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« Reply #15 on: 23:13:01, 06-02-2008 » |
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Just to echo the thanks to Michael for the initial launching of the forum and thanks to my fellow members for being a memorable and varied bunch of characters.
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« Reply #16 on: 00:41:25, 07-02-2008 » |
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What did I say about posterior worship a little while back?Well, congratulations for creating a forum that for the most part is forever British. 
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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 #17 on: 00:55:21, 07-02-2008 » |
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Ian, thank you for being someone who makes me smile sometimes. |
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« Reply #18 on: 09:23:30, 07-02-2008 » |
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Well for a compartive newbe like me, I didnt realise that this forum was sooo young. Congrats to the people who iniaited the forum. Great idea! We having a meet up for a party?
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« Reply #19 on: 12:48:38, 07-02-2008 » |
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Oops, late again. Well it's been very enjoyable, entertaining, illuminating and many other things to have had the opportunity to hang around with all you people for the past year. What's been particularly heartening is that our few meetups have been just as pleasant, especially for those of us who don't often have the opportunity to encounter new pals* outside our specialised spheres of activity. Thanks to Michael and, er, bottoms-up to all!  * not an acronym for "Pecks on the A**e in Lovely Southwark" in case anyone was wondering. |
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« Reply #20 on: 12:57:24, 07-02-2008 » |
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Oops, late again. Well it's been very enjoyable, entertaining, illuminating and many other things to have had the opportunity to hang around with all you people for the past year. What's been particularly heartening is that our few meetups have been just as pleasant, especially for those of us who don't often have the opportunity to encounter new pals* outside our specialised spheres of activity. Thanks to Michael and, er, bottoms-up to all! * not an acronym for "Pecks on the A**e in Lovely Southwark" in case anyone was wondering.Yes. In a bizarre kind of way, the hatchet wielders at BBCi did us a king of favour last February, in retrospect. These boards, and their social-offspring have blossomed nicely, whereas, well, what can you say about the BBC's Radio 3 boards today? They are far worse than they were in January last year. That's for sure. Many thanks to Michael and Jonathan for setting these boards up and letting them mature into what they have become. |
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« Reply #21 on: 14:01:50, 07-02-2008 » |
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Yes. In a bizarre kind of way, the hatchet wielders at BBCi did us a king of favour last February, in retrospect. These boards, and their social-offspring have blossomed nicely, whereas, well, what can you say about the BBC's Radio 3 boards today? They are far worse than they were in January last year. That's for sure.
Certainly agreed there, Bryn. The mods on TOP seem to have calmed down a bit, at least - but the level of discussion is bumping along the bottom, largely occupied with tittle-tattle about the private lives of perfomers who appear on the front-covers of glossy magazines, and rather wearying stuff about arranging the top 10 British composers ever in order of merit and ability (actually intended as a serious and empirical list)  By comparison our little home here is magnificently more pleasant, open all hours, and packed with useful extra board features too! Congrats to Michael and John, who intervened at the right moment to set it all up! |
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« Reply #22 on: 14:57:12, 07-02-2008 » |
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #23 on: 17:10:08, 07-02-2008 » |
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Well, it has been great fun, and I am sure it will continue to be so. All the best, one and all.
For the record 6 February is also the anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty the Queen in 1952, Saint Vedast's Day (patron saint of St Vedast, Foster Lane in the City of London, with relics at Arras Cathedral) and, in 2008 ,Ash Wednesday.
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« Reply #24 on: 17:17:28, 07-02-2008 » |
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Happy Birthday.
Who's Alan Davies?
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« Reply #25 on: 17:30:15, 07-02-2008 » |
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Who's Alan Davies?
Apparently I bear some similarity to him in a certain way, if that helps. I don't know who he is either. |
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« Reply #27 on: 18:56:05, 07-02-2008 » |
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Who's Alan Davies?
Apparently I bear some similarity to him in a certain way, if that helps. You most certainly do not. He is one of the most irritating men on the planet, for a start. I avoid him wherever possible. |
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« Reply #28 on: 18:59:29, 07-02-2008 » |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_DaviesIt is gratifying to see that an A level in Media Studies can lead to national celebrity.
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« Reply #29 on: 19:13:08, 07-02-2008 » |
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For those of you at home, I can say that having met Richard, he bears no discernible physical resemblance to A Davies.
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