This site makes extensive use of JavaScript.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
Classic Theme
Thottbot Theme
President Obama is WRONG
Return to board index
Post by
278900
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
249097
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Toldry
Luminescence
Post by
249097
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Laihendi
YOU MAY ONLY POST ONE POKÉMON AT A TIME. IF YOU POST MORE THAN ONE, THE GAME STARTS OVER.
Also in the pokedex thing.
Post by
343167
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Arkaen
Date: June 19th, 2009
Good News Regarding Web Host
Wow, thank you all for your kind show of support, donations, and suggestions on ways to alleviate the hosting problem. Thanks to one extremely generous donator in particular, I am now able to afford to purchase my own, private, dedicated server just for Twokinds. I am shopping around at the moment for the best service provider to go with, but soon I will begin tthe transitioning stage. The website may become unavailable for a while when the time comes to move, but hopefully after the dust has all settled, we'll all have a new place to call home.
In the meantime, I will continue to try and pump out as many comics as I can on top of working out the server issues. I am currently suffering from a rather nasty flu, so I'm afraid I've been rather sluggish lately with my drawings. I will be at top speed once again when all this stuff clears up. Thanks for sticking with us. Thanks to all of your patience and generocity, Twokinds will live on.
Tom - twokinds@gmail.com
I copy paste huge things. :D
Post by
Laihendi
Laihendi was listening to his famous ballet
Rite of Spring
(1913) (and still is) as this happened. While going to google, he noticed that it was showing
this
design. Upon mousing over, it said "Happy Birthday Igor Stravinsky", and after clicking it, it did a google search of him.
Laihendi just wanted everyone to know that today is the anniversary of the birth of the most influential composer of the 20th century.
Stravinsky's wikipedia page!
Video of Rite of Spring WITH DANCE! (but poor sound quality) -
Part 1
,
Part 2
,
Part 3
.
For those of you interested in the "riot" at it's premier:
In the high days of the Belle Époque, the public attending this premiere was so scandalised by the brutal sounds produced by the orchestra and the evocation of a blood sacrifice on stage that a riot broke out. A shower of bad press and criticism followed, but Stravinsky kept aloof, as if he knew that overnight he had become the most famous composer of the 20th century. He would never have to return to scandalous music again; he moved to chamber music and the neoclassical style for the next few years, nothing that could upset large audiences. From what he said years later, he appeared certain that none were better than him at exploiting a scandal for success.
The complex music and violent dance steps depicting fertility rites first drew catcalls and whistles from the crowd. At the start with the opening bassoon solo, the audience began to boo loudly due to the slight discord in the background notes behind the bassoon's opening melody. There were loud arguments in the audience between supporters and opponents of the work. These were soon followed by shouts and fistfights in the aisles. The unrest in the audience eventually degenerated into a riot. The Paris police arrived by intermission, but they restored only limited order. Chaos reigned for the remainder of the performance, and Stravinsky himself was so upset on account of its reception that he fled the theater in mid-scene, reportedly crying. Fellow composer Camille Saint-Saëns famously stormed out of the première (though Stravinsky later said "I do not know who invented the story that he was present at, but soon walked out of, the premiere.") allegedly infuriated over the misuse of the bassoon in the ballet's opening bars.
He wrote many other famous pieces as well... so for the sake of this thread not being locked, Laihendi invites you to discuss Stravinsky!
*The dancing doesn't start until about 2:45 on the first video linked.
Post by
Ryolo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3GMtP6n7pM&feature=related
Uh, yeah. Link contains
MASTW
.
Post by
287071
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
343167
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
89086
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
278900
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
BobTheGreat
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47197
Post by
Itanius
Lady Washington
Post by
Laihendi
google.com
Post by
Ryolo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbTEmWgyxQ&feature=related
He is very funny. That's why.
Post by
Random0214
http://www.ted.com/talks/qi_zhang_s_electrifying_organ_performance.html
Post by
Sagramor
change begets change that begets change
Post by
148723
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post Reply
This topic is locked. You cannot post a reply.
