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Tone Poem Tuesday
Greek-born composer Nikolas Labrinakos has come to my attention recently. After growing up in Greece, he went to London to study music composition, eventually getting a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey. He is an active composer of both film … Continue reading
The Flannel Conversion
It’s almost June, so it’s just about time to retire the flannel shirts until maybe late September, but more likely, some time in October. When I was a kid, in third or fourth grade, my father decided that I needed … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
A Zoom performance, by the reigning crew of Wicked.
Recent Book Notes!
Here’s some recent reading I’ve done! I don’t have pictures of the covers, unfortunately. (Several of them I forgot to snapshot before I whisked them back to the library.) :: Maybe you didn’t know that you needed a graphic novel … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 reading, books, Comics, Fantasy
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Tone Poem Tuesday
French composer Emmanual Chabrier isn’t much known these days, but he is represented in the standard repertoire by his intoxicating dance Espana. That work is one of the most compulsively joyful in its bright orchestrations, sparkling melodies, and effervescent rhythms … Continue reading
Speaking of Albums: “Frank Sinatra Sings For Only the Lonely”
Each place I go, only the lonely goSome little small cafeThe songs I know, only the lonely knowEach melody recalls a love that used to be. Look, for the purposes of this post, let’s just stipulate that there’s no way … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to the Maker!
Happy birthday to George Lucas! It’s no accident, or exaggeration, when I say that George Lucas is the biggest influence on my storytelling. Star Wars imprinted on me at a very young age, and it is still my guiding star, even … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
I’ve made it one of my many missions in life to sing the praises of the United States Marine Band, because they’re great, but let’s not forget the other armed services! The United States Army Band is also really good. Here … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
A repeat today (I think), but it’s been a while (I hope). Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides is a concert overture, inspired by the composer’s journeys in Scotland and specifically his tour of the Hebrides islands and a basalt cavern called … Continue reading
The Strooping of the Waffles! (Or is it the Waffling of the Stroop?)
So, like many others in this COVID hellscape, the search for entertainment of a more cheerful kind, to take our minds off the dystopian virus-afflicted nightmare world in which we live, has led us to The Great British Baking Show. … Continue reading
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