Rossignol

'He may well call himself "Rossignol"' (the French for nightingale), said the boys 'uncle as he gave a hearty clap to the clever performer,

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

And how like Clo, to have treasured in some brain-cell Léontine's queer name of "Rossignol"!

The Lion's Mouse 1901

I consulted Auber about my song, and we decided on Alabieff's "Rossignol," for which he had written the cadenza.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

Auber, the composer, introduced by the Duke de Persigny; writes a cadenza for Alabieff's "Rossignol"; at Meyerbeer's funeral; his life in Paris;

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

Auber wrote a cadenza for the "Rossignol" of Alabieff, which he thought might be in nightingale style.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

After Théroigne de Méricourt came other demagogues, less widely known, but already celebrated in their own quartiers, such as Rossignol, the working goldsmith; Brièrre, a wine-seller; Gonor, the conqueror of the

History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Alphonse de Lamartine 1829

I sang the "Rossignol" and Liszt's "_Que disaient ils?

The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 1886

Jim Rossignol of Rock, Paper, Shotgun argues that games don't necessarily have to be fun to be engaging: "Do critics decry games because games need, more than any other media, to be something a group of people can all agree on?"

Boing Boing 2009

In his latest Ragdoll Metaphysics column, Jim Rossignol points to both success stories and missed opportunities where letting artists spearhead the game either did bring or should have brought the game closer to art, and calls for a new industry arms race to create the best "watercolour FPS games, painterly RTS games, and oil-painting strategies."

Boing Boing 2009

Recently on Offworld, our Ragdoll Metaphysics columnist Jim Rossignol takes us through an illustrated history of one of videogames 'best mechanical conceits: the jetpack.

Boing Boing 2009