact that they didn't write the music. I simply refer to them as good musicians.
Me too, but I don't completely agree about conductors; the genius can show itself in many differrent ways. I think you need exceptional creativity, originality and orchestral brilliance to interpret and conduct a piece beautifully as well, otherwise how could the expressive power and the strenght of music, in their purest form, leave the score and deeply touch the audience. Of course, not every conductor could be so, so effective to deserve to be called "genius".
Anyway, there are just three conductors I consider geniuses: Karajan, Bernstein and Carlos Kleiber.
I'm sorry we have different opinions about that, John; but it's an interesting discussion. :)
Quote from: knight66 on April 06, 2012, 12:22:34 AM
Just wait until you get to Gotterdammerung, the best of him and the best of his Ring. I love the ventelated forward sound and a lot of the singing is marvelous.
Mike
I am very excited about it, Mike! :)
Concerning the 'genius' discussion... I think conductors could be called geniuses too, but less often than a composer could be. I would certainly call Bernstein a genius for example. And nowadays, perhaps Nelsons is heading towards that title too... but it's only conductors that have a completely different, original, and of course brilliant, idea towards the music they perform and those who convey it in the most convincing way to their orchestras and audiences that I would apply the term 'genius' to.
Quote from: madaboutmahler on April 06, 2012, 04:06:30 AM
Concerning the 'genius' discussion... I think conductors could be called geniuses too, but less often than a composer could be. I would certainly call Bernstein a genius for example. And nowadays, perhaps Nelsons is heading towards that title too... but it's only conductors that have a completely different, original, and of course brilliant, idea towards the music they perform and those who convey it in the most convincing way to their orchestras and audiences that I would apply the term 'genius' to.
Well said Daniel, I certainly agree :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 06, 2012, 06:10:30 AM
Well said Daniel, I certainly agree :)
Thank you, Ilaria! :)
I also agree about Nelsons; he's still too young to be considered a genius, but he's certainly on the right way.
Quote from: madaboutmahler on April 06, 2012, 04:06:30 AM
I am very excited about it, Mike! :)
Concerning the 'genius' discussion... I think conductors could be called geniuses too, but less often than a composer could be. I would certainly call Bernstein a genius for example. And nowadays, perhaps Nelsons is heading towards that title too... but it's only conductors that have a completely different, original, and of course brilliant, idea towards the music they perform and those who convey it in the most convincing way to their orchestras and audiences that I would apply the term 'genius' to.
I am not sure about genius. I have not tried ever to tie down just what it means. For sure Bernstein was protean and his learning both deep and wide. I did watch a documentry on Nelsons being engaged as the Brimingham orchestra conductor and for sure some hard bitten and experienced orchestral players would clearly buy in to the idea of genius.
Mike
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 06, 2012, 03:27:32 AMMe too, but I don't completely agree about conductors; the genius can show itself in many differrent ways. I think you need exceptional creativity, originality and orchestral brilliance to interpret and conduct a piece beautifully as well, otherwise how could the expressive power and the strenght of music, in their purest form, leave the score and deeply touch the audience. Of course, not every conductor could be so, so effective to deserve to be called "genius".
Anyway, there are just three conductors I consider geniuses: Karajan, Bernstein and Carlos Kleiber.
I'm sorry we have different opinions about that, John; but it's an interesting discussion. :)
I thought about this later on last night after this discussion kind of fizzled out and I have to say that I guess a musician could be considered a genius. I mean, again, I do want to use this term minimally as I can because not every classical musician is a genius. That said, it does take a considerable gift to conduct an orchestra and get them to do what you want to do creatively with the music.
I think the distinction should be made between creative genius and interpretive genius. Composers, writers, painters are (or can be) creative geniuses; conductors, musicians, actors can be interpretive geniuses. For myself, I'd rather be a second-rate creator than a first-rate interpreter.
I don't agree there. I would rather be working with the best of it than struggling with something second rate. But neither is an actual option, so it is not really contentious.
Mike
David Addington
I just realized that I don't have an avatar, I should fix that! :D
Moar penguines!
I'm a penguin; eat me!
(http://quizkerala.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/357.png?w=275)
Quote from: Opus106 on April 25, 2012, 08:17:46 PM
I'm a penguin; eat me!
(http://quizkerala.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/357.png?w=275)
:o
Still the Monkey-Greg, but now a face that my son drew. He called this his "angry face", not bad for a 2-year old.
Teen-Wolf!
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 04, 2012, 12:24:13 PM
I was going to say Chewbacca. :)
I actually thought that also when I first saw this, but I'm thinking because of the sunglasses it's Mr. J. Fox himself.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 04, 2012, 12:27:41 PM
I actually thought that also when I first saw this, but I'm thinking because of the sunglasses it's Mr. J. Fox himself.
Hmmm...well Teen-Wolf was a lucky guy (i. e. the dressing room scene). 8) Chewbacca never got lucky or at least not on film. ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 04, 2012, 12:34:59 PM
Hmmm...well Teen-Wolf was a lucky guy (i. e. the dressing room scene). 8) Chewbacca never got lucky or at least not on film. ;)
True, Teen-Wolf won basketball games, got a starring role in a school play and bought beer illegally. Sounds like a killer high school year!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 04, 2012, 12:36:54 PM
True, Teen-Wolf won basketball games, got a starring role in a school play and bought beer illegally. Sounds like a killer high school year!
Lucky bastard! :P
Sorry, couldn't stand that Teen Wolf image anymore.
So now it's the Daleks, To Victory!
peek
My avatar is a picture of Steve Coogan playing the "air bass" in I'm Alan Partridge. One of my favorite moments of the show!
Here's the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lecytazY6n4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lecytazY6n4)
James Bama's Doc Savage.
He is also known for his western art:
(http://jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/young_plains_indian_bama.jpg)
Spectral Warrior
This is how I intend to pose for all future photos of myself.
Changed it again. ;D
Quote from: MN Dave on July 20, 2012, 07:14:17 AM
This is how I intend to pose for all future photos of myself.
Changed it again. ;D
What was the first avatar? With the man and umbrella?
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 20, 2012, 09:16:13 AM
What was the first avatar? With the man and umbrella?
Yes. Alkan.
Quote from: MN Dave on July 20, 2012, 09:16:53 AM
Yes. Alkan.
A GMG member (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=172), in fact.
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 09:20:22 AM
A GMG member (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=172), in fact.
oops ;D
My avatar is "Dirty Bastard" beer, brewed by Founders brewery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is billed as 'Scotch style ale' - although the word 'Scotch' is not in the 'Scots' vocabulary. Nevertheless, I am intruiged by the beer...it is not available in Scotland, but young Scots drinkers would most definitely be attracted to such a product...but it is not here. Time to make some money out of this methinks..! I'll contact their distribution dept!
(http://foundersbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dirty-Bastard.png)
Michigan is known for its dirty bastards.
METROPOLIS, robot Hel.
I had one of these images as an avatar for a while:
(http://www.polaine.com/playpen/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/metropolis.jpg)
Tempting after Dave (Sonics) reviews of Blu-ray for old films.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OJUddbiEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
and at 42% off at Amazon.
Quote from: Bogey on August 04, 2012, 05:44:46 AM
Tempting after Dave (Sonics) reviews of Blu-ray for old films.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OJUddbiEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
and at 42% off at Amazon.
Don't hesitate, it's worth every penny, even if you already own two copies on DVD like me. :)
Quote from: Bogey on August 04, 2012, 05:40:18 AM
I had one of these images as an avatar for a while:
(http://www.polaine.com/playpen/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/metropolis.jpg)
That's a good one. I love the cinematography from older black and white films.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 04, 2012, 05:50:55 AM
That's a good one. I love the cinematography from older black and white films.
Indeed. I will have to snag a copy. One of my favorites for "looks" was the The Third Man.
(http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/thirdman.jpg)
(http://www.english-online.at/entertainment/third-man/martins-at-prater-ferris-wheel.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on August 04, 2012, 05:58:37 AM
Indeed. I will have to snag a copy. One of my favorites for "looks" was the The Third Man.
(http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/thirdman.jpg)
(http://www.english-online.at/entertainment/third-man/martins-at-prater-ferris-wheel.jpg)
Great choice, and a great soundtrack.
Casa de mi Padre (2012) w/ Will Farrell - well this was on my 'to see' list, so streamed from Amazon last night; in Spanish w/ sub-titles - Farrell plays the son of a Mexican rancher and except for a few moments speaks Spanish - held my interest (by a thread) to the end (fortunately less than 90 mins) - the gal was HOT! I'd probably do 2+* on a scale of 5; the Amazonians average out to 3+*; and IMDB only 5.5/10 - bombed on Rotten Tomatoes @ 45% (5.4/10) - now, I've never been a Will Farrell fan (i.e. in the movies) and his performance in this film might be a hint! :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51isbq5HXjL._SX500_.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 03, 2012, 05:59:02 PM
METROPOLIS, robot Hel.
Nice picture :)
Fritz Lang is a very fine director, I love his series of films
Die Nibelungen.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on August 05, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
Fritz Lang is a very fine director, I love his series of films Die Nibelungen.
Same here, really good films.
Tommy Traddles. :)
Not sure if you caught this, Sarge?
(http://biblioklept.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/gallery.jpg)
RIP Joe Kubert
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/joe-kubert-comic-book-artist-sgt-rock-tor-hawkman-dead-85-article-1.1135360
Bela from the old Aurora model kit with James Bama art:
(http://image.timepassagesnostalgia.com/watermarked/imagesg8/g819dracula.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on August 13, 2012, 03:31:47 PM
Bela from the old Aurora model kit with James Bama art:
(http://image.timepassagesnostalgia.com/watermarked/imagesg8/g819dracula.jpg)
That's awesome, do you own that?
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 13, 2012, 05:33:18 PM
That's awesome, do you own that?
I love the old Aurora kit art. The art was always better than the kit. I have a reissue....part of my collection here:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/UniversalShots002.jpg?t=1277686666)
Older photo. It has expanded since to three walls+ worth, but you get the idea. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on August 14, 2012, 07:06:08 AM
I love the old Aurora kit art. The art was always better than the kit. I have a reissue....part of my collection here:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/UniversalShots002.jpg?t=1277686666)
Older photo. It has expanded since to three walls+ worth, but you get the idea. ;D
That's freakin awesome!
Which is your favorite of the Universal monster films?
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 14, 2012, 07:34:23 AM
That's freakin awesome!
Which is your favorite of the Universal monster films?
I think the best done, and I mean this sincerely, was Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein. As a kid, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. I woke up one morning at about 2 AM when I was about 10 years old, turned on the tv, and there before me was Frankie (the dreadful Bela version) beating on the Wolfie....then the whole castle blew up and all were swept away! I was awake for the day! I was hooked for life! :D Now....probably the first Mummy (1932) with Karloff. Loved him in this role, even thogh the bandages came off early. :D
For September, this cropped Frankie from
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8m29ZLX5ag/TOCXvwarZRI/AAAAAAAAGTQ/d4zh3SxImRI/s400/BIG%252BFRANKIE%252BMODEL%252BBOX%252BFRONT%252BMOEBIUS.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on August 14, 2012, 07:06:08 AM
I love the old Aurora kit art. The art was always better than the kit. I have a reissue....part of my collection here:
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/UniversalShots002.jpg?t=1277686666)
Older photo. It has expanded since to three walls+ worth, but you get the idea. ;D
Makes me wonder whatever happened to all my old monster models. I spent hours painting Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, the Creature ftBL, the Mummy...and I also loved Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein! Wonder if that's on Netflix...?
Some dude.
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 03, 2012, 04:06:07 PM
Makes me wonder whatever happened to all my old monster models. I spent hours painting Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, the Creature ftBL, the Mummy...and I also loved Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein! Wonder if that's on Netflix...?
Probably on Ebay. ;D
My features listening to Mahler.
RE: Harry's animated cat avatar (which I love!), still does not shake my vision that Harry's avatar is always somehow associated with Tchaikovsky. :)
Heck, even the cat itself looks a bit like old Tchaik!!! ;D ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 29, 2012, 07:10:56 AM
RE: Harry's animated cat avatar (which I love!), still does not shake my vision that Harry's avatar is always somehow associated with Tchaikovsky. :)
Heck, even the cat itself looks a bit like old Tchaik!!! ;D ;D
Naw , Ray. :) When I think of Harry, here is the one that comes to my mind:
(http://www.bathmusicfestarchive.org.uk/assets/images/BIMF2009/Mains2009/Emma%20kirkby%20main.jpg)
Could not find the exact one Harry, my apologies.
the imperial seal of japan
(http://moiracourt.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/king-of-the-beach-new-crown-details-low-res.jpg)
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 29, 2012, 09:57:07 AM
(http://moiracourt.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/king-of-the-beach-new-crown-details-low-res.jpg)
:)
behold his majesty:
(http://wemeantwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/seal13.jpg)
Quote from: Corey on September 29, 2012, 11:02:58 AM
behold his majesty:
And the former Mrs. Seal is on the market again:
(http://cdn.blogs.sheknows.com/celebsalon.sheknows.com/2011/03/heidi-klum-hairstyle.jpg)
Werewolf of London (1935). I always enjoy this one. Gets lost a bit due to the Chaney Jr. Wolf Man. Plus, he dressed nicer:
(http://donmankowski.com/shock_theater_files/shock_38.jpg)
My favorite avatar on GMG is this, which belongs to classicalgeek from the 'Pacific Northwest' wherever that is. Oregon? British Columbia? Something like that...
Beaker from the Muppets, my favourite muppet!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yQwMFLgGRME/UIHP5wPEsLE/AAAAAAAAAMU/oHV2KMYuGLc/s144-c/October192012.jpg)
Quote from: Scots John on October 19, 2012, 02:16:29 PM
My favorite avatar on GMG is this, which belongs to classicalgeek from the 'Pacific Northwest' wherever that is.
As a geek, chances are good it's Redmond, WA. ;)
A street pianist in Antwerp. Photo by yours truly. :)
<-------- not just any Monkey, the original Monkey.
<----- Um...It's a kittie.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 16, 2012, 03:51:58 AM
<-------- not just any Monkey, the original Monkey.
And he's back!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 16, 2012, 03:51:58 AM
<-------- not just any Monkey, the original Monkey.
Oh, I liked the robot-HEL! Anyway the monkey is very nice. :)
The Minnesoto kid's back, and the monkey too. Balance is restored. All's right with the world 8)
Sarge
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on November 17, 2012, 03:28:53 AM
Anyway the monkey is very nice. :)
Hi. You must be new here. :)
;)
My most recent avatar? Early Christmas present for George and Sarge. ;D
I was looking for a Brahms avatar with a Santa hat. No dice. Bach will have to do! ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 07, 2012, 04:36:39 PM
I was looking for a Brahms avatar with a Santa hat. No dice. Bach will have to do! ;D
You want a Brahms with a Santa hat? I can get you one.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 07, 2012, 04:55:40 PM
You want a Brahms with a Santa hat? I can get you one.
Thumbs up! :D Indeed. Although, I am growing fond of Santa Bach! ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 07, 2012, 04:56:49 PM
Thumbs up! :D Indeed. Although, I am growing fond of Santa Bach! ;D
I'll be back in 10 minutes...
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 07, 2012, 05:00:01 PM
Sweet! Thanks Greg! 8) :)
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/brahmssanta.jpg?w=359)
Black and white for accuracy.
another one incoming...
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/oldbrahms-copy.jpg?w=500)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 07, 2012, 05:14:59 PM
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/oldbrahms-copy.jpg?w=500)
Awesome Greg!! ;D I'll try uploading one of these! :) Thanks, bud!
Done!! I chose the bearded Brahms, because I really do believe he is Santa Claus sometimes!! ;D 8)
Thanks again, Greg!
Santa Brahms has a special message for Greg:
Greg, you must buy all my complete works, especially my chamber music. I worked very hard on perfecting the music I wrote, and scrappped and tossed away in the fire a lot of works that I shouldn't have in hindsight. Dammit! Oh well, what I did not scrap, and got published, is some pretty good stuff. Keep listening to Herr Santa Brahms. You won't be disappointed! 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 07, 2012, 05:54:19 PM
Done!! I chose the bearded Brahms, because I really do believe he is Santa Claus sometimes!! ;D 8)
Thanks again, Greg!
Santa Brahms has a special message for Greg:
Greg, you must buy all my complete works, especially my chamber music. I worked very hard on perfecting the music I wrote, and scrappped and tossed away in the fire a lot of works that I shouldn't have in hindsight. Dammit! Oh well, what I did not scrap, and got published, is some pretty good stuff. Keep listening to Herr Santa Brahms. You won't be disappointed! 8)
Haha! You're welcome. Looks great, Ray!
And think, your avatar is one of a kind.
Santa Bach was too good to leave languishing in limbo.....so I've grabbed him for myself.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 07, 2012, 06:05:22 PM
Haha! You're welcome. Looks great, Ray!
And think, your avatar is one of a kind.
:D The one and only! Santa Brahms! 8)
Santa Brahms wants you to listen to his Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) as soon as it arrives! Damn.....we did I trash so much of my music. Some of it was pretty wicked....oh well, hindsight is 21. ;D
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 07, 2012, 06:16:11 PM
Santa Bach was too good to leave languishing in limbo.....so I've grabbed him for myself.
Awesome, Jeffrey! Happy to see that you got into the spirit!! :)
Thumbs up!! All Bach needed was a big beard, but the dude looks pretty snazzy with a Santa hat, or shades. :D
Now we just need Daniel for Santa Mahler, Ilaria for Santa Wagner, and John (Mirror Image) for Santa DSCH/Koechlin/Tippett/which composer is he using today for an avatar.
And someone from among the Brianites can provide Santa Brian.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 07, 2012, 06:25:46 PM
And someone from among the Brianites can provide Santa Brian.
Santa Brahms just tweeted: What the heck is going on there at GMG? Havergal Brian is the most posted thread in the Composer Discussion forum? WTF???? ;D :D ;)
Rameau. Santa Hat. Bam.
That just happened.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 07, 2012, 07:15:15 PM
Rameau. Santa Hat. Bam.
That just happened.
10 out 10 dude! 8)
Here is Ho-Ho-Hovergal Brian! (many thanks to GMG member Hattoff)
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on December 09, 2012, 12:45:43 AM
Here is Ho-Ho-Hovergal Brian! (many thanks to GMG member Hattoff)
Thumbs up! 8) :)
I guess Janacek is Santa enough even without the hat?
Can anyone create a Koechlin for me with Santa hat? I would really appreciate it!
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 09, 2012, 06:38:41 PM
Can anyone create a Koechlin for me with Santa hat? I would really appreciate it!
My photoshopping skills are nowhere good enough to do the job. But doesn't CK already have a sort of Pere Noel look about him?
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 09, 2012, 07:39:53 PM
My photoshopping skills are nowhere good enough to do the job. But doesn't CK already have a sort of Pere Noel look about him?
Yes, but a Santa's hat, in the spirit of Christmas, would be the icing on the cake.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 09, 2012, 07:58:03 PM
Yes, but a Santa's hat, in the spirit of Christmas, would be the icing on the cake.
I'll do one for ya, John. I did my Rameau and Ray's Brahms, my goal is to get every avatar in a Santa hat.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 01:54:13 AM
I'll do one for ya, John. I did my Rameau and Ray's Brahms, my goal is to get every avatar in a Santa hat.
Well, if the hat is a must, you can make me one, too (Janacek, Ravel or Sibelius), Greg.
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2012, 02:05:59 AM
Well, if the hat is a must, you can make me one, too (Janacek, Ravel or Sibelius), Greg.
I think Sibelius would make a nice Santa.
Give me a few hours, wife is doing work on the computer this morning, I tried to explain the importance of putting Santa hats on composers, but it went right over her head.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 02:22:42 AM
I think Sibelius would make a nice Santa.
Give me a few hours, wife is doing work on the computer this morning, I tried to explain the importance of putting Santa hats on composers, but it went right over her head.
;D
Thanks - and there's no hurry.
I'm
working on the computer, too, at the moment.
@ NorthStar, John (Mirror Image) and Ray (ChamberNut).. I just sent you all a PM
Thanks! (although you forgot to put the address in the PM - searching was easy, though)
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2012, 03:32:25 AM
Thanks! (although you forgot to put the address in the PM - searching was easy, though)
Haha! (resending PM) ;)
Not even a Santa hat can make Sibelius smile.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 03:35:10 AM
Haha! (resending PM) ;)
Not even a Santa hat can make Sibelius smile.
You've been very naughty, and I think that, instead of giving you another symphony, I'll just burn it >:D
North Star, your text still says Kandinsky!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 01:54:13 AM
I'll do one for ya, John. I did my Rameau and Ray's Brahms, my goal is to get every avatar in a Santa hat.
Okay, I'm in.
(http://content.answcdn.com/main/content/img/getty/0/3/2667703.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2012, 07:20:16 AM
North Star, your text still says Kandinsky!
Thanks, Brian, fixed that now :)
I have a feeling that the hat will suite Dvorak.
Karlo
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 01:54:13 AM
I'll do one for ya, John. I did my Rameau and Ray's Brahms, my goal is to get every avatar in a Santa hat.
Whenever you may, good sieur.
Quote from: karlhenning on December 10, 2012, 09:01:54 AM
Whenever you may, good sieur.
Last I looked, you qualify as a composer, and I seem to remember you used a Santa Henning avatar last year (or the year before?)
As an added incentive, I'm now giving a first listen to
Lunar Glare.
The composers with Santa's hat, so nice! ;D
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 10, 2012, 09:20:31 AM
The composers with Santa's hat, so nice! ;D
You know you want one!
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2012, 09:27:28 AM
You know you want one!
Nice one, Brian! :) I was expecting Klieber!! :D
Many thanks, Greg, for this! :D
Quote from: madaboutmahler on December 10, 2012, 09:35:07 AM
Many thanks, Greg, for this! :D
That is a great one, Daniel! Kudos again, Greg!! :) 8)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 10, 2012, 09:20:31 AM
The composers with Santa's hat, so nice! ;D
A la movie 'Faceoff' with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, I think for Ilaria, there needs a one side face = Wagner, 2nd side of face = Liszt
Then, add the Santa hat! :D ;D
I anticipate George having Billy Bob Thornton Santa anytime now. :D :)
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2012, 09:27:28 AM
You know you want one!
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 10, 2012, 09:38:50 AM
A la movie 'Faceoff' with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, I think for Ilaria, there needs a one side face = Wagner, 2nd side of face = Liszt
Then, add the Santa hat! :D ;D
Well, it should be certainly very funny. ;D Why not?
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 10, 2012, 09:15:12 AM
As an added incentive, I'm now giving a first listen to Lunar Glare.
Thank you! Hope you like it!
Quote from: karlhenning on December 10, 2012, 10:06:36 AM
Thank you! Hope you like it!
Quite impressed with it, in fact.
I took advantage of the fact that I'm at the public library at the moment to download the Viola Sonata performance from Mediafire (which isn't practical from my home computer, and will insert it among the DSCH later today.
Thank you for this, Greg. :)
Gentlemen, please, Rachmaninoff! :D :D :D TIA!
Are we going to see Santa Shosta?! ;D
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 10, 2012, 10:14:16 AM
Quite impressed with it, in fact.
I took advantage of the fact that I'm at the public library at the moment to download the Viola Sonata performance from Mediafire (which isn't practical from my home computer, and will insert it among the DSCH later today.
(* bows *)
Hat or not, Brahms looks like a perfect Santa Claus....
Gone for the early night, but if anyone wants a Santa-Composer just let me know, I'll do them either later tonight or tomorrow.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 10, 2012, 12:54:50 PM
Hat or not, Brahms looks like a perfect Santa Claus....
Ilaria, I love the Lisztianwagner morph Santa! ;D Brilliant, Greg! 8)
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on December 10, 2012, 12:26:24 PM
Are we going to see Santa Shosta?! ;D
Shosta Claus would be really sad all the time, though. And that's not milk he's drinking with the cookies...
Of course Santa Sibelius isn't too different.
Quote from: Brian on
Today at 23:12:18 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=301.msg679870#msg679870)
Shosta Claus
Nice.
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 10, 2012, 01:10:35 PM
Ilaria, I love the Lisztianwagner morph Santa! ;D Brilliant, Greg! 8)
Yes, Greg did an excellent job. :) I was undecided between the Liszt/Wagner picture and a Karajan one....
I like my new avatar. :D
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2012, 01:12:18 PM
Shosta Claus would be really sad all the time, though. And that's not milk he's drinking with the cookies...
Of course Santa Sibelius isn't too different.
;D
But Sibelius had a bigger glass (because of his essential tremor - that probably also affected his capability to write, especially when he couldn't 'medicate' it)
Here's a lot of info on Sibelius's boozing - including the numerous bottles he had bought/drunk, and a list of his cigars - about 50 labels ;D
http://www.sibelius.fi/english/erikoisaiheet/nautinta-aineet/naut_01.htm
All these Santa avatars should be collected together, I think (could make for a nice GMG magazine cover)
Courtesy of My Man Greg: Santravinsky!
We need to inflict Santa Rock on Sarge. Nobody shall go untouched by Monkey Greg's Christmas cheer!
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 10, 2012, 01:51:37 PM
I like my new avatar. :D
Me too, John. Koechlin makes a wonderful Santa! :)
Quote from: karlhenning on December 10, 2012, 02:26:50 PM
Courtesy of My Man Greg: Santravinsky!
That is one cool looking dude, hat or sans chapeu!
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 10, 2012, 02:54:08 PM
Me too, John. Koechlin makes a wonderful Santa! :)
Indeed! :D
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2012, 02:39:57 PM
We need to inflict Santa Rock on Sarge. Nobody shall go untouched by Monkey Greg's Christmas cheer!
Have no fear. Like a true Marine, Sarge has already risen to the challenge and made sure the job is done
(though I don't know if he or Greg is the artist to whom the
blame credit goes
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/rock2_120_santa.jpg)
I'm in. ;D
Songs and Dances of Elves
I just realized: the best composer Santa Claus must be Leif Segerstam!
(http://www.classicalsource.com/images/upload/6320_2.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on December 11, 2012, 04:38:02 AM
I just realized: the best composer Santa Claus must be Leif Segerstam!
(http://www.classicalsource.com/images/upload/6320_2.jpg)
No doubt about it. :D
Quote from: Florestan on December 11, 2012, 04:46:43 AM
No doubt about it. :D
Santa Mussorgsky looks like he's been dipping into the Christmas nog a bit wee much. ;D
Keep the children away from Santa Saint-Saens. :-[
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 11, 2012, 04:57:03 AM
Santa Mussorgsky looks like he's been dipping into the Christmas nog a bit wee much. ;D
Ain't it? ;D
I had to change my avatar. Santa Koechlin was depressing me.
The power of avatars.
I visited this page (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/516336.Les_Revenentes) and for an instant thought GMG played host to a world-famous author.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 11, 2012, 07:53:21 AM
I had to change my avatar. Santa Koechlin was depressing me.
The Santa Koechlin was a favorite of mine :( hold on to it, it may come in handy someday.
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 06:31:09 AM
I visited this page (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/516336.Les_Revenentes) and for an instant thought GMG played host to a world-famous author.
Zut alors! I do look quite like him on a bad hair day, n'est-ce pas?
DF
I need to put a Santa hat on my Wagner avatar. Can someone please help? How do I do this??
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 19, 2012, 01:20:27 AM
I need to put a Santa hat on my Wagner avatar. Can someone please help? How do I do this??
marvin
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 01:54:13 AM
I'll do one for ya, John. I did my Rameau and Ray's Brahms, my goal is to get every avatar in a Santa hat.
Perhaps maybe you can help here? ?
marvin
@marvinbrown... pull the image from here...
http://gregscottmoeller.wordpress.com/
;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 19, 2012, 02:25:59 AM
@marvinbrown... pull the image from here...
http://gregscottmoeller.wordpress.com/
;D
GREAT!!
Thank you so much!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! :) :) :)
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 19, 2012, 03:31:07 AM
GREAT!!
Thank you so much!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! :) :) :)
marvin
Santa Marvin!! I mean, Santa Wagner!! Fantastic! :)
Santa-Rameau has returned to The North France-Pole, here returns the Monkey.
Santa Stravinsky is in for all Christmastide.
And anyway, the Russian Orthodox Christmas is 7 January.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 26, 2012, 03:02:18 AM
Santa-Rameau has returned to The North France-Pole, here returns the Monkey.
It's the Second Christmas Day here in Germany, so Sarge will continue to wear the red and white cap until 2400 CET.
Sarge
How do you make those Santa avatars?
Quote from: Lake Swan on December 26, 2012, 05:53:01 AM
How do you make those Santa avatars?
I made mine with Photoshop 6. Found a Santa cap image online and cut & pasted it onto my Rock avatar.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 26, 2012, 05:56:26 AM
I made mine with Photoshop 6. Found a Santa cap image online and cut & pasted it onto my Rock avatar.
Cool.
Christmas is over but I'll keep the spirit.
Bernardino Luini - Child Angel Playing a Flute (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=363)
Dürer's Rhinoceros
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5v3rzium8wo/T2vOC1vFvHI/AAAAAAAAPqE/imq2yW4sniU/s1600/Durer-rhinoceros.jpg)
We had that hanging in one of the MFA galleries not long since, Bill.
Excellent. Should not flirt with a rhino, though. Alas, Traddles returns. :)
How cruelly Steerforth needles Rosa Dartle. How innocently Davey is blind to it all.
For all his skill in depicting the intricacies of nature realistically in his works, I thought that was almost a caricature of a rhino suitable perhaps as an accompaniment for a fantasy novel. That is, until I read that it was based solely on a description of a creature that hardly anyone in Europe had set eyes on for centuries. Astounding!
Quote from: karlhenning on January 05, 2013, 05:16:41 AM
How cruelly Steerforth needles Rosa Dartle. How innocently Davey is blind to it all.
A fire wasted for sure, Karl.
Ah! Shouldn't one turn to Mozart for comfort for the soul?
So now I fly under Morisot's Mozart Sonata.
(http://www.lifestyled.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ray-Ban-Bogart-Bacall-.jpg)
Bogey and Bacall in Ray-Bans...stinkin' cool. The car is sweet as well. May keep this one for a good while.
An abandoned homestead in Eastern Washington, about a hundred miles from anywhere. I don't know who lived there, but I think I know why they left. :P
Despite the desolation it really is a beautiful place.
My avatar's name is Dmitrard van Wagtakoven. :P
I will change avatar just for today. :)
My avatar: American Impressionist composer Charles Griffes.
A Dalek poster, from Doctor Who.
I was guessing these, Greg. Just saw them at a shop yesterday.
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlKVIMQncXU7HObz2Q_Z_KyK2iZsh6XgBjqW3CfLZruYhSHAEDIQ)
but considering your choice, please visit here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14918415
Quote from: Bogey on April 07, 2013, 06:29:00 PM
but considering your choice, please visit here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14918415
Ha! I like how he's not even a fan of the show. Perfect display of the Dalek's power!!!!
Thanks for sharing, Bogey. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 05, 2013, 07:11:38 AM
My avatar: American Impressionist composer Charles Griffes.
You can't leave out "Thomlinson"
Quote from: springrite on April 07, 2013, 06:39:33 PM
You can't leave out "Thomlinson"
Next time he's my avatar I'll be sure not to leave Tomlinson off. ;) :)
From illustrator J.J. Harrison. Finn and Jake (and BMO) from the Cartoon Network show "Adventure Time", the image pays homage to the great Miyazaki film "My Neighbor Totoro".
Frazetta Tarzan. 'Nuff said.
Quote from: MN Dave on July 03, 2013, 03:30:14 PM
Nice. :)
Fantasy artwork really does not get better. There is different, but not better.(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd376/NormTyrsen/Misc%20Images/Norm%20Smilies%20Collection/thviking_smiley_81.gif)
Akira Ifukube, 1936.
Quote from: Bogey on July 03, 2013, 03:24:07 PM
Frazetta Tarzan. 'Nuff said.
Wow, Tarzan didn't last long! Bill, you're becoming as fickle as the Minnesota kid :D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 06, 2013, 02:14:32 AM
Wow, Tarzan didn't last long! Bill, you're becoming as fickle as the Minnesota kid :D
Sarge
My avatar mentor. ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Kane
When my avatar changes, it is all about "personal growth"!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 06, 2013, 02:14:32 AM
Wow, Tarzan didn't last long! Bill, you're becoming as fickle as the Minnesota kid :D
Sarge
At least Bill does not change his user name. But when it comes to avatar fickleness, I guess they can be billed together!
Quote from: springrite on July 16, 2013, 06:10:26 PM
At least Bill does not change his user name. But when it comes to avatar fickleness, I guess they can be billed together!
My user name is Dave. MN Dave. 8)
Quote from: MN Dave on July 16, 2013, 06:19:09 PM
My user name is Dave. MN Dave. 8)
Love the Howard nod here, Dave.
Quote from: Bogey on July 16, 2013, 06:43:45 PM
Love the Howard nod here, Dave.
I thought you'd say: My name is Bogey. Double Bogey.
Quote from: springrite on July 16, 2013, 06:47:08 PM
I thought you'd say: My name is Bogey. Double Bogey.
:)
Quote from: MN Dave on July 17, 2013, 03:50:27 AM
Stratego!
Indeed! Fun to play online as well....and free.
Some guy.
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2013, 04:01:18 PM
Some guy.
The man doesn't look like Mike at all. He seems more a Dave, I'd say.
Quote from: Opus106 on July 29, 2013, 12:27:38 AM
The man doesn't look like Mike at all. He seems more a Dave, I'd say.
Some other guy. :)
Another monkey. This time a curious one.
An expression of pure rage.
My avatar has changed abruptly from the dashing young Enescu to the craggy old Rautavaara! :D His forbidding looks belie music of great beauty and sensuous colors. Many have criticized him for sameness in his output, but I say to Rautavaara keep doing what you do best! I really hope he keeps composing in his old age. I would especially love to have another symphony from his pen. :)
Quote from: kyjo on August 18, 2013, 09:39:21 AM
My avatar has changed abruptly from the dashing young Enescu to the craggy old Rautavaara! :D His forbidding looks belie music of great beauty and sensuous colors. Many have criticized him for sameness in his output, but I say to Rautavaara keep doing what you do best! I really hope he keeps composing in his old age. I would especially love to have another symphony from his pen. :)
I personally enjoy Rautavaara's music. Particular favorites of mine are
Violin Concerto,
Symphonies 7 & 8, and
Autumn Gardens.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 13, 2013, 12:10:33 PM
Would you prefer squares? :)
What he really wanted to say was that he hates the binoculars on your monkey avatar!
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 18, 2013, 09:42:16 AM
I personally enjoy Rautavaara's music. Particular favorites of mine are Violin Concerto, Symphonies 7 & 8, and Autumn Gardens.
I love all those works too, along with
Manhattan Trilogy, Symphony no. 3 (which is twelve-tone but you'd never guess it),
On the Last Frontier and PC 3.
Quote from: kyjo on August 18, 2013, 09:49:34 AM
I love all those works too, along with Manhattan Trilogy, Symphony no. 3 (which is twelve-tone but you'd never guess it), On the Last Frontier and PC 3.
Yes, those are fine works as well.
My avatar is now the great American composer David Diamond. He is a sadly underrated composer for one who composed music of such power, intensity and warmth. His Symphony no. 2 is a masterpiece which deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the third symphonies of Copland and Harris.
Quote from: kyjo on August 21, 2013, 01:21:07 PM
My avatar is now the great American composer David Diamond. He is a sadly underrated composer for one who composed music of such power, intensity and warmth. His Symphony no. 2 is a masterpiece which deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the third symphonies of Copland and Harris.
Such a great composer and sadly neglected. I like his much better than Copland or Harris to be honest.
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 21, 2013, 07:12:11 PM
Such a great composer and sadly neglected. I like his much better than Copland or Harris to be honest.
Copland and Harris are frustratingly uneven composers who, only in their very greatest works (both of their third symphonies IMO), really wrote music of great substance and emotion. Diamond, on the other hand, is a much more consistent composer who poured his heart into his work and produced music of great depth and communicative power. It is a travesty that many major works of his, including his Symphonies 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, remain unrecorded. :(
Quote from: kyjo on August 21, 2013, 07:29:57 PM
Copland and Harris are frustratingly uneven composers who, only in their very greatest works (both of their third symphonies IMO), really wrote music of great substance and emotion. Diamond, on the other hand, is a much more consistent composer who poured his heart into his work and produced music of great depth and communicative power.
I honestly don't care for Copland's or Harris' 3rd. I think these are highly overrated and not because they're 'popular' but mainly because Schuman's 3rd blows them both away. ;) :D I agree with what you wrote about Diamond. Such a lyrically expressive composer.
Mine is a reference to John Cage's 4'33.
Now, my avatar is the great Danish maverick Rued Langgaard. What I find fascinating about his music is that while being strikingly original and imaginative in a number of ways, its tonal language is still firmly planted in the late-romantic tradition. It is sad that his music is still largely overshadowed by his countryman Nielsen. Anyone who hasn't yet purchased the Dacapo set of his complete symphonies: GET IT NOW!!!! Simply amazing stuff from start to finish. His Symphony no. 1 is an amazingly accomplished work for a sixteen-year-old!
Quote from: kyjo on August 26, 2013, 05:40:15 PM
Now, my avatar is the great Danish maverick Rued Langgaard. What I find fascinating about his music is that while being strikingly original and imaginative in a number of ways, its tonal language is still firmly planted in the late-romantic tradition. It is sad that his music is still largely overshadowed by his countryman Nielsen. Anyone who hasn't yet purchased the Dacapo set of his complete symphonies: GET IT NOW!!!! Simply amazing stuff from start to finish. His Symphony no. 1 is an amazingly accomplished work for a sixteen-year-old!
I see you're a fan of Super Rued.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_3620.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 26, 2013, 05:41:52 PM
I see you're a fan of Super Rued.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_3620.jpg)
LOL! :P
Quote from: kyjo on August 26, 2013, 05:40:15 PM
Now, my avatar is the great Danish maverick Rued Langgaard. What I find fascinating about his music is that while being strikingly original and imaginative in a number of ways, its tonal language is still firmly planted in the late-romantic tradition. It is sad that his music is still largely overshadowed by his countryman Nielsen. Anyone who hasn't yet purchased the Dacapo set of his complete symphonies: GET IT NOW!!!! Simply amazing stuff from start to finish. His Symphony no. 1 is an amazingly accomplished work for a sixteen-year-old!
One of the most distinct looking composers but your avatar chose one of his more normal photos!
Quote from: springrite on August 26, 2013, 05:47:48 PM
One of the most distinct looking composers but your avatar chose one of his more normal photos!
I could've chose this one:
(http://content.justsheetmusic.com/images/composers/rued-langgaard.jpg)
A true visionary indeed! :D
Quote from: kyjo on August 26, 2013, 05:59:16 PM
I could've chose this one:
(http://content.justsheetmusic.com/images/composers/rued-langgaard.jpg)
A true visionary indeed! :D
Better! I also like the ones with the oversized top hat!
Now for a more "ordinary"-looking composer, the great Albert Roussel. :) The four-disc Naxos series of Roussel's symphonies and some other orchestral works led by the fantastic and underrated conductor Stephane Deneve is what really made me fall in love with his music. Most people say Roussel's characteristically neoclassical Third and Fourth symphonies are his masterpieces, but, while they are very good works indeed, I find myself even more enthralled with the First and Second. The First is a stunningly gorgeous work with a fresh take on impressionism, and the Second is a fascinating work that serves as a transition between the soundworlds of the First and the Third and Fourth Symphonies. It has some dark, almost sinister undercurrents that make it quite unique in French symphonic literature. Roussel's vivid imagination and great orchestral writing capability are still largely unrecognized, sadly. :(
Quote from: kyjo on September 01, 2013, 07:21:00 PM
Now for a more "ordinary"-looking composer, the great Albert Roussel. :) The four-disc Naxos series of Roussel's symphonies and some other orchestral works led by the fantastic and underrated conductor Stephane Deneve is what really made me fall in love with his music. Most people say Roussel's characteristically neoclassical Third and Fourth symphonies are his masterpieces, but, while they are very good works indeed, I find myself even more enthralled with the First and Second. The First is a stunningly gorgeous work with a fresh take on impressionism, and the Second is a fascinating work that serves as a transition between the soundworlds of the First and the Third and Fourth Symphonies. It has some dark, almost sinister undercurrents that make it quite unique in French symphonic literature. Roussel's vivid imagination and great orchestral writing capability are still largely unrecognized, sadly. :(
I say the 2nd and 3rd are his best symphonies with the 1st and 4th being quite good. I love his ballets
Bacchus et Ariane and
The Spider's Feast. I long for a better recording of
Evocations. For me, this is one of Roussel's best works.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JkriEnzFNjE/UOLm3glryzI/AAAAAAAAIbw/_iksg_BSIgQ/s1600/FDR_King.riding.jpg)
FDR driving Queen Elizabeth (front seat), King George VI, and FDR's daughter in law, Betsey at the Hot Dog Summit.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 01, 2013, 07:27:03 PM
I say the 2nd and 3rd are his best symphonies with the 1st and 4th being quite good. I love his ballets Bacchus et Ariane and The Spider's Feast. I long for a better recording of Evocations. For me, this is one of Roussel's best works.
I greatly enjoy all the non-symphonic works you mention, as well as the invigorating, exciting choral works contained on this terribly out-of-print Timpani disc:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E3-3ZAA0L._SX300_.jpg)
One thing I really love about Roussel's music is its ever-present freshness and vitality. Nothing about it seems dull or one-dimensional. One way you can spot a great composer (like Roussel) is if, upon recurring listenings, new layers of their music are revealed that lead you to a greater understanding and/or enjoyment of their art. Wow, I'm really off-topic......
Quote from: kyjo on September 01, 2013, 07:38:58 PM
I greatly enjoy all the non-symphonic works you mention, as well as the invigorating, exciting choral works contained on this terribly out-of-print Timpani disc:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E3-3ZAA0L._SX300_.jpg)
One thing I really love about Roussel's music is its ever-present freshness and vitality. Nothing about it seems dull or one-dimensional. One way you can spot a great composer (like Roussel) is if, upon recurring listenings, new layers of their music are revealed that lead you to a greater understanding and/or enjoyment of their art. Wow, I'm really off-topic......
Yep, that's a great disc too. :)
After all these years, I thought maybe I should post about my avatar! :) It's a difficult one, I know. I keep not changing it so that the profundity of the avatar will disperse into your very being. Just don't get too close to the screen - he does scratch! :)
If you are worried I might change it after all these years, you can relax. No change is imminent. I know that must keep some of you up at night, so rest easy! :laugh: :-*
I notice Todd has changed his avatar. I'd grown so used to the slightly Monty-Python-ish face and hair of Elihu P. Root staring at me all over this forum.
Quote from: Brian on September 02, 2013, 11:43:33 AM
I notice Todd has changed his avatar. I'd grown so used to the slightly Monty-Python-ish face and hair of Elihu P. Root staring at me all over this forum.
I don't even know who Todd is anymore. :'(
My new avatar is Carlos Chavez. One of the most original compositional voices to come out of Mexico in the early to mid 20th Century. Not only was he a great composer, but he was also important in helping get Mexico international recognition. Of course, composers like Revueltas, Ponce, Moncayo, Galindo, etc. helped with this success, it was Chavez who lead the way. One of the most important things he did, besides being a composer and educator, he helped found the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. Quite a busy guy to say the least. :)
Now up: the fantastic Finn Einar Englund. His music was influenced by Sibelius and Shostakovich but he didn't lack an individual voice. It is very Nordic in its grimness and stark power, but not depressing like some of Pettersson's music! :P I find a lot of music powerful and sometimes moving, especially his Symphony no. 2 Blackbird, which I listed in the "Unsung works everyone should hear" thread. He did have a lighter side, though, as evidenced by the scathing irony of the Great Wall of China Suite, which is a fun-filled knock off Shostakovich's lighter works. Fortunately, his music has been very well-served by Ondine and Naxos.
Just me, Ray. ;D
'At's our Ray!
