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Mar-30-24
 | | Penguincw: Hoping we have a contest for the Candidates, but it seems <chessmoron> has not been online for 6 months. |
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Mar-31-24
 | | offramp: ...And I am running a YES/NO prediction contest.
10 questions.
offramp chessforum (kibitz #1636)
The first prize is 48 stotinki (лв50). |
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Apr-22-24
 | | WannaBe: <OCF> Remember the Super Bowl ad with C. Walken? Have you ever seen this skit from SNL? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcn... |
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Apr-22-24
 | | OhioChessFan: Never saw it. Top 10 of all time for SNL.
"That movie was hilarious". |
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May-24-24
 | | Fusilli: Charles Curtis' is my favorite version of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 (prelude): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4w...
Astonishingly beautiful, and the right pace and mood, if you ask me. Every time I play it on YouTube Music, the algorithm next offers me to listen to Yo Yo Ma's version, which is faster, evoking a mood that doesn't suit me. I have no idea whether Bach intended it to be played at Curtis' speed or at Ma's speed, but this happened so many times that I ended up thumbing down Ma's version, so that the algorithm would skip it. It felt weird to give Yo Yo Ma, presumably the greatest cello player in the world, the thumb down! |
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May-24-24
| | OhioChessFan: I happened to listen to the Yo Yo Ma version fairly recently. I'll never criticize him, but I'll observe I think he sometimes plays to impress the crowd just a teeny bit. Here's another impressive effort of the same piece by Mischa Maisky: https://youtu.be/mGQLXRTl3Z0?si=ON6... I think probably you could play any Bach on a banjo, kazoo and washtub and I'd like it. |
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May-25-24
| | Fusilli: Wow, that interpretation is great.
I agree. Hard to go wrong with Bach. |
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| May-27-24 | | Schwartz: I liked the Charles Curtis song very much. I'll slowly listen to it a few more times for curiosity. The first time the song was continuing on before I knew what had happened. |
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| Jul-19-24 | | Rdb: < OhioChessFan: <Sugar> and <Integ>, I encourage you to read a Kennedy assassination book called "Case Closed". Beyond addressing the Kennedy assassination, its treatment of conspiracy theories in general is mind blowing. I can almost guarantee it will be life changing for you.> Hear , hear !
Respect to <ohiochessfan> . I hope that this message would be spread widely . Respect 🙏 |
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Aug-16-24
| | OhioChessFan: <Authorities arrested a 53-year-old Missouri woman on Friday for allegedly attempting to defraud Elvis Presley's family out of millions of dollars.> https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme... |
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Sep-29-24
| | Fusilli: <OhioChessFan: <Authorities arrested a 53-year-old Missouri woman on Friday for allegedly attempting to defraud Elvis Presley's family out of millions of dollars.>> Given your avatar, I imagine this must feel more personal to you than similar crimes on other celebrities. Am I correct? What does Elvis mean to you? I don't know how old you are, but one reason I have always assumed you are older than me (57) is your Elvis avatar. Did Elvis have a big impact on your young years? Obviously, he left a mark on a whole generation. |
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Oct-03-24
| | OhioChessFan: Sorry to be so late responding. My mom was a wild Elvis fan. We played a lot of Elvis music around the house. I loved him too so we shared that. I think I'd have loved just as much without mom's influence, but who's to know? Late in her life, she told me she married my dad in part because she thought he looked like Elvis (I never thought so, but okay). I was shocked by that but glad she told me because they really didn't seem compatible at all and I always wondered what the attraction was. I'm 63. |
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Oct-03-24
| | OhioChessFan: White to mate in 2.
click for larger view |
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| Oct-04-24 | | stone free or die: <OCF> the self-fork that preserves the pin is needed here. Good problem. |
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Oct-04-24
| | Fusilli: Oh, nice! My first thought was Qd5 or Qe4, which fail (to mate in 2) because of Rh6+, but 1.Qa1 defends both rooks and keeps the mate in 2 against Rh6+. Those retreat killer moves are always hard to see! |
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Oct-04-24
| | Fusilli: <OCF> You are younger than I thought (but I was entirely basing my guess on Elvis, which did indeed precede your coming of age by a good shot). The story makes sense. Our parents do transfer (some) music tastes to us just by playing their favorite music around the house. In my case, they made me like Latin bolero, and Frank Sinatra. And my dad was an opera fan, and even though he never imposed his taste on his kids, I ended up an opera fan too. (Well, I am pretty eclectic... I like lots of wildly different types of music. And I don't care at all for some hugely popular music. For example, I never understood why people like Stairwell to Heaven, which to me is the most boring song ever written, but my entire generation seems to revere. But again, music tastes are not science, are they?) I think times have changed. Now, kids often influence parents' music tastes too. That was my experience of step-parenthood during my second marriage. Maybe because when we were kids, we had no chance to get and play our music around the house, the car, etc. OK, I took too long a break! Back to work. |
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| Oct-04-24 | | stone free or die: <<fusilli> Latin bolero> Recommendations? |
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Oct-05-24
| | Fusilli: <stone> I don't really remember the singers my parents listened to, but of today's, I like Luis Miguel. I confess I haven't listened to bolero in quite a while, but when it comes to romantic Latin music, they have no equal. |
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Oct-06-24
| | OhioChessFan: Luis Miguel-Sabor a Mi
https://youtu.be/-ApiBS3fchg?si=dK0... |
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Oct-06-24
 | | saffuna: Real popular for years, and quite good, is Juan Luis Guerra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWG...
