On 4/16/2022 1:45 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:05:15 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> In keeping with Western demands to prevent Russian musicians from
>> performing in concert, I hereby announce that the music of Pyotr Ilyich
>> Tchaikovsky shall no longer be performed for his failure to denounce
>> Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
>
> Guess I'm a bad person then since I've played the 1812 in the past 3
> weeks.
>
> In my defence I've ALSO during that time played Emerson Lake &
> Palmer's version of Mussorgsky's Great Gate of Kiev - though one
> wonders whether Mussorgsky would qualify as Russian even though he was
> doing a Ukrainian theme.
>
> He was descended from Boyars who had a large Ukrainian component so
> who can really tell.
>
> On the other hand I have sent e-mails to our mayor and provincial
> representative urging them to agree to the proposal to send our police
> department's used body armor to Ukraine rather than to the
> manufacturer for destruction - apparently the police get new armor
> every 3-4 years whether the old gear needs replacement or not and I
> suggested to the politicians that this was a rather low cost way of
> doing something tangible to help.
>
That's a great idea!