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Author Archives: ksedinger
It’s Tab-berific!
In another quasi-regular attempt to get my browser’s open tabs under control, here’s some stuff! :: Amplifying: A short film described as “A love letter to Buffalo” is looking for support. The crowdfunding project for this has ended, but I’m … Continue reading
“He’ll never amount to a thing”
From the Buffalo AKG, a painting Picasso titled “La Toilette”. Here’s the entire painting: Larger version here. Of course, the title of this post comes from the famous (infamous?) exchange from the movie Titanic: CAL: [scoffing as Rose’s paintings are unpacked] … Continue reading
“Self portrait”
Last week I shared a work of art titled “Self portrait”, from the Burchfield Penney Gallery. Here’s a different “Self portrait”, this one by the great Marisol, from the Buffalo AKG: The information placard for this piece read thusly: This … Continue reading
“Peanuts and Cracker Jack” (a repost)
There’s been some debate lately after last week’s NFL games, regarding whether or not it’s right, or good, for teams that have secured their playoff positions and who are thus facing a game that is essentially meaningless to not play … Continue reading
Posted in On Books, On Sport
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Something for Thursday (Strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff edition)
Peter Yarrow died the other day. Of Peter, Paul, and Mary, only Paul remains. I should write more sometime about how much their music meant to me, but as I listen to this…I can’t make out the words I’m typing. … Continue reading
Posted in On Music, Passages
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“Through yonder portal, magic lies”
Taken at the Botanical Gardens, which has a special kind of magic in the “After Dark” events.
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Tone Poem Tuesday
A new composer to me! And thus, hopefully, to you. One of my favorite eras of “national” classical music is the English music of the 20th century, starting with Holst and Vaughan Williams and continuing on to Britten, William Walton, … Continue reading
2024, through the lens
If you read my 2024 wrap-up post–which if you didn’t, why not, and hey, it’s right here, go read it and come back!–you noted that I decided to defer any photography in that post in favor of a separate one, … Continue reading
Posted in On Exploring Photography, Photographic Documentation
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The “Greatest” Comeback? (a repost)
(Every year now, social media around the 716 lights up on the anniversary of the Bills-Oilers wildcard playoff game in January 1993, almost always simply called “The Comeback Game”. I wrote these thoughts a couple years ago when that record … Continue reading
An observation, for no particular reason
It shouldn’t be as easy as it is to really damage the bejeezus out of one’s side-view mirror. Moving on….