How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Janet BakerSo far I have 2 favorite records: both on the label BBC Legends.
The first is taken from 3 live gigs she did at the RFH. 'Poeme de l'amour et de la mer' by Chausson, 'Les nuits d'ete' by Berlioz, and 'Gurrelieder' by Schoenberg.
The other is a live recording from Aldeburgh in 1971: Monteverdi, Gratiani, Barringcloe, HUmfrey, Purcell, Schubert, Faure, Gounod and Handel. There's a bonus track of an interview with her from 1969 for Radio 3.
I also have a recording of her singing Kindertotenlieder by Mahler (can't remember the label/year), which is phenomenal. There's recording of her singing Alceste coming out in a month from the Royal Opera House heritage series - it's exciting, as she never did a studio recording of it. REally looking forwarad to it!
She's a complete heroine of mine, and has really inspired me to be a singer; even though my voice is actually far more similar to Kathleen Ferrier's (a rich, rolling contralto, wheras Baker has lighter elements to her voice).
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