On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 13:28:12 +0000
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\12\04 13:00, Nick Leverton wrote:
In article , wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take
seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats
going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or
they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

You seem to have mis-spelt "decades of deliberate destabilisation and
promotion of terror groups by Western governments, including Britain,
for their own political ends". Clearly your own awareness could do with
raising ...

The West wrote this book which says terrorism is God's will,
and is forcing the Middle Easterners to read it.

Wait, are you saying Islam *isn't* a Religion of Peace(tm) that didn't
bloodily advance out of the near east and take over the western med, north
africa and half of spain by the sword in the 15th century leading to the
collapse of many christian civilisations including Byzantium?

Say it ain't so!

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:30:00 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:45:41 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:04:55 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take
seriously,
me included.

So you think Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is a funny opera(etta)? I
thought you claimed to be a great defender of white British culture,
yet know nothing about it. What a surprise!

Handel was german you pillock and choral music is not the same as opera.
Other than that, spot on!


He had been living in England since 1712, wrote Messiah with texts
compiled by Jennons using the Authorised Version and The Book of
Common prayer. First performed in Dublin in 1742.
Not much German influence except his particular genius

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

Obviously don't care about any problems outside your immediate
vicinity.

Look who's talking Mr Carbon Footprint.


Guy Gorton

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:18:55 +0000, Guy Gorton
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:31:17 +0000, e27002 aurora
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000, Guy Gorton
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 08:26:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Offramp wrote:
On Saturday, 2 December 2017 22:10:21 UTC, Recliner wrote:
A flash mob with a difference:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=RVaJbY9RJ3o

I think Guy Gorton would have enjoyed this if he was in London that day.

I remember flash mobs from about 15 years ago. They weren't funny then.
Nowadays people simply ignore them.

I assume you didn't actually watch the video? The Marylebone commuters
certainly didn't ignore this flash mob. And, no, it wasn't funny, or meant
to be.


I'd like to have been at the brainstorming session for "How do we raise
awareness for whatever is it this thing is about". Someone said flash mob
as a joke and it was the top idea!


Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and
editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

I came across the thread by Recliiner early this morning before going
to church to play the organ for the first Sunday in Advent. It gave
me inspiration even though the message was rather different - and I
did not play any Handel but did play Bach and did try to encourage the
congregation to sing joyfully - which they did..

You are a blessing. I am sure your congregation appreciates you.

Perhaps but in general the organist is just part of the audible
scenery. Here is a little example - I was asked to play the music for
two verses of a quiet thoughtful; hymn which the congregation was not
going to sing, but just to think about the message. That required
more preparation by me than if it had been sung because my choice of
stops, tempo, expression and volume would all be listened to. not sung
to. That was the first time I have ever met that idea.

Guy Gorton

My dad was a professional pianist. In WW2 he was a member of civil
defence stationed in a convent. When the mother superior discovered
his profession she asked him to play for their services. He had to
explain that (a) he was an agnostic jew and (b) an organ is not the
same as a piano. Her response was that her order had been founded by
two brothers, jewish converts, for the purpose of converting the jews
in general. She would stand by him during services and tell him what
and when to play. His pay was a bacon and egg breakfast!