Meeme's introdution thread

[Silver]

Greetings Meeme and welcome to the finest shving forum ever!

The pictures you have posted are amazing, beautiful architecture, lucky girl that you get to go there. I am waiting for my new scuttle and brush set to arrive before I post my "Shave Den", I only have one straight and 2 soaps so far so nothing really to shout about!

I see you and Steel Angel both have good taste in music. I've seen Judas Priest live in concert as well as many other bands (Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, White Zombie, Black Sabbath - with and without Ozzy, Marilyn Manson) and lots more.

I'm not really a fan of "old" Classical music but I love the modern Classics like Bond and Vanessa Mae. The only traditional Classical I like is Wagner and (surprise, surprise) the Ring Cycle my all time favourite is Flight of the Valkyries, but like BeBerlin says I have to listen to it occasionally or I just want to strap on a breastplate, grab my sword and go on a rampage!

However, every time I listen to Wagner, I get the urge to invade France. So I try to keep the intake down to a minimum.

np: Bayreuth Festival (Evans, Tomlinson, Barenboim) - Die Walküre: "Der Walkürenritt"

I hope you enjoy your stay here and look forward to your next post.

[maplemaker]

Welcome to SRP, Meeme. Nice scuttle, and great taste in scents.



So do I. However, every time I listen to Wagner, I get the urge to invade France. So I try to keep the intake down to a minimum.

np: Bayreuth Festival (Evans, Tomlinson, Barenboim) - Die Walküre: "Der Walkürenritt"

HAHAHAHA. That was funny!
Welcome, Meeme. What a beautiful scuttle! And thanks for the pictures of the Sorbonne, too. And an off-topic for BeBerlin, if this question gets noticed:
The Bayreuth you're listening to, what year was it recorded, and on what label? (D.G. perhaps? Probably no.) I've no Wagner in my collection, as I find his music rather trite, but I would like to hear Barenboim's take on it to see if he can change my mind.

[Meeme]

Maplemaker: as we are on my thread, let me tell you what are my favourite Wagnerian records. I hope that will help you to find Wagner's music beautiful. In my humble opinion these records are the perfect ones. I analysed many records to find these ones, and since I have found them, I am listening only to this selection.

The Ring Circle:

• Das Rheingold: Joseph Keilberth, Recorded live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger, Rudolf Lustig, Ludwig Weber
• Die Walküre: Joseph Keilberth, Recorded live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, Gré Brouwenstijn, Ramon Vinay
• Siegfried: Joseph Keilberth, Recorded live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Paul Kuen, Astrid Varnay
• Götterdämmerung: Joseph Keilberth, Recorded live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde

Parsifal: Hans Knappertsbusch,Bayreuth 1951, Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber, George London, Hermann Uhde

Tannhäuser: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth 1962, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Eberhard Waechter, Gerhard Stolze

Lohengrin: Joseph Keilberth, Bayreuth 1951, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Hans Braun, Astrid Varnay (It is, alas, a LP, and I don't think a CD version exists so I do hope you have the equipment)

Tristan und Isolde: Karl Böhm, Bayreuth 1966, Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Eberhard Waechter

Silver: thank you very much, and let me tell you that your snake is really beautiful How lucky you are! I am an absolute fan of Judas Priest! Unhappily, in France, Heavy Metal enthusiasts are quite rare, and groups never tour in France because they never fill their concert halls. I hope you will soon get your new scuttle and your brush set, and please, show it to us as soon as you receive them.

[Bruno]

I am a Heavy Metal connoisseur (Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Judas Priest, Saint Vitus, Revelation and many more acts as I only quoted the most famous of them).

Lacrimosa?
Sirenia?
Tristania?
Theatre of Tragedy?
Manowar?

Anyway, you like reading, metal, straight razors, ...
Welcome to SRP.

[maplemaker]

Tannhauser is, at least, tolerable. I am going to check out some of the early recordings you mention, just to see if they spark anything in me, and I'll let you know. The issue I have with him is the overblown arrogance of his style. Ugh. He seems forever and always to substitute half a percussion section with all the brass where a simple woodwind would do. Now, Mahler, on the other hand... Mahler is a treat, as far as the Germanic composers go... Regardless, welcome to the site and thanks for listing the recordings you like. I would not have had a place to start, as I've never knowingly picked anything up by him.

[Silver]

Manowar?

Anyway, you like reading, metal, straight razors, ...
Welcome to SRP.

