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September 07, 2013

Some new music releases the Kaboom Kids might be interested in....
— Monty

I love classical music, and one of my favorite performers of that music is Texan pianist Van Cliburn. His fame has diminished in recent years as he withdrew from public performances, but for a while he was one of the most famous musicians in America. His recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 was the first classical-music album to go platinum (in fact, it eventually went triple platinum). I've been aggravated in recent years because finding some of Cliburn's back catalog on CD has proven difficult as different pieces go in and out of print, and many of the CD reissues suffered from sub-par mastering.

Well, if you love classical piano music and/or are a fan of Van Cliburn, rejoice! RCA has reissued twenty eight of his albums in re-mastered editions on CD. The massive compilation (which includes a booklet and a DVD documentary) weighs in at just over sixty dollars, but that's a fabulous value given the amount of music this set contains.

I haven't listened to the entire set yet (that'll be a project of weeks if not months), but so far I couldn't be happier with the mastering. I recommend it wholeheartedly -- even the packaging is superb.

The second set I want to mention is RCA's re-issue of ten of Julian Bream's albums. Julian Bream is one of the premier classical guitarists of the age, perhaps second only to the master Andres Segovia. Bream was not just a master of the standard classical guitar repertoire, but he also introduced many previously-unknown lute pieces into the standard guitar repertoire. He was instrumental in bringing lutenist John Dowland back to the attention of modern audiences, and actually formed the Julian Bream Consort to play the pieces on period instruments. He also extended the guitar repertoire by commissioning new pieces, most famously the Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten.

The only downside to this set in my opinion is the contribution of tenor Peter Pears. He's never been one of my favorite singers, and I find his vocal work to be fairly stilted and rather odd. Still, it's a small part of the set, and it doesn't really detract from Bream's stellar guitar work.

If you're a fan of classical guitar music, I also recommend this set very highly.

(If you're interested in buying these sets, please hit Ace's sidebar link so he can wet his beak a little.)

Posted by: Monty at 09:55 AM | Comments (139)
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1 http://xkcd.com/1258/

Posted by: Grover's at September 07, 2013 10:01 AM (9aKQB)

2 As a young an impressionable child, my Mom and Dad took me to see Van Cliburn at the Interlochen Music Festival in Northern Michigan.

Mom was enchanted; Dad was not.

Sigh.

Once again, I took after Dad, much to Mom's disappointment. At least in this matter.

Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2013 10:03 AM (25HWz)

3 My Bloody Valentine came out with a new album recently. It's only ok.

It's been a down year for new music.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:08 AM (BeSEI)

4 Lazy Saturday listening to Nina Simone.

Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2013 10:09 AM (KKfVH)

5 I used to live in Fort Worth and Van Cliburn was considered our own cherished genius. I'm so glad RCA has done this.

Posted by: farmersusie at September 07, 2013 10:11 AM (ydb8s)

6 Did Kaboom kids even know what music was?

Posted by: EC at September 07, 2013 10:13 AM (doBIb)

7 NCKate, did you ever decide on a pistol yet?

Posted by: EC at September 07, 2013 10:14 AM (doBIb)

8 I'd hate to piss in Monty's Music thread, but CNN apparently received some classified intel, that I'm sure was in no way leaked by the Obama administration to make their case.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 07, 2013 10:18 AM (GaqMa)

9 6 -

I would naturally assume Kaboom kids would appreciate the shoegazer stuff, rather than boring old piano plinking and classical guitar.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:19 AM (BeSEI)

10 I rate Bream ahead of all other guitarists, even Segovia. Bream plays with attitude. You immediately know you're listening to Bream within seconds of hearing him.

Posted by: holygoat at September 07, 2013 10:21 AM (vAiDn)

11 EC, my husband and son are chatting about it right now. No decision has been made yet.

Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2013 10:21 AM (KKfVH)

12 If you are a Kaboom kid, you better never get caught listening to Van Cliburn. Hell in Peruvia they still have a contract out on him. They doubled the reward after he died.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 07, 2013 10:22 AM (V1ZIU)

13 Thanks!! The spousal unit's birthday approaches and, as he is both a fan of classical piano and a Texan, that Van Cliburn set is ideal!!

