Free, I'm just more accustomed to it I think. Of course I'll fall for Keats's flexible meters, Wordsworth and Frost's blank verse is splendid for sure. I'm not so well read in poetry :(
Backpack or briefcase?
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Free, I'm just more accustomed to it I think. Of course I'll fall for Keats's flexible meters, Wordsworth and Frost's blank verse is splendid for sure. I'm not so well read in poetry :(
Backpack or briefcase?
Backpack
coffee or tea?
Coffee by a mile.
Pine or tropical forest?
Tea, I've never ventured into coffee. Backpack for me too.
Ode to a Nightingale or a Grecian Urn?
edit: pine
Meh, Nightingale I guess, I'm not the biggest Keats fan.
Yeats or Keats?
Yeats I suppose. Wonder if that's cause he's closer to the modern sensibility? Though Keats had better technique I do believe.
Same question.
Yeats, I like Yeats much more.
Sylvia Plath or Ted Hughes?
Ted Hughes
Auden or Larkin?
Plath! Way more exciting. Edit: oops. Auden.
continuing with poets...
Eliot (TS) or Stevens (Wallace)?
Eliot beats practically anyone for me. And I agree with North about Hughes, Plath has only a few poems I like, though I like them a fair bit.
Vancouver or Seattle?
Only been in Seattle once, under terrible conditions, a few weeks ago, so I'll say Vancouver. I hear the Chinese food there is really good.
Hungry or thirsty?
Vancouver, but I've barely visited either city. edit: hungry, love the taste of food after deprivation more than water.
Fie, Stevens is far superior!!
Hatted or hatless?
Debonneted, my head is sort of too small for hats and they mess up my hair.
Too much makeup or no makeup (on girls)?
Hatted
No makeup
Donne or Blake?
None.
Patchouli ("hippie perfume") on a woman, or no perfume at all?
Oh sorry, North. I like both, but Donne's the better poet. Same question about patchouli.
Mm, yes on Donne. I don't quite get Blake, at least the early stuff I've read.
I like strong perfumes generally though I don't know what patchouli smells like, so I'll take a chance with aye.
Too much perfume or too little?
A little is nice. And patchouli smells like dirt--but good! I'm a big fan, but my wife can't stand it.
Would you rather kiss a woman with or without lipstick?
NBK - but I think without.
Would you rather dream about physical or emotional pain?
Physical...the unconscious is much better at replicating the emotional.
3rd date or 1st date?
asap
Cold or hot coffee?
I prefer hot drinks in general. I'm always cold.
Cheerful brusqueness or intimate despondency?
Cheerful brusqueness
Chopin or Brahms?
Um, mood-dependent. Mostly Brahms I think though.
Flowers or puppies?
Tough one, but I'll go with puppies.
Brahms's chamber music or symphonies?
Mostly chamber music, I'd say. Symphonies are also interesting, but it feels like he's struggling with Beethoven's influence there too much.
Solid friendship or tense (but real) love?
The right answer ;) (although of course chamber music also wasn't that easy for him - what with over ten burned mature string quartets)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Solid friendship.
Raw or well done fillet steak?
Raw.
The Wire or Breaking Bad?
Cool I passed! haha. I play clarinet and of course his sonatas for Clarinet (or Viola, fine) are standard rep. I've never gotten them under my fingers enough to perform them. I play my parts alone though, and they are really rich. Brahms is one of the most downright quirky composers. I mean there's always something going on, some strange passing tone, (he was trying hard to go one further than Beethoven I guess is the conclusion?) but for me, his long term plans/compositional ideals are not always clear.
I have Gould's Brahms, the Intermezzi/Ballades/Rhapsodies one, and I love it. Aren't I not supposed to care for Gould's Romantic interpretations though? Oh well.
Medium? Is that cheating? Raw if it is.
Magic Flute or Don Giovanni? continuing with classical music.
EDIT: Oops, not again! I haven't seen either, so next person can answer that one or my opera question.
Don Giovanni
The Wire or Breaking Bad.
I have only seen The Wire, and that almost twice From what I know of Br(omine) Ba(rium), I'd definitely vote for The Wire after seeing it, though. The Wire is one of the greatest things ever on screen in my opinion.
I have Gould Brahms too, and although I'm far from a Gould fan in general -actually I don't care for any of his other recordings, that disc is wonderful.
Flute, but I must confess that I don't know either one as well as I should (I'm saving for the Jacobs recordings...) Love Nozze, though.
Godfather I or II?
Godfather II...not even close
William Faulkner or Henry James?
P.s. You have to see Breaking Bad; it's unabashedly brilliant.
What! Gould's Bach is wonderful! So tactile it's like scratching an itch.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Star
Haven't read enough of either so I'll pass that off to the next person.
Godfather II...not even close.
William Faulkner or Henry James?
Sorry, haven't read enough of them either.
Alright. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike Bishop
I just tend to prefer harpsichord in the repertoire, especially in GV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Mmmmm I've never even heard a harpsichord GV... or much harpsichord in general. Where to start, friend?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Star
Still waiting for someone with an opinion on both Faulkner and James to move this thing along. Anyone?
A literature Forum where people haven't read Faulkner or James, two of the greatest American and Modernist novelists? Unreal. The English departments in some universities these days.
Anyway, William Faulkner or Henry James?...someone who went to a school with a good English dept. will come along.
Haha I will say Faulkner.
I don't remember where I got it -- I think it was from inheriting a computer. . . but I once had a HUGE collection of Bach, played on harpsichord. . . truly wonderful. . . It's one case where you can have good music with a midi -- without some of the depth of other music, but as far as a ton of beautiful music, it's a nice way to go.
Listening to those while doing all kinds of things was really wonderful.
Ukilele or Mandolin (to own and play, not sit there and be looked at ;-)
Nice tact. No worries, we are a very forgiving lot, in general I would say.
Why thank you. And who exactly are "we'? I see thousands of people registered on this forum. So, "we" sounds like something out of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. That's one of my favorite films, so we're (oops) cool...;)
P.s. Lykren, by the way, had the "tact" to actually call me "disingenuous" on another thread, but I forgave him. I'm the forgiving type as well.