GMG Classical Music Forum

Go with the most appropriate option for you. :)

It's not like I can talk about this stuff to my IRL friends :P

Quote from: Lethe on August 15, 2008, 05:09:49 AM
It's not like I can talk about this stuff to my IRL friends :P

You and me both. I have one friend who has an appreciation of Baroque and early Classical period music, but he's usually too busy to meet up more than once a month. So finding anyone to talk music with is simply a lost cause for me.

Perhaps I should join some local choral society or similar?

To hang with Sara & Mark (& al.)

Where is the "All of the above" option?  :P

To expand your knowledge of classical music

Dafties like me need guidance here and there, that's for sure.

I too would choose "All of the above" if it were an option. The most important reason I come to the forum, though, is for the community of like-minded people. I have several friends and relatives who enjoy classical music but only one person I know is as fanatical as I am about recorded music. Unfortunately I seldom see him nowadays because he lives quite far from us. And Mrs. Rock, who is as fanatical as I am about music, isn't interested in talking about or collecting performances. She's quite happy to listen over and over again to the same CD. Give her Furtwängler's Brahms, Keilberth's Weber, Rowicki's Dvorak and she's content.

Sarge

Where is the option for:

It's mostly text and I told my boss I am always on an online forum that discusses the intricacies of C-programming for flash microcontrollers.

I deliberately left off an 'All of the above' option, because I was interested to see which, of the five options I listed, were the most cited reasons. And believe it or not, the last option wasn't a joke: I'm fairly confident that there are many folks - lurkers included - who come to GMG because it's something familiar to browse through between other daily tasks (among other motivations, granted). Nothing wrong with that - it's pretty much my main motivation these days, now that I'm busy with work and family life. (So yes, the vote in that category is mine. ;D)

Man, polling details . . . I feel so used  ;D

As there was no "All of the above" option, I voted "To expand your knowledge of classical music".  It was not an easy choice, because that's certainly not the only reason for my visiting GMG.  "The member community" was another option I considered, but there are several members of the GMG community I can do without, so in the end the music won.  ;D

I guess Expanding knowledge of classical music would include learning about proper name spelling of composers.  :)

Quote from: Keemun on August 15, 2008, 06:33:24 AM
but there are several members of the GMG community I can do without,

Keemun, I'm happy that you don't let me stop you from coming here.  ;D

Quote from: ChamberNut on August 15, 2008, 06:33:36 AM
I guess Expanding knowledge of classical music would include learning about proper name spelling of composers.  :)

True enough, but my practice has always been this:  If the letter doesn't appear on the face of the keys on my keyboard, then it's too much work to type and I'll just use the closest English equivalent.  ;D

Quote from: ChamberNut on August 15, 2008, 06:35:12 AM
Keemun, I'm happy that you don't let me stop you from coming here.  ;D

Oh please, you don't fall into that category!  :D  Most don't really, which is why I like GMG.  But there are a few whose behavior I chose to ignore. ;)

Quote from: Keemun on August 15, 2008, 06:54:43 AM
True enough, but my practice has always been this:  If the letter doesn't appear on the face of the keys on my keyboard, then it's too much work to type and I'll just use the closest English equivalent.  ;D

Ditto.

Quote from: Dm on August 15, 2008, 07:17:18 AM
To keep up with the latest Elgar developments & to visit Sean's beehive pictures.

To stay current on the subject of "oil".

 It kills time between other tasks

If I could translate this to "an entertaining and valuable way to utilize a short amount of free time", it would be one of my choices.

QuoteTo flog the odd dead horse . . . .

Quote from: karlhenning on August 15, 2008, 07:25:05 AMTo flog the odd dead horse . . . .

You're sick Karl.  There are sites devoted to these activities.   :D

Your neighborly concern is touching, ChN, but I assure you I am in fine health.

My quote reflected a need for another voting option . . . for certain others.

