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A Flyboy, A Mechanic, and a Janitor walk into a bar…. (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 4)
part 1 part 2 part 3 Original TFA screenwriter Michael Arndt has said in interviews that a big problem he faced in drafting that movie was that no matter how hard he worked on making the new characters compelling, as … Continue reading
“We fought to the end.” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 3)
part 1 part 2 Star Wars has always had a different thing going on with the mothers, hasn’t it? Anakin’s mother, Shmi, is killed by the Sandpeople in the event that catalyzes Anakin’s descent toward the Dark Side of the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
One hundred ninety-nine years ago, the great poet Walt Whitman was born. Here is a setting of some of work by Frederick Delius, a piece called “Sea Drift”.
“It’s time for the Jedi to end.” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part 2)
Part 1 Ever since Luke disappeared, people have been looking for him…he was training a new generation of Jedi. One boy, an apprentice, turned against him. Destroyed it all. Luke felt responsible. He just walked away from everything…people that knew … Continue reading
"Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong." (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, part one)
So here we are, more than six months after the release of STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI, and I’m only just now working out how I feel about it. I suppose this is is how it’s going to … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
There are times–and lately, they are frequent–when I have to remind myself that despite our flaws, America is still the nation that produced George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.
Larry Havers, and other Memorial Day thoughts
An annual reposting of some things pertaining to Memorial Day. First, a remembrance of a soldier I never knew. Fifteen years ago I wrote the following on Memorial Day, and I wanted to revisit it. It’s about the Vietnam Veteran … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
This was a favorite of mine in college, especially in my freshman year. I haven’t listened to it in a very long time, though. Here is Enya with “On Your Shore.”
Tone Poem Tuesday (God Save the Queen!)
OK, posting a march is probably stretching the definition of “tone poem” to the breaking point. So be it. In honor of the wedding the other day of Prince Harry (who is my favorite royal, likely because of the eternal … Continue reading
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