A limited number of sequences and harmonies are pleasing to the western ear. A hundred years ago composers realised they had a stark choice between repeating each other endlessly or writing new stuff… (View Post)

They weren't as tractable as advertised. We should demand our money back. (View Post)

Why not? Are they frit? But it does shed some light on the Iranian ship the Yanks sank off Sri Lanka. Otherwise it might well have been within missile-firing range of Diego Garcia by now. (View Post)

It's just a silly phase they're going through. Meanwhile it's Tristan and Isolde live from the Met and everyone's on the edge of their seats wondering what the latter is going to … (View Post)

We don't want to fight But by jingo if we do We've got no ships, we've got no men And money's a bit tight too. (View Post)