Quote from: karlhenning on August 15, 2008, 07:43:24 AM
Your neighborly concern is touching, ChN, but I assure you I am in fine health.

0:)  Anytime.

Another option would be:  Share our love of German-speaking composers' music.  >:D

Would there be many votes there, do you think?  0:)

(Say! Is that a horse over next you, ChN? Looks like he's shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the bleedin' choir invisible . . . .)

Quote from: Szykniej on August 15, 2008, 07:23:45 AM
It kills time between other tasks

If I could translate this to "an entertaining and valuable way to utilize a short amount of free time", it would be one of my choices.

Translate away, my good man.

Quote from: Lethe on August 15, 2008, 05:09:49 AM
It's not like I can talk about this stuff to my IRL friends :P

I do have a classically-minded friend, in fact a music theory major, but he talks nonstop about Bernard Herrmann so when I do something like discover Karlowicz or find a really fantabulous recording of a Tchaikovsky Symphony, I'll tell him and he'll say, "That's nice, so, I was listening to the soundtrack of Taxi Driver..."

;D

Quote from: karlhenning on August 15, 2008, 07:43:24 AM
Your neighborly concern is touching, ChN, but I assure you I am in fine health.

My quote reflected a need for another voting option . . . for certain others.

How about, "to deflate the odd, self-important, supercilious, pompous wind bag?"   ;D

Quote from: Brian on August 15, 2008, 08:01:51 AM
I do have a classically-minded friend, in fact a music theory major, but he talks nonstop about Bernard Herrmann so when I do something like discover Karlowicz or find a really fantabulous recording of a Tchaikovsky Symphony, I'll tell him and he'll say, "That's nice, so, I was listening to the soundtrack of Taxi Driver..."

Popcorn-Head! Fie, I say!

Quote from: Brian on August 15, 2008, 08:01:51 AM
I do have a classically-minded friend, in fact a music theory major, but he talks nonstop about Bernard Herrmann so when I do something like discover Karlowicz or find a really fantabulous recording of a Tchaikovsky Symphony, I'll tell him and he'll say, "That's nice, so, I was listening to the soundtrack of Taxi Driver..."

;D

Just tell him, "Oh this is just like that... but better."

Just another one-liner for the hell of it.

I don't have any classical music friends. Theres one women who attends our monthly discussion group who enjoys classical, but only in a part-time sort of way. Shes difficult to talk with anyway, well, she doesn't actually stop talking so you just feel abused and...unheard.

My musical life-journey has always been a lonesome road to travel, but thats largely been fine with me.

However the advent of the internet has been great for the enabling and sharing and enjoyment of specific interests.

I chose the first option because I check and post in the same threads most days  :)

I come for the free continental breakfast, but I stay because of the service. I find the staff helpful and attentive to detail, even to the point of giving me excellent restaurant recommendations and - if I need them - making reservations for me at a restaurant of my choice. Located in the heart of the downtown, it is within walking distance of most of the city's major attractions and a bunch of small shops, cafés, and bars that really let you experience the local flavor. On nights where I don't want to go out, just like David Bowie in "Modern Love," I'll eat at the hotel's seafood restaurant - better than most hotel eateries, let me tell you - and maybe go for a swim in the excellent health club. There might be better hotels in the area, but I would be hard-pressed to believe that. The bills at the end of each of my stays are reasonable, considering all the amenities.

Wait...this isn't the review board for EasilyPleasedTraveler.co.dd, is it?

I'm so embarrassed.

Quote from: PSmith08 on August 15, 2008, 01:21:36 PM
I come for the free continental breakfast, but I stay because of the service. I find the staff helpful and attentive to detail, even to the point of giving me excellent restaurant recommendations and - if I need them - making reservations for me at a restaurant of my choice. Located in the heart of the downtown, it is within walking distance of most of the city's major attractions and a bunch of small shops, cafés, and bars that really let you experience the local flavor. On nights where I don't want to go out, just like David Bowie in "Modern Love," I'll eat at the hotel's seafood restaurant - better than most hotel eateries, let me tell you - and maybe go for a swim in the excellent health club. There might be better hotels in the area, but I would be hard-pressed to believe that. The bills at the end of each of my stays are reasonable, considering all the amenities.