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 10, 2013, 11:30:46 AM
Just me, Ray. ;D
Sometimes it feels good to just be yourself. :)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 10, 2013, 11:42:43 AM
Sometimes it feels good to just be yourself. :)
;D
Which is why we appreciate that you are always yourself, Greg. I mean, you ARE a sock monkey, aren't you? ??? :D
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 10, 2013, 11:30:46 AM
Just me, Ray. ;D
Not as nutty-looking as I have expected...
Quote from: springrite on September 10, 2013, 11:44:29 AM
Not as nutty-looking as I have expected...
Looks are deceiving. 8)
Schnittke is my avatar once again because I remain spellbound by his music. I listened to his Viola Concerto once again last night (Yuri Bashmet/Rostropovich performance) and it had me completely mesmerized from start to finish. Yes, some of his works are clearly written in an avant-garde style, but even these works remain quite accessible to me. Sometimes he leaves me scratching my head or in complete puzzlement, but his music is always direct and to the point. Next to Shostakovich, Schnittke remains my favorite Soviet Era composer.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 10, 2013, 03:12:03 PM
Schnittke is my avatar once again because I remain spellbound by his music. I listened to his Viola Concerto once again last night (Yuri Bashmet/Rostropovich performance) and it had me completely mesmerized from start to finish. Yes, some of his works are clearly written in an avant-garde style, but even these works remain quite accessible to me. Sometimes he leaves me scratching my head or in complete puzzlement, but his music is always direct and to the point. Next to Shostakovich, Schnittke remains my favorite Soviet Era composer.
Ach, not that crazy guy Schnittke again! :P And don't tell me you've thrown Prokofiev under the bus! ???
Quote from: kyjo on September 10, 2013, 04:19:58 PM
Ach, not that crazy guy Schnittke again! :P And don't tell me you've thrown Prokofiev under the bus! ???
It takes a crazy to know another crazy. ;) I wouldn't dare dream of throwing Prokofiev under the bus, Kyle. Aghh...you're such a drama queen. :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 10, 2013, 04:58:10 PM
It takes a crazy to know another crazy. ;) I wouldn't dare dream of throwing Prokofiev under the bus, Kyle. Aghh...you're such a drama queen. :D
Only kidding! ;) Well, maybe he hasn't been thrown under the bus, but he's been bumped down a notch.....
Quote from: kyjo on September 10, 2013, 05:02:17 PM
Only kidding! ;) Well, maybe he hasn't been thrown under the bus, but he's been bumped down a notch.....
The only reason he has been bumped down a notch is because I connect more with Schnittke than I do Prokofiev and Shostakovich is my #1 composer so he'll never get knocked out of place.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 10, 2013, 05:05:14 PM
Shostakovich is #1 composer so he'll never get knocked out of place.
He better not! :P
Wilson and Taft kickin' it at the White House before Wilson's inaug.
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Quote from: kyjo on September 10, 2013, 05:11:26 PM
He better not! :P
Well, but check in two weeks from now . . . .
Quote from: Opus106 on September 11, 2013, 12:26:52 AM
Eric's a photographer too? ;)
Had much the same thought,
Nav :)
Quote from: Opus106 on September 11, 2013, 12:26:52 AM
Eric's a photographer too? ;)
Oops, I guess I forgot to remove the picture description. :laugh:
Nope, Eric is not a photographer. :)
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
Oh, that sounds painful! Hopefully, you can beat all the recovery speed records - we're pulling for you.
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
As a person who's undergone the fractured pelvis portion from a bad fall (hip versus concrete stockroom floor; floor won), you have my fullest sympathy. The hardest part is actually training yourself to walk correctly, which is not as easy a skill as it may sound.
Thread duty: in recognition of the season: a 19th century engraving of Jews praying at the "Western/Wailing Wall."
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
Sorry to hear about this. Here's for a speedy recovery.
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
Dude, if you are posting
on the same day as sustaining such an injury, you are a superman. Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Please tell me it was not a motorist who did this to you.
My current avatar is of Charles Koechlin. Truly a musical outsider and a visionary composer. His music continues to mystify me with it's subtle, but complex harmonic language, the almost free use of rhythm, the spaciousness of the music, the textures he's able to conjure up from the smallest to the largest of groups of instruments, and the almost unpredictable nature of his music. Why his music isn't performed more often completely puzzles me.
Thanks for the best wishes! Made my morning today (that, along with the Morphine!). Sorry, but it was a car - he just didn't see me. I feel more sorry for him than I am for myself.
I have a walking test in an hour. If I can get 5 yards with a frame then I get to go home. I failed yesterday, but I'm hopeful today. I have been timing pain medication this morning so that it is optimal for the test! Fingers crossed.
Sorry to hear of your accident, Sef. Get well soon!
Quote from: Annie on September 13, 2013, 09:51:47 AM
HEYY!!! SHARE!!! 0:)
Ain't got morphine but got a few other variety of ~phines ... :P
Changed my avatar yet again this time to Olivier Messiaen. This is a composer I'm going to try and wrap my head around these upcoming weeks. He's certainly an endlessly fascinating composer who led quite an interesting life. Will be exploring my three box sets of his music: the DG, Hanssler, and Warner Classics.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 13, 2013, 09:15:50 PM
Changed my avatar yet again this time to Olivier Messiaen. This is a composer I'm going to try and wrap my head around these upcoming weeks. He's certainly an endlessly fascinating composer who led quite an interesting life. Will be exploring my three box sets of his music: the DG, Hanssler, and Warner Classics.
I've got to learn to read this thread from the bottom upwards. Otherwise what John says to be his avatar never matches the actual avatar I see! Ugh!
Quote from: Sef on September 13, 2013, 06:59:33 AM
I have a walking test in an hour. If I can get 5 yards with a frame then I get to go home. I failed yesterday, but I'm hopeful today. I have been timing pain medication this morning so that it is optimal for the test! Fingers crossed.
Home for sure today (second attempt). So confident I'm even planning the weekend's playlist (no Pettersson!). ;D
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
For some reason, I always thought that it was an older Casals. Continued prayers in your recovery and your attitude is top shelf.
Tread duty:
Lincoln's Second Inaugural (close up) from
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I believe it is only one of two photos of him unposed. The other is his Gettysburg Address.
Cheers, Bill!
Quote from: springrite on September 14, 2013, 12:55:34 AM
I've got to learn to read this thread from the bottom upwards. Otherwise what John says to be his avatar never matches the actual avatar I see! Ugh!
:P
Quote from: Sef on September 12, 2013, 09:01:02 AM
My avatar is Allen Pettersson, for whom I have an even greater affinity today after being knocked off my bike and suffering a broken spine and pelvis :( . Not as bad as it could be though, and I shall fully recover in a few months.
As a fellow (urban?) biker, I'm empathetically horrified. All the best and get better soon and back into the saddle.
I think I've finally settled on an avatar for awhile: Szymanowski. For me, he's easily my favorite Polish composer. It seems his music is starting to have a resurgence of sorts. Boulez recorded a CD and, while these performances aren't 'bad' per se, I revisited this recording many months ago and found it less convincing on the second hearing. Surely Boulez cannot best Rattle, Kord, or Wit in this repertoire, but Boulez gets an 'A' for effort. One of the first works I heard from this enchanting composer was Symphony No. 3 'Song of the Night' and I was completely mesmerized from start to finish. It was at this juncture that I acquired Rattle's set on EMI and this has served me well for several years. I think Szymanowski's star is still rising and I do hope more orchestras program his music in the future.
I lied! It's back to Shostakovich! Damn, I'm so indecisive tonight! :D
The. Monk, as depicted on the cover of Underground.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 15, 2013, 10:09:28 AM
The. Monk, as depicted on the cover of Underground.
Coolness.
Quote from: Bogey on September 15, 2013, 10:11:17 AM
Coolness.
The back cover of that album, which gives a complete description of what's what on the cover, with tongue very firmly in cheek, is priceless. Almost everything you see is a momento of Monk's service in WWII with the French Underground, including the taxidermied German officer. I'd post it, but 1) it's too long to quote and 2)everyone who doesn't have that album needs to get it for themselve, anyway,,.,,
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 15, 2013, 10:34:52 AM
The back cover of that album, which gives a complete description of what's what on the cover, with tongue very firmly in cheek, is priceless. Almost everything you see is a momento of Monk's service in WWII with the French Underground, including the taxidermied German officer. I'd post it, but 1) it's too long to quote and 2)everyone who doesn't have that album needs to get it for themselve, anyway,,.,,
I may just have to spin that one this afternoon after a triad of grand Canyon Suites.
Ravel is my new avatar. Man, I love this guy's music. He was a genius through and through. One aspect of his music I really adore is his haunting, unique chord voicings. Pieces like Pavane pour une infante défunte, individual movements such as the slow movement of the PC in G major, or moments such as the Sunrise scene in Daphnis et Chloé are not of this world. They awaken emotions from the very depths of my soul. OK, I'm getting a little carried away now! :D
Quote from: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 01:53:24 PM
Ravel is my new avatar. Man, I love this guy's music. He was a genius through and through. One aspect of his music I really adore is his haunting, unique chord voicings. Pieces like Pavane pour une infante défunte, individual movements such as the slow movement of the PC in G major, or moments such as the Sunrise scene in Daphnis et Chloé are not of this world. They awaken emotions from the very depths of my soul. OK, I'm getting a little carried away now! :D
Excellent! Ravel is among my very favourite composers. I love the PC's,
Ma mère l'oye,
Miroirs,
Gaspard, the chamber music, the songs, and
L'enfant et les Sortilèges.
Quote from: North Star on September 15, 2013, 02:18:21 PM
Excellent! Ravel is among my very favourite composers. I love the PC's, Ma mère l'oye, Miroirs, Gaspard, the chamber music, the songs, and L'enfant et les Sortilèges.
Great to meet another Ravel fan! To be honest, I love pretty much everything he composed, even
L'enfant et les Sortileges, one of the few operas I can really express admiration for (in case you weren't aware, I'm not to keen on opera).
Quote from: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 02:23:58 PM
Great to meet another Ravel fan! To be honest, I love pretty much everything he composed, even L'enfant et les Sortileges, one of the few operas I can really express admiration for (in case you weren't aware, I'm not to keen on opera).
Yes, I too love all of it, even if
Boléro,
Tzigane, and some early pieces aren't among my favourites, that's just because there are so many pieces I like more - and love.
Quote from: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 02:23:58 PM
Great to meet another Ravel fan! To be honest, I love pretty much everything he composed, even L'enfant et les Sortileges, one of the few operas I can really express admiration for (in case you weren't aware, I'm not to keen on opera).
Well, there are many, many Ravel fans on GMG. I'd say a good majority of folks on here are fans of at least some of Ravel's pieces.
My current avatar is the great, if still underrated, Frank Martin. Certainly a composer I've come around to more in the past year. His Cello Concerto was my 'gateway' into his sound-world and really the work that allowed me to get a better grip of his style. Since hearing this work, I've been able to revisit my Bamert Chandos recordings with a greater appreciation and I'm still adding to my collection as I post this message.
Love your Martin avatar, John! I've changed my avatar as well, this time to the great British composer Malcolm Arnold. His music is full of honest emotion no matter how quirky it may be. I love all of his symphonies, especially nos. 4-6, which are dark, often violent works. The enigmatic Ninth is also a great work. I adore his "lighter" side as well-the English Dances, Cornish Dances and overtures are so infectious! He also wrote what I consider some of the greatest film music ever written, especially The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Quote from: kyjo on September 23, 2013, 11:59:40 AM
Love your Martin avatar, John! I've changed my avatar as well, this time to the great British composer Malcolm Arnold. His music is full of honest emotion no matter how quirky it may be. I love all of his symphonies, especially nos. 4-6, which are dark, often violent works. The enigmatic Ninth is also a great work. I adore his "lighter" side as well-the English Dances, Cornish Dances and overtures are so infectious! He also wrote what I consider some of the greatest film music ever written, especially The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Thanks, kyjo. I think I'll leave Martin up here awhile. Love Arnold's music by the way. I still think
Symphony No. 9 is one of his most moving musical statements, although he has many of them. I've grown quite fond of
Symphony No. 7 more recently, but all his symphonies are worth hearing as are his other orchestral works. I've found myself listening to his concertante works every now and then as well, which he wrote many of these. Out of the three symphonic cycles recorded, whose cycle do you prefer? I own all three of them: Penny, Handley, and Hickox/Gamba. I prefer Penny for his intensity and sheer emotional drive he gives these works and it also helps to have the composer present at the recording sessions. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 23, 2013, 12:21:07 PM
Thanks, kyjo. I think I'll leave Martin up here awhile. Love Arnold's music by the way. I still think Symphony No. 9 is one of his most moving musical statements, although he has many of them. I've grown quite fond of Symphony No. 7 more recently, but all his symphonies are worth hearing as are his other orchestral works. I've found myself listening to his concertante works every now and then as well, which he wrote many of these. Out of the three symphonic cycles recorded, whose cycle do you prefer? I own all three of them: Penny, Handley, and Hickox/Gamba. I prefer Penny for his intensity and sheer emotional drive he gives these works and it also helps to have the composer present at the recording sessions. :)
All three are excellent, but for me it's pretty much a tie between Penny and Hickox/Gamba. Hickox/Gamba, of course, have the advantage of the Chandos sonics, but Penny really drives these works hard, which I love.
Kimi and I.
My current avatar is a small crab husk, completely dead, which I photographed after positioning it in many different ways on 30 March 2012 in Helensburgh, Scotland. Poor wee thing it was, lifeless, with no insides...just a wee crab shell which had the appearance of a living thing until I picked up it's emptiness.
(Thesaurus has cheekily suggested I change Helensburgh for 'Cheeseburger' - >:( )
My new avatar is Geirr Tveitt, who was easily the greatest Norwegian composer besides Grieg (no disrespect meant to Saeverud, Valen, Halvorsen et al). His music is so individualistic yet he is rarely given credit for it-in this regard he reminds me of Leifs. The overwhelming drive, vigor, and earthy color of his music is simply thrilling. One of my favorite "unsungs" for sure.
Quote from: kyjo on October 06, 2013, 02:50:29 PM
My new avatar is Geirr Tveitt, who was easily the greatest Norwegian composer besides Grieg (no disrespect meant to Saeverud, Valen, Halvorsen et al). His music is so individualistic yet he is rarely given credit for it-in this regard he reminds me of Leifs. The overwhelming drive, vigor, and earthy color of his music is simply thrilling. One of my favorite "unsungs" for sure.
Cool, Kyle. I own many recordings of Tveitt's music but need to familiarize myself with his music once again. I own all of the Naxos recordings and only one of the BIS recordings unfortunately (the
Hardanger Fiddle Concerti disc), but I plan to add these BIS to my collection at some point.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 06, 2013, 04:10:22 PM
Cool, Kyle. I own many recordings of Tveitt's music but need to familiarize myself with his music once again. I own all of the Naxos recordings and only one of the BIS recordings unfortunately (the Hardanger Fiddle Concerti disc), but I plan to add these BIS to my collection at some point.
Nice, John. It certainly wouldn't hurt to pick up those BIS discs, even though the performances on Naxos are already excellent. The sound on the BIS discs is, as usual with the company, superb. Also, BIS recorded some works Naxos didn't get around to, such as
Telemarkin,
Baldur's Dreams,
Sun God Symphony,
Prillar and
The Turtle.
Quote from: kyjo on October 06, 2013, 04:22:46 PM
Nice, John. It certainly wouldn't hurt to pick up those BIS discs, even though the performances on Naxos are already excellent. The sound on the BIS discs is, as usual with the company, superb. Also, BIS recorded some works Naxos didn't get around to, such as Telemarkin, Baldur's Dreams, Sun God Symphony, Prillar and The Turtle.
See purchases thread. :)
A pic taken from the other night of myself conducting in our season opening concert. The crowd went bananas.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/leonard-bernstein.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 11, 2013, 05:50:09 AM
A pic taken from the other night of myself conducting in our season opening concert. The crowd went bananas.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/leonard-bernstein.jpg)
+1 :laugh:
Theo from The Life and Times of Tim
I've changed it from DSCH to Haydn. The story behind the DSCH avatar is that I chose it, after I chose it I saw that Paul was using it... and then I was too lazy to switch.
Just got a professional portrait done today, thought I would use it as my avatar.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/brittensockmonkey.jpg?w=500&h=312)
A shout out to one of my other abiding interests: classic ships (especially the great Atlantic liners): a classic poster for the SS Normandie
Quote from: yes! on November 19, 2013, 11:16:37 AM
My favorite beverage, a nicely brewed cup of espresso.
I have two or three of these each morning.
Features after three espressos:
(http://funny-pics.co/wp-content/uploads/Too-Much-Coffee.jpg)
Quote from: sanantonio on November 19, 2013, 11:23:58 AM
;D
Really, it's not that bad.
:)
;D
I drink a lot of coffee. Probably too much, but I don't care. :)
Quote from: sanantonio on November 19, 2013, 11:16:37 AM
My favorite beverage, a nicely brewed cup of espresso.
I have two or three of these each morning.
I'm a black coffee man myself. 2-3 cups a day. Sometimes some decaf at night, I just love the flavor.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 02:04:55 PM
I'm a black coffee man myself. 2-3 cups a day. Sometimes some decaf at night, I just love the flavor.
Yup. I love a cup at the start, but one to finish the evening is the best.
Like John (MI), I'm pretty burned out on Strauss and feel like taking a break from his music for a while. So, (a younger) RVW is taking his place as my avatar! I will always love this man's music. And I'm not like John, I actually mean this when I say it! :P
Owl.
Quote from: amw on November 19, 2013, 04:48:50 PM
Owl.
You'll probably change it once you need a break from Owl. Perhaps to mountain lion, or moose. But you can always return to Owl.
;)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:05:13 PM
You'll probably change it once you need a break from Owl. Perhaps to mountain lion, or moose. But you can always return to Owl.
;)
Or perhaps a fine animal of Simian origins. :)
Quote from: Bogey on November 19, 2013, 04:18:01 PM
Yup. I love a cup at the start, but one to finish the evening is the best.
Mmm, I think I'll get one now.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 23, 2013, 06:07:31 PM
Just got a professional portrait done today, thought I would use it as my avatar.
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/brittensockmonkey.jpg?w=500&h=312)
B&W photos suit you well, Greg! ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 19, 2013, 05:12:57 PM
B&W photos suit you well, Greg! ;D
Thanks, Ray.
A pint of your favorite lager if you can name the composer behind the Monkey!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:14:58 PM
Thanks, Ray.
A pint of your favorite lager if you can name the composer behind the Monkey!
Hmm, I thought it was a conductor? Or was that the avatar of previous I'm thinking of?
I know you had Bernstein, who was a conductor and composer? Well, I'll stick to it. Lenny Bananastein? :D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:14:58 PM
Thanks, Ray.
A pint of your favorite lager if you can name the composer behind the Monkey!
Dmitri Dmitrievich?
If I'm right, I cede my pint to Ray, anyway.
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 19, 2013, 05:17:56 PM
Hmm, I thought it was a conductor? Or was that the avatar of previous I'm thinking of?
I know you had Bernstein, who was a conductor and composer? Well, I'll stick to it. Lenny Bananastein? :D
You're close. He's actually a conductor too.
I'll give you a hint, his name rhymes with Simjamin Mitten ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:23:15 PM
You're close. He's actually a conductor too.
I'll give you a hint, his name rhymes with Simjamin Mitten ;D
Aha!! The British Sock Mitten, Bananjamin Britten! :D
Do they make 'sock composers'? If so, I'm putting in an order now prior to Christmas. ;D
As of December 1st, I'll be sporting Santa Brahms again, for the 2nd annual Santa composer avatar. :D
I think I made you a brahms one last year. I still have them all.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:27:27 PM
I think I made you a brahms one last year. I still have them all.
You did indeed. I still have it saved!! :)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:27:27 PM
I think I made you a brahms one last year. I still have them all.
And now you'll have to make a Santa composer for Kyle (or several hundred of them). :laugh:
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 19, 2013, 05:27:56 PM
You did indeed. I still have it saved!! :)
Cool! I sported a Rameau Santa that I was very proud of. Thanks for reminding me, perhaps I'll make some new ones.
Pints for everyone!! ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:23:15 PM
You're close. He's actually a conductor too.
I'll give you a hint, his name rhymes with Simjamin Mitten ;D
Got it--
Did they ever exchange clothes? I could swear I've seen DSCH wearing that same not very well fitted suit in at least one photo.
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 19, 2013, 05:26:36 PM
As of December 1st, I'll be sporting Santa Brahms again, for the 2nd annual Santa composer avatar. :D
And I intend to bring back Santa Bach, possibly whenever I recover from Black Friday. We're one of the stores (JCPenney) that will be opening at 8 PM Thanksgiving Day, and my shift is 2AM to 2PM. The alternate--to work a shift starting at 8PM to 3AM, then return after getting no more than fours of sleep to work an eight hour shift--would actually be worse.....
I think it's time for an avatar change. Bacewicz will be my avatar until Kyle decides to change his. :D But hopefully, he'll leave good ol' RVW up there for awhile.
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 19, 2013, 05:53:35 PM
I think it's time for an avatar change. Bacewicz will be my avatar until Kyle decides to change his. :D But hopefully, he'll leave good ol' RVW up there for awhile.
Yeah, right. ;)
Icy the Flakeman
I was going to change my avatar December 1st, but seeing that others have started with their 'Santa' composer avatars, it is time for Santa Brahms to appear! :) Courtesy of Monkey Greg!
Uh oh. The Santas are coming out in force again. ;D
Quote from: Bogey on November 27, 2013, 01:46:44 PM
Uh oh. The Santas are coming out in force again. ;D
And a perfect day for it, weather wise. A large amount of heavy, snowflaky snowfall in Winterpeg today. :D
Quote from: Bogey on November 27, 2013, 01:46:44 PM
Uh oh. The Santas are coming out in force again. ;D
This Santa is a pacifist, though 8)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 19, 2013, 05:30:40 PM
Cool! I sported a Rameau Santa that I was very proud of. Thanks for reminding me, perhaps I'll make some new ones.
Pints for everyone!! ;D
Something needs to be updated ;)
I'm in. ;D
Quote from: North Star on November 27, 2013, 01:52:42 PM
Something needs to be updated ;)
Rameau Santa is back! I guess the DSCH Santa is up for grabs if anyone wants it. :)
Is there a RVW Santa anywhere? ;)
Quote from: kyjo on November 27, 2013, 03:42:37 PM
Is there a RVW Santa anywhere? ;)
could be soon. I'll let you know. ;)
I'm in.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 27, 2013, 05:17:45 PM
I'm in.
+1 I knew I'd see Jeffrey with Santa Bach, sooner or later! :D
The Santa composers avatars are very funny! :) But isn't a bit early for them?
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on November 28, 2013, 01:50:23 AM
The Santa composers avatars are very funny! :) But isn't a bit early for them?
I think so. Sergeant Santa won' t appear until the first Advent.
Sarge
The barbarian has donned the cap even ahead of Advent I.
Have yourself a Scythian little Christmas!
(Big thanks to Monkey Greg.)
Could somebody here please help me put a Santa hat on my Richard Wagner avatar. I asked for it last year and I seem to have lost that image. I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you very much :)
marvin
Quote from: karlhenning on November 28, 2013, 03:42:22 AM
The barbarian has donned the cap even ahead of Advent I.
Have yourself a Scythian little Christmas!
(Big thanks to Monkey Greg.)
The
Scythian Santa Sergei is in 'da haus! :D
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on November 28, 2013, 01:50:23 AM
The Santa composers avatars are very funny! :) But isn't a bit early for them?
If we are using the new norm (which I believe is out of control), then these should have appeared mid-October. :o
Off to kitchen duty for me; see you later!
Santa Santayevich Prokofiev 8)
:( I'm terribly afraid I've lost my Santa composer avatar too; please may I ask for another one, this time a Santa Karajan if it could be possible? Thank you very much anyway.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 01, 2013, 04:59:27 AM
:( I'm terribly afraid I've lost my Santa composer avatar too; please may I ask for another one, this time a Santa Karajan if it could be possible? Thank you very much anyway.
I'm at work now, but if you haven't been made one by this evening (from another user) I'll get one to you. :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 01, 2013, 04:59:27 AM
:( I'm terribly afraid I've lost my Santa composer avatar too; please may I ask for another one, this time a Santa Karajan if it could be possible? Thank you very much anyway.
Here's a Santa Karajan:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/nov2013/SantaKarajan160.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 01, 2013, 05:21:14 AM
Here's a Santa Karajan:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/nov2013/SantaKarajan.jpg)
Sarge
Happy Sunday to you, Santa Sarge! ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 01, 2013, 05:12:41 AM
I'm at work now, but if you haven't been made one by this evening (from another user) I'll get one to you. :)
No problem, there's no rush. :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 01, 2013, 05:21:14 AM
Here's a Santa Karajan:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/nov2013/SantaKarajan160.jpg)
Sarge
Haha, that's beautiful!!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 01, 2013, 05:21:14 AM
Here's a Santa Karajan:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/nov2013/SantaKarajan160.jpg)
Sarge
:D At least you didn't give Ilaria the Santa Karajan Lizard! ;D
Should I add one for Kimi?
(...how do I do that?)
Quote from: springrite on December 01, 2013, 06:01:25 AM
Should I add one for Kimi?
(...how do I do that?)
You use a graphics editing program (e.g., Photoshop) to copy and paste a Santa cap (plenty can be found on Google Images) onto the recipient's head. If you can't do it yourself, pm a suitable photo of Kimi to Monkey Greg or me and we can create Santa Kimi for you.
Sarge
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 01, 2013, 06:00:53 AM
:D At least you didn't give Ilaria the Santa Karajan Lizard! ;D
I was seriously thinking about it 8)
Sarge
Ha! This page is all Santa Avatars now. ;D
Edit: damn, previous page. 8)
Hey Greg, do you still have that Santa Koechlin available? I'd love to use it again. Unfortunately, when I was cleaning out some space on one of my flash drives, I wiped out the picture you made for me. Thanks!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 01, 2013, 09:06:04 AM
Ha! This page is all Santa Avatars now. ;D
Edit: damn, previous page. 8)
My favourite has got to be the one you did for Kyle, Greg. I love the sour look on Ralph Vaughan Williams' face, with the drooping forward Santa tuque. It is perfect! :D
And of course, Santa Rameau is a classic! :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 01, 2013, 09:16:32 AM
Hey Greg, do you still have that Santa Koechlin available? I'd love to use it again. Unfortunately, when I was cleaning out some space on one of my flash drives, I wiped out the picture you made for me. Thanks!
I do, it was actually one of my favorites, so mysterious. 8) I'll get it to you.
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 01, 2013, 09:29:29 AM
My favourite has got to be the one you did for Kyle, Greg. I love the sour look on Ralph Vaughan Williams' face, with the drooping forward Santa tuque. It is perfect! :D
And of course, Santa Rameau is a classic! :)
I expect a "bah humbug" from Santa RVW. ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 01, 2013, 11:28:03 AM
I do, it was actually one of my favorites, so mysterious. 8) I'll get it to you.
Great! Thanks, Greg! 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 01, 2013, 06:00:53 AM
:D At least you didn't give Ilaria the Santa Karajan Lizard! ;D
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 01, 2013, 07:07:04 AM
I was seriously thinking about it 8)
Sarge
Karajan Lizard?!? I would have liked to see that one. :D
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 02, 2013, 02:56:14 AM
Karajan Lizard?!? I would have liked to see that one. :D
;D :D ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/Tchai5Liz.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2013, 03:28:26 AM
;D :D ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/Tchai5Liz.jpg)
Sarge
So cool!! :D
(http://lovablelabelsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fonz1.jpg)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2013, 03:28:26 AM
;D :D ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/gm2/Tchai5Liz.jpg)
Sarge
Zu schön!! :D ;D
Christmas is over. Time to mow the lawn! :D
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 27, 2013, 06:52:08 PM
Christmas is over. Time to mow the lawn! :D
Ha! Love it, Ray. ;D
I seem to continue to make Elgar my avatar over and over again. I just can't help it. This man's music gets under my skin.
<------ Jake The Dog
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 27, 2013, 07:16:16 PM
<------ Jake The Dog
You know the monkey cannot be shut out for long.
Mr. Ford from Blade Runner.
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 27, 2013, 06:52:08 PM
Christmas is over. Time to mow the lawn! :D
Sensible idea, although I would think a snow blower would be more useful at this time of the year for you..
I'm changing mine to a DVD screencap from Der Rosenkavalier (Thielemann conducting Fleming, Damrau, Koch, Hawlata with Kaufmann cameoing as the Italian Tenor).
Quote from: Bogey on December 27, 2013, 07:17:04 PM
You know the monkey cannot be shut out for long.
You're right, gotta stay true.
<------- Fixed ;)
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 27, 2013, 07:17:30 PM
Sensible idea, although I would think a snow blower would be more useful at this time of the year for you..
;D Indeed, Jeffrey. I found this avatar while Googling Brahms photos. :D
Nothing runs like a Johannes Deere!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on December 27, 2013, 07:05:07 PM
Ha! Love it, Ray. ;D
Glad you like it, Greg. :D Which one is yours? Cornelius Bananastein?
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 27, 2013, 07:14:12 PM
I seem to continue to make Elgar my avatar over and over again. I just can't help it. This man's music gets under my skin.
;) :D
Back to Kandinsky.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 28, 2013, 06:16:48 AM
;) :D
I'm probably just going to leave it up permanently like you do with your Wagner avatar. 8) I don't think you've changed avatars since you've been here have you Ilaria? I can't remember.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 28, 2013, 05:49:20 PM
I'm probably just going to leave it up permanently
Yes, we've long since learned that in your book "permanently" meant "subject to change at any time without prior notice"... ;D :D
Quote from: Florestan on December 28, 2013, 11:13:14 PM
Yes, we've long since learned that in your book "permanently" meant "subject to change at any time without prior notice"... ;D :D
It means "it will probably change before you even read this post so you'd have no idea which one I was referring to".
But John had already switched back to the Elgar avatar by the time I saw that post ;)
Quote from: North Star on December 28, 2013, 11:35:21 PM
But John had already switched back to the Elgar avatar by the time I saw that post ;)
He is in denial. He is a closet Mozartian and Brucknerian.
Quote from: springrite on December 29, 2013, 01:19:07 AM
He is in denial. He is a closet Mozartian and Brucknerian.
I don't think his Brucknerianism is in the closet! Unless there was some apostasy this past year.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 28, 2013, 05:49:20 PM
I'm probably just going to leave it up permanently like you do with your Wagner avatar. 8) I don't think you've changed avatars since you've been here have you Ilaria? I can't remember.
Really? You seem to have caught a strong fancy for Elgar! I'm sorry, I couldn't go without smiling before since that was not the first time you spoke about definitive avatars. :) Yes,
Wagner has always been mine, but twice (without counting the Santa avatars) I used
Karajan.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on December 29, 2013, 02:40:57 AM
Really? You seem to have caught a strong fancy for Elgar! I'm sorry, I couldn't go without smiling before since that was not the first time you spoke about definitive avatars. :) Yes, Wagner has always been mine, but twice (without counting the Santa avatars) I used Karajan.
Yep! I think I'm going to leave 'ol Eddie up here for awhile. I just love his music so much. I would say that late December 2012 is whenever I had my 'lightbulb' moment with Elgar's music. I'm not sure what work it was but I
finally connected with his music. I always liked Elgar, but I never loved his music. Now is a different story of course. 8)
Ah, yes, I forgot about your Santa Karajan avatar. Didn't you at once point have Liszt and Wagner in the same picture for your avatar or am I thinking about another member?
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 29, 2013, 07:18:06 AM
Ah, yes, I forgot about your Santa Karajan avatar. Didn't you at once point have Liszt and Wagner in the same picture for your avatar or am I thinking about another member?
You're right, it was me! :) That was my Santa avatar 2012.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36295;type=avatar)
Chambernut-Ray, the only thing this great avatar is missing is a thought bubble: "I can't wait for autumn."
Quote from: Octave on December 30, 2013, 09:24:36 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36295;type=avatar)
Chambernut-Ray, the only thing this great avatar is missing is a thought bubble: "I can't wait for autumn."
:D :laugh: +1!!
Quote from: Octave on December 30, 2013, 09:24:36 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36295;type=avatar)
Chambernut-Ray, the only thing this great avatar is missing is a thought bubble: "I can't wait for autumn."
Hey! They made a small budget movie about me and my long drive, didn't they?
Barbaric dude named Conan and he's really pissed off.
Tired of being barbaric, I doubt not.
Quote from: karlhenning on December 31, 2013, 04:52:20 AM
Tired of being barbaric, I doubt not.
Tired of bullshit more likely.
Also, he is in chains.
In chains, but he has his sword? And he is chained in such a way that he can hold the sword with both hands?
Are his captors imbeciles? I ask only for information ;)
Quote from: karlhenning on December 31, 2013, 05:21:45 AM
Are his captors imbeciles?
The artist probably thought it looked cool and yes, we can assume they're imbeciles. ;D
Quote from: karlhenning on December 31, 2013, 05:21:45 AM
In chains, but he has his sword? And he is chained in such a way that he can hold the sword with both hands?
Are his captors imbeciles? I ask only for information ;)
The chain is a secondary weapon, not a constraint.
Happy new year, friends! Joy attend you and press your evening wear!
Quote from: karlhenning on December 31, 2013, 05:27:16 AM
Happy new year, friends! Joy attend you and press your evening wear!
The last time Joy pressed my evening wear, I got in big trouble. ;)
22:30 in Beijing at the moment. One and a half hour away.
Here is an idea: start sex before midnight and earn the right to boast how you can ... till the following year! Hooray!!!
Quote from: Metal Dave on December 31, 2013, 05:23:30 AM
The artist probably thought it looked cool and yes, we can assume they're imbeciles. ;D
A clue is the fact they take turns fighting so Conan can pick them off one by one. When they figure out they have a better chance of victory by attacking him all at the same time, they will have evolved up the cretin scale to moron.
Quote from: Szykneij on December 31, 2013, 05:32:30 AM
A clue is the fact they take turns fighting so Conan can pick them off one by one. When they figure out they have a better chance of victory by attacking him all at the same time, they will have evolved up the cretin scale to moron.
...at which point someone shouts: "You moron!" and someone else replies "Oh, thanks!"
Quote from: Szykneij on December 31, 2013, 05:32:30 AM
A clue is the fact they take turns fighting so Conan can pick them off one by one. When they figure out they have a better chance of victory by attacking him all at the same time, they will have evolved up the cretin scale to moron.
One does not simply attack Conan.
Quote from: springrite on December 31, 2013, 05:35:37 AM
...at which point someone shouts: "You moron!" and someone else replies "Oh, thanks!"
;D
Deplorably barbaric of Conan to bully cretins and morons.
Quote from: karlhenning on December 31, 2013, 05:40:15 AM
Deplorably barbaric of Conan to bully cretins and morons.
But he is far more respectful of idiots, though.
I knew it, he does have a soft spot!
All that from one avatar.
"Give up on Stockhausen .. You've got Conan now."
Quote from: springrite on December 31, 2013, 05:56:06 AM
"Give up on Stockhausen .. You've got Conan now."
That is beautiful!
Quote from: springrite on December 31, 2013, 04:49:16 AM
Hey! They made a small budget movie about me and my long drive, didn't they?
Good call!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/8ve/0a267084-d53c-4029-aa35-8f47b6cc1425_zpse3830c8f.jpg)
Quote from: mn dave on December 31, 2013, 04:50:37 AM
Barbaric dude named Conan and he's really pissed off.
Conan's already gone! Is that a record, Dave? Either the shortest you've kept an avatar...or the longest. Hard to tell :D
Sarge
I've had enough of the Kandinsky for now - this one's my own work. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/11101748546/) :)
Quote from: North Star on January 02, 2014, 03:24:45 PM
I've had enough of the Kandinsky for now - this one's my own work. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/11101748546/) :)
8) 8) 8)
And your Flickr nom also rates at least one
8)
Thanks for my new one, George!
My new DALI Epicon 2 speakers.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 02, 2014, 06:10:07 PM
8) 8) 8)
And your Flickr nom also rates at least one
8)
8)
Thanks!
Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on January 03, 2014, 10:21:38 PM
My new DALI Epicon 2 speakers.
The new Epicon Series is epic!
A shot of one of the beaches on St. John's, US Virgin Islands, taken while I was on a cruise in 1999.
Hopefully, it will help all you frozen Northerners keep warm.
Peter of Gabriel
Quote from: mn dave on January 07, 2014, 05:38:59 PM
Peter of Gabriel
This may be your best ever. Great call!
Quote from: Bogey on January 07, 2014, 06:32:54 PM
This may be your best ever. Great call!
Thank you, kind sir. :)
Quote from: mn dave on January 10, 2014, 12:41:28 PM
Thank you, kind sir. :)
MN Dave, do you know Mozart Dave? :D
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 10, 2014, 12:58:54 PM
MN Dave, do you know Mozart Dave? :D
We Daves all belong to the same club, yes.
For shame, it was high time I retired Santa Sergei.
Zis is KAOS: ve don't "shush" here!
Would you believe if I said that there are a bunch of girl scouts with a box of cookies outside?
How about one girl scout and a two cookies?
How about a Brownie with a half-eaten Oreo?
For the remainder of January, I'm going to leave Beethoven up as my avatar. He'll be my limited edition avatar. ;D I rather like this picture of him in which he looks like he's about to rip someone's arm off. 8)
I didn't expect you to choose Beethoven as avatar! But that's great. :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 14, 2014, 06:38:45 PM
. . . in which he looks like he's about to rip someone's arm off. 8)
Clearly, the model for Shrek . . . .
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 14, 2014, 06:38:45 PM
For the remainder of January, I'm going to leave Beethoven up as my avatar. He'll be my limited edition avatar. ;D I rather like this picture of him in which he looks like he's about to rip someone's arm off. 8)
Hi John, that's one of my favourite LVB pictures. :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on January 15, 2014, 11:34:59 AM
I didn't expect you to choose Beethoven as avatar! But that's great. :D
Me either which is why I went back to Elgar. ;) :D But, seriously, I've become so obsessed with Elgar's music lately that I felt bad for putting up LvB and leaving Elgar in the dark. :) I'm still highly anticipating that Karajan cycle and that Brendel/Levine PC cycle so there's no waning of my enthusiasm here. I just can't leave Elgar alone for very long. 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 15, 2014, 12:55:50 PMHi John, that's one of my favourite LVB pictures. :)
Yeah, Ray. It's a cool picture. When I was looking for LvB pictures on Google, I was trying to find the most pissed off one and looks like I succeeded. :)
Stinkin, damn dirty apes.
Three wooden boats once found safe harbor on one of my bookcases....
Actually, an old one I found on my hard drive. Extra virtual points to anyone who can recognize the books, most of the ones shown date from my college years (and, incidentally, evidence that my bookcases are as overcrowded as my CD racks).
15 JanuaryQuote from: Mirror Image on January 14, 2014, 06:38:45 PM
For the remainder of January, I'm going to leave Beethoven up as my avatar.
16 JanuaryQuote from: Mirror Image on January 15, 2014, 05:42:11 PM
Me either which is why I went back to Elgar.
;D :D ;D
17 January MI is now Delius
:D ;D :D
What will tomorrow bring? I can't wait to find out ;)
Sarge
Love that avatar, Ray!
Quote from: Bogey on January 18, 2014, 10:35:13 AM
Love that avatar, Ray!
:D Thanks, Bill and Greg. :)
That JB was a colourful character! ;D
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 18, 2014, 10:05:56 AM
15 January
16 January
;D :D ;D
17 January MI is now Delius
:D ;D :D
What will tomorrow bring? I can't wait to find out ;)
Sarge
Lol...yeah my unpredictability has turned into predictability. ;D
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36454;type=avatar)(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdf0ER22HBCjEUU3aTNfKLtja87tD4I9Vk0kCInfiXLZ7MUtyy)
Twin of Angel Eyes.
And now something else, though not that different (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/12101367105/)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3785/12101367105_abc21c57b2_b.jpg)
Quote from: Szykneij on January 22, 2014, 12:41:11 PM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36454;type=avatar)
Twin of Angel Eyes.
Ve don't sarsaparilla, hier!
Since Abbado's passing, I've been thinking about how great of a conductor he was and what warmth and humility he brought to so many of his performances, so, in tribute to him, I uploaded his picture for my current avatar.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=36500;type=avatar)
Sources are unclear about this pinback of Bogey. Some believe that it was some type of pin made for a premier party in Hollywood. If you can dig up any info, please IM me.
Another interesting lamp called "Piano," from a QisDesign. The "keys" are touchable, thanks to LED's, and can be "played" individually or in harmony.
http://www.qisdesign.com/ProductDetail.aspx?FK=product&SK=table&LK=TPiano#0
--Bruce
Time to change the avatar...
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/9031408895_ffbc19e87e_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/9031408895/lightbox/)
Luis Venegas
Quote from: North Star on February 28, 2014, 12:18:13 AM
Time to change the avatar...
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/9031408895_ffbc19e87e_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/9031408895/lightbox/)
Nordseebilder?
This is Mr. Burns. He is the evil owner of the nuclear power plant located in Springfield (State unknown).
Suggestions of Ligeti on EigenUser's page reminded me of Klaus Kinski, so I found a good one of the charismatic actor...
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/21/guvuta8u.jpg)
Either Occam's Razor or the completion of Sweeney Todd's arm. It depends. >:D
Self-portrait.
Looks like I may end up making Barber my permanent avatar for some very specific reasons:
1. Each time I hear a Barber work, I feel that this is the only music that matters to me.
2. He is in my top 20 after all and I do feel no other composer could replace him.
3. Each time I take the Barber avatar down and put another composer into his place, I get an uneasy, almost shameful feeling. ;)
These reasons plus I just think his music is some of the greatest ever composed should be enough. Don't you guys think?
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2014, 07:49:17 PM
Looks like I may end up making Barber my permanent avatar for some very specific reasons:
1. Each time I hear a Barber work, I feel that this is the only music that matters to me.
2. He is in my top 20 after all and I do feel no other composer could replace him.
3. Each time I take the Barber avatar down and put another composer into his place, I get an uneasy, almost shameful feeling. ;)
These reasons plus I just think his music is some of the greatest ever composed should be enough. Don't you guys think?
I have other suggestions. An elevator with the DOWN arrow lit and the word Shostakovich stencilled on.
But Barber will do fine if you like it. You will note I have a Barber motif.
Quote from: Ken B on March 24, 2014, 08:53:08 PM
I have other suggestions. An elevator with the DOWN arrow lit and the word Shostakovich stencilled on.
But Barber will do fine if you like it. You will note I have a Barber motif.
I love both Shostakovich and Barber, so they will remain were they're at. What's the deal with you dissing my boy Shosty anyway? You've got something against brilliant music in the face of complete tyranny?
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2014, 09:01:06 PM
I love both Shostakovich and Barber, so they will remain were they're at. What's the deal with you dissing my boy Shosty anyway? You've got something against brilliant music in the face of complete tyranny?
Hey! I like Shosty!
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2014, 07:49:17 PM
Looks like I may end up making Barber my permanent avatar for some very specific reasons:
1. Each time I hear a Barber work, I feel that this is the only music that matters to me.
2. He is in my top 20 after all and I do feel no other composer could replace him.
3. Each time I take the Barber avatar down and put another composer into his place, I get an uneasy, almost shameful feeling. ;)
These reasons plus I just think his music is some of the greatest ever composed should be enough. Don't you guys think?
Quite enough. But it is perhaps indelicate of me to point out that the same three reasons could be given for a number of your other avatars (DSCH, for example, but not the only one).
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 24, 2014, 09:11:09 PM
Quite enough. But it is perhaps indelicate of me to point out that the same three reasons could be given for a number of your other avatars (DSCH, for example, but not the only one).
Well, the perfect avatar for John is a roomful of composers playing musical chairs.
;)
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 24, 2014, 09:11:09 PM
Quite enough. But it is perhaps indelicate of me to point out that the same three reasons could be given for a number of your other avatars (DSCH, for example, but not the only one).
