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(1114) Elevenses are upon us already. Warning, readers, surfeit of femmes coming up, plus the first part of the next post. (1129) (just storing THIS here for later.)
10. Works for me too
9. This does not sound too good
… esp. given Stasi’s track record.
8. A threefer
Hmmmmm … as for Australians, they can be pretty dangerous at times … sometimes they even win the Ashes.
7. She’s very lucky, is NS, that APL got behind her
Whether it’s in operatic purity or in deliberate crossover artists, there are so many factors … for example with this chap who’ll again sing O Holy Night closer to Christmas:
“Juan Diego Flórez is a highly acclaimed Peruvian tenor, often described as one of the greatest of his generation, known for his phenomenal vocal agility, rock-steady high notes (especially in Rossini), infectious charisma, and stunning technique, though critics note his evolution from pure acrobatics to deeper musicality and a growing repertoire. Reviews praise his thrilling high Cs, clear tone, and charm, even as he expands from tenore leggero roles to heavier parts like Puccini’s La Bohème, earning him legions of fans and numerous awards.”
Key Strengths & Acclaim:
Vocal Technique: Praised for incredible agility, phenomenal breath control, and ringing, clear high notes, particularly in bel canto roles.
Performance Style: Inspires huge audiences with his energy, charisma, and engaging stage presence, transitioning from technical showpieces to more emotive performances.
Evolution: Has successfully matured, expanding his repertoire beyond his early Rossini specialty to include more dramatic and Romantic roles, adding depth to his artistry.
Fan Reception: Commands devoted followings, with audiences thrilled by his vocal fireworks (like high Cs) and engaging personality.
A sad contender for the “overrated” award might be Sarah Brightman … I’ve just been reading about her, from her vocal limitations to her attitude on stage or in private life as a self-styled diva … but the major criticisms are three … her vocalisation, her narcissism as a result of Brit luvvy worship, her messy life.
“Sarah Brightman faces criticism primarily for inconsistent acting, sometimes perceived as wooden or superficial, especially in musical theatre roles like Sunset Boulevard, despite her powerful, multi-octave voice being praised by many. Critics often note a gap between her vocal talent and dramatic delivery, with some finding her musical style (“popera”) overly polished or “precious,” though others enjoy her unique fusion of classical and pop.”
“The trouble with Sarah B isn’t so much her voice — lots of pop singers really don’t sing all that well — but the irredeemable cheesiness of her music and her stage shows. From what I’ve heard of her music, it’s hollow and bombastic, with little real feeling to it; in a previous thread, someone compared her to John Tesh, and that’s spot-on.”
“And, yes, her speaking voice is rather girlish and she’s become increasingly flamboyant. It’s pretty self-evident that Sarah Brightman is flamboyant because flamboyance lands prime media spots, gets people talking, and sells CDs and $150 concert tickets. Talent takes you only so far. Clever packaging does the rest.”
I read an opera page which really picked apart her mouth position through to various notes she mishandled etc. It’s possibly an unjustified criticism that she’s the diva equivalent of the Andre Rieu show. What did come through is that so many detest her style and voice, whereas mainly Brits gallantly defend “our Sarah”.
The reason for this post, dropping what I did have prepared is that I glanced at the political items here awaiting posting and there’s a flood of fab females pictured … it would have been overkill to run the three reaction videos I had around the same song.
Song was You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (1964)
“The Righteous Brothers consistently receive extremely high ratings, with fans giving albums like Unchained Melody 4.5 to 5 stars on retail sites, praising their timeless harmonies, powerful vocals (especially Bobby Hatfield’s), and emotional depth. They are critically acclaimed, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and lauded by critics for their unique blend of soul, pop, and R&B, making them a legendary duo with enduring appeal.”
What I had were three reactors, all female, two maybe late Millennial early Gen Zee, honeys in every way … plus an Indian origin kid of 17 by way of contrast. The two older ones swooned within seconds … the kid was praising the voices but did not fully understand she was also swooning. The older ones had to stop, could not continue, came back later.
Quite interesting for a male but as I say … maybe a bit too much femme overkill for one day.
