tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post919618471785521059..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Luxuryzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-39704071145027793622012-05-16T00:20:44.672+02:002012-05-16T00:20:44.672+02:00I'd go Dickens out of those two and for music ...I'd go Dickens out of those two and for music Victoria Mullova playing Mendelsohn's violin concerto plus a string quartet by him thatI love, Schubert's Erlkonig, a song by Finzi I pnce heard on Desert ID in fact, Byrd's song mourning Tallis, Dvorak cello concerto, Haydn's cello concerto, Mozart's overture to Cosi fan Tutte, Beethoven's triple concerto - that is probably more than allowedzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-53510543073339078132012-05-15T02:12:23.400+02:002012-05-15T02:12:23.400+02:00That is nem szabad I think. Were you really sincer...That is nem szabad I think. Were you really sincere re Tortelier, of course, you would ask for your actual wife as your luxury, rather than just a picture of her.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-31213383200324161032012-05-14T08:34:36.415+02:002012-05-14T08:34:36.415+02:00Thanks for the link to that fascinating list. I l...Thanks for the link to that fascinating list. I like Barry Humphries choice of book (old Melbourne street directory). Streets ahead as the best choice of luxury is clearly Paul Tortelier's (photograph of one's wife). A close second has to go to David Davis (a magic wine cellar that never runs out). But I wonder why non-one's ever gone for a really ambitious luxury e.g. a transplanted, fully inhabited French village with a comfortable hotel? Would that be against the rules?Analogue Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922576450897475604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-61254807712677567732012-05-13T23:11:24.297+02:002012-05-13T23:11:24.297+02:00I'd be tempted to ask for camouflage netting, ...I'd be tempted to ask for camouflage netting, so that there wouldn't be any chance of being rescued, but I think that I'd probably settle for a tool kit and a copy of Vanity Fair (or the complete Dickens).<br /><br />Music-wise, if I had a selection of Sibelius, Beethoven, Bach, Ravel, Vaughan Williams and Shostakovich, I'd be perfectly happy.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-50386527215378625432012-05-13T07:04:21.140+02:002012-05-13T07:04:21.140+02:00If that's your choice, you are very welcome, D...If that's your choice, you are very welcome, Deniszmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-16408669935559268782012-05-13T07:04:02.637+02:002012-05-13T07:04:02.637+02:00Yes, I think the crisps would in the end provide m...Yes, I think the crisps would in the end provide more solace than the painting. While I'll eat it when it's there, chocolate has never been my most beloved foodstuff.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-78485741180378552252012-05-13T07:03:02.829+02:002012-05-13T07:03:02.829+02:00The compulsory thing to say is 'I'm humble...The compulsory thing to say is 'I'm humbled'zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-4282130456932001882012-05-13T04:25:32.215+02:002012-05-13T04:25:32.215+02:00Is it the just-gave-my-hair-a-damn-good-shampoo tu...Is it the just-gave-my-hair-a-damn-good-shampoo turban?Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-76044380400462800742012-05-12T15:35:14.295+02:002012-05-12T15:35:14.295+02:00Z: I can't see how it could fail to be better ...Z: I can't see how it could fail to be better than Harrisburg's, and I'm happy to suppose it's better that the local one was.<br /><br />GD: In the newspaper article that first told me that DDD was not an invention of our local NPR affiliate, I read of somebody or another who had died with his record list in this shirt pocket, never having achieved his ambition. I'm inclined to be wary, though, either of the article or of my recollection, for I think I remember reading that John Cleese's luxury was a plaster of paris bust of Margaret Thatcher and a softball bat.<br /><br />And I have no Oscar acceptance speech ready, though in a pinch I could improvise something short & sweet, along the lines of "You pretentious SOBs have cost me too many Saturday nights I will never get back."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-32386030251343244582012-05-12T11:15:42.807+02:002012-05-12T11:15:42.807+02:00I know where you're coming from. I've alwa...I know where you're coming from. I've always maintained that, as every American supposed has his or her Oscar acceptence speech ready regardless of whether he or her works in the film industry, every British person (of the Radio 4 type, of which I am definitely one) has his or her 8 racords and luxury item ready for the desert island. I suspect you might put your fist through that van Eyck painting sometime into the 3rd year. As I suspect I might soon rip up the pair Mrs Dilo's (unwashed) pyjamas. There are some fascinating items on that list you link to - "lots and lots of chocolate" is as sensible as any.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-49290694106058775602012-05-12T04:27:20.249+02:002012-05-12T04:27:20.249+02:00The BBC would claim, I think, that theirs is still...The BBC would claim, I think, that theirs is still 'the original and the best' though.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-79040025180398533632012-05-12T01:26:25.211+02:002012-05-12T01:26:25.211+02:00Today I noticed Marooned: The Next Generation of D...Today I noticed <i>Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs</i> on the outside carts at Second Story Books. At Powell's, I find that "Featuring original contributions from todays leading music critics, Marooned is a revealing snapshot of the current state of pop music criticism. A follow-up and homage to Greil Marcus's rock-and-roll classic <i>Stranded</i>, <i>Marooned</i> asks the same question: What album would you bring to a desert island, and why?"<br /><br />A local NPR affiliate used to run its own DDD, of which I remember only that somebody prefaced his selection of Mahler with Tom Lehrer's song "Alma, Tell Us". And the Harrisburg affiliate had a DDD, too. The time we heard it, a state legislator was coming up with some pretty weak selections.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com