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[Teresa]

Teresa--
Interesting articles, although my approach would be different than yours.  You're looking for a bridge to make it easier for people to like classical music;  I'd be looking (if I were looking) for something to make them appreciate what makes classical music different and yet so good.  But I know plenty of people like you who discovered classical music because of ELP, etc.  (Actually, my road was the reverse: I got interested in ELP because of their links to classical music.  I was fortunate to usher at an ELP concert in college, and heard them warming up: I fairly sure the pianist (was he E, L, or P? can't remember now) played one of the Transcendental Etudes as a warm up.  And it was well played.)

Thread relevance 1: I've yanked the picture from your article as the basis of a possible future avatar.

Thread relevance 2: May I ask who/what your avatar is? I've seen it, but can not remember any of the details.

Thanks kishnevi, I'm glad you enjoyed the articles.  Keith Emerson is the pianist of ELP and he wrote Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1977 which was on ELP's Works Volume One and recently recorded by Naxos with Jeffrey Biegel (Piano) Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra, soon to be released. 

I selected my avatar from the one's available here, I picked one that looked close to me, I am somewhat overweight, have curly hair and wear it back with a slight part in the middle, her hair is a little longer than mine and I have some gray.

[WI Dan]

Hey, look!  It's Charles Ives!

This could be permanent, ... too soon to say, but the hat and bow tie make me feel all grown up.  Perhaps my behavior will improve.    Expect a new signature line from Emerson or Thoreau in the near future, to complete the new look.

[Scarpia]

Hey, look!  It's Charles Ives!

This could be permanent, ... too soon to say, but the hat and bow tie make me feel all grown up.  Perhaps my behavior will improve.    Expect a new signature line from Emerson or Thoreau in the near future, to complete the new look.

Emerson or Thoreau, so pompous.  Perhaps something more lighthearted would be apropos.

[mamascarlatti]

I selected my avatar from the one's available here, I picked one that looked close to me, I am somewhat overweight, have curly hair and wear it back with a slight part in the middle, her hair is a little longer than mine and I have some gray.

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LOUISE - ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN

Portrait Of Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, Countess Of Mornington

http://www.europeanpaintings.com/item.php?id=67

[Antoine Marchand]

Emerson or Thoreau, so pompous. 

You have a true arsenal of strong opinions! 

[Scarpia]

You have a true arsenal of strong opinions! 

I enjoy reading Thoreau (Emerson not so much) but I can't see that the profound thoughts of Thoreau are appropriate to this sort of forum.  Something more irreverent, like a quote from a Quentin Tarantino Movie, perhaps.   

[WI Dan]

Emerson or Thoreau, so pompous.  Perhaps something more lighthearted would be apropos.

You've become quite the hall monitor, lately, Scarpia.
How about a little tolerance, here, buddy?

[MN Dave]

I enjoy reading Thoreau (Emerson not so much) but I can't see that the profound thoughts of Thoreau are appropriate to this sort of forum.  Something more irreverent, like a quote from a Quentin Tarantino Movie, perhaps.   

Or from the man himself...

"I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue."

"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch."

"This CGI bullshit is the death knell of cinema. If I'd wanted all that computer game bullshit, I'd have stuck my d*** in a Nintendo."

"I hope to give you at least 15 more years of movies. I'm not going to be this old guy that keeps cranking them out. My plan is to have a theater by that time in some small town and I will be the manager – this crazy old movie guy."

"I guess I'll have to marry Elvis Presley to get even." (When asked about Guy Ritchie marrying Madonna)

"Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it."

"I steal from every movie ever made."

"Sure, Kill Bill's a violent movie. But it's a Tarantino movie. You don't go to see Metallica and ask the f*****s to turn the music down."

"Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way."

"What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that chance! Violent films don't turn children into violent people. They may turn them into violent filmmakers but that's another matter altogether."

[drogulus]

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LOUISE - ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN

Portrait Of Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, Countess Of Mornington

http://www.europeanpaintings.com/item.php?id=67

     ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN

     Self Portrait from 1782

      

     

[Szykneij]

Emerson or Thoreau, so pompous. 

[WI Dan]

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

I love that one, too. 

[Scarpia]

You've become quite the hall monitor, lately, Scarpia.
How about a little tolerance, here, buddy?

Just a suggestion.   

[mc ukrneal]

Just added a new avatar - just wanted to see if I am now perceived differently?  I'll probably play around, but may go back to no avatar. Or may stick with this. Or get a new one. Such decisiveness!

[MN Dave]

ME LIKE!