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Topic: Swarm and march of the holiday shoppers  (Read 1833 times)

Offline quantum

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Swarm and march of the holiday shoppers
on: December 18, 2018, 04:58:48 PM
The pleasantries of holiday shopping  ;D

Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

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Re: Swarm and march of the holiday shoppers
Reply #1 on: December 18, 2018, 10:11:02 PM
Very evocative, you're a born impressionist, Neil. I like the little meditative moments, as if the hordes almost began to ask the point of it all, perhaps during a cup of tea or a visit to the mall toilet, only to relapse into pointless, materialistic, memetic fury once more. Personally, I hate this time of year with a vengeance, and your playing struck a kindred spirit. Can I ask that we hear you improvise a bit more often here ?
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

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Re: Swarm and march of the holiday shoppers
Reply #2 on: December 18, 2018, 10:38:03 PM
Haha, what a lovely commentary of our current reality. The commercialization of Christmas.  I am somewhat reminded of "the devils staircase" by Ligeti...
 

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