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Why are you still LURKING!

Just a reminder, folks: it’s Delurking Week here on Byzantium’s Shores! Drop in comments and say Hello or…whatever! I’ll be turning anonymous commenting back off on Sunday morning, so say something!

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A to Z: Ohki

I really have very little to go on with this piece. I’ve never heard it until as I’m writing this, and I’ve never heard of this composer, either. I got nothin’, folks! Masao Ohki was a Japanese composer who lived … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Everybody has done the ‘fitness’ thing at one point or other. What’s an exercise regimen, diet, or activity that you tried, thinking you’d like it, only to discover that you…didn’t?

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A Vignette

This is something I’m going to try doing on a somewhat regular basis, as a bit of writing practice, since I always feel that my descriptions could use some work…. I was working a shit job at the time. A … Continue reading

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A to Z: Nielsen

I like randomness in music. It’s fun to hear works that are literally different each and every time they are played. Of course, there’s a sense in which all works are different each and every time they are played; the … Continue reading

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On keeping perspective

A good article by Bruce Schneier: As the details about the bombings in Boston unfold, it’d be easy to be scared. It’d be easy to feel powerless and demand that our elected leaders do something — anything — to keep … Continue reading

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Thoughts of Boston

I dearly love this city…honeymooned here…and it will always be Boston! #Boston #BostonForever, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Even though I haven’t been there in 16 years, I have a lot of fine memories of Boston. Honeymooning there with my new … Continue reading

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A to Z: Messiaen

I haven’t heard much of Olivier Messiaen’s music. I have a recording of his massive Turangalila Symphony that I haven’t played in well over a decade, and I’m not sure I’ve ever owned a recording of the work on tap … Continue reading

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Remember to delurk, all you lurker-type folks!

A reminder that it’s Delurking Week here at Byzantium’s Shores, so if you please, go ahead and leave a comment! (Or you can e-mail me, if you like. I just want to know who’s out there!) Thanks!

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Sentential Links

Again, I’m going to rely on the master list of A-to-Z blogging participants for this week’s linkage. Check them out! There’s a lot of good stuff being done out there in Blogistan. Anyone who says that blogging is dead isn’t … Continue reading

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