Open thread 11/12/2024
I had a version of this on a record long ago, and I often would do my barre to it at home in a little room I had set up for dancing. And by the way, does he look a bit Trumpish to you?:
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Lee Smith, Tablet Mag, “Obama Isn’t Going Anywhere“: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/obama-not-going-anywhere
Gilels plays Prokofiev March from Love of Three Oranges (1:48): https://youtu.be/7uG7ipGspig
There’s a Deutsche Grammaphon recording from the 80s of Gilels doing the greatest Beethoven piano sonatas (Pathetique and Moonlight). My father bought the CD back then, but I can find it on Spotify today.
Gilels is technically terrific, but he does play with great emotion. I’ve also really enjoyed him playing the Emperor piano concerto, also by Beethoven.
It’s a shame that he had to spend his life in the Soviet Union. Biographical accounts say he bristled against the whole New Soviet Man thing. He probably felt closeted, like he had to say the things his thug government wanted him to say so that he could live at the keyboard. His huge catalog proves how much life he had, in my opinion.
Gilels plays Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in CMinor (10:52): https://youtu.be/sfQsrf3cofA
admittedly I didn’t know about gilels, thanks for that,
Should FEMA Boss/Supervisor Marn’i Washington be charges with a Hate Crime?
FEMA worker Marni Washington breaks silence on not helping Trump-voting hurricane victims
Poor Ms. Marn’i claims others “FEMA employees are guilty of the same bias”…er, OK – did Ms. Marn’i just admit to being “bias”? Her case has been handed over to the Office of Special Counsel, so maybe they can find a Hate Crime to charge her with…suuurre.
One Big Assed Mistake America
BHO is and was a knave.
“Gilels plays Prokofiev March from Love of Three Oranges”
Well, I am going to show what a lowbrow I am, but I recognize this march as the theme music from a kids’ space opera show from the 1950s titled “Captain Video”! What a flashback!
The Captain’s robot sidekick was named “Tobor”… get it? Get it?!
I was Donald Trump’s former Education Secretary – here’s why I’ll stand behind him every step of the way
Informative article – yeah, that nest of vipers needs to be destroyed…Trump is gonna be busy if he keeps even half of his promises.
I like Gilels, his interpretations are interesting and often unconventional.
I first encountered “Tobor” in Heinlein’s juvenile Tunnel in the Sky, published in 1955. It took me far too long to get it 🙂 In the story, it doesn’t refer to anything in particular, all students are warned about “Tobor” before their graduation field test on some planet. That little revelation happens at the end of the book.
Evidently Comcast is looking to sell MSNBC and Opra’s network. And there’s talk going around that CNN is likely to lay off “hundreds of staff, on-air personalities”. This is all after dismal post-election viewership numbers from these outlets. I could be wrong, but it sure seems to me that The Legacy Media is slowly dying off due to the rise of alternatives as well as general lack trust from people.
A Threefer:
FBI Execs Rush to Retire After Trump Victory Leaves Them ‘Shell-Shocked.’
Too funny 🙂
Mike DeWine will pick Vivek to replace JD Vance in Senate — If Trump makes the call. – candidates are Jane Timken and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Elon Musk — America PAC already working to win midterms.
Gotta LOVE what Musk has brought to ‘Da Table — and continues to bring!!!
You want “Trumpish”?
Go with Evgeny Kissin.
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“…guilty of the same bias…”
I understood that it wasn’t so much that other FEMA people had the same bias but that THIS WAS FEMA POLICY FROM THE TOP.
In other words, a huge scandal; though one that should have been—and was—suspected even before the story broke about Ms Washington. IOW, the whole Federal response to Helena in western N.C. and eastern Tennessee REEKED.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14069059/fema-worker-marni-washington-fired-breaks-silence-trump-voting-hurricane-victims.html
H/T Instapundit.
“ I was Donald Trump’s former Education Secretary – here’s why I’ll stand behind him every step of the way”
Not sure I understand this one.
For a terrible leader, Trump doesn’t sound half bad…
…but maybe I’m missing something….
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Some might find this of interest…
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TenorsHistorians—https://instapundit.com/684049/
Is the Rubio for State pick being walked back? Today it’s being reported “expected”.
Some politicking going on?
It was reported earlier in the year that Rubio had co-sponsored a bill to make it harder for Trump to withdraw from NATO. That doesn’t square with Rubio then being picked for a cabinet position– given the reporting that Trump values loyalty.
The Secretary of State projects the administration around the world. It better be someone who is totally aligned with the President’s view of foreign policy.
Brian E
Am seeing articles on Rubio still in the running – looks like #1 candidate at this time.
I think CoS Susie Wiles (or someone?) has helped temper Trump’s sworn ‘Blood Oath‘ loyalty commitments this time around – such would certainly improve his Leadership ability, IMHO. Well, not Haley. 😉
On a PAC already working to win the 2026 midterms: Yes! Keeping the House and perhaps expanding the Senate majority are important.
Re: Emil Gilels
neo:
Thanks for the link.
I get more of a Beethoven vibe than Trump, and Gilels I discover is a master of Beethoven, but both Gilels and Trump are masters of a certain wonderful bombast.
Not that there’s anything with wrong with that!
Pianists like Gilels were what folks did before rock and roll. Keith Emerson, keyboard master of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, took that classic virtuosity into rock:
–Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition – Live In Montreal, 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4lEEigeeo
“Pictures at an Exhibition” was composed by classical composer Modest Mussorgsky and adapted by Maurice Ravel. Emerson’s version was another in the long line of homages.
But Emerson was a rocker.
RIP (1944–2016).
Barry Meislin
I find it much easier to follow podcasts when I have them on an MP3 (4?) player, instead of listening from my PC, as I complete chores all over the house. As far as I can tell, you cannot download YouTube stuff or most podcasts that are not on YouTube. I have found a site that has a lot of podcasts that you can download, including the above. Type in a search term at the top of the page, and odds are often pretty good you will find what you are looking for.
https://www.podbean.com/
sdferr wrote:
Lee Smith, Tablet Mag, “Obama Isn’t Going Anywhere“:
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/obama-not-going-anywhere
Great article, thank you! It seems that America’s supervillains are Obama and the Soroses.
IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS as freshly seen at bongino.com: Trump releases a 10 point plan for taking higher education away from radical “Hate America First” Leftists. Its key action is to de-authorise the accrediting agencies and rebuild them on soundly traditional grounds.
“Donald Trump just released his plan to reform colleges and universities that have become left-wing indoctrination factories.
“In a new video, Trump promises to fire far-left accreditors that have allowed colleges to be dominated by ‘Marxists, maniacs and lunatics,’ and lays out a ten point plan that includes protecting American tradition and free speech, eliminating wasteful administrative positions, fighting racial discrimination (affirmative action), and taxing and fining endorsements, among others.”
MORE in Trumps 2:30m Video at https://bongino.com/trump-announces-plan-to-retake-colleges-from-the-radical-left
Brian E:
Regarding Marco Rubio’s nomination as Sec of State: Trump is sensitive to the balance of power in the Senate and House. It would be counter-productive to whittle away the majority in either house in order to get people into his cabinet. He also knows that Governor Ron De Santis will replace Rubio with a Republican, but Rubio is a known quantity in the Senate: a replacement is not. I have heard De Santis might replace Rubio with his own wife, but that’s a temporary nomination, and subject to Mrs. De Santis wishes, too.