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Wax Head of Mozart Is Stolen From Museum
AP - Yahoo ^ | August 27, 2005

Posted on 08/27/2005 6:37:59 PM PDT by EveningStar

VIENNA, Austria - Thieves snatched the head of a life-size Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wax figure from a Salzburg museum, police said Saturday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: art; austria; mozart; museum; theft

1 posted on 08/27/2005 6:38:04 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Republicanprofessor; sitetest; Borges; martin_fierro; mhking

ping


2 posted on 08/27/2005 6:38:51 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

"You idiots! I told you to go to Blockbuster and rent 'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia'!"


3 posted on 08/27/2005 6:40:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: EveningStar

Check ebay for a mozart candle


4 posted on 08/27/2005 6:41:01 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: EveningStar

Cool it, the thieves will replace it will a wax head of the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Now Again Known As Prince, who has been hailed as this century's Mozart by no less than the New York Times.


5 posted on 08/27/2005 6:42:01 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: Revolting cat!
Cool it, the thieves will replace it will a wax head of the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Now Again Known As Prince, who has been hailed as this century's Mozart by no less than the New York Times.

Imagine that. I love the music of Mozart and O(+> (Prince).

I can dig it.


6 posted on 08/27/2005 6:48:10 PM PDT by rdb3 ("That which has happened is a warning. To forget it is guilt..." --Karl Jaspers)
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Let's not lose our heads now...


7 posted on 08/27/2005 7:05:00 PM PDT by 57chevypreterist
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To: Revolting cat!
Cool it, the thieves will replace it will a wax head of the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Now Again Known As Prince, who has been hailed as this century's Mozart by no less than the New York Times.

Man, that sounds like a bit straight out of Monty python.....

"I am The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and Now Again Known as Prince".


8 posted on 08/27/2005 7:35:21 PM PDT by The Coopster
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To: The Coopster

Isn't this a "still" from "Plan 9 From Outer Space?"

Or is it John Kerry one Halloween?


9 posted on 08/27/2005 7:37:26 PM PDT by 57chevypreterist
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To: EveningStar; mikrofon
Wax Head of Mozart Is Stolen From Museum

Someone wanted to wax musical.

10 posted on 08/27/2005 7:37:37 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A little night music)
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To: 57chevypreterist

It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

It's one of the Knights of-- knights who till recently said 'ni'.


11 posted on 08/27/2005 7:45:29 PM PDT by The Coopster
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To: EveningStar

Wax on, wax off.


12 posted on 08/27/2005 11:55:52 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: EveningStar

"'It stands just next to the wax figure of Herbert von Karajan,' Stoeckl said, referring to one of the great conductors of the 20th century."

Great? Well, in the early days, before he turned himself into Eugene Ormandy East, sure...


13 posted on 08/28/2005 12:01:17 AM PDT by decal ("The Republic was not established by cowards, and cowards will not preserve it")
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To: EveningStar

Be on the lookout for a wax muslim.


14 posted on 08/28/2005 7:41:52 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Revolting cat!

Prince may very well be the most gifted musician of the 20th century.


15 posted on 08/28/2005 7:44:07 AM PDT by Borges
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