on june 15th Bergen Philharmonic and KORK will perform everything Grieg has composed, as it'd have been his 175th birthday this year. There'll be a 30 hour broadcast on NRK2.
Kinky. Any chance on modern interpretations:
doubtful
(not that I'd call this... quite that. Not exactly any lyrics I recognize :P)
It's built around the primary theme of Slovig's Song, just faster, and modern lyrics over top.
Perhaps there will pass both winter and spring,
And next summer too, and the whole year,
But some time you will come, I know this for sure,
And I shall surely wait, for that I promised you.
God give you strength, where you go in the world,
God give you joy, if you before his footstool stand,
Here shall I wait until you come again,
And if you wait above, we'll meet there again, my friend!
is the original more or less
(the guy's she's waiting for is a wastrel and a jackass, though)
BREAKING NEWS: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge: "I love skiing". Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge: "Norway is great"
We will keep you up to date as the story develops.
meanwhile the Us is on the verge of complete governmental collapse
No politics in [chat]. Be more like Norway, [chat], and concentrate on the pretty lady shaking hands while the prematurely bald man next to her smiles with well-merited glee at his fortunate lot in life.
I keep forgetting that I took the numbing thing that turns my pee orsnge and I'm probably NOT bleeding out
You should eat some beets while you're at it.
That'll really liven things up.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
They also visited (or are going to visit) the Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park, which opened relatively recently.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, with mom, granny, and Evald Møller Johanssen, the artist behind "Shapeless Man" (the children drew the sculptures, with craftsmen making them, on their input. It'd be a bit much to demand children know bronze casting.)
I also quite like this one, Geometric Fox, by Sofie Sollid Gjertsen
I am a monarchist but, I must admit, only partly by political conviction, with much of that being rather chivalric romance-esque because a part of me is always going to be medieval
and HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra has always been the most adorable kid and always conjures a very chivalric romance-esque idea of the loyal knight faithfully serving the child queen
because she'd be excellent in that role, were I to cast a movie (not that medieval literature is a very popular movie genre these days)
AND FURTHER posts about the royalty, because I'm on a roll, I like Statsrådsalen, the... er... State Council Hall.
It's where, every friday, the King sits in Council - the council being the government, ministers in norway hold the title Statsråd, Councillor of State. Apart from the few laws that pertain to the actual king, nearly every mention of "the king" or "the king in council" in the law refers to powers of government. The power of the executive branch is wholly vested in the power of the King, so everything from the powers of the prime minister to the power of Magda, 54, at the DMV, is delegated from the King. (which is one of the reasons I like monarchy - the explicit idea of the civil service, and the complicated idea of it being both inherently political and inherently apolitical. In other words, I like that the most powerful elected officials are, in essence, just "the management", daily manager writ large of Norway, inc.)
Anyway. The chandelier above them has the quote MED LOV SKAL LANDET BYGGES - With Law The Land Shall Be Built
Which is a 1200 year old quote that still encapsulates the basic idea of the Rechtsstaat, from the Frostating law.
the menhir at the old site of the Frostating, the Thing that now gives its name to Frostating court of appeal. With law our land shall be built, and not with lawlessness* be laid desolate.
*"unlaw", rather. Which has a slight, but important difference.
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Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
AND SO I SAID, “THAT’S ONE WAY TO SLICE A CARROT!”
we've all been there, Neco!
we've all been there . . .
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@credeiki I'm about 100 pages into Provenance and it's pretty good!
It's very small scale in the same way that Ancillary book 2 was, and interestingly I think it's from the POV of some non Raadch humans? I'm fuzzy on the specifics of that.
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
@ credeiki I'm about 100 pages into Provenance and it's pretty good!
It's very small scale in the same way that Ancillary book 2 was, and interestingly I think it's from the POV of some non Raadch humans? I'm fuzzy on the specifics of that.
As close as I could place it that book takes place on like the opposite side of the setting than the Ancillary books. There is one near cameo role that I think might be in both but I may be confusing characters.
I also really liked that it is a story that is really about the people in it more than anything else. Oh, also Lackey's previous work got slapped with all the SJW hate for what were really just good sci-fi ideas. Here she seems to adopt the theory that if she is going to get that hate she might as well make sure she deserves it and I heartily enjoyed it.
Most of it is already "us" so that's three verses already gender neutral
the sixth verse, about Denmark and Sweden, would be relatively easy to change to "søsken" instead of brother, but anyway, it's just anthromorphic metaphors for nations
The enemy threw away his weapon,
up the visor went,
we, in wonder, to him hastened,
because he was our brother.
Driven forth to a stand by shame
we went to the south;
now we three brothers stand united,
and shall stand like that!
the fifth verse, in what is perhaps a slightly overcomplicated metaphor, calls freedom our baby and us its fathers and parent has a lot more syllables, so I dunno
Hard times we have coped with,
were at last disowned;
but in the worst distress, blue-eyed
freedom was to us born.
