New members.

[karlhenning]

Welcome, Colin!

Home: Perth, Scotland...a beautiful town on the banks of the River Tay and on the very edge of the Scottish Highlands.

After Monty Python's "Australian Table Wines" skit, I have been apt to forget that there's a Perth in the northern hemisphere :-)

[carlos]

Dundonell: You're a guy close to my hard. I'm a fanatic reader
of books about IIWW (no military strictu sensu, but intelligence,
politics, diplomacy,espionage,cryptography.the holocaust,etc.)
What an infinite and fascinating subject! And there's so much
to discover!

[Harry]

Dundonell: You're a guy close to my hard. I'm a fanatic reader
of books about IIWW (no military strictu sensu, but intelligence,
politics, diplomacy,espionage,cryptography.the holocaust,etc.)
What an infinite and fascinating subject! And there's so much
to discover!

My dear Carlos, what wonderful if you would post also your life in a shortened version on this thread.
Since I know little of you, I would appreciate it.
Other members, please be not shy, its internet afterall.........

[Mark]

Other members, please be not shy, its internet afterall.........

That's possibly what they're afraid of - ours is an open, public forum, after all.

[karlhenning]

. . . kidnapped to that armpit known as Hamilton

When I read that, Mike, I could swear you've been to Ontario! 

[knight66]

When I read that, Mike, I could swear you've been to Ontario! 

Well, Karl, most everyone has two armpits.

Mike

[greg]

Pues hablo espanol mas o menos, pero estoy aprendiendo italiano e son similares, siempre me confundo. Odio el calor! Cuando hace mas de come...25...me muero de el calor, pero voy a encontrar un buen trabajo alli.  Si hace 40 c me desmayo

hm, mejor que pensaba.... supongo que podras sobrevivir en Panama 

[greg]

ok, i've never done a GMG introduction. EVER. And i like this thread. So here it is.

I'm Greg.

[greg]

ok, i guess i should add more detail.....

hmmm...... when i first got into GMG i remember my first post i was asking why there wasn't a discussion about Prokofiev. I had only listened to maybe 10 or 15 or so classical CDs and this guy's music was so out there and amazing to me, and ever since joining this site a zillion years ago, i've discovered A LOOOOOOTTT of new music.

I live (near) Orlando, Florida, was born in Jacksonville, FL, currently work at a job i hate more than anything in the world (cashier at Lowe's) and plan to take a computer programming course next year and become a computer programmer as my profession. More than anything, I want to somehow compose some of the greatest music i've ever heard.... after that, i aspire

My favorite thing in the world is Mahler's music. Period. And then after that, cute, silly, funny Spanish girls and brunettes. And then Final Fantasy games...... and then other music, basketball, working out, and especially languages. And of course GMG. I don't think i'm revealing anything new at all.....

[greg]

My favorite shows, currently, are South Park and Heroes. (what a contrast)

i am so bored right now.... tomorrow's gonna suck so much, can i stay asleep, please!!!
i abhor girls. They all suck.... except my mom is cool, but that's the only exception. 

ok, ahem....... uhhh, what thread am I in? oh yeah. sorry

here's my myspace page: myspace.com/IbanezMonster

i have a short little song with me on electric guitar, just in case you didn't know i play that.... ok, that might be it

[Harry]

Greg........ehhhh well done my friend, its all clear now.....

[Harry]

Colin, You have a couple of remarks in your biog that prompt me to respond. I read that you have been in and around Perth for a number of years. The choirs in Scotland that I belonged to, years ago, had John Currie as their choirmaster and after his jaunt in the USA, he came back and was for some years the Artistic Director of the Perth Festival. By then I was living in England. Years before I do remember singing the Monteverdi Vespers in Perth at the festival. It is a really lovely town.

The other item that popped out, was that your father was the Organist of Hamilton Parish Church. The minister of it was the Chaplin for St John's School. When I was attending that school, the Chaplin was the Rev Brown, the father of the present Prime Minister.

I could not wait to escape Hamilton. I only go back to visit my mother. As I have started in the middle, here is a bit of a more organised potted history.