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 07, 2013 10:23 AM (fzFF6)

14 I got a plastic kazoo out of a box of Kaboom once. The dog swallowed it and died.

Posted by: Fritz at September 07, 2013 10:26 AM (KIHQS)

15 6 Did Kaboom kids even know what music was? Posted by: EC at September 07, 2013 02:13 PM (doBIb) My cousins were Kaboom kids. One of them told me he thought music was the screaming his Mom did on the weekend when his Dad beat her after coming home from the bar.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 07, 2013 10:27 AM (V1ZIU)

16 14 -

All dogs eventually die anyway, so that's probably a good thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:27 AM (BeSEI)

17 The way Ace described it, I would have thought Kaboom kids were raised on musical diet consisting entirely of Gershwin's "Concerto in F" and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci," with maybe some Wagner for homework time, and a sprinkle of Tiny Tim for punishment hour in the basement.

Posted by: Cameron at September 07, 2013 10:28 AM (SqzLe)

18 15 -

Introduce him/her to the music of Hole. It will be like a homecoming.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:29 AM (BeSEI)

Van Cliburn just passed away, in February of this year.

According to Wikipedia, he Â“achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at the age of 23, when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold WarÂ”.

I wasnÂ’t around to see the news personally in 1958, but for an American to go to Moscow, and compete in a Tchaikovsky competition, and then win it, well it must have been one heck of a performance. Those judges had to answer to Nikita Kruschev after all, and yet they still gave him the win.

RIP

Posted by: Boots at September 07, 2013 10:29 AM (oG66P)

20 Say Monty, have you gotten a copy of David Stockman's 'The Great Deformation' yet? It's a huge lump of Doom-y goodness.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2013 10:31 AM (kcfmt)

21 Are there any other Morons at Camden Yards watching the O's play right now? Dying of boredom here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 10:32 AM (ZuL/T)

No wonder VC rocks his mentor was mentored by The Franz Liszt. It was said the size of Liszt's hands enabled him the compose music hard to play if your hands were small.

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 07, 2013 10:35 AM (N3Al8)

23 One nice thing is the B-17 that keeps going over the stadium. Need to head over to Martin State Airport after the game and check out the plane.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 10:35 AM (ZuL/T)

24 Come on 'Canes. We need another score.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at September 07, 2013 10:36 AM (4p5/2)

25 I heard Kaboom is bankrolling a prequel to All Dogs Go To Heaven. Its called All Dogs Die.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at September 07, 2013 10:37 AM (/lWM8)

26 Me thinks Kaboom Kids weremore of the Victor Borge school of music

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 07, 2013 10:37 AM (N3Al8)

27 17 -

Kaboom kids understand ennui, but unlike the french or goth fags (I use the word "fags" here in the South Park sense of, not homosexuality, but any group who are universally irritating to everyone else, like Harley riders), they don't sit around and talk about it to death.

Kaboom kids are not Eeyores. They are not Allahpundits. People around them are not miserable for it. They are miserable for themselves, without spreading it to others.

They deserve better than Van Cliburn.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:38 AM (BeSEI)

28 Say Monty, have you gotten a copy of David Stockman's 'The Great Deformation' yet? It's a huge lump of Doom-y goodness.

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It's on my Kindle, but I haven't read it yet. It's queued up behind Rick Atkinson's "Guns At Last Light".

Posted by: Monty at September 07, 2013 10:40 AM (G8OwX)

29 21 Are there any other Morons at Camden Yards watching the O's play right now? Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 02:32 PM (ZuL/T) ----------------------------------------- I wish. Order me something really, really fattening from Boog's, please.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 07, 2013 10:41 AM (C8mVl)

"My cousins were Kaboom kids. One of them told me he thought music was the screaming his Mom did on the weekend when his Dad beat her after coming home from the bar"

Wow. They were pretty lucky. My uncle took his kids to the bar and made them wait in the back of the pickup truck all night while he was inside soaking up the Pabst Blue Ribbon. They told me it really sucked when it rained because it made the paper bags of Kaboom all soggy.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 07, 2013 10:42 AM (DHQv9)

31 M. DeVille Will a pt beef work for you?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 10:47 AM (ZuL/T)

32 Testing, banned?

Posted by: Justamom at September 07, 2013 10:48 AM (Sptt8)

33 30 -

One of my cousins developed cancer as a kid. Every time she went into the hospital, she got ice cream, and teddy bears, and flowers. When her hair started falling out, her parents bought her a pretty new dress.

The other kids stayed home, eating their Kaboom. To this day, when they visit her tiny grave they consider her the lucky one.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 10:48 AM (BeSEI)

34 BurtTC, you're on a roll bro!

Posted by: fastfreefall at September 07, 2013 10:53 AM (Tz35j)

35 I do know that in 1957 Kaboom put on the "Kaboom Kidz Krazy Koncert" in New York, designed to introduce young people to classical music and raise the image of their brand in the process. The trouble was that "Special Guest Conductor" Danny Kaye bailed at the last minute for a date with Leonard Bernstein and the only replacement they could get in time was post-retirement Arturo Toscanini, who then died on stage in the middle of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies," though his biographers, out of respect for the cranky perfectionist, refuse to acknowledge that the concert ever happened.

