have a look at my good friend charles

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have a look at my good friend charles

Postby Comme_le_Vent » 31 Aug 2004, 21:58

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this is not my friend....


this is -

http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/alkan_c_v.html

THIS SITE IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its has photos of all of his family....

there only exist 2 photos of alkan himself

on the 1st one, at the last moment as it was gettin took, he turned - a comedic genius -

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and there exists only one face shot -

wait for it..................


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WOW! huh?

amazing to see someone for the 1st time that has moved you in such a way...

there are other photos of his family members, but the most interesting is his son -

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ENJOY! and discuss.....
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Postby An!ma` » 01 Sep 2004, 08:00

Ah, I remember the first time I saw Horowitz on TV. Felt great and weird to see my idol :D. In action, too ;). Alkan looks scary in the second pic.
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Postby mazeppa » 01 Sep 2004, 08:27

hahahaha comme, da dude who is "not your friend", i think i know him. 8)
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Postby virtuoso_735 » 01 Sep 2004, 20:45

Who's that guy in the first picture?
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Postby PianistSk8er » 01 Sep 2004, 21:00

ROFLMAO! Who on earth is that first guy!? :shock:
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Postby Philip Daniel » 01 Sep 2004, 21:03

I assume it's Comme himself :roll:.
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Postby Colin » 01 Sep 2004, 21:44

It probably is, but I guess we'll NEVER KNOW, eh? I wish he hadn't been banned.
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Postby Goldberg » 01 Sep 2004, 22:25

He bears an uncanny likeness to someone I once had the misfortune of knowing named John...
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Postby Brewtality » 01 Sep 2004, 22:47

Colin wrote:It probably is, but I guess we'll NEVER KNOW, eh? I wish he hadn't been banned.


do a google image search for alkan and you'll come up with that pic.
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Postby beethoven » 02 Sep 2004, 00:22

It's not comme, i have seen comme.
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Postby Philip Daniel » 02 Sep 2004, 01:16

beethoven wrote:It's not comme, i have seen comme.

I think we all have, back in CF :roll:. You're right; it is not Comme.
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Postby WinterWind_23 » 02 Sep 2004, 21:54

beethoven wrote:It's not comme, i have seen comme.


What's he really look like? :D

Anyways, nice pics. Those are photos of alkan, right?
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Postby Comme_le_Vent » 03 Sep 2004, 06:05

i said it all in my post winterwind!!!!!!!

dayum, READ!
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Postby Comme_le_Vent » 03 Sep 2004, 06:08

Brewtality wrote:
Colin wrote:It probably is, but I guess we'll NEVER KNOW, eh? I wish he hadn't been banned.


do a google image search for alkan and you'll come up with that pic.


hahahahahahahaha

EXACTLY!

dis was ma cleva joke, in case anyone looked up alkan and thought dat was him, hahaha
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Postby WinterWind_23 » 03 Sep 2004, 21:18

You still didn't say anything about the first pic, "Charles". :D
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