Tuesday calls for some Ma.
***Update***
Did I hear some grousing? Did I? You guys have it too easy around here.
…and a soothing little palate cleanser.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.
I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!
Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?
I desperately hope that, yet again, I am wrong.
T R E 4 5 O N
DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.
You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.
When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.
There’s always a light at the end of the frog.
People are weird.
Be a traveling stable for those who can’t find room at the inn.
Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.
People are complicated. Love is not.
Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.
The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.
There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.
Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.
They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.
White supremacy is terrorism.
Nothing worth doing is easy.
The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.
Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.
There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.
Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.
jake
Tip: Minimize page, maximize volume.
Caidence (fmr. Chris)
What. the. _hell_ is up with those skaters?
I feel like I’m watching some Looney Tunes on Ice watching those fools.
And what is it about people that a distraction has to be added in just to watch some Yo-Yo play some classical music? It’s not enough to watch the dude wrestle some awesome music out of that instrument? You have to put some schmucks in costume, too?
/don’t mine me I’m caffenated, I’m without sleep.
cleek
ice dancing hurts my soul
TheFountainHead
Trying to get me fired??
Punchy
Thanks to Heir WebFilter, this page is nothing but one large white splotch interspersed with random rantings.
demimondian
OT, (since this *is* an open thread), but if you’re interested in somebody talking intelligently about misogyny and sexism — and, yes, it is related to the Clinton campaign — look here.
jake
Tim F snarls:
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
demimondian
And, um, Tim? I know it’s heresy around here, but I rather liked the interpretive ice dance to the Bach. I’ve never seen anyone treat that particular piece for unaccompanied cello as foreplay. (Yes, of course, all music from that era can have that interpretation, given its formal structure; it’s just that Bach doesn’t ever actually *get* that treatment.)
Tim F.
So do I. In my opinion the elegant, understated work complements Ma’s meditative Bach interpretation quite well.
Krista
I’m with the others — everytime they show the ice dancing, I get frustrated, because I’m perfectly content watching Ma work his magic. The cello is so difficult to play well, that it’s mesmerizing to watch someone who has completely mastered it.
Plus it really makes me want to go practice my violin, which has been sorely neglected as of late.
J. Michael Neal
I like it. I thought the first video worked very well. The third wasn’t as good, but it wasn’t trying very hard, either.
Should go to iTunes to find some Ma.
Ninerdave
Never been a classical fan, although I can appreciate Ma. Too stuffy for me, gimme three chords, that all I need.