On this day of 1993, one of the best operatic basses in history, Boris Christoff, died in Rome, aged 79. Now Spinning his iconic portrayal of King Philip II in Verdi's 'Don Carlo', the 1961 DG record at La Scala, conducted by Gabriele Santini.

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INFP

Capricorn

Do you name your instruments too?

I have owned many a masterful tool of music making in my time and they all had names, identities and personalities. I have Alice, Minerva, Lilith, Mephistopheles, and Asmofeus who are (in order), My 4 string pearl colored ibanez, 6 string sunburst epiphone, B&H Emperor flute, and two fender blues... read more

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INFP

Being Black

Being black can be hard when you have to deal with people either blatantly being prejudiced, or fetisizing you because of stereotypical features associated with black men. It’s degrading. And some of those stereotypes are honestly really hurtful. Such as not knowing our fathers, or being considered... read more

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INTJ

Leo

At Least It's Not Another Guitar

I'm fairly certain I can kit out a full band in my apartment at this point. Not pictured: basses, viola, more guitars, keyboard 😆 I have no idea why Guitar Center keeps calling me to offer me more stuff.

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INTP

Libra

Bass of spikes

Found this while looking at basses. It looks cool but ow.

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INFP

Aquarius

As a true fisherman should!

After spending 7 hours of constant manila clam digging and seabass fishing (around 630 baits and 270 sea basses) I finally caught the elusive Mahi-Mahi and therefore collected and donated all fish to the museum!