Havergal Brian.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Don't rush the decision . . . come visit, and we'll go on the duck tour together : )

Oh, you make it sound so enticing! I can hardly restrain myself. 

[Karl Henning]

Hah! But, you know, the duck tour is very popular.

[Sergeant Rock]

Hah! But, you know, the duck tour is very popular.

I love ducks. Can I take the tour? 

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Come on over, lad! We'll chowder the fatted clam!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I love ducks. Can I take the tour? 

Sarge

The new season starts March 19. I'll accompany Sarge across the Pond.

[Karl Henning]

You will both be heartily welcome.

[John Whitmore]

Don't rush the decision . . . come visit, and we'll go on the duck tour together : )

Is that the glorified floating tank that takes visitors on a river trip? Really peculiar. I loved Fenway Park though. They had a player called Coco Crisp - sounds like a brand of breakfast cereal. Never made it to Symphony Hall unfortunately.

[Sergeant Rock]

Is that the glorified floating tank that takes visitors on a river trip? Really peculiar. I loved Fenway Park though. They had a player called Coco Crisp - sounds like a brand of breakfast cereal. Never made it to Symphony Hall unfortunately.

Native Amerikaner here...but I've never been to Boston. Karl makes it a must destination, though. Someday...

Sarge

[petrarch]

Coincidentally, I will be returning to Boston next month after my 16-month stint in Hong Kong (and I never went on the duck tour...).

[petrarch]

You won't be allowed into the hallowed inner circle unless you meet the prerequisites:

"...average age about 70, bald scalp and lanky shoulder-length white hair, hanging limply in the latest Benjamin Franklin style; thick glasses, and showing a few conditions that had been cured by the turn of the last century..."

Can I get a junior membership to the club? I promise I will wear a generous white hair wig and glasses during any meetings of the circle to make sure I won't stand out.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Paulo, your hi-fi system is quite impressive... If you should succumb to the rugged charms of The Gothic, you really should buy the Brabbins!

[Sergeant Rock]

Can I get a junior membership to the club? I promise I will wear a generous white hair wig and glasses during any meetings of the circle....

The Brian elders will have to vote but I see no problem. We look forward to your initiation into the HB circle.

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

The Brian elders will have to vote but I see no problem. We look forward to your initiation into the HB circle.

One elder is waiting already...

[Sergeant Rock]

One elder is waiting already...

Wow!...that's an imposing portrait, Johan    That will scare off the HB poseurs! Only the deadly serious need apply 

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Wow!...that's an imposing portrait, Johan    That will scare off the HB poseurs! Only the deadly serious need apply 

Thanks! The funny thing is - tomorrow my company website will go online (I'm a freelance editor) with this picture (against a black background)... I hope I don't scare away the customers! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Thanks! The funny thing is - tomorrow my company website will go online (I'm a freelance editor) with this picture (against a black background)... I hope I don't scare away the customers! 

If they're scared, you wouldn't want their business anyway 

Seriously, good luck. Hope the company reaps mega profits 

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Thanks, Sarge. Yes, let's hope so!

[Brian]

Not really nitpicking. As you and I have discussed before, I think his rush through the climactic moment of the Vivace ruins it (ruins it for me anyway). Boult blows it too, although for a different reason. Lenard, then, will remain my Gothic of choice. He nails that moment, the "stride from one end of the tonal universe to the other in a split second" ...to quote MacDonald.

Sarge

That is the one substantial beef I have with Brabbins - Lenard's balances go all funny at times in the third movement, but he communicates more effectively the seismic power of those three chords.

[kishnevi]

Thanks! The funny thing is - tomorrow my company website will go online (I'm a freelance editor) with this picture (against a black background)... I hope I don't scare away the customers! 

Just goes to show what an impact avatars have.  I always pictured Johan and MI to be at least ten or fifteen years older than me because of their avatars even though I know whom the pictures actually show.  Now I find out today that both are, roughly, young enough to be my son.  (Alright,  maybe I should phrase that "I'm old enough to be their father".)

By the way, when you do get to Boston, and take the Duck Tour,  you will pass by one place of historical importance, although the tour guides may not mention it: the Jeffrey Smith Birthplace (known to the vulgate as Beth Israel Hospital). 

You will also want to visit the Museum of Fine Arts, which has one of the best collections of Egyptian mummies in the world.

[Mirror Image]

Just goes to show what an impact avatars have.  I always pictured Johan and MI to be at least ten or fifteen years older than me because of their avatars even though I know whom the pictures actually show.  Now I find out today that both are, roughly, young enough to be my son.  (Alright,  maybe I should phrase that "I'm old enough to be their father".)

No worries, Jeffrey. I'm just a 29-year old loser who lives with his parents. I've almost grown-up.