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Yes, Berger made films by Americans and acted in several long running American tv series, like "Dynasty."  Wiki says" In the late 1960s and 1970s, Berger was seen as the "it boy of the European jet set". According to his 1998 autobiography Ich. Die Autobiographie, the actor's affairs included flings with Rudolf Nureyev, Britt Ekland, Ursula Andress, Nathalie Delon, Tab Hunter, Florinda Bolkan, Linda Blair, Marisa Mell, Anita Pallenberg, Marilù Tolo, Jerry Hall, and both Bianca and Mick Jagger. Miguel Bosé writes about his affair with Berger in his autobiography. He had longrunning affairs with director Luchino Visconti and actress Marisa Berenson.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

I remember with Luv2Play.  There was a time, 1998-2010, when Campus had lots of twinks and twunks and good crowds from 4:00-9:00 when the big boys arrived.  Non-stop dancers, no music fillers.  Some boys danced at Campus first and then appeared later at Taboo.  Taboo in those days had 25-40 beautiful twinks and twunks, fully nude, every night of the week, no exception.  Not pseudo-nude like Stock, but real.  One or two fem boys, but almost all really nice.  No tattoos, no long hair, no body hair.  They came from all over Canada and France.  I remember beautiful boys from Paris and Mulhouse and Tours and Nancy.  And they really danced; they practiced at home and had routines.  Not like the Stock-shuffle.  There were even twins for a while.  Some danced to Piaf; Diego was very cute and danced to Brazilian music; they chose their music.  Lap dances were not particularly private, but they were a lot of fun and at $10, you couldn't go wrong.  At 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, they introduced all the boys by name on stage, and then they each got one of the little circus platforms and spread out through the room and danced;  you had gyrating nude boys all over the place.

Social media are agreed that the two hottest studs at the coronation on Saturday were Johnny Thompson and Oliver Plunkett.  Johnny is equerry to Charles and accompanies him everywhere.   He walked directly behind Charles at the coronation.  He was first noticed during Queen Elizabeth's funeral as the chief officer.  He always wears a kilt; there is no known photo of him in pants.  Ollie Plunkett is Camilla's new equerry; he walked directly behind her at the coronation.   He was at Westminster Abbey with Kate for Christmas carols.  The British royals, whether Margaret, Anne, Charles, or Camilla seem able to find the best looking guys in the military to be their equerries.  Lots of photos on TikTok and Youtube and Daily Mail, among many others.

Social media are agreed that the two hottest studs at the coronation on Saturday were Johnny Thompson and Oliver Plunkett.  Johnny is equerry to Charles and accompanies him everywhere.   He walked directly behind Charles at the coronation.  He was first noticed during Queen Elizabeth's funeral as the chief officer.  He always wears a kilt; there is no known photo of him in pants.  Ollie Plunkett is Camilla's new equerry; he walked directly behind her at the coronation.   He was at Westminster Abbey with Kate for Christmas carols.  The British royals, whether Margaret, Anne, Charles, or Camilla seem able to find the best looking guys in the military to be their equerries.  Lots of photos on TikTok and Youtube and Daily Mail, among many others.

Social media are agreed that the two hottest studs at the coronation on Saturday were Johnny Thompson and Oliver Plunkett.  Johnny is equerry to Charles and accompanies him everywhere.   He walked directly behind Charles at the coronation.  He was first noticed during Queen Elizabeth's funeral as the chief officer.  He always wears a kilt; there is no known photo of him in pants.  Ollie Plunkett is Camilla's new equerry; he walked directly behind her at the coronation.   He was at Westminster Abbey with Kate for Christmas carols.  The British royals, whether Margaret, Anne, Charles, or Camilla seem able to find the best looking guys in the military to be their equerries.  Lots of photos on TikTok and Youtube and Daily Mail, among many others.

Social media are agreed that the two hottest studs at the coronation on Saturday were Johnny Thompson and Oliver Plunkett.  Johnny is equerry to Charles and accompanies him everywhere.   He walked directly behind Charles at the coronation.  He was first noticed during Queen Elizabeth's funeral as the chief officer.  He always wears a kilt; there is no known photo of him in pants.  Ollie Plunkett is Camilla's new equerry; he walked directly behind her at the coronation.   He was at Westminster Abbey with Kate for Christmas carols.  The British royals, whether Margaret, Anne, Charles, or Camilla seem able to find the best looking guys in the military to be their equerries.  Lots of photos on TikTok and Youtube and Daily Mail, among many others.

