tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1231627160680832732..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Flashback 2010: Voltaire's satire; nicks ox of paralyzed, fading AmericaNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28690621234107945472022-07-21T15:32:43.967-05:002022-07-21T15:32:43.967-05:00It's been more than a few years, but as I reme...It's been more than a few years, but as I remember the book, Candide was too too stupid to be for real and the bad guys not all that clever either. OF course, back then I though I was smart. I'll have to take another look at it to see if my 80-year-old self has better taste than the 18-year-old he sprang from.<br /><br />john tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87816051786180764252022-07-21T10:45:16.286-05:002022-07-21T10:45:16.286-05:00Actually, the music is pretty good. Unlike most m...Actually, the music is pretty good. Unlike most modern operas Candid continues to pop up in opera houses around the world. The overture has become a standard concert piece. The aria "Glitter and be Gay" is a recital favorite for sopranos who have the range. And the closing anthem, "Let Our Garden Grow" is often heard as a concert piece.<br />Going to the source, the book is a good read too.<br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49791624129405636712022-07-21T10:04:16.988-05:002022-07-21T10:04:16.988-05:00"the Obama reference."
I voted for hi..."the Obama reference." <br /><br />I voted for him every chance I got, and would be happy to vote for him for a 3rd term, were it possible. However, in an alternate universe, I'd love to ask Sen. Hope and Change in 2008 what he thought about the idea that a big question for the Democratic Party in the future would be whether or not Joe Biden should run for a second term in 2024. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56715344101600006902022-07-21T08:25:58.102-05:002022-07-21T08:25:58.102-05:00So that's why Lee Marvin had a silver nose in ...So that's why Lee Marvin had a silver nose in Cat Ballou?Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56662701657766084382022-07-21T07:51:50.937-05:002022-07-21T07:51:50.937-05:00Well, move over and make room in the naivete line....Well, move over and make room in the naivete line. I thought for sure that the objectionable item would have been either the "the Jew in the ditch" or the Obama reference. Not an inkling that Bernstein retained that strong a following. Hip Hip Hooray for Salieri!<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com