Nautica Western’s Reviews > Evening in the Palace of Reason > Status Update

“This raised the specter […] that a machine might one day actually play the flute with greater technical facility than any human. […]

a musical machine could be constructed that would play certain pieces with a quickness and exactitude so remarkable that no human being could equal it […]. Indeed it would excite astonishment, but it would never move you.”

“Bach was a man of his time, and so, […] respected the hierarchy for what it was […] but he also saw it for what […] it more truly was, just another flawed necessity of a fallen world, a side effect of human weakness. He would of course obey, but he would not be bowed.”

“(When music could no longer be relied upon to end up where it started, two world wars and the atomic bomb had taken away the assurance of such happy endings.)”

“Otherwise we know only that she provided a home […] and a number of children which suggests they were on very good terms.” LMAO

“(This will be over soon.)” This is why I’ll go ahead and read anything Gaines puts out. He just gets me.

“He had already been flirting with a certain very sexy countess who was among Augustus’ illegitimate daughters and favorite mistresses. She was cheating on Augustus-“ her FATHER, btw, “-with one of her half brothers…” YUP

“Outrageously gay” incredible description

“He modeled his court on Versailles and himself on the Sun King, even to the point of taking a mistress despite the fact that he preferred his wife. The affection was not returned (which perhaps explains the mistress).”

“…and he was not equal even to a lesser task.” Read him DOWN

Paying money to the church to absolve oneself of sin. This religion has always been a joke