Certainly true. No argument from me because you've got the evidence to back it up! :P
Quote from: Ken B on March 24, 2014, 09:13:47 PM
Well, the perfect avatar for John is a roomful of composers playing musical chairs.
;)
:P
speaking of avatars, time for a change for mine. And therefore the greatest American composer of the 20th century.
Well now it's time for a change. I couldn't help myself I just had to do it. Saint-Saëns is just the man. For me, he's like rash that won't go away. Not that I would want him to go away just making another poor analogy. ;) ;D
As if you guys didn't see this one coming... :P
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 11:05:11 AM
Well now it's time for a change. I couldn't help myself I just had to do it. Saint-Saëns is just the man. For me, he's like rash that won't go away. Not that I would want him to go away just making another poor analogy. ;) ;D
As if you guys didn't see this one coming... :P
Looks like the rash went away. :P
:o Oh my god, I'm so confused right now...
;)
The conductor at my university's orchestra is hilarious and he has a bunch of composer magnets on the front of his office door (a set of 32, or something like that). When I asked him about the set he said that he threw away the couple of composers that he didn't really like, which made me laugh. I though he liked everything, but apparently he doesn't like Liszt and a couple of other unfortunate composers.
Then, I was in NYC a few weeks ago and I went to the Juilliard music store* and saw the same set of magnets. I almost got them, but I was already getting enough that day so I will the next time I go to NYC.
*Aside: This would be a very dangerous place for people on GMG because they have a ton of scores and a ton of classical recordings and box sets AND a ton of books about music theory/history/composition/you name it. Seriously. I got the score to "Ramifications", "Melodien", "La mer", and I got the book "The Rest is Noise". Scary place, NYC...
Quote from: EigenUser on March 30, 2014, 03:35:11 PM
:o Oh my god, I'm so confused right now...
;)
The conductor at my university's orchestra is hilarious and he has a bunch of composer magnets on the front of his office door (a set of 32, or something like that). When I asked him about the set he said that he threw away the couple of composers that he didn't really like, which made me laugh. I though he liked everything, but apparently he doesn't like Liszt and a couple of other unfortunate composers.
Then, I was in NYC a few weeks ago and I went to the Juilliard music store* and saw the same set of magnets. I almost got them, but I was already getting enough that day so I will the next time I go to NYC.
*Aside: This would be a very dangerous place for people on GMG because they have a ton of scores and a ton of classical recordings and box sets AND a ton of books about music theory/history/composition/you name it. Seriously. I got the score to "Ramifications", "Melodien", "La mer", and I got the book "The Rest is Noise". Scary place, NYC...
Where can I get some of these magnets?
I can't find them on the Juilliard store website for some reason, but here's a place:
http://www.laphilstore.com/Composer-Magnet-Set-P138.aspx
(http://www.laphilstore.com/Assets/ProductImages/012630_t.jpg)
Quote from: EigenUser on March 30, 2014, 03:50:11 PM
I can't find them on the Juilliard store website for some reason, but here's a place:
http://www.laphilstore.com/Composer-Magnet-Set-P138.aspx
(http://www.laphilstore.com/Assets/ProductImages/012630_t.jpg)
Very cool. Thanks a lot. I think I'll be buying me a set.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2014, 07:49:17 PM
Looks like I may end up making Barber my permanent avatar for some very specific reasons:
1. Each time I hear a Barber work, I feel that this is the only music that matters to me.
2. He is in my top 20 after all and I do feel no other composer could replace him.
3. Each time I take the Barber avatar down and put another composer into his place, I get an uneasy, almost shameful feeling. ;)
It seems like no. 3 on this list keeps biting me in the butt! ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2014, 04:01:32 PM
Very cool. Thanks a lot. I think I'll be buying me a set.
Nice. I only wish that there were more pictures of composers instead of the generic musical things interspersed, but it's still really cool.
Quote from: EigenUser on March 30, 2014, 05:36:33 PM
Nice. I only wish that there were more pictures of composers instead of the generic musical things interspersed, but it's still really cool.
I haven't bought a set (yet), but I agree I wished more composers were used.
I thought I'd change my avatar now that the danger is over in my timezone. To a totally different image. 0:)
Quote from: EigenUser on March 30, 2014, 03:50:11 PM
I can't find them on the Juilliard store website for some reason, but here's a place:
http://www.laphilstore.com/Composer-Magnet-Set-P138.aspx
(http://www.laphilstore.com/Assets/ProductImages/012630_t.jpg)
I had those for the last fifteen years. Very cool. I got one with animal paw prints at the same time. Birthday presents from my wife. It is nice to be known... :)
My first new avatar in, wow, three or four years?!??!!? is a street mural I spotted in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, last month.
Bigger photo:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/IMG_1028.jpg)
Squall Leonhart. At the end of his hallucination and about to die.
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald and his victrola. Chose between these two...
(http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/images/2008/04/16/klaus_kinski.jpg) (http://talkbacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fitzcarraldo_event.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 02, 2014, 04:16:21 PM
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald and his victrola. Chose between these two...
(http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/images/2008/04/16/klaus_kinski.jpg) (http://talkbacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fitzcarraldo_event.jpg)
Ha! I like how the horn is aimed at the text being posted!
Greed by Pierre Debusschere, 254Forest, Pierre Daras, and Base Design
http://www.demunt.be/nl/421/Seizoen-2014-2015
Do I need to? ;D
If you can afford the time to do so, and aren't too.. ;)
Quote from: North Star on April 24, 2014, 07:45:49 AM
If you can afford the time to do so,
Voin toki ---
Georges Bizet säveltäjä
Carmen.
Quote
and aren't too.. ;)
Tämä osa En ymmärtänyt ollenkaan.
If all the above does not make any sense to you, then blame it on Google Translate and please correct it!
:-*
Quote from: Florestan on April 24, 2014, 07:53:45 AM
Voin toki --- Georges Bizet, Carmenin säveltäjä.
Tä[t]ä osa[a] [e]n ymmärtänyt ollenkaan.
If all the above does not make any sense to you, then blame it on Google Translate and please correct it!
:-*
I just wondered if you were too
busy :D
Figuring out what your Finnish meant took no effort whatsoever, but it is far from being grammatically correct. :)
Nu cred că vreau să încerc să vă răspundă în limba română. 8)
Quote from: North Star on April 24, 2014, 08:19:17 AM
I just wondered if you were too busy :D
Figuring out what your Finnish meant took no effort whatsoever, but it is far from being grammatically correct. :)
Got it! :D
Quote
Nu cred că vreau să încerc să vă răspund în limba română. 8)
Well, this
is absolutely grammatically correct (I deleted one superfluous letter) , but... it's very, very formal, just like me talking to the Queen of England on the first time I meet her... :D
This is what you'd actually reply, in colloquial Romanian:
N-aş prea vrea să- ţi răspund în română. :D
(implying,
if I would want to reply, you'd not be too happy about it! :D :D :D
Quote from: Florestan on April 24, 2014, 09:18:23 AMWell, this is absolutely grammatically correct (I deleted one superfluous letter) , but... it's very, very formal, just like me talking to the Queen of England on the first time I meet her... :D
This is what you'd actually reply, in colloquial Romanian:
N-aş prea vrea să- ţi răspund în română. :D
(implying, if I would want to reply, you'd not be too happy about it! :D :D :D
I pretty much guessed that the 'limba' would get thrown out in practice - as it is in the English language, too, for instance.
Finnish must be among the hardest for Google Translate to translate grammatically correctly because of the cases and conjugation of nouns and verbs.
16 cases, are there?
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 09:39:09 AM
16 cases, are there?
I count 15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_noun_cases)
You must be right! And I was prepared to find that I had misremembered, it has been a while.
boomboxbeethoven
Quote from: North Star on April 24, 2014, 09:44:29 AM
I count 15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_noun_cases)
But only 14 in
eesti! $:)
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 09:50:37 AM
You must be right! And I was prepared to find that I had misremembered, it has been a while.
I could have tried to remember all the names of the cases and count them, but I couldn't have made a decent guess offhand myself. :)
I suppose it matters that we have learn them (and to use them) all instead of just a trivia titbit concerning the number of the cases (pfft, my browser is silly and prudish, and thinks 'tidbit' is the correct spelling...)
Quote from: karlhenning on April 24, 2014, 09:52:35 AM
But only 14 in eesti! $:)
They must have gotten rid of one more than we..
Quote from: North Star on April 24, 2014, 09:26:17 AM
I pretty much guessed that the 'limba' would get thrown out in practice - as it is in the English language, too, for instance.
You were absolutely right!
"
limba" (> Latin
lingua, meaning either
language, as in
I speak the English language, or
tongue, as in
I have bitten my tongue) can safely be thrown out.
Don't get me started about the etimology of Romanian words. Linguistics is one of my dearest hobbies. :D
Quote
Finnish must be among the hardest for Google Translate to translate grammatically correctly because of the cases and conjugation of nouns and verbs.
The same goes for Romanian, which preserves the original Latin cases, conjugations and declinations --- and combine them with words of Slavic origin. ;D
To give you an idea about our linguistic family: as an educated (and passionately self-educated) Romanian, I can understand and read Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as all their dialects (of which the Catalan, for instance, is closer to Romanian than the Spanish proper/actually Castilian, and so are the Southern Italian dialects, too) --- without thoroughly studying any of them. :D
Kippis, ystäväni!
Quote from: Florestan on April 24, 2014, 11:19:16 AM
You were absolutely right!
"limba" (> Latin lingua, meaning either language, as in I speak the English language, or tongue, as in I have bitten my tongue) can safely be thrown out.
Don't get me started about the et(y)mology of Romanian words. Linguistics is one of my dearest hobbies. :D
The same goes for Romanian, which preserves the original Latin cases, conjugations and declinations --- and combine them with words of Slavic origin. ;D
To give you an idea about our linguistic family: as an educated (and passionately self-educated) Romanian, I can understand and read Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as all their dialects (of which the Catalan, for instance, is closer to Romanian than the Spanish proper/actually Castilian, and so are the Southern Italian dialects, too) --- without thoroughly studying any of them. :D
Kippis, ystäväni!
I don't mind linguistics at all..
A bit like that with Estonian & Finnish, although some words have entirely different meanings in each language.
Obviously there are lots of English, Swedish, Russian & German loanwords (kuningas, the Finnish word for king comes from the proto-Germanic kuningaz) in Finnish, and many words invented by Agricola and later authors, in addition to the words originating from Fenno-Ugric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages), that are similar to a degree in Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian and other related languages.
Quote from: North Star on April 24, 2014, 12:08:11 PM
I don't mind linguistics at all..
I love you! :)
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A bit like that with Estonian & Finnish, although some words have entirely different meanings in each language.
I am not aware of any Romanian word which is derived from a Latin/Slavic/Turkish/Greek original and have an entirely different meaning.... ;D
Quote
Obviously there are lots of English, Swedish, Russian & German loanwords
Of course! Nobody knows what the Dacian language (a branch of the Thracian language) sounded like, except for a few dozen words which
are supposed to be of Dacian origin.
The (modern) Romanian language is a construct of the 19-th century intellectual and political
elite; it is basically grounded upon the language spoken in Wallachia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia) and it has (1) a fully Latin grammar, (2) a mixed vocabulary of Latin / Slavic / Turkish / Greek words and lots of (3) neologisms of mostly French and Italian origin.
It is a very interesting story: in the second half of the 19th century the Romanian linguistics was split between two camps: (1) the Latin school, which sought to artificially get rid of all non-Latin influences and (2) the Young Romanian school, which sought to write and speak the language as spoken and written by the people. Needless to say, it was the YR school that prevailed.
Quote(kuningas, the Finnish word for king comes from the proto-Germanic kuningaz
The Romanian word
rege (king) comes from the Latin
rexQuoteand many words invented by Agricola and later authors, in addition to the words originating from Fenno-Ugric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages), that are similar to a degree in Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian and other related languages.
Well, not a single one of the words invented by the Latin school made their way into the common vocabulary; they are today used as examples of ridiculous inventions --- all contemporary Romanians would understand their meaning but nobody would use them...
Quote from: Florestan on April 24, 2014, 12:53:54 PM
I love you! :)
Et tu!
QuoteI am not aware of any Romanian word which is derived from a Latin/Slavic/Turkish/Greek original and have an entirely different meaning.... ;D
Of course! Nobody knows what the Dacian language (a branch of the Thracian language) sounded like, except for a few dozen words which are supposed to be of Dacian origin.
The (modern) Romanian language is a construct of the 19-th century intellectual and political elite; it is basically grounded upon the language spoken in Wallachia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia) and it has (1) a fully Latin grammar, (2) a mixed vocabulary of Latin / Slavic / Turkish / Greek words and lots of (3) neologisms of mostly French and Italian origin.
It is a very interesting story: in the second half of the 19th century the Romanian linguistics was split between two camps: (1) the Latin school, which sought to artificially get rid of all non-Latin influences and (2) the Young Romanian school, which sought to write and speak the language as spoken and written by the people. Needless to say, it was the YR school that prevailed.
The Romanian word rege (king) comes from the Latin rex
Well, not a single one of the words invented by the Latin school made their way into the common vocabulary; they are today used as examples of ridiculous inventions --- all contemporary Romanians would understand their meaning but nobody would use them...
The Finnish language wasn't a written language before
Mikael Agricola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Agricola) (c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) translated the New Testament and other religious text, and produced some of his own, including the
Abckiria (literally Abc book; a primer for reading and a catechism) &
Rucouskiria (book of prayers).
Still, Finnish wasn't an official language for a long time. In 1835,
Elias Lönnrot published the
Kalevala, the collection of epic poetry from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, and in 1840
Kanteletar, a collection of folk songs, hymns & poetry.
In 1870,
Aleksis Kivi (originally Alexis Stenwall, but like many others, he changed his name to a more Finnish guise) published the first significant piece of Finnish literature
Seven Brothers (Finnish:
Seitsemän veljestä). Under the Russification, Finnish language became popular the nationalistic students & cultural & financial elite (who were pretty much all Swedish speakers, including
Sibelius,
Axel Gallén (Akseli Gallen-Kallela) and
Kivi)
The Beatles Second Album. It was their new US release 50 years ago (April 10, 1964). I've been listening to the Beatles for the first time in decades since the US Albums box set came out in January. I just can't stop myself. I bought the Beatles in Mono box set in 2009, but I hardly listened to it before putting it on the shelf. Turns out this is the box set I really wanted: US album sequencing, only in better sound. I have listened to Rubber Soul in particular probably approaching 100 times.
I'm so happy to see all these Beatles threads that have popped up in the last day or two.
[asin]B00H8XF9I0[/asin]
meeee
Decided to change my Brahms avatar to Penderecki for a little while. Have been listening to much of his music again lately, and will likely try to add to my collection of his works, especially more of his chamber works, and operas.
:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 26, 2014, 08:50:05 AM
Decided to change my Brahms avatar to Penderecki for a little while. Have been listening to much of his music again lately, and will likely try to add to my collection of his works, especially more of his chamber works, and operas.
:)
That doesn't look like you ;D
Sarge
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 26, 2014, 08:50:05 AM
Decided to change my Brahms avatar to Penderecki for a little while. Have been listening to much of his music again lately, and will likely try to add to my collection of his works, especially more of his chamber works, and operas.
:)
A new John is born ... >:D
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 26, 2014, 08:50:05 AM
Decided to change my Brahms avatar to Penderecki for a little while. Have been listening to much of his music again lately, and will likely try to add to my collection of his works, especially more of his chamber works, and operas.
:)
Cool, Ray. I'm glad you're enjoying Penderecki's music. He's still a composer I have difficulty appreciating.
Looks like MN Dave's new avatar is one of The Residents. :) What a strange band.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 27, 2014, 12:08:56 PM
Looks like MN Dave's new avatar is one of The Residents. :) What a strange band.
Very good. Yes, it's Mr. Skull. :) I guess one of the eyeballs got stolen.
Quote from: Ken B on April 26, 2014, 11:53:19 PM
A new John is born ... >:D
I don't know. The Nut hasn't changed his avatar yet again (John would've been through half a dozen in this amount time). We might be stuck with our old John for now.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 27, 2014, 12:34:55 PM
I don't know. The Nut hasn't changed his avatar yet again (John would've been through half a dozen in this amount time). We might be stuck with our old John for now.
Sarge
:P
Quote from: mn dave on April 27, 2014, 12:29:37 PM
Very good. Yes, it's Mr. Skull. :) I guess one of the eyeballs got stolen.
:D I wonder if anyone besides those who have worked with the band like Snakefinger for example actually knew The Residents' members identities or do those who even collaborated with them know who they were?
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 27, 2014, 01:15:51 PM
:D I wonder if anyone besides those who have worked with the band like Snakefinger for example actually knew The Residents' members identities or do those who even collaborated with them know who they were?
Somebody must but they're not talking.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 27, 2014, 12:34:55 PM
I don't know. The Nut hasn't changed his avatar yet again (John would've been through half a dozen in this amount time). We might be stuck with our old John for now.
Sarge
I dunno. The old John liked Barber and Poulenc and Shostakovich.
8)
Quote from: Jay F on April 24, 2014, 02:30:30 PM
I'm so happy to see all these Beatles threads that have popped up in the last day or two.
Coolness.
Quote from: Ken B on April 27, 2014, 04:55:54 PM
I dunno. The old John liked Barber and Poulenc and Shostakovich.
8)
True, his recent delving into
poorly executed adolescent fodder is disturbing ???
;D :laugh: ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 28, 2014, 05:33:52 AM
True, his recent delving into poorly executed adolescent fodder is disturbing ???
;D :laugh: ;D
Sarge
:P
House Stark
(Game of Thrones reference)
Duke
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 12:59:59 PM
I still see Ravel...
Ravel loved American jazz! Hence the G major piano concerto and the 2nd movement 'blues' of the (2nd) violin sonata. He was close friends with Gershwin, too. During Ravel's 1927-1928 USA tour the two of them went to several jazz clubs in NYC. I wish I was there...
Another Kinski. This time from Nosferatu.
I believe MN Dave is now 'The King of the Avatar Change.' He changes more than me and boy is that a lot! ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 01, 2014, 05:34:17 PM
I believe MN Dave is now 'The King of the Avatar Change.' He changes more than me and boy is that a lot! ;D
:)
Quote from: EigenUser on May 01, 2014, 01:11:32 PM
Ravel loved American jazz! Hence the G major piano concerto and the 2nd movement 'blues' of the (2nd) violin sonata. He was close friends with Gershwin, too. During Ravel's 1927-1928 USA tour the two of them went to several jazz clubs in NYC. I wish I was there...
An example of my kind of jazz.
http://youtu.be/__OSyznVDOY (http://youtu.be/__OSyznVDOY)
Run Nate, run! >:D ;) :)
Quote from: Ken B on May 01, 2014, 05:52:51 PM
An example of my kind of jazz.
http://youtu.be/__OSyznVDOY (http://youtu.be/__OSyznVDOY)
Run Nate, run! >:D ;) :)
Go look at my post on the jazz thread. Not a far cry from what you posted, actually!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 01, 2014, 05:30:07 PM
Another Kinski. This time from Nosferatu.
Had to change, Kinski's blood sucker was too scary, but a sweaty and crazy-eyed Kinski as Woyzeck is much more comforting.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 02, 2014, 05:41:22 AM
Had to change, Kinski's blood sucker was too scary, but a sweaty and crazy-eyed Kinski as Woyzeck is much more comforting.
The race to be the new John continues.
Sun Ra
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 01, 2014, 05:34:17 PM
I believe MN Dave is now 'The King of the Avatar Change.' He changes more than me and boy is that a lot! ;D
Hey MI! It is only because you are in a severe Steve Hackett phase...... ;)
Quote from: Moonfish on May 02, 2014, 10:05:24 PM
Hey MI! It is only because you are in a severe Steve Hackett phase...... ;)
Right. If my car gets stuck in second gear it just means I need to take it in for a fix.
Moonfish I want to ask you about Markovina. If you listen to the symphony transcription at the end of disc 19, does she miss a beat at one spot? I think she does. But it is still a marvelous performance! The rock steady tempo, which the uncomprehending call sewing machine, is what makes it sing. I like this box more the more I listen to it.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 01, 2014, 05:34:17 PM
I believe MN Dave is now 'The King of the Avatar Change.' He changes more than me and boy is that a lot! ;D
Don't call it a comeback.
This is obviously quite the thread for repartee; I'm not sure I'm up to that (however much I might admire it).
Presently my avatar is Dmitri Shostakovich in a moment of focus ...
(http://gallery.audioasylum.com/cgi/gi.mpl?u=20428&f=shos-CROP.jpg)
Quote from: Fëanor on May 03, 2014, 05:14:12 AM
This is obviously quite the thread for repartee; I'm not sure I'm up to that (however much I might admire it).
Presently my avatar is Dmitri Shostakovich in a moment of focus ...
(http://gallery.audioasylum.com/cgi/gi.mpl?u=20428&f=shos-CROP.jpg)
You can read his thoughts. "How did I lose Mirror Image, how?"
>:D :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 06:58:37 AM
You can read his thoughts. "How did I lose Mirror Image, how?"
>:D :laugh: :laugh:
:P
Quote from: Fëanor on May 03, 2014, 05:14:12 AM
This is obviously quite the thread for repartee; I'm not sure I'm up to that (however much I might admire it).
Presently my avatar is Dmitri Shostakovich in a moment of focus ...
(http://gallery.audioasylum.com/cgi/gi.mpl?u=20428&f=shos-CROP.jpg)
Goes well with these:
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/71413682/The+Ligeti+Project+I+Melodien++Chamber+Concerto++P+Cover.jpg)
(http://www.babelio.com/users/AVT_Claude-Debussy_5114.jpeg)
Quote from: EigenUser on May 03, 2014, 08:22:55 AM
Goes well with these:
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/71413682/The+Ligeti+Project+I+Melodien++Chamber+Concerto++P+Cover.jpg)
(http://www.babelio.com/users/AVT_Claude-Debussy_5114.jpeg)
Puts one in mind of a certain kind of sandwich. :-*
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 08:32:00 AM
Puts one in mind of a certain kind of sandwich. :-*
But where is the cheese?
Quote from: Ken B on May 02, 2014, 10:39:11 PM
Moonfish I want to ask you about Markovina. If you listen to the symphony transcription at the end of disc 19, does she miss a beat at one spot? I think she does. But it is still a marvelous performance! The rock steady tempo, which the uncomprehending call sewing machine, is what makes it sing. I like this box more the more I listen to it.
Interesting question in this thread.....? ???
I didn't catch that spot. I am having a great time with the CPE Bach journey and have a sense of that it will be a staple of pianistic tranquility for many years to come. It is difficult to remember the music, but while I am listening to it I feel as it it is weaving its own enchantment.
I have put away the straight razor for a bit to put up Johann Sebastian Bach. Greatest of all composers.
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 01:48:47 PM
I have put away the straight razor for a bit to put up Johann Sebastian Bach. Greatest of all composers.
That is not Bach!!!! It looks more like Angela Merkel.....
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 01:48:47 PM
I have put away the straight razor for a bit to put up Johann Sebastian Bach. Greatest of all composers.
Good choice, I love Bach. Although he looks quite similar to Beethoven and Tom Brady.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 03, 2014, 03:56:27 PM
Good choice, I love Bach. Although he looks quite similar to Beethoven and Tom Brady.
EEK! How did that happen?
Fixed now. JS Bach in all his glory.
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 04:03:13 PM
EEK! How did that happen?
Fixed now. JS Bach in all his glory.
Very nice, this photo was taken during happier times, presumably during the 1720s.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 03, 2014, 04:08:34 PM
Very nice, this photo was taken during happier times, presumably during the 1720s.
Hmm, is your avatar a photo of Stockhausen (in the act of composing)?
Quote from: Moonfish on May 03, 2014, 04:16:11 PM
Hmm, is your avatar a photo of Stockhausen (in the act of composing)?
Yes! Or perhaps after listening to one of his new compositions. ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 03, 2014, 04:40:17 PM
Yes! Or perhaps after listening to one of his new compositions. ;D
It is blood! Blooood! :laugh:
Some old-fashioned dude on a maroon stamp!
If there's activity on the Identify Your Avatar thread, my day brightens up, anticipating a visit from our Dave! :)
Okay, I'll tell you guys mine: Maurice Ravel! :D
Quote from: karlhenning on May 08, 2014, 02:05:17 AM
If there's activity on the Identify Your Avatar thread, my day brightens up, anticipating a visit from our Dave! :)
Good. It's a bonus when I brighten someone's day. :)
HEY EVERYBODY! LOOK!
Ken is Ravel!!!
8) 8) 8)
Quote from: EigenUser on May 12, 2014, 03:54:13 PM
HEY EVERYBODY! LOOK!
Ken is Ravel!!!
8) 8) 8)
I thought Greg's avatar was Ravel... >:(
Quote from: Moonfish on May 12, 2014, 04:22:15 PM
I thought Greg's avatar was Ravel... >:(
Ravel listening to Stockhausen.
Quote from: Ken B on May 12, 2014, 04:44:51 PM
Ravel listening to Stockhausen.
A few hours later...
(http://www.moviecritic.com.au/images/woyzeck-klaus-kinski-holding-a-bloody-knife1.jpeg)
Quote from: EigenUser on May 12, 2014, 03:54:13 PM
HEY EVERYBODY! LOOK!
Ken is Ravel!!!
8) 8) 8)
Nope! Thats B L Z, bub!
;)
Quote from: Moonfish on May 12, 2014, 04:22:15 PM
I thought Greg's avatar was Ravel... >:(
No, you're thinking of me.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 12, 2014, 05:10:07 PM
A few hours later...
(http://www.moviecritic.com.au/images/woyzeck-klaus-kinski-holding-a-bloody-knife1.jpeg)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Me. Don't worry, I'm sure Ravel will return soon enough. Except for May 28th. That's a special day.
Me, performing Ligeti's hilarious "Mysteries of the Macabre".
Quote from: EigenUser on May 20, 2014, 12:30:58 PM
Me. Don't worry, I'm sure Ravel will return soon enough. Except for May 28th. That's a special day.
So was that photo you had up so long you dressed up for a job interview?
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:15:59 AM
So was that photo you had up so long you dressed up for a job interview?
No, I was conducting.
Quote from: EigenUser on May 21, 2014, 05:21:17 AM
No, I was conducting.
No, no, before that. With the stiff collar.
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:22:12 AM
No, no, before that. With the stiff collar.
:P
Better to be a first-class Nate than a second-class Ravel.
(Ravel apparently told Gershwin something like this when Gershwin asked Ravel for lessons)
Quote from: Philo on May 21, 2014, 05:02:52 AM
Gibson
(http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/archives/issue/vintagevault/images/200710_vintagevault1.jpg)
Or:
It's I. The complete photo shows me playing on the 16th Street Mall in Denver, about 10 years ago. My beard is much grayer now.
Quote from: jochanaan on May 21, 2014, 12:42:56 PM
It's I. The complete photo shows me playing on the 16th Street Mall in Denver, about 10 years ago. My beard is much grayer now.
That's high-flutin'!
:D :D
oh my god, horrible joke -- I can't believe I typed that. :-[
inspired by the current discussion in Haydn's House
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 21, 2014, 05:28:27 PM
inspired by the current discussion in Haydn's House
Damn, I was thinking of doing that!
I laugh, laugh, at Haydn's puny attempt at baldness.
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:44:30 PM
I laugh, laugh, at Haydn's puny attempt at baldness.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
(not at the picture, but at the idea)
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:44:30 PM
I laugh, laugh, at Haydn's puny attempt at baldness.
You just made Sarge feel much better, I think.
Robert. He was a Bruce. I still don't know why when his name was Robert. How could he be a Bruce when he was actually a Robert? Robert the Robert. :o
Quote from: EigenUser on May 21, 2014, 12:45:00 PM
That's high-flutin'!
:D :D
oh my god, horrible joke -- I can't believe I typed that. :-[
And it's now too late to delete it. :laugh:
Quote from: Scots John on May 21, 2014, 06:54:53 PM
Robert. He was a Bruce. I still don't know why when his name was Robert. How could he be a Bruce when he was actually a Robert? Robert the Robert. :o
He was the King, and therefore not the Boss, and therefore not the Bruce. >:D
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 21, 2014, 07:31:35 PM
He was the King, and therefore not the Boss, and therefore not the Bruce. >:D
He is the Robert formerly known as Bruce.
Changed to another picture of my favorite guitarist, Steve Hackett. This photo appeared in the booklet to 1999's Darktown.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 21, 2014, 05:28:27 PM
inspired by the current discussion in Haydn's House
Congratulations for having an actual profile picture. :)
Quote from: North Star on May 22, 2014, 01:01:52 AM
Congratulations for having an actual profile picture. :)
I thought it was frosting on a carrot cake...?!?!?!
Quote from: Scots John on May 21, 2014, 06:54:53 PM
Robert. He was a Bruce. I still don't know why when his name was Robert. How could he be a Bruce when he was actually a Robert? Robert the Robert. :o
Because then some wag would call him
Bob the Bob.
SMASH!
Wonderful Hulk art by John Buscema.
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 05, 2014, 09:06:45 AM
SMASH!
Wonderful Hulk art by John Buscema.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=37960;type=avatar)
Very cool! Then you will need a nemesis!
ENTER THE LEADER!(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzPZ3mHnQOIOf8nlBcQeiDRXt_KzOvt0hCRCBD9eFxeJ2S_i_T)
NOTHING CAN STOP HULK! HULK STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!
(http://www.leaderslair.com/noexcuses/hulk2-224pic1.gif)
Fritz
I notice that Bogey is reading Dickens again.
That small head over Kimi's left shoulder is me. Kimi was listening to O mio babino caro somewhere in South Australia...
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 06, 2014, 08:37:58 AM
I notice that Bogey is reading Dickens again.
....and reading old copies of Famous Monsters!
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa35/BillandLinda/IMG_1597_zpsed21f58c.jpg)
Cheers, Bill!
Quote from: springrite on June 06, 2014, 08:40:57 AM
That small head over Kimi's left shoulder is me. Kimi was listening to O mio babino caro somewhere in South Australia...
She really does have excellent taste! Must have got it from somewhere! ;D
Changed my avatar to one of the most successful and influential progressive rock bands: the Canadian power trio Rush.
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 09, 2014, 08:01:41 AM
Changed my avatar to one of the most successful and influential progressive rock bands: the Canadian power trio Rush.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 09, 2014, 08:01:41 AM
Changed my avatar to one of the most successful and influential progressive rock bands: the Canadian power trio Rush.
Good on ya! Just please PLEASE never
The Guess Who
Joni Mitchell
Celine Dion
Justine Bieber
and I know Bieber tempts you John! >:D
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 09, 2014, 08:01:41 AM
Changed my avatar to one of the most successful and influential progressive rock bands: the Canadian power trio Rush.
Geddy Lee's voice: a budgie being sucked into a hoover.
Sarge
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 09, 2014, 08:26:41 AM
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill. 8)
Quote from: Ken B on June 09, 2014, 08:30:29 AM
Good on ya! Just please PLEASE never
The Guess Who
Joni Mitchell
Celine Dion
Justine Bieber
and I know Bieber tempts you John! >:D
:P
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2014, 08:32:36 AM
Geddy Lee's voice: a budgie being sucked into a hoover.
Sarge
:P The thing I love about Geddy Lee, though, is how his voice eventually mellowed out. Probably around the time of
Permanent Waves there's a change in timbre. But I love
Farewell To Kings and
2112 and he was a shrieking banshee then, but I don't care, I dig his voice anyway. :) I never have had an issue with his voice at all. Now, Peter Hammill, on the other hand, someone put him out of his misery. :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 09, 2014, 08:32:36 AM
Geddy Lee's voice: a budgie being sucked into a hoover.
Sarge
What's the Canadian brand of vacuum cleaner? . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on June 09, 2014, 10:19:43 AM
What's the Canadian brand of vacuum cleaner? . . .
I already mentioned the Great Canadian Sucking Machine, Justin Bieber.
A crop from a Shag print:
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT2eCYI-QMMjAsqaXmdiD6P6iIZQvoBIFnGM5zrIlJoDuoPRrv1)
Death Dealer - Frank Frazetta 1973
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/DeathDealer.jpg)
Quote from: Mn Death Dealer on June 11, 2014, 08:39:00 AM
Death Dealer - Frank Frazetta 1973
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/DeathDealer.jpg)
Cool. That's a keeper (as though you would ;D )
That image was adopted (with Franzetta's blessing) by the U.S. Army III Corps (the Phantom Corps...the name given to it by the Germans during WWII). I was part of III Corps (as a trooper in the 1st Cavalry Division) before I retired.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2014/513OOIqGcWL._SS500_.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2014/Fiberglass_Phantom_Warrior_1.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 11, 2014, 09:10:47 AM
Cool. That's a keeper (as though you would ;D )
That image was adopted (with Franzetta's blessing) by the U.S. Army III Corps (the Phantom Corps...the name given to it by the Germans during WWII). I was part of III Corps (as a trooper in the 1st Cavalry Division) before I retired.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2014/513OOIqGcWL._SS500_.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2014/Fiberglass_Phantom_Warrior_1.jpg)
Sarge
VERY COOL!
And let's not forget...
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/ultramagbrion/molly-hatchet-molly-hatchet-album-o.jpg)
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 11, 2014, 08:39:00 AM
Death Dealer - Frank Frazetta 1973
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/DeathDealer.jpg)
Looks so familiar. I believe my dad used to have this picture.
Quote from: Greg on June 15, 2014, 08:03:44 PM
Looks so familiar. I believe my dad used to have this picture.
Did he read fantasy fiction or like Molly Hatchet?
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 16, 2014, 04:52:01 AM
Did he read fantasy fiction or like Molly Hatchet?
Not sure how much in the fantasy genre he's read... he loved Sci-Fi books like Dune and Ender's Game and was an avid Stephen King reader. He used to draw, too- some of it not bad, either. I remember this one dragon picture that was pretty good. Nowadays he doesn't read or draw...
Quote from: Greg on June 16, 2014, 05:06:44 AM
Not sure how much in the fantasy genre he's read... he loved Sci-Fi books like Dune and Ender's Game and was an avid Stephen King reader. He used to draw, too- some of it not bad, either. I remember this one dragon picture that was pretty good. Nowadays he doesn't read or draw...
Okay, well, that explains it.
My customary one, correctly identified by King Ubu, as Occam's Razor.
My current avatar is Steve Rothery from the British prog band Marillion. This band has been active since 1979 and remained at the forefront of the progressive rock scene influencing so many other bands. They practically invented the 'Neo-Prog' movement in the early '80s. This guitarist like Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, and Alex Lifeson has been a huge influence on me as I discovered Marillion in my early teens.
Jacques the monkey, he's back.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on June 18, 2014, 06:37:04 AM
Jacques the monkey, he's back.
Very nice, if in possible violation of the
Security Exchange Commission . . . .
Ken, you forgot the red hat/towel thingy on des Prez!
Too much Glass >:D :laugh:.
Quote from: EigenUser on June 18, 2014, 11:35:39 AM
Ken, you forgot the red hat/towel thingy on des Prez!
Too much Glass >:D :laugh:.
Just too lazy to do a proper photoshop! 8) but you are right, that would make joke without the subtitle, which is better.
Too hot to be a Monkey, so for now I will be in Frog form, enjoying a tasty and refreshing beverage...
(https://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/img_1281.jpg?w=500&h=500)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on June 30, 2014, 12:55:04 PM
Too hot to be a Monkey, so for now I will be in Frog form, enjoying a tasty and refreshing beverage...
(https://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/img_1281.jpg?w=500&h=500)
I think you're hotter as a frog Greg. Green sends me.
Quote from: Ken B on June 30, 2014, 01:52:00 PM
I think you're hotter as a frog Greg. Green sends me.
Thank you, Ken. I raise this glass of Frog juice in your honor.
My current avatar is the Floyd. 'Nuff said. 8)
Quote from: Ken B on June 30, 2014, 01:52:00 PM
I think you're hotter as a frog Greg. Green sends me.
Ken,
Your avatar is Flora - not Venus.. ;)
I had it on my wall the last fifteen years! :)
Quote from: Moonfish on July 05, 2014, 12:22:06 AM
Ken,
Your avatar is Flora - not Venus.. ;)
I had it on my wall the last fifteen years! :)
It is!
My memory must be going, since I also remember seeing it in Naples, not on your wall! ;D
This is Venus from Pompeii
(http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/pompeii-italy-venus-granger.jpg)
The greens are much more alike than my darkish avatar suggests.
Quote from: Ken B on July 05, 2014, 05:19:43 PM
It is!
My memory must be going, since I also remember seeing it in Naples, not on your wall! ;D
Ha ha! Yes, a replica on my wall!
Quote from: Moonfish on July 05, 2014, 08:40:30 PM
Ha ha! Yes, a replica on my wall!
One of my very favourite pictures. We were in Rome and Pompeii a few years ago. Due to serendipitous timing we got to see most of the best walls from Pompeii on temporary display in Rome, set up as complete rooms (many are permanently on display in Naples.)
Quote from: Ken B on July 06, 2014, 08:05:29 AM
One of my very favourite pictures. We were in Rome and Pompeii a few years ago. Due to serendipitous timing we got to see most of the best walls from Pompeii on temporary display in Rome, set up as complete rooms (many are permanently on display in Naples.)
Wonderful! Seeing these pieces in real life is the ultimate as the replicas never can compare. I have never been to Naples (subconscious fear of Vesuvius?), but hope to visit Pompeii some day soon. I tend to end up in northern Italy every time I go. Usually in some back-restaurant in Florence with a great Chianti and divine pasta. :)
Quote from: Moonfish on July 06, 2014, 11:12:08 AM
Wonderful! Seeing these pieces in real life is the ultimate as the replicas never can compare. I have never been to Naples (subconscious fear of Vesuvius?), but hope to visit Pompeii some day soon. I tend to end up in northern Italy every time I go. Usually in some back-restaurant in Florence with a great Chianti and divine pasta. :)
Florence is magical. We rented an apartment in a 13th c building just opposite the Pitti palace for 10 days, quite cheaply (we planned the trip around my find of it). Saw a free concert with Simone Stella, and by 2days missed a free one with the Tallis Scholars singing Josquin in the duomo. :'( :'(
I'd tell you about the wine festival we were fortuitously there for, but it might count as cruelty to fish. :)
Pompeii has been stripped bare but after Rome was top of my to-see list. Well worth going, but apparently at Herculaneum (partly closed when we were there so we skipped it) you can see more stuff in situ.
I did love seeing the house of mysteries, and more of my favorite paintings.
I'm looking for Buffy. Anyone? And not the movie Buffy, the TV show Buffy, she was much better, and I'm hungry. >:D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2014, 06:41:18 PM
I'm looking for Buffy. Anyone? And not the movie Buffy, the TV show Buffy, she was much better, and I'm hungry. >:D
(http://cdn-premiere.ladmedia.fr/var/premiere/storage/images/series/news-series/le-saint-eliza-dushku-obtient-le-1er-role-feminin-3597362/65366622-1-fre-FR/Le-Saint-Eliza-Dushku-obtient-le-1er-role-feminin_portrait_w532.jpg)
(http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/8000000/Eliza-Dushku-eliza-dushku-8067841-1024-768.jpg)
Deformed happy face. :(
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 11, 2014, 12:30:22 PM
Deformed happy face. :(
I thought it was a piece of cheese.... ;)
ZauberdrachenNr.7, every time I see your crane avatar I am reminded of a homework problem from a class in statics* that I had four years ago.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/answer-board-image/c8bd5bc1-d9ef-4df5-b233-7ad1c7f9f03c.jpeg)
(I was surprised to find the same picture as the textbook just by googling "statics crane free body diagram")
*N.B. I don't mean statistics, I mean statics -- the study of rigid bodies at rest and the forces acting upon them (as opposed to later engineering classes where things move, bend, break, heat up, cool down, and generally get more complicated). Most people are like "oh, you mean statistics!" and I'm like "No, I mean statics!"
Quote from: EigenUser on July 22, 2014, 09:34:17 AM
ZauberdrachenNr.7, every time I see your crane avatar I am reminded of a homework problem from a class in statics* that I had four years ago.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/answer-board-image/c8bd5bc1-d9ef-4df5-b233-7ad1c7f9f03c.jpeg)
(I was surprised to find the same picture as the textbook just by googling "statics crane free body diagram")
*N.B. I don't mean statistics, I mean statics -- the study of rigid bodies at rest and the forces acting upon them (as opposed to later engineering classes where things move, bend, break, heat up, cool down, and generally get more complicated). Most people are like "oh, you mean statistics!" and I'm like "No, I mean statics!"
Aargh! That is not a free body diagram Nate!
(Reminds me of when I was TA for engineering physics.) (I was in neither engineering nor physics :))
Quote from: Ken B on July 22, 2014, 01:05:36 PM
Aargh! That is not a free body diagram Nate!
(Reminds me of when I was TA for engineering physics.) (I was in neither engineering nor physics :))
I know it isn't (remove the objects, draw and label arrows to replace them, sum forces, yada-yada-yada). I still call it one in my mind, and drawing one is the first thing that it makes me want to do. My statics teacher (rightly) made a big fuss over this, but I can't help it.
I've TA'd several times, including statics. Dynamics was where I really had fun, though. I had a discussion section every Friday and I even got to give a few lectures when we got to topics I liked (instantaneous centers of zero velocity, rotating reference frames, MOMENTS OF INERTIA!). One day in the Spring was really nice, so wheeled a whiteboard and had class outside. Great fun. I even bought this shirt for the day I gave a lecture on moments of inertia, which I now wear regularly:
http://www.snorgtees.com/angular-momentum.
Quote from: EigenUser on July 22, 2014, 01:42:43 PM
I know it isn't (remove the objects, draw and label arrows to replace them, sum forces, yada-yada-yada). I still call it one in my mind, and drawing one is the first thing that it makes me want to do. My statics teacher (rightly) made a big fuss over this, but I can't help it.
I've TA'd several times, including statics. Dynamics was where I really had fun, though. I had a discussion section every Friday and I even got to give a few lectures when we got to topics I liked (instantaneous centers of zero velocity, rotating reference frames, MOMENTS OF INERTIA!). One day in the Spring was really nice, so wheeled a whiteboard and had class outside. Great fun. I even bought this shirt for the day I gave a lecture on moments of inertia, which I now wear regularly:
http://www.snorgtees.com/angular-momentum.
Watch out for those moments of inertia. Soon they turn into minutes of inertia, then quarter hours, then whole days.
Quote from: EigenUser on July 22, 2014, 09:34:17 AM
ZauberdrachenNr.7, every time I see your crane avatar I am reminded of a homework problem from a class in statics* that I had four years ago.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/answer-board-image/c8bd5bc1-d9ef-4df5-b233-7ad1c7f9f03c.jpeg)
(I was surprised to find the same picture as the textbook just by googling "statics crane free body diagram")
What was the problem asking for?
Quote
*N.B. I don't mean statistics, I mean statics -- the study of rigid bodies at rest and the forces acting upon them (as opposed to later engineering classes where things move, bend, break, heat up, cool down, and generally get more complicated). Most people are like "oh, you mean statistics!" and I'm like "No, I mean statics!"
One big difference between statistics and statics is that no government ever collapsed because of bad statistics. ;D
Quote from: Florestan on July 23, 2014, 12:25:38 AM
What was the problem asking for?
One big difference between statistics and statics is that no government ever collapsed because of bad statistics. ;D
And also this: statistics may benumb or may stun but normally do not shock.
Quote from: Florestan on July 23, 2014, 12:25:38 AM
What was the problem asking for?
One big difference between statistics and statics is that no government ever collapsed because of bad statistics. ;D
Here you go. Found it from my textbook:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kvpt3c19br2i94k/Photo%20Jul%2023%2C%209%2002%2042%20PM.jpg)
From the classic Hibbeler:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zyxmjghnfeosjs9/PaavoStatics.jpg)
First conducting, then coffee, now
textbooks? He must be stopped!
