Soliloquy of the Spanish Clois ter Robert Browning 1812-1889 i.Gr-r-r—there go, my heart’s abhorrence!Water your damned flower-pots, do!If hate killed men, Brother Lawrence,God’s blood, would not mine kill you!What? your myrtle-bush wants trimming?Oh, that rose has prior claims—Needs its leaden vase filled brimming?Hell dry you up with its flames! ii.At the meal we sit together:SalveContinue reading “This poem was a favorite of Bickerstaff’s father.”
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Better than watching paint dry . . .
But not much. Bickerstaff has been waiting a long time for someone to dig up the Vox-Turnabout masters and/or job parts of this superb recording for remastering. Alas, his hopes have fallen on deaf ears, as it were. Meanwhile, you can get a taste of it on a YouTube video giving us the first movementContinue reading “Better than watching paint dry . . .”
On a more hopeful note.
Thanks to GR.
No taste, no brains no conscience.
Radical drag queens are completely wrapped up in their sexuality, which explains their utter lack of objectivity. For them it is only me, me, me, us, us, us. Thus the vandalism seen below, taking the form of a drag diorama of Leonardo’s Last Supper. Many people worldwide have expressed outrage over this classless and offensive act,Continue reading “No taste, no brains no conscience.”
Nana enjoying Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini.
What’s my line – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Your Tatler’s favorite TV show is What’s My Line from the 1950s. Not only are the panelists witty and urbane, they are just plain brilliant in the way they discern what a contestant does for a living, often with only the scantiest evidence. Another segment of the show featured “Mystery Guests,” in which the panelists, wearingContinue reading “What’s my line – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen”
Promise?
Tell me your choice of weapon and Bickerstaff will get it to you immediately, fully loaded, even. Don’t you tarry now!
A voice of reason concerning the mass wars.
One of the great ones, Arthur Rubinstein.
I was fortunate enough to hear the great man play twice, the first time at a fund raiser for the Musicians Pension Fund in Philharmonic Hall in New York, with George Szell conducting the New York Philharmonic. They played Mozart K. 466, the Piano Concerto in D Minor, my favorite. The second time was nearContinue reading “One of the great ones, Arthur Rubinstein.”
Extraordinary Video.
A stunning video from 2021 of the recording session that resulted in the release below. Such sounds as I’ve never before, it’s a fine complement with the Morales Requiem for Philip II, posted earlier. Josquin de Prez is regarded by many music scholars as the greatest composer of the Renaissance. Watch and listen to gleenContinue reading “Extraordinary Video.”
THE TAOS TATLER. 