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[karlhenning]

. . . the peculiar privileging of eighteenth-century cultural products in the current crisis of humanism . . . and the reification of meaning that necessarily attends the canonization of the Bach repertory. . .

Her analysis . . . clarifies the social and musical implications for our own time inherent in the deification of Bach and the uncritical acceptance of his works.

Don't know if the whole book would be worthwhile . . . .

[MN Dave]

I'm almost finished reading The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien for the third time. Totally amazing, love this book, the films are great too.
Completed reading The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lost Tales and The Children of Hurin, by the same author. Love his works.

This is out now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033090D2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005MP5B&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0D6H58H04PT57V5X1D9K

[karlhenning]

Oh: heaven!

[Saul]

This is out now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033090D2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005MP5B&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0D6H58H04PT57V5X1D9K

Hey Dave, I saw this movie on youtube!
Its nothing special though.. did you like it?

[Bogey]

Hey Dave, I saw this movie on youtube!
Its nothing special though.. did you like it?

I did not care for this one either, but did enjoy the soundtrack from it.

[MN Dave]

Hey Dave, I saw this movie on youtube!
Its nothing special though.. did you like it?

I'm not sure I've ever seen it. Just thought you'd be interested in checking it out.

[DavidW]

I did not care for this one either, but did enjoy the soundtrack from it.

Add me to the list, not as good as the Hobbit (were those cartoons made by the same person though?).

The other big LoTR news of the week is of course the release of the blu-ray of the live action movies.  I've been enjoying them, huge step up from dvd.

[drogulus]

     I'm allergic to LOTR fantasy for the same reason as I can't enjoy the heavy metal "god of evil" shtick. Good god, bad god, Norse god, I Was a Teenage God, it makes no difference to me. Except.....I do appreciate Lovecraft to some extent.

     I'm reading:

     

     I give it a mild recommendation. Ferguson has written better books, like:

      

      Ferguson is a bit pessimistic, though not not in the "hurry, people!" Meltdown way.

     

[DavidW]

     I'm allergic to LOTR fantasy for the same reason as I can't enjoy the heavy metal "god of evil" shtick.

Yeah that does get tiring, I'll forgive LoTR (firsties!) but not modern fantasies that should know better.

[MN Dave]

Uh...what?

[DavidW]

Uh...what?

Sorry I was saying that modern fantasies should not have omnipotent Shiva-esque gods of destruction as their antagonist because it is cliche, trite and childish.  But I give Lord of the Rings a pass for creating the cliche in the first place.

[MN Dave]

Sorry I was saying that modern fantasies should not have omnipotent Shiva-esque gods of destruction as their antagonist because it is cliche, trite and childish.  But I give Lord of the Rings a pass for creating the cliche in the first place.

Oh, sorry. I meant, why not listen to metal just because you don't like a fantasy trilogy.

[drogulus]

Oh, sorry. I meant, why not listen to metal just because you don't like a fantasy trilogy.

     I guess it goes all the way back to Black Sabbath. The infatuation with the symbolism if not the reality of evil, the inversion of religion (not really an improvement IMO), the confusion of wickedness with naughtiness make me feel slightly ill. What else is there? Not a criticism of the music.....something else is that. *


   _{* See, when I do it it's supposed to be funny.}

[Saul]

I did not care for this one either, but did enjoy the soundtrack from it.

LOL!!! yes the music was loads of fun!

This song is probably the funniest song ever written, I wonder what the composer was thinking! 

http://www.youtube.com/v/N6RCyYHJskA&feature=related

[MN Dave]

The "Pool" is Liverpool, where he lives.

[DavidRoss]

Giving his method a try, just one 4x4 raised bed at first, along with the tomatoes, herbs, and peppers already planted.  If it works out, we'll add a few more.  The book seems to have a couple of dozen pages of content spread over 200+, with lots of photos--some of which are helpful--and even more tiresome self-promotion in which the author takes credit for damned near everything except the Big Bang.  Still, it's THE updated manual for his particular approach to "French intensive" raised-bed gardening, and it promises great results with little effort, so we'll see.

[DavidW]

The "Pool" is Liverpool, where he lives.

Hey Clive Barker is also from Liverpool!   Maybe there's something dark and scary that twists the minds of men in Liverpool.

[Franco]

Giving his method a try, just one 4x4 raised bed at first, along with the tomatoes, herbs, and peppers already planted.  If it works out, we'll add a few more.  The book seems to have a couple of dozen pages of content spread over 200+, with lots of photos--some of which are helpful--and even more tiresome self-promotion in which the author takes credit for damned near everything except the Big Bang.  Still, it's THE updated manual for his particular approach to "French intensive" raised-bed gardening, and it promises great results with little effort, so we'll see.

I have a neighbor who has devoted his entire front and side yards to this kind of gardening, with great success.  He has ten foot corn in the summer and several large (look to be 8 X 16) boarded beds with green vegetables.  It requires full sun and an irrigation system - but seems to be a good way to grow your own.  If we had a section of our yard that got more sun we'd do the same thing.

[MN Dave]

Hey Clive Barker is also from Liverpool!   Maybe there's something dark and scary that twists the minds of men in Liverpool.

Seems to be! The novel's protagonist gives tours of the city.

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