AllisonAdler
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I usually wear glasses and use much less make-up. This is one of my fancier photos, obviously.
And a gorgeous one it is!
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Verry nice there are so many beatiful Zep girls on here.
Thanks!
Nice pics Charles and beatbo!
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Gorgeous Allison....please can I have your glorious hair??
Aww, thanks, Miss H! Rather attached to the hair, though (so to speak)
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^Nice one, Puck!
And hello everyone!
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I haven't read any Stoker short stories but maybe I'll see if my local library has it. During my hibernation last winter I read some short stories by LeFanu, M. R. James, and Algernon Blackwood.
All great stuff!!
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Walter Burkert's Greek Religion, which is amazing, Iain Pears' The Dream of Scipio, which is really quite good, and Braudel's Memory and the Mediterranean, which is fabulous.
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This pic is backstage at the Knebworth August 4th 1979.
My friend scanned it from the book.
Who is a backward woman in this pic?
Does anybody know who she is?
Looks like Charlotte to me--she's got the same hair and is wearing the same scarf as in the helicopter photo, plus she looks quite a bit like her daughter (if it is her).
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Same here. Decades later, I find there is always something new to discover and learn about my favorite band.
"Intelligent and aware" - I like that description.
Seriously, though, I absorbed a lot back then - probably/possibly more than I should have. I have said it before: the band opened the world to me - not just musically but also where and how they traveled, what they read, etc. I quickly realized that I would never be content with a "small" or "narrow" life.This is so true of my experience as well, MSG! I was too young to absorb anything directly, but when I started listening seriously to Zep again about five years ago, I felt exactly the same way--the band's intellectual and cultural openness made me see a host of different and engaging worlds. I really love them for that.
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A new one from wireimage, taken at the V&A Supremes event:
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That made me happy too!
That was great! I also loved when Derek got into the elevator with all 3 of them (awkward...)I'm glad I'm not the only Grey's fan here! The elevator scene was priceless.
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I really have no idea why I watch Grey's Anatomy, but I have to say I am still happy that Addison said "So who's the McRebound?" right in front of that little Rose trollop (evil thieving cow). Ha!
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Can someone tell me what Jimmy believes in? I think it's the Order of something. He is maybe a wizard in it. Thanks in advance.
No one can say for certain what another person believes, but I think you might mean the Ordo Templi Orientis, or O.T.O.
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I simply mentioned however fascinating it may be it's Non-Zeppelin content, and as such best examined within Ramble On. No need to presume others know nothing about it.
I was talking about beatbo and Ninth Scribe, hence the "everyone else"
And many thanks to Suz and nirvana for raising the level of discussion here.
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For what it's worth all of this is why I generally avoid discussing these topics in this forum.
True or false, agree or disagree, rightly or wrongly it's just Non-Zeppelin Content.
And judging by what has been posted, I shall be happy to leave everyone else to wallow in his or her own obvious total ignorance and utter lack of intellectual discernment. Those of us who actually fucking know something because we've actually made serious, sustained study of it will always know that you're just wrong. Cheers to the lot of you.
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I think that you need to read a fair amount of someone's work before you decide that it's "deeply flawed". One can hardly make this assertion based on what you've decided is a misspelling. In point of fact, transliterations are rarely consistent. Spelling, furthermore, is not the same as grammar. You may have a beef, but don't take it out on AC!
I wasn't speaking for the man. Just read that he was interested in Crowley's work - and Crowley's work is extremely flawed. I won't get embroiled because people have their minds made up when it comes to these topics, but from what I've been able to tell, the testimonials they offer for success in any given religion or practice are the same that can be found in lottery techniques - some get money and some don't... but everyone has their own system.The flaws I point out are actual however. For instance, I've spent eight years trying to sort out which notorious jerk taught the Muslims that Azrael was the name of the Angel of Death - because they taught that to everyone else and it's a blatant lie. I got to the bottom of it and have collected official decrees from the religious scholars to order an end to that... but it doesn't help the cause of anyone who used the name previously. It just makes them look silly. Crowley used this name - and he mispelled it because he didn't know Hebrew grammar.
