He also asked Schoenberg for composition lessons. Schoenberg refused, saying “I would only make you a bad Schoenberg, and you’re such a good Gershwin already.” This quote is similar to one credited to Maurice Ravel during Gershwin’s 1928 visit to France — “Why be a second-rate Ravel, when you are a first-rate Gershwin?”
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1. Who is married to Miriam González Durántez? 2. Which Brillo was apologized to recently in an interview? 3. Who looks like he may now not be Foreign Secretary after all? 4. Who was sacked for the coffin dodger jibe and other truisms? 5. Who was attacked over the Auschwitz “gimmick” remarks? Answers: Clegg, Andrew [...]
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Via Captain Ranty, courtesy Fraser: 13th Spitfire commented, saying: This certainly got me thinking…. http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2010/05/hidden-conservative-agenda.html
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There is far too much material here to take in at one glance but essentially, it is hints and tips for whistleblowers, concerning computers, phones, mobiles and so on. As I read into it a fair way, it became apparent that this was almost what the government would call a “terrorists’ handbook”. There’s the rub.
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The departing incumbent – Michaëlle Jean. Michael Ignatieff has asked Stephen Harper to extend her term. Below – yes you do see it correctly – is the front runner in the Facebook poll on whom to replace her with.
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Frankly, one can’t listen to Can without a certain mind. That mind needs to be freewheeling and open to almost any possibility. In reading countless reviews, it’s clear that reviewer after reviewer is trying to come to terms with something which is not there to come to terms with. Here are some comments: They had [...]
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There are only going to be a few of these personal requests. In the first, this blog asked people in Shipley to vote for Philip Davies, Conservative and gave reasons why. In this second request, whatever constituents in Gravesham do, it’s absolutely necessary that they do not elect the pornographer: The 38-year-old wants to give [...]
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What would be the effect if Labour, in a coup, were to suddenly throw over Gordo as leader today and Johnson, Millipede or Bollox became the new leader? Would Labour get in? Sure they can’t change candidates now but they can change leaders.
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WHO Cameron There is quite a nice article about David Cameron here, providing some significant quotes: Cameron is not, he says, ‘a deeply ideological person. I’m a practical person, and pragmatic. I know where I want to get to, but I’m not ideologically attached to one particular method.’ It was Leon Amery who said, in [...]
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Angelfire points out that “Beltane is directly opposite Samhain (Halloween) on the Satanic Calendar, as Samhain is the time of reaping.” You might know it as Walpurgis.
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Can you name them, L to R? Hints: L is French, C is the world’s richest and R is Brazilian. Answers: Laetitia Casta, Gisele Bundchen, Alessandra Ambrosio Frankly, they’re OK but I certainly wouldn’t describe them as particularly enticing. Do you think I’m turning gay?
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Mythos were typical of the German groups of the time in that they came out with some excellent ideas, ran with them and then petered out. Amon Duul II were some of the original influences on what became known as Krautrock, an unfortunate term because it is so variable. This is one of their softer [...]
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Courtesy of Ian Parker-Joseph, confirmation of the transfer of power to the regions without officially surrendering sovereignty, [a very similar policy to that adopted for the NAU [SPPNA] in 2005]: In 2008, the House of Commons agreed to establish eight Regional Select Committees and Regional Grand Committees to cover the eight English regions outside of [...]
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Stephen R. Brown is 62 years old and lives in a historic neighbourhood in Georgetown. He couldn’t sleep at night because drunken students, with their “modern” behaviour, sprawled into his residential section of the neighbourhood and made it impossible. He posted photos of their drunken rampages on a website drunkengeorgetownstudents. Students complained that they’d been [...]
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