It has been suggested by some that the Kaboom concert is what gave Bernstein the idea for his own "Young People's Concert" series, but he never admitted to it at any point in his life.

Posted by: Cameron at September 07, 2013 10:54 AM (SqzLe)

36 Excuse me for intruding on your thread, monty but EWTN is carrying the Pope's Vigil for Peace live online here.
http://tinyurl.com/kdoa6fx
The second is the link to the feed itself:
http://tinyurl.com/9n3epay

Posted by: question at September 07, 2013 10:55 AM (/b8+5)

37 I bought a bunch of "for dummies" books: US Gov, history, etc to get ready for...get this, the foreign service test. My associates think my study strategy is sketchy at best

Posted by: fastfreefall at September 07, 2013 10:56 AM (Tz35j)

38 37 I bought a bunch of "for dummies" books: US Gov, history, etc to get ready for...get this, the foreign service test. My associates think my study strategy is sketchy at best Posted by: fastfreefall at September 07, 2013 02:56 PM (Tz35j) Welcome future Secretary of State!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 07, 2013 10:58 AM (V1ZIU)

39 Kaboom kids favorite recording artist? William Hung.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2013 10:58 AM (JawqV)

40 Posted by: Grover's at September 07, 2013 02:01 PM (9aKQB)

You win on points for creativity.

Posted by: Retread at September 07, 2013 10:58 AM (Oz+LZ)

41 31 Will a pt beef work for you? Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 02:47 PM (ZuL/T) ------------------ Ooooh, yes! Slaw on the side too! And a big pickle, if they have them.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 07, 2013 10:59 AM (C8mVl)

42 fastfreefall, just don't get snookered like I did at Amazon. I bought a copy of "Coping with Modern Politics for Dummies" there. Unfortunately the entire book consisted of just two words: GIVE UP.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 10:59 AM (7B7jB)

43 And he's more of a jazz guy than a classical guitar guy, but I just recently discovered Jesse Cook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTT5JqEev4

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:01 AM (7B7jB)

Thanks for this, Monty! It was a sad day in Fort Worth when Mr. Cliburn passed away; while his playing ability had declined in his later years, he was still a beloved icon here in our fair city.

FWIW, Kruschev is the one who TOLD the judges to give him the first place medal - as far as he was concerned, if an American was the best in the competition, then an American deserved to win the competition. Go figure.....

This is one of my VC faves - his "Claire de Lune":

http://is.gd/YLLgeG

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at September 07, 2013 11:02 AM (PZ6/M)

45 BRB. gotta go get a Moron a sammich and slaw. oohhh, and a pickle.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 11:02 AM (ZuL/T)

46 42-- Good advice, qdpsteve. Mr DeVille got the same author's other best-seller, Understanding Women.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 07, 2013 11:03 AM (C8mVl)

47 Margarita: thanks. "Understanding Women for Dummies" was actually just two words longer.

Chapter 1
"GIVE UP."

Chapter 2
"MASTURBATE FREQUENTLY."

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:06 AM (7B7jB)

48 Good Saturday, everyone! Presidential update: Obama is on the Golf course at Andrews today with 3 aids, no Congressmen along to lobby for their votes. Unbelieveable.

Posted by: DailyDish at September 07, 2013 11:07 AM (+b3dK)

49 Good advice all, lol!

Posted by: fastfreefall at September 07, 2013 11:08 AM (Tz35j)

50 DailyDish: that actually sounds like it could be good news. No Congresscreatures to lobby could mean he's given up.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:09 AM (7B7jB)

51 I'm going to go listen to Berlioz, or maybe Xenakis or Herrmann.

Posted by: Null at September 07, 2013 11:09 AM (P7hip)

52 Ima thinkin' the foreign service book has three chapters:

1. Respect Diversity

2. Become Culturally Competent

3. Try to Die With More Dignity than Chris Stevens

Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2013 11:09 AM (BeSEI)

53 Da BEARS!!

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 07, 2013 11:11 AM (BKR67)

qdpsteve: Or he already has his mind made up no matter how the vote goes.