But, straightening that mess out is about as far as I intend to go in this life, however. It was a very nasty ordeal for me. As for the formal cults that have come up, who focus their work on the book, the Necronomicon, someone else will have to prove to them that Paradise Lost was a work of fiction.
The Ninth Scribe
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Whatever the linkage between the two it is generally best examined within it's own specific threads and not in this one as my thread opening post clearly stipulates. I
freely address the topic in appropriate threads but I simply am not interested in
fielding hyperbole, speculation and interpretations of the link in this one. Posts to
this thread which do not respect my wishes will be ignored and removed.
Steve, you may have perfectly reasonable expectations vis à vis the thread you started, but when you put yourself this way, it is bound to nettle folks. It is indeed annoying when threads go far off-topic, but I think the best way to ignore things is to ignore them--without passing comment.
Cactus, you are very much guilty of exacerbating and prolonging tensions between members on this board and I for one am really beginning to tire of it.
Finally, I know for a fact (as do many others here) that Knebby is a person of utter integrity who does know what she's talking about, so how about everyone's giving it a bloody rest, eh?
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Word on the street was that he studied the works of Aleister Crowley. This man wrote tons of stuff on occult theology, but a lot of it was flawed because the man never bothered to learn the languages he based his work on
Word from Jimmy directly, actually, and what you say here about AC is demonstrably untrue.
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Ovid's Heroides. Incredible.
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I don't think AC was ever a teenager in the 70s...
However, he was quite an intelligent and extremely well-educated man and Jimmy's interest in him appears to have been/be serious and sustained. I'm not sure why this should bother people. Crowley was not some Satan-worshipping weirdo, he was an occultist. These are absolutely not the same things!
Baby boomer hate that label!As a teenager in the 70's IMHO Crowley was (and still is), a crackpot who tried to impose his lifestyle and mindless ramblings on any fool who would care to listen.
Apparently he did all right until he shot it all up his arm.
I find it interesting that in later life he blamed his childhood for his predicament and took no responsibility himself.
Then again everyone who has major self inflicted problems usually blames society or something else on the given situation.
Whilst Jimmy took an interest I don't think he took Crowley too seriously.
So what if he purchased Boleskine House, I could think of worse places to live than on Loch Ness.
Wonder if Jimmy ever saw Nessie?
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I read a thing in The Guardian about her yesterday and went to have a listen on amazon--am now totally obsessed. I think I shall try to see the RAH show in June.
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See it for cheap. I saw it, and hate to say I slightly enjoyed it. Not for historical accuracy, and not for the acting, neither was that impressive. I just liked looking at it I suppose, costumes, etc.
Yeah, that's pretty much why I'd see it--thanks! Cannot wait for the next season of The Tudors!
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That makes perfect sense actually! And I'm enjoying Burmese Days, who would you say is a common day Orwell, I've been trying to find someone with a similar writing style.
That's a tough one to answer for me--the contemporary British writers I read tend to be quite different in terms of genre from Orwell (I agree about Wigan Pier, though--that's a really interesting work; Keep the Aspidistra Flying is another good one). Also, with the Empire long gone, it'd be hard to find someone with the same range of experience! I really like Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), Larkin (Collected Poems), and Osborne (Look Back in Anger), all of whom are just a generation later than Orwell and have (arguably) similar commitments to social realism.
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Dracula AD 1972. Groovy.
I'm teaching Dracula this week, so am watching as many of the film versions as I can.Has anyone seen The Other Boleyn Girl yet? I thought the novel was not very well-written and the trailers looked rather awful, but I love Eric Bana, so am considering it.
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^ I hope its a breeze since I'm taking other APs too, but I know even native speaking French people don't do so well on the exam, so I must make sure I can excel
Also reading Burmese Days by George Orwell
I think native speakers don't do as well because it's very grammar-driven, and you don't always think about grammar rules when it's your native language.
Burmese Days is a great read!
I have said it before: the band opened the world to me - not just musically but also where and how they traveled, what they read, etc. I quickly realized that I would never be content with a "small" or "narrow" life.
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