(0629) Still dark, here’s the cunning plan … an op ed, then DAD, another item, then Steve, and so on. (0838)
5. The sky this morning between the mullions
4. Steve at 1228
US Forces’ Interception and Seizure of Sanctioned Oil Tanke plus US F/A-18F Super Hornet Jets Fly Over the Gulf of Venezuela in a Show of Force Against Maduro
DOJ Scraps Disparate-Impact Rules After 50 Years — Restores Equal Protection
First Texas and now Florida Lead Bans on Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR
“Send Her Back!” Crowd Goes Wild After President Trump Says Ilhan Omar is an Illegal Alien
JH: There was an item last night where her hubby caught her at it with a white male after doing it with her brother.
[The] Ukraine Practically Lost Battle In Siversk
Former CDC director calls for removal of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from the market
Nearly half of Netflix’s children’s shows feature LGBT propaganda
Much more.
JH: Steve has this wunnerful numbering system he sometimes employs at NOWP … check the MftWC items.
3. Says it all really, doesn’t it?
2. DAD at 1228
a) Will/Can the 1905 law stop the Isl@mination of France? On this December 9, 2025, with a suspiciously near-unanimous response, the 120th anniversary of the 1905 law separating Church and State was celebrated with great fanfare.
JH: This very much relates to Thur 1 and OoL today … if you’ll buy the Triune God versus shaitan premise, it’s so easy to see. Most of us are not Hindus or Buddhists … do we maniacally try to burn down temples, kill adherents, lose all reason and chant kill kill kill?
Of course not … we don’t give other religions much thought, except one which is openly trying to take over and kill us. Plus it’s own sworn enemy Zionism, through AIPAC etc. But who thinks some Christian army is ready to descend to slaughter everyone?
It’s ridiculous … so why the open fear of the baddies or the snide hostility of the secular? If it’s a dead faith, almost snuffed out by every other section of society … then what’s to fear? I call myself a private Christian … so why did it cause a mass walkout at the old OoL in 2013 or whenever? Why so offputting?
It’s at least a curiosity, no? Back to DAD:
b) The tradional burning of cars on New Year’s Eve comes early. Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (26): Around thirty vehicles were deliberately damaged and set on fire in two areas of the town. The suspect was riding an electric scooter.
c) The next “Lock Step” of the NWO led by Oz? Social media: Emmanuel Macron wants the removal of “hate messages,” the closure of “fake accounts,” and a ban on users under 15.
d) Donald Trump on Europe: “Their immigration policy is a disaster. We are approaching the point where it will be impossible to correct the situation. My roots are European and I hate to see what London and Paris have become.”
e) JH: DAD has a url over there on its own.
1. Op Ed of sorts
There are two items of Grand Theatre currently going on … one before Saturday the 13th in London and one before the 15th in America. There’s another ongoing GTwith DJT, Bondi, Gowdy, Wiles etc. That last most know about.
All right … the TR versus Emma Dunwell @ESpeaksFreely … both rallies scheduled for Saturday Dec 13th in the afternoon … is going to be posted at OoL once it’s been written. Poor planning by someone.
The second I’ll post here. It’s 0709 just now, shall do the London post first over there, then get back here, DAD, Steve etc. after that.
Even at HQ here, there are differences. For example, one our stalwarts wrote Stephen YL about TR … that’s a standard putdown of TR. Then there are the opposed camps over in America before the CO versus EK showdown on Monday, with supporters of each insulting the other in no uncertain terms.
Last night, our time, EK was on some programme ranting about CO’s insults towards her deceased hubby, whilst at the very same time, CO is bringing out financial details of TPUSA and EK herself.
I’m looking at all this going on and thinking it’s most unfortunate, all of it. EK most certainly is doing herself no favours, though I’m hoping Charlie left her and chn provided for. Candace is being Candace.
All the while, which factor caused the issue over in America, namely CK’s killing, if it indeed was so? It was twofold … CK rejecting the “Jewish” funding (there’s no funding worth talking about in Christianity) … plus his wanting an audit of TPUSA’s accounts.