Posted by: DailyDish at September 07, 2013 11:12 AM (+b3dK)

55 BurtTC, and then there's the "Dealing with Kaboom Kids who are now Adults for Dummies" book.

Unfortunately, all the pages are blank as no one's figured out how to do it yet.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:13 AM (7B7jB)

56 DailyDish: also a distinct possibility.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:14 AM (7B7jB)

57 As an aside, the RCA catalog is actually owned by Sony now. RCA Records Division has been gone quite a long time, as has everything RCA.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 11:18 AM (aDwsi)

58 Van Cliburn's version of "Freebird" is awesome.

Posted by: chi town jerry at September 07, 2013 11:21 AM (EMzgO)

59 I prefer Van Cliburn when David Lee Roth was the frontman.

Posted by: Bilbo Gates at September 07, 2013 11:21 AM (dSE0q)

60 M.DeVille. No pickles. will post photo on the group when we get home. Damn, that things good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 11:25 AM (ZuL/T)

61 Wasn't Van Cliburn the Astronaut in The Village People?

Posted by: Bilbo Gates at September 07, 2013 11:25 AM (dSE0q)

Mozart-The Marriage of Figaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZCyp-LcGw

Posted by: Invictus at September 07, 2013 11:27 AM (OQpzc)

63 Wasn't Van Cliburn the Astronaut in The Village People?

Bilbo: no, that was Joe Biden.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:28 AM (7B7jB)

Although, if strippers can't dance to it, it is second rate music.

And the music of the revolution will be metal.

Posted by: Invictus at September 07, 2013 11:30 AM (OQpzc)

65 60 M.DeVille. No pickles. will post photo on the group when we get home. Damn, that things good. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 03:25 PM (ZuL/T) -------------------------------- Yummmmmmmmm! Don't forget to burp!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 07, 2013 11:32 AM (C8mVl)

66 If you did a Doom thread, you could mention that Poland just confiscated half of their people's pension funds.

Posted by: Invictus at September 07, 2013 11:33 AM (OQpzc)

67 If you did a Doom thread, you could mention that Poland just confiscated half of their people's pension funds.

Posted by: Invictus at September 07, 2013 03:33 PM (OQpzc)

Just half?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 07, 2013 11:34 AM (R8hU8)

68 @51 Did you happen to notice the NY Phil broadcast concert last week (gawd they have an annoying narrator...)

Erich Korngold has finally been dead long enough. They played his violin concerto!
(That's the one Star Trek TOS theme is transported from). Great fiddler too.

For as big a deal as NeueMusik has been in their reputation (contrary to rumor Gustav is not related to Gabe), they sure can give a guy a leavin-alone. Many here know what an orchestrator Frank Zappa was. But the great orchestras won't be playing any of his work until all his fans are dead. It's just how they roll.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2013 11:35 AM (JNUY4)

69 You can download Van Cliburn on I tunes.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at September 07, 2013 11:37 AM (f4Je0)

70 love classical music all my life -- Cavalli's "Elena" can be seen in its second staging (first in 1659) on youtube (go look it up if you want to)

but damned if I can find a recording of my all-time childhood favorite, Mozart's "The Magic of Figaro."

Posted by: Mallfly at September 07, 2013 11:40 AM (bJm7W)

71 but damned if I can find a recording of my all-time childhood favorite, Mozart's "The Magic of Figaro."

Posted by: Mallfly at September 07, 2013 03:40 PM (bJm7W)

Marriage of Figaro...see 62 for link.

Posted by: Invictus at September 07, 2013 11:41 AM (OQpzc)

72 And the music of the revolution will be ~~metal~~.
Ragtime. Hot jass. Swing. Western swing. R and B. Evvis. Soul. R and B again.
The Jefferson Airplane. Disco. what.ever.

No doubt, old man, no doubt. Did you happen to notice in passing that the revolution is over and your side won?

It's fun watching you kids grow up. Bumptious scamps.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2013 11:42 AM (JNUY4)

73 The massive compilation (which includes a booklet and a DVD documentary) weighs in at just over sixty dollars, but that's a fabulous value given the amount of music this set contains.

You may think of this as 'Stranger in Paradise,' but did you know it was from the Polovtsian Dance Number 2 by Borodin?

Posted by: Old guy from 70s commercial at September 07, 2013 11:43 AM (/9IC1)

74 Stringer - Did you make a comment on an earlier thread, in defense of the Boomers? I think that it was you...

I meant to chime in on that. I agree

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 11:44 AM (aDwsi)

75 Mallfly: Can't embed the link, but do an Amazon search. There's a four-disc complete German recording, rated 4/5 stars, of "The Marriage of Figaro" for $19.99. It's green and says "Quadromania" for some reason.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2013 11:45 AM (7B7jB)

76 Will be floor-level piano keyboard side for the 2013 Van Cliburn gold medal winner's debut concert at the Bass Hall this Tues. eve.

