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“What Happened to the Huntsman?” (fiction, a repost)

This is a story I wrote quite a few years ago. I’m dusting it off now for two reasons: first, because there’s a new live-action Snow White out in theaters, and second, because I like it! It riffs on the … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

For years I basically wanted nothing to do with Antonio Vivaldi. I have been coming around on him for a while now–maybe ten years?–so I’m happy to present this, which Roger helpfully shared with me. No, it’s not a “straight” … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

First, watch this new video of mine, which explains why we’re featuring the work in the one below it: Now, watch this. It’s good! I’ve never seen a performance like this before.

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An Irish Poem

For St. Patrick’s Day, obviously. All the words that I utter,    And all the words that I write,Must spread out their wings untiring,    And never rest in their flight,Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,    And sing to you in the … Continue reading

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From the Books: John Feinstein’s WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME

Sports writer John Feinstein has died. I have only read a few of his books, but that is hardly damning as Feinstein was very prolific, and he wrote about just about every sport that’s out there. Not only was he … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Last week we watched Say Anything, which has been one of my favorite movies ever since it hit me between the eyes when I saw it in spring 1989 when it came out. To this day I consider it the best … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Today, a piece I really don’t like. But it is one of the best-known pieces of classical music ever composed, and last week–on the 7th, actually–marked the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. And as performances of a piece I … Continue reading

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Sunrise over Caz Creek

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Well-wishes

UPDATE: Sadly, Mr. Drum has died. If fact, he had already passed when I wrote this. Liberal blogger Kevin Drum is very ill. Back in the hey-day of blogging–oh, from roughly 2003 to 2009 or so, at which time Facebook … Continue reading

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Op. 72

An offering for Roger! And what an Opus 72 it is. Actually, the entire opera is Beethoven’s Opus 72 (it’s the only opera he wrote), but we’ll just present the Overture here. The entire opera is well worth hearing, if … Continue reading

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