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STAR TREK and me

And you people, you’re all astronauts on…some kind of star trek? –Zefram Cochrane, Star Trek First Contact Wow. Star Trek made its official US debut fifty years ago today. That’s…amazing. (The show aired for the first time anywhere on September … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

Good luck is finding a new composer to explore and love! Bad luck is finding out that that composer didn’t compose a whole lot of music, because of insane demands upon his time and because he didn’t live terribly long. … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

Seen on Facebook yesterday:

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“Lib Gothic”

I saw this on Tumblr, and since Tumblr is designed for sharing and propagating stuff out into the Interwebs, I figured it would be OK to share it here as well, because it’s a nifty bit of writing. Say, the … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I don’t often share bad music intentionally, but I’m really curious, after reading this entertaining article last night: How many of you would agree that this is “the worst song of all time”? Or that it is, at least, “in … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

[Oops. Saved as draft and forgot to publish, as I do. Frequently.] This work by Richard Wagner is about as far as you can get from his huge, enormous, dense opera scores. Wagner composed this tone poem for chamber orchestra … Continue reading

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Gene

“But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted…. He lived happily ever after.”

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Rainbows, flames, and giant ducks

Last week I picked my mother up at the airport, and it was right after a rain storm had passed through. We don’t get many rainbows in this area, so it’s always exciting when we do! (I remember when we … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

There are times when the circumstances of a given work’s creation almost inexorably lead to conclusions about its nature that probably aren’t quite true. Such is the case with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, which concluded his symphonic … Continue reading

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Twelve….

Sorry for not having a bad joke today, but I’m feeling a bit contemplative as today is Little Quinn’s birthday. He should be turning twelve. Alas, he is not.

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