Posted by: Billy the Mountain at September 07, 2013 11:46 AM (i/J/q)

77 Sorry Mike, no, I was [mutter] working. I detest generationalism though, so I'm usually good for an off-my-lawn or two. Assholes come in all ages.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2013 11:47 AM (JNUY4)

78 Will be floor-level piano keyboard side for the 2013 Van Cliburn gold medal winner's debut concert at the Bass Hall this Tues. eve. Posted by: Billy the Mountain at September 07, 2013 03:46 PM I'll be the guy with the annoying sinus drip to your right somewhere.

Posted by: Beto at September 07, 2013 11:49 AM (MhA4j)

79 Will be floor-level piano keyboard side for the 2013 Van Cliburn gold medal winner's debut concert at the Bass Hall this Tues. eve.

Posted by: Billy the Mountain at September 07, 2013 03:46 PM

I'll be the guy with the annoying sinus drip to your right somewhere. Posted by: Beto
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I will be applauding at inappropriate moments.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 11:51 AM (aDwsi)

80 6 Did Kaboom kids even know what music was? Posted by: EC at September 07, 2013 02:13 PM

Sure they do. Kaboomers were sure that REO Speedwagon was gonna be HUGE

Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2013 11:51 AM (/9IC1)

81 6 Did Kaboom kids even know what music was? Posted by: EC at September 07, 2013 02:13 PM

This is the Kaboom Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhFSmAoGhhc

Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2013 11:53 AM (/9IC1)

82 Sure they do. Kaboomers were sure that REO Speedwagon was gonna be HUGE

Posted by: kbdabear
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Heh. Once seen scrawled on a restroom wall: "REO Speedwagon is proof that marijuana causes brain damage"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 11:53 AM (aDwsi)

83 re 79: I think there are a couple of brief pauses in the last movement of the Moonlight Sonata where you can begin to applause and then look innocently embarrassed

Posted by: Mallfly at September 07, 2013 11:54 AM (bJm7W)

84 Does anyone recall the Dobie Gillis segment where Maynard Krebs is going around, convinced that the world is about to end, saying, 'Boom!, boom!...., ka-boom!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 11:56 AM (aDwsi)

85 oh good. Camden Yards is giving popcorn bags of Kaboom to everyone under the age of ten today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 11:58 AM (ZuL/T)

86 Van Cliburn's recording of the Emperor Concerto (i.e., Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5, should you be a kaboom kid) with Reiner and the CSO is outstanding: well worth doling out a few shekels to add to the collection. And he *owns* the Tchaikovsky, the way Gould owns the Goldberg Variations, or DuPre the Elgar concerto: I can't imagine anybody ever doing it better.

I never heard Bream in recital, but I was lucky enough to have heard Segovia. He played, as I recall, Handel, Scarlatti, and Rodrigo: and was amazing. Speaking of huge hands, the guitar looked like a ukulele in his.

Posted by: Brown Line at September 07, 2013 11:58 AM (a5bF3)

87 "Billy the Mountain" -- now where have I seen that name before [heh]. Musicalologists have been writing up a storm lately about how the competition system is dead. I've heard a lot of competition winners, and they all were at least very good players technically. The committees are alternately old-n-stuffy or overly swayed by brandnewism, and like No Child Left Behind, the candidates now study for the test, so there is something to be said for coming up with another way of "choosing stars." But you have to wonder what that would look like. Common Core? In olden times there was chance, connections, and the casting couch.

Stravinsky was a gay cocksman of such repute even the insider intelligentsia were a little embarrassed by it. In a career of making and quashing opportunities based on potential partnering, he almost single-handedly (I'll say almost -- he certainly wasn't acting alone) established the gay dominance of the big-city arts scene we all appreciate so much. Not that there is none of that now, but I wonder if anyone wants to see juried competitions give way to a system like that.

Which brings us to Peter Pears, mentioned above, who my voice teacher said would have never had a career were he not Benjamin Britten's wife.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2013 12:01 PM (JNUY4)

88 according to wikipedia, Kaboom cereal was available from 1969 to 2010 so people who actually ate the stuff could have listened to anything (ok, maybe no Schoenberg)
Amazon might still have it:
http://www.amazon.com/Kaboom-Cereal-9-Ounce-Boxes-Pack/dp/B000S85LDU

Posted by: Mallfly at September 07, 2013 12:01 PM (bJm7W)

89 Odumbo golfing with three aids who know damn well better than to beat the Boss!

Posted by: Old Dog at September 07, 2013 12:03 PM (tQYJH)

90 re 89: so how do you lose to a loser..?

