rostasi Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 Athos : Echoes from the Holy Mountain Quote The songs of the monks from Mount Athos have been echoing for centuries across the deep waters of the Aegean Sea on the fringes of Greece, heard only by the pilgrims who were able to visit this community, secluded from a traditional conception of time and major world events. "Athos : Echoes from the Holy Mountain" aims to present this living heritage by the means of an artbook in English, Greek and French, inviting contemporary artists and researchers to approach, revisit and discuss its contemporary implications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 I have been reading the Fletch books in order. This is #8. It's much better than the previous three or four. I've read rave reviews about this, and I think it's good, but not that good. Chock full of items I didn't know about, although few were important. One interesting thing is that the author feels that some famous old-timers were underappreciated because they played before the days of WAR statistics. I was struck by the author's belief that it is harder to play against so many other teams than it was in the days of playing against only seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, GA Russell said: I was struck by the author's belief that it is harder to play against so many other teams than it was in the days of playing against only seven. Why do you think it was harder to play only against seven teams .... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 But isn't Fletch Won the first one chronologically in Fletch's life though not in order of publication? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 15 hours ago, medjuck said: But isn't Fletch Won the first one chronologically in Fletch's life though not in order of publication? Correct! I assume that "won" is a pun on "one." 15 hours ago, soulpope said: Why do you think it was harder to play only against seven teams .... ? I had the pleasure (Quite a thrill!) of meeting Bill Veeck in 1972. He told me that adding water to a glass of wine does not increase the amount of wine. Soulpope, the idea is that there is a limited number of quality players, and increasing the number of teams merely calls players who are less than top-quality "major leaguers" without increasing the quality of their play. So the more teams there are, the more the quality players are dispersed amongst the less-talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 But - the available talent pool today is exponentially larger today than ever before... In the end, I think it's apples and oranges, it's almost two different games, then and now. Not even all of the rules have stayed the same...DH, anybody? Does Ohtani get 50/50 this year without it? As just one of many examples, I am starting to get a little pissed off about whatever hype is spewed about "post-season" records. Totally meaningless comparisons are being made and swallowed whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Otoh... The shrinkage of the minor leagues has meant that some younger players arrive in the bigs, not with inferior talent, but with less than complete "seasoning". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 7 hours ago, GA Russell said: Correct! I assume that "won" is a pun on "one." I had the pleasure (Quite a thrill!) of meeting Bill Veeck in 1972. He told me that adding water to a glass of wine does not increase the amount of wine. Soulpope, the idea is that there is a limited number of quality players, and increasing the number of teams merely calls players who are less than top-quality "major leaguers" without increasing the quality of their play. So the more teams there are, the more the quality players are dispersed amongst the less-talented. Fair enough .... on the other hand with just seven teams hitters could quicker adjust to top pitchers while facing them more often/on regular basis 🧐🤔 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 18 minutes ago, soulpope said: Fair enough .... on the other hand with just seven teams hitters could quicker adjust to top pitchers while facing them more often/on regular basis 🧐🤔 .... Perhaps that what he was thinking. Also, there are that many more hitters for pitchers to learn. The author did not explain his thinking. He behaved as if it were obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 6 minutes ago, GA Russell said: Perhaps that what he was thinking. Also there are that many more hitters for pitchers to learn. The author did not explain his thinking. He behaved as if it were obvious. Agreed .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Elizabeth Strout: Tell Me Everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted November 1 Report Share Posted November 1 >>Next will be Eric DuPont's Songs for the Cold of Heart. (Which is much better known as The American Fiancée.) I'm mostly done with this. I'm liking the second half (in modern era) more than the parts set in Quebec in the 50s and 60s (pre-Quiet Revolution). I decided to take something different on a trip out to Edmonton. I got almost all the way through Oliver Twist (never tackled it before) and read a bit into Manu Joseph's Serious Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted November 7 Report Share Posted November 7 Liane Moriarty: Here One Moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rostasi Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 (edited) Quote An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions of music’s ineffability. The Musician as Philosopher explores the philosophical thought of avant-garde musicians in postwar New York: David Tudor, Ornette Coleman, the Velvet Underground, Alice Coltrane, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell. It contends that these musicians—all of whom are understudied and none of whom are traditionally taken to be composers—not only challenged the rules by which music is written and practiced but also confounded and reconfigured gendered and racialized expectations for what critics took to be legitimate forms of musical sound. From a broad historical perspective, their arresting music electrified a widely recognized social tendency of the 1960s: a simultaneous affirmation and crisis of the modern self. Quote In his first book Deep Refrains: Music, Philosophy and the Ineffable (2017), musician and academic Michael Gallope explored the ways in which music inspired modern European philosophers. With The Musician as Philosopher, he turns to the philosophical thinking of musicians themselves, with a focus on the ‘strange, intense, disorienting’ musical irruptions of New York’s postwar avant-grade. It’s refreshing to see [Ornette] Coleman’s philosophy taken seriously and Gallope pays equal respect to Alice Coltrane's engagement with Eastern philosophy. The Coltrane chapter is perhaps the richest in the book, bringing her musical and spiritual practices together… While tracing the commonalities between these artists, Gallope recognizes the complex dynamics of class, race, gender and sexuality… He describes his approach as an immanent critique and it would be fascinating to read his take on the vernacular avant grades of disc, hip-hop and no wave, all vital sites of hyperfracture and alchemy." ― Stewart Smith, The Wire Edited November 14 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjazzg Posted November 20 Report Share Posted November 20 On 11/14/2024 at 7:05 PM, rostasi said: Sounds promising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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