h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yah! Mr T!

* hands over some *

or there is if you would rather ...

There may also be a parpetual perty.

*hobbles in somewhat befuddled and dishevelled*

Will you look at this place, all dusty and with beer stains on the floor and whatnots - don't get me started on the whatnots!

Is it any wonder that I call this 'home'

I just had an errand in - er - someplace else, but all's back to normal - whatever that is...

one and all

*falls asleep on his chaiselong*

[Takes a crazy quilt and drapes it over Pierce's sleeping form]

[wakes up and tries fighting his way out from under the quilt which gets crazier with every move he makes - finally he gives up and goes back to sleep]

[Removes the quilt, folds it neatly, and puts it in a special quilt closet]

*wakes up freezing*

it's chilly in here, good reason to have a rum toddy

One rum coming up Capt'n!

* pours herself one too and pops it into a *

"*wakes up freezing*" [Pierce]

I would have left it on, but you didn't seem to like it.

Did I ever mention that my Aunt made crazy quilts to donate to the insane asylum? She figured crazy people shouldn't have to deal with regular quilts.

That's sound thinking, Shagbark

I figure that not being able to hear you think means you have unsound thinking.

sometimes there's so much noise here that I have unsound thinking

Well, thank goodness that you can come here for peace and quiet.

Indeed. Is that Rachmaninoff playing on the juke box?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBW-3UP3KY

Speaking of Rachmaninoff, I get annoyed when people transcribe his vocalese for orchestra.The point of vocalese is that it be sung.

Funny you should say that. What I linked to was "Rhapsody over a Theme by Paganini" - which proves he wasn't a stranger to change other peoples music to his own taste

I know very little about this - his was just the first name that sprang to my mind when I needed the name of a musician

Changing other people's music to suit your taste is a time-honored tradition. Usually, the changed version is attributed to the artist who does the changing, not the composer of the original piece. Transcriptions are usually welcome, provided that they make musical sense. With pieces by Bach, for instance, there are numerous cases in which Bach seems to have transcribed his own pieces for various different instruments or instrument combinations. The rule is, any instrument that has the range will do nicely.

I've heard lots of instrumental music that took operatic arias and assigned the vocal line to an instrument. Usually the title warns you that no singing will be involved. I don't have a problem with that, as long as the title is accurate.

The title "Vocalese" strongly indicates that there will be singing.
I feel cheated if there isn't any. But it's one of my pet peeves. The world isn't about to end because of it.

I didn't go to see the latest remake of "Les Miserables" after I was warned there would be some singing involved

'ning everyone. What are people drinking tonight?