Posted by: Mallfly at September 07, 2013 12:05 PM (bJm7W)

91 so how do you lose to a loser..?
Posted by: Mallfly
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Romney did it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 12:06 PM (aDwsi)

92 I am trying so hard to avoid going out to do yard work....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 12:07 PM (aDwsi)

93 re 90: They probably have to work hard at it!

Posted by: Old Dog at September 07, 2013 12:09 PM (tQYJH)

94 In a scene deleted from "Amadeus", the flashback to Salieri's childhood shows him sullenly eating Kaboom at the family dinner table

Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2013 12:10 PM (/9IC1)

95 #70

If you're looking for a good Marriage of Figaro recording check Amazon. The Gardiner version with Bryn Terfel in the title role is quite reasonably priced.

Posted by: packsoldier at September 07, 2013 12:10 PM (4xnQl)

96 64 And the music of the revolution will be metal. Oh yes, and it shall be glorious in all of its aggressive and galvanizing nature.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at September 07, 2013 12:11 PM (4p5/2)

97 I never quite understood the seething hatred of REO Speedwagon. I'm not saying they were one of the great rock bands of all time, by any means. But, c'mon -- Hi Infidelity had some really well crafted, memorable songs on it. And, at least for the first half of the 80's, they were pretty huge.

Of course, "I Can't Fight This Feeling" still makes my ass hurt every time I hear it, even to this day. But, honestly -- there were a lot of popular bands that were considerably crappier. And at this point, kicking REO Speedwagon around is akin to making fun of Shaun Cassidy's haircut.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at September 07, 2013 12:11 PM (+MHcc)

98 Hey, kids. Just back from the Jeep dealer. Another $500 Saturday for me and the Jeep o' Death. It's getting a bit tiresome.

Posted by: Peaches at September 07, 2013 12:14 PM (8lmkt)

99 REO, 1978, Portland Maine. Ridin' the Storm out. Awesome

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 12:15 PM (ZuL/T)

100 Julian Bream is the man. What I like about him is that he seems to capture what it must have sounded like way back then, especially when he plays the lute and vihuela. You close your eyes and you time travel when you listen to him. Bream is my all time fav. Then again, as a classical guitar builder and player with a Dowland fetish myself, I'm extremely biased.

While we're on the Dowland sunbject, Scott Tennant does an amazing job with Dowland pieces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFrrYppegI

Posted by: Berserker at September 07, 2013 12:16 PM (FMbng)

101 Peaches - New Ignition switch?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 12:16 PM (aDwsi)

102 <i>according to wikipedia, Kaboom cereal was available from 1969 to 2010 so people who actually ate the stuff could have listened to anything (ok, maybe no Schoenberg)
Amazon might still have it:
http://www.amazon.com/Kaboom-Cereal-9-Ounce-Boxes-Pack/dp/B000S85LDU</i>

Heh. That blows my b.s. Toscanini story out of the water.

Posted by: Cameron at September 07, 2013 12:16 PM (SqzLe)

103 97 I never quite understood the seething hatred of REO Speedwagon. I'm not saying they were one of the great rock bands of all time, by any means. But, c'mon -- Hi Infidelity had some really well crafted, memorable songs on it. And, at least for the first half of the 80's, they were pretty huge.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at September 07, 2013 04:11 PM

50 percent off coupons for Kaboom Cereal are in the mail to you

Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2013 12:17 PM (/9IC1)

104 Thanks, Monty for the recommendation. I enjoy Van Cliburn and I used to listen to a fair amount of Julian Bream way back when we had records. Remember those? :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2013 12:19 PM (DjFMZ)

105 Molly Hatchet. 1978/80 Flying Dutchman Chasn S.C Tuesday night's were $5.00 All The Kaboom You Could Eat night's.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 12:21 PM (ZuL/T)

106 Ah, finally a watchable movie. "Zero Dark Thirty" on Starz and tonight "Argo" on HBO

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 07, 2013 12:21 PM (RLdcX)

107 I can see it now ..

Ace as a lad riding in the back of his mom's 1982 Plymouth Reliant, hot summer day, groceries in the back ...