Wait...this isn't the review board for EasilyPleasedTraveler.co.dd, is it?

I'm so embarrassed.

Today's star post. You should get an award or something. ;D

Quote from: scarpia on August 15, 2008, 08:09:44 AM
How about, "to deflate the odd, self-important, supercilious, pompous wind bag?"   ;D

I would vote for that.

My wife and daughter do not share my musical interests (how weird is that? :o). I have one CD nutter friend/colleague at work, but that's it apart from a few friends I see from time to time. I would be tempted to opt for "all of the above" as I have learnt a lot here. I like to think that I have made new friends here and it is fun, not withstanding an addictive element to it.

Quote from: vandermolen on August 16, 2008, 07:11:06 AM
My wife and daughter do not share my musical interests (how weird is that? :o).

Not all that uncommon, really.

There is wide overlap, but my wife and mom-in-law do not share the entire breadth of my musical interests.  Mom was a little antsy during the premiere of the Wuorinen Fourth Concerto, for instance.  But there is more and more overlap as time goes by.

Quote from: karlhenning on August 16, 2008, 07:18:48 AM
Not all that uncommon, really.

There is wide overlap, but my wife and mom-in-law do not share the entire breadth of my musical interests.  Mom was a little antsy during the premiere of the Wuorinen Fourth Concerto, for instance.  But there is more and more overlap as time goes by.

Hi Karl,

The only music my wife has commented favourably on is Klaus Egge's String Quartet.  She did, however, enjoy a live performance of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony at the Proms a year ago.

Quote from: vandermolen on August 16, 2008, 07:11:06 AM
My wife and daughter do not share my musical interests (how weird is that? :o).

I'm in much the same situation.  My wife might enjoy attending a classical music concert with me, but classical music is not something that she ever desires to listen to at home.  My son and step-sons don't care for it at all.  My daughter does enjoy classical music, but being 11 years old, it competes with Hannah Montana, et al.  :P  I also have no classical music enjoying friends that I am aware of.

I could have ticked all the boxes, but what I chose in the end was To expand your knowledge of classical music. Because I have been introduced to more new composers than I would ever have been able to discover on my own, in spite of the internet and a well-stocked music library in Rotterdam. The beauty of GMG is - there are informed enthusiasts (and perhaps on occasion a passing monomaniac), who can accompany you on your journey into the unknown territory that is a new composer's oeuvre. And in the process friendships can and do develop.

(My wife loves classical music, btw, but certainly not in the mildly obsessive way I do. Neither does she listen to it very often. But she likes Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler (Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen), and even Brian!)

I visit GMG to expand my knowledge in... English. Because I must (and...ah, if only GMG could help me get rid of the accent completely!). I like the way people write here - elegant, eloquent, and witty.

In Russia I had several classical music friends of my age and around (found them online though and then met in person). Even here I was found by some opera lovers and invited in communities, but they were a little ::) older, and after I had learned their preferences for Fleming and Netrebko I fled right away (though we met couple of times, and probably I will see some of them at LA-Opera). It is also very hard to meet often in California if you live too distant from each other.

And, frankly speaking, recently I found out I have no urge to share my opinions, give or take recommendations. Just listen to the music on my own; it is, after all, a matter of personal taste, so one decides for himself what he or she likes and what not. No recommendations needed. And here, in the US, there are opportunities to go the library and read about interesting material, borrow recordings, go to major musical events sometimes.

But my wife will have to obsessively love opera, anyway, or even be a singer. A hard task to fulfill, isn't it? :P

Quote from: Sarastro on August 16, 2008, 10:44:05 PM
(and...ah, if only GMG could help me get rid of the accent completely!).

