So, Chazanut

[dhole]

You know how sometimes when you ask people what sort of music they like, they'll say something like, "oh, I like everything, except for rap and opera?" This is almost always a lie, and one of the fun things to do when someone tells you that particular lie is to play a form of music that they probably will not like, despite the fact that it is

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[lethargic_man]

Why not get your father's vinyl digitised? Then your father can continue to listen to what he already knows he likes. (Now you're going to tell me he has a collection of 2000 records, and it would cost an arm and a leg.)

[dhole]

The short answer to that question is "because I'm not there to do it." There have been attempts made, and they have not been successful at this point in time.

[rereader]

What happens if I print this out for our mother to read, hmmm? And I feel obliged to point out that my iPod Touch does not affect the network, nor does our mother's MacBook, but only our father's PC, and it does not just make it impossible for me to tweet (or email, which as I work from home is rather vital but could be worked around), but causes my computer to freeze entirely, losing whatever I had been working on in the process.That's not as amusing as your version, but there it is.

Also, I totally read the title of the post as some sort of exotic fruit--hazelnut, chazanut.

[dhole]

Actually, I think that's more amusing than my version. Although now it sounds less like a network problem, and more like a Mac problem.

[dhole]

I'm not sure the chain of circumstances which led me to have some random records from the 1930s is going to be replicated, but you never know.

Also, I think that part of the reason why the record player has not been replaced is that for various reasons space in my parent's apartment is a bit harder to find than it once was, and my mother thus would not be entirely in favor of a plan that meant that the records would be back there, as well as a new record player.

[davidgoldfarb]

Doesn't Jean Valjean make plans to emigrate to America midway through? Marius has this whole conflict about whether he should go with them or stay and participate in the revolution.

[dhole]

Making plans to emigrate to America isn't the same as emigrating to America.

Also, assuming that wikipedia isn't lying to me, Valjean is a rich parolee in 1815. He then does not flee to America, but takes on a new identity. He spends 1815-1823 not leaving France, for no particularly good reason. He spends a few months in prison in 1823, and then escapes, immediately not leaving France. In 1824, he has a close encounter with Javert, and after his escape spends the next five years not leaving France.

Marius shows up in 1829, and I can't help but think that at some point during the previous fourteen years, Valjean had sufficient time, money, and impetus to emigrate to America, and can scarcely blame the subsequent circumstances for his failure to leave the one country where the legal system would treat him as anything other than a rich foreigner.

[dhole]

Making plans to emigrate to America isn't the same as emigrating to America.

Also, assuming that wikipedia isn't lying to me, Valjean is a rich parolee in 1815. He then does not flee to America, but takes on a new identity. He spends 1815-1823 not leaving France, for no particularly good reason. He spends a few months in prison in 1823, and then escapes, immediately not leaving France. In 1824, he has a close encounter with Javert, and after his escape spends the next five years not leaving France.

Marius shows up in 1829, and I can't help but think that at some point during the previous fourteen years, Valjean had sufficient time, money, and impetus to emigrate to America, and can scarcely blame the subsequent circumstances for his failure to leave the one country where the legal system would treat him as anything other than a rich foreigner.

[marlowe1]

I usually say that I like everything except for Carlbach. And throat singing. And avant garde. And the Black Eyed Peas. Damn, I hate the Black Eyed Peas.

Actually I just pick whatever I've been listening to out of a hat at the moment.

I love rap. I love country. Opera is totally awesome. I have even gotten over any issues I might have had to with disposable pop songs and I have been roundly mocked for my affection for Kesha and Katy Perry.

Where was I going with this.

Oh yeah, totally see your potin about Jewish liturgical music.

[dhole]

Most genres, I find that I don't like most of it, but I can usually find a few things that I like. Although I will say that I find the Miami Boys Choir and similar to be a bit creepy. Partly because of the "listening to women sing is too erotic. Let's listen to young boys instead," and partly because of exploitative business practices.