tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post3401461037990058845..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: FOR EASTER, ONLY NOT POPE NAZI, BAROQUE 'N' ROLL, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED, THE GENIUS OF HANDELcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-81376642525144928122010-04-03T18:25:37.148+01:002010-04-03T18:25:37.148+01:00Chuck BerryChuck Berrycall me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-39919824151082316732010-04-03T14:49:38.746+01:002010-04-03T14:49:38.746+01:00Never considered myself old enough for SMP, mr etb...Never considered myself old enough for SMP, mr etb, really must pull myself together; altough I love that bit which Paul Simon lifted, it's further on up the road, on Sunday. I also find Handel's sacred music more uplifting and jangly than Bach's, a bit more Chuck Nerry.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-92188422541060672542010-04-02T17:23:13.923+01:002010-04-02T17:23:13.923+01:00Yes, I heard something of his down the Cathedral a...Yes, I heard something of his down the Cathedral at Christmas, he's very popular with choirs and ecclesiastical ensembles, really good it was but he's not in the same Heavenly band as was George Friedrich; it's, anyway, a Baroque kind of place, down this end of the cyber avenue. Just play me out with those harpsichords and fiddles, those big curly trumpets and I'll die as happy as a pig in shit.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-22334406477965371562010-04-02T16:50:35.488+01:002010-04-02T16:50:35.488+01:00Always had a soft spot for John Tavener myself.Always had a soft spot for John Tavener myself.Modohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09237912589278143090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-65753174367517106882010-04-02T14:03:16.516+01:002010-04-02T14:03:16.516+01:00And to thee and thine, mr ishmael. xxxAnd to thee and thine, mr ishmael. xxxmrs narcoleptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-86272240067419137562010-04-02T13:47:15.093+01:002010-04-02T13:47:15.093+01:00Happy Easter, mrs n.Happy Easter, mrs n.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-81133193726150730422010-04-02T13:16:40.346+01:002010-04-02T13:16:40.346+01:00Thank you for that, mr ishmael: Handel will now be...Thank you for that, mr ishmael: Handel will now be playing all day round our house.mrs narcoleptnoreply@blogger.com