tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post4207130414828338089..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Today's Favourite Book BlurbSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-67444832903881035762011-08-16T21:30:05.068+00:002011-08-16T21:30:05.068+00:00Thanks Camilla - that was superb!
Full credit to ...Thanks Camilla - that was superb!<br /><br />Full credit to the sustaining pedal too ;)Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35197292496968297962011-08-16T20:50:25.515+00:002011-08-16T20:50:25.515+00:00Continuing the theme of left-handed pianists, I th...Continuing the theme of left-handed pianists, I thought you might like this video of Dutch pianist Wibi Soerjadi playing his arrangement of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcsCG6Fgykc<br /><br />Camilla<br />:)Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672776221279283290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10671426595892797472011-08-09T21:06:45.601+00:002011-08-09T21:06:45.601+00:00How very contrived. I was exhausted just reading t...How very contrived. I was exhausted just reading the blurb.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-87262269936727956232011-08-09T20:47:39.702+00:002011-08-09T20:47:39.702+00:00Wow! Just reading the blurb and I am exhausted! ...Wow! Just reading the blurb and I am exhausted! I don't think I'd have the strength to actually read the book!<br />Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36607522401090621662011-08-09T20:13:36.727+00:002011-08-09T20:13:36.727+00:00Lucewoman - A concert pianist? In another life, in...Lucewoman - A concert pianist? In another life, in which I'd started piano lessons at six rather than 16, who knows? <br /><br />The only thing I can/could do is write incidental music for plays (not that I've written any since I was 24). <br /><br />I like the idea of Simon Bates reading the blurb in his dulcet, nasal tones.<br /><br />Martin - if you change your mind, I'll happily send you a copy ;)Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30485916820532409962011-08-09T19:56:45.301+00:002011-08-09T19:56:45.301+00:00I'll be giving 'The Shadow of Happiness...I'll be giving 'The Shadow of Happiness' a miss, and as someone who can't even manage Chopsticks on the piano with two hands, I can only marvel at anyone who can play with one.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-28443279436953540552011-08-09T18:48:37.744+00:002011-08-09T18:48:37.744+00:00Simon Bates read that(scintillating)blurb to me, w...Simon Bates read that(scintillating)blurb to me, with the haunting sound of Romeo and Juliet's Love Theme in the background.<br />Let's not forget Def Leppard's one-armed drummer while we're on the subject of musicians.<br />I once asked a one-armed man if he wanted to join my brother and I for a game of pool, and as a waitress I asked a blind couple to "give me a shout when you see me pass". <br />Would you like to be a concert pianist, Steerforth?lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-69358494044872582352011-08-09T18:12:43.326+00:002011-08-09T18:12:43.326+00:00Well Brian, I'll have to cross John Buell off ...Well Brian, I'll have to cross John Buell off the list now. <br /><br />I remember reading the introduction to a Penguin paperback of Jude the Obscure and on the first page, it mentioned the "SPOILER ALERT" death of Jude. That really ruined the book for me (I was in my teens and wasn't aware of Hardy's reputation for relentlessly grim, melodramatic endings).Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-18044351605638622122011-08-09T18:05:12.015+00:002011-08-09T18:05:12.015+00:00I agree Kári - there is a fine art to writing a go...I agree Kári - there is a fine art to writing a good summary and the author of that blurb didn't seem to have the knack.<br /><br />I think Paul Wittgenstein commissioned the Ravel Piano Concerto, plus a few other pieces that enabled him to continue his career.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-39047021334049614812011-08-09T17:46:48.856+00:002011-08-09T17:46:48.856+00:00Any blurb that should be prefaced by "SPOILER...Any blurb that should be prefaced by "SPOILER ALERT" is a failure.<br /><br />The last novel I read, John Buell's <i>Four Days</i> (Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1962), came wrapped in a jacket that provides not only a detailed synopsis of the first half, but reveals that the protagonist will die in the end.<br /><br />Um... should I have written "SPOILER ALERT"?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-4603289789839385292011-08-09T17:25:53.621+00:002011-08-09T17:25:53.621+00:00The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had a brother,...The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had a brother, Paul, who was famous for being a one-armed concert pianist.<br /><br />Also, with book blurbs, less is always more. There is a fine art to writing a good summary. Most books sound ridiculous when summed up in a few, breathless sentences.Kári Tuliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281250688066991554noreply@blogger.com