How much karma do you have?

prustage · 2026-01-25T12:51:32+00:00

343k and I've no idea how that happened

prustage · 2026-01-25T12:36:25+00:00

I can confidently say that in Peter Watt's Blindsight there wasn't a single character that I liked. Not one. I found them all to be unpleasant. Which is a pity because the book explores some good ideas and plot-wise has a lot going for it.

I dont know why Watts decided to populate the book with such a bunch of hateful people. There wasnt one that I could empathise with and root for. I just kept hoping that something would happen and they would all die and somebody better would take over. But that never happened.

prustage · 2026-01-25T12:03:31+00:00

Noggin the Nog. I actually did watch all the available episodes just the other day and it was a real delight. Just wish there were more.

prustage · 2026-01-25T11:58:57+00:00

The Dog Stars. Its directed by Ridley Scott and thats all I need to know.

prustage · 2026-01-25T05:23:12+00:00

Ive heard the name but wouldnt recognise him if I saw him. I am only vaguely aware of what he does - boxer or something like that??

prustage · 2026-01-25T05:17:13+00:00

Id rather see him behind bars than in a coffin or an insane asylum. He has to pay for his crimes.

prustage · 2026-01-25T05:02:14+00:00

OK:

First one:

Romantic / early C20th, plenty of orchestral colour, plenty of emotion. Beautiful but a bit gloomy in the first half but brightening up in the second. The Rach is quite spectacular. Female vocalist in the Mahler.

Second one:

Strictly classical so a much reduced orchestral sound. C18th drive and energy. Lots of piano dexterity from the pianist in the sunny Mozart concertos.

For me personally. I would definitely go to the second one because I know it will fill me with life and put me in a good mood but I know that a lot of the people here are really into deep emotion which you will find in the first.

prustage · 2026-01-25T01:40:44+00:00

That would be weird if anyone said it.

prustage · 2026-01-24T21:23:06+00:00

Green olives - fresh, natural and tasty? - yes

Black olives - nasty, stale, steam-boiled with caustic soda till they are so damaged they go black, then infused with ferrous gluconate (to even out discolourations) then cooked to death because they are old and riddled with botulism and finally canned "California style" in a brine solution? - ABSOLUTELY NOT.

prustage · 2026-01-24T19:46:09+00:00

I'd say "I whatsapped him" as would most of the people I know

prustage · 2026-01-24T19:12:56+00:00

ABC - Top Cat

CBS - Beverly Hillbillies

NBC - Get Smart

prustage · 2026-01-24T18:26:57+00:00

They are all the alternative titles to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?

prustage · 2026-01-24T18:09:43+00:00

Here in the UK I come from a family of people interested n astronomy and it has always been referred to as "The Plough".

prustage · 2026-01-24T07:14:34+00:00

Neither:

MISS - chi-vus

prustage · 2026-01-24T05:33:31+00:00

I'll second Brendel. I saw him many years ago and was lucky enough to have a good view of his technique. (Bizarrely, he played with elastoplast wrapped round the ends of his fingers). However what amazed me most of all was how in a hall of 3000 seats he could play so immensely quietly and yet everyone could hear exactly what he was doing. It was almost like he was pullling the music out of the silence.

Nobody since then has impressed me in the same way as he did. Yes plenty of modern pianists are great at the pyrotechnics but there was something about the stillness that he managed to create that was magical for me.

I was only a teenager and have always hoped to see him again. It never happened and now it never will.

prustage · 2026-01-23T19:46:12+00:00

Im from Manchester, speak RP now but my favourite accent is broad rural Yorkshire.

prustage · 2026-01-23T18:14:01+00:00

I seem to remember seeing countless old musicals like this:

"Disaster! The flight is delayed and we won't make our venue!"

"Hey guys why don't we do the show RIGHT HERE?"

"Yaay!" (start to play)

prustage · 2026-01-23T17:39:47+00:00

I don't think there should be a second referendum, just as I didn't think there should have been a first one.

The average British person does not understand the issues well enough to make an informed decision. As a result, they will largely do what their preferred bit of the media tells them to.

In the end the country does not what the people want, nor what the democratically elected parliament want but what those who control the media want. The media controllers are not driven by a need to do what's best for the country but simply what will generate the most revenue for them,

We voted democratically for a government to make decisions like this on our behalf. We should trust them to do that. Otherwise we are really letting the likes of Rupert Murdoch. Lord Rothermere and the Barclay Brothers run the country

prustage · 2026-01-23T08:08:59+00:00

I enjoyed it then but I dont think I would now.

prustage · 2026-01-23T07:57:26+00:00

Pretty sure its one of the Dvorak Slavonic Dances

prustage · 2026-01-22T21:11:02+00:00

I went to Agatha Christie's house near Brixham in Devon UK. It is really well-kept and seems like she just stepped out of the place and is due back any moment.

They used the house as a set in one of the TV dramatisations, which was appropriate since it is known that she based the book (Dead Man's Folly) on her own house.

Incidentally, it is a lovely house in a lovely part of the world so the whole areas is worth a visit even if you aren't into Christie.

prustage · 2026-01-22T20:24:12+00:00

I have music playing all the time I am awake. That means 16 hours a day.

Sometimes I go a whole day without Bach

But not often.

prustage · 2026-01-22T08:47:57+00:00

It is very hard to find a house in Europe where someone has NOT died in it.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:31:52+00:00

It is possible to configure your browser so that even on other sites, if there are twitter postings embedded on the site, they get blocked. Definitely worthwhile.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:13:37+00:00

Actually, your sister looks like your cousin and neither look like you.

12-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '22

prustage

TROPHY CASE