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[Starver]

The closest I've ever come to ballet is the Black Swan and Billy Elliot. Never seen an opera, unless musicals county, in which case I still haven't seen anyone live (that I can remember).

Let me direct you at Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, if done decently well. There'll almost certainly be some Am-Dram group near you preparing to stage one or other of them. If nothing else, you'll be humming the tunes. (You almost certainly already know the accompaniment to The Major-General's Song (Pirates Of Penzance), so often used for other things.)  The words in such a patter-song can be a bit obtuse (late Victorian topicality doesn't travel seemlessly through the years, and then there's social-geography to worry about, but it is particularly traditional for I Have A Little List (Mikado) to be given a contemporary satirical verse or three) but the plots are explained mostly through the intervening spoken lines.

Or look up something from the golden age of Hollywood, like Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Very accessible, very colourful, some interesting gender politics (enough to argue about) and mass brawling to music!

And if you enjoyed The Producers (the acclaimed 1968 film of a disasterous attempt to stage a disasterous musical), there's The Producer's (the acclaimed 2001 stage musical of the film), also readily available as The Producers (the acclaimed 2005 film musical adaptation of the acclaimed stage musical of the acclaimed film of the disasterous attempt to stage a disasterous musical), which should be an easy watch.

[Culise]

The closest I've ever come to ballet is the Black Swan and Billy Elliot. Never seen an opera, unless musicals county, in which case I still haven't seen anyone live (that I can remember).

Let me direct you at Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, if done decently well.

"I've never seen a Gilbert and Sullivan work."
"What, never?"
"No, never!"
"What, never?"
"Hardly ever."

[scriver]

The closest I've ever come to ballet is the Black Swan and Billy Elliot. Never seen an opera, unless musicals county, in which case I still haven't seen anyone live (that I can remember).

Let me direct you at Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, if done decently well. There'll almost certainly be some Am-Dram group near you preparing to stage one or other of them. If nothing else, you'll be humming the tunes. (You almost certainly already know the accompaniment to The Major-General's Song (Pirates Of Penzance), so often used for other things.)  The words in such a patter-song can be a bit obtuse (late Victorian topicality doesn't travel seemlessly through the years, and then there's social-geography to worry about, but it is particularly traditional for I Have A Little List (Mikado) to be given a contemporary satirical verse or three) but the plots are explained mostly through the intervening spoken lines.

Or look up something from the golden age of Hollywood, like Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Very accessible, very colourful, some interesting gender politics (enough to argue about) and mass brawling to music!

And if you enjoyed The Producers (the acclaimed 1968 film of a disasterous attempt to stage a disasterous musical), there's The Producer's (the acclaimed 2001 stage musical of the film), also readily available as The Producers (the acclaimed 2005 film musical adaptation of the acclaimed stage musical of the acclaimed film of the disasterous attempt to stage a disasterous musical), which should be an easy watch.

Not American, starvabro.

[Starver]

Not American, starvabro.

Neither are Gilbert And Sullivan.  (Nor is Gilbert O'Sullivan, but then he's nothing to do with anything..  )

But I'd still say that over in not-really-the-EU-land there'll still be intrested amateur dramatics.  If not sticking to the English, perhaps doing one of the translated versions...  (And 'Merkin stuff is pervasive throughout the world, except maybe Best Korea.)

[martinuzz]

The FSB has issued a warning that  a cyberattack on Russian banks is imminent, carried out from Dutch soil by an Ukrainian internet company. The attack will be followed up by foreign agencies spreading unrest in the Russian financial sector.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/russische-geheime-dienst-waarschuwt-voor-cyberaanval-vanaf-nederlandse-servers~a4426607/

[Starver]

The FSB has issued a warning that  a cyberattack on Russian banks is imminent, carried out from Dutch soil by an Ukrainian internet company. The attack will be followed up by foreign agencies spreading unrest in the Russian financial sector.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/russische-geheime-dienst-waarschuwt-voor-cyberaanval-vanaf-nederlandse-servers~a4426607/

While I don't put it past happening (there's recent history) I'm inclined to believe this has a lot more to do with deflection, and Trumpist "accuse your opponent of things you've been doing all along".

(The choice of the link between Ukrainians on Netherlands soil attacking Russia also whiffs of a mirroring of MH17, if I let myself be oven more morbidly cynical about the possible scope of disinformation intended, but that's probably a step or two too far.)

Whoever it is who will be doing whatever it is, I wonder if a distributed device attack is the plan...

[Sergarr]

The FSB has issued a warning that  a cyberattack on Russian banks is imminent, carried out from Dutch soil by an Ukrainian internet company. The attack will be followed up by foreign agencies spreading unrest in the Russian financial sector.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/russische-geheime-dienst-waarschuwt-voor-cyberaanval-vanaf-nederlandse-servers~a4426607/

Hmmm? I don't see anything like that on both Russian news aggregators, and there are no sources/links in your article, too...

[martinuzz]

According to my news article, the FSB published it on their own site. It also says that the Russian central bank has confirmed they have received FSB warning about imminent cyberattacks.

[Starver]

That it hasn't (yet!) made it to headline Russian media actually makes me less likely to think that it's a ruse for internal propoganda purpises, and might be genuine, but being withheld to not worry the People.

Unless that's what they're trying to make me think!  Those darned Russians and their mind games!  Exvactly what the CIA wants me to think!   Darnit.  Maybe it's actually Best Korea trying to cause me confusion by making me think that a CIA plot is trying to make me think tbat it's an FSB plot to try to...  *head asplode*

[Guardian G.I.]

The FSB has issued a warning that  a cyberattack on Russian banks is imminent, carried out from Dutch soil by an Ukrainian internet company. The attack will be followed up by foreign agencies spreading unrest in the Russian financial sector.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/russische-geheime-dienst-waarschuwt-voor-cyberaanval-vanaf-nederlandse-servers~a4426607/

Hmmm? I don't see anything like that on both Russian news aggregators, and there are no sources/links in your article, too...

It's on RIA Novosti.

[Sergarr]

So apparently, 47% of Russians receive their salaries through illegal untaxable channels, due to a "low level of official salaries".

It's a pretty interesting, if not particularly new, development.

[smjjames]

I'm just getting a blank page with the link Sergarr. Other than the Russian language Google translate top bar.

[martinuzz]

Link works fine for me, it's probably the FSB censoring your US internets

[Sergarr]

...I guess no one has anything to say about half of all Russians working in the shadow economy? Is that "business as usual"?

[martinuzz]

Not too surprised. It's a logical consequence of the history of the USSR

mandatory re-link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8