tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post862453599974286458..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Catching UpLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-35949935433131973232008-04-24T21:45:00.000-07:002008-04-24T21:45:00.000-07:00Heheheh.Heheheh.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-34041287799098313862008-04-24T21:41:00.000-07:002008-04-24T21:41:00.000-07:00Shhhh.(whispering) Good job on the lack of comment...Shhhh.<BR/><BR/>(whispering) Good job on the lack of comments on the next post.<BR/><BR/>Shhhh.<BR/><BR/>(If it's not what you meant, then your comments have been turned off.)<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-8852646688810214722008-04-23T16:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T16:37:00.000-07:00Kosman's review appeared last Saturday, I believe....Kosman's review appeared last Saturday, I believe. You're absolutely right about Paris in the 20s. I haven't read the Natalie Barney bio, but I read an essay about her in some famous lesbians book or another in 1979 or 1980.<BR/><BR/>There are two bios of the Princess de Polignac. See the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnaretta_Singer" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia article</A> about her. I especially love this: "Winnaretta was married at the age of 22 to Prince Louis de Scey-Montbéliard. The marriage was annulled in 1892 by the Catholic church, five years after a wedding night that reportedly included the bride's climbing atop an armoire and threatening to kill the groom if he came near her." A woman of spirit, obviously.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-38279265454086065432008-04-23T16:30:00.000-07:002008-04-23T16:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for the links to the de Falla reviews, not ...Thanks for the links to the de Falla reviews, not that I've had a chance to check them out yet. I missed Kosman's in the paper -- maybe it appeared on a weekend? I'll post about the concert myself, but I agree with you on performance and presentation. I loved the piece but thought the surprising lack of surtitles didn't do it any favors. OK, I plan to re-use this joke in my own entry, but I did wonder if the dim lighting was so we wouldn't notice the very odd dye job on Maestro Dutoit's hair.<BR/><BR/>Is there a biography of the Princess de Polignac? You may have read this already, but if you haven't and enjoy reading about that milieu, check out Wild Heart about Natalie Barney. All that and Gertrude and Alice as well -- I swear, early 20th century Paris was like the Citadel of Sublimely Fabulous Sapphists.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.com