Posts made by Matie

@monkeyvn87:

wow

A great youtube playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl-ZPKjlzZw

This is an amazing piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuJ69_DBnSU

I could go on about Scriabin, Mussorgsky, Magnard, Schumann's piano music, but I'd bore you

@idomeneo:

I too love classical music. I sing in a large symphonic choir and it's the most amazing feeling in the world being part of something so huge. But I also love the intimacy of chamber music. I am learning to play the clarinet and my ambition is to one day be able to play stuff like the Mozart or Brahms quintets or the Saint-Saens sonata.

I love Brahms chamber music. (Much different from chamber pot music  ). The piano quintet is also very great, but anything Brahms wrote involving clarinet is delicious. Saint Saens best work is also his chamber stuff. I love Faure's contribution in the field also. I guess Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert are taken for granted ;). Also admire Schumann's trios, quartets and the quintet. Rachmaninov wrote some fine chamber works which probably don't get the recognition they are due.

@cannonmc:

Total fanatic…

Try this one for an underplayed masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlloKuBvjbc :cheesy2:

mmm Bantock, haven't spent a lot of time listening to him, but nice to know he has fans

Certainly one of the gayest.

Doctor Who can maintain its own continuity, without harmonizing with the continuity of other shows
I could mention the whole UNIT dating thing…but I don't have to go that far back. There are continuity problems with nu who. Why does the Master change his face twice after leaving Utopia? We seem to see different explanations for the end of the Earth. The whole Time War thingy. The Moon is an egg (maybe not a continuity problem, just lame-ass )

There are structural problems in the PIGS countries, no doubt. The tax situation must be improved. The Swiss banks must be accountable and transparent. Global companies must pay their fair share of tax. Its not the fault of the Northern European people that the situation in the south is so dire. However the governments of Germany (in particular) and also the boffins of Brussels are evil. They, for the sake of expediency, have sentenced the people of Greece to a new servitude. Greece should have just defaulted. And they still can. And as far as Germany is concerned, why is it that a nation can invade Europe and then have the power to sentence some of the same countries to penury? Germany has never compensated the nations it invaded. When is Germany going to stop exploiting its neighbours? The whole Eurozone was never in S Europe's interest, only German industry and bankers. 'Bailouts' have done nothing for Greece, only made things worse. Stop throwing good money after bad.

@nordicblue:

@Minerboh80:

Possibly.
But out of respect to my fellow German users, i won't
I refuse to use norticblue's slimy tactics.

Since when did listing facts become slimy?  Everything I posted was a fact and is a fact corroborated by verifiable sources.  Don't blame me for the current situation in the European Union.  Euro tumbles even further to below $1.20, to end the day at $1.1963,  £0.7817.   :afr: :cry2:

Bloomberg - Euro Extends Slide on ECB Outlook
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-04/euro-extends-slide-as-japan-resumes-n-z-stocks-advance.html

Sorry sir, but you are an economic dunce. The reason for having the S European countries in the Euro is to lower the value of the Euro, making German and other European products more competitive, otherwise a very high Euro would make German industry uncompetitive. This is all about improving German trade. The Euro has done nothing for the long term improvement of the economies of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. All 4 are heading towards Latin American style inequality and indeed, mass poverty. This is the legacy of the Eurozone in those countries. True corrupt politicians in those countries collaborated in the devastation of Southern Europe, but so did corrupt banks throwing away vast amounts of money in loans which could never be repaid. Those banks ought to pay some of their obligations. A clue: none of the money given to S Europe is going to the people of N Europe. It is all going to the corrupt banks of N Europe. And the people of S Europe are in a WORSE situation than before the bailouts. Another note to economic illiterates: if your economy is constantly shrinking, then you can never pay back debt. Greece's debt situation is now WORSE than before the bailouts. Despite the massive poverty, health crisis and food shortages. Please read a book or something, economic illiterates, before you stink out this forum with your fatuous ignorance and stupidity.

He was cute in Growing Pains.

Elder Miller

No not at all. At the end of the day, people still need a reason to live and be good. Atheism hasn't provided it. Modern atheism is more extreme and dogmatic than modern Christianity. Its one fierce dogma just shouting out the others.

Its true that Islamic countries seem to lead the pack in religious/moral hypocrisy, but obviously it doesn't end there.

You neglected to mention the reference in Jude. It does seem clear, (especially since knowing is the Biblical Hebrew euphemism for sex) that homosexual rape was intended in both Sodom and Gibeah. This is not only the traditional view for millenia (cf Jude 7).  But the other referencez, especially the Ezekiel one, show that really homosexuality wasn't considered the main reason. Things like not helping the poor. A useful answer to frothing fundamentalists. Also useful is the notion of 'not casting the first stone', 'not judging lest ye be judged'. I think it was the Jesus killing Pharisees who also were known for being judgemental.

Classical music is the greatest art form

Any lovers of classical music here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NwLshc_og
Youtube Video

This is on my current playlist …

Who is Justine's Beaver?