Hamilton Saint

One of my favourite pieces of Christmas music is A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. It features a boys' choir (trebles) and harp. To me the true sound of Christmas is carols sung by a cathedral choir. I like some popular Christmas songs done by well-known singers, but I hate it when shops start playing them in mid-November.

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." That, I believe, is a Groucho Marx quote Some more Groucho Marx quotes: A man's only as old as the woman he feels. A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke. Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough. I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. I intend to live forever, or die trying. I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others. Women should be obscene and not heard. Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Confucius say, "Man who fart in church sit in own pew".

Perhaps she could teach you some English?

Wrong word - should be 'relevant'.

I finally got around to watching Gangs of New York the other night. What is it with Scorsese and ultra-violence? A beautiful film to look at (especially since I watched a blu-ray version), but it's the kind of film that turns me off because of the relentless violence. And not a very interesting story, I thought.

I've read it several times. Very enjoyable. I'd class it as a young man's book. I read after my first visit to Greece in the early 70s. More atmospheric if you've been there, perhaps? It was first published in 1965, but a revised version came out in 1977. They made an awful film of the book in 1968 - with Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine and Candice Bergen. Avoid. An even better book by Fowles is The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Acronyms don't use full stops; abbreviations do. But OK is not an acronym and it is not an abbreviation.

"Full-stop" shouldn't be hyphenated. "Ok" should be written as OK. Small numbers should be written with letters, not given as numerals.

Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield (1969), produced by Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin. I have the 1999 Deluxe Edition released by Rhino Records in the US; it has 14 bonus tracks.

Fantastic!

Come on, more of the same, please!

everywhere!

To my ears, it's all Saints!!!

Same here!

Fouls?

That's not what I hear.

It's a tough one today. Come on, Saints!

When I got that message, it meant that it was time to renew my subscription!

Well, the classic pop song structure (familiar from all those great songs by Gershwin, Porter, Arlen, Berlin, etc.,) is the 32-bar song, written in four sections in the form of A-A-B-A. Each of those four sections is made up of 8 bars (or "measures") of music. The first, second and fourth sections are the "verses"; the third section is the "bridge", or "middle 8". The verses are written in the home key ("tonic); the middle 8 modulates to a related key. The majority of The Beatles songs, for example, are written in this form - especially the early stuff. Actually, this format, as practised by some of the greats, like the Gershwins, also included an 8-bar intoduction, which was usually set in a modulated key, other than the home key ("tonic") found in the verses. In the 50s and 60s, many singers would drop these intros ang go straight into the first verse. So, when you first start listening to singers like Ella Fitzgerald, it's a big surprise to hear her always begin these classic songs with the introduction, before getting to the very familiar phrase of the opening verse. Later exponents of this form (like The Beatles) dropped this 8-bar intro and stuck to the 32-bar form (A-A-B-A).

Our average points per game for the last 8 games has been 2.12. But can we keep that going?

Yeah! That gives me an excuse to post a link to this incendiary performance Neil gave of Rockin' in the Free World on Saturday Night Live (1989). Awesome! PLAY LOUD! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7luq7_neil-young-rockin-in-the-free-world_music

He's off the side!

Come on, Saints - a few more goals, please!

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