▲ 0 r/florence
Marvis "Ginger Mint" toothpaste
I love the Amarelli Licorice flavor.
But the "Ginger Mint" doesn't taste like ginger to me at all; it's just... Mint.
Is it just me? Did I get a bad tube?
u/pconrad0 — 2 days ago
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▲ 324 r/SantaBarbara
The Pride flag is raised for the first time at De La Guerra plaza for Pride Week.
A little tough to see without more wind, but it's definitely there.
Needed in this time when the Federal Government is moving to declare trans people as enemies of the state, and appointing judges that have expressed a desire to overturn marriage equality.
Local politicians and activists made speeches and expressed support for the LGBTQ+ community.
u/pconrad0 — 2 days ago
▲ 110 r/Music
Songs built entirely around a riff
I was just thinking of the song Free Falling by Tom Petty.
The entire song is built around a two bar riff. Basically, that two bar riff is the entire song.
The variety that every song needs to be interesting comes entirely from varying the texture, singing the verses and chorus in a different register and adding/subtracting layers of backup vocals.
A few other examples I can think of off the top of my head:
Shout (Isley Brothers and many covers) (2 bar riff)
Low Rider (War) (1 bar riff in rhythm section. There are a couple of melodic 4 bar riffs, but the basic guitar/bass harmony groove never alters).
You might think Mony Mony, but it actually doesn't fit. There are shifts in the chords that make it not a "single riff song". (In fact it's really just a slightly modified 12-bar blues form).
What other popular songs are like this?
Edited to add some songs that definitely fit the category:
1 bar riffs:
- What I got (Sublime). 1 bar riff!
- Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers)
2 bar riffs:
- Werewolves in London (Warren Zevon)
- and yes, of course also Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard
- Ain't taking bout love (Van Halen)
- A horse with no name (America)
Barely included
- Born in the USA (Springsteen). There's a two bar riff that repeats twice over a I in the bass, then repeats twice over a IV in the bass. It's definitely built over a riff and repetitive, but is almost too much variation to fit the category.
Songs that don't fit, but almost do
- Jolene (Dolly Parton). Same six chord progression used throughout, but the harmonic rhythm (the precise duration of how you remain on each chord in the progression) varies throughout the song.
Songs where the verse fits but not the chorus
- 1999 (Prince). The verses all fit. But there's a different intro and a different chord progression on the refrain (the pattern changes on "two thousand zero zero...
- Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple). Verses are all based on a four bar iconic riff. But the chorus changes from the G minor and F of the riff to C major, then an Ab tritone substitution for D7 leading back to the Gm.
u/pconrad0 — 1 month ago
▲ 16 r/Broadway
Death of a Salesman question
Just saw the Mantello production of Death of a Salesman with Lane/Metcalfe and it was, of course, spectacular.
But there was one choice that left me puzzled.
One of the most famous monologues is Charley at the grave, and starts "Nobody dast blame this man".
In this production, Charley pulls out a piece of paper, and reads these lines as if they were a prepared eulogy. (Or at least that was my takeaway.)
I went back to the script to see if there was any foundation for this choice. I couldn't find one. The stage directions say: "stopping Happy's movement and reply. To Biff"
My sense was that this weakend the impact of the speech. It was the only directorial/acting choice that I thought took away from the impact of the play.
What were others thoughts on this?
u/pconrad0 — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/firenze
Classical music in July
Visiting Florence 19 July to 26 July.
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Was hoping to attend a classical music performance of one kind or another.
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But all the major venues seem to be dark; all I've found are small recitals of Opera arias that seem to be mainly aimed at tourists.
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The only exception I found was a concert by the Orchestra della Toscana directed by Benjamin Voce performing CPE Bach, Boccherini and Haydn. I bought tickets for that.
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Two questions:
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* Anything else you can recommend?
* Are the opera aria concerts worthwhile? I mean no disrespect to the artists that perform in them. I am just wondering about the quality, since the marketing makes me wonder whether these are aimed at an audience of real classical music fans, or an audience with only a surface level appreciation of classical music.
u/pconrad0 — 2 months ago
▲ 27 r/SantaBarbara
Do you recognize this masterpiece?
If you can say where this masterpiece is on display, you win... well, nothing really. But I'm hoping it's a fun game.
It's a work of absolute beauty. Sublime even. You really need to see it in person to appreciate it's depth, it's texture.
It looks different at every time of day too.
It's on display somewhere in Santa Barbara, in a place open to the general public (during business hours).
Can you say where?
u/pconrad0 — 3 months ago