Well you wouldn't think that way if you lived here (London). Everyone has a different accent, including native English people (by postcode, as the joke goes), so you would never think twice about it. I know it's different over there though.

Quote
But my wife will have to obsessively love opera, anyway, or even be a singer. A hard task to fulfill, isn't it? :P

Ballerina. Best of both worlds.

English often sounds better with a bit of a foreign accent; especially when set against Estuary-speak or Brummie, (both regional accents).

Mike

Quote from: knight on August 18, 2008, 10:22:05 PM
English often sounds better with a bit of a foreign accent.

Perhaps, or maybe you are just so used to the regional accents, so a foreign one brings freshness and novelty. I haven't met many Brits here, mostly watched films with British actors, and from what I've experienced (although it is hard to comprehend what they are saying at the beginning, one soon gets used to it), and I luuuuuv it!

Most people think I am French or German (presumably because the accent is not heavily Slavic) prior to learning my name or where I came from - which happens very quickly and therefore makes their lofty dreams fall into ruins. 0:)

I can assure you most women here prefer a French man speaking English with a bit of a French accent than listening to English as mangled by many of its natives. It often sounds more musical from a foreigner. Certainly all these Poles I encounter in London sound charming. Some west-coast of Scotland accents with the loose extended vowels are revolting. So, no need to lose your accent, what are you wanting instead? There is always an accent, Bostonian to Newcastle....no one really speaks it without one.

Mike

Quote from: knight on August 18, 2008, 10:59:02 PM
what are you wanting instead?

A nice British accent with its lightly dimmed peculiar "r" and "l," and the classical A in words "dance," "chance," etc. (like in Harry Potter movies ;D and how I was taught in school) Actually, I even tried and somewhat succeeded, but was not comprehended and told to be more uniform. ;D

PS: I can still remember a lady from Scotland, whose "l" was very peculiar. :o

Or am I wrong about any of my points?

I joined because of the friendly banter between M forever and Sound 67  ;D

Quote from: vandermolen on August 19, 2008, 02:19:13 AM
I joined because of the friendly banter between M forever and Sound 67.

;D

Quote from: vandermolen on August 19, 2008, 02:19:13 AM
I joined because of the friendly banter between M forever and Sound 67  ;D

Yes, I'm also here for the catfights.

I joined in hopes of getting turned on to some good, previously unfamiliar music.  That I keep returning may be a manifestation of OCD.

Quote from: knight on August 18, 2008, 10:22:05 PM
English often sounds better with a bit of a foreign accent; especially when set against Estuary-speak or Brummie, (both regional accents).

Does the Brooklyn/Jersey City accent qualify as foreign here, Mike?  8)

I visit GMG for many reasons; as do most of us, I'm sure.

But what has me coming back to GMG is the member community, beyond doubt. All of it, I dare add.

If nothing else, I am in the middle of moving, packages, boxes all around, yet here I am skimming through GMG's Latest. ;) 8)

Good luck with the move!

Quote from: karlhenning on August 19, 2008, 04:49:06 AM
Does the Brooklyn/Jersey City accent qualify as foreign here, Mike?  8)

No, in terms of an improvement. Re the Scots L, not sure about that one, but there are so many accents, at least four in Glasgow alone. A lot of words that are specific to a geographic area are seemingly disappearing. This is due to the influence of television, though to my ears, regional accents are alive and well.

During the second world war, the BBC did sometimes use announcers with regional accents. I read that this was to prevent any fake German broadcasts; as the Germans would have had a very hard time reproducing thick regional accents.

Mike

Quote from: knight on August 19, 2008, 08:18:45 AM
During the second world war, the BBC did sometimes use announcers with regional accents. I read that this was to prevent any fake German broadcasts; as the Germans would have had a very hard time reproducing thick regional accents.

