My newest Substack newsletter is a sad one…but when one knows someone like Robert, one must bear witness on their passing.
The newsletter lives!
I finally got out a new issue of my newsletter! It’s not the deep dive into Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony just yet, and if you’ve regularly been reading this site you won’t really need this letter all that much, but…here it is. And subscribe, if you haven’t already!
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Rachmaninoff at 150: On the Substack
As I’ve indicated, I’m saving long essays on four specific works by Sergei Rachmaninoff for my Substack, and the first of those is up today. Please check it out! This time out we deep dive into the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
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New Newsletter
I’ve just sent out a new issue of my newsletter! And you should subscribe, if you haven’t already! (This particular issue is a bit recursive, being mostly links back to this site, but still worth reading, as I am launching my Rachmaninoff content there as well.)
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“We’re using time-honored skills to preserve history.”
So, what is noted master furniture restorer and upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary so cheerful about? Clearly, it’s the latest issue of my newsletter, in which I write about one of my favorite teevee shows ever (and one that features Ms. Nooranvary), The Repair Shop. Check it out and subscribe! Tell your friends and your neighbors and your coworkers and that sleep-deprived barista who nevertheless gets your coffee order right more often than not!
(No, Ms. Nooranvary isn’t cheering anything I did, that’s just a screencap from an episode of The Repair Shop. But I’ll bet she would cheer it, if she had any idea who I was!)
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New Newsletter!
If I’ve timed this post right, those of you who are subscribed to my newsletter, Dispatches from the Forgotten Stars, should have the latest issue in your inboxes right now. And those of you who have not subscribed are doubtless feeling somewhat sad…and empty…and left out. But there’s an easy solution to that! Go subscribe now! You’ll be happy you did!
(Well, I hope you’ll be happy you did. I’m not trying to make anyone unhappy, as it is.)
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My newsletter: an update!
You may remember that I launched a newsletter last year, which I called Dispatches from the Forgotten Stars. I had only done about half a dozen issues when the development I had feared from the get-go came to pass: Revue, the service I was using for the newsletter, is being closed down. Thanks, Lord Musk. (Twitter owns Revue. I kinda saw this coming and signed up with Revue anyway, so…yeah.)
I have just completed the migration process of moving my newsletter to Substack. There are more settings to tweak and whatnot, which I’ll be working on moving forward, but for now, if you hadn’t subscribed yet, that’s where I am! (I imported the subscribers, so hopefully if you’re already subscribed as of this writing, you don’t have to do anything.)
Find me on Substack! You can even read the archives of the newsletter if you wish. Thank you!