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« Reply #30 on: 23:23:10, 01-07-2007 » |
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Let's think of composers who died from lung cancer - I think both Debussy and Rachmaninoff did, for starters - who else?
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #31 on: 23:27:07, 01-07-2007 » |
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« Reply #32 on: 23:35:45, 01-07-2007 » |
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Let's think of composers who died from lung cancer - I think both Debussy and Rachmaninoff did, for starters - who else?
Actually Ian, let's not! I'm having a last gasper before bed. Night, all! <wheeze, gasp, sixteen press-ups before pyjamas>  |
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« Reply #33 on: 23:39:35, 01-07-2007 » |
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Is this going to become the 'make martle feel guilty' room now?
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« Reply #34 on: 00:12:33, 02-07-2007 » |
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I remember, from an abortive attempt to stop some 8 years ago, that certain music is definitely not a good idea to play or listen to. That which is really emotionally wrenching is multiplied in its impact during the quitting/cutting-down period- Janácek is right out!
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« Reply #35 on: 00:16:39, 02-07-2007 » |
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Ian Pace
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« Reply #36 on: 00:19:31, 02-07-2007 » |
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So what music's helpful? Feldman's not bad, nor Mozart. |
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« Reply #37 on: 00:24:02, 02-07-2007 » |
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Feldman's not bad, nor Mozart.
Righto then:   [I originally posted a pic of a recording of the Feldman 2nd quartet with a possibly counterproductive image of the man himself... ] |
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« Reply #38 on: 00:54:33, 02-07-2007 » |
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I have hired a team of experts to extrapolate the contents of this thread long into the future; thankfully, it seems that you all manage to give up eventually, if maybe never quite get rid of the craving... Here follows an artist's impression of what this thread may look like exactly a year from today based on their reports:  |
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« Reply #39 on: 00:57:17, 02-07-2007 » |
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Damn funny. (To me the non-smoker, anyway.)  |
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« Reply #40 on: 01:11:40, 02-07-2007 » |
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That certainly made me almost choke on my nightcap, increpatio.  I smoked two cigarettes last month (or was it only one?) which is about par for the course for me these days. I haven't had any of the problems people associate with GIVING UP because that isn't what I've done - I still reserve the right to indulge if I feel like it, but I very seldom do. The last time I really did was at the last board meeting in the spring, which was nice at the time but which I seriously regretted the next day (the smoking, not the meeting). |
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« Reply #41 on: 01:17:33, 02-07-2007 » |
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I haven't had any of the problems people associate with GIVING UP because that isn't what I've done
I did promise myself I wouldn't proffer any well-meaning advice which in any case coming from me would be absurd anyway. But Richard reminds me that there were two players in my ensemble who kicked the fags about the same time. One of them was very firm that he was 'no longer a smoker' but has constantly relapsed. The other maintained he was 'still a smoker, I'm just having a break' and hasn't touched them for years. |
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« Reply #42 on: 03:40:05, 02-07-2007 » |
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[I originally posted a pic of a recording of the Feldman 2nd quartet with a possibly counterproductive image of the man himself... ] Feldman is just so relaxing. I hope one day to get to the end of my copy of the 2nd quartet without falling asleep - don't think I've even managed it to the end of CD 1 yet! I put on a Feldman CD this evening - hence the reason I'm posting at 3-30am - I fell asleep and dozed for the rest of the evening. Here's a picture of him by Rolf Harris! - without a fag in his mouth.  |
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« Reply #43 on: 08:59:18, 02-07-2007 » |
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'patio (re 42) PURE GENIUS! Cornflakes all over keyboard.  |
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« Reply #44 on: 12:09:31, 02-07-2007 » |
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Try considering what the big tobacco companies get up to, opilec - that should provide ample incentive.
In wishing you all the best in your efforts to ditch the weed, I note from the above that you're suggesting that the mere prospect of the extent to which smokers help bolster big tobacco companies' turnovers/profits should be sufficient to encourage others to try to do likewise; now, at the risk of digressing momentarily from the subject in hand (and in mouth), may I ask you above what figure/s you consider a company's turnover/profits to exceed the bounds of acceptability? Whilst it seems obvious that vast corporations like the Philip Morris empire would qualify in that category for you, I'm curious as to what you think is or is not acceptable in terms of company turnover/profits (irrespective of whether they happen to manufacture cigarettes, solar panels, aircraft or even pianos)... Best, Alistair |
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