Last post wins!!!!!

[lostinidlewonder]

Hey, Paul Hogan just called and said he wants his review back!

Ladies and gentlemen:  the great, the renowned Paul Hogan.  The most famous Australian who ever lived.

That's right, people!  Yes, you heard it here first!  The most famous and the most accomplished Australian who ever lived, except for that guy who choked on his own vomit and that other guy who "accidentally" choked himself to death with a belt, some kind of pop singer or something, like am so sure.

I choked both of them, they owed me money and wasted it on guns and alcohol. Ah nothing beats feeling the life drain from their body and watching the film of death cover their eyes..... wait... don't quote me on that or I will choke you.

[j_tour]

I choked both of them, they owed me money and wasted it on guns and alcohol. Ah nothing beats feeling the life drain from their body and watching the film of death cover their eyes..... wait... don't quote me on that or I will choke you.

You're into that too?

That must be Australia's best sport.

Aside from cricket, but who has the patience for that?

I choked both of them, they owed me money and wasted it on guns and alcohol.

Ooh! Do me next now! 

C'mon now, you promised!

[perfect_pitch]

Ladies and gentlemen:  the great, the renowned Paul Hogan.  The most famous Australian who ever lived.

Right after Hugh Jackman, Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe, Ned Kelly, Julian Assange, Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, Tim Minchin...

...and about 7,000 bloody others.

[lostinidlewonder]

Ooh! Do me next now! 

C'mon now, you promised![/font]

Yes but so long its not your thing

[j_tour]

Hi everybody!

I'm p_p and I'm in love with Keith Urban and his velvety vocal stylings and also that wolverine person and Kylie Minogue! 

[lostinidlewonder]

This is the most famous Australian of course.

[perfect_pitch]

I'm p_p and I'm in love with Keith Urban and his velvety vocal stylings and also that wolverine person and Kylie Minogue! 

Fact check...

Nope;
well yeah but only because he's one of Australia's best actors... and
Who the hell doesn't love Kylie?

[lostinidlewonder]

Here is a more recent photo of her, stop posting old photos of her.

[j_tour]

OK, fine.  Angus Young can stay. Malcolm Young can stay with Bon Scott. 

And, yes, Paul Hogan is one of Australia's finest singers, along with Maggie "The Cat" Thatcher.  Those gilded pipes....what they couldn't do! 

Melts the heart of any proud Australian, it does.

Here is a more recent photo of her, stop posting old photos of her.

That's kind of so funny I forgot to laugh.  Where's my blowjob? 

That was the deal! 

You make with the funny and I get a little something on the side.

Fair is fair, sir.

Yes but so long its not your thing

Yes but not having an advanced degree from special learning english corps of international to have languages from which to understand the English she is not that such always a very easy language to comprehend for me, and it is sometimes that I find her language, the English, can want to be more difficult a bit from some others, as is sometimes often as it has to have found in among the languages.

[perfect_pitch]

And, yes, Paul Hogan is one of Australia's finest singers, along with Maggie "The Cat" Thatcher.  Those gilded pipes....what they couldn't do! 

Melts the heart of any proud Australian, it does.

Melts their eardrums maybe... actually, I don't think Paul Hogan ever sang as far as I know. He couldn't act either but I guess that didn't stop him.

[j_tour]

He couldn't act either but I guess that didn't stop him.

He is and was a brilliant performer.  Right up there as a song-and-dance man with Jimmy Cagney and James Spader and James Carrey and that other guy, like John Candy and everything, like no duh!

Astonishing life and career.

On a more serious note, yes, indeed Malcolm Young was an absolutely essential rhythm guitarist in what the kids are calling the rock music or combo bands.

A bit overshadowed by his more flamboyant brother, but Malcolm Young had the right stuff, and for many years, if too few.

And, no, Maggie Thatcher never sang except when she was pretending Reagan was down her throat, AFAIK. 

[lostinidlewonder]

You make with the funny and I get a little something on the side.

Not funny!! Its blood.

[Yes but not having an advanced degree from special learning english corps of international to have languages from which to understand the English she is not that such always a very easy language to comprehend for me, and it is sometimes that I find her language, the English, can want to be more difficult a bit from some others, as is sometimes often as it has to have found in among the languages.

The language when you're strangled is a lovely dialect, especially the moments when the gasping starts. Moment of panic also add to the intonation. Generally need to say what you want in one tiny breath which makes the dialogue more laconic, like the Spartans.

[j_tour]

The language when you're strangled is a lovely dialect, especially the moments when the gasping starts.

Yes, I believe that is a wise adjudgment.

Two questions:  (i) should I treat this wound on my knee?  (ii) how come p_p has more posts than you....that means he's better, right?

[perfect_pitch]

Two questions:  (i) should I treat this wound on my knee?  (ii) how come p_p has more posts than you....that means he's better, right?[/font]

(i) If it's seeping and there is pus... DEFINITELY.
(ii) It would be a cheap shot to agree with you... so I'm going to hold my tongue and not answer it.