Today by accident I came across a group of young Brazilian men in a sandy volleyball court in a park in Fort Lauderdale.  They were playing some game I did not recognize.  They were dressed in shorts or brief bathing suits with tee shirt, and one wore just a brief bathing suit.  Then I noticed the words "Foot Volley" or "Futvoly" across the rear of their suits.  I went and asked a guy about it.  He said it is "Foot Volley Ball" and is very popular.  It combines soccer with beach volleyball.  You can't play soccer on a beach, but this game allows you to use all your soccer skills in a relatively small space, and scoring is beach volleyball style and fast.  Basically, it is volleyball, except that you cannot use your hands - only feet, head, chest, shoulders.  The most spectacular play is the "shark attack," where a guy runs up to the net, leaps upside down and hits the ball above the net with the sole of his foot, not the side.  There are a number of shark attacks captured on Youtube, and they are fun to watch.  It looks like an enjoyable new sport (technically invented in 1965 by a Brazilian), and spectators get to watch cute Brazilian guys cavorting in brief bathing suits in their local parks or at the beach.

As usual, the Met Opera is offering four "encore presentations" of operas this summer, which is nice for us.  Two of them are my favorites, and I would like to recommend them.  No murders, deaths, violence, vindictiveness, adultery, or lies.  Just some good old fashioned sex and lots of fun with toe tapping music.  And the singers look believable as their characters, not overweight divas and divos trying to act.
 
On July 13, "The Merry Widow" will be shown with Renee Fleming, Nathan Gunn, and Kelli O'Hara, all of whom are slender and attractive.  The production was staged and choreographed by Susan Stroman, who is tops.  Renee is totally believable as a middle-aged widow who has learned much about life and her voice is radiant.  Nathan Gunn is a great actor/singer from Broadway who brings his gifts to the Met.  Kelli O'Hara, also from Broadway, is the best Valenciennes you can find.  A gorgeous lyric soprano, excellent actress and dancer.  The final scene at Chez Maxim's is so delightful and well done, I would like to see it over and over.  Stroman's choreography for the grisettes is the best I have ever seen.  I want to follow the girls as they dance down the street.
 
Then on August 10, they are doing Donizetti's  "Le Fille du Regiment," in what must be the best production ever.  I can remember seeing Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti try to do it years ago, and being very disappointed.   I cannot suspend my disbelief that much.  Joan stood center stage, looking like the Statue of Liberty, raised her arm (in her only concession to acting) and warbled beautifully and incoherently.  Luciano was already overindulging in pasta.  But to believe they were young lovers who fell for each other was too much.  In this production, the incredible French soprano Natalie Dessay sings Marie and Juan Diego Flores sings her boyfriend.  They are totally believable.  Natalie, unlike Joan, believes in articulation, and in the theater you can understand clearly every French syllable she sings.  She called herself an actress who sang, and in amazing feats she sings incredibly while vertical, horizontal, or upside down.  Her physical acting and comedy are better than Lucille Ball.  (Here the diva wears  a sleeveless undershirt on stage.  I tried to imagine Joan trying that.)  And Juan Diego is handsome and charming, and when he sings the 10 high C's, you just want to call out "ENCORE!"  It looks and sounds so easy, you would think any singer could do it. The other characters are also excellent and enunciate clearly, whether the Duchess or the Sergeant.  It's a wonderful production.
 
If you want to find a list of all four productions and theaters near you, look up "Fathom Events."

I'm not sure where this should go.  But I am very happy to see the old format restored for the main page.  All those boldfaced titles and words in one row were visually confusing.  This format is much easier to understand.

I'm not sure where this should go.  But I am very happy to see the old format restored for the main page.  All those boldfaced titles and words in one row were visually confusing.  This format is much easier to understand.

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Two concerts by Maria Callas from Paris in 1958 and 1965 are being streamed by medici.tv tonight. She was at her height and glory at the time. The sound is quite good, and her jewels are amazing. "Una voce poca fa" is delicious. She was my first love in opera, and I played her "Carmen" over and over.

