Thomas Tallis

[Byron In Exile]

...is not unlike a great god.

It's a Caltech thing.

 

[trysail]

...is not unlike a great god.

It's a Caltech thing.

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams is sublime.


But that may not be what you intended since I don't believe it's a Caltech thing.

As an aside, the Britspeak pronounciation of Ralph is inscrutable to non-Britspeakers.


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[Phelia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-_XCOFX3g

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams is sublime.


But that may not be what you intended since I don't believe it's a Caltech thing.

As an aside, the Britspeak pronounciation of Ralph is inscrutable to non-Britspeakers.


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Yes, it's insane! Sounds like "Rafe"! They're weird. SPEAK AMERICAN!

 

[DesEsseintes]

I LOVE Thomas Tallis. And it isn't a Caltech thing.

I've been rather put off my previous favourite, Spem in Alium, by a certain book which according to absurd YouTube comments apparently makes reference to it. But this is stunning, and a wonderful version. (On first read-through, too. Now that's talent.)

 

[Byron In Exile]

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams is sublime.


But that may not be what you intended since I don't believe it's a Caltech thing.

As an aside, the Britspeak pronounciation of Ralph is inscrutable to non-Britspeakers.​

That work by Vaugh Williams is greatness.

But I meant the original.

The Caltech thing is a common reference to Richard Feynman. It is customary at Caltech to append the appelation to his name. If you were to speak it... if you said "Richard Feynman" at Caltech, then it would be expected to be followed with the phrase "who is not unlike a great god."

It's expected because for one, he is, and for two, MIT sucks. Punk ass bitches. Bring it.

 

[DesEsseintes]

(Just to confuse matters re: British pronunciation - one of my best friends is Ralph, pronounced Rafe, like Vaughan Williams and Fiennes. But it can also be pronounced Ralph, and there is NO WAY OF KNOWING in advance. It's all a plot to punish you for the American Revolution, of course.)

 

[Byron In Exile]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-_XCOFX3g
Yes, it's insane! Sounds like "Rafe"! They're weird. SPEAK AMERICAN!

Mass for Four Voices!

This is best.

 

[Byron In Exile]

this is stunning,

Whoa.

Very stunning.

Where did you come from?

Just askin...

Not real important, but you know things and get stuff, so I hope you stick around, k?

 

[Byron In Exile]

(Just to confuse matters re: British pronunciation - one of my best friends is Ralph, pronounced Rafe, like Vaughan Williams and Fiennes. But it can also be pronounced Ralph, and there is NO WAY OF KNOWING in advance. It's all a plot to punish you for the American Revolution, of course.)

I've been pronouncing it "Rafe" since before I saw his name in print.

I knew a Ralph in school, and he was an idiot.

So I suppose I was comfortable with the distinction.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Loquebantur Variis Linguis

 

[trysail]

That work by Vaugh Williams is greatness.

But I meant the original.

The Caltech thing is a common reference to Richard Feynman. It is customary at Caltech to append the appelation to his name. If you were to speak it... if you said "Richard Feynman" at Caltech, then it would be expected to be followed with the phrase "who is not unlike a great god."

It's expected because for one, he is, and for two, MIT sucks. Punk ass bitches. Bring it.

I truly wonder what the hyper-rational Feynman would think of the CAGW conjecture. I also wonder if anybody would pay any attention to what he thought.


I'm not getting in the middle of the Caltech-MIT thing. I'm dumb but I'm not stupid.

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[DesEsseintes]

You see, I think the Caltech/MIT thing is like cat people and dog people. Everyone wants it to be binary, but then there are plenty, like me, who like both.

'World is crazier and more of it than we think,
Incorrigibly plural.'

And thank you, Lord Byron, for your welcome to a relative newcomer like me. That particular choral group is called Alamire, and they are my favourite group - introduced to me by a charming American composer, Eric Whitacre.

Huge fan of Feynman here, too.