Quote from: EigenUser on July 23, 2014, 05:24:17 PM
Here you go. Found it from my textbook:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kvpt3c19br2i94k/Photo%20Jul%2023%2C%209%2002%2042%20PM.jpg)
From the classic Hibbeler:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zyxmjghnfeosjs9/PaavoStatics.jpg)
First conducting, then coffee, now textbooks? He must be stopped!
Engineering failure: when statics become dynamics.
At my alma mater, engineers in the math courses only needed 50%, 40% to get the prerequisite, but the
human beings pure math types were expected to learn the material.
>:D
To be fair, one of my friends in Applied Math was the best integrator known to man.
Mio from Nichijou is not amused. :-X
A portion of my collection.
Ken, I can imagine that your car that tried to kill you was thinking "You want Glass? I'll give you Glass!" *smash*
Quote from: EigenUser on July 29, 2014, 04:31:59 PM
Ken, I can imagine that your car that tried to kill you was thinking "You want Glass? I'll give you Glass!" *smash*
:laugh:
That'll teach me to drive a Chevrolet
Stockhausen.
Right now it is Preston Sturges, who in fact looks uncannily like my dad's father.
Famous crime fighter out of costume.
Ken, here's your new avatar:
(http://www.thescrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ken-by-request-only.jpg)
Here's yours, North Star.
(http://images.all-free-download.com/images/graphiclarge/minnesota_north_stars_68529.jpg)
Quote from: Mn Dave on September 08, 2014, 11:23:19 AM
Here's yours, North Star.
Hah! I actually have relatives in Minnesota.
Quote from: North Star on September 08, 2014, 11:20:11 AM
Ken, here's your new avatar:
(http://www.thescrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ken-by-request-only.jpg)
I kept it for as long as I could. Then I got a cease&desist letter from the National Association for the Advancement of Ken People for bringing the noble name into disrepute. They have a point.
Apparently that appalling photo is a 70s forgery by some disgruntled Barbie.
Luke Jordan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Jordan)
Quote from: Ken B on September 09, 2014, 11:44:22 AM
I kept it for as long as I could. Then I got a cease&desist letter from the National Association for the Advancement of Ken People for bringing the noble name into disrepute. They have a point.
Apparently that appalling photo is a 70s forgery by some disgruntled Barbie.
Is Obi-Wan the president of that organization?
My current avatar is Mieczysław Weinberg. I'll probably leave his mug up for awhile since Shostakovich gets all the attention and since Paul already has an avatar of Shostakovich up. ;) ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 15, 2014, 05:39:37 PM
My current avatar is Mieczysław Weinberg. I'll probably leave his mug up for awhile since Shostakovich gets all the attention and since Paul already has an avatar of Shostakovich up. ;) ;D
What's the "best by" date on this comment? >:D
Setzer, Final Fantasy VI.
Final Fantasy VI was one of the first video games I played, back in 1998. It's an astounding cinematic RPG made in 1994 for the Super Nintendo.
My favorite part: when an apocalypse occurs half way through the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TBx3ce7cE
The game is especially notable for the tuneful and memorable score by Nobuo Uematsu.
Quote from: -abe- on September 15, 2014, 06:47:54 PM
Setzer, Final Fantasy VI.
Final Fantasy VI was one of the first video games I played, back in 1998. It's an astounding cinematic RPG made in 1994 for the Super Nintendo.
My favorite part: when an apocalypse occurs half way through the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TBx3ce7cE
The game is especially notable for the tuneful and memorable score by Nobuo Uematsu.
Here's a good Setzer scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZA9om3Ezww
I didn't really like playing as him, though, because I didn't like the slots.
That was one thing I like about older games: no voice acting. You hear the awesome music and read the text.
Vintage James Bama (the guy that did all the cool Doc Savage paperback covers) Frankie that he did. It was used on different items, including the cover of the 1965 Yearbook (my birth year).
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FB2gtoZd4s0/Uk-bYvyBNvI/AAAAAAAASYk/ORwuPTBDJz0/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-10-04+at+9.52.39+PM.png)
A portion of a poster from Terry Gilliam's film Brazil.
Currently the man who is arguably the most influential composer in music history, Caccini.
Quote from: Ken B on September 17, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
Currently the man who is arguably the most influential composer in music history, Caccini.
Really? I thought it was Stockhausen? Oh, wait.....you said most influential and not most atrocious composer. :laugh:
My avatar is from a little known painting of Beethoven during his "Mozart is God" period.
Seriously though, I couldn't make up my mind as to whose music I like the most, so I photoshopped Ludwig's mug onto the Krafft painting of Mozart. It's an all right compromise I think.
My current avatar is RVW. Definitely one of my musical heroes. Reading more about his personal life, I have to say that he seemed to be fine human being. Incredibly humble and generous.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 19, 2014, 07:21:55 PM
My current avatar is RVW. Definitely one of my musical heroes. Reading more about his personal life, I have to say that he seemed to be fine human being. Incredibly humble and generous.
I don't know much RVW, but I do like what works of his I know. My math professor is a big fan of his and sent me YT links to a few of his favorite symphonies. I forgot which ones now, but one of them was the 5th, I think. I read that Copland wrote/said that
"Listening to RVW's 5th is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes." I certainly don't have anything against the work, but I found the quote very funny.
RVW took composition lessons with Ravel (who regarded him very highly -- as his best student, If I recall), and there was also this amusing story about his response when Ravel asked him to write
"un petit minuet dans la style de Mozart". I think it involved RVW imitating a French accent.
Quote from: EigenUser on September 20, 2014, 02:27:49 AM
I read that Copland wrote/said that "Listening to RVW's 5th is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes."
Grrrr, must be better than staring at a cowboy for 45.. >:D ;D
Quote from: Luke on September 20, 2014, 02:36:13 AM
Grrrr, must be better than staring at a cowboy for 45.. >:D ;D
Haha... I'm pretty neutral on both composers, so I just thought it was a funny statement.
Me too - neutral on both in theory, that is, though in practice VW impresses/affects me much, much more. But Copland was a highly intelligent, sophisticated and sensitive listener, and that view of VW's 5th seems peculiarly narrow-minded and undiscerning. (But I'm aware, of course, that it's only a good joke, and one others had made before, famously Peter Warlock's 'it is all just a little too much like a cow looking over a gate').
BTW, as I don't remember if I ever posted on this thread before, my avatar is taken from the front cover of the score of Janacek's Diary of One Who Vanished 8) :-* 8) , and I doubt that I will ever change it.
Quote from: Luke on September 20, 2014, 03:02:08 AM
BTW, as I don't remember if I ever posted on this thread before, my avatar is taken from the front cover of the score of Janacek's Diary of One Who Vanished 8) :-* 8) , and I doubt that I will ever change it.
Hmmm... that's a good idea. I don't want to change my current avatar now, but I am tempted in the future to use the original cover of Ravel's
Le Tombeau de Couperin (the urn drawing he made) or the picture on the cover of Messiaen's
Des Canyons aux Etoiles.
Quote from: EigenUser on September 20, 2014, 03:12:55 AM
...the original cover of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin (the urn drawing he made)...
Nice - I think I've seen that one in real life, too - it is (or was at the time) on the music rack of the piano in Ravel's incredible house at Montfort l'Amaury (the most interesting of all composer houses, IMO). Looked like the original, IIRC, but it was a long time ago.
Quote from: Luke on September 20, 2014, 03:27:35 AM
...Ravel's incredible house at Montfort l'Amaury (the most interesting of all composer houses, IMO).
Thanks for the heads-up! I did not know that one existed as a museum.
Quote from: EigenUser on September 20, 2014, 02:27:49 AM
I don't know much RVW, but I do like what works of his I know. My math professor is a big fan of his and sent me YT links to a few of his favorite symphonies. I forgot which ones now, but one of them was the 5th, I think. I read that Copland wrote/said that "Listening to RVW's 5th is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes." I certainly don't have anything against the work, but I found the quote very funny.
RVW took composition lessons with Ravel (who regarded him very highly -- as his best student, If I recall), and there was also this amusing story about his response when Ravel asked him to write "un petit minuet dans la style de Mozart". I think it involved RVW imitating a French accent.
Ravel said of RVW, and I'm paraphrasing here as I don't remember the exact quote, that he was "The only student of mine that doesn't write my music." :) RVW spent three months with Ravel and it was with him that he wanted to learn more about orchestration. He also studied with Bruch, Parry, and Stanford. As for that Copland quote, I think it's funny, but I don't think Copland understood the musical language of that symphony very well. The thing about RVW is he reinvents himself with each symphony.
Symphony No. 4 was a total shock to the system for many listeners who were more familiar with his pastoral music. He was a Modernist through and through.
I currently don't have an avatar. Actually, I have no clue how to create one. I'm using a tablet (ipad) and have no idea how I can create one.
If I could, I would probably use a portrait of Chopin, the ultimate Romantic Genius.
Quote from: André on September 20, 2014, 05:13:31 PM
I currently don't have an avatar. Actually, I have no clue how to create one. I'm using a tablet (ipad) and have no idea how I can create one.
If I could, I would probably use a portrait of Chopin, the ultimate Romantic Genius.
Go to your profile (link on the top, next to Search, My Messages), select 'Forum Profile' under 'Modify Profile', find the image you want to use, paste the address & choose 'Specify avatar by URL'
Quote from: North Star on September 20, 2014, 05:28:04 PM
Go to your profile (link on the top, next to Search, My Messages), select 'Forum Profile' under 'Modify Profile', find the image you want to use, paste the address & choose 'Specify avatar by URL'
Or you can use an image from your own hard drive which is what I do. 8)
Mine is a fellow well worth knowing about. He was also a musician.
My new avater is an Angel, a warrior Angel. Flying free from being incarcerated in filing cabinets.
Carl Maria von Weber, arguably the author of the first Romantic opera.
Quote from: Ken B on September 17, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
Currently the man who is arguably the most influential composer in music history, Caccini.
May we see the arguments?
Amarilli is lovely and forward-looking, but "the most influential composer" is a claim that begs some backing...
Quote from: jochanaan on September 23, 2014, 04:35:37 PM
May we see the arguments? Amarilli is lovely and forward-looking, but "the most influential composer" is a claim that begs some backing...
I think Ken is referring to the apparent fact that he was a co composer of the first opera, Eurydice, although up to now his collaborater Peri usually gets full credit. Concerto Italiano has just released a recording of the Caccini version. It is an interesting listen but makes clear just how much of an advance Monteverdi made with his operas.
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Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 23, 2014, 08:40:53 PM
I think Ken is referring to the apparent fact that he was a co composer of the first opera, Eurydice, although up to now his collaborater Peri usually gets full credit. Concerto Italiano has just released a recording of the Caccini version. It is an interesting listen but makes clear just how much of an advance Monteverdi made with his operas.
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Yes Caccini was also involved in promulgating the modern system of notation (not that I can tell you the details, but this is what I read, figured bass in particular). His circle in Florence pioneered the stile recitativo and monody. He articulated the theory of the new style too. He's not the only composer of the time involved in all this of course. But music changed dramatiocally in northern Italy between 1590 and 1610, and Caccini was at the centre of that.
My avatar needs no introduction but I'm going to give it one anyway! Alban Berg who Simon Rattle called "the humanizing force behind the Second Viennese School". One of my favorite composers, but Schoenberg is certainly catching up.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 24, 2014, 05:45:01 PM
My avatar needs no introduction but I'm going to give it one anyway! Alban Berg who Simon Rattle called "the humanizing force behind the Second Viennese School". Certainly one of my favorite composers, but Schoenberg is certainly catching up.
Great pic.
Berg is a one of kind, I've realized in the past 5 or so years that his music is some of the most beautiful I've heard.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 24, 2014, 05:47:33 PM
Great pic.
Berg is a one of kind, I've realized in the past 5 or so years that his music is some of the most beautiful I've heard.
Thanks, Greg. He's certainly a unique composer with an individual voice.
Changed my avatar back to an old favorite: Samuel Barber. Certainly one of the greatest American composers of the 20th Century IMHO.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 26, 2014, 08:57:05 PM
Changed my avatar back to an old favorite: Samuel Barber. Certainly one of the greatest American composers of the 20th Century IMHO.
Have you heard David Diamond's
Rounds for string orchestra? We played that in high school orchestra. Such fun! I haven't heard any other Diamond, but I know he was friends with Ravel.
Quote from: EigenUser on September 27, 2014, 01:44:37 AM
Have you heard David Diamond's Rounds for string orchestra? We played that in high school orchestra. Such fun! I haven't heard any other Diamond, but I know he was friends with Ravel.
Yep, I love Diamond's music. I own the whole Naxos series (reissued from Delos). Diamond even wrote a memoriam piece called
Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel.
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 27, 2014, 06:18:12 PM
Yep, I love Diamond's music. I own the whole Naxos series (reissued from Delos). Diamond even wrote a memoriam piece called Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel.
Aha! But have you heard of David van Vactor?
Probably not, and {boilerplate} doubtless the flaw is in me, and his admirers are to be praised for their superior perception and exalted taste {/boilerplate} don't bother, but I even programmed one of his symphonies on radio.
Quote from: Ken B on September 28, 2014, 07:41:14 AM
Aha! But have you heard of David van Vactor?
Probably not, and {boilerplate} doubtless the flaw is in me, and his admirers are to be praised for their superior perception and exalted taste {/boilerplate} don't bother, but I even programmed one of his symphonies on radio.
Never heard of David van Vactor until now actually, so thanks for bringing a new composer to my attention. Apparently, he's in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Van_Vactor
So I've decided to update my avatar once a month, starting with October. In honor of Halloween I have chosen a screenshot from Georges Franju's 1960 horror film, Eyes Without a Face. It's actually a beautifully shot image, but with some terrifying elements.
(https://d2nh4f9cbhlobh.cloudfront.net/_uploads/galleries/36729/eyes2.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 30, 2014, 06:41:44 AM
So I've decided to update my avatar once a month, starting with October. In honor of Halloween I have chosen a screenshot from Georges Franju's 1960 horror film, Eyes Without a Face. It's actually a beautifully shot image, but with some terrifying elements.
(https://d2nh4f9cbhlobh.cloudfront.net/_uploads/galleries/36729/eyes2.jpg)
Oh, how Bergian! Cool! 8)
Meet my permanent avatar for the next few weeks. :D
Ken & Nate: a sideburned woman especially for you, guys! ;D
Quote from: Florestan on October 08, 2014, 12:41:22 AM
Meet my permanent avatar for the next few weeks. :D
Ken & Nate: a sideburned woman especially for you, guys! ;D
This is the first male picture I've seen you use! A bearded lady and then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpF1IZ4xLuE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpF1IZ4xLuE)
Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656) - De vrolijke speelman (The Merry Fiddler), 1623
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Quote from: Florestan on October 10, 2014, 04:11:11 AM
Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656) - De vrolijke speelman (The Merry Fiddler), 1623
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Another bearded avatar. :D
If Ken approves of it I'll keep it for a while; and if no, no. ;D ;D ;D
I suspect Ken won't like it so I've returned to my first avatar ever on GMG.
Vincent van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
That's it, no more changes this year, scout's honor!
Quote from: Florestan on October 10, 2014, 05:15:31 AM
I suspect Ken won't like it so I've returned to my first avatar ever on GMG.
Vincent van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
That's it, no more changes this year, scout's honor!
Actually I like Hornthorst.
His Trial at Emmaus is a favorite.
Quote from: Ken B on October 10, 2014, 05:49:53 AM
Actually I like Hornthorst. His Trial at Emmaus is a favorite.
Please google " Honthorst Merry Fiddler and let me know what you think about it. :D
Quote from: Florestan on October 10, 2014, 05:59:18 AM
Please google " Honthorst Merry Fiddler and let me know what you think about it. :D
This one is described as a woman ...
(http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/364001-364500/364085/painting1.jpg)
Might just be a labeling error, might be taylor-made for you ... >:D :laugh:
UPDATE Thread Duty: Florestan.
I meant this one
(http://www.gerrit-van-honthorst.org/The-Merry-Fiddler--1623.jpg)
Quote from: Ken B on October 10, 2014, 07:54:10 AM
This one is described as a woman ...
Might just be a labeling error, might be taylor-made for you ... >:D :laugh:
UPDATE Thread Duty: Florestan.
I'm afraid you are a Freudian case, my friend. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Florestan on October 10, 2014, 10:21:14 AM
I meant this one
(http://www.gerrit-van-honthorst.org/The-Merry-Fiddler--1623.jpg)
Yes. I was trying to help .... >:D
Quote from: Ken B on October 10, 2014, 11:35:13 AM
Yes. I was trying to help .... >:D
You might be the first GMGer whose avatar is another GMGer.
Quote from: Brian on October 11, 2014, 07:03:16 AM
You might be the first GMGer whose avatar is another GMGer.
It was literally the only picture I could find John hadn't used.
Hi Cato! :laugh:
Oh dear...an impersonator! :P
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2014, 07:10:40 AM
It was literally the only picture I could find John hadn't used.
Hi Cato! :laugh:
You know, Ken, you've been changing avatars more often than John recently.
TD
I have taken over the vinous violinist Florestan gave up.
Quote from: Brian on October 11, 2014, 07:03:16 AM
You might be the first GMGer whose avatar is another GMGer.
What! Shostakovich is not a GMGer!!! ::) ::) ::) :'(
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 11, 2014, 10:54:17 AM
I have taken over the vinous violinist Florestan gave up.
Don't worry, here's another (more subtly) vinous violinist for me (scout's honor be damned, this is just too good... :D).
Frans Hals -
Daniel van Aken Playing the Violin, 1640
Oh, great. Now everyone is fiddling with their avatars. 0:)
The Monkey King. Duh. ::)
I thought I was safe waiting to choose a Messiaen avatar, but after John's 12-day transformation from Delius-basher into born-again-Delian I better do this quick!
The text is from the third of the Trois Petites Liturgies. I think it is interesting that he mentions colors here. Before I even knew what the text was, this particular section where the words are taken from made me think of all sorts of colors (not automatically like true synesthesia , but with the prior knowledge of Messiaen's penchant for color). The words were difficult to make out in the recording I have, but I figured them out with the score.
Why not these nice mechanical engineering homeworks? Far more original than fav composers portrait photos!!!
Actually, I'd much prefer if people would stick to their avatars at least for some month, preferably forever...
Quote from: Jo498 on October 13, 2014, 12:44:06 AM
Why not these nice mechanical engineering homeworks? Far more original than fav composers portrait photos!!!
Actually, I'd much prefer if people would stick to their avatars at least for some month, preferably forever...
;D
Don't worry, I was just joking. I do plan on switching it back later today. If I was going to keep a composer avatar it would be Messiaen, though.
I was only half joking. For me the point of a (hopefully) permanent avatar is to identify a user at a glance without having to remember his nickname. Of course, one probably sees and processes both name and picture immediately, but I still think it helps. In any case it helps if one guy has always circuit diagrams and another a composer's manuscript and another one added force vector on some machine.
Much easier to remember than all those serious b/w portraits....
Quote from: EigenUser on October 13, 2014, 12:22:39 AM
I thought I was safe waiting to choose a Messiaen avatar, but after John's 12-day transformation from Delius-basher into born-again-Delian I better do this quick!
The text is from the third of the Trois Petites Liturgies. I think it is interesting that he mentions colors here. Before I even knew what the text was, this particular section where the words are taken from made me think of all sorts of colors (not automatically like true synesthesia , but with the prior knowledge of Messiaen's penchant for color). The words were difficult to make out in the recording I have, but I figured them out with the score.
He looks like Dick Cheney!
Quote from: Jo498 on October 13, 2014, 03:17:07 AM
I was only half joking. For me the point of a (hopefully) permanent avatar is to identify a user at a glance without having to remember his nickname. Of course, one probably sees and processes both name and picture immediately, but I still think it helps. In any case it helps if one guy has always circuit diagrams and another a composer's manuscript and another one added force vector on some machine.
Much easier to remember than all those serious b/w portraits....
Big talk from a member with no avatar. 0:)
Igor Fyodorovich totally has this "Do I look like I wanted to be doing this?" expression on his face . . . .
C'est moi. I am teasing a friend in Detroit, who cannot get her favourite beer, Kilkenny, by holding a Kilkenny tap.
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 05:19:23 PM
C'est moi. I am teasing a friend in Detroit, who cannot get her favourite beer, Kilkenny, by holding a Kilkenny tap.
So, Ken, does this mean this is actually
you :o
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 05:19:23 PM
C'est moi. I am teasing a friend in Detroit, who cannot get her favourite beer, Kilkenny, by holding a Kilkenny tap.
Your friend wants to Kil Kenny? 8)
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 05:19:23 PM
C'est moi.
It´s funny how non-self avatars can affect the image of a member in the mind of others. I´d have never pictured you in my mind like that. :D
Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 05, 2014, 12:53:08 AM
So, Ken, does this mean this is actually you :o
Yes actually me.
Until I change it. :)
Quote from: Ken B on November 05, 2014, 05:03:44 AM
Yes actually me.
Until I change it. :)
Or the avatar. 8)
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 05:19:23 PM
C'est moi. I am teasing a friend in Detroit, who cannot get her favourite beer, Kilkenny, by holding a Kilkenny tap.
Ken, you look somewhat similar to Allan Pettersson. I'm sure you're not as depressed as he was though. ;) ;D
Tough call, day after Election Day . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on November 05, 2014, 06:31:21 AM
Tough call, day after Election Day . . . .
Meh. I try not to let the best be the enemy of the good. Yes, some democrat senators were re-elected, but I'm trying not to let that harsh my mellow.
:P 8) :)
Frankly, it's no surprise that the Republicans mopped the floor with the Democrats this time around. Speaking as a someone who falls right in the center of the two parities, I think people are just tired of Obama and basically want to keep him in-check. Now that he has a Republican House and Senate, he might as well hibernate until his term is over because they're not going to let anything through. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 05, 2014, 06:59:18 PM
Frankly, it's no surprise that the Republicans mopped the floor with the Democrats this time around. Speaking as a someone who falls right in the center of the two parities, I think people are just tired of Obama and basically want to keep him in-check. Now that he has a Republican House and Senate, he might as well hibernate until his term is over because they're not going to let anything through. :)
Which is bad for the whole nation regardless of party affiliation. Gridlock in the congress/senate has been getting way too common over the last two decades. :(
Quote from: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 08:36:35 PM
Which is bad for the whole nation regardless of party affiliation. Gridlock in the congress/senate has been getting way too common over the last two decades. :(
I recommend the book Demosclerosis by Rauch. Public Choice theory used to explain perpetual gridlock and a few other bad aspects of modern American government.
Still the Monkey King.
Juuuust in case any of you were wondering.
Respect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorone%C8%9B_Monastery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorone%C8%9B_Monastery)
While of course nothing can quite match the understated elegance and symbolic depth of a simple straight razor ... I do like your avatars ZauberdrachenNr.7, especially the vintage autos with dragon drivers. Must have been quite a trend back in 1919 or so, with so many dragon-filled advertisements!
I'm pretty satisfied with my avatar: the Wang Computer of composers. ::) ;D
Degas' L'Absinthe ... with an uninvited guest. 0:)
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 08, 2014, 03:44:11 PM
I'm pretty satisfied with my avatar: the Wang Computer of composers. ::) ;D
I like the hat. I only wear broad brimmed hats or British flat caps. Baseball caps never and tuques never ever.
Quote from: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 03:52:34 PM
I like the hat. I only wear broad brimmed hats or British flat caps. Baseball caps never and tuques never ever.
I'll occasionally sport a baseball cap or a flat cap.
For Christmas, Santa Karajan.
Quote from: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 03:52:34 PM
I like the hat. I only wear broad brimmed hats or British flat caps. Baseball caps never and tuques never ever.
No fezzes?! "Fezzes are cool," sez Dr. Who, though I've yet to buy one myself, though one can readily find them.
Baseball caps for lawn work; broad-brimmed hats for sunny walks; berets (I've several of different persuasions) for social events or when feeling existential which is much of the time.
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on December 10, 2014, 03:48:47 AM
No fezzes?! "Fezzes are cool," sez Dr. Who, though I've yet to buy one myself, though one can readily find them.
Baseball caps for lawn work; broad-brimmed hats for sunny walks; berets (I've several of different persuasions) for social events or when feeling existential which is much of the time.
Steve Reich is nearly always seen wearing a baseball cap: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22steve+reich%22&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=YEGIVIL7LsqagwT-noDADw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=644
Come to think of it, he looks a little bit like an American version of Pierre Boulez...
Quote from: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 03:52:34 PM
I like the hat. I only wear broad brimmed hats or British flat caps. Baseball caps never and tuques never ever.
You wouldn't want to be tuqueless in the canadian winter. You probably live in a mild climate 8)
Quote from: André on December 10, 2014, 04:25:04 PM
You wouldn't want to be tuqueless in the canadian winter. You probably live in a mild climate 8)
Indeed.
I wonder how well these sell, though. :D
(http://lf.hatworld.com/hwl?set=sku%5B20628310%5D,c%5B2%5D,w%5B400%5D,h%5B300%5D&load=url%5Bfile:product%5D)
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2014, 04:30:43 PM
Indeed.
I wonder how well these sell, though. :D
(http://lf.hatworld.com/hwl?set=sku%5B20628310%5D,c%5B2%5D,w%5B400%5D,h%5B300%5D&load=url%5Bfile:product%5D)
It is 53F at the moment, and somewhat lower by early morning. If they do not sell, it is because of the team. Hockey remains a lower ranking sport here.
Quote from: André on December 10, 2014, 04:25:04 PM
You wouldn't want to be tuqueless in the canadian winter. You probably live in a mild climate 8)
Grew up in Guelph. Live in Michigan. But tuques are a stereotype,
eh.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 10, 2014, 04:45:43 PM
It is 53F at the moment, and somewhat lower by early morning. If they do not sell, it is because of the team. Hockey remains a lower ranking sport here.
53F? That's t-shirt-and-shorts weather. 8)
Yes, I know hockey isn't all that popular (especially) in those parts of the US
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2014, 06:30:49 PM
53F? That's t-shirt-and-shorts weather. 8)
Yes, I know hockey isn't all that popular (especially) in those parts of the US
Agreed! :D :D ;D
Quote from: North Star on December 10, 2014, 06:30:49 PM
53F? That's t-shirt-and-shorts weather. 8)
Yes, I know hockey isn't all that popular (especially) in those parts of the US
Hockey, pfffft. If I want to watch a riot I'll go downtown.
Definitely in a festive mood now. Ho! Ho! Ho! It's Santa Schnittke! Avatar courtesy of Sarge. Now, let's start seeing everyone's Christmas avatars!
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 14, 2014, 06:59:20 PM
Definitely in a festive mood now. Ho! Ho! Ho! It's Santa Schnittke! Avatar courtesy of Sarge. Now, let's start seeing everyone's Christmas avatars!
Voila!
My current avatar could probably sell for millions in a pop-art type gallery.
Okay here it is, with a Santa Discobolus :)
I also added the baroque element that I had been previously asked for, a baroque watch hanging at Pierrot's hand. The heavy symbolism, open to every interpretation, continues.
Quote from: EigenUser on December 15, 2014, 03:08:04 AM
Voila!
My current avatar could probably sell for millions in a pop-art type gallery.
Cool avatar, Nate. :D
Quote from: Discobolus on December 15, 2014, 03:36:38 AM
Okay here it is, with a Santa Discobolus :)
I also added the baroque element that I had been previously asked for, a baroque watch hanging at Pierrot's hand. The heavy symbolism, open to every interpretation, continues.
Nice, Discobolus. 8)
Laughing Ligeti, originally from MI, is full of elfin cheer as it is.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 15, 2014, 08:09:02 AM
Laughing Ligeti, originally from MI, is full of elfin cheer as it is.
8) Indeed, Jeffrey.
Quote from: Discobolus on December 15, 2014, 03:36:38 AM
Okay here it is, with a Santa Discobolus :)
I also added the baroque element that I had been previously asked for, a baroque watch hanging at Pierrot's hand. The heavy symbolism, open to every interpretation, continues.
Is that a photoshopped Boulez in your picture? It looks like it could be, but I can't quite tell.
Quote from: EigenUser on December 15, 2014, 10:51:36 AM
Is that a photoshopped Boulez in your picture? It looks like it could be, but I can't quite tell.
It is Boulez. Photoshopped, well, if it is about the glasses yes I added them, and the watch also, but the rest is original.
Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)
The Flute Player, 1621
Quote from: Florestan on December 22, 2014, 05:30:43 AM
Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)
The Flute Player, 1621
No more bearded ladies? :(
Quote from: Florestan on December 22, 2014, 05:44:27 AM
Never say never. :D
Just the thing for the weird double monarchist bearded lady fancier:
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/348995/slide_348995_3724617_free.jpg)
Quote from: Ken B on December 22, 2014, 05:56:19 AM
Just the thing for the weird double monarchist bearded lady fancier:
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/348995/slide_348995_3724617_free.jpg)
OMG that's hilariously funny! ;D ;D ;D
(On second thought, though, I think you should be quartered for lèse-majesté... ;D ;D ;D )
Which reminds me: Austrians are not that Nazi reactionaries, after all. Conchita Wurst, anyone? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Christmas is officially over here, so, in true holiday fashion, it's time to drop the santa hat. Schnittke is done spreading holiday cheer. :)
By the kind and reasoned request of one of our esteemed moderators, I have a new avatar.
The Lute Player, attributed to the Frans Hals circle.
Thank you.
Mike
Quote from: Florestan on January 14, 2015, 12:29:42 AM
By the kind and reasoned request of one of our esteemed moderators, I have a new avatar.
The Lute Player, attributed to the Frans Hals circle.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/01/14/muslim-coffee-shop-boss-faces-death-threats-for-je-suis-charlie-sign/
I was intrigued by Jeffrey Smith's avatar. I gather it's the emblem of one of the teams in this year's football super-bowl. The Stealers if I am not mistaken.
>:D
Quote from: Ken B on January 28, 2015, 11:35:00 AM
I was intrigued by Jeffrey Smith's avatar. I gather it's the emblem of one of the teams in this year's football super-bowl. The Stealers if I am not mistaken.
>:D
Got it wrong. Pittsburgh is not in the SuperBowl this year.
And it's not the Stealers either :laugh:
Looks as if Ken's joke was deflated. ???
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 28, 2015, 02:32:34 PM
Got it wrong. Pittsburgh is not in the SuperBowl this year.
Quote from: André on January 28, 2015, 03:28:37 PM
And it's not the Stealers either :laugh:
Gold and silver for missing the joke!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 29, 2015, 04:54:39 AM
Looks as if Ken's joke was deflated. ???
:laugh: I knew Monkey Greg would never miss that!
Good to see ya!
Quote from: Ken B on January 29, 2015, 05:20:44 AM
:laugh: I knew Monkey Greg would never miss that!
Good to see ya!
Thanks!
I had to come out of hiding, couldn't let a good joke go unnoticed.
Out From the Undisclosed Location!
Now that the good guys have won, a proper salute from Old Ironsides.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 01, 2015, 06:14:30 PM
Now that the good guys have won, a proper salute from Old Ironsides.
Not enough air in the sails.
Maestro Harnoncourt, tearing the fabric of time and space wide open with his special move, the "Bear Trap"...
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 04, 2015, 11:20:05 AM
Maestro Harnoncourt, tearing the fabric of time of space wide open with his special move, the "Bear Trap"...
Great avatar,
Greg! :laugh:
Quote from: North Star on March 04, 2015, 11:24:05 AM
Great avatar, Greg! :laugh:
Thanks, Karlo. But please be careful, don't get too close to Harnoncourt's death grip.
Barnes Wallis.
Pollini. Before that it was a selection of photos of my partner. In fact, it's because of her comment about Pollini that I changed the avatar. She said "He's a seriously good looking guy". Okay...
Quote from: Ken B on March 04, 2015, 04:41:25 PM
Barnes Wallis.
Read this paperback way back in the day, Ken:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ueusxcCvL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on March 07, 2015, 05:33:32 PM
Read this paperback way back in the day, Ken:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ueusxcCvL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Good catch Bill!
I just finished the new book of the same name by James Holland. It is very good.
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Female_Half-Lengths) - Three Ladies Making Music (1530-1550/60)
Quote from: Florestan on April 03, 2015, 04:39:14 AM
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Female_Half-Lengths) - Three Ladies Making Music (1530-1550/60)
(http://rapidmoviez.com/data/images/movies/2011-12/three-inches.jpeg)
Master of the Male Half-Lengths, Study #1 (ca 1720)
The photo is by Neumeister. The hands are Schuricht.
But what's the score? Or is that a puzzle for us...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flower)
On revient toujours à ses premières amours... My first, my one, my only is Romanticism. 8)
Super-Rued
Mn Dave Noir
My current avatar is a wee test for Nate. No cheating by looking at the url of the image!
Quote from: Ken B on June 27, 2015, 05:04:43 PM
My current avatar is a wee test for Nate. No cheating by looking at the url of the image!
Sorry, I have no clue :(.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a cross between Bela Bartok and George Washington. :-\
Quote from: EigenUser on June 28, 2015, 02:06:11 PM
Sorry, I have no clue :(.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a cross between Bela Bartok and George Washington. :-\
I looked at the URL.
All I can say is, if he was smoked he would go great with cream cheese on a bagel.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 28, 2015, 02:11:01 PM
I looked at the URL.
All I can say is, if he was smoked he would go great with cream cheese on a bagel.
Steve "The Smoked" Salmon?
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 28, 2015, 02:11:01 PM
I looked at the URL.
All I can say is, if he was smoked he would go great with cream cheese on a bagel.
If you could catch him!
Quote from: Ken B on June 28, 2015, 02:30:50 PM
If you could catch him!
Too old of a photo to be Salman Rushdie, though this comment and the previous one seem to suggest this.
Quote from: EigenUser on June 28, 2015, 04:08:59 PM
Too old of a photo to be Salman Rushdie, though this comment and the previous one seem to suggest this.
Salmon P. Chase.
US history ...
Okay, that one I admit was hard. This one should be almost insultingly easy ...
Quote from: Ken B on June 28, 2015, 04:40:57 PM
Salmon P. Chase.
US history ...
Haven't had a US history class in awhile, nor did I ever know what he looks like. Out of curiosity I just looked up my notes on my computer and I covered that in Winter 2012 (in a course on Antebellum US history). He was one of the candidates in the running during the 1860 election.
I do remember this, though:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Southern_Chivalry.jpg)
EDIT: I see you have morphed into Frederick Douglass.
Quote from: EigenUser on June 28, 2015, 04:48:57 PM
Haven't had a US history class in awhile, nor did I ever know what he looks like. Out of curiosity I just looked up my notes on my computer and I covered that in Winter 2012 (in a course on Antebellum US history). He was one of the candidates in the running during the 1860 election.
I do remember this, though:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Southern_Chivalry.jpg)
EDIT: I see you have morphed into Frederick Douglass.
And people think Washington is dysfunctional today!
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 28, 2015, 05:52:17 PM
And people think Washington is dysfunctional today!
Yes. I am willing to believe we have the worst political class in a century. But when I see the claim we have the worst ever, and I see it fairly often, I roll my eyes.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 28, 2015, 05:52:17 PM
And people think Washington is dysfunctional today!
I know!
The other big thing is the "media" bias back then ("media" is in quotes because they only really had newspaper, making it a singular "medium", but that's neither here nor there :D). My professor for that antebellum US history class said "...and if you think the papers are biased today, you should see some from the 1860 election!" He went on to say how there were distinct papers for each candidate. They would have articles praising their candidate, getting dirt on the opposition (and often their families), and listing party events.
I guess they are more discreet about it today.
P.S. Ken, why was the test for me?
Quote from: EigenUser on June 29, 2015, 01:48:42 AM
P.S. Ken, why was the test for me?
1. Grad student, so I was curious.
2. You post puzzles.
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 11:21:45 AM
1. Grad student, so I was curious.
2. You post puzzles.
Oh, okay.
I do have a minor in American history (please don't start quizzing me -- it's been awhile since I took a class on the subject :(). Unfortunately, not many pictures were shown (though I still loved the classes). I recognize Douglass because one class had his narrative as assigned reading and his photo was on the front.
Quote from: EigenUser on June 29, 2015, 01:48:42 AMThey would have articles praising their candidate, getting dirt on the opposition (and often their families), and listing party events.
That practice stretches back to the 1790s, which was as bad as anything in the 1860s. Even some now well-regarded journals like the New York Times were merciless in some attacks right through the 19th Century. I remember reading a micro-fiche Gray Lady article from the 1870s attacking Grant in most unsavory terms, with particularly sharp attacks on his taste for alcohol.
And for anyone decrying the nasty nature of attack ads now, there's always LBJ's delicious Daisy ad, and this beauty from centuries ago depicting Jefferson and Sally Hemmings . . .
(https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/5cccd485fb.jpg)
Quote from: EigenUser on June 28, 2015, 04:48:57 PM
Haven't had a US history class in awhile, nor did I ever know what he looks like. Out of curiosity I just looked up my notes on my computer and I covered that in Winter 2012 (in a course on Antebellum US history). He was one of the candidates in the running during the 1860 election.
I do remember this, though:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Southern_Chivalry.jpg)
EDIT: I see you have morphed into Frederick Douglass.
I just finished a superb little book,
The Scorpion's Sting by Oakes. It's based on popular lectures he gave based on his much bigger
Freedom National, which I decided to read and started this weekend. Chase plays a part, the subject being the Republican policy on slavery, and whether the civil war was about slavery (it was).
So now of course I can't make a decent puzzle out of anti-slavery avatars, having told you this. ;)
Still a new one is coming up. HINT: I have walked on his grave. In Westminster Abbey.
Actually, on two occassions. When I was in high school at 17 was once. I didn't realize then who he was, and probably paid him no mind; a reproach either to me or to the Ontario school system. Or both.
So,
Nate. Who is it?
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 12:40:49 PM
I just finished a superb little book, The Scorpion's Sting by Oakes. It's based on popular lectures he gave based on his much bigger Freedom National, which I decided to read and started this weekend. Chase plays a part, the subject being the Republican policy on slavery, and whether the civil war was about slavery (it was).
Or states' rights?
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 12:40:49 PM
So, Nate. Who is it?
No idea (sorry to disappoint!). But -- I have one for you now!
Looks like Ken and Nate will soon catch up with me in the game of changing avatars. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 29, 2015, 04:27:02 PM
Looks like Ken and Nate will soon catch up with me in the game of changing avatars. :)
We appreciate the kinds words, but we are
merely beginners comparedto the avatar master!
Quote from: EigenUser on June 29, 2015, 04:23:00 PM
Or states' rights?
No idea (sorry to disappoint!). But -- I have one for you now!
Mine is William Wilberforce.
Yours could be Babbage. It could also be very fresh and clean, it could be a balloon, but I think it's actially Babbage.
John's is Sibelius. :)
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 04:42:12 PM
We appreciate the kinds words, but we are merely beginners comparedto the avatar master!
John's new nickname: the human .gif (though, he's been steady for the past couple of months!)
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 04:47:48 PM
Mine is William Wilberforce.
Yours could be Babbage. It could also be very fresh and clean, it could be a balloon, but I think it's actially Babbage.
John's is Sibelius. :)
Damn. Nice job!
Quote from: EigenUser on June 29, 2015, 04:56:03 PM
John's new nickname: the human .gif (though, he's been steady for the past couple of months!)
Damn. Nice job!
Danke. But I would never have recognized Jefferson on the cock picture!
Quote from: Ken B on June 29, 2015, 04:42:12 PM
We appreciate the kinds words, but we are merely beginners compared to the avatar master!
:) Nate has it right. I've been holding Sibelius down for several months. Hopefully, I don't get a wild hair and want to change it.
Sunday begins what is called the"Three Weeks" in Judaism, a period of special mourning for the Temple of Jerusalem. The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple on the Ninth of Av, and some 700 years later the Romans managed to start the destruction of the Second Temple on the same date. (The fire was big enough to last well into the following day.). The walls of Jerusalem were breached three weeks earlier, so both dates are observed as fast days, although only the Ninth of Av is observed for a full 26 hours from sundown to complete nightfall the following evening. The 17th of Tammuz fast is only from first light of morning to complete nightfall.
Various other catastrophes are tied to these dates, if only symbolically, such as Bar Kochba's Revolt, the Expulsion from Spain, and the onset of WWI (seen as a prelude to WWII and the Holocaust).
This year the actual dates fall on the Sabbath. When that happens the fasts are pushed back a day to Sunday so the Fast of 17 Tammuz falls on 18 Tammuz and the Fast of 9 Av falls on 10 Av.
Which verbosity is by way of explaining the change in avatar.
My newone is pretty much impossible to recognize. It is the death mask of Edmund Burke.
Piece of cake!
Frank Reynold's painting of James Steerforth, from the novel David Copperfield. Possibly among with Bradley Headstone my favorite Dickens character. The complex and perfectly build-up tragic friendship between Steerforth and David feels much more genuine than David's friendship with the nice guy, Tommy Traddles. Similarly David's first wife, Dora, is clearly more interesting character than his second, Agnes, who is clearly meant to be the ideal match for him, yet she isn't that interesting character compared to Dora. Dickens has other Byronic heroes in his other novels but Steerforth is clearly the most cherished and loved.
Reportedly Dickens told a little girl that he cried when reading about Steerforth's death, his own creation.
Changed my avatar to reflect my GMG persona.
Quote from: Brian on July 20, 2015, 07:02:11 PM
Changed my avatar to reflect my GMG persona.
Cartoon characters reflecting online personalities is a great idea, I made the switch a few days ago myself.
(http://data.whicdn.com/images/56272609/original.gif)
The West Wind, by Tom Thomson
This is the iconic Canadian painting.
(http://www.realstylenetwork.com/lifestyle/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/02/680px-West-wind.jpg)
Quote from: Ken B on July 20, 2015, 09:49:49 PM
The West Wind, by Tom Thomson
This is the iconic Canadian painting.
(http://www.realstylenetwork.com/lifestyle/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/02/680px-West-wind.jpg)
Yep, I'm quite familiar with that painting. Thomson was quite an influential painter in Canada and was an inspiration on that group of landscape painters known as the Group of Seven.
My avatar was Sibelius for many months and then I changed it an Nielsen when he was older. Now, I chose a photograph of Nielsen when he was younger.
My current avatar is part of the American collection at the Boston MFA.
Which btw has enough goodies in its collection to require a full day or more, and a trip to Boston...although of course the existence of Henningsmusic alone would justify the latter.
https://www.youtube.com/v/OJVXS0_pdDY
That is one of the Godard's film in my collection that I haven't finished yet.
Changed my avatar to Takemitsu and plan to leave it up for awhile. My wild hairs of wanting to change my avatar constantly seem to be smoothing out now. I was initially thinking about an Ives avatar, but Takemitsu has really been on my mind a good bit lately.
Can you guess who this dashing young man is?
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 17, 2015, 08:28:21 PM
Changed my avatar to Takemitsu and plan to leave it up for awhile. My wild hairs of wanting to change my avatar constantly seem to be smoothing out now. I was initially thinking about an Ives avatar, but Takemitsu has really been on my mind a good bit lately.
It didn't last until October, so much I can tell!
Quote from: Florestan on October 09, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
Can you guess who this dashing young man is?
A young Rachmaninov? Khachaturian?
Quote from: Florestan on October 09, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
Can you guess who this dashing young man is?
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin, Russian pianist. Won the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 09, 2015, 04:43:51 AM
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin, Russian pianist. Won the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
Yes:
(http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/=files/foto/1/22/o/2_4122.jpg)
http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/id/22 (http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/id/22)
Did you know that or did you cheat (Picture recognition sw)?
Kinspin and Vocal
Quote from: The new erato on October 09, 2015, 05:00:37 AM
Did you know that or did you cheat (Picture recognition sw)?
Cheated...Google image search.
Sarge
I knew somebody would cheat. ;D
...