Luis Miguel turned into a real singer, after starting out as a pop idol at around age 12. Sort of a Latin Justin Bieber, or an individual Menudo, but he definitely overcame that. |
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Oct-06-24
| | Fusilli: <saffuna> I love Juan Luis Guerra! But he does bachata (including Burbujas de Amor) rather than bolero. And also merengue. Bachata and merengue are the two most popular rhythms in the Dominican Republic. I spent considerable time in the Dominican Republic when I was a grad student, doing research there. Once I went do dance, and I felt like a cripple (I'm talking about 20+ years ago, before I became a real one!) Those bastards can dance in the most beautiful way. My tango skills don't translate well to those rhythms at all. In Argentine tango, the main rotation axis is upper vs lower body, so you turn your torso while your hips remain level. You keep your hips steadily horizontal and hip motion is actually inimical to tango (it throws you off-balance, making it hard to lead or follow). In Latin rhythms, including salsa, the movement is completely different, with moving hips an essential part of the repertoire. I learned the basic steps of those dances, but was never good at them. Not if there were real Latin dancers around anyway. |
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| Oct-07-24 | | stone free or die: I thought I knew a lot about music, but I've discovered a huge gap in my knowledge. I appreciate the recommendations - but have to admit the production values of a few of the videos were a bit too "slick" for my tastes. So I googled Bolero, and picking the Cuban music hits (vs. the similarly named Spanish dance ones), I discovered a the "Matamoros Trio". I'll quote one of the comments of a youtube video here: <<@guillermodunel3425 - 11 days ago>I went to Cuba with my wife on our honeymoon a few years ago. Walking through Havana, I asked a man where I could find CDs of authentic Cuban music, and he immediately replied, "LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO REAL CUBAN MUSIC, BRING EVERYTHING YOU FIND BY THE MATAMOROS TRIO." So I discovered them, and I brought them back to Argentina in my suitcases and in my heart. And many friends who I played them to also fell in love with them."> And here is the link to this late period, rather enjoyable, live version song by the "Matamoros Trio": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7co...
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Oct-08-24
| | Fusilli: <stone free or die> <And here is the link to this late period, rather enjoyable, live version song by the "Matamoros Trio"> Enjoyable indeed!
Here's some that I do remember from my parents' collection: Jorge Porcel sings "Contigo en la distancia" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQa...
Armando Manzanero sings "Adoro" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb7...
Trio Los Panchos performing Quizás, quizás, quizás:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4...
(The English version --"Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps"-- is famous, but the composer was Cuban and the original lyrics in Spanish. And, of course, "Bésame mucho," one of the most famous boleros, sung here by Consuelo Velázquez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0... |
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Oct-08-24
| | OhioChessFan: I happened to leave my XMSirius Radio channel on 79, a channel that changes formats each month. Started my car today and found this month it's called Carlos Vives Channel and so lots of Vallenato and other Latin genres. I encourage everyone to get a subscription to SiriusXM. By far the best money I've ever spent on anything. Carlos Vives-La Gota Fria
https://youtu.be/Nmb80HXWsFQ?si=bcl... |
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| Oct-08-24 | | stone free or die: Thanks <Fusilli> and <OCF>. I have to confess I preferred the last two picks by <Fusilli> over the first two (maybe it's the violin backing parts - reminding me of Creed Taylor's influence over George Benson - but compare my opinion to Benson's <George Benson
"Creed Taylor was one of the most incredible producers of our time. Responsible for the success of Bossa Nova, Jazz organ, Wes Montgomery and my own career. And that's just a few of his many musical contributions. Most of all, he was my friend and I will miss him." https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...> ) I do like <OCF>'s pick too, with accordian, no less! |
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