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Tag Archives: Passages
Something for Thursday
Songwriter Jim Steinman, one of the biggest contributors to the “bigger than life” aura of a lot of rock music of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and beyond, has died. He was 73. Steinman’s songs were the stuff of excess: in … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
In honor of the passing of Chuck Yeager (with a typically wonderful memorial by post by Sheila O’Malley), here is a suite of music by Bill Conti from the film The Right Stuff, which adapted the Tom Wolfe book that … Continue reading
Julio
Fifteen months after his brother Lester departed, we have had to say goodbye to Julio today. They came to us as a package deal, and I hope there’s some realm beyond the rain and the clouds where they can be … Continue reading
Eddie
Eddie’s gone. This one hurts, folks. It took me a while to start loving rock music. I heard a lot of it as a kid (benefits of having an older sister, which I did not appreciate at the time because … Continue reading
Apropos
RICHARD: He’s here. He’ll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn’t going to see me beg. GEOFFREY: My you chivalric fool… as if the way one fell down mattered. RICHARD: When the fall is all there is, it matters. (From The … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Diana Rigg edition)
Actress Diana Rigg has died. She lived a long life (82 years) and did a lot of amazing work, but for me, she will always be Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, also known as Tracy…who would, very briefly, be Mrs. James … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Wakanda Forever edition)
It’s strange about comets. Except for a few notable exceptions, the vast majority of comets come quickly, brighten our sky, and then disappear forever (or for so long it’s functionally forever). For the brief time they are in the sky, … Continue reading
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Memories of Maliboo
My mother’s cat, a beautiful red Persian named “Maliboo”, died today at the fine age of 17. He had a fantastic life, truly winning the Cat Lottery. Oddly, Maliboo hated me until several years ago when he had no choice … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Farewell, Leon Fleischer)
Pianist Leon Fleischer has died, at the age of 92. Fleischer was one of the greatest American musicians of the twentieth century (and a chunk of the 21st!), and his story is one of consummate musicianship along with triumph to … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
For John Lewis. Also read Lewis’s final testimony, an op-ed that ran in the New York Times just today.