Then REO Speedwagon's "I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You" blares over the car's radio

Ace sees the yellow box of despair sticking out of the top of a bag, slinks down in his seat, dies a little more inside

Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2013 12:22 PM (/9IC1)

108 Bream is also way more down to earth than segovia. Segovia was a prick, the yngwie malmstein of classical.

Posted by: Berserker at September 07, 2013 12:23 PM (FMbng)

109 @ 103 [kbdabear] -- As a Malt-o-Meal "Compare to Leading Brand" cereal kid, I await their arrival with bated breath.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at September 07, 2013 12:25 PM (+MHcc)

110 If you enjoy classical guitar -- guitar, not lute -- give Tatyana Ryzhkova a try. She has a couple of pieces on YouTube and two excellent compilations available through Amazon.

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at September 07, 2013 12:25 PM (d2g9U)

111 Whenever someone mentions Van Cliburn (or Bobby Fischer for that matter-- or anything cross-culturally unexpected/unusual about the Cold War Era), I think about the Fines and the Mercury Living Presence recordings that, above all his other vinyls and reel-to-reels, my Dad (R.I.P., Pops) cherished the most and played to no end when we were wee lads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM6giAA4rZk Meh. I'm more of a Respighi man.

Posted by: ArmChair in sin at September 07, 2013 12:27 PM (BnOvL)

112 Peaches - New Ignition switch?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 07, 2013 04:16 PM (aDwsi)

Yup.

Posted by: Peaches at September 07, 2013 12:27 PM (8lmkt)

113 Monty - as an intense Van Cliburn fan, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this information (and linkage). I'm more of a John Williams fan when it comes to Classical Guitar, but if you're recommending Julian Breams, that's more than worth a listen to his work. mac :]

Posted by: macbrooks at September 07, 2013 12:29 PM (qcPky)

114 So ... the America's Cup started. Cool sailboats. Crazy sport. Crazy expensive. Not really a spectator sport. Or a TV sport. Seems to rely on crazy sailing-obsessed billionaires. But it's been going for 150 years so I guess that strategy works. Why not allow some automation instead of a dozen guys with hand cranks spooling and unspooling the ropes? They use advanced modern tech to design and build the ships. Supercomputers, advanced composites -- why not a motorized crank and a little automation to operate it?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 07, 2013 12:29 PM (ZPrif)

115

why not a motorized crank and a little automation to operate it?

Yeah, like an inboard V-8.

Posted by: Ronster at September 07, 2013 12:33 PM (IIaIa)

116

why not a motorized crank and a little automation to operate it?

On these new boats, the grinders are maintaining hydraulic pressure a lot of the time. Rules of the America's Cup state that all equipment must be human powered. Use of hydraulics is new, just have to 'man the pumps'.

Posted by: PMRich at September 07, 2013 12:34 PM (KDUNf)

117 The America's Cup needs to appeal to a mass audience. Bring back ramming at full steam ahead.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 07, 2013 12:35 PM (ZshNr)

118 Obviously not an engine for power, but automating the ropes and stuff doesn't make a sailboat not a sailboat. As long as the boat is being moved only by the wing hitting the sail, then it's a sailboat.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 07, 2013 12:35 PM (ZPrif)

119 newt one up

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2013 12:38 PM (ZuL/T)

120 Does the continued existence of America's Cup rely on finding a new billionaire every 20-30 years who's obsessed with America's Cup sailing and willing to fund the team? Does it make money with advertisements and sponsors?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 07, 2013 12:39 PM (ZPrif)

121 Yup. Posted by: Peaches at September 07, 2013 04:27 PM (8lmkt)

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at September 07, 2013 12:45 PM (8JJ6O)

122

Obviously not an engine for power, but automating the ropes and stuff doesn't make a sailboat not a sailboat.

The grinders are powering the winches, so they work like a powered source for pulling the sheets (ropes), very much like if a boat were to use a motor powered hydraulic system. These boats are just so huge that it takes a lot of power to move those lines > a big crew.

Posted by: PMRich at September 07, 2013 12:46 PM (KDUNf)

123 During the pogroms in Peruvia, this member of a Kaboom family kept a diary during our flight to the Arugalan Republic. Confiscated by the authorities, it has surfaced from time to time in code on the back of Valu Rite Oat Munchies, telling the tale of a brave family of eight crashing the border in their Nash Metropolitan.