Quote from: Florestan on October 09, 2015, 05:12:10 AM
I knew somebody would cheat. ;D
US election thread is over there ---->
;)
Quote from: Ken B on October 09, 2015, 05:14:35 AM
US election thread is over there ---->
;)
Not quite. He cheated in an honest way!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 09, 2015, 05:51:45 AM
I'm always honest about my habitual cheating ;D
Sarge
I was really hoping that copious Riesling consumption was the key to a flawless long-term memory :(
Quote from: Brian on October 09, 2015, 06:00:05 AM
I was really hoping that copious Riesling consumption was the key to a flawless long-term memory :(
;D :D ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Brian on October 09, 2015, 06:00:05 AM
I was really hoping that copious Riesling consumption was the key to a flawless long-term memory :(
I usually get
too honest after a couple of bottles of Riesling.
Time to guess who another dashing young man is.
Clue 1. Picture taken in 1906
Clue 2. Quote is from a Sol Hurok bit of publicity.
Artur Rubinstein ?
Or someone who really looks like him.
Quote from: Florestan on October 18, 2015, 11:28:34 PMArtur Rubinstein ?
Even Wikipedia has this 1906 photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein
My current avatar is none other than "Mr. Decadence himself": Alban Berg! :D Love this composer to pieces.
Quote from: Christo on October 19, 2015, 01:55:22 AM
Even Wikipedia has this 1906 photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein
It ought to, that's where I got it. :D
If there was a prize, Florestan would get it.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 19, 2015, 05:10:54 PM
It ought to, that's where I got it. :D
If there was a prize, Florestan would get it.
Oh, thanks, you´re much too kind. The picture itself was shouting out loud "Rubinstein !"
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 19, 2015, 12:19:29 PM
My current avatar is none other than "Mr. Decadence himself": Alban Berg! :D Love this composer to pieces.
He almost looks like Oscar Wilde on that picture; a very stylish fin de siecle dandy in any case.
(And this exchange is going to look funny in two weeks when it's again Schnittke or Nielsen on you Avatar...)
I am a molecule in the choir. What is the piece?
Clue: under the avatar
JB Op.45?
sein bestes und größtes Werk
Without google image search you have no chance with this dashing young man. ;D
Or do you?
Quote from: Jo498 on October 20, 2015, 01:46:22 AM
He almost looks like Oscar Wilde on that picture; a very stylish fin de siecle dandy in any case.
(And this exchange is going to look funny in two weeks when it's again Schnittke or Nielsen on you Avatar...)
...or Elgar! ;)
Another dashing young man, quite easy this time.
Hint: if I were allowed to take to a desert island the complete works of a single composer, I´d probably choose his.
Quote from: Florestan on October 29, 2015, 08:08:27 AM
Another dashing young man, quite easy this time.
Hint: if I were allowed to take to a desert island the complete works of a single composer, I´d probably choose his.
Shocking... I thought your choice would be Schumann, not Schubert. :)
Quote from: Gordo on October 29, 2015, 08:14:59 AM
Shocking... I thought your choice would be Schumann, not Schubert. :)
Volume is important. Just one composer, remember.
Quote from: springrite on October 29, 2015, 08:18:10 AM
Volume is important. Just one composer, remember.
Good point! ;D
Quote from: Gordo on October 29, 2015, 08:14:59 AM
Shocking... I thought your choice would be Schumann, not Schubert. :)
Schumann I can play in my head. Or is it the other way around? I´ll have to ask Eusebius. Or is it Master Raro? Now I´m confused. And the Rhine is so alluring... :D
Quote from: Florestan on October 29, 2015, 08:37:41 AM
Schumann I can play in my head. Or is it the other way around? I´ll have to ask Eusebius. Or is it Master Raro? Now I´m confused. And the Rhine is so alluring... :D
If I had three choices, it would be truly hard to me.
Two seats are already sold: Bach and Haydn.
But Schubert, Schumann and Shostakovich are so close! :-[
Die Zeit ist an.
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on October 20, 2015, 05:17:14 AM
I am a molecule in the choir. What is the piece?
Clue: under the avatar
Eine Deutsches...! ;D 8) ;D
Quote from: jochanaan on December 02, 2015, 07:43:53 PM
Eine Deutsches...! ;D 8) ;D
Had the time of my life, in a Requiem, no less!!!
Time for a merger?
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,58.msg913171/topicseen.html#new
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on December 02, 2015, 09:47:16 PM
Had the time of my life, in a Requiem, no less!!!
An exquisite work to be a part of!
Time for an avatar change. I notice that some members have an image of themselves as their avatar, and I've still a photo of myself on this Tablet I'm posting from. So perhaps I'll go that route.
e: you have been warned. ;D
Mine is an Acer saccharum. I love that tree.
A slight mystery explained. There are two threads with this name.
Therefore, lest a handsome devil be lot utterly to sight.
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,58.msg938824.html#msg938824
Quote from: NikF on December 18, 2015, 05:13:48 AM
Time for an avatar change. I notice that some members have an image of themselves as their avatar, and I've still a photo of myself on this Tablet I'm posting from. So perhaps I'll go that route.
e: you have been warned. ;D
I would suggest that the current image is, compared to young Pollini, an upgrade in looks. A certain rugged handsomeness....
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 18, 2015, 09:30:18 AM
I would suggest that the current image is, compared to young Pollini, an upgrade in looks. A certain rugged handsomeness....
Thank you. And I'll return the compliment by saying that in your current avatar you are wearing that Santa hat with style and perhaps even a soupçon of "Ho, ho, ho!"
Time to put Santa back in the closet.
Currently, a photo off Flickr. Location should be obvious.
Not really sure. Some say these pinbacks were given out at some party after the premiere of The African Queen in Hollywood. It sold for about $30 on ebay recently and I just liked its looks.
Quote from: Bogey on December 27, 2015, 04:15:32 PM
Not really sure. Some say these pinbacks were given out at some party after the premiere of The African Queen in Hollywood. It sold for about $30 on ebay recently and I just liked its looks.
I'm sorry I didn't keep Kennedy badges back then.
My current avatar is Anton Bruckner. A visionary composer who actually looks like he should be working a newsstand in NYC. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 20, 2016, 12:40:43 PM
My current avatar is Anton Bruckner. A visionary composer who actually looks like he should be working a newsstand in NYC. 8)
I had noticed the change immediately and had wondered why you had dumped Carl for Anton :laugh:
Will Antonín be next? ;)
Quote from: aligreto on June 20, 2016, 12:47:58 PM
I had noticed the change immediately and had wondered why you had dumped Carl for Anton :laugh:
Will Antonín be next? ;)
Well, my recent transversal into Bruckner's sound-world via HvK and the Berliners really ignited something inside of me. I'm going to try and leave Bruckner up until September 4th (his birthday). Also, dumped seems like such a harsh word. We all know I love Nielsen. Perhaps Dvorak will be next after Anton. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 20, 2016, 12:54:26 PM
Well, my recent transversal into Bruckner's sound-world via HvK and the Berliners really ignited something inside of me. I'm going to try and leave Bruckner up until September 4th (his birthday). Also, dumped seems like such a harsh word. We all know I love Nielsen. Perhaps Dvorak will be next after Anton. :)
Dumped is the
mot juste . Also trashed, flushed, abandoned, forsook, spurned, wiped, erased.
Imagine how poor Shosty feels now! At least he ain't lonely.
;) :laugh:
Quote from: Ken B on June 20, 2016, 03:50:35 PM
Dumped is the mot juste . Also trashed, flushed, abandoned, forsook, spurned, wiped, erased.
Imagine how poor Shosty feels now! At least he ain't lonely.
;) :laugh:
Hah! :P In my defense, Bruckner has been my avatar before. I'm not sure for how long. There have been many composers left out in the cold in my tyrannical search for that chosen composer with the golden halo. ;) ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 20, 2016, 12:54:26 PM
Well, my recent transversal into Bruckner's sound-world via HvK and the Berliners really ignited something inside of me. I'm going to try and leave Bruckner up until September 4th (his birthday). Also, dumped seems like such a harsh word. We all know I love Nielsen. Perhaps Dvorak will be next after Anton. :)
Yes, I can well understand that; I also think that HvK is a fine interpreter of Bruckner. Continued enjoyment ;)
Quote from: aligreto on June 21, 2016, 08:18:03 AM
Yes, I can well understand that; I also think that HvK is a fine interpreter of Bruckner. Continued enjoyment ;)
8)
At the moment my avatar image is of Jose Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac. It's the cover shot of the theatre programme from (I think) the late 1940s. While I don't collect such things as a rule I do have a small number of bits and pieces of theatre ephemera. But back to old Cyrano - and what a fraidy cat he was. He should have made his feelings for Roxane clearly known from the outset.
Anyway, if you haven't seen the film, try and catch the performance of Ferrer. But even if it's too old hat for you, if you're a photographer or are simply interested in the way things look you might find the use of the 'Garutso Balanced Lens' which offered a larger depth of field than that usually seen during the 1940s (apart from such as Citizen Kane, of course) worth your time. Or not. ;D
In any case, my current avatar -
(http://i.imgur.com/m9xVgTn.jpg)
"...my white plume!"
All french canadian teenage boys of my generation learned the famous 'nose tirade' in school (I believe I was in grade 9). It was part of the curriculum back then ::)
http://rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.ca/2011/01/la-tirade-des-nez.html (http://rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.ca/2011/01/la-tirade-des-nez.html)
Quote from: André on June 24, 2016, 07:55:04 AM
All french canadian teenage boys of my generation learned the famous 'nose tirade' in school (I believe I was in grade 9). It was part of the curriculum back then ::)
http://rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.ca/2011/01/la-tirade-des-nez.html (http://rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.ca/2011/01/la-tirade-des-nez.html)
Thanks - that's the first time I've seen them all written down.
All we had at school was
Frère Jacques. ;D
The keyboard after a pianist played Bartok's Piano Sonata at a competition. It's viciously difficult, but not that hard! :)
The Star Spangled Avenger.
Quote from: AndyD. on June 26, 2016, 09:34:16 AM
The Star Spangled Avenger.
How striketh the metal, lad?
Quote from: karlhenning on June 26, 2016, 09:42:07 AM
How striketh the metal, lad?
Methinks with Asgardian might!
Splendid!
Quote from: AndyD. on June 26, 2016, 09:34:16 AM
The Star Spangled Avenger.
Ahh, man! :) You gotta be Thor, my brother!
Quote from: Bogey on June 26, 2016, 02:46:42 PM
Ahh, man! :) You gotta be Thor, my brother!
Says the man with my first wife as avatar.
Quote from: Bogey on June 26, 2016, 02:46:42 PM
Ahh, man! :) You gotta be Thor, my brother!
HUGE fan of Thor, Boge, both the comics and the movies. AND the Brian Tyler soundtrack! ;)
Quote from: AndyD. on June 26, 2016, 04:45:41 PM
HUGE fan of Thor, Boge, both the comics and the movies. AND the Brian Tyler soundtrack! ;)
My man! Best part about that movie was the soundtrack.
Quote from: Bogey on June 26, 2016, 07:58:25 PM
My man! Best part about that movie was the soundtrack.
It's no. 3 in my all time favorite superhero soundtracks, after both the Williams and Zimmer Supermans. If you haven't heard it yet, you might want to check out John Ottman's X-men Apocalypse soundtrack, another one that was actually better than the movie (though I thought the movie was fun).
I think it's time honor Droopy the Dog. One of my absolute favorite cartoon characters. It'll be a nice change from the usual composer avatars I have plastered up on here.
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 21, 2016, 06:13:13 AM
I think it's time honor Droopy the Dog one of my absolute favorite cartoon characters. It'll be a nice change from the usual composer avatars I have plastered up on here.
He had a bit part in Roger Rabbit. Stole the scene as usual.
Best elevator dog I ever saw.
Quote from: Ken B on July 21, 2016, 07:38:39 AM
He had a bit part in Roger Rabbit. Stole the scene as usual.
Really? I find his performance to be a little too dry.
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 21, 2016, 06:13:13 AM
I think it's time honor Droopy the Dog one of my absolute favorite cartoon characters. It'll be a nice change from the usual composer avatars I have plastered up on here.
Where can I find a complete box set of his works?
Quote from: EigenUser on July 21, 2016, 11:50:21 AM
Where can I find a complete box set of his works?
Definitely have to make sure it's the correct performance, to absorb all the nuances.
Btw, great avatar! I used to powerlift, had a 420 bench, 725 squat, and a 605 deadlift, but my body weight was at 275.
Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2016, 06:29:28 AM
As you know, I am 100% in favor of more people having cartoon character avatars!!
As requested, Donald Duck from the
Carl Barks story
The Golden Helmet.
Quote from: North Star on July 22, 2016, 09:02:21 AM
As requested, Donald Duck from the Carl Barks story The Golden Helmet.
Donald rules!
"SOOOO!"I bet Daffy could beat him up, though. Especially Green Lantern Daffy.
Hinazuki Kayo from 'Boku Dake ga Inai Machi' (aka 'Erased'). Deeply moving murder mystery dealing with some dark issues about family violence, kidnappings, neglect....12 24 minute episodes long, highly recommended.
(http://orig06.deviantart.net/9118/f/2016/019/b/5/kayo_hinadzuki_snow_white_render_by_odinanimation-d9ole4e.png)
From 1959's Baton Bunny, directed by the immortal Chuck Jones with Abe Levitow.
Quote from: karlhenning on July 23, 2016, 01:48:01 PM
From 1959's Baton Bunny, directed by the immortal Chuck Jones with Abe Levitow.
Yay!
Love the Chuck Jones stuff! Also, The Flintstones were a favorite along with Scooby and the gang. However, went with one from Jay Ward that I could only catch at my grandmother's house on summer afternoons. I know there are some fans here of R&B....along with all the other sides of Ward characters offered up during the show. What made it extra special was that it was followed by an hour of The Three Stooges!
Snidely Whiplash.
Cool avatar, Ken. You sneaky little devil you. :D
Spike, from the Anime series Cowboy Bebop.
Waltz with Bashir
Thus harmonizing the current avatar trend and the "Three Weeks" which start today with the Fast of 17 Tammuz*
Which is called that even in years when, like this year, the fast is delayed one day because the actual date falls on the Sabbath, and the fast is observed on 18 Tammuz.
Temporarily joining the comc strip avatar craze that has taken over GMG with Mafalda, the title character of Quino's series. It ran from 1964 to 1973, originally form Argentina, and became hugely succesful in all of the Spanish speaking world, and marked several generations with its wit, its warmth and its good-humouroed social and political critique.
(http://www.republica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mafalda.jpg)
Quote from: ritter on July 28, 2016, 01:12:03 AM
Temproririly joining the comc strip avatar craze that has taken over GMG with Mafalda, the title character of Quino's series. It run from 1964 to 1073, orginally form Argentina, and became hugely succseul in all of the Spanish speaking world, and marked several generations with its wit, its warmth and its social critique.
(http://www.republica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mafalda.jpg)
Love it! One of my friends is a big fan of Mafalda having grown up in Mexico. :)
We have nicknamed our soup-hating daughter 'Mafalda' !
A great sociologic cartoon like 'Peanuts'. I have the whole series.
New avatar here from the Norwegian cult series Pondus.
Quote from: The new erato on July 31, 2016, 11:57:56 AM
New avatar here from the Norwegian cult series Pondus.
Very cool, erato. 8)
If an animated Avatar was July, what is August?
Menma from Anohana. I don't know how long it will take me to get over this but wow that was the saddest most beautiful story I have ever seen.
Quote from: jessop on July 31, 2016, 02:27:33 PM
Menma from Anohana. I don't know how long it will take me to get over this but wow that was the saddest most beautiful story I have ever seen.
Gosh darn i am still trying to hold back my tears 12 minutes before one of my music lectures begins
Re: Identify Your Avatar. :o ??? ::)
Now I am stumped, I should know..... er ....ummmm...you know, like, yeh.
Quote from: Andante on July 31, 2016, 06:53:52 PM
Re: Identify Your Avatar. :o ??? ::)
Now I am stumped, I should know..... er ....ummmm...you know, like, yeh.
What?
Quote from: jessop on July 31, 2016, 06:57:16 PM
What?
I said
Now I am stumped, I should know..... er ....ummmm...you know, like, yeh.
I have a gif of Menma that I would like to make my avatar but I don't know how to make that work.
Quote from: jessop on July 31, 2016, 10:08:19 PM
I have a gif of Menma that I would like to make my avatar but I don't know how to make that work.
Just read about that anime, sounds interesting. And sad. :-*
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 01, 2016, 04:37:55 AM
Just read about that anime, sounds interesting. And sad. :-*
OH god yes it is very sad.
But heartwarming as well.
BUT SO SAD
OH MY GOD
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Clouds from May '15.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 31, 2016, 01:01:11 PM
If an animated Avatar was July, what is August?
How about
The Goons of August?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/The_Goon_Show_(cast_photo).jpg)
Young Goons
Okay, enough of this cartoon stuff for me. Changed my avatar back to a musical hero of mine: Carl Nielsen. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 01, 2016, 03:34:44 PM
Okay, enough of this cartoon stuff for me. Changed my avatar back to a musical hero of mine: Carl Nielsen. 8)
I love Nielsen's music...although sometimes I like photos of him even more. The faces he pulls in some are priceless.
Quote from: jessop on August 01, 2016, 03:40:00 PM
I love Nielsen's music...although sometimes I like photos of him even more. The faces he pulls in some are priceless.
Yeah, he had a great sense of humor and that humor remained firmly intact even after all of the hardships and setbacks he encountered throughout his life.
Since I'm apparently in a Copland phase right now, I've decided to have him as my avatar. I've done Nielsen not too long ago (around May-June I believe), so it's Copland's turn now.
Can anyone tell me where my avatar is from? 8)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 02, 2016, 06:27:47 PM
Can anyone tell me where my avatar is from? 8)
Three Colours Red?
Quote from: aligreto on August 03, 2016, 11:44:47 AM
I love that trilogy ;)
I agree, it's beautiful filmmaking.
And do not forget La Double Vie de Veronique ;)
Quote from: aligreto on August 04, 2016, 07:46:28 AM
And do not forget La Double Vie de Veronique ;)
Have you two seen Decalouge? Or any of Kieslowski's earlier films?
I was going to compliment you once again on your choice of avatar.
Decologue I think may be Kieslowski's best work
trying to create a new avatar from a gif and it still isn't doesn't seem to be working........
halp pls
http://pa1.narvii.com/5836/42bcedb484b694567f2dd475bacbde4ec03dda91_hq.gif
Oh please no gif avatars...
yeah I have changed my mind about that
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 04, 2016, 02:56:55 PM
Have you two seen Decalouge? Or any of Kieslowski's earlier films?
No, only "Love" and "Killing". I should really get the rest of them.
Panels by Maria Bablyak for the latest Triad concert.
A return of my old avatar featuring me smiling while at work. It was taken by the little hipster chick who used to hang around the studio.
The young Alfred Schnittke with his father
8)
Great avatar, ludwigii. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 07, 2016, 04:50:39 PM
Great avatar, ludwigii. :)
I knew you'd appreciate it, mate ;)
Since I am now completely over Anohana I have changed my avatar to a pic of Okabe and Kurisu from my favourite anime
yay
Quote from: ludwigii on August 07, 2016, 04:30:25 PM
The young Alfred Schnittke with his father
8)
What a marvelous photo!
--Bruce
Goodbye, Mafalda, hello to the cover of one of the early stages of the last chapter of one of greatest "works in progress" ever...
(http://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9782070231539-fr.jpg)
Raoul Dufy
The Red Violin
It has been for some time now but my avatar would be the charming rival of Indiana Jones, Rene Belloq.
Snidely retired and is replaced. Shouldn't be hard to guess. Hint: not a composer.
Quote from: Ken B on September 02, 2016, 09:00:44 AM
Snidely retired and is replaced. Shouldn't be hard to guess. Hint: not a composer.
Simple enough. The father of man who ran as Van Buren's VP nominee in 1848, and who later was ambassador to the UK during the United States Civil War.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 02, 2016, 09:47:01 AM
Simple enough. The father of man who ran as Van Buren's VP nominee in 1848, and who later was ambassador to the UK during the United States Civil War.
Indeed! (I had to fact check that! I'd forgotten even the MvB ran as a Free-Soiler in 48, though I did know it.)
Quote from: Ken B on September 02, 2016, 11:22:30 AM
Indeed! (I had to fact check that! I'd forgotten even the MvB ran as a Free-Soiler in 48, though I did know it.)
Probably the only family in which three successive generations represented the US at the Court of St James. Even the Bushes can't say that.
Harder this time. Can I stump Jeffrey?
Hint: not an American president. 8)
Quote from: Ken B on September 04, 2016, 02:46:43 PM
Harder this time. Can I stump Jeffrey?
Hint: not an American president. 8)
Not a President or Vice President of the U.S. Someone outside the United States?
Quote from: Bogey on September 04, 2016, 05:10:42 PM
Not a President or Vice President of the U.S. Someone outside the United States?
Yup.
QuoteI came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
Google image search is built into Chrome. >:D
Richard Cobden
Cobden indeed, killer of the murderous Corn Laws.
Quote from: Ken B on September 04, 2016, 07:56:39 PM
Cobden indeed, killer of the murderous Corn Laws.
Sounds like an interesting fellow.
Quote from: Ken B on September 04, 2016, 07:56:39 PM
Cobden indeed, killer of the murderous Corn Laws.
Well, I certainly had no idea who he was and used the quote from above and search via Google and Cobden's name came up. Read a little about him on Wikipedia.
Yup. Thanks for the history lesson, Ken.
Following Jeffrey Smith's example (what a beauty that Dufy violin is!), with Nicolas de Staël's monumental (6 x 3.5 m) Le concert, his last painting. Inspired by his attending two concerts of the Domaine Musical...
(http://img.aws.la-croix.com/2013/07/24/990146/Le-Concert-Le-Grand-Concert-L-Orchestre-Nicolas-Stael-1955-huile-toile-6-3-50_0_730_435.jpg)
Quote from: ritter on September 05, 2016, 12:54:20 PM
Following Jeffrey Smith's example (what a beauty that Dufy violin is!), with Nicolas de Staël's monumental (6 x 3.5 m) Le concert, his last painting. Inspired by his attending two concerts of the Domaine Musical...
(http://img.aws.la-croix.com/2013/07/24/990146/Le-Concert-Le-Grand-Concert-L-Orchestre-Nicolas-Stael-1955-huile-toile-6-3-50_0_730_435.jpg)
Never heard of him. Time to change that, obviously.
Who am I, this is a picture of my cousin
^^^^^^The great Sheila from down under who'd rip your bloody arms off! What a brilliant show Aunty Jack was!
new avatar for me, but not so much of a change from the old one. Just a few more characters...
(https://phanwelten.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/048_steinsgate.png)
I have learned that I cannot beat Google image search Jeffrey. My current avatar is Barnes Wallis.
Quote from: jessop on September 05, 2016, 03:49:44 PM
^^^^^^The great Sheila from down under who'd rip your bloody arms off! What a brilliant show Aunty Jack was!
Cool good pick and its was a great show very Montyisk, so that would make me Aunty Varese...........
Portrait of a boy at his desk holding a book.
German School, early 19th Century
New avatar time. A great album this is:
(http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201011/09/07/f0210407_2342533.jpg)
8)
Quote from: jessop on September 15, 2016, 07:22:13 PM
New avatar time. A great album this is:
(http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201011/09/07/f0210407_2342533.jpg)
8)
Nasty Nasty Nasty
My current avatar is a younger Ralph Vaughan Williams since GMG member Christo already has an avatar of the older RVW. 8)
One of my favourite actors, who made his film debut in The Maltese Falcon, and appeared in only 8 films: Sidney Greenstreet.
Quote from: Ken B on September 18, 2016, 05:44:10 PM
One of my favourite actors, who made his film debut in The Maltese Falcon, and appeared in only 8 films: Sidney Greenstreet.
Oh, yeah! Used to use this one, Ken. One of my favorites as well. Ever see him with Lorre in the Hollywood Canteen. Just one scene, if I remember correctly, but what a great one it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRNYZs_I88
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7737/18077662582_f2c15c07bc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/txsKgC)
Phil Glass. 8)
My avatar was selected completely at random. It clearly bears no relationship to my username or my taste in music.
My current avatar is a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand 290 piano. One can dream...
Quote from: Mahlerian on September 21, 2016, 08:59:07 AM
My avatar was selected completely at random. It clearly bears no relationship to my username or my taste in music.
You are a lousy fibber. Doesn't change our feelings towards you.
Quote from: Mahlerian on September 21, 2016, 08:59:07 AM
My avatar was selected completely at random.
That's John's line.
Quote from: Mahlerian on September 21, 2016, 08:59:07 AM
My avatar was selected completely at random. It clearly bears no relationship to my username or my taste in music.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 21, 2016, 09:11:14 AM
You are a lousy fibber. Doesn't change our feelings towards you.
Our feeling that he is a lousy fibber? No, that hasn't changed ;D
Sarge
Florestan had better be able to tell me who it is!
My avatar was selected completely at random also
Quote from: Ken B on September 24, 2016, 09:16:50 PM
Florestan had better be able to tell me who it is!
Constantin Silvestri.
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2016, 10:37:08 AM
Constantin Silvestri.
Who was not, I think, a serial killer. ;)
A serial killer perusing his database of victims. ;D
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rl3uZkFrX-c/TiMNiTO9nWI/AAAAAAAABcM/5j5s5Ucphb8/s1600/Alphaville-lemmy.gif)
"Your voice, your eyes, your hands, your lips. Our silences, our words. Light that goes, light that returns. A single smile between us. In quest of knowledge, I watched the night create day while we seemed unchanged."
Eddie Constantine, non ?.
The soon-to-be nemesis of Jeffery Smith's avatar, I hope.
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpc7rhcJ0R1qzr8nao1_1280.png)
I play the harmonica ;D
Quote from: Ken B on October 07, 2016, 04:05:18 PM
The soon-to-be nemesis of Jeffery Smith's avatar, I hope.
At their current rate, it seems the Good Guys won't even make it out if Cleveland.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 07, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
At their current rate, it seems the Good Guys won't even make it out if Cleveland.
You must be confused The Good Guys should make it out of Cleveland next week I believe.
Quote from: Ken B on October 07, 2016, 04:46:16 PM
You must be confused The Good Guys should make it out of Cleveland next week I believe.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 07, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
At their current rate, it seems the Good Guys won't even make it out if Cleveland.
I'm an Orioles' fan (also follow the Rockies closely). Obviously we do not believe in using one of the best relievers in the league during an elimination game and as for the Rockies we obviously do not believe in having a bullpen worth noting.
Quote from: Bogey on October 08, 2016, 05:53:08 AM
I'm an Orioles' fan
Your tears, they were delicious!
;) :D :P
Quote from: Ken B on October 08, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Your tears, they were delicious!
;) :D :P
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b5/28/d8/b528d88f7a80bd0670f2d91f5d6aba3c.jpg)
Of course, Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows. Used to love catching this show as a very young lad. I remember it coming on in the afternoons following the soap opera The Edge of Night.
Baseball is over for the year.
Cavs fan here - can't help but wonder whether the Tribe could make it two Cleveland titles within five months, having seen zero titles won by the city in the previous 52 years. 8)
Although given the current predicament of the Browns, a clean sweep is somewhat unlikely. ;D
Quote from: Reckoner on October 11, 2016, 02:18:22 AM
Cavs fan here - can't help but wonder whether the Tribe could make it two Cleveland titles within five months, having seen zero titles won by the city in the previous 52 years. 8)
Although given the current predicament of the Browns, a clean sweep is somewhat unlikely. ;D
I'm not playing anything Cleveland this week. No Szell, no Cleveland Quartet.
And no
Smoke on the Water :D
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2016, 10:39:22 AM
I'm not playing anything Cleveland this week. No Szell, no Cleveland Quartet.
And no Smoke on the Water :D
Wasn't that Cincinnati?
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 11, 2016, 10:44:38 AM
Wasn't that Cincinnati?
The Cayuhoga river has caught fire several times, most famously in 1936, 1952, and 1969. Nothing says Cleveland like a burning river.
They even named a beer after it!
(https://s.graphiq.com/sites/default/files/675/media/images/Burning_River_Pale_Ale_840199.png)
Most times I think these guys beer geniuses, the most consistently excellent brewery I know. But this week they are dead to me!
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2016, 10:39:22 AM
I'm not playing anything Cleveland this week. No Szell, no Cleveland Quartet.
And no Smoke on the Water :D
right. I'll just post this here for good measure... ;D
(http://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fi%2Fteamlogos%2Fmlb%2F500%2Fcle.png)
Quote from: Reckoner on October 12, 2016, 01:13:32 AM
right. I'll just post this here for good measure... ;D
(http://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fi%2Fteamlogos%2Fmlb%2F500%2Fcle.png)
Very strange. All I see is a blank space. Big blank space.
;)
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2016, 10:47:08 AM
The Cayuhoga river has caught fire several times, most famously in 1936, 1952, and 1969. Nothing says Cleveland like a burning river.
They even named a beer after it!
(https://s.graphiq.com/sites/default/files/675/media/images/Burning_River_Pale_Ale_840199.png)
I have a bottle of that decorating one of my bookshelves:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/feb2016/BurningRiver.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Reckoner on October 12, 2016, 01:13:32 AM
right. I'll just post this here for good measure... ;D
(http://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fi%2Fteamlogos%2Fmlb%2F500%2Fcle.png)
Excellent!This is in my den:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/feb2016/IndiansCap.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 12, 2016, 05:53:19 AM
Excellent!
This is in my den:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/feb2016/IndiansCap.jpg)
Sarge
What's your shipping address?
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9iIAAOxy69JTGntm/s-l400.jpg)
>:D ;) :laugh:
Found in the middle of a roll of Tri-X
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20161012_162650_zps7ov0sjr6.jpg)
Quote from: NikF on October 12, 2016, 07:41:45 AM
Found in the middle of a roll of Tri-X
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20161012_162650_zps7ov0sjr6.jpg)
Super image!
You are welcome; a very strong portrait.
Yeah, I think it's a result of us both being experienced in what we do, coupled with the connection that existed. Also, I really love taking photos.
Quote from: Ken B on October 12, 2016, 06:26:12 AM
What's your shipping address?
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9iIAAOxy69JTGntm/s-l400.jpg)
>:D ;) :laugh:
easy now ;D
A photo that I had never seen of Alfred Schnittke composing at the piano
(https://s15.postimg.org/tjpcnc1yz/0_c5aa5_4e51135d_XL.jpg)
Quote from: NikF on October 12, 2016, 07:41:45 AM
Found in the middle of a roll of Tri-X
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20161012_162650_zps7ov0sjr6.jpg)
Nice. I didn't think I'd see Toots again.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 12, 2016, 02:13:31 PM
Nice. I didn't think I'd see Toots again.
Sarge
Thanks Sarge. It was in the middle of a roll of other things and so I didn't expect to see her either. It's just a grab shot that worked. There's almost a whole case of 120 taken of her over about four years. Developing that is a different proposition entirely.
Anyway, I spy on your shelf what appears to be a shot of Mrs. Rock. Good stuff.
Quote from: ludwigii on October 12, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
A photo that I had never seen of Alfred Schnittke composing at the piano
(https://s15.postimg.org/tjpcnc1yz/0_c5aa5_4e51135d_XL.jpg)
Great! I've never seen that photo either. Keep them coming!
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 12, 2016, 08:15:55 PM
Great! I've never seen that photo either.
I'm sure you haven't. It was your avatar last fall.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 12, 2016, 08:15:55 PM
Great! I've never seen that photo either. Keep them coming!
Hello ? Is John there ? Don't speak too badly of my violin concertos, thanks !
;D
(https://s16.postimg.org/pv0hfkiut/schnittke1.jpg)
Quote from: Ken B on October 12, 2016, 09:45:42 PM
I'm sure you haven't. It was your avatar last fall.
Hah! ;D
Quote from: ludwigii on October 12, 2016, 10:25:04 PM
Hello ? Is John there ? Don't speak too badly of my violin concertos, thanks !
;D
(https://s16.postimg.org/pv0hfkiut/schnittke1.jpg)
Hah! :D Another cool photo of one of my musical heroes.
(http://s6.postimg.org/vakih700h/0761203797226.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
Exceptional music, beautiful cover.
On the wall above my desk my current avatar image used to reside between photos of Rocky Marciano and Louis Armstrong.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/IMG_20161014_060112-240x304_zps8lehpedd.jpg)
e: after this it's back to my crumpled old face. :)
Quote from: NikF on October 12, 2016, 07:32:54 PM
I spy on your shelf what appears to be a shot of Mrs. Rock. Good stuff.
Thanks. I like it even though it was the wrong film for the light source (I didn't have a filter to correct it). It works better as a monochrome image. I posted a b&w version a couple of years ago in the photography thread:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23022.msg846357.html#msg846357
Sarge
Quote from: NikF on October 14, 2016, 12:26:51 AM
On the wall above my desk my current avatar image used to reside between photos of Rocky Marciano and Louis Armstrong.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/IMG_20161014_060112-240x304_zps8lehpedd.jpg)
Love it.
Quote from: NikF on October 14, 2016, 12:26:51 AM
e: after this it's back to my crumpled old face. :)
No! No! Give us more Toots! ;)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 14, 2016, 03:14:49 AM
Thanks. I like it even though it was the wrong film for the light source (I didn't have a filter to correct it). It works better as a monochrome image. I posted a b&w version a couple of years ago in the photography thread:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23022.msg846357.html#msg846357
Sarge
Yeah, it works as black and white. The first thing I look at in a photo of woman is how she has posed her hands. It can be a visual telltale as far as comfort is concerned and I find if the hands aren't right then the pose (and everything else) usually misses. But here her hands are working and she looks good. She looks
all good. :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 14, 2016, 03:19:37 AM
Love it.
No! No! Give us more Toots! ;)
Sarge
Thanks Sarge. And if I ever develop or scan or take stuff from the TIFF files of her you'll be the first to know. ;D
Quote from: NikF on October 14, 2016, 12:26:51 AM
On the wall above my desk my current avatar image used to reside between photos of Rocky Marciano and Louis Armstrong.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/IMG_20161014_060112-240x304_zps8lehpedd.jpg)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 14, 2016, 03:19:37 AM
Love it.
No! No! Give us more Toots! ;)
Sarge
Quote from: NikF on October 14, 2016, 03:35:40 AM
Yeah, it works as black and white. The first thing I look at in a photo of woman is how she has posed her hands. It can be a visual telltale as far as comfort is concerned and I find if the hands aren't right then the pose (and everything else) usually misses. But here her hands are working and she looks good. She looks all good. :)
Apart from suggesting that the point about the importance of hands in portraiture is equally important when photographing men, I can only say I agree with all said here.
The reason I singled out woman and not men for attention as far as the hands are concerned, is because I find that often men (or the photographer! ;D ) can get away with it. While not every man has naturally boulderlike fists, they can more readily lend themselves to appearing as clumsy lumps or wide, expansive paddles - and that could seem more manly.
And not every woman has such long, elegant fingers as Mrs.Rock has in that shot, but if she had them flatter or was making a fist and gripping, it could be less forgiving. Kind of the same as why it's generally more usual to have harder lighting on a man's face as opposed to a woman. Or if you really want to push the boat out, why it's more acceptable to have a woman's chin over her (near) shoulder but a man's pulled away from his shoulder (unless youre shooting some kind of non-threatening boy band stuff. Seriously, that's where it's at. ;D )
Feel free to disagree. Obviously all any of us can do is speak from our own experience.
Quote from: NikF on October 14, 2016, 04:20:55 AM
The reason I singled out woman and not men for attention as far as the hands are concerned, is because I find that often men (or the photographer! ;D ) can get away with it. While not every man has naturally boulderlike fists, they can more readily lend themselves to appearing as clumsy lumps or wide, expansive paddles - and that could seem more manly.
And not every woman has such long, elegant fingers as Mrs.Rock has in that shot, but if she had them flatter or was making a fist and gripping, it could be less forgiving. Kind of the same as why it's generally more usual to have harder lighting on a man's face as opposed to a woman. Or if you really want to push the boat out, why it's more acceptable to have a woman's chin over her (near) shoulder but a man's pulled away from his shoulder (unless youre shooting some kind of non-threatening boy band stuff. Seriously, that's where it's at. ;D )
Feel free to disagree. Obviously all any of us can do is speak from our own experience.
All good points.
My current avatar was taken late at night as part of a demo for a lens I was selling to some dude. He wanted to compare it with another of similar focal length. In the end he bought the more expensive of the two.
The photo itself is only notable because I was sitting in the middle of the road at about 02:00 and someone came out of their house to ask if I was okay. ;D
(I was just talking to ol' North Star there about a 'loose frame'... ??? )
Stinking cool photo. Gives me that wonderful noir feeling.
Quote from: Bogey on October 14, 2016, 09:26:47 AM
Stinking cool photo. Gives me that wonderful noir feeling.
That's kind of you to say so. Thanks.
Bonus: and it's the first time I've ever had something I've done described as "Stinking cool". 8)
You are welcome.
After Brian's post in the movie thread:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/HisgirlFriday.jpg)
Walter Burns (Cary Grant) and Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) from my all time favorite comedy (with a nod to The Thin Man).
Current avatar: Stravinsky looking at a score with beret on = epitome of coolness. 8)
More from my intermittent pursuit of sitting in the middle of the road taking photos. :laugh:
Quote from: NikF on October 15, 2016, 08:23:49 AM
More from my intermittent pursuit of sitting in the middle of the road taking photos. :laugh:
That could well be a dangerous occupation, particularly if alcohol is taken. However, I trust that you are a responsible citizen ;)
Quote from: aligreto on October 15, 2016, 09:26:14 AM
That could well be a dangerous occupation, particularly if alcohol is taken. However, I trust that you are a responsible citizen ;)
Yeah, that would be decidedly unwise. ;D But I don't really drink. Ocassionally I'll enjoy a favourite single malt or sample a
wee hauf of a new one, although not when I'm putting a lens on someone/something. I'm one responsible, clean-living guy. :)
Quote from: NikF on October 15, 2016, 10:05:06 AM
Yeah, that would be decidedly unwise. ;D But I don't really drink. Ocassionally I'll enjoy a favourite single malt or sample a wee hauf of a new one, although not when I'm putting a lens on someone/something. I'm one responsible, clean-living guy. :)
Good for you and long may you be safe in your photographic pursuits :)
I wonder if anyone has noticed my new avatar and knows what it is.......
Quote from: jessop on October 15, 2016, 12:33:41 PM
I wonder if anyone has noticed my new avatar absolutely knows what it is.......
Yes, but only because I can read it.
Quote from: Mahlerian on October 15, 2016, 12:36:06 PM
Yes, but only because I can read it.
I know that you can :laugh:
I've been going through all of those movies again recently and this one in particular certainly struck a chord with me.
I changed my avatar back to Nielsen. 8)
I love you, John.
This is yet another time that, by the time I read your post announcing an avatar change, you've gone and changed it yet again.
But I like that. Especially in these times, your enthusiasm for music does a great deal to remind me that being a human being is a very good thing.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 16, 2016, 05:24:45 PM
I love you, John.
This is yet another time that, by the time I read your post announcing an avatar change, you've gone and changed it yet again.
But I like that. Especially in these times, your enthusiasm for music does a great deal to remind me that being a human being is a very good thing.
That's why I love my maple tree. I do not, could not possibly consider a change. It's rooted to the deep, deep ground and its leaves flame up before falling.
Yesterday was possibly the most colourful, sunny, orange-ish, reddish day of all this year.
Rain poured as we packed everything today. But it's all on camera ! 8)
Sticking with a movie theme again, which I've done for the past 4 avatars. And I forgot to respond to my last one but it was Eddie Constatine as Lemmy Caution in Godard's Alphaville.
This current avatar is a little more recent, from 1995. This image is the final shot of the film which during the scene features the song "Only You" performed by the a cappella group The Flying Pickets.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 16, 2016, 05:24:45 PM
I love you, John.
This is yet another time that, by the time I read your post announcing an avatar change, you've gone and changed it yet again.
But I like that. Especially in these times, your enthusiasm for music does a great deal to remind me that being a human being is a very good thing.
Thanks a lot, Jeffrey, but I'm not really any different than you or anyone else here who love this music. That's why we come here. I don't really know why I get so indecisive when it comes to avatars, but since you liked this Schoenberg portrait so well, I'll keep it up for awhile. :)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 16, 2016, 06:01:19 PM
Sticking with a movie theme again, which I've done for the past 4 avatars. And I forgot to respond to my last one but it was Eddie Constatine as Lemmy Caution in Godard's Alphaville.
This current avatar is a little more recent, from 1995. This image is the final shot of the film which during the scene features the song "Only You" performed by the a cappella group The Flying Pickets.
Chungking Express, if my memory serves. Haven't seen that since it came out - must add it to the queue.
edit after checking: darn it - right director, wrong film:
https://www.youtube.com/v/RF1obFWSQ6A
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 16, 2016, 10:45:54 PM
Yeah, my avatar isn't going anywhere.
Looks like he's going to a board meeting.
Quote from: jessop on October 15, 2016, 12:33:41 PM
I wonder if anyone has noticed my new avatar and knows what it is.......
Quote from: Mahlerian on October 15, 2016, 12:36:06 PM
Yes, but only because I can read it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill
Hayao is one of my favourite film director. I'm not so familiar with his son's films and I haven't seen that one, but the author of the drawing is quite unmistakable so I made a quick Google search...
Who knows what is mine?
8)
Quote from: GioCar on October 17, 2016, 12:54:15 AM
Who knows what is mine?
8)
I do! Your username gives a very big hint. 8)
Quote from: SimonNZ on October 16, 2016, 09:53:20 PM
Chungking Express, if my memory serves. Haven't seen that since it came out - must add it to the queue.
edit after checking: darn it - right director, wrong film:
https://www.youtube.com/v/RF1obFWSQ6A
I'll give you points anyway, Simon, great guess and close enough!
Fallen Angels was originally supposed to be another storyline that would end up in
Chungking Express, but ended up becoming its own movie.
Quote from: jessop on October 17, 2016, 02:04:24 AM
I do! Your username gives a very big hint. 8)
My username? Are you sure?
Could be only if I change one letter...
Quote from: GioCar on October 17, 2016, 03:13:03 AM
My username? Are you sure?
Could be only if I change one letter...
It's a car, purchased in 1924 i think, owned by a motor enthusiast and composer of operas.....
Useless fact: this is the first of my avatars (except one) that is not a photo taken by me.
edit: now back to my photos again, sorry <_<
Quote from: amw on October 17, 2016, 03:58:31 AM
Useless fact: this is the first of my avatars (except one) that is not a photo taken by me.
And nice photos they were, too.
Quote from: jessop on October 17, 2016, 03:44:55 AM
It's a car, purchased in 1924 i think, owned by a motor enthusiast and composer of operas.....
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/1291131680_two-thumbs-up.jpg)
still I don't see how you could have guessed it from my username...(beside the obvious "Car")
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 16, 2016, 10:45:54 PM
Yeah, my avatar isn't going anywhere.
He does look a determined fellow.
Quote from: GioCar on October 17, 2016, 04:21:05 AM
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/1291131680_two-thumbs-up.jpg)
still I don't see how you could have guessed it from my username...(beside the obvious "Car")
Looks like 'Giacomo' a little
There is a hysterical (in both senses) clown scare in America this month. It's not all funny. Near where I lived two teenager girls face jail time for scaring younger teens by wearing clown costumes.
My avatar is not actually the NPL committee; it is Emmett Kelly.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 15, 2016, 07:49:17 AM
Current avatar: Stravinsky looking at a score with beret on = epitome of coolness. 8)
I know flattery is supposed to get you nowhere (and it never has!)....but I rather like the way you constantly change your Avatar. It's always someone different. Mirror Image....of who?! It makes you a little mysterious. Like the Scarlet Pimpernell! Anyway,when people keep using the same Avatar,I start picturing them looking like that. I don't look a bit like Daniel Jones,by the way!! :( ;D More like Peter Mennin,actually!! ::) ;D ;D
Quote from: Ken B on October 17, 2016, 12:00:10 PM
There is a hysterical (in both senses) clown scare in America this month. It's not all funny. Near where I lived two teenager girls face jail time for scaring younger teens by wearing clown costumes.
My avatar is not actually the NPL committee; it is Emmett Kelly.
Love this image.
