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Skriven 2014-08-26 08:14:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: Satellite musicke
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to NANCY BACKUS <=-

 ML> main motivation seems to be to prove they're smarter than
 ML> everyone else, and by the audience whose ovine behavior
 ML> proves them right. Meanwhile, there's nobody standing up
 ML> for 500 years of civilized music.

 NB> Perhaps not nobody, just not as many as one would like

 ML> The percentages are against us, unless we're as effective and
 ML> virulent as the cholera or something.

 ML> And with the public stations held to a nonpublic financial
 ML> standard, there's not much to be done about that.

 NB> Some do try to keep to a non-profit nonpublic standard

 ML> Perhaps I have unrealistic standards, but WGBH no longer does
 ML> it for me, and WBUR has slid way downhill; WHRB and occasionally
 ML> WERS might appear to hold the line, but they're college stations
 ML> and thus less beholden to the mass market. WBUR is nominally a
 ML> college station, but ha ha to that.

 ML> At least Sirius had several "sirius" music channels,
 ML> pretty middle-of-the-road as far as I could see,
 ML> nothing challenging.

 NB> The only time I was exposed to them I was singularly unimpressed...

 ML> If you want to hear Fuer Elise and a couple Hungarian Dances
 ML> and a Vivaldi concerto and five minutes of Pavarotti bellowing
 ML> every hour, it's fine.

I dunno what "satellite" channels youse guys have been listening to - but Ch 76
(Symphony Hall) has everything from Antonio Maria Abbatini to
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann with stops at various other well-known and
obscure composers along the way. There used to by "light" classical on the
"Pops" station (Ch 75) but that has disappeared. Metropolitan Opera is going
loudly on Ch 74 - to which I do not listen as I don't care to listen to people
who have allegedly had their throats cut or been stabbed in the back sing about
it for thirty or more minutes at the top of their lungs.

I dunno what you consider "challenging". For myself, I prefer the war horses
when listening to classical music ... but, will gladly listen to anything that
doesn't drag and is not overly dissonant.

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      Title: Cranberry Opera Fudge
 Categories: Candy, Fruits, Dairy, Snacks
      Yield: 30 Servings
 
      2 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Milk
    1/2 c  Light cream
      1 tb Light corn syrup
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 tb Butter
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/2 c  Fresh cranberries; chopped
 
  Butter sides of heavy 2 qt. saucepan. In it combine
  sugar, milk, cream, corn syrup, and salt. Cook and stir
  over medium heat till mixture boils. Cook to soft ball
  stage (238oF/115oC). Immediately remove from heat and
  cool to lukewarm (110oF/43oC) without stirring.
  
  Add butter and vanilla. Beat vigorously till mixture becomes
  very thick and starts to lose it's gloss. Quickly stir in
  cranberries and spread in buttered 9" x 5" x 3" pan. Score
  in squares while warm; cut when cool and firm.
  
  Makes 2 1/2 dozen pieces.
  
  Recipe By: Ocean Spray Five Seasons Cranberry Book
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
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... Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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