tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post5536179217889475755..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: heavy metalSarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-60882095821666997462010-06-03T06:43:11.711+00:002010-06-03T06:43:11.711+00:00Hi Mitchell!Hi Mitchell!SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-68054714905744797712010-06-02T22:56:02.005+00:002010-06-02T22:56:02.005+00:00The horrific sound you heard at those Kansas churc...The horrific sound you heard at those Kansas churches was the infamous "Electronic Carillons" which the Schulmerich company in Pennsylvania has been making for many decades, and they have an almost nasal, wavery stridency. Alas they have been used extensively all over the United States for many years, especially by Catholic churches, which, despite the heritage of Vivaldi and Mozart in Europe has alas succumbed to the dubious musicality of the folk mass and electronic organs. But there are still cast bells and real carillons; here in Massachusetts there are several but nothing like the quality found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-11449385729706936392010-05-31T14:45:48.089+00:002010-05-31T14:45:48.089+00:00oh Bob
you just added a few more years to my alrea...oh Bob<br />you just added a few more years to my already advanced age. how depressing. Although, does it mean that when those goddamned mosquitoes are flying around me at night in bed as I get older I won't hear them anymore? this could save my marriage, as I've said no more summers in sardegna unless those guys put screens on the windows.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-4177570746575423012010-05-31T14:17:16.532+00:002010-05-31T14:17:16.532+00:00I love how you bring in the longer range half-life...I love how you bring in the longer range half-life. Or is it that your half-life is that of a mosquito.<br /><br />Your blog post had me googling a mosqito half-life and found this:<br /><br />http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/<br /><br />I'm 47 but I can't hear anything beyond the 60 and under.BJeronimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238788014692666989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-28483612954364082892010-05-31T10:11:59.507+00:002010-05-31T10:11:59.507+00:00Only HALF of your life is over? Lucky you! (Hope...Only HALF of your life is over? Lucky you! (Hope that helps.)<br /><br />I like church bells, too, but have lived in rural settings, chiefly, far away from any churches. For me, then, it's the distant sound of the train wailing in the night. And rain hitting the roof and gurgling down the gutters. <br /><br />Nice, that.NEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-50421822586793058022010-05-30T16:53:15.027+00:002010-05-30T16:53:15.027+00:00I never read "Hunchback." "Les Mis&...I never read "Hunchback." "Les Mis" I've done twice and it was better the first time. <br /><br />Where I grew up there were no bells nearby. We did have a big Catholic church not far away but I don't remember any bells pealing from there, real or unreal. And my family went to Friends Meeting, and there was only a small upright piano.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-1902423045698856162010-05-30T13:22:31.977+00:002010-05-30T13:22:31.977+00:00Your marvelous description of "heavy metal&qu...Your marvelous description of "heavy metal" in your neighborhood brings to mind the metaphor of bell-ringing (and whistle-blowing). I'm picturing Quasimodo crawling up to his tower, sounding the alarm and calling people to their consciences about overwhelming world conditions like the oil spill. It may require becoming deaf and crippled from the effort to stop irrational methods.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-40508641082572887382010-05-30T13:00:34.842+00:002010-05-30T13:00:34.842+00:00Lovely! We have some real bells around here, and ...Lovely! We have some real bells around here, and there were bells and a carillon in places I've lived in the past.<br /><br />I love that focus moment.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-7116248163861478352010-05-30T11:11:11.832+00:002010-05-30T11:11:11.832+00:00When I was a kid back in the sixties the sound of ...When I was a kid back in the sixties the sound of church bells was commonplace. It's not until one reads a comment like yours that one realises that it's been many, many years since, even on a Sunday morning, I've heard the faithful being called to worship. I wonder where along the line they stopped?Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com