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Music from the Emerald Isle

Three selections: one Romantic, one Modern, one Contemporary, all Irish:

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Mr. Ma answers all the cello questions you never knew you had!

I watched this during lunch today and it’s great!

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Hey! Need some love music?

I made a playlist of love songs! 50 songs, 3 hours of music! (Now, I originally conceived this little exercise as a playlist for our wedding reception if The Wife and I were getting married now, or renewing vows, or … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Burt Bacharach has died. He was one of those ultra-prolific songwriters (along with frequent partner Hal David) who, for every song you knew he wrote, there’s probably two songs you know well that you did not know he had a hand … Continue reading

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A song for a random Saturday

I don’t have anything else to post today, so I’ll offer up a random song: “Scythe Song” by Dougie Maclean. This wonderful song is about the relationship between master and student, and how true mastery often involves repeated practice in … Continue reading

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“Oh my darling….”

There’s a frankly ghastly anti-smoking ad that seems to be showing up on teevee a bit of late; I’ve seen it nearly every day during visits to my parents. I’m not embedding the damned thing here, but if you MUST … Continue reading

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The Chairman of the Board will see you now.

    Sheila O’Malley has a typically lovely post about Frank Sinatra, whose birthday is today. I started composing a comment on her site, but then I realized that my thoughts were getting away from me, so I decided to … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

Today, a suite from an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov! The opera is called Christmas Eve, and its plot involves a scheme by the Devil to steal the moon. Rimsky-Korsakov’s operas have suffered an unusual curse: they are well-loved and highly regarded by … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

Hey, it’s morning and I’m getting the Daily Dose out! See, I told you I’d get on track with this. In 1994, a remake of the 1947 classic movie Miracle on 34th Street came out. If I recall correctly, it did … Continue reading

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“When the skies of November turn gloomy….”

Forty-seven years ago today.  

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