tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post8949404349029260842..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Fugue State Lake, where the melodies are borrowed and the young artists have personality flawsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-80427784037049233262008-06-11T08:00:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:00:00.000-07:00rakowski just put a bunch more piano etude movies ...rakowski just put a bunch more piano etude movies on youtube. "doesn't self-promote" my foot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-55388958913004323142008-06-09T10:54:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:54:00.000-07:00Not to nitpick, but is there any room for vernacul...Not to nitpick, but is there any room for vernacular or slang in a post that doesn't go after grammar?<BR/><BR/>Can colors be abstract? My thought is, no, they can't.<BR/><BR/>End comments.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-71846143481652100102008-06-08T22:36:00.000-07:002008-06-08T22:36:00.000-07:00"Phew! We worked through that mine-field alright."..."Phew! We worked through that mine-field alright."<BR/><BR/>Not to nitpick, but I don't believe alright is a legitimate word. Gertrude Stein used it all right, but it doesn't make it legit. My Garner's Modern American Usage eschews any use of "alright". (And yes, I am fully aware that punctuation belongs inside the quotes, but everywhere else except in work situations, I consciously refuse to do this, because it makes no grammatical sense to me, and the typesetting reasons they originally raised for doing this in this country (but not in other English-speaking parts of the world) is so twentieth-century. . ..anzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435743221183393781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-61217310478349378162008-06-06T17:20:00.000-07:002008-06-06T17:20:00.000-07:001. This interpretive reduction by Empiricus is fa...1. This interpretive reduction by Empiricus is fancy. Nevertheless any interpretation is meaningless because Joan Sutherland writes words as a one-eyed postal worker shoots paintballs after a hard day of work.<BR/>2. Beethoven disliked prodigies.<BR/>3. Performers commonly agree that the stress of achieving perfection in an age of doctored recordings stifles musical creativity. If anything, recordings are <I>murdering</I> classical music.<BR/><BR/>Mmm, now that you mention it, maybe there's a bit more truth to this awkwardly worded review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-77350158693162617402008-06-06T15:59:00.000-07:002008-06-06T15:59:00.000-07:00Oh. Was it the title?I'm confused.Oh. Was it the title?<BR/><BR/>I'm confused.Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-10104288618201984472008-06-06T15:58:00.000-07:002008-06-06T15:58:00.000-07:00RE: EmpiricusI missed a satirical lake Wobegon ref...RE: Empiricus<BR/><BR/>I missed a satirical lake Wobegon reference? Where was it?Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-19763260652266803052008-06-06T12:20:00.000-07:002008-06-06T12:20:00.000-07:00RE: Mr. Up-to(A deep Winston Churchill sigh) Eatin...RE: Mr. Up-to<BR/><BR/>(A deep Winston Churchill sigh) <BR/><BR/>Eating words has never given me indigestion. <BR/><BR/>What? I just liked the quote. I hear you on the whole self-promotion thing. Cheers!Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-57749103370291812162008-06-06T11:31:00.000-07:002008-06-06T11:31:00.000-07:00Well ....Since you went out of your way to get the...Well ....<BR/><BR/>Since you went out of your way to get the "Davy" part right... even though "up to" ends a sentence with no fewer than two prepositions ...<BR/><BR/>But still, I don't self-promote. Except perhaps anonymously, same way you guys blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-91416560410598690542008-06-06T00:12:00.000-07:002008-06-06T00:12:00.000-07:00RE: Davy-'nuff said. Plus, open invitation: promot...RE: Davy<BR/><BR/>-'nuff said. Plus, open invitation: promote yourself here if you feel like it. I'm sure some of the Detritusites would like to know what you're up to. <BR/><BR/>RE: Murderface<BR/><BR/>No shout out for the satirical Lake Wobegon reference? What's up with that?Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-36821008862114582192008-06-05T21:21:00.000-07:002008-06-05T21:21:00.000-07:00Sorry Gustav, but Rakowski is correct: your, speci...Sorry Gustav, but Rakowski is correct: <I>your, specific,</I> and the prepositional phrase <I>of words</I> all modify the noun <I>combination</I>. That wasn't what I was moved to comment on, however.<BR/><BR/>What I really wanted to say is that Dale Chihuly is a boring hack.<BR/><BR/>100% tangential, and no, I don't feel like supporting my opinion. <BR/><BR/>Pre-emptive counter-argument for those who disagree with my assessment: Shut up. No, you shut up. No, you!<BR/><BR/>I feel much better now: I got to correct an objection to a grammar correction, and I got to espouse a contrary opinion on a popular visual artist. I'm the poster boy for Stuff White People Like.<BR/><BR/>That's just fucking great.Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-11455996346233489512008-06-05T19:18:00.000-07:002008-06-05T19:18:00.000-07:00Okay, so I'm no grammar expert, but I think that "...Okay, so I'm no grammar expert, but I think that "words" is the subject of that sentence. For example, it could have been rewritten: "Know what your words imply!" However, "Know what your specific comibination imply(ies)" doesn't necessarily make sense without context. "Specific combination" is modifying the noun "words". <BR/><BR/>But then again, I may be being stupid here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-89559472679832296552008-06-05T19:14:00.000-07:002008-06-05T19:14:00.000-07:00Pfft! Words of passion always fail me.Pfft! Words of passion always fail me.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-31223486210321444822008-06-05T19:05:00.000-07:002008-06-05T19:05:00.000-07:00Know what your specific combination of words imply...<I>Know what your specific combination of words imply!</I><BR><BR><BR/>The verb (imply) must agree with the subject (combination). You said "The combination imply".<BR><BR><BR/>Word choice, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com