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Author Archives: ksedinger
At the Burchfield Penney
We were at the Burchfield Penney Art Center yesterday. This lovely museum, smaller than the AKG and dedicated to Western New York artists, is always a delight to visit. Art museums have become my favorite places to visit. What an … Continue reading
Random Questions from Sunday Stealing
Most times these quizzes are themed in some way. Not this week! These questions are random as shit! Here we go! 1. Did you/will you have coffee or some other form of caffeine today? I literally just downed the last sip of … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
It’s late in the day and it was a long and busy one today and my brain’s mush, so I’m sticking with Donna Summer. Here’s “Hot Stuff”! A bonus: Summer’s song was perfectly used in The Full Monty:
Posted in On Music
Tagged Black History Month, Something For Thursday
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Happy Birthday, My Love
Today is The Wife’s birthday! As is my usual tradition, below is the post that I reuse every year and keep adding to in really ungainly fashion. This post actually first lived on the old BlogSpot incarnation of this site … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Life Stuff, The Wife
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Tuesday Tones (Black History Month)
Oh, is THIS piece a “banger”, as the kids say! (A really good song is a banger now. Up ’til now, if you said “banger” to me, I’d have assumed you were talking about a British breakfast sausage.) Composer Kevin … Continue reading
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Tagged Black History Month, Tone Poem Tuesday
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Closer…closer….
And now, a Sequence. Increasing detail from Fjall, by Anna Boberg (1864-1935). This painting was recently on display at the Buffalo AKG. I found its depiction fascinating by the way more detail is revealed with each step you take toward it.
Sunday Stealing, and an announcement!
First, the announcement: I sent out a new installment of the newsletter the other day! This one was in remembrance of actor/director/playwright Tom Noonan, who died recently. Please check it out and subscribe! I try to send it twice a … Continue reading
“That’s what I’m f*cking talking about!”
No, I do not care that Alysa Liu dropped an f-bomb on live teevee. How could I? I personally tend to swear like a sailor, and honestly, her statement perfectly captured that moment, didn’t it? She just skated out onto … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (I’m sick and just not in a great mood edition)
Last week I featured Donna Summer. This week, I’m going to do so again. This one’s pretty trippy: It’s a suite of three songs, joined together to make one big nearly eighteen-minute suite. The main attraction is “Macarthur Park”, a … Continue reading
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Tuesday Tones (Black History Month)
Courtney Bryan is a composer from New Orleans, born in 1982, who is currently a professor of music at Tulane University. She holds a doctorate and was a 2023 MacArthur Fellow. She is also, by the evidence of the piece … Continue reading