tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post5492902079646695380..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: History rhymes: Kessler and the world todayDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79139517789920783722017-02-06T09:44:18.942+00:002017-02-06T09:44:18.942+00:00Yes, absolutely, Sue, and while I was always scare...Yes, absolutely, Sue, and while I was always scared out of my wits by Shostakovich's most bitter ironies, I understand the banality of those better too, or should I say I feel them more deeply. Mahler, too, and the other night the first movement of Nielsen's Sixth, a constant build up of energy which constantly collapses and regroups.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-26638187369113211992017-02-06T02:52:05.808+00:002017-02-06T02:52:05.808+00:00Such a fascinating trail of crumbs you've laid...Such a fascinating trail of crumbs you've laid down here. Do you find, as I do, that as you read almost anything, you read it differently, or anyway with different emphasis, given the tenor of the times? Kessler seems to have much to say to our situation now, that is certain.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com