Born in Glasgow, then kidnapped to that armpit known as Hamilton; I joined the Civil Service from school and have been moved up and down the UK with each promotion. I am now in Gloucestershire. My musical connection was singing in various choirs and I got quite a bit of foreign travel out of it.

Married for over 30 years...to the same woman, one son. Other interests, foreign travel, history, (various pockets of it.) Politics, though I tend to keep off it here; I have been counselling in and out of formal settings for about 25 years. I work part time in a kids project which was set up to help youngsters who want to hang out somewhere safe. My wife and I run a pastoral team in our church and in my day job I have done a range from technical tax work, investigation, management and teaching management to running projects and am presently working to London; so I am away from home and the site rather a lot at the moment.

I have met two other people from our site and hope to meet more.

Mike

Thanks Mike, the map gets outlines, that's good. Keep the good work going with this pastoral team, you do a lot of good with that I am sure.

[Dundonnell]

Mike,

It was actually my grandfather who was the organist of Hamilton Parish Church but I remember him telling me the story of how he had his choir sing the Church of Scotland hymn "Glorious things of thee are spoken" in late 1914 only to be upbraided furiously by a retired colonel in the congregation. The colonel told my grandfather that he was giving succour to the enemy by playing a tune which also-at that time-happened to be used for the Austro-Hungarian National Anthem! The music is by Haydn and was, of course, appropriated by the Weimar Government in post-war Germany as the new republican German National Anthem.

[greg]

Greg........ehhhh well done my friend, its all clear now.....

good, got it summed up in one...... errrr, 2, posts. just glad it didn't drag on any longer.....

[Harry]

Well it was time to pull this one up a bit, for introducing and all that......

[Josquin des Prez]

Names David, age 29, official forum pest and as of late misogynist extraordinaire!

Originally from Italy but i've been living near the Chicago area for this past several years. Not impressed with suburban America so far. Too bloated, neurotic, concrete everywhere, the food is dreadful and no real culture to speak of, not to mention half of the female population is made of psychopaths (seriously). You yanks are an hard working bunch though, can't take that away from ya.

Not a whole lot to say about myself. I grew up in a rural town on the outskirts of civilization. Lot's of old folks, everybody knows each other, that kind of thing. Never been good at socializing, always kept to myself, nature being my only friend. Liked to read, but i was never very good at it and i couldn't figure out why until i moved to America and i learned about ADD (after i spent my entire upbringing thinking i was lazy bum. Damn it).

In truth, music has been pretty much my only true love. I was six years old when i first made my first musical discovery with Ravel's Bolero, which was usually played during commercial brakes on TV. I'd often spend hours shuffling through the channels trying to catch it. Alas, my parents didn't care for this type of thing and as i grew older i became entangled to what was available to me, mostly rock and metal, which in retrospective never really clicked with my nature. I was 19 when i made my first classical discovery and i never looked back.

Current interests include reading (trying to catch up as best as i can. So far mostly classics and history books), cinema (favored director: Fellini. Over-rated my arse) buying as many cds as i can while trying not to go bankrupt in the process. I don't have children of my own but i have two little nieces which i love dearly and try my best to spoil them at every turn. A couple of members from either this or the other forum which i'd like to meet, but i'd doubt they would like to meet me.

Favored composers, by time period or genre:

Medieval: Machaut, Da Perugia, Solage.

Renaissance: Josquin, Gombert, Palestrina, Gesualdo.

Baroque: Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, D. Scarlatti, Zelenka.

Classical: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.

Romantic: Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Wagner, Bruckner.

early 20th century: Mahler, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok, Enescu, Webern.

Contemporary: Ligeti, Schnittke.

Jazz: Tatum, Coltrane, Powell.

Rock: King Crimson.

[knight66]

Interesting contribution David. As an aside, I have just bought Satyricon, I have not seen it for probably 30 years. I am wondering how it will hold up.

Thanks,

Mike

[Harry]

Yes David good story, thank you very much for your contribution....

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

2) It took me eight years from passing my driving test to actually driving a car

The good side of it: Britain is an island.

3) I have a half-sister whom I've never met

Same here.

[carlos]

David; i understand you perfectly about the american food.
For an italian borne, it must be a torture. Say, if you want
to taste good italian food, came to Buenos Aires.