tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post3434696676688471925..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: Endless MusicScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-2531395204456155422015-10-01T04:55:32.385+01:002015-10-01T04:55:32.385+01:00And I thought watching the extended version of Lor...And I thought watching the extended version of Lord of the Rings is too long :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092709336682168145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-62825193458973792292015-09-28T22:35:33.926+01:002015-09-28T22:35:33.926+01:00Hmmmmm, think I'm with Ruskin on that one!Hmmmmm, think I'm with Ruskin on that one! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-31666357942325890292015-09-26T07:10:24.108+01:002015-09-26T07:10:24.108+01:00Mark Twain said: "I've heard that Wagner&...Mark Twain said: "I've heard that Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds."<br /><br />As for me; there is actually some pretty awesome orchestral stuff in it.dennistheeremitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801567321734091885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-73818822769427870302015-09-25T20:52:16.288+01:002015-09-25T20:52:16.288+01:00Of all the complicated insults i've heard or r...Of all the complicated insults i've heard or read, that one goes the furthest!messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-18211470837406162322015-09-25T15:55:57.848+01:002015-09-25T15:55:57.848+01:00When I worked in Trafford I had a colleague who wa...When I worked in Trafford I had a colleague who was a Wagner fan and aficionado. Every year she went to a Wagner opera. People apparently took picnics into the theatre and made a real party of it. She never managed to convince me to go (although she did successfully persuade me to try escargots). Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-42848588413094287692015-09-25T12:37:16.022+01:002015-09-25T12:37:16.022+01:00I suppose one has to be a true Wagnerian to enjoy ...I suppose one has to be a true Wagnerian to enjoy his work to the full - I am not, although I acknowledge his influence on other parts of what could be vaguely described as "German cultural heritage", drawing widely from (more or less) historical subjects of my home country's past.<br />To sit on the same chair for 5 hours and 15 minutes - even with an interval - is something I detest, and even at work I make sure I get things to do away from my desk and not sit there for 8 hours.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com