Beyond classical - one interest or a set of many?

[Ciel_Rouge]

A long time ago if I found something of interest I would commit to it entirely, becoming relatively single-minded for some time. But now instead of just one I tend to have a wider range of interests and take a little bit out of each one. How about you? Currently my range beyond classical music is as follows:

- poetry
- novels
- fairytales
- old books from before 1939
- chess
- poker
- perfume, incense, aromatherapy etc.
- photography
- tango
- flamenco
- cooking
- tea
- calligraphy
- painting
- anime
- fashion
- audiobooks
- pocket watches

[DavidW]

novels
origami
movies

[greg]

So we're just supposed to list our (other) interests in this thread?
Well then...

(good) rock/metal
playing guitar
playing piano (though i really can't actually play)
studying music scores/music theory
anime
video games
novels (trying to get into this again)
computer programming
studying languages (only one at a time works, though- which would Japanese for now)
Japan


things I'd like to get into:
history
philosophy
cooking (specifically East Asian stuff- )
*(advanced math), AI, story writing and (physics) for video game programming

*from what i've seen, the math is far, far, beyond anything I've done- typically advanced calculus, but the physics aren't as advanced, since it doesn't go into quantum physics, of course

[Brian]

These are some subjects I could happily devote my lifetime to working in:
- classical music
- baseball writing
- the study of murder mysteries (teaching a class on the art of the mystery right now)
- philosophy of religion in the west, 1770s-present
- writing movie reviews
- baking dessert foods

As it happens, I'm going to grad school for English intellectual history, during the Enlightenment.

[Bogey]

- baseball writing

We need to talk, Brian.

[Bogey]

Besides hanging with my wife and kids:

-Daily Bible reading/study
-Baseball
-Bird watching
-American Revolution and Civil War reading
-Universal Monsters
-Collecting vinyl and listening to vintage stereos
-Playing chess poorly
-Learning about wine
-Chatting endlessly with my dad on the phone about nothing of importance

[Josquin des Prez]

The only subject i'm interested in is that of human genius.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

- Golf

- Electrical storms

- Standing on metal ladders

- Masturbating

[KevinP]

- Golf

- Electrical storms

- Standing on metal ladders

- Masturbating

Are those four different pursuits or do you do them simultaneously?

[offbeat]

Jazz
Film
Books
True Crime
Football
Horse Racing
Porn (oooops sorry)
Modern Art (even more sorry )

[Florestan]

- literature (reading & writing)
- history (peoples, countries, sciences)
- philosophy
- foreign languages

[Carolus]

Songs from the 40s.
Piazzolla
Gardel
Gypsy Romanian violinists
Collect signed photos
Collect fantasy playing cards
Collect WWII books and essays on many subjects

[Florestan]

Gypsy Romanian violinists

Why this interest, if I may ask? What music do you have?

[Père Malfait]

Hrm, well, let's see . . .

Gothic/Industrial music & subculture

Historical costuming (tangentially related to the above)

Foreign Languages (mainly German & Russian - although my Russian is exceedingly rusty these days - but I can read Dutch, French, Italian, Swedish and can speak enough of each to get by).

Literature and Philosophy (with particular emphasis on 19th and 20th century German and Russian  prose, poety & phil.)

Art (particularly Mannerism and Surrealism) - my favorites being El Greco, Bosch, Dali & Klimt. I also have a fascination with Vanitas paintings.

History

Architecture

Cemeteries (A friend and I are supposed to visit Prague this summer, and I'm practically beside myself with anticipation of seeing the bone church at Kutna Hora).

[Carolus]

Why this interest, if I may ask? What music do you have?

Could find only two: Dinicu and Virgil Muzur. There are many Hungarians (Lakatos et al) but few Romanians. I prefer those.

[Brian]

We need to talk, Brian.

We do! I'm going to show a Columbo episode in the class that I am teaching on detective fiction. "A Friend in Deed," the season 3 finale.

Also should add that when I was in elementary/middle school, I was obsessed with the Civil War. Devoured the entire Time series of books with the gray covers and beautiful maps before the age of 13, graduated to the books of guys like Edwin Bearss, Wiley Sword, Stephen W. Sears, James McPherson, and Scott Bowden/Bill Ward (what a great book they wrote on Gettysburg). Still a big Civil War buff, though not as much as in the good old days. Last year, I went home from college over spring break to guest-teach a class on the Civil War at my old high school. Talked to the kids about ways the Civil War still influences us today, from the invention of the post card in soldiers' camps to the use of Sherman's flanking tactics in Georgia as a foundation for our Iraq War strategy. Fun stuff!

[Franco]

We do! I'm going to show a Columbo episode in the class that I am teaching on detective fiction. "A Friend in Deed," the season 3 finale.

Also should add that when I was in elementary/middle school, I was obsessed with the Civil War. Devoured the entire Time series of books with the gray covers and beautiful maps before the age of 13, graduated to the books of guys like Edwin Bearss, Wiley Sword, Stephen W. Sears, James McPherson, and Scott Bowden/Bill Ward (what a great book they wrote on Gettysburg). Still a big Civil War buff, though not as much as in the good old days. Last year, I went home from college over spring break to guest-teach a class on the Civil War at my old high school. Talked to the kids about ways the Civil War still influences us today, from the invention of the post card in soldiers' camps to the use of Sherman's flanking tactics in Georgia as a foundation for our Iraq War strategy. Fun stuff!

I'm surprised to see that Shelby Foote's three volume narrative history is not among your reading.   Did you forget to list it, or have you not read it yet?  I consider it indispensible for anyone interested in The War Between The States.

[DavidRoss]

Damn near everything.

[71 dB]

I'm interesting about all things I find interesting.  Today I Googled how to make popcorn that tastes like popcorn in movie theaters. Recently I have been interested about Slovenian left-wing thinker Slavoj Žižek.

The only subject i'm interested in is that of human genius.

Too bad according to you human genius doesn't exist anymore in our decadent 21st century world. 

[DavidRoss]

I'm interesting about all things I find interesting.  Today I Googled how to make popcorn that tastes like popcorn in movie theaters. Recently I have been interested about Slovenian left-wing thinker Slavoj Žižek.

The only subject i'm interested in is that of human genius.

Too bad according to you human genius doesn't exist anymore in our decadent 21st century world. 

Oboy!  Before you two get into your discussion about genius, would you be so kind as to post the link about making "movie theatre" popcorn?  Thanks!