Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger

Bad Joke Friday

One time I played poker with a Tarot deck. It was fun until I got a full house and three people died.

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Something for Thursday

So I’m always a little confused by the way a song’s lyrics relate to the rest of it. Some songs have lyrics that are so indelible that it seems almost sacrilege to put any other lyrics to that tune and … Continue reading

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On Fantasy and Film

George RR Martin lists his Top Ten Fantasy movies. Of course I have thoughts! First off, a stipulation: lists like this are mainly meant to inspire discussion and debate and, being that this is the Internet, rock-throwing and name-calling and … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Claude Debussy, like Hector Berlioz years before, won the Prix de Rome in his youth; and like Berlioz, he did not much care for the experience of living in Rome for the years required of winners of the prize. One … Continue reading

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Munchies!!!

I like to try new (or new to me) snack foods and candy on occasion. And by ‘on occasion’, I mean, ‘all the time’. I try not to try new snack foods and candy all the time, but…well, I do … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

I keep promising Gustav Mahler, and I keep postponing Gustav Mahler. Alas! And no, no Mahler this week, either–but in a way, this week’s symphony does help pave the way a but. Instead we’ll revisit Hector Berlioz, because you can … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

Apologies if you don’t remember your high school French!

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Something for Thursday

I’ve been reading the memoirs of Hector Berlioz lately, having come to the odd and surprising realization that even though he is my favorite classical composer, I’ve never read his memoirs all the way through! The strength of his opinions … Continue reading

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One Memory of Each Grandmother

I never knew my grandfathers. Both had passed away long before I arrived on the scene. My grandmothers, though? Both lived into my teens, when–quite sadly–both passed away within about six months of each other. Grammy, my father’s mother, went … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

What a dramatic work this is! Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini is based on a story from Dante’s Inferno, and as such, you can imagine how volatile a piece of music it is. The story being illustrated … Continue reading

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