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A memory….
Not sure why this popped into my head, but it’s always worth revisiting Mr. Martin’s thoughts about art and commercialism.
Something for Thursday
Still hectic. Here’s some Borodin!
Tina
Damn. I never knew that Tina Turner was just a few months younger than my father. She had a life full of triumphs and enormous difficulties, and she leaves an enormous legacy of music. I salute her. (image: via)
Tone Poem Tuesday
Busy day, so that means: Franz von Suppe! Here’s “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna”.
Notes from North of the Border: A Travelogue (days two and three)
A couple of weeks ago The Wife and I enjoyed a weekend getaway to Toronto! I’ve already documented Day One; now here’s a brief rundown on Days Two and Three. (By ‘brief’ I mean…not very brief.) After the difficulties we … Continue reading
Scenes from amongst the lilacs (and a bit of Rachmaninoff!)
The warm months of the year, for us, tend to be bookended by two specific festivals: the Rochester Lilac Festival in May, and the Ithaca Applefest in October. Lots of stuff happens in between, but those are the markers of … Continue reading
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Sadly, we had no canoli….
Tonight for dinner, I made a dish called “Godfather Pasta”. It’s a dish of pasta with a cheesy garlicy sauce, also stirred in with cured Italian meats, banana peppers, roasted red peppers, and olives. It’s freakishly delicious. After we ate, … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Speaking of our anniversary yesterday, this song reminds me of…us. So many of our best memories involve getting in a car and going…someplace, and this song captures that feeling perfectly for me. I wanna take you somewhereIt’s all I know … Continue reading
Twenty-six
The Wife and I were married twenty-six years ago today. The years keep presenting new challenges, on and on and on…but they also keep producing memories, more than a few of which are happy ones. I used to note that … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s a tone poem by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, a Russian composer whose music has fallen into unfortunate and unfair obscurity over the years since his life. This tone poem is notable for featuring a soprano voice in addition to the orchestra, … Continue reading