tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post9095605136296896839..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: DisambiguationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-63945157870463249972008-07-26T09:37:00.000-07:002008-07-26T09:37:00.000-07:00The Houston Symphony has a young-musician competit...The Houston Symphony has a young-musician competition funded by the Ima Hogg Foundation. It's very presitigious.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367901003659994894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-69003921990639400702008-07-16T15:05:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:05:00.000-07:00I forgot to use the "all the editors are dead" tag...I forgot to use the "all the editors are dead" tag. Thanks, anzu.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-90321046003538139282008-07-16T12:18:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:18:00.000-07:00"Grammar-loving", but not verse-appreciating. (And..."Grammar-loving", but not verse-appreciating. (And don't give me flak about putting my punctuation outside of quotes. . ..) Ok, I'll bite. :-P<BR/><BR/>Actually, it's not that I "love" grammar so much as I feel like if you write for a living, as this guy does, and can't write basic grammatical sentences (and yes, we all make mistakes, so I'm not talking about that), you lose your credibility. It frustrates me to read something written by someone who actually writes <I>for a living</I>, in which I can pick out 5 mistakes within the first few sentences.<BR/><BR/>This particular article (well, the first few sentences) was so full of errors that I suspect the copy editor is off-duty. Either that or the Chron has a weird style guide. <BR/><BR/>And since you asked, I think sold-out is hyphenated if it is a modifier (e.g. sold-out concert), but not as a noun. Although sell-out (as a noun) is often hyphenated, and I can't explain that inconsistency. The other was just plain poorly written (adverb modifiers on the other hand, do not get hyphenated) English. It should have read "a couple of mandatory squalling kids" or something like that. <BR/><BR/>Also, last I checked, I thought preten<I>s</I>e is spelled with an "s" (not c) in this country. <BR/><BR/>However, maybe he just had a really bad day. <BR/><BR/>As for Brahms, I don't know about his partying tendencies, but he evidently fell asleep while Liszt played one of his own newfangled long piano works (maybe the B minor sonata?)for him.anzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435743221183393781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-19582480292301642412008-07-16T12:15:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:15:00.000-07:00Fuck, Gustav beat me to the punch.I would have wan...Fuck, Gustav beat me to the punch.<BR/><BR/>I would have wanted to leave during the Lalo as well.AnthonyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162009600236566716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-7439455516214273202008-07-16T08:26:00.000-07:002008-07-16T08:26:00.000-07:00It's hard to say whether Brahms was a party animal...It's hard to say whether Brahms was a party animal, I've always thought of Brahms as the Jabba the Hut of the composition world (with Clara Schumann as his Princess Leia in a metal bikini). Too fat to actually party himself, but still the center of attention. <BR/><BR/>BTW, I'd have been tempted to leave during the Lalo as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-54354929201688790232008-07-15T17:39:00.000-07:002008-07-15T17:39:00.000-07:00I figured I'd leave that to you, E.I figured I'd leave that to you, E.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-11702337525521221482008-07-15T17:35:00.000-07:002008-07-15T17:35:00.000-07:00Ugh. "The outer movements addressed feelings..." S...Ugh. "The outer movements addressed feelings..." Sounds like a phoning-it-in post kind of statement.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.com