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Category Archives: On Music
Tone Poem Tuesday
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
Tone Poem Tuesday (716 Day edition)
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
Something for Thursday
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
“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
Tone Poem Tuesday
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
Something for Thursday
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
Tone Poem Tuesday
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!!!
Something for Thursday
Two selections in honor of actor Donald Sutherland, a combination of distinctive look and voice, who has sadly died this day.
Tone Poem Tuesday
When you get to the point of having blogged for over 20 years (sheesh!), you start to worry about repeating yourself. At least, I certainly do! I find myself looking for pieces to share here, and then I think, “Nah, I’ve … Continue reading




Something for Thursday (July 4 edition)
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 →