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Uplifting Thoughts for the Isolated and Depressed in Times of Plague
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Gibbs505
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Emma Peel, the character that helped me, and a lot of other young men, through adolescence!
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That Episode, A Touch of Brimstone, was central to my sexual fantasies for a long time.
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old slave
FELIS RESPICIENS
Broadcast on Saturday nights, the night the parents went out, oh Yes!
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Arthus Rubinstein plays Chopin. He was born only 40 years after Chopin's death. Which brings us as close as possible to the composer's time. With the late Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony. Two greats that can still uplift us through modern recording. Don't say nothing has been achieved in the modern world.
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One way to cheer up.
John Delves Richardson
Tribune
Here you can hear Gabriel Fauré play one of his most famous compositions, la Pavane.
The piece was composed expressly to celebrate the beauty and charm of a noble woman, Countess Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay.
The piece was composed expressly to celebrate the beauty and charm of a noble woman, Countess Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay.
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"Uplift" from Seoul.
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Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was, in the opinion of many, the greatest pianist of all time. He once said, "Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense, you are a fiasco, without technique an amateur, without heart a machine. The profession does have its hazards."
He had an incredible effect on other pianists. Horowitz once went backstage after a concert by Alicia de Larrocha (regarded as the best female pianist of the 20th century), whom he had never met. When she saw him in the green room she nearly fainted. Then she dropped to her knees and kissed his hand. Horowitz had that effect upon pianists.
A performance from 1987, when he was 84.
Kinderszenen, "Scenes from Childhood", Opus 15 is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written on during the spring of 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. When Schumann wrote Kinderszenen, he was deeply in love with Clara Wieck, soon to become his wife over the objections of her overbearing father. The composer worked at a feverish pace, composing these pieces in just several days. Actually, he wrote about thirty small pieces, but trimmed them to the thirteen that comprise the set.
He had an incredible effect on other pianists. Horowitz once went backstage after a concert by Alicia de Larrocha (regarded as the best female pianist of the 20th century), whom he had never met. When she saw him in the green room she nearly fainted. Then she dropped to her knees and kissed his hand. Horowitz had that effect upon pianists.
A performance from 1987, when he was 84.
Kinderszenen, "Scenes from Childhood", Opus 15 is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written on during the spring of 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. When Schumann wrote Kinderszenen, he was deeply in love with Clara Wieck, soon to become his wife over the objections of her overbearing father. The composer worked at a feverish pace, composing these pieces in just several days. Actually, he wrote about thirty small pieces, but trimmed them to the thirteen that comprise the set.
Jackie1111
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She was so sexy. Had I been born a couple decades earlier she might have been a role model for me in my teens.
Wasn't there an episode where she dressed in a harem outfit and did a belly dance (though rather badly)? I think I saw it years ago. But it's possible I'm confused and thinking of someone else.
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Your wish is my command, dear ladyShe was so sexy. Had I been born a couple decades earlier she might have been a role model for me in my teens.
Wasn't there an episode where she dressed in a harem outfit and did a belly dance (though rather badly)? I think I saw it years ago. But it's possible I'm confused and thinking of someone else.
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was born in Doncaster in Yorkshire in 1938
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On her role in "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, " she said "I wouldn’t like to see a female Bond, because we wouldn’t want to lose the Bond girls. But we could have a lesbian Bond – why not?"
Who cares about the quality?
Jackie1111
Tribune
I'm reading Mel Gordon's book "Horizontal Collaboration: The Erotic World of Paris, 1920-1946." It's about the sexy nightclub and sleazy brothel scenes of that period and place.
I learned of a fascinating performer and actress who went by the name "Mistinguett." Born to working class parents, she ultimately became the highest paid female entertainer in the world. She performed at the famous Moulin Rouge Music Hall for many years. She was also an astute businesswoman, who had her legs insured for 500 francs. If you take a gander at her legs in the pics, perhaps you'll see why.
Not surprisingly, she had an uplifting effect on men...
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I learned of a fascinating performer and actress who went by the name "Mistinguett." Born to working class parents, she ultimately became the highest paid female entertainer in the world. She performed at the famous Moulin Rouge Music Hall for many years. She was also an astute businesswoman, who had her legs insured for 500 francs. If you take a gander at her legs in the pics, perhaps you'll see why.
Not surprisingly, she had an uplifting effect on men...
"Mistinguett had men falling over themselves to—literally—sleep with her. She kept a coterie of heartthrobs, and it’s said that the strapping young men vied nightly for the chance to just slumber on the bedroom floor next to her. Only the very lucky few were plucked from the hardwood to “nap” in her plush bed."
44 Glamorous Facts About Mistinguett, The Queen Of The Paris Night
Mistinguett Facts. In La Belle Epoque, Mistinguett's diva antics, secret spy work, and racy midnight performances at the Moulin Rouge defined glamor.
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A little, sweet piece of the love-song genre written and performed by a genius from Lubbock, Texas. Born during the great depression and dying far too early at age 22 in an airplane crash on February 3rd, 1959 ("The day the Music Died"), Buddy Holly produced an incredible series of new and innovative songs in his brief career, such as That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Oh, Boy!, Maybe Baby, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, and my favorite:
He wasn't only after the beer?
What a contrast -Faure's brisk and businesslike performance of his own composition,
and the wallowing sentimentality of this one of Bellini -
well you know I don't like sentimentality, but I'd settle for a happy medium!
John Delves Richardson
Tribune
What a contrast -Faure's brisk and businesslike performance of his own composition,
and the wallowing sentimentality of this one of Bellini -
well you know I don't like sentimentality, but I'd settle for a happy medium!
Right observation, @Eulalia
I have to apologize to Mr. Fauré - who was an excellent pianist - because I forgot to mention that this is the recording of a mechanical piano roll.
John Delves Richardson
Tribune
Another sublime piece. Vladimir Horowitz plays Johann Sebastian Bach's Adagio from the Toccata in C Major BWV 564, in the transcription by Ferruccio Busoni.