My avatar is my username. It was either that or a photo of my face after sparring with a good (although retired) amateur middleweight - and I wouldn't subject anyone to seeing that. ;D
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20161017_171222_zpsvcsqlss4.jpg)
Quote from: cilgwyn on October 18, 2016, 01:14:53 AM
I know flattery is supposed to get you nowhere (and it never has!)....but I rather like the way you constantly change your Avatar. It's always someone different. Mirror Image....of who?! It makes you a little mysterious. Like the Scarlet Pimpernell! Anyway,when people keep using the same Avatar,I start picturing them looking like that. I don't look a bit like Daniel Jones,by the way!! :( ;D More like Peter Mennin,actually!! ::) ;D ;D
Mirror Image is responsible for me being able to recognise so many composers now. His avatars are an education. :)
Quote from: NikF on October 18, 2016, 08:25:52 AM
My avatar is my username. It was either that or a photo of my face after sparring with a good (although retired) amateur middleweight - and I wouldn't subject anyone to seeing that. ;D
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20161017_171222_zpsvcsqlss4.jpg)
I love the elastic band accessory 8)
I had an old OM1 with that issue ;)
Quote from: aligreto on October 18, 2016, 08:43:52 AM
I love the elastic band accessory 8)
I had an old OM1 with that issue ;)
Ah, you understand. 8) The number of times it has provoked such as
"... nonsense! I worked for National Geographic for thirty years man and boy and was regularly chased by herds of stampeding elephants, Mighty Joe Young, and the entire cast and crew of Daktari, and not once did my camera 'open' by accident!"But years ago a 16 year old me was handed an elastic/rubber band by a press photographer who said
"Cheapest insurance policy in the world". :)
Quote from: NikF on October 18, 2016, 08:56:04 AM
Ah, you understand. 8) The number of times it has provoked such as "... nonsense! I worked for National Geographic for thirty years man and boy and was regularly chased by herds of stampeding elephants, Mighty Joe Young, and the entire cast and crew of Daktari, and not once did my camera 'open' by accident!"
But years ago a 16 year old me was handed an elastic/rubber band by a press photographer who said "Cheapest insurance policy in the world". :)
That was good advice :)
Quote from: aligreto on October 18, 2016, 10:43:50 AM
That was good advice :)
He was also the one who told me to make sure that when I take a manual focus lens off that I first turn it to infinity, so that if I have to use a lens in a hurry I'm not hunting back and forth for the focus - I'm only turning in one direction.
I remember him fondly. He was a cool guy. And funnily enough he was Irish. ;D
Great! I'm picking up some camera tips,here. Turn it to infinity. I'll remember that. Thanks! :)
Quote from: cilgwyn on October 18, 2016, 11:11:25 AM
Great! I'm picking up some camera tips,here. Turn it to infinity. I'll remember that. Thanks! :)
You're welcome.
And while you're learning camera stuff, I'm learning what composers look like. That's a win/win. 8)
Quote from: NikF on October 18, 2016, 11:40:23 AM
And while you're learning camera stuff, I'm learning what composers look like. That's a win/win. 8)
;D
Quote from: NikF on October 18, 2016, 08:25:52 AM
My avatar is my username. It was either that or a photo of my face after sparring with a good (although retired) amateur middleweight - and I wouldn't subject anyone to seeing that. ;D
An old, battered Nikon...yeah, that avatar suites you :D ;)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 18, 2016, 12:41:38 PM
An old, battered Nikon...yeah, that avatar suites you :D ;)
Sarge
That is probably exactly how he feels after his sparring session :laugh:
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 18, 2016, 12:41:38 PM
An old, battered Nikon...yeah, that avatar suites you :D ;)
Sarge
Quote from: aligreto on October 18, 2016, 12:43:14 PM
That is probably exactly how he feels after his sparring session :laugh:
Thanks guys, just what I need - another beating :laugh:
Quote from: NikF on October 18, 2016, 12:59:02 PM
Thanks guys, just what I need - another beating :laugh:
Always here to help ;)
My avatar needs no introduction. 8)
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 25, 2016, 11:34:30 PM
I'm conducting now :laugh:
ah, that might explain the armature pianism ;)
My current avatar is The Great King of Evil, Ganondorf, from The Legend of Zelda video game series. One of the coolest video game characters I know.
My current avatar is Claude Ryan. He was a Canadian politician known for his good grace, his honesty, and his tendency to dwell on issues and details. It was these qualities, rather than facile good looks, that made him Canada's longest serving prime minister -- proving to the world how much better we are than Americans, who can only retread the family of slick former leaders.
Quote from: Ken B on October 28, 2016, 06:35:37 PMproving to the world how much better we are than Americans, who can only retread the family of slick former leaders.
Said a guy sitting comfortably in his house in the United States. ::)
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 28, 2016, 06:48:19 PM
Said a guy sitting comfortably in his house in the United States. ::)
John, you need to improve your sarcasm detector. Ryan was all I said but never was elected PM, nor even a provincial premier. He's everything Canadians pretend they want while they vote for blowhards or the panderers. And our current PM
is the vapid pretty boy son of our most famous prime minister of the past 50 years. I am remarking sarcastically on the smug reaction of Canadians to the US election.
Your clown show is worse than ours, but not enough worse we should be smug about it.
Quote from: Ken B on October 29, 2016, 05:54:14 AM
John, you need to improve your sarcasm detector. Ryan was all I said but never was elected PM, nor even a provincial premier. He's everything Canadians pretend they want while they vote for blowhards or the panderers. And our current PM is the vapid pretty boy son of our most famous prime minister of the past 50 years. I am remarking sarcastically on the smug reaction of Canadians to the US election.
Your clown show is worse than ours, but not enough worse we should be smug about it.
Considering I know next to nothing about your country of birth other than I know a few good people from there, please excuse me for not realizing you're joking around.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 29, 2016, 06:17:14 AM
Considering I know next to nothing about your country of birth other than I know a few good people from there, please excuse me for not realizing you're joking around.
Oh John, Canadians
never forgive Americans for not knowing much about us. Griping about it is actually our official sport. Would you spoil all our fun? I know lots of Canadians who think Americans vote for the president directly or all own guns who complain about Americans with misconceptions about us!
Quote from: Ken B on October 29, 2016, 06:38:43 AM
Oh John, Canadians never forgive Americans for not knowing much about us. Griping about it is actually our official sport. Would you spoil all our fun? I know lots of Canadians who think Americans vote for the president directly or all own guns who complain about Americans with misconceptions about us!
:D I'll just let you guys continue to gripe then. I actually probably know more about Canada than I let on about. ;)
What I consider the definitive portrait of Berthe Morisot, by her sister Edma.
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on November 12, 2016, 05:27:54 PM
My avatar is still damn determined to conduct that orchestra :D
Any success?
I know only 1 joke, and it is a joke which can make many people groan because of its punchline, but it is about a conductor. There are probably better versions of the joke around as well...........actually you'd probably not want to hear it
Quote from: jessop on November 12, 2016, 05:48:02 PM
Any success?
I know only 1 joke, and it is a joke which can make many people groan because of its punchline, but it is about a conductor. There are probably better versions of the joke around as well...........actually you'd probably not want to hear it
We'd get a charge out of it. ;)
Ken B already ruined the joke by being a smart arse but here we go :D (i took it from elsewhere on the internet because others are much better at telling jokes than I am)
The world's best and most famous conductor made a small mistake while conducting the New York Symphony Orchestra. The audience didn't notice, the orchestra didn't notice either, but he knew he'd made the mistake and decided that he should retire. Once the performance had finished, he turned and faced the audience and said "Ladies and Gentleman, this is my last performance as a world class conductor. I'm now announcing my retirement."
After a few minutes silence from the shocked audience, and orchestra too, he was greeted with boos and hisses. He walked from the stage, only to be met by his manager, standing in between two gorilla-sized bodyguards. "Oh no you don't", his manager said, "you're not retiring."
Forced backed to work by his manager, he endured week after week of conducting he no longer wanted to do. While lying in bed one night with his wife of many years, he turned to her and said "Dear, would you be able to get me a small hand-gun?" "Yes dear", she said, and he rolled over and went to sleep.
Sure enough, at his next performance, the conductor began with the small hand-gun concealed in the his jacket. Once the concert had finished, he turned to the audience and said "I'm announcing my retirement for the second time. This is my last performance."
The tuba player from the orchestra stood up and shouted "You can't be serious!", and the conductor whipped out his hand-gun and shot the tuba player dead. It wasn't long before the police arrived and the conductor was taken away.
Days later, the conductor was taken to court. "How do you plead to the charge of first-degree murder?", the judge inquired. "Guilty, your honour", the conductor replied. "Do you realise that the sentence for first degree murder in this state is death by electrocution?", the judge added. The conductor thought for a moment, but came to the conclusion that death would surely be better than continuing on like he was. "Yes, your honour", the conductor said.
While being strapped into the electric chair, one of the guards came to the conductor and said "You may have one last request before we terminate your life. What would you like?" After pondering for a few seconds,the conductor replied "A silver platter with a dozen bananas." His request was granted, and the conductor scoffed the bananas. The room was emptied, and the switch was flicked. The conductor's hair stood on end, but he survived! As one guard was about to the flick the switch again, he was stopped. "He survived the chair and the law says we have to let him go."
The conductor left the building, only to be greeted by his manager and the two gorilla-sized bodyguards. "Back to work", his manager said. More weeks of forced conducting went by. Lying in bed again one night with wife, he asked "Dear, could you get me a grenade?" "Yes dear", she replied.
At his next performance, the conductor waited until the end of the concert, the grenade tucked neatly in his undies. "For the third time, I'm announcing my retirement!", he yelled. The conductor took out the grenade, pulled the pin,and threw it into the audience.The grenade exploded, killing 23 members of the crowd.The police arrived, and he was taken away again.
"You again?",the judge asked,"I thought I'd sentenced you to death not long ago?" The conductor shrugged. "Ok,how do you plead to 23 counts of first degree murder?", the judge said. "Guilty to all counts", the conductor replied.
While the settings were changed to triple the voltage of the current going to the chair, the conductor was granted another last request. "A silver platter with 2 dozen bananas" was his answer. He scoffed the bananas the room was evacuated and the switch was flicked. It appeared that they'd manage to kill him this time,but their fears were realized when the conductor regained consciousness as they were about to remove his body. His manager and the two gorilla-sized bodyguards were waiting for him and he left the building. "Back to work."
The weeks dragged on, and the conductor had all that he could take.
"Dear, could you get me a missile launcher?", he asked his wife as they lay in bed. "Yes dear", she replied.
It was all too much for the conductor, and he didn't even wait for the concert to start. "Damn you all!" he screamed, and launched a missile into the New York Symphony Orchestra, killing all 190 odd band members.The army was called in this time, and he was dragged away.
"Jesus Christ, you again!?! You're supposed to be DEAD!", the judge roared.
The conductor just shrugged.
"May I ask how you plead for 190 counts of first degree murder?" "Guilty as sin!", the conductor screamed, "the ****** deserved it!" The conductor was hauled away.
A public announcement was issued to all local residents warning that there would be a short cut in the power. Meanwhile, the cities' electrical engineers were busy re-routing all the electricity they could into the electric chair. Once again, the conductor was granted a last request.
"Three dozen bananas on a silver platter", he said.
He scoffed the bananas, the building was completely vacated, and the electric chair was activated by remote control, some 2 kilometers away.
The building exploded, reducing it to rubble. They fished through the ruins to find the conductor's ruined body.
His funeral was held some days later and as the casket was being lowered into the grave there was a knock on the coffin lid. Women fainted as the conductor crawled out of coffin - alive!
He was taken to a large press conference. One reporter stood up and asked "You've survived three visits to the electric chair. How did you do it?"
"I've tried telling people before", he said.
"I'm just a bad conductor."
So I know a couple of classical music jokes. I told this one before, but ...
A man walks into a bar.
"I'll have an Elgar."
"How do you make that?" the puzzled bar-tender asks.
"Brahms and water."
Quote from: Ken B on November 12, 2016, 08:17:32 PM
So I know a couple of classical music jokes. I told this one before, but ...
A man walks into a bar.
"I'll have an Elgar."
"How do you make that?" the puzzled bar-tender asks.
"Brahms and water."
HAH!!! That's good!
Quote from: jessop on November 12, 2016, 07:27:11 PM
The world's best and most famous conductor made a small mistake while conducting the New York Symphony Orchestra...
Bravo ;D
Quote from: Ken B on November 12, 2016, 08:17:32 PM
So I know a couple of classical music jokes. I told this one before, but ...
A man walks into a bar.
"I'll have an Elgar."
"How do you make that?" the puzzled bar-tender asks.
"Brahms and water."
It's a new one to me. Good stuff. ;D
Quote from: NikF on November 12, 2016, 09:04:35 PM
Bravo ;D
It's a new one to me. Good stuff. ;D
Thanks! As a joke I actually invented it. I read someone described Elgar as Brahms and water, and thought that could make a good punchline...
John Pym
Béla Bartók and his son
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 19, 2016, 09:20:48 AM
Great photo!
Thank you, John :)
I also like it a lot.
The son is Péter Bartók, now aged 92 !
Quote from: ludwigii on December 19, 2016, 10:37:00 PM
Thank you, John :)
I also like it a lot.
The son is Péter Bartók, now aged 92 !
Bartók is one of my favorite composers. Such a unique compositional voice.
My avatar is the cover of "Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven" by the Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Goes without saying that I suggest them to everyone.
Decided to change my avatar to Glazunov seeing I had quite a breakthrough with his music yesterday.
I decided to change my avatar to Scelsi who I consider just one of the most badass composers ever. 8)
Glazunov lasted all of 2 hours, 9 minutes. Must be a record ! :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 26, 2016, 03:58:40 PM
I decided to change my avatar to Scelsi who I consider just one of the most badass composers ever. 8)
Glazunov being decidedly un-badass? :P
Quote from: jessop on December 27, 2016, 03:07:34 PM
Glazunov being decidedly un-badass? :P
Pretty much, yeah. ;D
Quote from: André on December 27, 2016, 12:25:32 PM
Glazunov lasted all of 2 hours, 9 minutes. Must be a record ! :D
:P
I'm back to Rachmaninov. Certainly a composer that has really dug deep into my heart over the past year or so.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 30, 2016, 07:24:10 AM
I'm back to Rachmaninov. Certainly a composer that has really dug deep into my heart over the past year or so.
I am sticking with the vinyl image....a product that has really dug deep into my
wallet over the past year or so :laugh:
Quote from: aligreto on December 30, 2016, 08:03:43 AM
I am sticking with the vinyl image....a product that has really dug deep into my wallet over the past year or so :laugh:
:P
My current avatar is a placeholder until I choose something else. But at the moment it's of the first camera I bought (Nikkormat) when I was 14 years old. I delivered milk in the mornings between 04:45 and 08:30 before school in order to get money to buy it. It was being sold by some old dude who had a handlebar moustache and smelled strongly of camphor. The pleasure from the purchase was somewhat tempered by the fact I had to wait a further week before I could afford any film. :laugh: It has travelled with me to a lot of places and survived - including flying off my shoulder a couple of times when I had my motorcycle - and captured many sights, including some beautiful women.
I've changed my avatar A LOT over the last few days, but I think I've settled on Schnittke for awhile since it's a strange photograph of him. Strange...just like I am. ;) I'll also add that Schnittke is my favorite post-WWII composer bar none. I love many composers post-WWII, but Schnittke, for me, moves me the most.
I have gone back to using my second avatar. It is my favourite. It is a photo of my cat.
^cool cat.
I think I'll have a cat as my avatar for a while too. This captures his reaction to being told for the umpteenth time "Don't touch that lamp!"
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/IMG_20170114_224907_zpsgonuimbp.jpg)
As recently as last year my ex and I would look after cats and kittens that were in the process of being rehoused or had an owner who was in hospital or something. It was never longer than 48 hours/weekend and so she didn't get too attached to their fuzzy faces. We'd have done the same for dogs, but we were unaware of any such scheme. And anyway, she herself was part cat and so spoke the lingo.
e: The photo was converted to black and white due to 'multiple funky colour temp issues'. (That's the pro term, BTW...)
NikF he is absolutely adorable! And black and white looks pretty cool actually :)
Quote from: jessop on January 14, 2017, 02:11:58 PM
NikF he is absolutely adorable! And black and white looks pretty cool actually :)
Thanks :)
Nice photo,
Nik, and I rather like the b&w treatment. If it was colour, there wouldn't be the same mood.
Quote from: Aguest on January 14, 2017, 02:25:00 PM
Everything's all cats now, I love cats
I take it that it's my job to bring some balance to the force... my parents' dog.
Quote from: North Star on January 14, 2017, 02:46:26 PM
Nice photo, Nik, and I rather like the b&w treatment. If it was colour, there wouldn't be the same mood.
I take it that it's my job to bring some balance to the force... my parents' dog.
Thanks.
In the first of the photos you posted the diagonal and right angles are cool, however it's the catchlights that grab me. On closer inspection the one on camera right might be a lamp? But in the other eye it appears to have been joined by two windows? In any case, that's how I see it and so it combines to create a facial expression on the verge of "I am in
here. And unfortunately the outside is over
there...:(" ;D
Quote from: NikF on January 14, 2017, 04:10:09 PM
Thanks.
In the first of the photos you posted the diagonal and right angles are cool, however it's the catchlights that grab me. On closer inspection the one on camera right might be a lamp? But in the other eye it appears to have been joined by two windows? In any case, that's how I see it and so it combines to create a facial expression on the verge of "I am in here. And unfortunately the outside is over there...:(" ;D
The one on camera right is the front door window and a window above it, in the other eye it is joined by the windows from another room. And she is watching at the front door, waiting for my parents' car to arrive.
Ah, it's clearer now. And a lovely expression of longing. :)
Got my old mp3 player to work and this is the wallpaper that was on it.
Quote from: NikF on January 17, 2017, 12:48:26 PM
Got my old mp3 player to work and this is the wallpaper that was on it.
Good to see Toots again 8)
Sarge
Mine, which I changed last night for the first time, is a photo of Brian Wilson, c. 1963.
Quote from: Jay F on January 17, 2017, 01:01:06 PM
Mine, which I changed last night for the first time, is a photo of Brian Wilson, c. 1963.
Yeah, that'a a cool photo. Think it's by Ken Veder, the same guy who did the cover of the Surfin' Safari album. :)
For what it's worth (not too much :) ) this is a photo of a print via the Adobe Lightroom app on Android.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/LRM_EXPORT_20170118_033511_zpstlhhsovc.jpg)
^As opposed to using my Chinese phone (cost - 5.70 Euros ;D) to photograph some prints -
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u623/NikF64/IMG_20170118_001941_zpskvtnevlt.jpg)
This will be my avatar until Donald is no longer POTUS
Quote from: jessop on January 22, 2017, 03:02:31 AM
This will be my avatar until Donald is no longer POTUS
I should have thought that an avatar was supposed to represent who you are and what you stand for, not what you are opposed to. Defining one's self by opposition to something or someone boils down to acknowledging one has no personality of his own. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: jessop on January 22, 2017, 03:02:31 AM
This will be my avatar until Donald is no longer POTUS
You are keeping your avatar for eight years? :laugh:
Quote from: jessop on January 22, 2017, 03:02:31 AM
This will be my avatar until Donald is no longer POTUS
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJo90anVAAAYq2P.jpg)
Decided to change my avatar to a composer that has meant a lot to me through these past seven years or so: Frederick Delius.
I was finding logging in to GMG rather unpleasant......so I changed back
Quote from: jessop on January 22, 2017, 06:35:38 PM
I was finding logging in to GMG rather unpleasant......so I changed back
I knew that Donald/Ivanka Trump avatar wouldn't last long.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 22, 2017, 01:04:41 PM
Decided to change my avatar to a composer that has meant a lot to me through these past seven years or so: Frederick Delius.
On and off
On and off
On and off
You mean this is the composer you have the most fickle on and off relationship with... :P
Quote from: springrite on January 23, 2017, 06:09:34 AM
On and off
On and off
On and off
You mean this is the composer you have the most fickle on and off relationship with... :P
Yeah, pretty much. ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 06:15:39 AM
Yeah, pretty much. ;)
I have had backup girlfriends like that...
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on January 23, 2017, 02:10:13 AM
I've had a makeover, I suppose it makes sense too with wild opera-loving dogs chasing me :P
I really hate that gif you have as your signature and as a result of not wanting to be subjected to it any longer --- you're on my blocked list.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 07:23:02 AM
I really hate that gif you have as your signature and as a result of not wanting to be subjected to it any longer --- you're on my blocked list.
That's too drastic a move. Just turn off the signatures. And yes, that monkey is bloody annoying.
Quote from: Florestan on January 23, 2017, 08:00:27 AM
That's too drastic a move. Just turn off the signatures. And yes, that monkey is bloody annoying.
But I don't want to turn off signatures. It's better to just block him until he wises up and gets rid of that stupid gif.
Changed my avatar to the incomparable Robert Fripp. One of my musical heroes!
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 08:12:33 AM
But I don't want to turn off signatures. It's better to just block him until he wises up and gets rid of that stupid gif.
Hmmmm, there's nothing much I really see in signatures that strike me as essential to read, and I can see the signatures if I click on people's profiles I think........so I will just turn them off.
Quote from: jessop on January 23, 2017, 01:30:49 PM
Hmmmm, there's nothing much I really see in signatures that strike me as essential to read, and I can see the signatures if I click on people's profiles I think........so I will just turn them off.
Signatures aside, thank goodness you ditched the Trump avatar. Painful to look at.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 02:24:50 PM
Signatures aside, thank goodness you ditched the Trump avatar. Painful to look at.
+1.
It was grotesque, really.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 02:24:50 PM
Signatures aside, thank goodness you ditched the Trump avatar. Painful to look at.
Haha, well I can't wait to say the same thing about the USA. ;D
Quote from: jessop on January 23, 2017, 02:31:39 PM
Haha, well I can't wait to say the same thing about the USA. ;D
Oh, me too. These next four years I feel are going to especially turbulent ones given the fallacy of humanity that Trump represents.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 02:38:00 PM
Oh, me too. These next four years I feel are going to especially turbulent ones given the fallacy of humanity that Trump represents.
Let him that is without sin cast the first stone. ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 02:24:50 PM
Signatures aside, thank goodness you ditched the Trump avatar. Painful to look at.
See? Now I want a Trump avatar. Not that I really want a Trump avatar, but if people are going to object and get pissed off by a Trump avatar, then I want a Trump avatar.
Oh, now I am tempted. John -- I had YOU as my avatar once. You and The Donald, forever linked. :P :laugh:
Done, my new uvutur!
Teenagers!
TD
For the next fortnight or so....
<--------
For the benefit of non North Americans and teenagers, this is the "old school" New England Patriots logo.
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on January 23, 2017, 04:22:50 PM
...........................................umm.............ok?.......... :-\
Thank you for getting rid of that gif signature.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 05:03:22 PM
Thank you for getting rid of that gif signature.
So did Jessop, so you can unblock him.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 23, 2017, 05:11:34 PM
So did Jessop, so you can unblock him.
I never blocked Jessop.
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on January 23, 2017, 05:16:59 PM
What infuriated you about a dancing monkey John? :-[
It was just annoying. Hard to explain, but having to look at it each time I saw one of your posts it became an eyesore.
Quote from: Ken B on January 23, 2017, 03:48:08 PM
See? Now I want a Trump avatar. Not that I really want a Trump avatar, but if people are going to object and get pissed off by a Trump avatar, then I want a Trump avatar.
Oh, now I am tempted. John -- I had YOU as my avatar once. You and The Donald, forever linked. :P :laugh:
Ummm...don't worry the medication is in the mail. Get some rest. Doctor's orders.
;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2017, 05:12:21 PM
I never blocked Jessop.
Us senior citizens get easily confused.
Very small gifs i can tolerate, and if I find them aesthetically pleasing then obviously I rather like them. Large signature gifs are much more attention grabbing.
The image I was going to use as my more permanent avatar isn't ready yet. So for now it's the character of Hazel from 'Watership Down'.
A photo of the painter Duncan Grant.
A younger Gustav Mahler sporting a beard. 8)
An abstract painting by Gerhard Richter.
(https://bachtrack.com/files/25783-richter_part_whitworth2_jan_chlebik_resized.jpg)
Gerhard with Arvo
My current avatar is the album cover of Allan Holdsworth first solo album, Velvet Darkness. I'm going to leave this avatar up until Holdsworth birthday (Aug. 6th).
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 09:32:24 AM
My current avatar is the album cover of Allan Holdsworth first solo album, Velvet Darkness. I'm going to leave this avatar up until Holdsworth birthday (Aug. 6th).
Would that count as an all-time record for you?
Quote from: Mahlerian on April 17, 2017, 09:39:01 AM
Would that count as an all-time record for you?
I'm not sure, but that certainly is an interesting assertion.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 09:32:24 AM
I'm going to leave this avatar up until Holdsworth birthday (Aug. 6th).
Yeah, right... ;D
Quote from: Florestan on April 17, 2017, 10:09:59 AM
Yeah, right... ;D
This is now the 'Mirror Image Avatar Challenge' and the only winner will be me. ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 09:32:24 AM
My current avatar is the album cover of Allan Holdsworth first solo album, Velvet Darkness. I'm going to leave this avatar up until Holdsworth birthday (Aug. 6th).
I'll take some of this action, I'm betting the under. 8)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 17, 2017, 10:52:14 AM
I'll take some of this action, I'm betting the under. 8)
Alright, sir. Now it's on! :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 09:32:24 AMI'm going to leave this avatar up until Holdsworth birthday (Aug. 6th).
Hahahahaha...good one, John.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2017, 11:35:46 AM
Hahahahaha...good one, John.
Sarge
If I can do this, I think I should get some kind of award.
I think John should be banned from this thread. The reasons are obvious!
Quote from: Ken B on April 17, 2017, 01:51:21 PM
I think John should be banned from this thread. The reasons are obvious!
As should you! ;) In the past year, you've changed avatars a zillion times. ;D
Okay, I couldn't stand not having my avatar one of my classical heroes, so...back to Shostakovich. 8)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 17, 2017, 10:52:14 AM
I'll take some of this action, I'm betting the under. 8)
Payout to Greg.
Given that the odds, you're not going to make much of a payday out of it, though.
Quote from: Mahlerian on April 17, 2017, 08:40:58 PM
Payout to Greg.
Given that the odds, you're not going to make much of a payday out of it, though.
Indeed. :) Greg gets the grand prize: a year supply of Brillo pads.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 02:16:59 PM
As should you! ;) In the past year, you've changed avatars a zillion times. ;D
The difference being he never claimed to keep one and the same avatar for half a year, only to change it after 10 minutes. :laugh:
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2017, 08:45:46 PM
Indeed. :) Greg gets the grand prize: a year supply of Brillo pads.
Great. I would ask you to hand delivery them to me, John, but considering the recent Atlanta highway failures I'll accept the Brillo pads in the mail. 8)
Listening to Petrouchka and wanted to read up some history of the work, so naturally I went to Wikipedia ::) . And this amazing photo of Vaslav Nijinsky was displayed. Had to become my new Avatar, which I will keep up until June 1st, 2017. Or as we normally keep track of time on GMG, through 6 different avatar changes from John (MI) ;D 8)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Nijinski_Petrouchka_3.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 30, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Listening to Petrouchka and wanted to read up some history of the work, so naturally I went to Wikipedia ::) . And this amazing photo of Vaslav Nijinsky was displayed. Had to become my new Avatar, which I will keep up until June 1st, 2017. Or as we normally keep track of time on GMG, through 6 different avatar changes from John (MI) ;D 8)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Nijinski_Petrouchka_3.jpg)
Hah! Cool avatar, Greg. 8) Hopefully, I'll keep Nielsen up for awhile.
Following Florestan, I'll use a killer avatar.
Uh-Oh, I lied about my avatar...had to change it to honor the return of Agent Cooper.
(https://az616578.vo.msecnd.net/files/2016/01/14/63588335155865241237402797_7a65e3493126fb9ef6ed586799c78968.gif)
Unfortunately I don't know how to get the gif to work in my avatar, but anyway, Agent Cooper is back!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 20, 2017, 05:14:33 AM
Uh-Oh, I lied about my avatar...had to change it to honor the return of Agent Cooper.
Unfortunately I don't know how to get the gif to work in my avatar, but anyway, Agent Cooper is back!
Fixed that for you,
Greg. 8)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 20, 2017, 05:14:33 AM
Uh-Oh, I lied about my avatar...had to change it to honor the return of Agent Cooper.
(https://az616578.vo.msecnd.net/files/2016/01/14/63588335155865241237402797_7a65e3493126fb9ef6ed586799c78968.gif)
Unfortunately I don't know how to get the gif to work in my avatar, but anyway, Agent Cooper is back!
Damn fine avatar.
My new avatar is Jesse Custer from the Garth Ennis series Preacher. For me, one of the most badass stories I've read in a long time.
Time for an avatar change:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f3/4a/3f/f34a3fadc4c0fce1c04e11212efb1036.jpg)
Elisabet Ros as the soloist in Maurice Béjart's choreography of Maurice Ravel's Boléro. Saw her live last month here in Madrid, and it was really out of this world...
Seven and a half years ago, rehearsing Henningmusick in Atlanta.
Quote from: ritter on May 20, 2017, 06:45:28 AM
Time for an avatar change:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f3/4a/3f/f34a3fadc4c0fce1c04e11212efb1036.jpg)
Elisabet Ros as the soloist in Maurice Béjart's choreography of Maurice Ravel's Boléro. Saw her live last month here in Madrid, and it was really out of this world...
Your precious avatar was my favourite on the forum (Nicholas De Stahl/Staehl?) by far, but the new one is interesting too. I've only seen performances of it via YouTube by Guillem and Plisetskaya and Donn. Yeah, it must have been wonderful indeed to experience it live. Good stuff.
Quote from: NikF on May 20, 2017, 07:11:06 AM
Your precious avatar was my favourite on the forum (Nicholas De Stahl/Staehl? Nicolas de Staël) by far, but the new one is interesting too. I've only seen performances of it via YouTube by Guillem and Plisetskaya and Donn. Yeah, it must have been wonderful indeed to experience it live. Good stuff.
FTFY ;)
Thanks,
NikF! To hear this from the guy that has the coolest avatars on GMG is quite something! And as opposed to mine, yours are not just picked off the web ... :)
Yep, I had also seen
Donn,
Guillem and
Plisetskaya online, but must say that
Ros, with her
very long legs, and her coolness and detachment, is magnificent in this ballet, and makes it even more erotic...
Here she is (in a composite video with a male dancer--
Octavio Stanley):
https://www.youtube.com/v/A4H7Gp0CAH4&index=11&list=PLuNl4Qq2OOmskfw9B6FS_2WW2PN50crF4
Cheers,
Quote from: ritter on May 20, 2017, 07:37:18 AM
FTFY ;)
Thanks, NikF! To hear this from the guy that has the coolest avatars on GMG is quite something! And as opposed to mine, yours are not just picked off the web ... :)
Yep, I had also seen Donn, Guillem and Plisetskaya online, but must say that Ros, with her very long legs, and her coolness and detachment, is magnificent in this ballet, and makes it even more erotic...
Here she is (in a composite video with a male dancer--Octavio Stanley):
https://www.youtube.com/v/A4H7Gp0CAH4&index=11&list=PLuNl4Qq2OOmskfw9B6FS_2WW2PN50crF4
Cheers,
You're welcome. You're also too kind - but as you know, flattery is everything. :laugh: And I think when I've a photo as my avatar at GMG it's just about the only place nowadays I show any of my work. ;D
Ah, I knew I'd mangle the artist's name. Thanks for the correction. And for the video too, which I'll make the viewing of the centre of my evening's pursuits. 8)
Hint: It's Dutch.
Quote from: North Star on May 20, 2017, 08:27:16 AM
Hint: It's Dutch.
The painting, sure. The girl, how do you know?
Quote from: Ken B on May 20, 2017, 05:57:24 AM
Damn fine avatar.
Thanks, Ken.
And can we start regularly using the term
Nymanissimo? For any occasion?
Quote from: Florestan on May 20, 2017, 08:31:01 AM
The painting, sure. The girl, how do you know?
The avatar
is a painting. As for the girl, nobody alive does.
(http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/images/frames/framed_pearl_earring.jpg)
Quote from: North Star on May 20, 2017, 08:27:16 AM
Hint: It's Dutch.
All I know is it isn't Group of Seven.
:D ;) :laugh:
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 20, 2017, 08:41:39 AM
Thanks, Ken.
And can we start regularly using the term Nymanissimo? For any occasion?
Permission granted!
ritter, I watched Ros dancing the Ravel (I watched it a couple of times) and yes, she's great. I agree with what you said about her coolness and detachment, it adds something special and doesn't stop her having such presence; her performance must have almost been felt in the audience. :) And yeah, very long legs. 8) ;D
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on May 20, 2017, 03:57:02 PM
In preparation of that thing that premieres tomorrow, my avatar has been transplanted from a particular human earthling that was a therapist for a dead girl and such :P
Nice! 8)
Quote from: NikF on May 20, 2017, 02:45:27 PM
ritter, I watched Ros dancing the Ravel (I watched it a couple of times) and yes, she's great. I agree with what you said about her coolness and detachment, it adds something special and doesn't stop her having such presence; her performance must have almost been felt in the audience. :) And yeah, very long legs. 8) ;D
Glad you liked it, NikF. Yes, Ros filled the auditorium with her presence...and I found myself wishing that
Boléro was an hour-long piece, instead of lasting some 15 minutes...
Elisabet Ros actually reminds me of the central figure of this
Picasso painting, which is from the Tate Modern in London but is currently on display here at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, in a superb exhibition called "Pity and Terror: Picasso's Path to
Guernica" (to celebrate the 80 years of the famous painting):
(http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T00/T00729_9.jpg)
(Perhaps also suitable for my avatar, eventually ;) ).Cheers,
Yeah, it does, possessing that coolness while still managing to impart (or perhaps a better word here is 'impose'? ;D) self expression. Beauty, but terrible beauty. That's how I see it anyway.
You know of Picasso's work with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, being married to Khokhlova and all that - what a time and scene to be part of.
But indeed, 'The Three Dancers' (or a selected crop) would make a fine avatar for you. :)
Theodor Pallady (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Pallady) - Violin and Score, 1940-41
Quote from: Florestan on May 23, 2017, 02:52:11 AM
Theodor Pallady (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Pallady) - Violin and Score, 1940-41
Was he married to Vera Renczi?
:P ;)
The doctor who prescribed Brahms.
(http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q372/Nik_F64/ey_FW002b_zpsilbtga2m.jpg)
Yeah, a longer lens/further away would have been more flattering.
*All the women in my avatars are either ex girlfriends or girls I've met and had a short term relationship with. She's one of the former and there's an account in the dating thread of how we met and all that stuff. And I've mentioned often how she was hugely patient when introducing me to the music of Brahms. Anyway, it's only a placeholder avatar until I choose a new one.
(*apart from one, a tall blonde glamour model. But I would like to point out that she was up for it nonetheless. 8) :laugh:)
Out: Sailor Jerry
In: Chagall, one of the panels he created for the Moscow State Yiddish Theater
My current avatar is Toots McGams, taken in May 2016 at home.
(http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q372/Nik_F64/IMG_26062017_214114_zpsdfqijoix.jpg)
It's low-res on purpose.
As usual, it won't be online a long time. That's for a number of reasons, with one of them being that if I wanted to show what I do I would still have a website.
Nicolae Steinhardt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Steinhardt)
Quote from: Nicolae SteinhardtMusic is now my best friend. Better and better as time goes by. [...] Mozart, Haydn. Then Bach. Then Schubert, Wagner. Then the pre-Classical [composers]. Then all others.
Quote from: Nicolae Steinhardt[...]any behavior towards fellow human beings which is not as graceful and gentle as a Mozart menuet is a sin and an abomination[...]
(my translation and highlight)
I had never been an atheist, but for my turning into an active (Orthodox) Christian I will forever be indebted to four chronological events: watching
Franco Zefirelli's
Jesus of Nazareth, then reading
The New Testament , then reading
Blaise Pascal's
Pensées and finally reading
Fr. Nicolae's
The Happiness Diary (
Jurnalul fericirii in Romanian).
Barry Guy (http://www.musicandliterature.org/features/2014/3/25/a-conversation-with-barry-guy).
Chose him because he's at home in both classical and jazz, my two chief musical interests.
Anyone know why my avatar looks like that? I tried a few different images, but it keeps getting cut off on the right. :-[
EDIT - fixed it by shrinking the image down to 160x160. Still, the forum used to do this automatically, right?
Linus van Pelt, from Peanuts.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/43/99/ea/4399eab3b7019b582747be7fb2d23235--peanuts-cartoon-the-peanuts.jpg)
My favourite cartoon character - by far.
It's a Holstein Fresian cow. Or maybe an actual selfie. :)
Quote from: Omicron9 on August 16, 2017, 06:27:09 AM
It's a Holstein Fresian cow. Or maybe an actual selfie. :)
Reminds me of....
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d0/cb/6d/d0cb6d5deb34230a5b0cb994893d1423.jpg)
;D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loplop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loplop)
I'm a Yorkshire lass, so I chose my user-name and avatar to reflect that fact - the White Rose of York.
In honor of the return of Agent Cooper, and the ending of Twin Peaks: The Return, I have chosen new and updated Coop, he's 100%, and he's the F.B.I.
Taken on 60th birthday, so it's already over two years old.
Looking good Wendell ! At least you have lots more hair than I do and we are the same age ! ;)
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on September 15, 2017, 12:34:05 AM
Zorn playing his sax 8)
I've never seen a picture of John Zorn before - I don't know much about him I guess (apart from the fact that he releases loads of out-there music?).
He looks like a pretty "normal" guy - I thought he'd look like some Terry Riley freak/hippie kind of dude :D.
Preparing for Halloween with Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu, in Herzog'z 1979 remake of the silent film classic.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 15, 2017, 08:22:44 PM
Preparing for Halloween with Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu, in Herzog'z 1979 remake of the silent film classic.
Looks nothing like Zorro.
I find the allure of the sheen on good quality vinyl irresistible 8)
Just a nice fresh flat-fish.
Quote from: aligreto on October 07, 2017, 01:53:02 PM
I find the allure of the sheen on good quality vinyl irresistible 8)
So do I - in fact my user-name is a near anagram of a long-lost purveyor of inexpensive classical vinyl sheen.
But the vinyl sheen shown in your avatar picture is surely a rock or pop LP, is it not?
Quote from: Turbot nouveaux on October 08, 2017, 07:53:36 AM
But the vinyl sheen shown in your avatar picture is surely a rock or pop LP, is it not?
That, I cannot tell you I am afraid because the image is not mine but rather a Google Images generic photo ::)
A-Ha! (Well, it might be!) :D
Quote from: Turbot nouveaux on October 08, 2017, 07:53:36 AM
So do I - in fact my user-name is a near anagram of a long-lost purveyor of inexpensive classical vinyl sheen.
That confirms a little suspect I had on your online identity... :)
Quote from: Turbot nouveaux on October 08, 2017, 09:18:13 AM
A-Ha! (Well, it might be!) :D
BTW I am very partial to eating fish ;)
Quote from: GioCar on October 08, 2017, 10:08:06 AM
That confirms a little suspect I had on your online identity... :)
BuonGio(Ca)rno, amico mio 8)
Quote from: Turbot nouveaux on October 08, 2017, 01:13:45 PM
BuonGio(Ca)rno, amico mio 8)
(https://travistation.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/1291131680_two-thumbs-up.jpg)
Quote from: GioCar on October 08, 2017, 08:23:09 PM
(https://travistation.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/1291131680_two-thumbs-up.jpg)
GioCar, you remind me very much of somebody but I just cannot remember who it is at the moment........... ;D
Costume sketch for Florestan, by Léon Bakst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bakst)
Philip Glass
It's the iconic image of Shostakovich on the cover of Time magazine.
Not very original I guess but AFAIK it's not in use by any of the other Shostakovich fans on the forum.
As a teenager (I must have been 14 at most) I watched the filmed version of his most famous opera three times in a row --- this guy (together with three other Romantic composers and one Classical) is responsible for my being blown away for life by "Classical Music". 8)
Quote from: Florestan on October 17, 2017, 07:00:26 AM
As a teenager (I must have been 14 at most) I watched the filmed version of his most famous opera three times in a row --- this guy (together with three other Romantic composers and one Classical) is responsible for my being blown away for life by "Classical Music". 8)
Were you on of the kids around Georges Bizet ?
(https://iamachild.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/georges-bizet-at-work-on-carmen.jpg)
Quote from: Spineur on October 17, 2017, 07:13:03 AM
Were you on of the kids around Georges Bizet ?
Avec la garde montante,
nous arrivons, nous voilà.
Sonne, trompette éclatante !
Taratata, taratata !
Nous marchons la tête haute
comme de petits soldats,
marquant sans faire de faute,
une, deux, marquant le pas.
Les épaules en arrière
et la poitrine en dehors,
les bras de cette manière
tombant tout le long du corps.
Avec la garde montante, etc.Genius!
My avatar is Eduard Tubin --- certainly one of my favorite composers.
Senior Robert Greenberg, whose Great Courses music classes are educational and fun. I've listened to three of his courses and currently am exploring a fourth:
-How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd edition.
-The String Quartets of Beethoven
-The Piano sonatas of Beethoven
-And recently started listening to "Bach and the high baroque."
He's all together one of my favorite personalities in classical music! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0zIw8VUpIw
Halloween is over, so my Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu avatar has gone.
For now, until maybe it's Santa hat on composer time, my avatar is a black and white photograph of Richard Serra's 2013 sculpture Inside Out.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mL1rO7qXRs/Usbon2kfRgI/AAAAAAAAYuM/_Aj1Jal8VsQ/s1600/4cc7e6d13e32c859b482cf6b9fa154f4.jpg)
Berthe Morisot - Le piano (1888)
(https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/print/8.000/6.500/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/le-piano-berthe-morisot.jpg)
It's Schubert Santa!
Very cool, Greg. I wonder how I can do a Santa Martinu? Is there a program you use to do this specifically?
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 27, 2017, 06:18:16 AM
Very cool, Greg. I wonder how I can do a Santa Martinu? Is there a program you use to do this specifically?
Hi,
John. Just used photoshop. I'm sure I did a composer-Santa for you years ago. Perhaps it was Koechlin? ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 27, 2017, 01:38:55 PM
Hi, John. Just used photoshop. I'm sure I did a composer-Santa for you years ago. Perhaps it was Koechlin? ;D
Ah yes...I remember now.
Randy from The Residents, 'cause he usually wears/wore a santa coat...and they have a (legendary) first release called "Santa Dog" :-*
So this is pro-anti-pro-anti-christmas :laugh:
I think I've decided upon a good avatar for me: Charles Tomlinson Griffes, the American Impressionist who died way too young. Given his unfortunate circumstances, he composed a good bit of music in a short amount of time. His piano music, orchestral works, songs, and chamber pieces all have an identifiable sound-world of their own. He was a unique composer IMHO. I figured he'd be a good one to promote since I seldom see his name dropped here on GMG.
I think my current avatar is weird enough to be a permanent one. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2018, 07:17:44 PM
I think my current avatar is weird enough to be a permanent one. 8)
Cool bones, man. 8)
(https://i.imgur.com/skLuCRl.jpg)
I'm considering this as possibly a new real-life look for myself in spring/summer 2018.
Quote from: You did it on November 27, 2017, 02:08:52 PM
Randy from The Residents, 'cause he usually wears/wore a santa coat...and they have a (legendary) first release called "Santa Dog" :-*
So this is pro-anti-pro-anti-christmas :laugh:
very funny
Time for a change of avatar...
One of Fernand Léger's costume designs for La création du monde:
(http://www.cerclemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1139-680x940.jpg)
Quote from: ritter on March 23, 2018, 02:03:42 PM
Time for a change of avatar...
One of Fernand Léger's costume designs for La création du monde:
(http://www.cerclemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1139-680x940.jpg)
Très cool, Rafael. 8) Love it.
Quote from: ritter on March 23, 2018, 02:03:42 PM
Time for a change of avatar...
