Franz, --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk> wrote:
> From: Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Robert Spencer Collection > To: "chriswilke" <chriswi...@yahoo.com>, "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > Cc: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 9:07 AM > > Fortunately for the soul, playing early > music and being sexually active > are often entirely mutually exclusive > pursuits. ;-) > Chris > > oooooooooops... what is this kind of sad > wisdom about? Who is speaking > here and why? From which part of the soul > to which one? To my > experience each of these activities may > smoothly and happily blend into > the other... :-) > Of course they may. Sadly, there's usually no member of the opposite sex involved with either activity. (I'm speaking entirely tongue-in-cheek here, addressing the stereotype of the male lutenist who is awkward around women. This is partly inspired by the real-life experiences of my friend who plays lute and is also a Star Trek fanatic. PLEASE, no one get insulted! I have nothing against Star Trek.) Chris > F > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
