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Casper Ruud of Norway d. Andrey Rublev of RU 6-2, 6-4 on the Year End Championships Semifinals.
Good job, Ruud! He has gotten to the French and US Open finals this year already, and maybe he’ll
finally snag this one. Rublev had a very tough last RR match, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece
in three sets, and might’ve run out of gas against Ruud. I like both of them, though.. they’re tough.Ruud will meet admirably un”vaccinated” Novak Djokovic in the Final. May the best man win tomorrow.
Re: English music: I have not heard John Sheppard’s music. Tallis’s Spem in Alium is tremendous, but I rarely listen to it, because I don’t want its effect to be cheapened. The Sixteen Choir did a good recording, as did the Huelgas Ensemble. Gibbons’s Great King of Gods as sung by the Deller Consort is the height of that period,
to my ears. The ascending scale at the end, then the cadence, w/ those sopranos.. there are no adequate words.Agree on Victoria (and Morales, too). Timeless music, that makes me want to just be very quiet and listen.
I agree that that Palestrina Mass is beautifully layered. The Oxford Camerata develop a lovely hush in the Sanctus
on their 1991 recording. I haven’t found a recording I like better than that one, and hearing too many in a row seems deadening, so that’s enough of it for now.Next will be Ockeghem’s Requiem (or Missa Pro Defunctis). Fitting for these times-
I don’t know if Jeremy Grimm reads here, but I sure do appreciate his comments elsewhere- having read them for quite a few years.
I’m pretty sure they *do* design their victims: that’s what popular culture (esp Hollywood) is for.
It’s a process, and those who plan tend to do well, v those who do not. Jews are good planners.
The CD of Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass sung by the Westminster Cathedral Choir / Preston arrived here a couple of days ago, and I’ve given it some listening. The Kyrie is really very good in sound and feeling, and with a good-to-me tempo. The Sanctus is unusual: quicker than any other I’ve heard, and I think much expression is lost
in this core of the Mass. More listening for overall intended architecture is needed, there.
Their Benedictus seems almost part of a different performance: slower, meditative, with a more distant perspective that I *very much like* (the previous movements are in-the-choir close; not wrong, but not what I’m looking for).So far, Oxford Camerata / Summerly has been my favorite of the six or seven recordings I’ve heard.
And speaking of memory-holing: try bookingmarking for future reference one of these ZeroHedge links, then using that link a month or so later. Please let me know your results.
“..Orwell wanted to understand the world, which is why his writing now falls foul of that core commandment of modern “leftism”: “Thou shalt not recognize patterns.”..”
Is it not odd that there is *no collective action* against what’s being done to 90% of humans? Ten-thousand
Explainers of it, but no organized opposition.weird- or something.
One of my favorite players, now that the great Roger Federer has retired, is the OMG Russian! Andrey Rublev.
He has now made the semis of the year end championships with two *tough* wins and a loss, and will play
another fighter I like, Caspar Ruud in the semis. The winner of that match will play either Novak Djokovic, who has admirably stayed un”vaccinated”- and paid a big price for that, or big-serving USian Taylor Fritz, in the Final.The Monstrousness- that’s exactly the right word- of what’s being done to 90% of humans by a tiny ruling
class is almost beyond belief. What I experience with most others is a don’t-look-too-close acceptance of the
above, and also “it’s not that bad, dude!”, as the ratchet is given another click tighter. I’m glad I have my little
garden, and the wildlfe here, especially the doves. Lately it’s goldfinches, too- really neat, beautiful birds.The destruction of Public Libraries is another one of the steps in eliminating any Commons. Turning them into
more Digitalia Center was the thin end of the wedge, I think. I worked as a Library Aide in the late 80s-early 90s, and got an early view of this insidious process.The past can easily be changed on this here the Darpanet; and it doesn’t matter what was true last week, or if you have a “screenshot”; no one cares.
“The Past is Whatever We Say it Is”, is our rulers’ message. As goes the past..
What were once called (and were, and should only be) Public Works got obscuringly relabeled “Infrastructure” quite awhile back, accompanied by their partial or total transfer to private hands. Nice trick, for a Very Few..
> flora
November 18, 2022 at 8:21 amThanks for this post. Important stuff.
And what is a pandemic now (after they changed the definition of pandemic at the WHO)? It’s what ever Tedros or the next guy says it is.
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty is still in the works. It must be voted down. Digital IDs must be avoided at the individual level if necessary; without Digital IDs the CBDC doesn’t work, can’t work. (The ‘cross border payments’ argument for CBDCs is a red herring.) All three – CBDCs, digital IDs, Pandemic Treaty – are a comprehensive social control scheme beyond the dreams of the worst men in history. This rollout has been in the works for at least 20 years if the history of coincidental changes in definitions and other aspects are any guide. My 2 cents. The usual suspect Klaus Schwab gave a speech at the G20. <From this post: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/11/the-g20-just-pledged-to-build-on-the-success-sic-of-digital-covid-19-certificates.html
“Oopsies” all around.. 😉 I agree with flora’s comment.
I remember Petula Clark singing ‘Downtown’ when I was a young kid, and getting a message from it I couldn’t quite pin down, then or now. That might’ve been the first song that really touched me, actually.
It was good to find the link Barenboim Beethoven Seventh over at NC ; I’ll watch (or only listen, as the case may be) when my computer cooperates. I’ve wanted to hear DB’s Beethoven recordings for awhile, but haven’t done it.
Reiner / CSO is my favorite so far in the Seventh- disciplined, taut in a way that suits the piece, and in *very* good sound. Early stereo was often the best stereo.
A possibly working link:
I, too think the photo chosen for the cover is a little unfortunate, and unrepresentative. I sure wish I could’ve met Paul Nelson.
