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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

I know I’ve used this for the Daily Dose before, but…well, this is one of the staples for me. Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne” is only tangentially about Christmas, I suppose — just the song’s setting, on Christmas Eve, … Continue reading

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You will RUE THE DAY!!! (Rue the day? Who talks like that?!)

I’ve pretty much run out of people to query. Time to start looking into self-pub indie efforts. #AmWriting, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I received another rejection note yesterday for Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title), which brings the total … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Awesome (and spectacular FAIL)

Oddities and Awesome abound! As do, unfortunately, colossal screwups. :: In the Awesome department, if you ever wondered what it’s like taping The Price is Right — more specifically, the mechanics of moving all that crap onstage around — this … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

My alma mater, Wartburg College, does a big yearly music production at Christmas, called Christmas With Wartburg. It’s always quite a production, with several vocal groups coming together with several instrumental groups to present a sacred program. Putting it together … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

I have my issues with Aaron Sorkin, but there are still times when he grabs me and doesn’t let go. Two brief scenes from the first season episode of The West Wing, entitled “In Excelsis Deo”. The backstory here (among … Continue reading

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THIS must be the cover….

UPDATED below. UPDATED again, below. Well, my endless search for cover-art for Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title) has come to an end. This has to be the cover. Obviously it won’t be, but…this is SO evocative of what I … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

A very old song now, sung by the always hauntingly beautiful Loreena McKennitt: “Let Att That Are to Mirth Inclined”.

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

It’s the March of the Toys, by Victor Herbert!

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Do you enjoy it when people build elaborate displays of Christmas lights on their houses and then sync their blinking patterns to music?

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

I’ve said this before, but where I’m usually able to separate music from specific associations to things in my life, there are exceptions, and Tchaikovsky’s Suite from The Nutcracker is one of them. We played this every year in the … Continue reading

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