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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
On ‘ownership’
In the course of a long post about Twin Peaks (of which I know nothing and cannot comment), Sheila O’Malley says this: In today’s day and age, where every fan feels a sense of “ownership” over the thing they love … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Got a spare two minutes? Give this a listen, then. It’s a very short bit of tone painting, in the form of a folk dance, by Percy Grainger. Here is “Shepherd’s Hey”.
Something for Friday: Farewell, Cassini
The Cassini mission has ended with the space probe’s final plunge into the Saturnian atmosphere. We learned a great deal from Cassini — and we will continue to do so as more and more analysis of its data is done … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s increasingly clear that this feature is really “Whatever piece of one-movement classical music I want”, because this isn’t a tone poem but rather a selection of ballet music from an opera. Specifically, the opera is La Gioconda by Amilcare … Continue reading
Sixteen years….
I wrote this story not long after the events of 9-11-01. It is not the story I would write today. How could it be? I was on the cusp of turning thirty, and at that point the scope of an … Continue reading
The Secret to Maintaining Canine Happiness
Have cheese in your hand.
Symphony Saturday
Still not ready to discuss Mahler’s Second yet, so meantime, we’ll go back 120 years or so to Mozart. Here is his Symphony no. 29 in A major. This performance is on period instruments, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. This … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Think Pink! Why this? Well, I noticed a couple of years ago that my wardrobe is heavily representative of dark colors. Not all black, mind you, although I did have my all-black phase in high school like everybody (and black … Continue reading