I was hoping there'd be a "Nothing I'd lament being rid of" quote post about Commodore (Admiral?) James Norrington somewhere around here... but I couldn't find any posts at all tagged with any combination of his name on 2 instances now.

Disappointing, and to be fixed.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/fa5e7891-05df-42a8-a18d-08e1bc0d1b4a

#JamesNorrington #JackDavenport #Norrington #CommodoreNorrington #AdmiralNorrington #PotC #Scruffington

I’ve recently been listening to the #Toscanini #Beethoven symphonies from 1951 & 1952. I've not heard these in years, so I was surprised at how much I disliked them. It was a lot like listening to #Norrington. It's all like Newton's first law of motion: an object moving in a straight line at a constant velocity staying forever in a straight line at the same speed. A marble statue has more flexibility.

Why do #Toscanini's recordings of #Beethoven symphonies often sound like he hates the music?

FWIW, I feel the same way about #Norrington and a number of others.