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Disco Stu

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  1. I believe she mentions wanting to hear Randy Newman himself perform the pieces he composed for her, well here he is performing one of the movements on George Gershwin's piano at the Library of Congress:

     

     

    This is clearly off-the-cuff and unrehearsed, but still neat.

  2. On 4/19/2016 at 2:25 PM, nightscape94 said:

     

    And I just saw it a couple of weeks ago!  On a bill with Tchaikovsky's "The Tempest" and Mendelssohn's 3rd symphony.

     

    Ha, when I saw it it was performed alongside Tchaikovsky's "Manfred" symphony.  I have to say I greatly preferred the Prokofiev concerto.  It had a real sense of being "alive" and dynamic compared to the Tchaikovsky symphony which could be quite plodding in places for me...

  3. 13 minutes ago, Brónach said:

    It doesn't seem like Trek has managed to distinguish itself from the rest of the current blockbuster offer.

     

    Not that I have something against an action Trek movie, it's more like the previous two were very dull, specially the second one.

     

    Yeah I don't have anything against a more action-oriented Trek either if they're able to balance it with the more thoughtful spirit at the heart of Star Trek (for me).  First Contact achieved this balance probably the best out of the first 10 movies.  It takes many cues from straight-up action movies of the 90s while retaining the core Trek spirit.

     

    I still think '09 and Into Darkness were just dry runs for Force Awakens for Abrams.

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