The writer on music Paul Nelson has been in my mind quite a bit lately. I first read his reviews in the late 70s,
I think, through some time in the 80s when he left Rolling Stone (good move); then saw him interviewed in the Dylan documentary (?) ‘No Direction Home’ and was again impressed and touched- more the latter- by Mr. Nelson.There is a book by Kevin Avery on the late, missed Paul Nelson, and the evilZon site has quite a few good reviews of it:
Bukowski’s and R. Crumb’s ‘Bring Me Your Love’ arrived today. It was supposed to be here a few days ago, but
finally arrived, looking like a Doberman at USPS thought for a minute that it was Lunch. Semi-shredded, with some machine grime on it, too; totally in character. Bukowski worked at USPS for quite a long time..There are four illustrations in it by Crumb, and my favorite of them is the frontispiece:
a woman looking directly at a man, she sitting up straight, though bewilderedly; he slumped, leaning forward a little, needing a shave, with caved in shoulders. The short story- there is only one- is memorable, at least to me, and I won’t try to describe it.Bring Me Your Love. 1983, new edition 1998 Black Sparrow Press.
It’s good to see the word “opaque” being used more lately, especially in describing this pervasive medium.
On a related note, I wonder if flora- and perhaps Katniss E, too- have any thoughts about the “war in Ukraine”.
They would be of interest.How will we know “how this all plays out”- will Trusted Sources on the darpaNet tell us?
“Go Look” is my approach; if I can’t do so, I’ll ask someone (off-darpaNet) whom I trust. If neither option is available, I will Not Know (my current position on almost everything).
Stefan Edberg d. Pete Sampras , US Open final 1992 highlights:
https://cinemaphile.com/watch?v=nLfNXHNH5B4&feature=emb_rel_pause
Eddy had a superb, fluid backhand, but I marvel at how he handled Sampras’s power with his forehand – esp
the crisp FH volleys- here. Great movement for a 6-2 guy, too.The “comments sections” are really all the same now, though in different ways, depending on the aimed-at demographic.
Birds of Sweet Springs:
https://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/p/sweet-springs-image-gallery.html
Today: Ebreybuddy say “KHERSON!”
Tomorrow: Ebreybuddy say “………!”
My very small garden is doing well, and the ring-necked doves are so nice to watch here. They seem to miss nothing, in their quiet way. At Sweet Springs Preserve, just down the street past a little dog-leg, you can see so many birds doing their thing- the Herons
are majestic, and the hawks don’t put up with any nonsense, lest they decide you’re going to be Brunch.That [some of] the hoi polloi are willing or even happy to to refer to the oligarchs and their high-profile minions by their first names is.. unusual. It implies a familiarity that I think is not shared, though it’s sure of benefit to the latter group.
“Jeff” just said the other day, then “Bill” told me..
friends, I guess
“Europe” cannot be “destroying its own garden”, because “Europe” does not have agency.
Who has agency ?
The good thing about nonsense news becoming so prevalent now, is that soon few will be able to claim it’s
legitimate in any respect. That will be good.“Ooh look! – “Elon” just did xxx…”
yawn; so what’s *really* happening..
Yesterday’s and today’s word is “Kherson”. Last week’s word was, what, “Epstein, or “Maxwell”, or , with some 1/6 “Insurrection” Trumpsauce thrown in? Who decides what the day’s word is? I don’t know, but you be sure
Tomorrow’s Word for this here darpaNet is being planned out right now.. What will Tomorrow’s Word be; and will knowing it make one’s life better?As an aside, Mr. Escobar sure has been busy lately. His stuff is a Hepcat hoot!
I wonder what flora thinks.
😉
As I’ve said many times here, for a long time now: “show me the part that’s *not* theater.”
“Rooskies Withdraw fror Kherson!” ? Cool. Did they invade it? Maybe they did; I sure don’t know,
because the “trusted sources” melt like cotton candy, on examination..And so on, and so forth..
The everyday credulity is breathtaking (unless there’s another explanation..)
Here’s what I trust: Go Look.
> We are so utterly screwed with this data there is no sussing out what we’re seeing. How we’re interpreting. <
Yea, verily. Here’s what I know, and trust: what I can see for myself, or what a person I’ve known for a long time in a variety of situations tells me they know and trust; the latter only provisionally.
This medium is way too opaque and multi-mirrored, as I see it, to useful for discerning truth.
That might not be an accident.As though eleck-shuns are anything other than a distraction, a misplaced hope, and a snare:
“We’ll get ’em Next Time!”ok
Recently I’ve been looking for a few more recordings of Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass. I like Oxford Camerata / Summerly very much, but the sound is mid-rangey, and also has the “Naxos blur” (my term). Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner has been a very pleasant surprise, even if the sound is similar to the previously-mentioned one. Earthy, soulful, joyous.. for those who like this kind of music. Not a “churchy” feeling to this one..
One on Archiv with the Westminster Cathedral Choir / Simon Preston should arrive soon, and I’m looking forward to hearing it, too.
I don’t know, myself.
It’s good to see Mr. House around, and to see flora’s recent comment over at NC.
> Indeed, stick with Raul for news. Bardi called it right.
I would not doubt that assertion for a millisecond. Both are unimpeachable sources.
Matt Taibbi: Tim Robbins and the Lost Art of Finding Common Ground:
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/tim-robbins-and-the-lost-art-of-finding
What’s facinating to me is how since the “pandemic”, humans congregating has been de-normalized: Stay Safe! [and essentially Dead!] Robbins has a few courageous things to say about that, though he, too, has to pull his punches.
we live in a carefully designed New Dark Age.