Every avid follower of politics today would understand the money side of the killing … that’s obvious … plus many would understanding the ideological clash. What only a small percentage of actual Christians fully understand is that this is Triune God versus Mammon and that eternal enemy we might call shaitan has a vested interest in wrecking any Christian revival, in robbing him of souls.
Now look at the EK/TPUSA/letter agency/dark state versus CO split … Talmudic Judaism versus Christianity, just as it was around 2000 years ago. Only this time, dead easy to attack the flawed CO … just how Christian is her opportunism versus genuine stumble-upon?
And over here … TR a Christian? That’s an interesting one, n’est-ce-pas? Or is this rally about the nation as a Christian nation? Naturally, the Woke CofE synod is dead against TR championing Christianity, something they singularly are not doing. As I posted last time:
(1728) Dark again and yet enlightened perhaps. (1814)
Dogma
When you see that word, what are the connotations in your mind? Negative? Ian Paisley? Fire and brimstone? Burning Savanorola at the stake, Joan of Arc? Thomas More? Inquisition? Torquemada? Fanatical and maniacal priesthood, almost Druidic? Ranting at the people?
Or the Great Schism over the filioque clause among other things? Consubstantiation versus transsubstantiation? The Franks pretending to be Christian? The pogroms?
It’s one reason I’ve shied away from ecclesiastical dogmas … for a start, I’m not well enough read on it all. And even if I were … from what point of view? How far does the awe and wonder of cathedral architectture come into it? That’s something I can relate to. Pageantry? Pomp and circumstance? Nah, you can keep it … give me a stable or a room in an inn.
I saw this Hearts of Oak episode of Father Harris at NOWP, also on X, thought he looked a bit scruffy, the guy … oops … just found out he has serious illness, is on morphine. Oops. Ok, thought I’d best watch it on X, do my duty by Steve, yet not wanting to get into the issues I see coming this Saturday at TR’s Putting the Christ Back into Christmas thing in London I think it is.
Watched it, coz I like Peter, the presenter. Whaaa? It was only 2 mins 40 seconds or thereabouts and yet it was pretty vital stuff. Checked out NOWP and the Rumble version:
It was really something … yikes, 52 mins? Er, maybe too busy now, plus cream-crackered after today, lay on the bed, ipad on chest, hands behind head on pillow, and just listened. The guy knows his history, even reads from Hebrew text, translates for Peter. Er right … Jewish history for the 400 years before the Logos, going Greek … the second temple, the strife of the next 400 years … Assyria etc..
I’m well aware that Dearieme and others do not accept Abraham or even Moses … I’m open to it … who cares which actual names they were, whether bullrushes came into it. It’s pretty massively accepted by so many scholars studying those times, going back at least a millennium. But I’m also aware of the interpretations leading to the KJV … this Father Harris uses a different version … and can we call any human Father, scripturally?
Two things stayed with me. “Before Abraham was, I am.” And therefore, He decided to step into humankind for a period of time. Fair enough in my book, can’t see why not. But it also comes back to this faithful Christian and cultural Christian and my political, rather than religious interest was piqued by this Father Harris … he’s the one I think involved in this Saturday thing … or maybe it was another pastor.
What’s he going to teach? Confession, priests, rosary beads, indulgences, fragments of the True Cross? Let me just check with Chaucer. Or is it going to be all happy-clapping? Or is it going to be like Charlie Kirk? Plus Hebrew text does come into it … can we have Christianity totally devoid of those 400 years? What of Isaiah? Daniel? What of Enoch? Elijah?
Fthr Harris outlines the theology of it, also the purpose of John the Baptist pointing the way. The thing which hits me is how on earth could there be wars over it? Pogroms? Sounds stupid to me.
I mentioned the cultural Christian and that is a great fightback for a start if it can come off on Saturday and not be just a damp squib. But there’s always that possibility that someone, maybe many, are going to see the light because everyone who has done knows it’s very powerful … and those are souls lost to the enemy who’s expended so much money, effort, misery to ensure it never happens. Viciously.
(1334) Overloaded with news items, enough films, short on short features, well fed here, looking ok. Film coming up next … one of those non youtube, maybe IYE types, maybe not. (1402)
