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Comment on German cannibal says human flesh tastes like pork by G Williams

G Williams — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:09:31 +0000

Lets not be simplistic in blaming “the media”. The media has a master and that would be money people, like a board of directors, financial directors and so on.

I think everyone comes from the same place when they say ‘the media’ but there are two things that go on.

First there is a hunger for money. That isn’t always the best idea.

Second, there is a hunger for a train wreck, and the public will consume it.

Apparently there is no description of what either taste like but yet we are insatiable for both. The media, isn’t all to blame in this its about 50/50.

Comment on People by Sandy Jankowski

Sandy Jankowski — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:52:55 +0000

Nikita Khrushchov?

Might you persuade Paul to elaborate?

(But good grief! With all the fascinating names listed above I can see this easily getting out of hand …)

Comment on My Life as a Self-Determined Goddam Kraut by Christine

Christine — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:55:33 +0000

Hi Paul,

please do me a favour and don’t mix up “Schwaben” with “Baden-Württemberg” as you can easily read up at Wikipedia:

Schwaben steht sowohl für die Volksgruppe der Schwaben (altdeutsch Suaben), die teils mit den Alemannen gleichgesetzt, teils als Untergruppe derselben betrachtet wird, als auch für die Landschaft Schwaben, die im Mittelalter auch als politische Gebietskörperschaft - das Herzogtum Schwaben - existierte.

Der Begriff “Schwaben” wird fälschlicherweise oft mit dem historischen Territorium Württemberg, besonders in Norddeutschland auch mit dem Bundesland Baden-Württemberg gleichgesetzt.
In Bayern ist „Schwaben“ unter anderem als Regierung von Schwaben eine staatliche Behörde, nämlich einer der sieben Regierungsbezirke des Freistaates Bayern …

…Heutzutage wird als Schwaben oder Schwabenland vor allem das Gebiet verstanden, das von den Sprechern der schwäbischen Dialekte bewohnt wird. Dieses Gebiet verteilt sich auf die Bundesländer Baden-Württemberg und Bayern. Innerhalb von Baden-Württemberg bewohnen die Schwaben vor allem einen Großteil des ehemaligen Landes Württemberg, während im nördlichen Teil Württembergs Franken wohnen.

In Bayern sind die Schwaben überwiegend im Regierungsbezirk Schwaben vertreten. Neben dem Regierungsbezirk als staatlichen Verwaltungsbezirk gibt es den Bezirk Schwaben als kommunale Gebietskörperschaft. Beide sind für das gleiche Gebiet (das nicht ganz dem historischen Bayerisch-Schwaben entspricht) zuständig, haben jedoch sehr unterschiedliche Aufgaben.

somewhat in contrast to the english version:

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both a historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg (specifically, historical Württemberg and the Hohenzollerische Lande), as well as the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia. In the Middle Ages, Baden, Vorarlberg, the modern principality of Liechtenstein, modern German-speaking Switzerland, and Alsace (now belonging to France) were also considered to be a part of Swabia.

The origin of the Dampfnudel may very well be the Pfalz. When the palatian house Wittelsbach (Karl-Theodor) took over in Bavaria in1777, I am sure they brought even their recipes along with many other things.

So long
Christine

Comment on A note on Copland’s setting of "I Bought me a Cat" by Gary Cundiff

Gary Cundiff — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:44:40 +0000

It appears that John Anderson is a mutual contact.
Though off topic from this posting, I wonder if you would be accepting of further recollections of Lynn and your days in New York?

Comment on A note on Copland’s setting of "I Bought me a Cat" by Paul Moor

Paul Moor — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:48 +0000

My humblest apologies for your having to wait so long for a response - Xmas and all that, you know…. After the passage of c. 62 years I can no longer tell you who made Lynn Riggs’ upright (”spinet”) piano; I can however tell you that it did not come from a major maker - as I believe I mentioned, Lynn himself couldn’t even read music, and I have no idea how he came to have one in his living room, merely as a piece of furniture.
{This space denotes a second message from you, identifying Lynn as a close family relative of yours.}
Incidentally, a professor at Boston’s Emerson College also emailed me about that bit of bloggery: he does semi-dramatized lectures about authors who especially interest him, among them Lynn Riggs; would it interest you for me to put the two of you into contact? That would entail only minimal digging on my part….

Comment on A note on Copland’s setting of "I Bought me a Cat" by Gary Cundiff

Gary Cundiff — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:09:09 +0000

Mr. Moor,
When you mentioned Lynn Riggs upright, were you possibly referring to a Hobart M. Cable upright?

Have a Happy New Year,
Gary Cundiff

Comment on A substantial addendum on Stockhausen (at 70) by Dietrich Schmidt

Dietrich Schmidt — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:35:15 +0000

Keep going, very fascinating stuff!

Comment on Why did Claudio Abbado REALLY cancel? by gk

gk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:16:19 +0000

So are you suggesting that he cancelled his Bolzano concerts
just to provide a cover story for his NY cancellation? Isn’t it
rather outrageous that he didn’t have a slightly shorter
“illness” so that he could make at least those concerts?

Comment on A substantial addendum on Stockhausen (at 70) by JM

JM — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:59:43 +0000

yes do, your hitting a home run ….
JM

Comment on A Red-Letter Day in My Life: November 29th, 2007 by Perry Nelson

Perry Nelson — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:04:56 +0000

Congratulations, Paul. I know that will be a memorable day for you. If possible it would be great if you could get some pictures of the event and post them here on your blog.