Category Archives: On Music

Something for Thursday

The birthday of the great Jerry Goldsmith was the other day, on the 10th. And honestly, Goldsmith deserves a more poetic tribute than I’ve got in me right now, because it’s late in the work week and I’m tired and … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Nkeiru Okoye was born in New York City in 1972 to a Nigerian father and an African-American mother. She graduated from Oberlin in 1993, which is the same year I graduated Wartburg College. Okoye is almost entirely contemporary with me. … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Maestro John Williams!

Today John Williams turns 93. His music stands as one of the undisputed bright spots and creative forces behind my own life; to recall a time in my life when I was not keenly aware of his music I have … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Paul Le Mat in American Graffiti: Buddy Holly died February 3, 1959, 66 years ago. That’s an entire lifetime, almost…possibly several lifetimes. Had he lived to this day, he would be 88 years old, certainly not outside the realm of possibility. … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Yup, that’s what we’re calling this series now: Tuesday Tones, because it’s still going to be a music focus series, but it won’t just be tone poems. Not that it was before, really, because if there’s one thing I like to … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Someone asked on social media the other day, “What’s your favorite John Denver song?” So, here’s my answer.

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Tone Poem Tuesday

I’m thinking about renaming this weekly feature, in order to make it into a more broad focus on classical music, but more on that later when I’ve thought of a name that I like. Meanwhile, today I have a piece … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Well, my mood hasn’t been great this week, for what are probably obvious reasons. But there is still music to fall back on and to remind oneself what is good in the world. Like, punching Nazis. Punching Nazis is good. … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

I could also title this post “I listened to it, so now I’m gonna make you listen to it too!” Because it’s a piece whose existence I learned about after I watched a video on YouTube called “Reacting to One of … Continue reading

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No, John Williams did not rip off Dvorak! (a repost)

NOTE: This is a repost of an old item from the BlogSpot days of this site. For whatever reason, I’ve seen a rather dispiriting resurgence on social media the last few days of the old chestnut that John Williams is basically … Continue reading

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