tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post14148162764577408..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: We Will remember them - EbrenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-9157612022888374592007-11-14T22:02:00.000+00:002007-11-14T22:02:00.000+00:00Offie: sort of thanks for that. The only peice I c...Offie: sort of thanks for that. The only peice I can think of that would give more tears is Schubert's Adagio from the string quartet in C major that was used in the BBC film drama Conspiracy. Can't find a youtube of it, but it is glorious music.<BR/><BR/>All these things here just leave me in floods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-79197346170522626082007-11-14T21:41:00.000+00:002007-11-14T21:41:00.000+00:00And when they ask usHow dangerous it was,We'll nev...And when they ask us<BR/>How dangerous it was,<BR/>We'll never tell them,<BR/>We'll never tell them.<BR/>We spent our pay in some café,<BR/>Fought with French women night and day -<BR/>It was the cushiest job we ever had.<BR/><BR/>And when they ask us - and they're certainly going to ask us -<BR/>the reason why we never won<BR/>the Croix de Guerre,<BR/>We'll never tell them,<BR/>We'll never tell Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-4859046042949935972007-11-14T21:33:00.000+00:002007-11-14T21:33:00.000+00:00Beautiful, Offie.Beautiful, Offie.Zephirinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809525772159756122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-85272817323705255602007-11-14T18:40:00.000+00:002007-11-14T18:40:00.000+00:00Want grieving music? I'll give you grieving music:...Want grieving music? I'll give you grieving music:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZMoffsideintahitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429832647076219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-38334743208218545882007-11-14T15:18:00.000+00:002007-11-14T15:18:00.000+00:00Zeph: wonderful. But I would suggest not listening...Zeph: wonderful. But I would suggest not listening to this if you have to do anything vaguely sensible for a while. It is staggeringly moving. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-75204368797148874382007-11-14T11:32:00.000+00:002007-11-14T11:32:00.000+00:00Erm, but perhaps not if you have to go into a meet...Erm, but perhaps not if you have to go into a meeting straightaway afterwards...Zephirinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809525772159756122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-40016486895782110182007-11-14T11:22:00.000+00:002007-11-14T11:22:00.000+00:00OK, here's what I think is the best grieving music...OK, here's what I think is the best grieving music ever : <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy4ombfbESg" REL="nofollow">in a beautiful performance</A>. Try listening to this while looking at those Grieving Parent sculptures.Zephirinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809525772159756122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-75101501454632261522007-11-14T07:09:00.000+00:002007-11-14T07:09:00.000+00:00GG, Sargents work is like the photo's which were b...GG, <BR/><BR/>Sargents work is like the photo's which were banned<BR/><BR/>artists like Nevinson and Wydham-Lewis (Severini and Boccioni) were sold on cubism (futurism and vorticism) which seems more about the mechanization of war<BR/><BR/>even Dix to start with though he ended up a rabid expressionist<BR/><BR/>but Kollwitz, to me, cuts through all that crap and tells it like it is from her heartfilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730724271102270669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-84742400398233731582007-11-14T06:35:00.000+00:002007-11-14T06:35:00.000+00:00file,another favourite: Kathe Kollwitz.file,<BR/><BR/>another favourite: Kathe Kollwitz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-76042806866414915082007-11-14T06:30:00.000+00:002007-11-14T06:30:00.000+00:00The old favourites - we share them.Strange, talkin...The old favourites - we share them.<BR/><BR/>Strange, talking of "favourites" with regard to such songs of rage and sorrow. Yet we need these favourites if we are ever to learn; our children need them.<BR/><BR/>"...bugles calling for them from sad shires" always hits me in the bread-basket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-18125962336737225332007-11-14T06:17:00.000+00:002007-11-14T06:17:00.000+00:00just 2 more artists to add to those already mentio...just 2 more artists to add to those already mentioned in this fascinating thread<BR/><BR/>Otto Dix was a German artist who would sit and draw in the trenches as the war continued around him, he got the iron cross for his soldiering and was at the Battle of the Somme, he wanted to shock people (as he had been) by showing the stark reality of this terrible war and it's brutalisation of people (filehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730724271102270669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-83917168124383404632007-11-13T23:26:00.000+00:002007-11-13T23:26:00.000+00:00Ebren: I guess none of us are the target audience ...Ebren: I guess none of us are the target audience that free entrance to art galleries was supposed to entrance - and I mean en-trance not entrance. Difficult to emphasise in writing.<BR/><BR/>Now I know I've posted this link before, but I don't think on this thread, and anyway, it really does bear revisiting. If anyone can listen to this and not be moved, well, I simply don't know what to say.<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-59092554602643680602007-11-13T23:07:00.000+00:002007-11-13T23:07:00.000+00:00mimi - all the public galleries are now free.It wa...mimi - all the public galleries are now free.<BR/><BR/>It was an attempt to bring culture to the masses (very old labour)<BR/><BR/>However, the public aren't interested. Attendances are up, but all that is happening is that the people who went anyway are going more often.<BR/><BR/>Personally I think it's great - but then I guess I'm not the person they wanted to encourage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325287456027791612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-44041369568955975502007-11-13T23:03:00.000+00:002007-11-13T23:03:00.000+00:00I watched Paxman on Owen on Sunday (an odd day for...I watched Paxman on Owen on Sunday (an odd day for presenters, Hislop on Pal's battalions and Paxman on Owen - but both were excellent).