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The Secret to Maintaining Canine Happiness
Have cheese in your hand.
Symphony Saturday
Still not ready to discuss Mahler’s Second yet, so meantime, we’ll go back 120 years or so to Mozart. Here is his Symphony no. 29 in A major. This performance is on period instruments, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. This … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Think Pink! Why this? Well, I noticed a couple of years ago that my wardrobe is heavily representative of dark colors. Not all black, mind you, although I did have my all-black phase in high school like everybody (and black … Continue reading
On Immigration
As His Malevlonece, Mr. Trump, the President, is preparing to enforce an immigration policy that only a person who thinks that America is at its best a “Whites Only” club could love, here are my thoughts on immigration. I believe … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
OK, this isn’t a tone poem, it’s a piece of film music–but it’s a classic by John Williams, and as such it is as cohesive and well-constructed a piece of music as any great tone poem. In honor of having … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
This is probably the Platonic ideal for the love theme from a sad melodrama:
Adventures in Junk Food
So, let’s talk Combos! I first remember Combos showing up in the 1980s, but from what I’m reading online they actually came out in the 1970s. Maybe the 80s were when the first big marketing push happened. If you’ve never … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I’ve featured this work before, but on my way to work yesterday I heard it played and I was already thinking that hey, I can just run it again…when I heard something new. Turns out there’s a choral part that … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
I’m not ready yet to talk about Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (when you hear it, if you haven’t, you’ll understand why), so meantime let’s turn back the clock and hear a work at the opposite end of the symphonic pool. … Continue reading



