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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Something for Thursday
Two selections from the vocal group VOCES8: One is “May It Be”, from the score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and the other is a setting of a piece called “Nyepi” by Icelandic musician … Continue reading
“Well I’ll tell you this and I’ll tell you that, I’m very very scared of a very big hat!”
I’ve recently made an important decision regarding my wardrobe. It’s time to make a change. No, I’m not ditching overalls. I’m adding something. Yup: I’m starting to wear a hat. For me, this is kind of big, because I’ve never been … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Here’s a curiosity: a film music tone poem that’s actually a tone poem, and not a group of film music cues arranged into one. Composer Michael Kamen (much missed, he died too young and vibrant in 2003) scored the movie … Continue reading
“I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go!” Forty Years of Indiana Jones
Last week was the 40th anniversary of the initial theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Raiders arrived in the summer that my family uprooted from Hillsboro, OR, for Allegany, NY, all the way across the country. I was still … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Here’s Judy Garland, because…Judy Garland.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I’ll have more to say about Raiders of the Lost Ark later this week (the movie came out 40 years ago this week!), but for now, here is John Williams conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in one of the most iconic of his … Continue reading
On Ned Beatty and HEAR MY SONG (in part, a repost)
Actor Ned Beatty has died at the age of 83. Beatty had a long and wonderful and varied career, and he played a wide variety of characters. I suppose he’s seen more as a “character actor” than as a lead, … Continue reading
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Ladies and gentlemen….
The Internet, for all its annoyances and horrors, is also a place of fun and wonderment, and it’s always nice to see a reminder of that. One example is a person on Twitter who has made it his job to … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Classic rock is often on the playlist at Casa Jaquandor, for many reasons. This is the popular music I grew up with, the “soundtrack of my youth” as it were, though in my case, not as strongly as for others … Continue reading