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Something for Thursday: Happy Birthday, Hector!
Today is Hector Berlioz’s birthday! Oh Hector, the greatest of all French composers! Here, in his honor, is his Le Corsaire overture.
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
I honestly can’t usually stand “Carol of the Bells”, but leave it to the Muppets to make it palatable!
A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter
Apropos of a conversation I had on Twitter today, do you like fruitcake? (Sorry to be so late with this. I literally forgot it was Wednesday. These last few weeks have done bad things to my brain, man….)
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
I use this one every year, because it’s such a perfect, perfect song — the lyrics capture the emotions so brilliantly, and the song’s place in the Christmas pantheon is well-earned, even if it is a sad one that is … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part eleven)
Previously: ten nine eight seven six five four three two one And now we come to it: the final scenes of Revenge of the Sith. Most of what I would change here would be to touch up the emotional undercurrent … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Sinatra. Martin. “A Marshmallow World”.
“Shiny in the Black”: A FIREFLY Christmas! (part two)
(Continuing my repost of this Very Special Christmas episode of…) part one Wash put Serenity down on the landing pad, nice and gentle. So nice and gentle that Zoe complimented him on it. “You’re getting’ more gentle all the time, … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Christmas isn’t complete without choral music, and quite a lot of it. This is “Salvation is Created”, by Pavel Chesnokov. This showed up on several of our Christmas programs during my years at Wartburg College.
Why drink lots of coffee?
Because of reasons! (That’s all I got today. Last week was insanely busy at Teh Day Job, and now I’m catching up at home. The music posts will still be coming, though, and more stuff through the week!) (Oh, and … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
OK, this is different. I did a YouTube search for “Japan Christmas” and found this.