One of Fernand Léger's costume designs for La création du monde:
(http://www.cerclemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1139-680x940.jpg)
Beautiful!
From the Szyk Haggadah: Abraham hosting the three angels, illustrating the "bread of affliction" passage ("This is the bread of affliction which our ancestors in Egypt ate. Let him who is hungry come and eat..."
My current profile picture is an inkjet print of the Russian gymnast I lived with in Udmurtiya. It was taken with the first camera phone I ever owned. This is the same woman who featured in the short video I posted in which she sat on a statue's hand.
(http://i68.tinypic.com/29w4tok.jpg)
e: and I'd like to add that oor ritter and oor Jeffrey Smith are sporting particularly fine and interesting avatar images at the moment, both of which put my effort(s) to shame. ;D
Quote from: NikF on March 26, 2018, 09:58:41 PM
My current profile picture is an inkjet print of the Russian gymnast I lived with in Udmurtiya. It was taken with the first camera phone I ever owned. This is the same woman who featured in the short video I posted in which she sat on a statue's hand.
(http://i68.tinypic.com/29w4tok.jpg)
e: and I'd like to add that oor ritter and oor Jeffrey Smith are sporting particularly fine and interesting avatar images at the moment, both of which put my effort(s) to shame. ;D
Great avatar there,
NikF. And whatever you m,ay say, you are the king of avatars here on GMG. :)
Quote from: ritter on March 27, 2018, 12:23:37 AM
Great avatar there, NikF. And whatever you m,ay say, you are the king of avatars here on GMG. :)
Thanks,
ritter.
But do you remember a long, long time ago you had this as your avatar?
(https://i.imgur.com/McCYC8F.jpg)
Back then I hadn't spoken with you before and so wouldn't be inclined to send a PM. But a reverse image search led me to
Nicolas de Stael. In turn, that discovery opened a few new doors for me. :)
Quote from: NikF on March 27, 2018, 12:35:25 AM
Thanks, ritter.
But do you remember a long, long time ago you had this as your avatar?
(https://i.imgur.com/McCYC8F.jpg)
Back then I hadn't spoken with you before and so wouldn't be inclined to send a PM. But a reverse image search led me to Nicolas de Stael. In turn, that discovery opened a few new doors for me. :)
Of course I remember. :) Seeing that monumental painting (which also has strong Boulezian connections) "in the flesh" at the Musée Picasso in Antibes last year was quite something... Very glad it opened new doors for you!
Cheers,
(https://i.imgur.com/dUhvE21.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tfFxt8m.jpg)
Kees van Dongen offers a peek into 1920s good times.
Cool painting, Nik. 8) I suppose I'll keep my avatar on Barber for awhile. He's really one of my favorites and now that I have a new appreciation for songs and piano music, his comet has skyrocketed even further --- such deeply felt music.
I'm still debating on what photo of Barber to keep as my avatar. What do you think, Nik? My current one or this one?
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 30, 2018, 06:53:33 PM
Cool painting, Nik. 8) I suppose I'll keep my avatar on Barber for awhile. He's really one of my favorites and now that I have a new appreciation for songs and piano music, his comet has skyrocketed even further --- such deeply felt music.
I'm still debating on what photo of Barber to keep as my avatar. What do you think, Nik? My current one or this one?
I like them both.
It might be that of the two I prefer the shot of him reading the score, but then it might not make the best avatar. Still, you see the almost triangle of light at his hairline? And then another below his eye and on his cheek? Finally, another similar shape as part of the tip of his collar? Those are cool. Then again, I'm mostly only seeing then because I'm trying to find such things.
Ah, if I were you I'd stick with your current one.
And funnily enough, you crossed my mind last week. I was buying tickets for a few concerts, one of which features a work by Barber, and I remembered how a long time ago your recommendation of the
Slatkin/Saint Louis SO led to me buying those recordings. Anyway, the concert I got tickets for includes
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - which will be a new piece to me to hear. :)
Quote from: NikF on April 30, 2018, 07:20:41 PM
I like them both.
It might be that of the two I prefer the shot of him reading the score, but then it might not make the best avatar. Still, you see the almost triangle of light at his hairline? And then another below his eye and on his cheek? Finally, another similar shape as part of the tip of his collar? Those are cool. Then again, I'm mostly only seeing then because I'm trying to find such things.
Ah, if I were you I'd stick with your current one.
And funnily enough, you crossed my mind last week. I was buying tickets for a few concerts, one of which features a work by Barber, and I remembered how a long time ago your recommendation of the Slatkin/Saint Louis SO led to me buying those recordings. Anyway, the concert I got tickets for includes Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - which will be a new piece to me to hear. :)
Thanks for the feedback, Nik. I'll take your suggestion and leave the one I have currently up. I'm so JEALOUS! You get to see one of my favorite works from anyone:
Knoxville: Summer of 1915. What a remarkable work this is and it must be one of the first Barber works I heard. I was watching a documentary on Barber titled
Absolute Beauty (which I haven't finished yet) and one of the commentators mentioned something that was quite interesting to me and I'm paraphrasing here: "Throughout every strand of Barber's music there's a purpose and a direct expression. Also, the element of melancholy is found in every work from beginning to end." This certainly crossed my mind when I listened to his
Dover Beach earlier tonight, which was composed when he was 21 yrs. old. What a feat for such a young composer!
I decided to use some images from the Hubble Space Telescope as Avatars for a while.
I think I will probably change the Avatar every week/month or so as ther's so many nice images to choose from.
Currently Im using the Orion Nebula.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 30, 2018, 07:52:15 PM
Thanks for the feedback, Nik. I'll take your suggestion and leave the one I have currently up. I'm so JEALOUS! You get to see one of my favorite works from anyone: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. What a remarkable work this is and it must be one of the first Barber works I heard. I was watching a documentary on Barber titled Absolute Beauty (which I haven't finished yet) and one of the commentators mentioned something that was quite interesting to me and I'm paraphrasing here: "Throughout every strand of Barber's music there's a purpose and a direct expression. Also, the element of melancholy is found in every work from beginning to end." This certainly crossed my mind when I listened to his Dover Beach earlier tonight, which was composed when he was 21 yrs. old. What a feat for such a young composer!
You're welcome.
That documentary sounds interesting. I've had a quick look and found I can stream it - so I'll need to check it out. :)
The Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is in the middle of a programme starting with Bernstein's Three Dance Episodes from On the Town and ending with Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3. It's one of those afternoon midweek concerts, so it'll be lunch somewhere pleasant and then a stroll along to the venue. There's a concert before that featuring Barber's Second Essay for Orchestra (another I don't think I've heard) but I don't know yet if I can make it to that one.
"...the element of melancholy is found in every work from beginning to end."Yeah, there are some who carry that kind of weight clearly and conspicuously from an early age - and the way their burden manifests can often be of interest and insightful to the rest of us.
Quote from: NikF on April 30, 2018, 08:18:03 PM
You're welcome.
That documentary sounds interesting. I've had a quick look and found I can stream it - so I'll need to check it out. :)
The Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is in the middle of a programme starting with Bernstein's Three Dance Episodes from On the Town and ending with Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3. It's one of those afternoon midweek concerts, so it'll be lunch somewhere pleasant and then a stroll along to the venue. There's a concert before that featuring Barber's Second Essay for Orchestra (another I don't think I've heard) but I don't know yet if I can make it to that one.
"...the element of melancholy is found in every work from beginning to end."
Yeah, there are some who carry that kind of weight clearly and conspicuously from an early age - and the way their burden manifests can often be of interest and insightful to the rest of us.
Sounds like a great program! Do check out Barber's
Second Essay. All three of Barber's
Essays are most certainly worth your time. The
Third Essay is the last orchestral work he composed (in the late 70s). Unfortunately, for us, his composing activity slowly diminished after the failure of his opera
Antony and Cleopatra (definitely check out this opera's disastrous history whenever you get a chance). He basically ended up becoming a heavy drinker and cancer was to claim his life in 1981. There are some remarkable works in this late period that I think you would enjoy:
Third Essay,
The Lovers (a superb work!),
Three Songs,
Despite and Still, and
A Fadograph of a Yestern Scene. His late works have been an interest of mine since I got into the composer many years ago. Of course, I love his entire oeuvre, but it's always fascinating listening to these later works because it seems they are even more introspective and inward-looking than the early works. Of course,
Dover Beach and the
Cello Sonata (a work Barber seemed to have disliked himself) have plenty of introspection, but I look at the later works as being much darker in tone.
I'll check those suggestions out. Cheers mate. :)
Quote from: NikF on April 30, 2018, 09:00:36 PM
I'll check those suggestions out. Cheers mate. :)
You're welcome. 8)
Well, my idea of using images of outer space did'nt last long. :-[
I have returned to using characters from British Sci-Fi/Fantasy Comic 2000AD again.
(https://i.imgur.com/y7kYxmk.jpg)
My current avatar is the lining of my new jacket. ;D
Mahler... probably won't be changing it, since l feel unworthy of Beethoven and don't identify with any other composer nearly as much as these two.
o7,
LKB
My current avatar is a composer of huge importance for me: Aaron Copland. It seems that the information attributed to this photo is that it's dated December 1955 and appears to be in front of some barn of an undisclosed location.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 07, 2018, 05:22:21 PM
My current avatar is a composer of huge importance for me: Aaron Copland. It seems that the information attributed to this photo is that it's dated December 1955 and appears to be in front of some barn of an undisclosed location.
I love being gone from the forum for a few weeks, then reading your most recent post updating your avatar only for it to already be outdated and the picture not matching the composer. ;D Had to do a double-take on the image.
Thanks for the entertainment,
John. Now perhaps I'll go rock-out to Barber's
1st Symphony.
I added to my collection of colour wheels via this original early 60s print ad by Luxite. I'm sure that in the future none of my own print published work will be venerated in the slightest. ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/OZfNKNs.jpg)
A detail, "cartoonized," of a negative image of raindrops on the car's hood.
My current avatar is Gustave Brion's original illustration of Inspector Javert from the first edition of Les Misérables. I have also changed my signature to match my avatar.
My current avatar is me. I have donned a space suit because I spend much time in the Trump thread and many of the posters there post as if they are from outer space. I always try to fit in.
I have reverted to my very first avatar and signature line.
Quote from: Florestan on August 31, 2018, 03:24:39 AM
I have reverted to my very first avatar and signature line.
Awesome!!
I've done the same.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 23, 2018, 08:11:08 AM
A detail, "cartoonized," of a negative image of raindrops on the car's hood.
i am not seeing it...
well, my current avatar is my sigil. :3
i will eventually switch it to Sorabji smiling... :D
In infra Red I can see it ;D
Quote from: Florestan on August 31, 2018, 03:24:39 AM
I have reverted to my very first avatar and signature line.
I thought your first avatar was the bearded lady.
Quote from: Ken B on September 02, 2018, 05:31:04 PM
I thought your first avatar was the bearded lady.
I shaved my beard off ;D
Ps who says " We have arrived at the 9th qualifying round " a lot
Quote from: Ken B on September 02, 2018, 05:31:04 PM
I thought your first avatar was the bearded lady.
Nope. The Van Gogh was. And I had several more before Bizet.
Do you know?
Quote from: George on September 04, 2018, 10:47:17 AM
John Dee, Mathematician.
(I cheated)
Oh, nooooo. George, I never thought of you as a cheater!! $:)
South Yorkshire Constable.
https://mobile.twitter.com/syptweet/status/1038891067381350401 (https://mobile.twitter.com/syptweet/status/1038891067381350401)
Yorkshire...the accent. The first woman (girl) I ever slept with was from there. I was 14 and she was 17 (UK laws at the time for age of consent, so don't get yer knickers in a twist) and it was in the rough of a golf course. Afterwards she came out with one of the classics in her delightful twang.
Who knows mine without cheating?
Gerard Depardieu
(https://media.baselineresearch.com/images/339643/339643_full.jpg)
;D
Come on, guys! It's a heavily edited photo of MN Dave himself.
HEAVILY edited! ;)
Seneca the Younger actually
RVW as an octogenarian, in rare colour.
Miaskovsky or Myaskovsky
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4506/37239307704_a0492f2a46_h.jpg)
The door of Senator Feinstein's office.
The Keyboard playing cat augmented :D
The 20th Century American composer, William Schuman, who still lives thanks to Naxos!!!
A collage of futuristic silver foil album covers from the Philips Prospective 21e Siecle series of the 1960s/70s.
Quote from: Ken B on September 19, 2018, 08:20:27 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4506/37239307704_a0492f2a46_h.jpg)
The door of Senator Feinstein's office.
Except that the Venetian Inquisition was wise enough to decree that any accusation proven false resulted in the accuser getting the same punishment as the accused would have got had the accusation been true. ;D
Quote from: Florestan on September 29, 2018, 09:18:44 AM
Except that the Venetian Inquisition was wise enough to decree that any accusation proven false resulted in the accuser getting the same punishment as the accused would have got had the accusation been true. ;D
Not much use when the accusation was made anonymously.... ;D
Quote from: ritter on September 29, 2018, 09:20:06 AM
Not much use when the accusation was made anonymously.... ;D
They were also wise enough not to accept any accusation which did not bear the full name and address of the accuser.
Quote from: Florestan on September 29, 2018, 09:23:31 AM
They were also wise enough not to accept any accusation which did not bear the full name and address of the accuser.
Goid for them.... But for many here in Spain, reading the words "Inquisition" and "wise" in the same sentence is a bit....shocking? :D
Quote from: ritter on September 29, 2018, 09:31:16 AM
Goid for them.... But for many here in Spain, reading the words "Inquisition" and "wise" in the same sentence is a bit....shocking? :D
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. ;D
Quote from: NikF on October 12, 2018, 01:45:10 PMe: and remind me, who is the forum control freak loser who deems shooting film to be passe? Really, all you guys consumed with existing in the digital domain, why don't you avoid being distracted by the external validation pop-up prompt, before even considering putting a lens on something/someone? You're a photographer? LMAO
Well, I can't think of anyone else you might be describing than me. I agree that social media likes and comments have little to do with photography (luckily notifications for such things can be turned off). And I don't think I've really said that film is passé. I have a digital camera and I like to use it. The pinch of knowing that every click of the shutter costs money and limits how many shots you have left is certainly a good incentive for thinking before clicking, but I've found shooting a RAW file and then making a jpeg out of that with the camera editor is a process that suits me at the moment. I'd love to get my hands on a good printer, though.
Quote from: North Star on October 13, 2018, 12:42:02 AM
Well, I can't think of anyone else you might be describing than me. I agree that social media likes and comments have little to do with photography (luckily notifications for such things can be turned off). And I don't think I've really said that film is passé. I have a digital camera and I like to use it. The pinch of knowing that every click of the shutter costs money and limits how many shots you have left is certainly a good incentive for thinking before clicking, but I've found shooting a RAW file and then making a jpeg out of that with the camera editor is a process that suits me at the moment. I'd love to get my hands on a good printer, though.
No.
I'm not referring to you. I understand and accept who I am and that how I might conduct myself is (from time to time) less than palatable to some. But I've the balls to call people out - even if it's admin on an Internet forum - and name names in the process. So, if I had something, anything, to say about you, I would address you directly, Karlo - I don't fuck around in that respect and in real life, I can back it up. You remember I have your (last couple of) home addresses? - if I wanted to say something to you I would take pen to paper, scrawl a note, head off to the post office and let you know how I feel.
e: why do I have to deal with this BS? In the past you've had no problem engaging in conversation with me via PM. Hit me up before accusing me in public of something I'm not guilty of.
And if anyone else wants to say anything - come ahead. 8)
Quote from: NikF on October 13, 2018, 03:16:50 AM
No.
I'm not referring to you. I understand and accept who I am and that how I might conduct myself is (from time to time) less than palatable to some. But I've the balls to call people out - even if it's admin on an Internet forum - and name names in the process. So, if I had something, anything, to say about you, I would address you directly, Karlo - I don't fuck around in that respect and in real life, I can back it up. You remember I have your (last couple of) home addresses? - if I wanted to say something to you I would take pen to paper, scrawl a note, head off to the post office and let you know how I feel.
e: why do I have to deal with this BS? In the past you've had no problem engaging in conversation with me via PM. Hit me up before accusing me in public of something I'm not guilty of.
And if anyone else wants to say anything - come ahead. 8)
My mistake, I had no idea there was anyone else who could have fit the description better. :D
Quote from: NikF on October 12, 2018, 01:45:10 PM
e: (https://i.postimg.cc/GtgZFBR8/LRM-EXPORT-20170922-174649-jpg.jpg)
Perfectly caught: the playful expression and her hand holding the robe, hinting at something about to happen (or had just happened). I like the framing too, including the weird stuff at the top. Took me awhile to figure it out but I think the jack-o'-lantern pennant provides the clue? A Halloween motif with fake cobwebs?
Sarge
Yeah, Halloween. That's why I posted it. :)
Thanks, Sarge.
A promotional still from the greatest show in the universe.
Quote from: shirime on October 13, 2018, 04:10:36 PM
A promotional still from the greatest show in the universe.
It's been pretty good overall. I sometimes get bored before the end of a series and give up, but always come back for the start of a new one :).
Quote from: 2dogs on October 13, 2018, 08:45:58 PM
It's been pretty good overall. I sometimes get bored before the end of a series and give up, but always come back for the start of a new one :).
It certainly has its ups and downs! I have a strong hunch that the new showrunner Chibnall will get this show
just right, or at least improve upon aspects of RTD and Moffat I didn't care for........
Keith Ellison.
(http://www.teesort.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/wife-beater2.jpg)
Pussyfal, Knight of the Round Table
Marvin the Martian, my favorite Looney Tunes character.
Quote from: Alberich on December 15, 2018, 05:00:45 AM
Marvin the Martian, my favorite Looney Tunes character.
He looks very angry, very angry indeed. Was there no earth shattering kaboom?
My very first avatar from all those years ago. At that time, it was available as one of the default avatars.
It's Ernie from Sesame Street.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Nicolae_Tonitza_-_Mama_si_copilul.jpg/513px-Nicolae_Tonitza_-_Mama_si_copilul.jpg)
Nicolae Tonitza (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Tonitza) - Mama şi copilul (The mother and her child)
From 'Bimbo's Initiation' (1931) directed by Dave Fleischer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/tCG0H0Y8/PZSwO1J.jpg)
I've had many avatars that were photos - all taken by me - of women, but the current image (Paulette Goddard) is the first time my avatar is a photo of a woman I haven't kissed.
(https://i.postimg.cc/15mv4ZNp/paulette-goddard.jpg)
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 03:12:15 PM
I've had many avatars that were photos of women, but the current image (Paulette Goddard) is the first time my avatar is a photo of a woman I haven't kissed.
(https://i.postimg.cc/15mv4ZNp/paulette-goddard.jpg)
Is that only because she had a getaway vehicle? ;)
Quote from: George on January 20, 2019, 03:13:06 PM
Is that only because she had a getaway vehicle? ;)
Until now such a thought had never crossed my mind. But, I'm not going to let you spoil that photo for me. 8) ;D
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 03:12:15 PM
I've had many avatars that were photos - all taken by me - of women, but the current image (Paulette Goddard) is the first time my avatar is a photo of a woman I haven't kissed.
(https://i.postimg.cc/15mv4ZNp/paulette-goddard.jpg)
Gorgeous woman. Nice photo. 8)
Yeah, I think she is too. :)
It was either going to be that photo of her or a shot of Maureen O'Sullivan from the old MGM series of Tarzan movies - because she's adorable as Jane. And when I say 'adorable' that word fails to impart what quality I'm referring to. 8)
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 04:58:59 PM
Yeah, I think she is too. :)
It was either going to be that photo of her or a shot of Maureen O'Sullivan from the old MGM series of Tarzan movies - because she's adorable as Jane. And when I say 'adorable' that word fails to impart what quality I'm referring to. 8)
Maureen O'Sullivan was quite a looker as well, but I think Paulette Goddard is in a class of her own along with Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, among others.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 20, 2019, 05:13:48 PM
Maureen O'Sullivan was quite a looker as well, but I think Paulette Goddard is in a class of her own along with Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, among others.
Sure, those are all beautiful women. :) It's weird, but last year I was at a screening of Hitchcock's Rear Window, and no matter how many times I've seen it or the format it's presented in, those few moments when Grace Kelly's face fills the frame as she closes in to kiss James Stewart - it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 04:58:59 PM
Yeah, I think she is too. :)
It was either going to be that photo of her or a shot of Maureen O'Sullivan from the old MGM series of Tarzan movies - because she's adorable as Jane. And when I say 'adorable' that word fails to impart what quality I'm referring to. 8)
She was even more adorable than you mighf have realized
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-08-21-9408210170-story.html
Until just now I had no idea Mia Farrow was her daughter.
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 05:30:02 PM
Sure, those are all beautiful women. :) It's weird, but last year I was at a screening of Hitchcock's Rear Window, and no matter how many times I've seen it or the format it's presented in, those few moments when Grace Kelly's face fills the frame as she closes in to kiss James Stewart - it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
LOVE that Hitchcock film. Such a classic. Agree with you about Grace Kelly. Exquisite beauty.
Quote from: JBS on January 20, 2019, 05:31:04 PM
She was even more adorable than you mighf have realized
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-08-21-9408210170-story.html
Until just now I had no idea Mia Farrow was her daughter.
Cheers, mate, that was interesting. I still haven't seen the restored version it refers to, so I should check it out.
Yeah, the mother or Mia Farrow - and apparently a completely different character to her daughter.
Anyway, next time I'm asked about potential programmes for the local indy/arthouses maybe they'd consider a Tarzan season. It's as hokey as hell but also cool, and I love that kind of stuff, especially on the big screen. :)
Quote from: NikF on January 20, 2019, 05:30:02 PM
Sure, those are all beautiful women. :) It's weird, but last year I was at a screening of Hitchcock's Rear Window, and no matter how many times I've seen it or the format it's presented in, those few moments when Grace Kelly's face fills the frame as she closes in to kiss James Stewart - it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Yup. Hottest moment in movies.
As I'm going through a phase of (renewed) fascination with 20th century French painting, I'm now using Raoul Dufy's early—1910—woodcut La Danse as my avatar.
(http://keithsheridan.com/images/Dufy-LaDanseBig.jpg)
Dufy, a member of the fauve group at the time, had visited Munich and been exposed to the work of the German expressionists. On his return to France, he produced four woodcuts, collectively titled Les plaisirs de la paix (as irony would have it, that paix wouldn't last for too long ::)). Apart from La danse, there's the following:
La pêche:
(https://static.picassomio.com/images/art/90/07/7f/raoul-dufy-artwork-large-59449.jpg)
La chasse:
(http://www.williampcarlfineprints.com/prints/Dufychasse.jpg)
L'amour:
(https://skinnerinc-res.cloudinary.com/images//v1482825088/1102625/raoul-dufy-french-1877-1953-lamour.jpg)
I find these four works rather fascinating, as they somehow combine the aesthetics of fauvism and expressionism, and are also unmistakably French, pre-echoing Dufy's later carefree thematic (horse races, regattas, etc.). Shortly after this suite, Dufy would produce what is arguably his masterpiece in the medium, his illustrations for Guillaume Apollinaire's Le bestiare.
Just after the painter's death in 1953, the four woodcuts were printed again (in an edition of 220, with the stamp of the artist's atelier). Luckily, I've been able to acquire copies of La danse and La pêche from this second edition (the original, pencil signed run from 1910 goes for a small fortune), which hang on the walls of my living room.
Wonderful works, wonderful acquisition !
Nice enough to motivate me to change mine
(https://uploads7.wikiart.org/images/raoul-dufy/homage-to-mozart.jpg!Large.jpg)
Hommage a Mozart by Dufy.
There seem to be two Dufy works by that title. This is the other one
(https://uploads4.wikiart.org/images/raoul-dufy/hommage-to-mozart-1915.jpg!Large.jpg)
Edit
The Apollinaire woodcuts can be seen here
https://wikilivres.org/wiki/Raoul_Dufy
Quote from: JBS on January 22, 2019, 04:35:07 PM
Nice enough to motivate me to change mine
(https://uploads7.wikiart.org/images/raoul-dufy/homage-to-mozart.jpg!Large.jpg)
Hommage a Mozart by Dufy.
...
Great avatar as well, JBS! :) There's also works by
Dufy in homage to
Debussy and
J.S. Bach.... And then of course there's
Stravinsky's short musical homage to
Dufy (the
Double Canon for SQ); the two men never actually met...
Quote from: André on January 22, 2019, 01:22:39 PM
Wonderful works, wonderful acquisition !
Thanks,
André!
Raoul Dufy rocks! 8)
Decided I don't like having an avatar photo of a woman that I haven't taken myself. So the next few avatars will probably be of stuff I own and like.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDrnfcck/IMG-20190124-131959-907.jpg)
Mario Vellani Marchi. Paper, Indian ink and watercolour.
Received as a gift a long time ago, it's one of a few ever present pieces on my (home) office walls, no matter where I live. And almost every dancer who visits and sees it will say how much they love it. It depicts Tanquil Le Clercq in the NYC Ballet 'Le Baiser de la Fée'. Choreography by Balanchine, music by Stravinsky, and lighting by Jean Rosenthal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rosenthal)
Triva: that photo is taken with a six euro cellphone and so there's no polarising filter to hide my reflection in the glass. Instead, I steal and employ a simple trick used in the 1920s by the clever James Wong Howe, Oscar winning cinematographer. At work people often thought it was an affectation or gimmick, but they were wrong. It's a valid technique. 8)
Quote from: NikF on January 24, 2019, 04:43:49 AM
Decided I don't like having an avatar photo of a woman that I haven't taken myself. So the next few avatars will probably be of stuff I own and like.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDrnfcck/IMG-20190124-131959-907.jpg)
Mario Vellani Marchi. Paper, Indian ink and watercolour.
Received as a gift a long time ago, it's one of a few ever present pieces on my (home) office walls, no matter where I live. And almost every dancer who visits and sees it will say how much they love it. It depicts Tanquil Le Clercq in the NYC Ballet 'Le Baiser de la Fée'. Choreography by Balanchine, music by Stravinsky, and lighting by Jean Rosenthal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rosenthal)
Great stuff,
NikF. I didn't know about
Vellani Marchi until now, but have always found the ballet adventure of
Balanchine,
Kirstein,
Le Clercq et al. In NYC fascinating.
Wonderful watercolour and avatar! :)
Quote from: NikF on January 24, 2019, 04:43:49 AM
Decided I don't like having an avatar photo of a woman that I haven't taken myself. So the next few avatars will probably be of stuff I own and like.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDrnfcck/IMG-20190124-131959-907.jpg)
Mario Vellani Marchi. Paper, Indian ink and watercolour.
Received as a gift a long time ago, it's one of a few ever present pieces on my (home) office walls, no matter where I live. And almost every dancer who visits and sees it will say how much they love it. It depicts Tanquil Le Clercq in the NYC Ballet 'Le Baiser de la Fée'. Choreography by Balanchine, music by Stravinsky, and lighting by Jean Rosenthal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rosenthal)
Triva: that photo is taken with a six euro cellphone and so there's no polarising filter to hide my reflection in the glass. Instead, I steal and employ a simple trick used in the 1920s by the clever James Wong Howe, Oscar winning cinematographer. At work people often thought it was an affectation or gimmick, but they were wrong. It's a valid technique. 8)
There's a black, elongated object right behind her right buttock. It greatly puzzles me. Do you have any idea what it is?
Quote from: ritter on January 24, 2019, 05:04:39 AM
Great stuff, NikF. I didn't know about Vellani Marchi until now, but have always found the ballet adventure of Balanchine, Kirstein, Le Clercq et al. In NYC fascinating.
Wonderful watercolour and avatar! :)
Cheers, mate.
Quote from: Florestan on January 24, 2019, 05:22:10 AM
There's a black, elongated object right behind her right buttock. It greatly puzzles me. Do you have any idea what it is?
No, I don't. I even went back upstairs to have a closer look, but I've no idea, sorry.
e: but I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. 8)
Quote from: Florestan on January 24, 2019, 05:22:10 AM
There's a black, elongated object right behind her right buttock. It greatly puzzles me. Do you have any idea what it is?
I think it's called a shade.... ;D
Quote from: NikF on January 24, 2019, 05:37:19 AM
No, I don't. I even went back upstairs to have a closer look, but I've no idea, sorry.
e: but I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. 8)
Quote from: ritter on January 24, 2019, 05:40:04 AM
I think it's called a shade.... ;D
I am relieved. What I see is someone behind her, trying to insert a black dildo in... Ummm, never mind. :laugh:
Quote from: Florestan on January 24, 2019, 06:04:58 AM
I am relieved. What I see is someone behind her, trying to insert a black dildo in... Ummm, never mind. :laugh:
Different ballet entirely - and one I've only ever seen amateur productions of. 8) ;D
I've restored the Avatar I used before the server issues. It is a painting by Kazimir Malevich entitled Morning in the Village after Snowstorm.
Quote from: Florestan on January 24, 2019, 06:04:58 AM
I am relieved. What I see is someone behind her, trying to insert a black dildo in... Ummm, never mind. :laugh:
???
A reminder that we need a "what are you smoking" thread. :laugh:
Quote from: NikF on January 24, 2019, 12:05:34 PM
Different ballet entirely - and one I've only ever seen amateur productions of. 8) ;D
We definitely need a thread for that. 0:)
Quote from: Florestan on January 24, 2019, 05:22:10 AM
There's a black, elongated object right behind her right buttock. It greatly puzzles me. Do you have any idea what it is?
It's a shadow, cast by part of her skirt.
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 24, 2019, 12:48:26 PM
???
A reminder that we need a "what are you smoking" thread. :laugh:
And did he bring enough for everyone? 8)
Quote
We definitely need a thread for that. 0:)
Funnily enough, a while back Google permanently suspended my YouTube account. ??? ;D
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 24, 2019, 12:48:26 PM
???
A reminder that we need a "what are you smoking" thread. :laugh:
We definitely need a thread for that. 0:)
:laugh:
Quote from: Florestan on January 25, 2019, 12:43:59 AM
:laugh:
Your avatar is Fanucci from The Godfather 2, Andrei?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaS--w5G_YrYqwnfCO_sKdqZ0IgyhyWL9gNpLU4l_vLtgVBSvG
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaS--w5G_YrYqwnfCO_sKdqZ0IgyhyWL9gNpLU4l_vLtgVBSvG)
Quote from: Ken B on January 25, 2019, 06:35:10 PM
Your avatar is Fanucci from The Godfather 2, Andrei?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaS--w5G_YrYqwnfCO_sKdqZ0IgyhyWL9gNpLU4l_vLtgVBSvG
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaS--w5G_YrYqwnfCO_sKdqZ0IgyhyWL9gNpLU4l_vLtgVBSvG)
I fail to see any resemblance between him and
Reynaldo Hahn, honestly.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0979/9322/products/Whetung-CheeChee-Friends_1024x1024.jpg)
Friends, by Benjamin Chee Chee. This is crazy famous in Canada.
Had never heard of him - but looking at some others he's done, I can see why he's so popular. Imaginative simplicity.
By Dufy, from a mid 1930s large format glass slide of a Ballet Russe stage backdrop.
And if I say that come summertime I'll be a similar shape to the guy on the left, I'm only half joking. ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/155rNDJH/IMG-20190304-080444-742.jpg)
'Qui souvent se mire, s'admire...'
Part one of two - by Fabiano and originally published in La vie Parisienne about 1920(?)
Years ago (before they were called 'look books') we used to have a collection of images, photos, tearsheets etc in the studio to blatantly and unashamedly steal ideas from. Later my ex kind of turned it into a themed collection. This one is currently waiting to have its frame recycled. When I next change my avatar I'll post the conclusion.
Quote from: NikF4 on March 03, 2019, 11:25:54 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/155rNDJH/IMG-20190304-080444-742.jpg)
'Qui souvent se mire, s'admire...'
Part one of two - by Fabiano and originally published in La vie Parisienne about 1920(?)
Years ago (before they were called 'look books') we used to have a collection of images, photos, tearsheets etc in the studio to blatantly and unashamedly steal ideas from. Later my ex kind of turned it into a themed collection. This one is currently waiting to have its frame recycled. When I next change my avatar I'll post the conclusion.
Ha!
I have a few maxims of software development. One is : Theft is good.
Quote from: Ken B on March 04, 2019, 07:08:15 AM
Ha!
I have a few maxims of software development. One is : Theft is good.
'All's fair in love and war and commercial photography and software development'.
Quote from: NikF4 on March 03, 2019, 11:25:54 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/155rNDJH/IMG-20190304-080444-742.jpg)
'Qui souvent se mire, s'admire...'
Part one of two - by Fabiano and originally published in La vie Parisienne about 1920(?)
Years ago (before they were called 'look books') we used to have a collection of images, photos, tearsheets etc in the studio to blatantly and unashamedly steal ideas from. Later my ex kind of turned it into a themed collection. This one is currently waiting to have its frame recycled. When I next change my avatar I'll post the conclusion.
Great stuff!
Can I suggest that you use a cropped version for your avatar? Something like this:
(https://ptpimg.me/gz181k.jpg)
As it is now, the forum software just cuts off much of the left and right parts of the image.
Quote from: George on March 05, 2019, 12:16:37 PM
Great stuff!
Can I suggest that you use a cropped version for your avatar? Something like this:
(https://ptpimg.me/gz181k.jpg)
As it is now, the forum software just cuts off much of the left and right parts of the image.
Thanks, oor
George. :) I've uploaded it as my avatar. Yeah, I had already cropped it a little but had no time to mess with it in an attempt to try and get it right.
Anyway, she's kind of
broad in the beam for my taste, but as the concluding frame shows she seems absolutely delighted with herself and as ever, that's all that matters 8) -
(https://i.postimg.cc/Z5yp8nMk/IMG-20190307-104511-925.jpg)
'Qui trop s'admire... Se meconnait'
Miss Gabrielle Ray. This and another couple of cards were in a job lot of postcards by A. Penot that I bought. At least, as far as I remember. Anyway, the Internet says this about her -
'Gabrielle Ray (28 April 1883 - 21 May 1973), was an English stage actress, dancer and singer, best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies and said to be original inspiration for the term "hookers and blow"'.
On the back of the card the date is give as 1911, which I believe is about the time of Gaspard de la nuit by Ravel and Debussy's Images. Isn't that a nice thought?
An aside: I have donated the other cards of her to a charity shop, but kept this this one for a simple reason. You see the way the clothing is knotted on her shoulder? - that's cool. That knot can do a job in place of employing acute lighting ratios, indulging in perspective distortion, sophisticated make up, intricate jewellery, artfully arranged hair, patterned or multi coloured clothing, layers and pleats, contrasting textures or weaves etc. But if you don't understand what I mean by that, do feel free to hit me up and ask about 'the afternoon the fashion model attended the ballet matinee'. 8)
e: the original card -
(https://i.postimg.cc/KvnxBp4w/IMG-20190305-103419.jpg)
My favorite Muppet character, Miss Piggy.
Quote from: Alberich on March 09, 2019, 07:06:57 AM
My favorite Muppet character, Miss Piggy.
Love it!
Two weeks ago I told my 9-year old son that Miss Piggy was voiced by Frank Oz, who also is the voice of Yoda. Based upon the look on his face it was the biggest realization, and shock, of his young life. I felt proud.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 09, 2019, 08:12:02 AM
Love it!
Two weeks ago I told my 9-year old son that Miss Piggy was voiced by Frank Oz, who also is the voice of Yoda. Based upon the look on his face it was the biggest realization, and shock, of his young life. I felt proud.
Thanks! It was kind of a shock to me as well, when I learned it years ago. :D
(https://i.postimg.cc/2SbTX373/IMG-20190311-235224-748.jpg)
If I were the artist (Maurice Pepin) I might have tried to have a little more fun where the bubbles are concerned.
(https://i.postimg.cc/BZFjzZ0b/DSC-8879fw.png)
Tanika - represented the Soviet Union at gymnastics and for a number if years kept me fed, watered and fulfilled.
An aside?: that photo taken with what was new tech at the time, this phone -
(https://i.postimg.cc/YSjcsSTs/Silje-1529.png)
Further, the last time I posted similar I was asked about the image on the tablet behind the phone -
(https://i.postimg.cc/zD4fwsHN/IMG-6588fw.png)
At a soiree for dancers/actors, la *chica in the centre asked me to take a photo with her crappy cellphone. In this instance, black and white is a result of nothing more than lacking a RAW file in the face of about three different colour temperatures. The photographers on this forum know what I mean.
(an aside within an aside: see the object in the top right corner? That could be a speaker or a light or anything, but as a photographer it serves simp!y as a device to point at my subject)
*last I heard she was enjoying a career in cabaret emp!oyed as a dancer on a cruise ship. God bless everyone who sails in her.
Enough of the meta. 8) ;D
My new avatar is Fernand Léger's 1948 lithograph Nature morte aux fruits, his first print published by the Galérie Louise Leiris, and printed by Mourlot. It's an edition of 75 signed and numbered copies.
(https://www.artcurial.com/sites/default/files/styles/840_width/public/lots-images/2019-02-25-14/3852_10641734_0.jpg?itok=W5J-jPbI)
Quote from: ritter on March 23, 2019, 03:47:08 PM
My new avatar is Fernand Léger's 1948 lithograph Nature morte aux fruits, his first print published by the Galérie Louis Leiris, and printed by Mourlot. It's an edition of 75 signed and numbered copies.
(https://www.artcurial.com/sites/default/files/styles/840_width/public/lots-images/2019-02-25-14/3852_10641734_0.jpg?itok=W5J-jPbI)
Very cool,
Rafael! Shame about the site viewing a crop of the image, though. Feel free to use one of the smaller images I made of it. I think the original looks better, but with the crop, the image is a bit less tiny - you pick. :P
Many thanks, Karlo! I've chsnged it to the larger of the two images you provided, as it seems that way it appears less distorted when in the forum page.
Have a great Sunday.
Cheers,
Rafael
A happy Koala bear that my son painted. Which means I will no longer be known as Monkey Greg, now it is Koala Greg.
That's an awesome painting! Your son has talent!
Quote from: Alberich on March 24, 2019, 06:06:07 AM
That's an awesome painting! Your son has talent!
Thank you!! ;D
I'll pass along your praise to him.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 24, 2019, 06:34:18 AM
Thank you!! ;D
I'll pass along your praise to him.
Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! :)
Quote from: ritter on March 24, 2019, 12:08:52 AM
Many thanks, Karlo! I've chsnged it to the larger of the two images you provided, as it seems that way it appears less distorted when in the forum page.
Have a great Sunday.
Cheers,
Rafael
You're welcome,
Rafael, and a great Sunday to you too!
Quote from: ritter on March 24, 2019, 06:36:56 AM
Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! :)
+2
Quote from: North Star on March 24, 2019, 06:43:27 AM
You're welcome, Rafael, and a great Sunday to you too!
+2
+3
Quote from: ritter on March 24, 2019, 06:36:56 AM
Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! :)
+ 4! I'm the father of a son who paints all kinds of creatures so I know quality when I see it. :D
Kudos to your son, it's excellent!
(https://i.postimg.cc/0Nn36jZ2/IMG-20190327-130111-644.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/vBNgP8qQ/IMG-20190327-124535-745.jpg)
There's a tl;dr below.
Recently I was talking to a photographer about photographic subjects and the work as a whole and I said I'd try to look through my past and see what I want to show, although I'm far more interested in looking forward. Most everything is drum scanned but there are bits and pieces here and there that never got printed or did get printed but not returned in place in time to be scanned. In this instance excuse the quick and dirty negative against the window solution.
BTW, I read the forum rules and they clearly state -
"Pornography and Adult Content
GMG caters to all cultures and age groups. If your post is not family-friendly or not work-safe, then it is not acceptable for posting on the forum. This includes pornography, either visual or text, obscene language, hate-related posts, drug abuse, gambling and links to sites with such content." - this shot isn't pornography. It depicts a ballerina, one who has danced for national companies in Europe, when finally she's returned home after working hard and now in repose. Despite that, I'm not going to question the forum rules either directly or in some passive aggressive manner. But if anyone wants to see the uncensored version (currently low res and lacking in detail as it is) feel free to hit me up.
tl;dr: a shot of a naked lady. ;D
e: and yeah, 5054 is tmax. So?!
August Macke - Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912)
Quote from: Florestan on April 03, 2019, 05:21:50 AM
August Macke - Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912)
Good stuff.
Quote from: Florestan on April 04, 2019, 04:01:08 AM
Yours is / are not bad either. ;)
Thanks, pal. :)
August Macke isn't someone who I'm familiar with, but one of the cool bonuses of this forum is how the way a frame of reference can sometimes be extended courtesy of another member.
Quote from: NikF4 on April 04, 2019, 04:06:31 AM
Thanks, pal. :)
August Macke isn't someone who I'm familiar with, but one of the cool bonuses of this forum is how the way a frame of reference can sometimes be extended courtesy of another member.
Until yesterday I was ignorant of him as well. I stumbled upon his works while looking for a suitable painting for my new avatar --- but can't remember what I actually googled. :D Anyway, his paintings are beautiful and expressive. He died in WWI, only 27 of age.
Looks like now I'm one of several members who has a consistent avatar. :) Florestan and Nik change avatars a lot more than I did when I was changing avatars quite frequently.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 04, 2019, 06:29:21 AM
Looks like now I'm one of several members who has a consistent avatar. :) Florestan and Nik change avatars a lot more than I did when I was changing avatars quite frequently.
True, but at least I don't change my favorite composers every week, as you did back then. :D :P
Quote from: Florestan on April 04, 2019, 05:16:18 AM
He died in WWI, only 27 of age.
That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers :(
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2019, 12:14:00 PM
That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers :(
Indeed.
Quote from: Florestan on April 04, 2019, 05:16:18 AM
Until yesterday I was ignorant of him as well. I stumbled upon his works while looking for a suitable painting for my new avatar --- but can't remember what I actually googled. :D Anyway, his paintings are beautiful and expressive. He died in WWI, only 27 of age.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 04, 2019, 12:14:00 PM
That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers :(
Sarge
I was planning to reply to
Florestan later because I'm having a whale of a time with some friends right now. But yeah, WWI - someone I read once in a while is Rupert Brooke -
(https://i.postimg.cc/hPdtTYRL/IMG-20190404-211612-416.jpg)
Frankly, I find the somewhat widespread criticism of Brooke to be ridiculous. How can anyone view that massacre as anything other than tragic?
Anyway, one of my great-grandfathers volunteered but was rejected - bearing in mind they were taking almost anyone - on account of being born with one leg slightly shorter than the other. But it never stopped him because he eventually drove an ambulance on the front. I've the faintest of memories where he and his friends/former comrades would sit and talk and be hushed by my great-grandmother when I was nearby.
Quote from: NikF4 on April 04, 2019, 12:27:29 PM
I was planning to reply to Florestan later because I'm having a whale of a time with some friends right now. But yeah, WWI - someone I read once in a while is Rupert Brooke -
(https://i.postimg.cc/hPdtTYRL/IMG-20190404-211612-416.jpg)
Frankly, I find the somewhat widespread criticism of Brooke to be ridiculous. How can anyone view that massacre as anything other than tragic?
Anyway, one of my great-grandfathers volunteered but was rejected - bearing in mind they were taking almost anyone - on account of being born with one leg slightly shorter than the other. But it never stopped him because he eventually drove an ambulance on the front. I've the faintest of memories where he and his friends/former comrades would sit and talk and be hushed by my great-grandmother when I was nearby.
I think you misspelt grandfather. It has no "great" in it.
My grandfather also volunteered, and was captured in 1915. He escaped more than once, but was recaptured. when I was a child we saw the World at War, and I asked him questions. Later my grandmother asked to never do that again, it upset him too much to talk about that war. So, alas, I never did. He served as an army surgeon in ww2.
I recommend They Shall Not Grow Old very strongly.
Quote from: Ken B on April 04, 2019, 06:38:05 PM
I think you misspelt grandfather. It has no "great" in it.
