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Something for Thursday

There’s a little viral-game running around Facebook right now, in which if someone tags you, you post the cover of a music album you consider to be a great album. You are not tasked with defending the album in any … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Antonin Dvorak wrote five major symphonic poems in his life, of which we hear the last today. A Hero’s Song has no specific program to describe or illuminate its action, and some have concluded that it is partially autobiographical. I … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

In researching a little for this post, I discovered that Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor is not universally beloved. Shocking, but true: some critics find the finale “insincere and crude”. Well, really. While I’ve had issues with a … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

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Something for Thursday

Film music today: a suite from Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Patton. I only watched the film once, when I was ten or eleven. I don’t recall having much of an opinion, but I remember being struck by Goldsmith’s work — … Continue reading

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It’s Prismatic!

So there’s this new photo app called Prisma that’s all the rage. It’s kind of cool, really — it’s similar to Instagram in that it takes photos (new or existing) and applies filters to them to make them look nifty. … Continue reading

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I got a BB-8 mug.

That is all.

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The Fair 2016

Photos from the Erie County Fair, 2016 And in new acquisitions, among a few other things (including a new coffee mug which I haven’t photographed yet), a new scarf and a new keychain! There was actually some new stuff to … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Is there a more Me thing to do, blogging-wise, than announce a new series, post the first post in that new series, and then promptly forget about that series a week later? Oops! I completely forgot about Tone Poem Tuesday … Continue reading

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Mr. Bolt finds your efforts amusing

Great sports photography is always a joy. Take, for example, this wonderful shot of Usain Bolt, enjoying himself while his competitors…don’t. Man, all that photo needs is a twinkle in his 1000-watt smile. A couple other nifty photos from the … Continue reading

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