Tag Archives: Passages

The in-between spaces (on the passing of Prince)

One of the stranger parts of having been the kid in high school with very different interests from most everybody else is that whenever a prominent musician dies now, I can almost never join in the chorus of those who … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday (Alan Rickman edition)

I hate that Alan Rickman died today. I hate that more than I hate that David Bowie died the other day, and I really hated that. I had something picked out for this feature, but I decided to postpone that … Continue reading

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Mr. Bowie

This one-off video, made at Live-Aid, was the first time I ever heard David Bowie. I will never not love this.

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Something for Thursday: Farewell, James Horner

Composer James Horner died the other day when the airplane he was piloting crashed. He was the sole passenger. This is, quite simply, the worst news to hit the film music world since Michael Kamen, Jerry Goldsmith, and Elmer Bernstein … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday (Geoffrey Lewis edition)

I see that actor Geoffrey Lewis has died. He was a very common character actor when I was a kid, and I saw him in a lot of stuff, most memorably his turn as Orville, best friend of Clint Eastwood’s … Continue reading

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Something for Monday

OK, I promise that this blog isn’t going to be all-Nimoy-all-the-time, but after I got done collating the material for the Sentential Links post, I saw this on Facebook. As I’ve noted, I’ve been obsessing somewhat over the Glen Campbell … Continue reading

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Love, Logic, and Why I Don’t Write Dystopia: Some Rambling Thoughts on the Occasion of Leonard Nimoy’s Passing

When The Wife and I were on our honeymoon, one of the stops was the Boston Museum of Science. I’m always a fan of science museums. During our visit, we saw a movie in their OmniMax theater. I don’t remember … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Oddity and All-Around Foolery!

Stuff! :: I like to think I won’t be too incensed when any of my books gets a bad review or two on the Internet. In fact, I’m planning to read as few reviews as possible…but just in case I … Continue reading

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Carpe diem

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Something for Thursday

Conductor Lorin Maazel died this week, at the age of 84. He lived a fine and long musical life, and I, for one, will miss his work. Maazel conducted the very first New Year’s From Vienna concert that I ever … Continue reading

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