...and here is Keef with today's weather — Keef?

Cor... s'real 'ot innit?

Quote from: Corey on August 19, 2008, 08:36:57 AM
...and here is Keef with today's weather — Keef?

Cor... s'real 'ot innit?

;D

The BBC Home Service was never the same again.

Quote from: Corey on August 19, 2008, 08:36:57 AM
...and here is Keef with today's weather — Keef?

The Futurama Keef?  8)

Corey, Sorry, that 'here' should have been 'ear'. The 'and' and 'ear' would also have been elided into one word, 'andear'. Well, anyway, here is my version in Estuary-speak.

andear is Keef wiv today's wever — Keef?


Charmin ehwot? (that final 't' being virtually unsounded.)

Indeed this is exactly what happens when people who are just not top drawer are allowed their say and don't have to wear dinner suits any longer for wireless announcements.

Wotcha,

Mike (Maike)

Quote from: knight on August 19, 2008, 08:57:52 AM
andear is Keef wiv today's wever — Keef?

I had a classmate in Russia, and, although usually it is hard for all non-native English speakers to pronounce voiceless and voiced th, and it's mostly substituted with s and z respectively, he managed to pronounce it just as you described. :D And voiceless th was "f".

Mike, do British women have grammar issues? What if a Frenchman speaks with a charming accent but leaves articles, confuses times, and is not very eloquent? :P

Sarastro, I can assure you that British women I know would be firmly under the spell of a silky-toned Frenchman with fractured English and would not care in the least if he could not congugate a verb. As long as he could make himself understood in the most important matters.

Of course looks help too I guess.

Mike

Quote from: Renfield on August 19, 2008, 06:25:14 AM
I visit GMG for many reasons; as do most of us, I'm sure.

But what has me coming back to GMG is the member community, beyond doubt. All of it, I dare add.

If nothing else, I am in the middle of moving, packages, boxes all around, yet here I am skimming through GMG's Latest. ;) 8)

Hey, where are you off to? :)

(sorry - OT :P)

Quote from: karlhenning on August 19, 2008, 06:33:39 AM
Good luck with the move!

Thank you. If I can get through putting my notes in order, "the rest is (mostly) furniture".

Quote from: Novi on August 19, 2008, 04:38:37 PM
Hey, where are you off to? :)

(sorry - OT :P)

You'd be surprised. Edinburgh! :D 8)

But I'll make a thread about this eventually, as I could use a few classical-related pointers for my new base. ;)

Edinburgh? Lucky man! A beautiful city, and far more alluring (IMO) than London. :)

Quote from: Mark on August 20, 2008, 02:42:14 AM
Edinburgh? Lucky man! A beautiful city, and far more alluring (IMO) than London. :)

Good choice of adjective, I'd say (and second from my impressions so far). :)

Because otherwise, and from what I've seen of London over the years and Edinburgh over this summer, they both have their charms.

Quote from: Renfield on August 20, 2008, 02:28:56 AM
Thank you. If I can get through putting my notes in order, "the rest is (mostly) furniture".


You'd be surprised. Edinburgh! :D 8)

But I'll make a thread about this eventually, as I could use a few classical-related pointers for my new base. ;)

Great choice - I love this city 0:).

Buy you a drink when you get here :D.

I voted "recording recommendations", athough I also like specific threads on certain topics (music or other topics).

Of course the social community is needed, but it's for those purposes in my view. I don't think you can compare the social contact here with social contacts in real life, for me at last it isn't comparable. Social contact in real life have more value for me. Virtual social contact are however also valuable. You respect other people, get to know other people, be honest, but for all these things count that that for some people it´s more real then for others and you can´t blame people, I think, for whom it's less real, because the contacts are just "virtual". Personally I really enjoy people here how make it humorous, as Karl Henning for instance. I'm not always the most comical guy, I try sometimes, but I reward people here who are.

