Category Archives: On Music

Something for Thursday

Posted on July 25, 2024 by ksedinger

I think I’m becoming a fan of the band The Killers. I don’t know much about them yet, and I’ve only listened to one album of theirs all the way through, and it’s not even a studio album. But I’ve … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on July 23, 2024 by ksedinger

One problem with taking a three-day weekend, with Monday as the third day, is that when I go back to work, my brain goes, “Yup, it’s Monday!”, and then only once we get close to dinner time does my brain … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday (716 Day edition)

Posted on July 16, 2024 by ksedinger

Today is 716 Day! That’s when we turn as a nation to the region of The 716 and bow to the country’s greatest place. Or something like that! In truth, with the possible exception of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes, … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on July 11, 2024 by ksedinger

This was sad news to see when I got home from work today: Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys died the other day, after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The Oak Ridge Boys weren’t huge in my household, but … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on July 9, 2024 by ksedinger

“Well, he must be too busy for a real post today, since he’s sharing something by Franz von Suppe!” And that, Dearest Reader, is where you’re wrong! Because even though I am posting something by Franz von Suppe, it is not because … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday (July 4 edition)

Posted on July 4, 2024 by ksedinger

Two hundred forty-eight years, and all I can really think of is, what’s it going to look like on the two hundred forty ninth? I continue to be dismayed at the degree to which Americans are capable of being awful, … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on July 2, 2024 by ksedinger

This is a kind of roundabout way to arrive at a work: a comic ballet called Pineapple Poll was created in the mid-20th century, using music from the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Later, the music from the ballet was itself … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on June 27, 2024 by ksedinger

I heard this piece when I got in the car yesterday to come home from work. It’s a piece by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi, with whom I was entirely unfamiliar until I turned on the car and his music came … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on June 25, 2024 by ksedinger

One of those days, folks. Busy at work and then my annual eye-dilation exam right after. So, you know the drill: Franz von Suppe to the rescue!!!  

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Something for Thursday

Posted on June 20, 2024 by ksedinger

Two selections in honor of actor Donald Sutherland, a combination of distinctive look and voice, who has sadly died this day.  

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