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Tag Archives: Music
Ten Classical Music “Warhorses” I Could Do Without
Every genre’s got ’em: works that are familiar to just about everybody who knows anything about that genre. These are the “Warhorses”. A list of warhorses doesn’t necessarily comprise a list of the very greatest works, but a list of … Continue reading
Limey scum! Limey scum!
Signs that the Irish band you’re listening to might not be all that good: One: Ten minutes into their first set, and they’ve already played “Tura-lura-lura”, “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen” and “Danny Boy”. Two: Twenty minutes into their … Continue reading
Passages
My mother mentioned in an e-mail the other day, among other things, that my first ever school band director died last week. I hadn’t seen Mr. Beach (first name Jim) since I graduated high school, but back then he was … Continue reading
Buffalo in the Limelight (sort of)
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s music director, JoAnn Falletta, is featured on Naxos this month. I didn’t realize she had that many recordings; among the seven listed there, four feature the BPO. I own two of them; time to track down … Continue reading
Still going to Middle Earth
I’ve been listening, off and on, to my recently-acquired The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings set. Interestingly enough, this still isn’t the end of the major descent into the world of LotR music: … Continue reading
Tears in Rain
This is turning out to be quite the Holiday Season for Geek Music Stuff: :: The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings: The Return of the King is available as of tomorrow. Mine should arrive via UPS the day after … Continue reading
Listenin’
I’ve just started reading Alex Ross’s The Rest is Noise. I’ll have more to say on the book when I’ve finished with it (and that’ll be a while; I’m only about fifty pages in as of this writing), but in … Continue reading
Strike for the Shores of Dover
I occasionally get search engine hits for people looking for the lyrics to “Strike for the Shores of Dover”, a rousing sea-shanty chorus that is heard at a particularly triumphant moment in the Errol Flynn movie The Sea Hawk. Thanks … Continue reading
The Internet is made of people
Always remember that, folks: The Internet is made of people. I got that from Warren Ellis, and it’s totally and utterly true. There are good people on the Internet, and bad people; people you’d follow once more unto the breach, … Continue reading
One ring to rule them all….
It’s coming out three weeks from this Tuesday. Mine’s pre-ordered already. I’m carrying around a cloth with me to wipe up the drool.
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