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Classical music: A fair wage — but those in bigger cities make more,
(Denver Post)
Bridging the gap, part two, (Guardian Unlimited)
The Hard Sell Of New Music, (Hartford Courant)
From Germany, an opera engulfed by shadows of war, (Boston Globe)
Refreshing breeze at the Bowl, (Los Angeles Times)
Plus More...

2008-07-15

Tea and Opera, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham (Review, Lynne Walker -
The Independent)
Opera review: 'Carmen' at the Hollywood Bowl (Review, Mark Swed - Los
Angeles Times)
Evening Standard libel case...

Leonard Tillman and Charles Handelman are a pair of very sick puppies.
Today's FAQ is about Tillman. We will get to Handelman later.

Tillman is harder to pin down than a greased pig. When you
think you have him cornered he pushes his personal reset button and
presto! - his loop restarts. His ability to discriminate qualitatively
with respect to music
is non-existent; everything is either 'wunnerful' or it is 'more
wunnerful'. He makes sweeping
statements of uninformed opinion couched as facts, and he does not
tolerate disagreement with or criticism of them. His regular
discourse
is riddled with cliches, slogans and "me too". When confronted or
asked
to justify or clarify an unsupported fact or opinion, he responds in
his
home-made language known variously as "Tillmanese" and "Tillmanaise"
which is invariably riddled with ad hominem attacks.

I had mentioned to you that eventually a chapter or two in regard to
rmo would be published in a new book..The book was finally
released..and so some of you can find your diagnosis there..Sadly...it
vudent help you.

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1. Anyone who trashes Len and me will immediately have to bring a note
from their mommy where she pledges to punich the guilty party by
grounding him/her/it and also will whip the guilty party with a huge
belt with a steel buckle.

2. Any fugitive from rmo who has absconded to another group will from
now on not be allowed to post here unless they change their
personalities to the kind Mary Poppins had.

3. Any member who has had to have a colonoscopy should bring back
from the procedure the photo of Mark that he finds up his ass....a
fitting tribute.