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It was very difficult to narrow it down to just ten operas but after a lot of deliberation I have managed to create what I feel are the greatest operas of all time. FYI I am a bit of a purist so unless you love Wagner you may not agree with me on two of them. The last one was difficult; it was be... -
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So with the end of the month of August comes the end to this year's summer blockbusters. Overall, not bad. Being a regular movie-goer, I find that part of the joy of the summer is the constant trips to the movies to see yet another highly anticipated film.
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One of my friends recently showed me one of the few things in the world funnier than Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice” video: the Wikipedia page synopsis for said video: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_juice.
Here are some choice tidbits:
“After making it clear that his regard for t... -
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It is also an architectural marvel (from the medieval fortifications to the I. M. Pei pyramid). How could any museum top it? -
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This is the greatest topic ever! The Louvre! Then I have a whole list starting with Moma. -
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I just finished reading Orhan Pamuk's "Museum of Innocence". I am a very loyal admirer of Pamuk's work. In particular I think of "My Name is Read" as a literary masterpiece. As always, I was totally immersed in this book and devoured it compulsively. It is about a totally obsessive love sto... -
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Check out this eerie version by Scala: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evG2DDmSdxM. Am I the only one who thinks it's even better than the original? And who can name the movie whose trailer made me discover this song? -
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I've been listening to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, and I wanted to share some thoughts about it. Before I'd heard it, I kept reading about and hearing musicians (Solti, Kiri te Kanawa, James Levine...) mentioning it in the same breath as Otello and Don Carlo, and wondering what could make it so... -
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With the most painful of all saved for last:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEYXWmEse8&feature=player_embedded