Eeekkkk!!!!! And I thought I was the only person on the planet who loves Manowar!!!!!

Thank you for the snake compliments Meeme, we have 2 but I've only posted pictures of the Boa so far. We also have a Royal python who is stupid even by Royal standards. He even slithered away from a feed once as I bumped him on the end of his nose, which freaked him out! LOL

As soon as Teddy arrives I will be posting some pictures, also it's the UK SRP Meet next weekend, so I'm hoping to snag some goodies then too, hehehe

[Meeme]

Lacrimosa?
Sirenia?
Tristania?
Theatre of Tragedy?
Manowar?

Anyway, you like reading, metal, straight razors, ...
Welcome to SRP.

Thank you Bruno! Silver will be very glad since I love Manowar too. But I do not like the other bands you quote, I rather love doomy acts like Winds, Arcturus, Krux, Isole, Fall of the Idols, While Heaven Wept, Saint Vitus, Great Coven, Candlemass, Revelation, Black Sabbath, Reverend Bizarre, Abstrakt Algebra, Memento Mori and others I dare not mention because they are too obscure. But Manilla Road, (old) Manowar, Dio and Judas Priest are really the greatest.

Silver, the Boa seems very beautiful! It must be very strange to fell the embrace of a snake, but what a delightful feeling! I have never touched any snake, but the experience is quite tempting it must be very impressive. Your python seems to be very amusing, I hope, even if he is quite stupid, that you enjoy his company.

[Silver]

Woohooo!!!! My favourite Manowar song is "Blood of my Enemies" while my favourite ballad is "Sword into the Wind". Most of my collection is on vinyl (from Battle Hymns to Fighting The World) but I have Into Glory Ride and the others on CD.

The photo of Hades the Boa is about 6 months old now, she is over 7ft and still growing! I had her when she was 1 year old and she has always been well handled and enjoys peoples company.

Mr Nibbs the Python was 3 months old when I had him, little bootlace that he was and again he has been well handled so is quite tame and docile. So much so that Spike and I let his 5 year old daughter handle him, which she LOVES! He is a shade over 5ft and fully grown.

Snakes are not slimey as most people think, they have dry, silky, cool skin and like nothing better than curling around you to draw off your body heat. The size difference of the 2 snakes gives a different feeling for both. Mr Nibbs will squeeze your arm or leg and try to show you what a strong boy he is, but when you've had a full body cuddle from a Boa he pales into comparison, bless him.

Don't get me wrong I love both of my snakes, Nibbs is my favourite as I had him first and he was only a baby when I had him. Hades was already 4ft when I had her so it's a slightly different relationship.

They both feed every 2 weeks and shed their skins about evey 6 - 8 weeks. Spikes daughter had the privilege of seeing him both shed and fed over the past 2 weeks, her words after seeing him feed were "It's gross but really cool!" and when she saw him shed "WOW!!!!"

It is a very sensuous experience to handle a snake, think Selma Hayek in "Dusk Till Dawn" and you'll get the idea. If you get the chance to handle a snake, do it! You won't regret it.

Sorry for the snake ramble, I am very passionate about most critters.

[Bruno]

The best song (which would be suitable for my funeral) is 'Heart of Steel' that song resonates with me in a way I cannot explain. It's been my favorite song since I first heard it.
I have all their cd's, though I have to admit that I only bought 'into glory ride' to have them all.

I like virtually all of their songs, though I prefer the really fast and powerfull songs like 'The power'. But I also love their balads... aghhh I love them all. Their last album took some getting used to, but after a couple of times I really liked it very much.

I've had the luck of seeing them live twice. I hope that their next tour will land in Belgium again, or somewhere close in Germany or Holland.
And I have no problem with admitting that I used earplugs on both occasions. If the drums are so loud that your ribcage vibrates, your ears need protection.

The other things I know about manowar reinforce my feeling about them. They regularly give things away, give to charity, do cool stuff for fans...
The first time I saw them, Karl broke his leg in a bike accident, the day before the concert. Instead of canceling the show, he came on stage with a cast from heel to groin, sat himself on a bar stool and played for almost 2 hours.

[iron maiden]

Meeme, Welcome to SRP...I think I saw your post about guns somewhere on this website.

You'll find a good deal of useful information on this site.

Oh, and bravo to you for being a Judas Priest fan. My wife actually likes them over Iron Maiden...