Missing Members

[Karl Henning]

The beautiful artist in my life chuckles over the marketing slogan: The Freedom of Liberty.

[Florestan]

The message is where the now popular "vapid banality" originated; it was a response to poco calling Havergal Brian the Ultimate Faker. It is gone now...at least I couldn't find it.

I am really bewildered. I take it that the response, and the subseqiuent ZD7´s departure, had something to do with calling Medtner´s music "vapid banality"?

[Karl Henning]

No, IIRC that phrase was cast at Havergal B.

[North Star]

Some monsieur did cast that rock hard stone at Medtner, too.

[Sergeant Rock]

I am really bewildered. I take it that the response, and the subseqiuent ZD7´s departure, had something to do with calling Medtner´s music "vapid banality"?

It's just speculation at this point. I haven't heard anyone say with authority why the dragon left.

Sarge

[Florestan]

Some monsieur did cast that rock hard stone at Medtner, too.

Ah, that makes it crystal clear, thank you. Why am I not bewildered anymore, I wonder? 

I do hope ZD7 will come back and so will Elgarian.

[ritter]

I didn't see anything particularly annoying in those "stones" (pebbles, rather  ) allegedly flung at Brian and / or Medtner. I do wish ZD7 comes back (if he has actually left), because his contributions were great reads and he had a contagious enthuiasm...

[North Star]

I didn't see anything particularly annoying in those "stones" (pebbles, rather  ) allegedly flung at Brian and / or Medtner. I do wish ZD7 comes back (if he has actually left), because his contributions were great reads and he had a contageous enthuiasm...

Agreed; if anything, they were as brittle as dry clay when they hit anything (mostly the ground next to the barn).

[Sergeant Rock]

I didn't see anything particularly annoying in those "stones" (pebbles, rather  ) allegedly flung at Brian and / or Medtner.

I'm one of the Havergalians (or Brianites) and poco's comment about Brian didn't bother me. Of course we fans have developed very thick hides as a necessity 

Sarge

[Florestan]

I didn't see anything particularly annoying in those "stones" (pebbles, rather  ) allegedly flung at Brian and / or Medtner.

Well, some people can really by annoyed by having (one of) their favorite composer(s) called this or that. I don´t see it as a good reason to leave GMG, though.

[ritter]

Well, some people can really by annoyed by having (one of) their favorite composer(s) called this or that. I don´t see it as a good reason to leave GMG, though.

We Boulezians have developed a really thick skin 

[Karl Henning]

Boulezians have a thick skin right out of the womb 

[North Star]

If you think their skin is thick, we need a new adjective to describe their heads.

[Florestan]

We Boulezians have developed a really thick skin 

That is nothing compared to the skin of Dittersdorfians. 

[Cato]

I am really bewildered. I take it that the response, and the subseqiuent ZD7´s departure, had something to do with calling Medtner´s music "vapid banality"?

No, IIRC that phrase was cast at Havergal B.

Oh the humidity!

...apparently there is some music that just calls for a redundant pejorative. 

Minimalism?  It's pretty redundant!   

The beautiful artist in my life chuckles over the marketing slogan: The Freedom of Liberty.

Speaking of slogans, Ford Automotive has a campaign where the slogan has the word...

"unstoppable."     Maybe not the best word to describe a car or its driver! 

[ritter]

If you think their skin is thick, we need a new adjective to describe their heads.

Our skin may be thick, but our patience has a limit.... ...

[Karl Henning]

Boulez has had patience?  0:)

[Henk]

I will need to check his page: thanks for the "heads-up."

He became friends on FB with someone, it's not on his time-line.

[Brian]

Very sad to see ZD7 gone. Come back, ZD7!

I wonder if the reason for his departure was a malicious PM.

[EigenUser]

Very sad to see ZD7 gone. Come back, ZD7!

I wonder if the reason for his departure was a malicious PM.

Could be, but he would be the last person I could imagine getting a malicious PM. He was always so positive and generally agreeable.

I really hope he comes back. Like ritter said, his posts were very enthusiastic.