[lostinidlewonder]

Yes, I believe that is a wise adjudgment.

Two questions:  (i) should I treat this wound on my knee? 

Yes treat it to a succulent Chinese meal, you might get some after if you play your cards right.

(ii) how come p_p has more posts than you....that means he's better, right?

Its because hes gay, I mean blind.

[j_tour]

(i) If it's seeping and there is pus... DEFINITELY.

Maybe I'll spit on it and rub it with some dirty undershorts.

That's what I do to my women....they seem to like it.

[perfect_pitch]

Maybe I'll spit on it and rub it with some dirty undershorts.

That's what I do to my women....they seem to like it.

Yeah... see how that goes. I mean, what's the worst that could happen if you're wrong.

Maybe you get sepsis, your leg falls off and you have to spend the rest of your life in crutches... but hey - people like Pirates and you'll definitely look more like a pirate.

[j_tour]

Maybe you get sepsis, your leg falls off and you have to spend the rest of your life in crutches...

Sounds fine to me!  I hate my day job anyway.

Meh...it'll be fine.  A little antibiotic cream, good as new.

[perfect_pitch]

[j_tour]

I lurrrve Batman!  How'd you know?

[perfect_pitch]

Please tell me you have seen the Chris Nolan trilogy of Batman starring Christian Bale... and not the terrible, terrible movie with Robert Pattinson.

[j_tour]

Please tell me you have seen the Chris Nolan trilogy of Batman starring Christian Bale... and not the terrible, terrible movie with Robert Pattinson.

Oh.  Well since you said "please," I'm obliged to respond in kind.

Did you ever hear of a fruit called "Sissymary?" 

It was very popular back in the day but barbarians destroyed the seeds.

[perfect_pitch]

Oh.  Well since you said "please," I'm obliged to respond in kind.

Did you ever hear of a fruit called "Sissymary?" 

It was very popular back in the day but barbarians destroyed the seeds.

Fascinating... never heard of it.

I bet you probably did watch the older versions with George Clooney or Adam West...

...or Val Kilmer. He destroyed the role... and not in a good way.

[j_tour]

...or Val Kilmer. He destroyed the role... and not in a good way.

ExcUUSE me, I'm TRYing to use the phone!

Paul Hogan would have been excellent in that rôle.

[eee-_-]

Bach is extremely difficult ( i have no idea what i am supposed to do )

[perfect_pitch]

Bach is extremely difficult ( i have no idea what i am supposed to do )

Very few do... but that's the beautiful pursuit of life. Trying to understand the art of playing great music.

[gasplamey]

Is your keyboard broken... or maybe it's better to type with your fingers than your forehead.

Nose t is then.

Typed with myb nose.

[j_tour]

Bach is extremely difficult

Damned right he is!  Hard to play well, hard to memorize, and textual questions abound.

He wrote a lot of good sheet, though.

[gasplamey]

He wrote a lot of good sheet, though.

Godf shxt you mean.
Typed with my nose.

[j_tour]

Godf shxt you mean.
Typed with my nose.

Shut up, Sxrxbxx.

Adults are talking about music. 

Go play with your "nose" in the other room.  And be careful not to wake father....he's had a long day....at....work, is where he was.

[perfect_pitch]

since he's in a grave, i think it'd be hard to wake him up

You'll be surprised what you can do with a 'can do' attitude.   

[perfect_pitch]

Always a classic. I did trying googling whether anyone (by chance) was ever named Mulva.

Seems not...

[j_tour]

Carl_Williams

Nary a tear was shed for that PoS.

What was wrong with the great poet and physician William Carlos Williams?

[perfect_pitch]

What was wrong with the great poet and physician William Carlos Williams?

Definitely not the guy I was talking about. If there was a poet and Physician - then good for him.

As for the PoS I was referring to... nobody cared.

[j_tour]

If there was a poet and Physician - then good for him.

You dumb shite.  Not only Wm Carlos Williams but John Keats, and I'm sure many....err....several others.

As for the PoS I was referring to... nobody cared.

Oh, well you were finished! 

Well allow me to retort.

[perfect_pitch]

What???   

[j_tour]

What???   

OK.  Go down to the rope store and go Australian yourself. 

Weren't people talking about Bach or Frankie Boyle or something important anyway?

Oh.  No, not really.  Well I find Bach difficult to play and to memorize, but even my feeble non-p_p mind has found a number of effective solutions or salves.

It can be done.  A few different techniques can be used...I like decomposing every part of a fugue into, say, SATB parts (or, obviously, add one if it's a five-part fugue....doesn't matter), and trying to "compose" each part in real time....and one can certainly write it out on staff paper if one desires...

