tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post115369876190278875..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Alison's Marvellous AdventureAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1154999230411809212006-08-08T11:07:00.000+10:002006-08-08T11:07:00.000+10:00Quite right. One's voice should be sweet and low, ...Quite right. One's voice should be sweet and low, and excellent thing in a woman.<BR/><BR/>By way of apology, I mixed you up with another Chambers. But maybe it was the wonderful impersonation of a huffy <I>Times</I> letter writer (Sir! I demand an immediate cessation of the decadent practice of wearing spats!) that took me in.<BR/><BR/>Btw, has anyone else notice a gender subtext in all this Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1154136471663404542006-07-29T11:27:00.000+10:002006-07-29T11:27:00.000+10:00I just got back on my chair, after (as the teens s...I just got back on my chair, after (as the teens say) ROTFL. Well said, Sir!Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1154085957623082722006-07-28T21:25:00.000+10:002006-07-28T21:25:00.000+10:00Welcome Back Alison.Some more ribbons of spleen fo...Welcome Back Alison.<BR/><BR/>Some more ribbons of spleen for the great maypole of contempt for the craven.<BR/><BR/>Shame on you Peter Craven. Shame damn and blast you. I will not stand for this kind of malarky. How ridiculous to disparage an achievement like Benedict's Eldorado and then in the same breathe claim it'd just be better for melbournians' sense of sophistication (like we all run theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1153956034316409122006-07-27T09:20:00.000+10:002006-07-27T09:20:00.000+10:00Thanks, Chris and Boo - I'm almost back, I think. ...Thanks, Chris and Boo - I'm almost back, I think. Meaning I think I have <I>two</I> doses of jetlag, and that isn't helped by an overwhelmingly busy week... but enough of my trivia.<BR/><BR/>Cy Twombly is I think a poet's painter. The Tate has that stunning series of the four seasons, I think my jaw literally dropped when I rounded the corner and saw them - these four huge canvases, quite Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1153950487308292392006-07-27T07:48:00.000+10:002006-07-27T07:48:00.000+10:00I am so happy that you're back !Head over to parab...I am so happy that you're back !<BR/>Head over to parabasis for a good post ...<BR/>:)DLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971226704327883196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1153744807706663932006-07-24T22:40:00.000+10:002006-07-24T22:40:00.000+10:00Cy Twombly... truly an artist's artist. Welcome b...Cy Twombly... truly an artist's artist. <BR/><BR/>Welcome back, ma'am! Like Dan, I was a heartily sick of seeing (not hearing) the last post. :)Chris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.com