tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2544597247064181453..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Two gay lives and a famous deathDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-30198860069708529512015-12-06T10:40:43.729+00:002015-12-06T10:40:43.729+00:00So pleased - I also sent Mark Wigglesworth a copy ...So pleased - I also sent Mark Wigglesworth a copy as partial thanks for his coming to the class. Hope he warms to it as you have. As I intimated, it becomes very moving. The only thing it doesn't try to do is to penetrate the mysteries of creativity - but then Beethoven didn't do that in letters or replies either.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-60882600148130335032015-12-05T23:21:55.206+00:002015-12-05T23:21:55.206+00:00Quick note to say Conversations with Beethoven was...Quick note to say Conversations with Beethoven was a great find on your part. So pleased it was on the shelf in my local (NYC) bookstore. Supremely clever and entertaining so far, and I know that will continue. Thanks so much for the tip!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17217667306615299542015-12-04T08:46:09.185+00:002015-12-04T08:46:09.185+00:00Those cursed boyars...Those cursed boyars...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-5571053942006508312015-12-04T08:04:57.704+00:002015-12-04T08:04:57.704+00:00It is interesting to note that when the US Foundin...It is interesting to note that when the US Founding Fathers wrote the constitution, having escaped from a monarchy, they established a monarchy of their own.....admittedly an elective monarchy, but a monarchy nevertheless. The King in the White House surrounded by his court, the great territorial lords in the Senate, the mass of lesser lords in the House, and the Church in the Supreme Court, studying ancient documentsDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-57224984545718267982015-12-03T11:37:52.760+00:002015-12-03T11:37:52.760+00:00I only just found out that Obama is a huge admirer...I only just found out that Obama is a huge admirer of Marilynne Robinson's books - a good code for living, by which he seems to me to adhere. However hampered he may be by your wretched political system, I do think he'll go down in history as a great man.<br /><br />You really should move hell and high Hudson to get to see that women's-prison Henry IV, one of the most remarkable Shakespeare productions I've seen (and duly raved about on the blog some time back). Isn't it on for a fair while? I hear it inspired doing the rounds of schools, and I can understand that. Just seen a very novel Macbeth at the Young Vic, my favourite London theatre, which sadly didn't work.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-25475913551363161422015-12-03T02:26:25.645+00:002015-12-03T02:26:25.645+00:00I love the way Daunt books is laid out, and you...I love the way Daunt books is laid out, and you're oh, so, right about bookstore browsing--it's why I miss CD (or even older, record) stores as well. Funny too you should mention NYRB books--they do always look so appealing to me, and I actually picked one up among the group I bought last week (have finished the Robinson trilogy, BTW--Lila, best; Home, next; Gilead, last, but a decent read this time around). Unfortunately, the NYRB book I bought (A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising by Miron Bialoszewski) is not holding my attention very well, though that is probably at least 1/2 my fault. But I'm intrigued by the Beethoven book, and I'm going to take a look for it tomorrow, as I'm down in NYC again. (Had jury duty again this AM, then drove down to go to Lulu tomorrow--I wouldn't say there's synergy in that, but there's something . . .) Speaking of drama, BTW, did you know Dame Harriet is right in our midst here, doing Henry IV? I am beside myself that I can't get to that, but there is nothing to be done.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.com