For préludes and such?  No, I don't have a strategy for those....just sort of remember what one can and keep the basic harmony in there....I still have a hard time with the Em keyboard Partita of Bach....it's dfficult for me to not eff up somewhere in there in the arpeggiated prélude parts.

Improvisation can cover any number of sins at things like préludes of Bach....at the very least, one has the security of knowing that one can just play and have it sound good if one effs up and forgets something or another. 

So, if one actually knows the piece and understands the melodic and harmonic schemata, one can easily continue.  Really is a kind of "ear learning," but despite me not having absolute pitch, I don't find it difficult....one learns how to adapt and how to compensate for all those times when "muscle memory" will fail.

[perfect_pitch]

Oh.  No, not really.  Well I find Bach difficult to play and to memorize, but even my feeble non-p_p mind has found a number of effective solutions or salves.

Hey - I never said Bach was easy... never even alluded to it. It's got its own complexities and his 3, 4 (and sometimes 5) part fugues are evil. A real mastery of muscle memory.

I'm better at aural memory. I can imagine and hear all the notes in my head and then try and work out the notes from there... but with the very careful fingering needed for Bach - I would never say it's easy.

[lostinidlewonder]

Memorizing Bach is for weak beginners. I laugh at you.

[j_tour]

No such thing as muscle memory.  Well not reliable memory, anyway.  Haptic memory is a component of a complicated set of lived experiences (vécus), but only one small part of a vast sensory and contemplative apparatus.

But if there were LIIW could try for a prize in pounding off.

There could be a world championship event, such as in arm-wrestling or gameBoy fondling.

[perfect_pitch]

But if there were LIIW could try for a prize in pounding off.

There could be a world championship event, such as in arm-wrestling or gameBoy fondling.

I'm just going to nod and agree. I don't know about the Gameboy, but I'm sure there are many things he likes to fondle.

[j_tour]

I'm just going to nod and agree. I don't know about the Gameboy, but I'm sure there are many things he likes to fondle.

Oh, I forgot that you are a gamer. 

Well, game on gently into the night.

[eee-_-]

Legato octave arpeggios

[j_tour]

Legato octave arpeggios

Arpeggiate octaves in a punctuated manner.   

Boy.

[lostinidlewonder]

No such thing as muscle memory.

No such thing as muscle or memory, what words are these? Stop making up random words.

But if there were LIIW could try for a prize in pounding off.

What???! You know why I didnt shake your hand before, it felt too prickly...... and moist. Mmmm moisture moisty moistness.

Legato octave arpeggios

You can double fist those.

[j_tour]

You can double fist those.

Spoken like a true prodigy.

[perfect_pitch]

Oh, I forgot that you are a gamer. 

Well, game on gently into the night.

I'm only an enthusiast... not a hard core gamer. There are people who get up at 3am to go on a raid because their favourite game has just released a DLC just so they can level up fast...

Screw that - 3am is for sleeping.

[lostinidlewonder]

Spoken like a true prodigy.

It certainly opens up new avenues.... or tunnels.

[j_tour]

It certainly opens up new avenues.... or tunnels.

It's like a sucking wound that won't ever heal. 

Highly recommended.

Legato octave arpeggios

Now this had me thinking....on the off chance this was a serious comment....why would anyone want to practice both hands, each holding an octave, arpeggios in legato, presumably without sustain pedal?

When would anyone need to use those?  I don't believe I've ever seen that in repertoire....maybe it's somewhere deep in Czerney or the Godowsky Chopin or something irrelevant, but probably not even there.

Yeah, sure, you can do it for short stretches, or apply the sustain pedal to do some XIXth C "bravura" effect, but I don't see the need to waste time on little tricks like that.

Hands separately, together forming an octave, sure....use those all the time....the Scherzo from Beethoven's Op. 27/1 is about as classic an example I can think of, where it comes off beautifully (if played well) but that's used all the time as a technique....however that's not how I'm understanding the initial concept as stated. 

Double octaves is fun for a very loud effect, and it comes up in Brahms a bit, among others....but it's not something I'd practice except for a particular piece.

Can one do it?  Yeah, sure, if one wants to be loud and obnoxious.  And it can be effective in certain pieces....such as the Brahms Op. 118/6....but it's not really worth practicing IMHO...you just learn it for such-and-such a piece and that's it.  It's not really that difficult, but it's really an effect best used sparingly, at best.

Screw that - 3am is for sleeping.

Yeah, I wish.  If I'm lucky I'm asleep by 0300 local time. 

Insomnia is a hell of a drug....and it means I can never plan to do anything prior to 1400 or so the next "morning" without going into heavy sleep debt.

Which makes me angry.  And people don't like it when I'm angry.  That's how people get shot!

And watch your language....there are women and children present, boy.

[perfect_pitch]

And watch your language....there are women and children present, boy.

If you think the word Screw is a naughty word... what do you think of Wesley Willis and his lyrics...

Seems a bit hypocritical, don't you think???