But it is transporting.

StefanL, 20.03.08, 07:42

What the NYT wrote more than a year ago. People often ask her, Ms. Rice said that day, whether playing chamber music is relaxing. "It's not exactly relaxing if you are struggling to play Brahms," she explained. "But it is transporting. When you're playing there is only room for Brahms or Shostakovich. It's the time I'm most away from myself, and...

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How To Whistle Coolly On A Stage

StefanL, 19.03.08, 07:59

The Bangles always were kind of very ok and they sing a lot better than the 5.6.7.8's. On "TOP of the POPS" the Bangles had more compatible hairstyles than in the original video - the one with the silly Egyptian walks.

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Pity Me

StefanL, 18.03.08, 12:18

In Vienna, today is a fantastic day for blue sky'n'clouds appreciators like me. And allthough it is pretty cold for past mid march it is a pity that apart from food shopping which I just did I'll have to stay in in the afternoon to do more work with software, boring data and the written German language. Shnoof.

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Chic Wars: Old School vs. New School

StefanL, 18.03.08, 07:50

Well me, in women's clothing I think I like both schools.

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Divorcing Carribean Style

StefanL, 17.03.08, 08:50

Funny thing that one. Quintessential non-singing musical prodigy Walter B. in his old age allowing himself to sing on stage one of them numbers. Can't sing for 3 cents, I'm lovin' it nonetheless, makes me feel better about my own c-class singing.

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2 Talks mit Andriy Danilko

StefanL, 16.03.08, 11:33

Ziemlich cooler Typ, für jemand, der popmäßig den europäischen Osten und Südosten ganz gut unter Kontrolle hat, mit einer echt witzigen fetzigen Nummer, inklusive abgespacten Videos und Tanzzwang. Ich jedenfalls bin schon seit Jahren ein Fan.

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Auflösung

StefanL, 15.03.08, 10:16

Also: Bei den abgebildeten Menschen handelt es sich um 2 Ehepaare, 3 Männer und 1 Liebespaar, v.l.n.r. : Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, Осип Максимович Брик, NN, die Malerin Evgeniia Vladimirovna Lourié, Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн und Лиля Юрьевна Брик. ___________________________________________ Warnung: Der Link hinter EVL ist fast ein Duckroll, er führt nämlich zum Eintrag meines Geburtsjahres im Hitchhiker's Guide to the...

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Wie ein Hauch, der im All balanciert

StefanL, 14.03.08, 08:45

No comment necessary, methinks. At least not for other Viennese.

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