It gave (us) father's strength to carry
famine and war,
it gave death itself its honour -
and it gave reconciliation.
Third verse, erm... hm. This is a tough one.
Farmers their axes sharpened
wherever an army advanced,
Tordenskjold along the coastline thundered
so that we could see it back home.
Even women stood up and fought
as if they were men;
others could only cry
but that soon would end!
and the seventh... I give up.
Norwegian man in house and cabin,
thank your great God!
The country he wanted to protect,
although things looked dark.
All the fights fathers have fought,
and the mothers have wept,
the Lord has quietly moved
so we won our rights.
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one of them was what they called Stone Annihilation IPA
Cask Aged Double Ruination
That billboard is the stuff of nightmares
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Perhaps there will pass both winter and spring,
And next summer too, and the whole year,
But some time you will come, I know this for sure,
And I shall surely wait, for that I promised you.
God give you strength, where you go in the world,
God give you joy, if you before his footstool stand,
Here shall I wait until you come again,
And if you wait above, we'll meet there again, my friend!
is the original more or less
(the guy's she's waiting for is a wastrel and a jackass, though)
We will keep you up to date as the story develops.
it wasnt terrible.
also beer opinions
i have them
*chews on raw hops*
beer is shit
In general I am drinking a lot less beer; maybe 1-3 a week
meanwhile the Us is on the verge of complete governmental collapse
Send Vortex from Arcturus as an ambassador, and get Bill and Cat's feelings on Black Metal.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Exciting stuff.
No politics in [chat]. Be more like Norway, [chat], and concentrate on the pretty lady shaking hands while the prematurely bald man next to her smiles with well-merited glee at his fortunate lot in life.
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I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Well don't be sourdough about it.
At yeast it wasn't more than ten cents
You should eat some beets while you're at it.
That'll really liven things up.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, with mom, granny, and Evald Møller Johanssen, the artist behind "Shapeless Man" (the children drew the sculptures, with craftsmen making them, on their input. It'd be a bit much to demand children know bronze casting.)
I also quite like this one, Geometric Fox, by Sofie Sollid Gjertsen
and HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra has always been the most adorable kid and always conjures a very chivalric romance-esque idea of the loyal knight faithfully serving the child queen
because she'd be excellent in that role, were I to cast a movie (not that medieval literature is a very popular movie genre these days)
Prince the Elder is really not aging well.
Fuuuu
*monocle pop*
It's where, every friday, the King sits in Council - the council being the government, ministers in norway hold the title Statsråd, Councillor of State. Apart from the few laws that pertain to the actual king, nearly every mention of "the king" or "the king in council" in the law refers to powers of government. The power of the executive branch is wholly vested in the power of the King, so everything from the powers of the prime minister to the power of Magda, 54, at the DMV, is delegated from the King. (which is one of the reasons I like monarchy - the explicit idea of the civil service, and the complicated idea of it being both inherently political and inherently apolitical. In other words, I like that the most powerful elected officials are, in essence, just "the management", daily manager writ large of Norway, inc.)
Anyway. The chandelier above them has the quote MED LOV SKAL LANDET BYGGES - With Law The Land Shall Be Built
Which is a 1200 year old quote that still encapsulates the basic idea of the Rechtsstaat, from the Frostating law.
the menhir at the old site of the Frostating, the Thing that now gives its name to Frostating court of appeal. With law our land shall be built, and not with lawlessness* be laid desolate.
*"unlaw", rather. Which has a slight, but important difference.
Even the old posts
Remember when William was the dreamboat and everyone thought Harry was a scrawny ginger freak.
I wonder if Harry gives William shit now.
we've all been there, Neco!
we've all been there . . .
It's very small scale in the same way that Ancillary book 2 was, and interestingly I think it's from the POV of some non Raadch humans? I'm fuzzy on the specifics of that.
Hm. I wonder if that'd work for ours.
The "officially" part would first require actually officially having an anthem, but... hm.
EDIT: oh come on the canadian one is just one verse that's cheating
Also
Wouldnt that be a five dimensional jesus
Any monster hunterers know when Commodations start appearing as possible quest rewards?
As close as I could place it that book takes place on like the opposite side of the setting than the Ancillary books. There is one near cameo role that I think might be in both but I may be confusing characters.
I also really liked that it is a story that is really about the people in it more than anything else. Oh, also Lackey's previous work got slapped with all the SJW hate for what were really just good sci-fi ideas. Here she seems to adopt the theory that if she is going to get that hate she might as well make sure she deserves it and I heartily enjoyed it.
Most of it is already "us" so that's three verses already gender neutral
the sixth verse, about Denmark and Sweden, would be relatively easy to change to "søsken" instead of brother, but anyway, it's just anthromorphic metaphors for nations
the fifth verse, in what is perhaps a slightly overcomplicated metaphor, calls freedom our baby and us its fathers and parent has a lot more syllables, so I dunno
Third verse, erm... hm. This is a tough one.
and the seventh... I give up.