Posted by: Bill at September 07, 2013 12:47 PM (uvyrw)

124 Tokyo got the Olympics. How inscrutable.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 07, 2013 12:47 PM (ZshNr)

125 Hey, PG!!! Been a while since I've seen you! You are looking tanned and lovely . . .

And, yeah, the fuckin' car. Started sometime in June with a battery, then I got 2 new tires on the back, then those assholes at the carwash opened one of the rear seat windows and that ended up costing me an entire Saturday and $350, now this. I'll tell you, I would NEVER go over to Bloomingdales and blow hundreds of dollars every weekend, but for the car, it's not even a choice. Stupid thing only has 60,000 miles on it, only 15,000 of them logged by me in the last 4 years. sigh

Posted by: Peaches at September 07, 2013 12:47 PM (8lmkt)

126 Only good pianist these days is Hiromi

Posted by: The dude at September 07, 2013 12:49 PM (vJdyz)

127 Nice article thx

Posted by: Joe at September 07, 2013 12:52 PM (WjS9o)

128 Only good pianist these days is Hiromi

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I sure like Murray Perahia's performance of Bach's "Goldberg Variations". It stacks up to Gould's performance, I think.

Posted by: Monty at September 07, 2013 01:04 PM (G8OwX)

129 97 I never quite understood the seething hatred of REO Speedwagon. I'm not saying they were one of the great rock bands of all time, by any means. But, c'mon -- One thing about REO, they were a great show band. I saw them 3 times, (there was a 4th, but I don't really remember it.) and they were consistently good, and sounded like their recorded music. Also, chicks dig 'em. Truckloads of a** at their concerts.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 07, 2013 01:05 PM (DTkKj)

130 I sure like Murray Perahia's performance of Bach's "Goldberg Variations". It stacks up to Gould's performance, I think.

Posted by: Monty at September 07, 2013 05:04 PM (G8OwX)

I probably should have rephrased that, she's the only jazz pianist to care about. The Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara album, Duet is sublime

Posted by: The Dude at September 07, 2013 01:13 PM (vJdyz)

131 I probably should have rephrased that, she's the only jazz pianist to care about

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Bill Evans will forever be my favorite jazz pianist, but Keith Jarrett comes close. Hiromi is certainly great, though.

Posted by: Monty at September 07, 2013 01:28 PM (G8OwX)

132 Any fans of Gabriel Faure'?

Posted by: SFGoth at September 07, 2013 01:43 PM (FXU+N)

133 Monty, you ever listen to any Art Tatum?

Posted by: Peaches at September 07, 2013 01:48 PM (8lmkt)

134 Just to toss in a couple of bits.... check out Cellist Zuill Bailey. He recently did a concert with the Israel Philharmonic, just an amazing performer for his generation. zuillbailey.com

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at September 07, 2013 01:52 PM (W0n0K)

135 Monty, you ever listen to any Art Tatum?

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Oh, hells yeah. I've got the whole Pablo Solo Masterpieces collection. I've also got a lot of stuff by Thelonious Monk.

Posted by: Monty at September 07, 2013 02:10 PM (G8OwX)

136

Any of y'all who are blues fans, pick up something by James Cotton. Saw him last night at a free concert in Philly and it was one of the top 2-3 blues shows I have seen. Cotton is 79 and probably the greatest living blues harmonica players. His band is sick.

And thanks for the recommendation on Bream. My son's birthday is next weekend and I had no idea what to get him. Already got a couple of old Segovia vinyl albums for him, but this will be perfect. He has taken up classical guitar along with composition in college, and loves it.

My great aunt lived down the street up from Van Cliburn in Kilgore, Texas.

Posted by: rockmom at September 07, 2013 03:08 PM (fRHUc)

137 Art Tatum was from Toledo. Jeeps are from Toledo. Tatum was almost blind.
It's a little-known fact, he used to install ignition switches.

Repighi: When I was in grade school, the OSU Concert Band was on tour and appeared at the local high school. The program for the concert was locally printed. That's the only way you can account for them playing "The Penis of Rome."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2013 03:09 PM (JNUY4)

138 I lived in Ft. Worth from 1984 to 1990 and was a member of Broadway Baptist Church, as was Cliburn and his mother. They attended most Sunday evening services and he often had an attractive 40-ish woman of the month in tow. He was pretty intensely private but we would often have brief conversations. We kind of both pretended that he was an Ordinary Guy, not Van Cliburn. He was very much a gentleman Â– as well as a gentle man Â– and was always an East Texas country boy at heart. I miss him but thank God that I made acquaintance with a man who had more impact on the Cold War than most presidents.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit, but you must call me Chelsea at September 07, 2013 05:16 PM (7cS5n)

139 Regarding Bach's Goldberg Variations, I heard an excellent BBC Radio 3 show analyzing the many recordings. They put Schiff and Perahia at the top (both on piano), but my favorite is Maggie Cole on harpsichord.

Posted by: waelse1 at September 07, 2013 06:18 PM (HJ/op)

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