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This casual improvisation really made my day, a friend sent me the link on a morning e-mail

Happy Birthday!!!

TBH I'm not sure either, I think I paid a low fee for the pro subscription, so I was for a while ads free, but it's possible I just got some grace period then I should pay to be pro and fully ads free forever. As you said, this is ramsonware and sooner or later, we'll have to pay again.

OMG, yes. Unstoppable diarrhea

I think I already paid them a couple of bucks some time ago to get rid of ads and other shit, yet now they're back. It's possible I'm wrong and that all I did was getting profit of an offer of "free pro features" I want my memory back.

Peter Bernstein - Signs Live! With Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Gregory Hutchinson Available on Spotify, recently released

I'm learning some harmony and music theory with a jazz guitarist, so also trying to make the damn thing sound. Insight about "how music works" gives a completely different focus, but I'm still far away from being as aware as you on those performance features. I like Richter, but also Annie Fischer or Elly Ney playing Beethoven sonatas. I don't like Lang Lang either

Thanks. I'm not an experienced musician, just a rookie wannabe, so for me it's not that easy guessing the kind of person playing and the kind of development it took to get that performance. I've been able to perceive and enjoy the Michelangeli's perfectionism and intellectual approach, the rigor or perhaps sort of "emotional sterility" on Pollini, the unique vision of Gould... but I've not been able to "get" what's behind Arrau's performances. Not that I've listened to everything he recorded, and never got to watch him live. I'm now listening to the first CD on the set that Jacob recommended. I think this is not the Arrau I've listened to in other performances

Happy Birthday, Todd!!

Would you please elaborate?

Happy Birthday!!!

I'll have to check that. For some reason I can't guess, I don't particularly enjoy his playing either.

I don't know Szidon. How do you like Arrau?

An argentinian pianist who a friend recommended. Pretty good, I must say.

¡Gracias amigos! Thank you very much. I had a great day. First step in the right direction was getting a couple of days off work so no early bird wake up, no duties and less worries. There were candles, cumpleaños feliz singing, good wines and tasty malt spirits, well wishes and good company. It's kind of fun how year after year the meaning of these dates keeps changing. Today there are more celebrations scheduled, and tomorrow too. Kind of birthday marathon

So many reasons for awesomeness

That's why I haven't tried one... besides economical reasons

Oh, I didn't mean you should back out, just telling my thoughts. To be honest I haven't tried any of those two beauties on my wrist (yet), I might well be sold on the automatic too. The manual on a black strap is the paradigm of what a dress watch should be.

I'm afraid Cesc is not at his prime, but he's a very good player and hopefully wiser than he was. Premiere is a good show, fun to watch, but its teams tend to sink when in European competitions. We'll see what they can do this year, I'm afraid that Guardiola's style isn't suiting British style so well. Ball control was never a priority in UK, it all started with Cruyff and it permeated Barça, but not many other European temas. No Hollander football fans over here?

Nottingham Analogue if you want to keep it cost (and time searching) sensible, or a Micro Seiki RX8000 if you are ready to spend some time and effort, with a decent 12" arm. Going insane, I don't know, there are lots of expensive nonsensical things these days, just stay away from Clearaudio, please

The present Madrid's president is an oligarch on his own too. He decided to hire Bale for 100M.€ a few years ago, and despite this guy is weaker (from the lesions point of view) and not as elegant, agile, clever and visionary as Morata, we're keeping him instead. Still Benzema is very good and mates very well with Cristiano. The really strong point of this Madrid is the midfield, which is probably as good as it was Barça's at its prime, and that's saying a lot since they were World Champions in 2010. Last century Madrid might have benefited from political decisions, still they were a team and they did what they did with very stringent nationalist policies (only 2 foreign players were allowed and there was no EU, nor free people travelling those days) using their own resources. Sure, Distefano was one of the greatest, as Messi is and still...

I think I'd keep the manual, I love thin watches, despite which I don't own a really thin one

What's the difference in thickness from the manual model?

Chelsea? with just one Champions League on their shelves? The one and only possible religion is Real Madrid, with Barça as a worthy aspirant to deserve some cult status

The worrying part is its brains are somewhere between China and Siberia.