However, I had a problem a time ago and got help from members here. So in that view, contacts here were certainly important for me, and then it also was more real to me.

I continue to come to GMG to learn about the music I love. There's always room to learn more than what I know, which is very little by the way. I still do a lot research online about this or that composer, but it's always refreshing to find that many people here have already discussed the composer in question in a thread. From here, I can just read through the posts and gather as much information as I can. You never quit learning with this music. There's always a stone that has been left unturned.

I haven't found much sites online where I feel I belong to but GMG is remotely such a place.

· Recording recommendations
· To expand your knowledge of classical music

There are lots of people here with different interests, and that helps learning about more or less obscure composers/music, and recordings. The social aspects don't really exist outside the recordings/music discussion, although one of course appreciates friendly discussion and advice.

I know people here.

MN Dave

I don't know how to change my homepage.

Quote from: ChamberNut on October 08, 2011, 05:59:53 AM
MN Dave

:)

Quote from: Wanderer on October 08, 2011, 06:27:03 AM
I don't know how to change my homepage.

:D

Quote from: ChamberNut on October 08, 2011, 05:59:53 AM
MN Dave

And when he pounds the table for Devo

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 08, 2011, 08:30:25 AM
And when he pounds the table for Devo

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It's a sickness.

Ubloobideega commands me to do so.

Quote from: Mn Dave on October 08, 2011, 01:07:39 PM
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Maybe something like this?



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Quote from: DavidRoss on October 08, 2011, 08:14:19 PM

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Kramer: "Jerry, imagine the flexibility? That sex will melt your face."

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It's fun.

Quote from: Wanderer on October 08, 2011, 06:27:03 AM
I don't know how to change my homepage.

Did you win your browsing license in lottery?  :P

I recall migrating here after a History website, which I had enjoyed and on which I spent too much time, became over-run with leftist ideologues who usually ruined discussions with ad hominem attacks.  The moderators were sympathetic to them, and did nothing.  (It is now defunct.)

So after tiring of constant Marxist class-warfare screeds, I thought: I should look for a positive and interesting website about Music.

I am not sure how long ago that was: 8 years maybe?  And here I found e.g.  enthusiastic acolytes of my favorite Musical Trinity of Bruckner, Mahler, and Schoenberg  0:), not to mention Hindemith, Herrmann, and Hartmann   0:).

So I have stayed for all sorts of reasons, the main ones being the fine members:

Composers like Karl Henning and Luke Ottevanger, whose works deserve world-wide exposure in an era which needs their works;    0:)

Moderators and Writers like Gurnatron, John of Glasgow, and "Bruce Brewski;"  $:)

Collectors and Experts like Sarge, Dundonnell, Vandermolen   8)

The Davids Mn Dave, David Ross, David W.;    ;D

The "exotic"    :o    Europeans like 71db (Finland) and Florestan (Romania);

and Members like Mirror Image, Greg, Grazioso, XB-70 Valkyrie and many others.  If your name is not mentioned, please do not feel slighted!

The expertise is always fascinating, the opinions (usually) well founded, and the information enlightening and even (occasionally) bankrupting!   ;D

Quote from: Cato on October 09, 2011, 06:43:14 PM
The Davids Mn Dave, David Ross, David W.;    ;D

Appearing soon on a stage near you.  ;)

I'm here for the coffee. Where is the coffee by the way?

I would be visiting my favourite Classical site every day but recently my broadband provider gave me a massive headache and I have been cutt off for almost a month!!!   Never mind.  I will be back on in about 48 hrs time.  Will be nice to catch up.  Oh...and I come here because Classical Music is written into my bones and it is necessary to eke it out by talking with others about it.  And GMG is BY FAR the best place to do so.   0:)   Se you all again very soon.

Quote from: chasmaniac on October 10, 2011, 05:40:39 AM
I'm here for the coffee. Where is the coffee by the way?

