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Author Archives: ksedinger
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Leonard Bernstein, from The Joy of Music: BACH! A colossal syllable, one which makes composers tremble, brings performers to their knees, beatifies, the Bach-lover, and apparently bores the daylights out of everyone else. How can this be? How can vibrant, thrilling … Continue reading
So much depends upon a red cableknit sweater
I don’t knowabout a wheelbarrow but things also depend on a redcableknit sweater old and wornand soft like the blue-and-whitestriped overallspaired with it (Apologies to William Carlos Williams) There used to be a store in the malls, back in the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, On Bib Overalls, On Clothing, poetry
Tagged Adventures In Questionable Fashion, overalls, poetry
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
A longer work today, by one of my favorite composers ever. In fact, I used to consider him my singular favorite composer of all time, and my esteem for his music has not lessened one bit. If I no longer … Continue reading
Posted in On Music
Tagged Daily Dose of Christmas, Hector Berlioz
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
I’ll have more to say about the Las Vegas band The Killers in a few weeks when I write my annual Yearly Summation post. For now, I’ll just note that while I’ve enjoyed The Killers for years, this was a … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Today, several musical takes on sleigh rides! First, Mozart: Next, here’s Leroy Anderson’s classic, played by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: Finally, here’s the Leroy Anderson again…but this time with the Three Tenors. Remember when that was a thing? You couldn’t … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
NOTE: If you’re wondering why this is running so late in the day, it’s because I forgot to change the ‘PM’ to ‘AM’ when I scheduled the post, and I’m now leaving it that way because…well, no reason, since changing … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Growing up, there were musical artists who always turned up on teevee commercials hawking an album of their greatest hits for just $19.95! Call the 1-800 number, and allow 6 weeks for delivery. One of these artists was a guy … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Today, a short film about the darker parts of Christmas, and the magic that can help overcome them.
Scenes from the Snowy 716
It took a while: we recorded one of our latest initial snowfalls, if not the latest initial snowfall, ever. It didn’t actually snow until November 30, and then last weekend we had our first trademark lake-effect storm of the year. This one … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On Buffalo and The 716
Tagged Buffalo, Daily Life Stuff, WNY Love Letter
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
A repost, because I have nothing new to add about this wonderful piece! Today, a suite from an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov! The opera is called Christmas Eve, and its plot involves a scheme by the Devil to steal the moon. Rimsky-Korsakov’s … Continue reading