Re: OT: Harris vs. Trump

On 9/25/24 3:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 25/09/2024 1:45 am, mINE109 wrote:

On 9/23/24 4:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 23/09/2024 11:37 pm, mINE109 wrote:

On 9/18/24 7:10 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 19/09/2024 12:35 am, mINE109 wrote:

On 9/17/24 9:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:

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Is George still around? Everyone seems to have disappeared.

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All the regulars are gone. Setting up a Usenet account was presumably a bridge too far for many.
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**Well, that's a bit sad. I loved talking TV with George and I loved listening to Scotty's ever increasingly insane defence of Donald.
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How are you doing?

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Things are thankfully uneventful. I second the tv recs from George. I'd like to ask him about Slow Horses, Troppo, Professor T, etc.

 **I finished the second season of Troppo some time ago. Unusual series. There's another new one, which is OK, but, for me, holds particular interest, as it is filmed in one of my favourite places, about 30 mins South of where I live.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Paradise_(2024_TV_series)

I'd watch that. Local flavor helps. I saw a couple of Tasmanian set shows: The Kettering Incident with Elizabeth Debicki way before The Crown; and I came to enjoy Deadloch after starting it last year.

Music-wise, I enjoy my wife's piano trio in live performance and for recordings, multichannel reissues from the seventies.

 **Sadly, I don't have the opportunity to listen to much live classic music. However, a couple of months back, I attended this concert:
 https://www.aco.com.au/whats-on/2024/the-lark-ascending
 It was fabulous. I was left of centre, three rows from the stage. It was wonderful to calibrate my ears with actual, live, unamplified music. And yes, the sharp-eyed might have noticed the blonde woman at the front is carrying and plays a Stradivarius. I don't think I've ever heard a Strad played live before.
 I am determined to listen to much more in the future.

A popular and beautiful work, not lacking for good recordings. I've heard great instruments played by visiting soloists (Midori and Gil Shaham, for two examples) at the symphony and even a Guarneri closer up in a chamber setting.