In my avatar... ...with clouds!  ;)

Quote from: 71 dB on October 10, 2011, 08:22:11 AM
In my avatar... ...with clouds!  ;)

Great stuff!  Proof that clouds are angelic   0:)   cotton candy which can be used as a sweetener! 

Quote from: John of Clydebank on October 10, 2011, 06:31:48 AM
I will be back on in about 48 hrs time.  Will be nice to catch up. Oh...and I come here because Classical Music is written into my bones and it is necessary to eke it out by talking with others about it.  And GMG is BY FAR the best place to do so.   0:)  See you all again very soon.

Glad to hear it!

I had voted "For the Member Community", and it is true.  Many, many marvelous people on this forum.

A special thank you to Gurn tonight!  Thanks, dude - I appreciate your advice and help.  :)

Quote from: ChamberNut on November 07, 2011, 05:25:50 PM
I had voted "For the Member Community", and it is true.  Many, many marvelous people on this forum.

A special thank you to Gurn tonight!  Thanks, dude - I appreciate your advice and help.  :)

My pleasure, Ray, and anytime you need to know anything about Haydn like that, feel free... :D

8)

PS - I second that "Community" vote. :)

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on November 07, 2011, 05:32:00 PM
My pleasure, Ray, and anytime you need to know anything about Haydn like that, feel free... :D

8)

PS - I second that "Community" vote. :)

Without question.  :D  I wouldn't even think twice!  You da man, Haydn or anything Classical Era related - you're my number one source.  :) 8)

I come to GMG for the delicious coffee and donuts.

Quote from: Mirror Image on November 07, 2011, 05:36:43 PM
I come to GMG for the delicious coffee and donuts.

Well, I do too.  I just wish sometimes I would get the Kruller, every now and then.  :D

Quote from: ChamberNut on November 07, 2011, 06:03:08 PM
Well, I do too.  I just wish sometimes I would get the Kruller, every now and then.  :D

Not fair. You live in the land of Tim Horton's, you should BRING the donuts!

Or maybe I should. After all, I'm just a couple hours away from Gourdough's...

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Quote from: Brian on November 07, 2011, 06:05:42 PM
Not fair. You live in the land of Tim Horton's, you should BRING the donuts!

Or maybe I should. After all, I'm just a couple hours away from Gourdough's...

(http://www.austin360.com/multimedia/dynamic/00121/Gourdoughs-09-dough_121364c.jpg)

They don't have Kruller's in the US donut shops?  And.....I thought Tim Horton's was making it's way (or already was) in the States?

Quote from: Brian on November 07, 2011, 06:05:42 PM
Not fair. You live in the land of Tim Horton's, you should BRING the donuts!

Or maybe I should. After all, I'm just a couple hours away from Gourdough's...

(http://www.austin360.com/multimedia/dynamic/00121/Gourdoughs-09-dough_121364c.jpg)

WOW! Bacon on a donut?!  Man, get me a dozen of those, pronto!!  :)

Quote from: ChamberNut on November 07, 2011, 06:08:21 PM
WOW! Bacon on a donut?!  Man, get me a dozen of those, pronto!!  :)

Peep the menu for yourself. (http://www.gourdoughs.com/) The Funky Monkey - bananas, brown sugar, cream cheese icing - is foodgasmic.

Quote from: ChamberNut on November 07, 2011, 06:03:08 PM
Well, I do too.  I just wish sometimes I would get the Kruller, every now and then.  :D

:P

Quote from: Philoctetes on November 07, 2011, 07:10:38 PM
Because someone needs to promote living composers.

Agreed!  8)

Quote from: Philoctetes on November 07, 2011, 07:10:38 PM
Because someone needs to promote living composers.

Yeah, I've promoted a few living composers here most notably Arvo Part, Magnus Lindberg, John Adams, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, but, in general, I'm not too impressed with contemporary classical music. The 20th Century for me all the way! :D