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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Bring Back
Since St. Patrick’s Day is approaching, I thought I’d listen to some Irish and Celtic music while at work today. A good starting point for such a mood is always The Chieftains, so I looked up one of my favorite … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
A change of pace today, I think. Over on Twitter today we were discussing the great 1980s geek comedy Real Genius, in the context of Sheila O’Malley‘s piece about director Martha Coolidge. Real Genius somehow wasn’t a big hit when … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday (Beethoven at 250)
This year has all manner of potential to be…well, roughly on par with its several immediate predecessors, but let’s try not to focus on that entirely, OK? Let us instead focus occasionally, for the remainder of the year, on the … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday (Friday edition)
Concluding a celebration of Black History Month by way of music, we have a selection performed by musical prodigy Philippa Duke Schuyler. Schuyler lived from 1931 to 1967. She was an enormously gifted musician who spent much of her youth … Continue reading
REPOST: Love, Logic, and Why I Don’t Write Dystopia: Some Rambling Thoughts on the Occasion of Leonard Nimoy’s Passing
Leonard Nimoy died five years ago today. Here’s the post I wrote on that occasion. When The Wife and I were on our honeymoon, one of the stops was the Boston Museum of Science. I’m always a fan of science … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday (Thursday Edition)
Yup, another really busy week…plus, Tuesday fell on The Wife’s birthday and I didn’t want to bury her post below Tone Poem Tuesday, so here we are. Interesting piece today, in that there isn’t a single string or wind instrument … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday My Love (at Fifty!)
Today is The Wife’s birthday! This year is a big one: this year, she turns fifty. We passed the point several years ago when we had been together for over half her life, but that milestone definitely stands out right … Continue reading
Bad Joke Friday
My job is to drill holes in things and then bolt them together. At first it’s boring, but later on, it’s riveting.
Something for Thursday (posted on Friday because of WRITING WRITING WRITING edition)
Despite my best efforts in high school and college–and I did make a lot of efforts–I never did become a “jazzman,” as the term was back then. (I have no idea if the jazz world has adopted a more inclusive … Continue reading
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