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Something for Thursday

One of the most beautiful songs I know: “Scythe Song” by Dougie Maclean. The song is about the long work involved in learning to do a thing and do it well, and the way you need to ideally spend time … Continue reading

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Conning!

This past weekend was Buffalo Comicon! And yes, we attended. Lots of fun was had by all, and some geeky stuff was acquired, as you might expect. My haul included the following items: Not bad, eh? I’d like to have … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

I hated Debussy for years, but I started coming around a decade or so ago, when I began to appreciate his atmospherics more than I had before. La mer is, quite simply, a musical depiction of the sea, in three … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

Let’s back up in time a little bit, shall we? I just heard this captivating piece a week or two ago on the radio. Luigi Boccherini was a cellist and composer during the Classical period, roughly contemporary with Franz Joseph … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

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Something for Thursday

I’ve been posting an awful lot of classical music lately, so…let’s go with something from one of the great musicals! Here’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, from Annie Get Your Gun.

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Closely related to the tone poem is the Concert overture, which is the forerunner of the tone poem in many ways. Also a single movement work, a concert overture was often intended to kick off a program of symphonic music, … Continue reading

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Fifteen years and counting

I took this photos last year when we visited NYC at Thanksgiving. One thing I remember thinking, standing there by those square gaps in the ground where towers once rose, is that the buildings weren’t quite so wide as I … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

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Something for Thursday (the Happy Birthday STAR TREK edition)

I obviously have to feature some Star Trek music today, but choosing which to use is a daunting task. Then I found these “Mega Suites” that some kind soul already compiled, so…start boldly going, people!

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