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by Tim F|  November 9, 20084:14 pm| 15 Comments

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Ludwig Van again, Moonlight Sonata.

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  1. 1.

    Jeff

    November 9, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Will Sundance occur this year?

  2. 2.

    TheFountainHead

    November 9, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Where’s our Steelers/Colts open thread, John?

  3. 3.

    Incertus

    November 9, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    These are some fairly cool birthday cakes, if I may say so myself.

  4. 4.

    libarbarian

    November 9, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Elitist!

  5. 5.

    Aaron Bergman

    November 9, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Don’t neglect the third movement.

  6. 6.

    Aaron Bergman

    November 9, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Don’t neglect the third movement.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Jake

    November 9, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest the folks who believe that an Obama presidency will spell the end of The Daily Show are complete fucking morons.

    Just piles of stupid.

  8. 8.

    Jeff

    November 9, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    @Comrade Jake: Ditto, Bush was a side show for them. The media is their main target.

  9. 9.

    Calouste

    November 9, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    One of the interesting things about this site is that the music threads are evenly divided between Ludwig Van and the Beastie Boys.

  10. 10.

    Deborah

    November 9, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Classical pianists mock Palin, too.

    JD: I just simply can’t believe in the midst of this intense campaign season, you could find the time to talk with me about the “Hammerklavier” Sonata.

    SP: Well, ya know, Beethoven was the dude who said thanks but no thanks to Napoleon. Plus from all the mavericky songs he wrote, maybe this one could be known as the most maverickyest….

  11. 11.

    pkanalyst

    November 9, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Thing is, I likes me some Ludvig, Wolfgang, and Johan as much as The King Ad Rock….and while Christian music may be polarizing, Handel’s Messiah…pure genius:

    youtube.com/watch?v=CYTQ6gpcuYA&feature=related

    It ranks right up there with Sanitarium by Metallica. (how’s that for screwed up musical taste…guess I’m a musical mutt or something)

  12. 12.

    suzy

    November 9, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Thaaaank You………………….pure genius.

  13. 13.

    Comrade Nikolita

    November 10, 2008 at 2:55 am

    You know, my all-time favourite piece of music is "Canon in D" (also known as "Pachelbel’s Canon") by Johan Pachelbel.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon

    Beautiful song. :)

  14. 14.

    Comrade Nikolita

    November 10, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Guess my last comment didn’t go through.

    I said my favourite classical piece is "Canon in D" (aka "Pachelbel’s Canon) by Johann Pachelbel.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon

  15. 15.

    ShadowboxerWV

    November 11, 2008 at 12:27 am

    I used to be able to play this, it was my favorite. If my mother hadn’t used those damn piano lessons as punishment I might have stuck with it.

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