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Two concerts by Maria Callas from Paris in 1958 and 1965 are being streamed by medici.tv tonight. She was at her height and glory at the time. The sound is quite good, and her jewels are amazing. "Una voce poca fa" is delicious. She was my first love in opera, and I played her "Carmen" over and over.

As usual, the Met Opera is offering four "encore presentations" of operas this summer, which is nice for us.  Two of them are my favorites, and I would like to recommend them.  No murders, deaths, violence, vindictiveness, adultery, or lies.  Just some good old fashioned sex and lots of fun with toe tapping music.  And the singers look believable as their characters, not overweight divas and divos trying to act.
 
On July 13, "The Merry Widow" will be shown with Renee Fleming, Nathan Gunn, and Kelli O'Hara, all of whom are slender and attractive.  The production was staged and choreographed by Susan Stroman, who is tops.  Renee is totally believable as a middle-aged widow who has learned much about life and her voice is radiant.  Nathan Gunn is a great actor/singer from Broadway who brings his gifts to the Met.  Kelli O'Hara, also from Broadway, is the best Valenciennes you can find.  A gorgeous lyric soprano, excellent actress and dancer.  The final scene at Chez Maxim's is so delightful and well done, I would like to see it over and over.  Stroman's choreography for the grisettes is the best I have ever seen.  I want to follow the girls as they dance down the street.
 
Then on August 10, they are doing Donizetti's  "Le Fille du Regiment," in what must be the best production ever.  I can remember seeing Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti try to do it years ago, and being very disappointed.   I cannot suspend my disbelief that much.  Joan stood center stage, looking like the Statue of Liberty, raised her arm (in her only concession to acting) and warbled beautifully and incoherently.  Luciano was already overindulging in pasta.  But to believe they were young lovers who fell for each other was too much.  In this production, the incredible French soprano Natalie Dessay sings Marie and Juan Diego Flores sings her boyfriend.  They are totally believable.  Natalie, unlike Joan, believes in articulation, and in the theater you can understand clearly every French syllable she sings.  She called herself an actress who sang, and in amazing feats she sings incredibly while vertical, horizontal, or upside down.  Her physical acting and comedy are better than Lucille Ball.  (Here the diva wears  a sleeveless undershirt on stage.  I tried to imagine Joan trying that.)  And Juan Diego is handsome and charming, and when he sings the 10 high C's, you just want to call out "ENCORE!"  It looks and sounds so easy, you would think any singer could do it. The other characters are also excellent and enunciate clearly, whether the Duchess or the Sergeant.  It's a wonderful production.
 
If you want to find a list of all four productions and theaters near you, look up "Fathom Events."

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Two concerts by Maria Callas from Paris in 1958 and 1965 are being streamed by medici.tv tonight. She was at her height and glory at the time. The sound is quite good, and her jewels are amazing. "Una voce poca fa" is delicious. She was my first love in opera, and I played her "Carmen" over and over.

For me, the movie theater experience is superior, because everything is enlarged and very close for you  (there are constant close-ups of faces), and the sound on the surround speakers is much clearer and louder than in the opera house.  I can understand every word in German or French or Italian, because I can see the lips of the singers close-up and hear the high quality acoustic sound.  For example, twice I went to see Renee Fleming live in opera houses, and both times I had seats to the sides, rather than in the center.  In both cases I could not hear Renee singing, because she was often facing other directions.  I left at the first intermission, terribly disappointed.  That is not true in the HD presentation.
July 17  Cabaret - 50th Anniversary
July 20  Cabaret - 50th Anniversary
July 27 Madama Butterfly - Met Opera
Aug. 3 La Boheme - Met Opera
Beware of the "Cabaret" movie.  It is one of my favorites ever, but these days, in order to show it "wide screen," they cut off 16% of the image at the bottom and 16% at the top.  You will not see 33% of the images you thought you knew.  I tried their anniversary showing of "The King and I," and it was so horrible visually, I left.

