Justin Raimondo

And Tomorrow, Rachmaninoff

Posted by Justin Raimondo on March 31, 2008

Tom reminds us of Haydyn’s birthday—which leaves me to remind us that tomorrow is the b-day of Sergei Rachmaninoff. And here he is:


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Justin,

Thanks for this reminder about another great composer.

@Lester ...

Hey, Cretino, ever wonder why people would want to
listen to “old” music by “old” people? Perhaps because
the music is smokin’ hot?

@ Lester,
Hey Buster, lay off Lawrence Welk, television has not been nearly so good since we lost the dancing bubbles and Happily Singing Doofus’s of Good old Lawrence Welk.

Anyhow, comparing Welk to Rachmaninoff or Haydn is like comparing Bobby Brown to Coltrane or...if hammered, Snoop Dogg to George Clinton. There is music and then there is Art.

“There is music and then there is Art.”

To each his own. I’ve never been that big of a Garfunkel fan.

My only problem with Rachmaninov is how he blatantly ripped off the “Somewhere in Time” soundtrack.

(Kidding.)

Why is that mans head so square?

Posted by Jet on Mar 31, 2008.

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