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- The Moon beckons…. April 21, 2026
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- Obnoxiousness is best offset by beauty. April 19, 2026
- Something for Thursday April 16, 2026
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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
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
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
Something for Thursday (Friday edition)
Oops. I had this picked and ready to post yesterday. I just…didn’t. Hey, whaddaya gonna do. Anyway, here’s Buddy Rich on drums with a big band playing some Count Basie: it’s “One O’Clock Jump”. This is amazing stuff!
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Through a frosted window
I may have a new favorite photo of mine.
Tuesday Tones
Busy and hectic and not a lot of time for writing, so here’s Franz von Suppe, but with one of his great overtures transcribed for wind ensemble.
Bloody big ship
The USS Little Rock, the Buffalo Military and Naval Park, Buffalo, NY.
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Something for Thursday
In memoriam for Roberta Flack:
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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 →