As usual, the Met Opera is offering four "encore presentations" of operas this summer, which is nice for us.  Two of them are my favorites, and I would like to recommend them.  No murders, deaths, violence, vindictiveness, adultery, or lies.  Just some good old fashioned sex and lots of fun with toe tapping music.  And the singers look believable as their characters, not overweight divas and divos trying to act.
 
On July 13, "The Merry Widow" will be shown with Renee Fleming, Nathan Gunn, and Kelli O'Hara, all of whom are slender and attractive.  The production was staged and choreographed by Susan Stroman, who is tops.  Renee is totally believable as a middle-aged widow who has learned much about life and her voice is radiant.  Nathan Gunn is a great actor/singer from Broadway who brings his gifts to the Met.  Kelli O'Hara, also from Broadway, is the best Valenciennes you can find.  A gorgeous lyric soprano, excellent actress and dancer.  The final scene at Chez Maxim's is so delightful and well done, I would like to see it over and over.  Stroman's choreography for the grisettes is the best I have ever seen.  I want to follow the girls as they dance down the street.
 
Then on August 10, they are doing Donizetti's  "Le Fille du Regiment," in what must be the best production ever.  I can remember seeing Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti try to do it years ago, and being very disappointed.   I cannot suspend my disbelief that much.  Joan stood center stage, looking like the Statue of Liberty, raised her arm (in her only concession to acting) and warbled beautifully and incoherently.  Luciano was already overindulging in pasta.  But to believe they were young lovers who fell for each other was too much.  In this production, the incredible French soprano Natalie Dessay sings Marie and Juan Diego Flores sings her boyfriend.  They are totally believable.  Natalie, unlike Joan, believes in articulation, and in the theater you can understand clearly every French syllable she sings.  She called herself an actress who sang, and in amazing feats she sings incredibly while vertical, horizontal, or upside down.  Her physical acting and comedy are better than Lucille Ball.  (Here the diva wears  a sleeveless undershirt on stage.  I tried to imagine Joan trying that.)  And Juan Diego is handsome and charming, and when he sings the 10 high C's, you just want to call out "ENCORE!"  It looks and sounds so easy, you would think any singer could do it. The other characters are also excellent and enunciate clearly, whether the Duchess or the Sergeant.  It's a wonderful production.
 
If you want to find a list of all four productions and theaters near you, look up "Fathom Events."

Every four years, the Cliburn Competition for pianists takes place in Fort Worth.  It is one of the most important piano competitions in the world.  It takes place over two weeks and ended last Saturday night with the announcement of the winners.  The first prize went to an 18 year old boy from South Korea, Yunchan Lim, who was quite exceptional.  Other competitors ranged in age up to their early 30s.
There were six rounds to the competition, ending with  six finalists playing two piano concertos each with the Fort Worth Symphony.  Originally there were 30 contestants.  All performances were live-streamed by Facebook, Youtube, Medici.tv, and several other sites.  They have left the performances of the finalists on-line for the present, so you can enjoy them again.
So, if you enjoy piano music, you should try listening to some of the programs of Yunchan Lim.  Whether it is in the preliminary round, where he performs a very exciting Chopin "Variations on 'La Ci darem la mano'" to his final performance of the Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto, which is extraordinary, all of the programs are very enjoyable.  It does not seem possible to play as fast as he does; you cannot see individual fingers, just a blur.
 

I appreciate the idea and your effort in making these videos.  But the panning and movement in these last two videos are way too fast; I get a headache very quickly.  Please slow down.

Very nice video.  Thanks for posting and thanks to photographer.  The technology seems simple, camera on a stick, but it works very well.  The panning was just the right speed.  The Bourbon Street Building looks nicer than it ever has before in photos.  A number of the terraces seem larger and more substantial than in previous years.  They look very inviting.  Good crowd and certainly lots of booths.  Ste Catherine looks better than it has all year, at least in pictures.  A nice sunny day always helps.
Again, thank you.

Very nice video.  Thanks for posting and thanks to photographer.  The technology seems simple, camera on a stick, but it works very well.  The panning was just the right speed.  The Bourbon Street Building looks nicer than it ever has before in photos.  A number of the terraces seem larger and more substantial than in previous years.  They look very inviting.  Good crowd and certainly lots of booths.  Ste Catherine looks better than it has all year, at least in pictures.  A nice sunny day always helps.
Again, thank you.