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Film Quote Friday: Apollo 13

It’s been way too long since I watched this movie. I love this little scene, early in the film, after the party at Jim Lovell’s house has ended and the first moonwalk in history is over. Jim and his wife, … Continue reading

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A to Z: Janacek

Wow…I’m kind of late to the game with today’s post. Sorry, but I just had a really unmotivated evening. It happens. Anyway, here we go, with another piece that I’ve never heard before, but by a composer that I have: … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I grew up listing, among many others, to this guy. I suppose his style is fairly dated…but honestly? I don’t care. Here’s Ray Price.

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A partial defense of personal blogging (Buffalo loves old things. This blog is old. Ergo….)

It’s time for the annual popularity contest that Artvoice, Buffalo’s local alt-weekly, runs. As usual, “Best Blogger” is one of the categories, and as usual, I assume that this blog has less than zero chance of winning. Alas! Although I … Continue reading

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A to Z: Isasi

Time for an experiment, as promised yesterday: a work that I have never heard before, by a composer I’d never heard of until yesterday. The composer? Andres Isasi. Who is he? Well, here is the biographical information on Isasi from … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Do you like thunderstorms?

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A to Z: Hanson

No, not the former boy band from the 1990s. We’re talking about composer Howard Hanson (1896-1981), one of the more important American musical figures of the 20th century. A great deal of American musical culture over the last half century … Continue reading

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Did the Ancient Egyptians invent the cardboard box?

Did the Ancient Egyptians invent the cardboard box? Hmmmm. #Lester #CatInBox, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. It seems to me that there must be some kind of physics experiment to be done on the malleability of a cat’s size, relative to … Continue reading

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A to Z: Grainger (and Gershwin)

I couldn’t decide which ‘G’ composer to do, so since it’s my blog, I’m doing both! Percy Grainger was the very first composer I encountered when I got to college. I’d never heard of him before, but there on the … Continue reading

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Sentential Links (A to Z 2013 edition)

I’m culling this week’s links from the master list of bloggers doing the A-to-Z Challenge. So all of these are pretty much new to me! Go visit them. I still have some blogs I discovered on last year’s A-to-Z on … Continue reading

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