I wouldn't be surprised.  I learned a lot on a Glenn Gould related thread a year or two ago; I was a little surprised then.  (I don't post much, but I've been posting here forever — well, five years or something, which feels like forever.)

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First of all: I am excited about the Ring cycle, you snobby bastards (inordinately excited — I don't even like Wagner much, I'm more of a Mozart and Verdi man, but I'm recording the whole cycle with the hopes of finding a clear weekend sometime and self-inducing Stockholm Syndrome).

First of all: I am excited about the Ring cycle, you snobby bastards (inordinately excited — I don't even like Wagner much, I'm more of a Mozart and Verdi man, but I'm recording the whole cycle with the hopes of finding a clear weekend sometime and self-inducing Stockholm Syndrome).

Massive head injuries will do that to you.

Massive head injuries will do that to you.

Only if it's a documentary.

Only if it's a documentary.

Simon Callow as an English butler who solves crimes in Detroit, confounding perps with his sepulcheral manner, unflappable poise, and impeccable etiquette!

Simon Callow as an English butler who solves crimes in Detroit, confounding perps with his sepulcheral manner, unflappable poise, and impeccable etiquette!

Caviar!  It's a compliment!! I swear, I meant it as a compliment!!!

Caviar!  It's a compliment!! I swear, I meant it as a compliment!!!

Badlands is worth seeing the fuck out of.  The rest of his movies… more, uh, caviar to the general, if you will.

Badlands is worth seeing the fuck out of.  The rest of his movies… more, uh, caviar to the general, if you will.

It's not as hard as it sounds, actually.  And it lets you cook a whole chicken on the barbecue, evenly.

It's not as hard as it sounds, actually.  And it lets you cook a whole chicken on the barbecue, evenly.

Hell yeah.  The way his face looms forward when he says "That was the STYLE at the time!" fucking slays me every time.

Hell yeah.  The way his face looms forward when he says "That was the STYLE at the time!" fucking slays me every time.

Disqus wouldn't let me log in last night, and I was dying to advise you to "relax, have a hot bath, and read a nice gook, you'll feel better in the morning." Dying!