My grandfather also volunteered, and was captured in 1915. He escaped more than once, but was recaptured. when I was a child we saw the World at War, and I asked him questions. Later my grandmother asked to never do that again, it upset him too much to talk about that war. So, alas, I never did. He served as an army surgeon in ww2.
I recommend They Shall Not Grow Old very strongly.
I don't understand what you mean.
Quote from: NikF4 on April 05, 2019, 09:06:35 AM
I don't understand what you mean.
You cannot convince us you are over 50 unless it was your grandfather, not your great grandfather.
Quote from: Ken B on April 05, 2019, 06:37:46 PM
You cannot convince us you are over 50 unless it was your grandfather, not your great grandfather.
You're calling me a liar.
e: "us" - is that a forum of real people or the priggish voices in your head?
Okay, how about despite that fact I'm not obliged to prove anything to anyone, I find a willing volunteer to look at copies of birth/marriage certifcates? Anyone want drawn into this?
Quote from: NikF4 on April 06, 2019, 01:07:43 AM
You're calling me a liar.
e: "us" - is that a forum of real people or the priggish voices in your head?
Okay, how about despite that fact I'm not obliged to prove anything to anyone, I find a willing volunteer to look at copies of birth/marriage certifcates? Anyone want drawn into this?
No, I was making a joke you young whippersnapper.
Quote from: Ken B on April 06, 2019, 01:17:42 AM
No, I was making a joke you young whippersnapper.
No you weren't Ken. I called you out. You were at it and have been found out - and even lack the balls to admit it. And speaking of balls...
How can it be that you have a grandfather so brave that he not only volunteered but twice escaped, yet you're known on the forum for running away when a thread takes a turn you don't like? What happened there? How can that even happen?
e: you liar. 'Kenny boy' indeed.
And the ignore list grows.
Getting back on topic...
I changed my avatar to Enescu as I've become really overwhelmed by his music. It took me awhile to get into Enescu, but now I consider him one of the most brilliant composers of the 20th Century. I figured it'd be a nice change after having Debussy up for so long.
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 08, 2019, 07:36:33 AM
Getting back on topic...
I changed my avatar to Enescu as I've become really overwhelmed by his music. It took me awhile to get into Enescu, but now I consider him one of the most brilliant composers of the 20th Century. I figured it'd be a nice change after having Debussy up for so long.
Cool! Nice signature line too.
Quote from: Florestan on April 08, 2019, 08:56:56 AM
Cool! Nice signature line too.
Thanks! I knew you'd approve. ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 08, 2019, 10:00:25 AM
Thanks! I knew you'd approve. ;)
Hey,
John, whatever happened to poor
Enescu? ;D
Quote from: Florestan on April 13, 2019, 07:48:04 AM
Hey, John, whatever happened to poor Enescu? ;D
Debussy won the fight thanks, in large part, to a huge tidal wave. ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 13, 2019, 07:55:40 AM
Debussy won the fight thanks, in large part, to a huge tidal wave. ;)
I'm pretty sure you don't even remember the time when both Enescu and Debussy were out of the question.
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 22, 2012, 09:29:35 PM
In the end, I have to have more grit and edge in my music, which is why Shostakovich is my favorite composer.
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Florestan on April 13, 2019, 08:09:06 AM
I'm pretty sure you don't even remember the time when both Enescu and Debussy were out of the question.
;D ;D ;D
This is true, but tastes change and become more refined. :)
Quote from: Florestan on April 03, 2019, 05:21:50 AM
August Macke - Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912)
That's a very fine painting. Its current whereabouts are at the
Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, as part of the Franz Marc / August Macke. L'aventure du Cavalier bleu (https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/fr/evenement/franz-marc-august-macke-laventure-du-cavalier-bleu) exhibition.
I think I'll stick with Walton for awhile. For me, one of the quintessential British composers. I actually prefer his music to Britten's now. Him and RVW are neck-and-neck for me right now, but I have feeling Walton will win since I like his edgier approach, but the moments of beauty in Walton seem much more poignant than RVW's.
(https://i.postimg.cc/9zgLDbLG/24a02b172c318d9a4d1b28fad92d6d46-dinosaur-illustration-hobbes-c.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9zgLDbLG)
My avatar on "less cultured" websites. T-Rex throwing a snowball.
Birds are dinosaurs, of course.
Now that Mirror Image is back and leading the way I felt that it was time for a change. The image portrays a very palatable mix for me - listing to vinyl while sipping a glass of red wine. ;D
Quote from: aligreto on November 03, 2019, 08:56:33 AM
Now that Mirror Image is back and leading the way I felt that it was time for a change. The image portrays a very palatable mix for me - listing to vinyl while sipping a glass of red wine. ;D
A very good combination 8) I certainly enjoyed doing my best Steve Wozniak impression from this commercial when I was a resident/fellow; vinyl, headphones and a good drink, made the end of the day a good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7lP5qlnRM
Quote from: hvbias on November 03, 2019, 09:05:54 AM
A very good combination 8) I certainly enjoyed doing my best Steve Wozniak impression from this commercial when I was a resident/fellow; vinyl, headphones and a good drink, made the end of the day a good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7lP5qlnRM
Cheers 8)
Emil James Bisttram - Music of the Spheres
This is just an incredible artist. Shapes. Like atoms, molecules. Universes. Minimalistic pictures. I feel his style very close to my thinking and feeling.
my avatar is me questioning who i am and who i want to be
Me aged somewhere around 7 or 8.
Quote from: jess on November 23, 2019, 05:41:04 PM
my avatar is me questioning who i am and who i want to be
It's a massive question, I sometimes wonder what I'd be like without the influences of other people and society, for instance living on a desert island.
Quote from: 2dogs on November 23, 2019, 08:58:52 PM
It's a massive question, I sometimes wonder what I'd be like without the influences of other people and society, for instance living on a desert island.
indeed! Honestly, I can't imagine what kind of person I would be if I were completely isolated from any aspect of society for the rest of my life. Most likely I would be very unhappy.
Quote from: jess on November 23, 2019, 05:41:04 PM
my avatar is me questioning who i am and who i want to be
I hope that you find a resolution. Welcome, by the way. :)
My avatar is a portrait of a younger Benjamin Britten. I can't find the artist's name at the moment.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 02, 2019, 01:06:53 PM
My avatar is a portrait of a younger Benjamin Britten. I can't find the artist's name at the moment.
Kenneth Green I think John:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/439030663661847398/
Quote from: vandermolen on December 02, 2019, 01:21:04 PM
Kenneth Green I think John:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/439030663661847398/
Kudos, Jeffrey. I never heard of this artist before.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 02, 2019, 01:30:18 PM
Kudos, Jeffrey. I never heard of this artist before.
Nor me John. I don't think that he's very well known. I'm quite interested in paintings/sculptures of composers. The National Portrait Gallery in London has a good collection of them.
For instance:
(//)
Quote from: vandermolen on December 02, 2019, 09:47:15 PM
Nor me John. I don't think that he's very well known. I'm quite interested in paintings/sculptures of composers. The National Portrait Gallery in London has a good collection of them.
For instance:
(//)
That's a good painting of ol' Ralph. I believe I have it saved on one of my flash drives.
After 5 years I was due for a change. I'm going back to an operatic character.
This is Jean, the antihero of Massenet's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. Pictured here in the role ca. 1925 is belgian tenor Marcel Claudel.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xdInPzj5uzE/UsEGk1wGMvI/AAAAAAAAKbc/eDRxYsryBEI/s1600/CLAUDEL_JEAN_PHAS(cp)_TENORS_BE_30.JPG)
Quote from: vandermolen on December 02, 2019, 09:47:15 PM
Nor me John. I don't think that he's very well known. I'm quite interested in paintings/sculptures of composers. The National Portrait Gallery in London has a good collection of them.
For instance:
(//)
What a striking sense of RVW's presence that painting offers! Thanks for posting, I must track it (and others) down when I'm next at the National Portrait Gallery.
Quote from: jess on November 23, 2019, 05:41:04 PM
my avatar is me questioning who i am and who i want to be
That authenticity makes your avatar more unique.
Quote from: Iota on December 10, 2019, 03:47:21 PM
What a striking sense of RVW's presence that painting offers! Thanks for posting, I must track it (and others) down when I'm next at the National Portrait Gallery.
Coincidentally I wasn't far from the National Portrait Gallery today so popped in to see the original, but sadly struggled to see it clearly, hampered by what appeared to be slightly injudiciously directed lighting. The repercussions of a recent op on one of my eyes may also have contributed too, but anyway glad you posted it here, where for me its qualities seem much more in evidence.
Also noticed a Constance Lambert portrait which I associated with GMG, I think somebody here had it as their avatar.
'Tis the season
(https://communitymusicworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SantaBach.jpg)
Quote from: André on December 10, 2019, 03:35:38 PM
After 5 years I was due for a change. I'm going back to an operatic character.
This is Jean, the antihero of Massenet's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. Pictured here in the role ca. 1925 is belgian tenor Marcel Claudel.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xdInPzj5uzE/UsEGk1wGMvI/AAAAAAAAKbc/eDRxYsryBEI/s1600/CLAUDEL_JEAN_PHAS(cp)_TENORS_BE_30.JPG)
Great stuff,
André. I've never been much of a fan of
Massenet, and have never heard
Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. But, when I was
very young, my uncle used to have an early edition (from the 1930s?) of
The Víctor Book of Opera, and this work was discussed at length in it (I suppose in those years it was still being performed every now and then). Perhaps the picture you've chosen as an avatar even appeared in it. Thinking of it, I should get a recording of
Le Jongleur... (for old times sake :)).
Thanks, Rafael, nice story!
I recently acquired a 2 disc set issued by Musique en Wallonie devoted to Marcel Claudel (the Jongleur of my avatar). He was big at La Monnaie and in Paris in the twenties and thirties. Much to my surprise, the list of arias in that set could be a copy and paste of what Alain Vanzo would sing some 30 years later.
There isn't much to choose from for Le Jongleur. It's not an opera, but a 'miracle lyrique' (Massenet's title), and has been neglected by record companies. Fortunately there is a beautiful performance by Vanzo (EMI). He recorded it twice, the later version is also included in the Massenet box on Warner. I will explore the earlier version if I can get a copy at a decent price.
This is the earlier version, I assume.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Lbcto9QBL.jpg)
There also seems to be a OOP recording with Alagna.
And this is right up your alley.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31HBNTA6N8L.jpg)
https://www.amazon.com/Massenet-Jongleur-Historical-Recordings-Excerpts/dp/B00004TZBM/
I think I'll go for the Vanzo recording from Montecarlo on EMI, which is available cheap (used) and seems to have a libretto:
[asin]B000063XQQ[/asin]
EDIT: Apparently no libretto, but "livret disponible sur www.emiclassics.com". I suppose that webpage no longer exists, and anyway, in my experience, those links to online librettos usually lead to a dead end. ::)
Quote from: JBS on December 11, 2019, 12:12:44 PM
'Tis the season
(https://communitymusicworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SantaBach.jpg)
Indeed, Jeffrey. I changed mine to something festive as well. ;)
Me too. My normal avatar on a Christmas tree ball
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/9b/c5/44/9bc54411c4ee598bb8dd63ff5781fe3d--chee-chee-artwork-display.jpg)
Right on, Ken. Happy Holidays! :)
For anyone who wants me to create a holiday avatar of their favorite composer, then please don't hesitate to ask. It seems our Sarge has hopped onto his sleigh and has gone sliding down the slopes.
Quote from: JBS on December 11, 2019, 01:09:20 PM
This is the earlier version, I assume.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Lbcto9QBL.jpg)
There also seems to be a OOP recording with Alagna.
And this is right up your alley.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31HBNTA6N8L.jpg)
https://www.amazon.com/Massenet-Jongleur-Historical-Recordings-Excerpts/dp/B00004TZBM/
Yes, that's the one - reissued in various guises.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 11, 2019, 04:03:38 PM
For anyone who wants me to create a holiday avatar of their favorite composer, then please don't hesitate to ask. It seems our Sarge has hopped onto his sleigh and has gone sliding down the slopes.
Could I request a non-composer one? :D This beautiful painting by da Messina could use some holiday spirit, that I'd like to change my avatar to
(https://i.imgur.com/sKM4ldI.jpg)
(here is the direct link image: https://i.imgur.com/sKM4ldI.jpg)
I'll see if I can work my magic, hvbias. :)
Here you go. I had to do some cropping as I couldn't upload it (for some reason), but this should work:
Here's a festive avatar of Mahler (his favorite composer) I made for my dad:
Nifty, John!
Quote from: André on December 13, 2019, 06:31:35 AM
Nifty, John!
Thanks, Andre. I wish I could get my dad to join GMG, but he said he doesn't like forums and, more importantly, people. :P
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 12, 2019, 07:31:38 PM
Here you go. I had to do some cropping as I couldn't upload it (for some reason), but this should work:
Thank you very much John! Enjoy your weekend.
Quote from: hvbias on December 13, 2019, 07:30:20 AM
Thank you very much John! Enjoy your weekend.
You're welcome and you as well. 8)
P.S. Your avatar looks great. ;)
Last chance for avatars with Santa Claus hats. Anyone interested?
Here's one for Andrei (Florestan):
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 15, 2019, 07:27:57 AM
Here's one for Andrei (Florestan):
Oh, thank you John, much appreciated!
Quote from: Florestan on December 15, 2019, 07:40:06 AM
Oh, thank you John, much appreciated!
You're welcome! You Rach that avatar. 8)
This is the coolest Santa I can think of. :laugh:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/30/75/be30754effb244aa08083856015fe8f2.jpg)
Indeed, might have to put a Santa hat on Mussorgsky.
I know it's not New Year's, but this avatar will be appropriate once Santa Claude passes:
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 18, 2019, 02:16:53 PM
I know it's not New Year's, but this avatar will be appropriate once Santa Claude passes:
Santa's gonna die?!! :'( :( :o
Quote from: George on December 18, 2019, 03:54:58 PM
Santa's gonna die?!! :'( :( :o
Nah, he'll just retreat back the North Pole to reclaim his throne. :) [I'm totally not trying to turn Santa Claus into a
Game Of Thrones scenario.] :P
Mine is me, again, this time without question marks because I'm coming to terms with myself a lot more lately
New year, new avatar!
A very young Mozart as painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
And a new signature line coming from Mozart himself.
I don't see why I shouldn't use my real name on here, there's nothing to hide and possibly even the chance someone I know might recognise me. I'm changing my avatar first though so people will recognise it when the name changes. Spock is coming back - he evokes a good atmosphere for me and I feel he's probably listening to Boulez. The colours match the site better as well.
Quote from: Florestan on January 12, 2020, 01:42:43 PM
New year, new avatar!
A very young Mozart as painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
And a new signature line coming from Mozart himself.
I see your avatar going back to Rach before the month's out. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 13, 2020, 04:21:35 PM
I see your avatar going back to Rach before the month's out. :)
Take a bet? ;)
Quote from: Florestan on January 14, 2020, 06:47:03 AM
Take a bet? ;)
I won't bet against a crazy person. ;D
P.S. I changed by avatar back to Britten. The more time I spend with Britten, the more I love his music.
I reverted to my original avatar, the one I had when joining GMG back in 2007.
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase (1887)
Also restored my original signature line.
Quote from: Florestan on January 21, 2020, 01:38:58 AM
I reverted to my original avatar, the one I had when joining GMG back in 2007.
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase (1887)
Also restored my original signature line.
Those are nice, and very colourful :).
Quote from: Florestan on January 21, 2020, 01:38:58 AM
I reverted to my original avatar, the one I had when joining GMG back in 2007.
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase (1887)
Bravo!
Mine is also at was back when I joined.
Quote from: steve ridgway on January 13, 2020, 12:24:47 AM
I don't see why I shouldn't use my real name on here, there's nothing to hide and possibly even the chance someone I know might recognise me. I'm changing my avatar first though so people will recognise it when the name changes. Spock is coming back - he evokes a good atmosphere for me and I feel he's probably listening to Boulez. The colours match the site better as well.
I've changed my username now. I've had enough of pretending to be someone else and it's time I started pretending to be me ;D.
I figured I'd switch my avatar to Arthur Honegger since 1. I like so many of his works, 2. he's got a cool name and 3. I don't believe I've used him as my avatar previously.
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 06, 2020, 05:54:48 PM
I figured I'd switch my avatar to Arthur Honegger since 1. I like so many of his works, 2. he's got a cool name and 3. I don't believe I've used him as my avatar previously.
LOL that's a great quote 8).
"The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants." - Arthur Honegger
Quote from: steve ridgway on June 06, 2020, 08:00:46 PM
LOL that's a great quote 8).
"The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants." - Arthur Honegger
Yes, indeed. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 06, 2020, 05:54:48 PM
I figured I'd switch my avatar to Arthur Honegger
:D :D :D :D
My avatar and my signature line --- my top 3 composers. ;)
Quote from: Florestan on June 07, 2020, 07:36:38 AM
My avatar and my signature line --- my top 3 composers. ;)
8)
After deciding on Shostakovich again as my avatar, I decided upon this photo of his younger, more eager self (and quite happier I'm sure):
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 07, 2020, 08:45:07 AM
After deciding on Shostakovich again as my avatar, I decided upon this photo of his younger, more eager self (and quite happier I'm sure):
A dashing young man. :)
Quote from: Florestan on June 07, 2020, 08:51:14 AM
A dashing young man. :)
Little did he know that many of his close friends were heading to the Gulag. If we were able to completely undo history, there's no telling where Shostakovich would've gone stylistically.
I decided to go with a younger photograph of Shostakovich as perhaps it represents a time in his life that he wished he could have relived, especially knowing what he knew in the 30s and 40s.
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 07, 2020, 07:31:04 PM
I decided to go with a younger photograph of Shostakovich as perhaps it represents a time in his life that he wished he could have relived, especially knowing what he knew in the 30s and 40s.
Lovely photo.
Nikolai (Miaskovsky/Myaskovsky) has had a makeover thanks to John (MI) who discovered a nice new photo of him
Quote from: vandermolen on June 08, 2020, 01:56:15 PM
Nikolai (Miaskovsky/Myaskovsky) has had a makeover thanks to John (MI) who discovered a nice new photo of him
Yes! Nice to see a change in your avatar, Jeffrey. Glad you liked the photo. :) What's even cooler is both of us have two of the greatest Soviet Russian composers as our avatar. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 08, 2020, 01:59:23 PM
Yes! Nice to see a change in your avatar, Jeffrey. Glad you liked the photo. :) What's even cooler is both of us have two of the greatest Soviet Russian composers as our avatar. 8)
Very much agree John!
:)
Shall we have a troika?
Though my guy qualifies only as a Soviet composer, not a Russian one.
Quote from: JBS on June 08, 2020, 06:02:02 PM
Shall we have a troika?
Though my guy qualifies only as a Soviet composer, not a Russian one.
Khachaturian! 8)
I reverted to Rachmaninoff and I also quote him in my signature line --- both items summing up my own musical, aesthetic and political stance, and proclaiming urbi et orbi that I am a brazen, unabashed and unrepentant romantic. :D
Quote from: Florestan on June 13, 2020, 10:36:08 AM
I reverted to Rachmaninoff and I also quote him in my signature line --- both items summing up my own musical, aesthetic and political stance, and proclaiming urbi et orbi that I am a brazen, unabashed and unrepentant romantic. :D
Yeah and I went back to Shostakovich. :P
And I'm back to Raoul Duty.
I decided to switch to a neutral avatar.
Anemones by Ștefan Luchian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan_Luchian) (1910)
Quote from: Florestan on June 24, 2020, 12:07:31 AM
I decided to switch to a neutral avatar.
Anemones by Ștefan Luchian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan_Luchian) (1910)
My girlfriend approves. (Her favorite flowers.)
And I approve, as any flower wins over Rachmaninov's mug. (Though I do adore his music.)
Quote from: George on June 24, 2020, 09:11:31 AM
My girlfriend approves. (Her favorite flowers.)
And I approve, as any flower wins over Rachmaninov's mug. (Though I do adore his music.)
Oh, I think his mug is much cuter with that cap than without. :D
Since I've turned my attention to Shostakovich for quite some time, I figured it was time for Mieczysław Weinberg to be in the spotlight for awhile. He certainly deserves it! Love this composer's music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loplop
Decided to change my avatar to Khachaturian since I've been so enamored with his music lately. This portrait is painted by the well-known Armenian artist, and friend of Khachaturian, Martiros Saryan.
Okay, back to Weinberg. 8)
Decided to change my avatar to Holst since I don't believe he's ever been one of my featured photos. I love his music and the more you start to dig into his oeuvre, the better it gets. Anyone who doesn't get past The Planets is doing this composer a disservice, IMHO.
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 08, 2020, 10:42:04 AM
Decided to change my avatar to Holst since I don't believe he's ever been one of my featured photos. I love his music and the more you start to dig into his oeuvre, the better it gets. Anyone who doesn't get past The Planets is doing this composer a disservice, IMHO.
Oh, he looks just like Weinberg :-\.
Henri Matisse
Woman with Violin 1923
Decided to change my avatar back to Monsieur Claude. Love this man's music dearly.
I'm changing to an actual composer - Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Not sure though if most of you would count anyone modern enough to have a colour portrait as proper classical :P.
Quote from: steve ridgway on July 30, 2020, 06:40:06 AM
Not sure though if most of you would count anyone modern enough to have a colour portrait as proper classical :P.
Mine is both. :)
Since it's theoretically the change of seasons I decided to change my avatar to something a bit wintry.
Gilbert Stuart: The Skater
It's actually a commissioned portrait of a Scotsman in London named William Grant.
Looks like Ludwig van taking up winter sports ! :D
My current avatar is Micah Bell from Red Dead Redemption 2.
My current avatar plus my current signature line = my top 3 favorite composers.
This is Florida. Just too hot to skate.
So....Frans Hals, Two Boys Singing
Julia Fischer, my favorite female violinist. Sexy, brainy, classy.
Quote from: Florestan on November 07, 2020, 11:17:05 AM
Julia Fischer, my favorite female violinist. Sexy, brainy, classy.
She
is rather easy on the eyes for sure, but I prefer this newer woman on the block: Diana Tishchenko
(https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/sites/default/files/styles/fancybox_limit/public/Diana-Tishchenko-by-Anastasia-Vodchenko_0.jpg?itok=WyvfF-8v)
Oh and my new avatar is obviously Béla Bartók who is one of my biggest musical inspirations and one of the reasons why I'm listening to classical music in the first-place.
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 07, 2020, 02:49:58 PM
She is rather easy on the eyes for sure, but I prefer this newer woman on the block: Diana Tishchenko
(https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/sites/default/files/styles/fancybox_limit/public/Diana-Tishchenko-by-Anastasia-Vodchenko_0.jpg?itok=WyvfF-8v)
Not bad,
John, not bad at all, but I'll stick with Julia for a while. :D
Quote from: Florestan on November 08, 2020, 08:53:33 AM
Not bad, John, not bad at all, but I'll stick with Julia for a while. :D
:laugh:
My current avatar is of the late, great Japanese composer, Tōru Takemitsu. One of my favorite composers.
For the rest of the holiday season, I figured why not post a composer I've been listened to a lot of lately, so, without further ado, I give you: Santa Arnie!
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 10, 2020, 05:34:20 PM
For the rest of the holiday season, I figured why not post a composer I've been listened to a lot of lately, so, without further ado, I give you: Santa Arnie!
Santa Arnie: "No Christmas presents for you!!!"
Quote from: springrite on December 10, 2020, 05:36:11 PM
Santa Arnie: "No Christmas presents for you!!!"
Indeed! :P
I wonder if any other GMGers will bring out the Christmas avatars this year?
Would be rude not to 0:)
Very cool, Olivier. Now, if we can get everyone else involved. I know many aren't feel the holiday spirit this year, but let's all try to make the best of our own situations.
My new 'festive' avatar:
Okay, back to Santa Arnie! :P Whoever would like to use the Shostakovich is welcome to do so!
Since Debussy is my numero uno composer, I might as make him be as festive as he can be.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 17, 2020, 07:17:15 AM
Since Debussy is my numero uno composer, I might as make him be as festive as he can be.
You can really see that Claude is the life of the party in that picture... :D
Good day to you, John.
Quote from: ritter on December 17, 2020, 07:28:33 AM
You can really see that Claude is the life of the party in that picture... :D
Good day to you, John.
Hah...I believe this was towards the end of his life, so the late 1910s. I have this particular photograph (sans the santa hat) framed and hanging on my wall. Good day to you as well, Rafael.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 16, 2020, 07:24:47 PM
My new 'festive' avatar:
This one lasted less than two hours. You've beat your previous record! ;) Four changes of avatars in less than a day.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 17, 2020, 01:03:43 PM
This one lasted less than two hours. You've beat your previous record! ;) Four changes of avatars in less than a day.
Sarge
Damn, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. ;D
Not a Christmas avatar but a winter one.
The USS Constitution at Charlestown Naval Yard last night (Dec 16) under snowfall.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 17, 2020, 01:03:43 PM
This one lasted less than two hours. You've beat your previous record! ;) Four changes of avatars in less than a day.
Sarge
Everyday before I get on to GMG, I make a wager with myself guessing which composer is John's avatar. :P
Quote from: springrite on December 17, 2020, 08:03:51 PM
Everyday before I get on to GMG, I make a wager with myself guessing which composer is John's avatar. :P
:P Betcha didn't wager it'd be Bernstein up next! ;)
Quote from: JBS on December 17, 2020, 07:44:10 PM
Not a Christmas avatar but a winter one.
The USS Constitution at Charlestown Naval Yard last night (Dec 16) under snowfall.
Exquisite!
Quote from: JBS on December 17, 2020, 07:44:10 PM
Not a Christmas avatar but a winter one.
The USS Constitution at Charlestown Naval Yard last night (Dec 16) under snowfall.
That is indeed a lovely picture. Did you take it yourself?
My avatar btw was just a rather silly reference to the red pill from the Matrix, that popped into my head when I was signing up here.
Quote from: Iota on December 19, 2020, 06:05:43 AM
My avatar btw was just a rather silly reference to the red pill from the Matrix, that popped into my head when I was signing up here.
I know the one you mean. ;)
Quote from: Iota on December 19, 2020, 05:59:37 AM
That is indeed a lovely picture. Did you take it yourself?
Far from it. The source is this tweet
https://mobile.twitter.com/chinfo/status/1339673324956364816
QuoteWinter wonderSEA > Winter wonderland. Nice photo of
@USSConstitution
in Charlestown Navy Yard last night by MC2 Grant Grady h/t
@AllHandsMag
Quote from: steve ridgway on December 19, 2020, 07:28:11 AM
I know the one you mean. ;)
:laugh: ... but the strawberry makes all the difference!
Quote from: JBS on December 19, 2020, 07:29:18 AM
Far from it. The source is this tweet
https://mobile.twitter.com/chinfo/status/1339673324956364816
Ah right, thanks, it's an excellent photo, nice to see it in an avatar.
This is probably the very first time that my avatar, my nickname and my signature line are all concordant. :D
Let's see how many times Andrei will change his avatar today. :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 22, 2020, 02:06:29 PM
Let's see how many times Andrei will change his avatar today. :D
Not as many times as yours, that's for sure. :P
Quote from: Florestan on December 22, 2020, 02:12:56 PM
Not as many times as yours, that's for sure. :P
Hah! :D I'm sure I've got some kind of GMG record for 'Most Avatar Changes In One Day'. ;) You know, it would be kind of funny if GMG had some kind of award show to poke fun at its members.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 22, 2020, 02:23:05 PM
if GMG had some kind of award show to poke fun at its members.
As of late, poking fun at its members has meant more often than not that someone's going to take it personally offensive.
Orwell was an optimist, and so was Kafka. ;D
Quote from: Florestan on December 22, 2020, 02:38:31 PM
As of late, poking fun at its members has meant more often than not that someone's going to take it personally offensive.
Orwell was an optimist, and so was Kafka. ;D
;D
Quote from: Florestan on December 22, 2020, 01:56:33 PM
This is probably the very first time that my avatar, my nickname and my signature line are all concordant. :D
No, I don't think they are all concordant. We are obviously looking at Eusebius and NOT Florestan here!
Since I'm in a Grieg kind of mood as of late, I thought this would be appropriate:
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 22, 2020, 05:30:07 PM
Since I'm in a Grieg kind of mood as of late, I thought this would be appropriate:
Grieg is looking more like Karl Marx than Santa there...
Quote from: springrite on December 22, 2020, 05:48:31 PM
Grieg is looking more like Karl Marx than Santa there...
Hmmm...I'm not seeing the Karl Marx resemblance. :-\
He reminds me of Mark Twain.
Quote from: JBS on December 22, 2020, 06:54:54 PM
He reminds me of Mark Twain.
Mark Twain or Albert Einstein.
Quote from: springrite on December 22, 2020, 04:59:06 PM
No, I don't think they are all concordant. We are obviously looking at Eusebius and NOT Florestan here!
:D
Delius actually doesn't wish anyone a Merry Christmas as indicated here:
Switching to a colourful, abstract, space age theme, the beautiful patterns of the universe. The classical music justification being that this image appears on the Ligeti Masterworks box.
(https://img.discogs.com/rY7nNtlIj7AlaDCI3K3aoDR0sf8=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-13702265-1560352813-4253.jpeg.jpg)
Chief Insp. Thomas Brackenreid, Toronto Constabulary, Station No. 4.
I miss your Rachmaninov avatar, Andrei.
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 31, 2020, 06:58:01 AM
I miss your Rachmaninov avatar, Andrei.
Which one? The younger one, the older-and-capped one or the older-and-smiling one?
Honestly, I'm quite happy with the current one. Insp. Brackenreid is an old style, law-and-order guy who loves opera and theater and has no patience for the Temperance League. A man after my own heart. :D
Quote from: Florestan on December 31, 2020, 07:05:50 AM
Which one? The younger one, the older-and-capped one or the older-and-smiling one?
Honestly, I'm quite happy with the current one. Insp. Brackenreid is an old style, law-and-order guy who loves opera and theater and has no patience for the Temperance League. A man after my own heart. :D
None can hold a candle to the flowers.
Quote from: George on December 31, 2020, 07:06:31 AM
None can hold a candle to the flowers.
This one, right?
(https://g1b2i3.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/anemone.jpg?w=604)
My, my, my! It never crossed my mind that my former avatars were so popular. :D
Quote from: Florestan on December 31, 2020, 07:09:01 AM
This one, right?
(https://g1b2i3.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/anemone.jpg?w=604)
My, my, my! It never crossed my mind that my former avatars were so popular. :D
No, the one I am thinking of you had for years. An overhead perspective, the flowers were more yellow, as I recall and the background was lighter.
Quote from: George on December 31, 2020, 07:11:38 AM
No, the one I am thinking of you had for years. An overhead perspective, the flowers were more yellow, as I recall and the background was lighter.
This one maybe?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Van_Gogh_-_Flowers_in_a_blue_vase_-_June_1887.jpg/369px-Van_Gogh_-_Flowers_in_a_blue_vase_-_June_1887.jpg)
Quote from: George on December 31, 2020, 07:11:38 AM
No, the one I am thinking of you had for years. An overhead perspective, the flowers were more yellow, as I recall and the background was lighter.
I can visualize it too, George.
Quote from: Florestan on December 31, 2020, 07:17:41 AM
This one maybe?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Van_Gogh_-_Flowers_in_a_blue_vase_-_June_1887.jpg/369px-Van_Gogh_-_Flowers_in_a_blue_vase_-_June_1887.jpg)
Bingo!
Quote from: George on December 31, 2020, 08:09:33 AM
Bingo!
I chose that one, and later the anemones, because of the
Flores part of Florestan.
All others made a direct statement about me: unabashedly romantic (Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Schubert), unabashedly melody-oriented (Mozart, Chopin), unabashedly opposed to the bloody Temperance League (the current one). :D
Which one should be my permanent avatar?
John, what say you? :D
Maurice Prendergast
Venetian Canal Scene
Quote from: JBS on December 31, 2020, 08:38:53 AM
Maurice Prendergast
Venetian Canal Scene
Nice! Venice is my favourite city hands down.
Quote from: Florestan on December 31, 2020, 08:25:04 AMWhich one should be my permanent avatar? John, what say you? :D
I think Schubert should be your permanent avatar. He seems to be your numero uno or am I mistaken?
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 01, 2021, 09:35:11 PM
I think Schubert should be your permanent avatar. He seems to be your numero uno or am I mistaken?
He, Mozart and Chopin, actually.
Venetian Canal
Henri-Jean Guilliame Martin
Gorgeous. I never heard of that painter before. Thanks for the discovery !
Quote from: André on January 11, 2021, 06:18:48 PM
Gorgeous. I never heard of that painter before. Thanks for the discovery !
You're welcome. I found him via a Twitter artbot. This is his Wikipedia page
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Jean_Guillaume_Martin
Monk by the Sea, painting by one of my favorite artists, Caspar David Friedrich.
I'm going to try to stick with Berg for awhile. I still find him to be one of the most fascinating composers of the 20th Century.
Define « awhile ».
:D
I've reverted to my very first GMG avatar and signature and I intend to keep them for as much I'll be around here, so help me God!
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
Quote from: Florestan on February 06, 2021, 10:01:47 AM
I've reverted to my very first GMG avatar and signature and I intend to keep them for as much I'll be around here, so help me God!
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
YAAAAYYYY!!!!
"Dave"
Quote from: Florestan on February 06, 2021, 10:01:47 AM
I've reverted to my very first GMG avatar and signature and I intend to keep them for as much I'll be around here, so help me God!
Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
Good call. First choices are often the best. 8)
Isaac Levitan - The Lake (1898)
Quote from: Florestan on May 05, 2021, 10:54:35 AM
Isaac Levitan - The Lake (1898)
A nice peaceful landscape there. :)
Letting Cesar Franck/Hugh Jackman rest for awhile.
Giving Young Taneyev some airtime. :D
(http://t1.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfZFeyzKYZ-VPk5NDRimbfwcpjXXpUALbG3-uGond_UMTo6xNR-zYgNdke26qG)
Quote from: OrchestralNut on May 28, 2021, 09:35:44 AM
Letting Cesar Franck/Hugh Jackman rest for awhile.
Giving Young Taneyev some airtime. :D
(http://t1.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfZFeyzKYZ-VPk5NDRimbfwcpjXXpUALbG3-uGond_UMTo6xNR-zYgNdke26qG)
A good portrait, that.
The great Camille Saint-Saëns!!! Arguably the greatest French composer of the Romantic Era. Sorry, but I still love ya, Monsieur Berlioz. ;D
Okay, well that was fun --- back to Strauss!!!
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 07, 2021, 04:54:24 PM
Okay, well that was fun --- back to Strauss!!!
Wow ! Less than 2 hours, that must be a record, John ! Now you see It, now you don't :D
Quote from: André on June 07, 2021, 05:17:27 PM
Wow ! Less than 2 hours, that must be a record, John ! Now you see It, now you don't :D
:P Actually, there was one time where I believe I changed my avatar at least 10 times, but I'm not certain as Andrei, Paul and the Sarge usually keep better track of my insanity than I do. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 08, 2021, 07:41:42 AM
:P Actually, there was one time where I believe I changed my avatar at least 10 times, but I'm not certain as Andrei, Paul and the Sarge usually keep better track of my insanity than I do. :)
Not sure about 10 times but I'm certain that you once changed it in less than half-an-hour time.
Quote from: Florestan on June 08, 2021, 08:25:53 AM
Not sure about 10 times but I'm certain that you once changed it in less than half-an-hour time.
Well, there you go. I
knew I could count on you for more factual reporting. ;) ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 08, 2021, 08:31:07 AM
Well, there you go. I knew I could count on you for more factual reporting. ;) ;D
Haha...I like that one Steve! :D
Yeah, another Shostakovich.
Quote from: Fëanor on June 19, 2021, 06:28:36 AM
Yeah, another Shostakovich.
Yes, we must band together and raise our fists in our fight against Stalin! Oh wait...I'm about 70 years too late. :P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Minulescu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Minulescu)
My very first Romanian favorite poet --- sweet memories from when I was 16. ;)
The closer we get to October, the more I think Penderecki is entirely appropriate, so I'll keep him up as my avatar for awhile. I've been digging his music quite a bit lately.
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 24, 2021, 06:26:18 PM
The closer we get to October, the more I think Penderecki is entirely appropriate, so I'll keep him up as my avatar for awhile. I've been digging his music quite a bit lately.
Good photo with the halo. 0:)
New year, new (old) avatar!
I reverted to my original avatar* and signature line.
* Van Gogh - Flowers in a Blue Vase
Quote from: Florestan on January 01, 2022, 06:03:10 AM
New year, new (old) avatar!
I reverted to my original avatar*
Yaaaayyy!!
Quote from: George on January 01, 2022, 06:47:11 AM
Yaaaayyy!!
The avatar is neutral enough so that nobody can guess from it what music I like. The signature line, though, gives me away as an unabashed romantic. :D
Quote from: Florestan on January 01, 2022, 08:52:05 AM
The avatar is neutral enough so that nobody can guess from it what music I like. The signature line, though, gives me away as an unabashed romantic. :D
Love that quote! :)
PD
Quote from: Florestan on January 01, 2022, 08:52:05 AM
The avatar is neutral enough so that nobody can guess from it what music I like. The signature line, though, gives me away as an unabashed romantic. :D
I get aromas of Mozart and Schubert on the palette somehow ::) ;D
Quote from: aligreto on January 02, 2022, 02:55:18 AM
I get aromas of Mozart and Schubert on the palette somehow ::) ;D
;D
PD
Quote from: Florestan on January 01, 2022, 08:52:05 AM
The avatar is neutral enough so that nobody can guess from it what music I like. The signature line, though, gives me away as an unabashed romantic. :D
As does your username. $:)
Quote from: Florestan on January 01, 2022, 08:52:05 AM
The avatar is neutral enough so that nobody can guess from it what music I like. The signature line, though, gives me away as an unabashed romantic. :D
My avatar, on the contrary, is indicative of my music preference that inclines to the 20th century. My user moniker indicates something quite unrelated to music. The latter I use on several other forums as well.
While my current avatar is rather explicit, my usual one is even more so. The signature line provides a hint as well...
My avatar is a visual representation of 4'33. You just have to vibe with the ambiance of the negative space. 0:)
Hm.
A fox. Outside. Wearing a warm scarf. Reading a book, drinking coffee. Smoking a pipe.
Pretty standard.
The pipe, a scarf and a good pint of beer instead of coffee, foxandpeng, you remind me of Maigret, a very French character, however. ;)
My avatar, I mentioned it in my presentation, is Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, a violinist, composer and also a fencer born in Guadeloupe.
Quote from: joachim on April 11, 2022, 06:38:37 AM
The pipe, a scarf and a good pint of beer instead of coffee, foxandpeng, you remind me of Maigret, a very French character, however. ;)
My avatar, I mentioned it in my presentation, is Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, a violinist, composer and also a fencer born in Guadeloupe.
I stand in good company 😌
I probably posted on this thread a few years ago when I first joined.
If not - my avatar is the White Rose of York, Rosa Alba, because I live in Yorkshire and love it with all my heart.
After all, it is nicknamed 'God's Own County'! :)
Quote from: Rosalba on April 14, 2022, 05:58:31 AM
my avatar is the White Rose of York, Rosa Alba, because I live in Yorkshire and love it with all my heart.
After all, it is nicknamed 'God's Own County'! :)
It's good to love the area you live in. I'm very fond of hilly and wooded countryside such as the Pennines so plenty of Yorkshire appeals. We lived in Bradford for a year and found plenty of good places to go for walks with the dogs.
I have been to Leeds a lot but not to Bradford. But I believe that Bradford has a wonderful cultural life with lots of groups doing things and putting on plays or concerts. We used to have dogs but at present want the freedom to move about a bit. I keep hankering though. What sort of dogs do you have?
My Avatar is a Tic Tok thingy...
John Fawcett (http://'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fawcett_(actor)#:~:text=John%20Fawcett%20(29%20August%201768,and%20his%20wife%20Sarah%20Plaw.') as Autolycus in "The Winter's Tale" (1828) by Wageman (http://'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Charles_Wageman')
Quote from: Andante on April 18, 2022, 01:58:40 AM
My Avatar is a Tic Tok thingy...
Ah, a Ligeti fan! :P
Quote from: Rosalba on April 17, 2022, 11:54:57 PM
I have been to Leeds a lot but not to Bradford. But I believe that Bradford has a wonderful cultural life with lots of groups doing things and putting on plays or concerts. We used to have dogs but at present want the freedom to move about a bit. I keep hankering though. What sort of dogs do you have?
We have three rescue dogs, two large terriers and a Kelpie Australian sheepdog.
Quote from: Andante on April 18, 2022, 01:58:40 AM
My Avatar is a Tic Tok thingy...
In 2022 when someone says Tic Tok I don't immediately think of a metronome! :laugh:
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 18, 2022, 05:26:18 AM
We have three rescue dogs, two large terriers and a Kelpie Australian sheepdog.
Terriers! Fab - we have had two Airedale Terriers and a Border Terrier. Are yours crossbreeds? What sort of mixture?
Quote from: Rosalba on April 18, 2022, 06:22:54 AM
Terriers! Fab - we have had two Airedale Terriers and a Border Terrier. Are yours crossbreeds? What sort of mixture?
One's a large Parson Russell type and the other's a refugee from Romania that looks like a small black shepherd dog.
My current avatar is Isang Yun. A composer that has long fascinated me. I recently acquired a box set of his orchestral, choral, chamber and solo instrumental works and I have been enjoying the journey immensely. I remember hearing his symphonies on the CPO years ago and even back then, I was impressed with what I heard. He's Andre's favorite Asian composer, but, honestly, I'm still exploring so many composers from this part of the world that I'm reluctant to name an absolute favorite, but I'll just leave it at I believe Yun is an incredibly fine composer.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 02, 2022, 08:25:21 PM
My current avatar is Isang Yun. A composer that has long fascinated me. I recently acquired a box set of his orchestral, choral, chamber and solo instrumental works and I have been enjoying the journey immensely. I remember hearing his symphonies on the CPO years ago and even back then, I was impressed with what I heard. He's Andre's favorite Asian composer, but, honestly, I'm still exploring so many composers from this part of the world that I'm reluctant to name an absolute favorite, but I'll just leave it at I believe Yun is an incredibly fine composer.
Thanks for the Heads Up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Minulescu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Minulescu)
My very first favorite Romanian poet, a Symbolist I discovered during my high school years --- first and foremost because of a crush. :D
Oddly enough, the self-same crush resulted in Beethoven's Pathetique being my favorite piano sonata of his. :D
Le coeur a ses raisons, que la raison ne connaît point.
My current avatar is England's greatest symphonist, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Let's celebrate the 150th Anniversary of his birth year together!
Mine is very out-of-date, but even though I prefer the current look (even the photo below has a year-and-a-half on it), somehow I never change it.
(https://scontent-ssn1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/186546274_10158541283201275_5505395618728289346_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=174925&_nc_ohc=QdCuk4wnGt4AX_vpSAt&_nc_ht=scontent-ssn1-1.xx&oh=00_AfBmyrK8mcqYuXs3u7R3pcdO8K4aPcunaCSzUUaxiWLPBQ&oe=63FA99F1)
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 06, 2022, 11:10:33 AMMy current avatar is England's greatest symphonist, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Let's celebrate the 150th Anniversary of his birth year together!
Don't know if you have noticed, guys, but
Mirror Image changed his avatar three times in the lat week, even if he hasn't posted anything for months. ;D
Quote from: KevinP on January 26, 2023, 03:03:55 PMMine is very out-of-date, but even though I prefer the current look (even the photo below has a year-and-a-half on it), somehow I never change it.
(https://scontent-ssn1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/186546274_10158541283201275_5505395618728289346_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=174925&_nc_ohc=QdCuk4wnGt4AX_vpSAt&_nc_ht=scontent-ssn1-1.xx&oh=00_AfBmyrK8mcqYuXs3u7R3pcdO8K4aPcunaCSzUUaxiWLPBQ&oe=63FA99F1)
I see that you have been wise enough to quit smoking.
I'm still a pipe smoker. Just harder to tell where the pipe smoke ends and my hair begins