Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Borg Cube Vignette

My boss, who has a sideline in the CD/vinyl aftermarket, brings in a box for me to pick through of CDs he hasn't been able to unload anywhere else. "They're not worth anything," sez he. One stack of twenty-five CDs later: Mahler, Janáček, Sibelius, Duruflé...Hanson Conducts Hanson (with a sticker that says "Tranquil" on it. It really isn't)... Havergal Brian, ffs... One entitled "East German Revolution" from 1990 that is all Bach cantatas (not secular ones) done by the Gewandhaus under Masur, with a big DDR flag plastered across the cover -- even if it sucks, it can't not be awesome... And a cartoon soundtrack by Dmitri Shostakovich. Srsly. I'm pretty sure they're worth something.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 4, 2015 at 1:25 AM

    one's noise is another's signal ;-)

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    1. strayNovember 4, 2015 at 7:50 AM

      Ha! Perfect!

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    2. strayNovember 4, 2015 at 7:57 AM

      And speaking of which, dehggial has asked if perhaps Nathalie Stutzmann would be too chill for the role of Polinesso. Down yonder, under Continuously Variable Transmission, if you wish to argue the case :)

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    3. AnonymousNovember 4, 2015 at 1:24 PM

      i was over-enthusiastically replying on the appropriate post (and currently having her singing right out my headset! :D )

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    4. AnonymousNovember 4, 2015 at 8:34 PM

      Dover, giustizia, amor convinced me she makes a great Polinesso :-D clearly I had not listened to the right stuff before.

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