<BR/><BR/>I learned a lot - for instance, Sassoon was dumped into the same psychiatric hospital as Owen in an attempt to silence him (Sassoon that is, Owen was there for shell shock after being blown up, burried in mud and finding one of his best friends "around Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325287456027791612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-49244594876509237182007-11-13T22:52:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:52:00.000+00:00Hey: Mouth - you mean I could go in with my IV30 p...Hey: <BR/>Mouth - you mean I could go in with my IV30 post code and not have to pay? Cool. Does that cover all galleries in Londonium?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-40204762436054010722007-11-13T22:27:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:27:00.000+00:00Mimi - That's when I used to go in, but it's free ...Mimi - That's when I used to go in, but it's free all the time now - Blair's legacy!<BR/><BR/>Zeph - the Sargeant is awe-inspiring and reminds me of http://www.all-about-renaissance-faires.com/ren_artists/bruegel/p7hg_img_1/fullsize/blind_leading_the_blind_fs.jpg as I'm sure was the intention. Didn't learn much in 350 years (nor the 90 or so since).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-56656956842725736652007-11-13T22:20:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:20:00.000+00:00And Sargent's Gassed - can't find a bigger pic of ...And Sargent's <A HREF="http://english.emory.edu/LostPoets/Sargent.html" REL="nofollow">Gassed</A> - can't find a bigger pic of it, but for anyone who doesn't know it, the original is huge, and overwhelming.Zephirinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809525772159756122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-54172019515989884282007-11-13T22:09:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:09:00.000+00:00Hey Mouth: I used to live down the road from the I...Hey Mouth: I used to live down the road from the Imperial War Museum. At that time they had this thing that if you were a local and pitched up about 4pm, you could get in for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-90448437655694889272007-11-13T21:51:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:51:00.000+00:00I never read the poets, although I did read the pr...I never read the poets, although I did read the prose (as above). <BR/><BR/>There is great art from the horror too. I love the work of Nevinson - http://www.wfa-belgie.be/images/nevinson.jpg and Gertler's superb Merry-Go-Round - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ArtGert1.jpg and Wyndham-Lewis - http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/personen/fleischmann/d_archsuse05/213_lewis_blast.jpg.<BR/><BR/>I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-65700540951339557592007-11-13T21:33:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:33:00.000+00:00Hi all, delighted to see Pseuds' Corner come alive...Hi all, <BR/><BR/>delighted to see Pseuds' Corner come alive again. <BR/><BR/>While we're on the matter of writings related to WWI, I'd like to suggest Zeph's excellent short story, The River Road. Since we have quality poets and writers in our midst, we might as well indulge.<BR/><BR/>http://pseudstuff.blogspot.com/2007/09/river-road-by-zephirine.html<BR/><BR/>Love (& Peace) from stormy Moorea.offsideintahitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429832647076219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-70582622077148774492007-11-13T21:31:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:31:00.000+00:00World War One is statistically incomprehensible - ...World War One is statistically incomprehensible - for example France lost a man per minute for the first two and a half years of the war, and on just the first day of the Somme offensive Britain had 57,000 soldiers killed or wounded.<BR/><BR/>when I went to the Battlefields we visited one site with a Canadian memorial (the name escapes me I'm afraid) where many of their number had died. One byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-44709162128604521262007-11-13T21:29:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:29:00.000+00:00I had not thought there were so many ghosts. But t...I had not thought there were so many ghosts. But then I read, and heard and he said "Marie, Marie, hold on tight".<BR/><BR/>You know only a heap of broken images. <BR/><BR/>This is true.<BR/><BR/>I will show you fear in a handful of dust.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqK5zQlCDQ<BR/><BR/>The heart of light, the silenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-17395577558734644492007-11-13T21:13:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:13:00.000+00:00It's just the ghastly, and deliberate, waste of li...It's just the ghastly, and deliberate, waste of life in WWI that never ceases to shock - the 18 year-old 2nd lieutenants fresh from public school to the trenches with a life expectancy of 10 days; the Pals' Brigades which ensured that all the brothers and friends from the same village or workplace would be wiped out at the same time. And the huge con-trick which got them all there.Zephirinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809525772159756122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-22539087914713432242007-11-13T21:11:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:11:00.000+00:00And we dreamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2khDhf...And we dream<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2khDhfwsoEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-78775176275532360792007-11-13T20:58:00.000+00:002007-11-13T20:58:00.000+00:00didn't think it was morbid.i guess what you say ab...didn't think it was morbid.<BR/>i guess what you say about the innocence and pride; then reality. that's powerful.<BR/><BR/>didn't know you're a historian, of course. i know people who have particular interests in particular wars and as i never have had, i'm always keen to know what it is that grips and calls.<BR/><BR/>it could be something about the weapons used, troop deployments, strategic Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781453561658986518noreply@blogger.com