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Author Archives: ksedinger
STAR TREK and Me (a repost)
Today is the 58th anniversary of Star Trek‘s first appearance on teevee. On this date in 1966, an episode called “The Man Trap” of a new science-fiction show aired, and I guess that at the time this seemed like just another … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, On Teevee
Tagged Geek Stuff, Skiffy, Star Trek
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What are all these tabs doing open???
OK, I gotta clean some of this out! :: Two reviews of the apparently shitty new movie about Ronald Reagan, first off. Now, I haven’t seen the movie and I’ve no intention of doing so, because I make no secret … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Continuing a few weeks of featuring music from the films of James Cameron, who just turned 70 last month, we have a selection from a score I don’t like all that much for a movie I don’t all that much … Continue reading
Posted in On Movies, On Music
Tagged Movies, Something For Thursday
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On the cusp
Fall isn’t here yet, but we can certainly feel it knocking on the door. And I’m fine with that! Fall is my favorite time of year, followed by winter, and lately summer has been rising in my esteem. The summer … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Buffalo, Photo Posts, WNY Love Letter
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Tone Poem Tuesday
Luigi Cherubini is a composer with whom I am almost completely unfamiliar, except by reputation…and that reputation is via the impressions left behind by another composer with whom I am very familiar. Unfortunately for Cherubini, that composer is Hector Berlioz, who … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
In honor of James Cameron’s 70th birthday–which was just a couple weeks ago–I’m going to share some selections from the scores to his movies over the next few weeks. I’ll start with my favorite Cameron film, the often overlooked The Abyss, … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Leonard Bernstein was born 106 years plus two days ago, on August 25, 1918. Oddly, I’ve never written much about him here, have I? I really should change that one of these days…maybe after I finally get Maestro off the … Continue reading
Memories of Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago, a drive to the hospital in the morning. Twenty years ago, calling off work because it was time, the baby was on his way. Twenty years ago, bright sunny skies over Buffalo. Twenty years ago, a very … Continue reading
Live, laugh, learn (or something like that): A Sunday Stealing quiz
Interesting format for this week’s Sunday Stealing: instead of a selection of questions, it’s a series of prompts. I’m going to try to do these in one sentence each. Let’s see how that works out, shall we? Reveal yourself in … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Quizzes
Tagged Quiz-Things
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Seasons and their Reasons
It occurs to me that for most holidays, we always end up hearing a lot about how important it is to remember WHY the holiday exists. We’ve got multiple holidays now where we’re supposed to meditate on Freedom and The … Continue reading →