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How do you measure, measure a year…. (Something for Thursday)
One year, give or take, more or less. There’s a famous song from the Broadway show Rent, called “Seasons of Love”. The song talks about the measure of time, specifically, a year: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five … Continue reading
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Speaking of Albums: Marine Band Showcase
So years ago I had a short-lived posting series called “Exploring the CD Collection”, in which I wrote about entire albums I had in my collection. I’ve been thinking about revisiting that series, but expanding it beyond the limits of … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Here’s an interesting piece! I didn’t realize this was even available online until a few weeks ago when I looked up the composer by name. Linda Robbins Coleman is a composer, conductor, and teacher from Iowa whose symphonic poem Journeys was … Continue reading
In which we let sleeping dogs, you know….
It’s hard, being a dog.
Onward Cultural Warriors, slipping on banana peels!
In this week’s entry in Right Wing Insanity, we have…Dr. Seuss. I shit you not. This one has been amazing in its dishonesty and stupidity all at the same time. Here’s the summary I put up on Facebook: 1. Dr. … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
Florence Price, who was one of my major musical discoveries (maybe “revelations” is a better term?) of 2020, wrote this wonderful String Quartet in G Major in 1929, and…that’s just about all the information I can find about it. It’s … Continue reading
February Struggles
Last month was not a great month for writing, for a number of reasons. The major reason is that sometimes when you write by the seat of your pants, you reach a spot where you’re sitting at the computer thinking, … Continue reading
Composer Focus: Jean Sibelius (part two)
Returning to Sibelius! The land of Karelia is a region in northern Europe that currently comprises sections of Eastern Finland, and Northwestern Russia. Like Alsace-Lorraine between France and Germany, Karelia is a land that has been disputed for centuries, and … Continue reading
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Liberatopia isn’t seeming like much of a topia these days
Former Texas Governor and former US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was quoted the other day as saying this: “Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business.“ Well, now. … Continue reading
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