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- COME BACK, THREE DAYS!!! March 24, 2023
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- Tone Poem Tuesday March 21, 2023
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- “We’re using time-honored skills to preserve history.” March 19, 2023
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- Music from the Emerald Isle March 17, 2023
- Something for Thursday March 16, 2023
- Checking in on the universe…. March 15, 2023
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Something for Thursday
Last night we watched an episode of The Repair Shop (wondering what that is? You wouldn’t if you subscribed to my newsletter!), and someone brought in a music box for repair. The box’s tune was a popular song for a movie … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
You know the drill: a lot going on, so here’s something by Franz von Suppe.
Something for Thursday
Because the movie has been on my brain since we saw it on Sunday, here is a suite of Max Steiner’s amazing music from Casablanca. The score’s greatness is all the more amazing when you consider yet another bits of this … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Stupid busy days at work! I mean, they do make the days go by faster. But they also make me almost forget to post! Today would have been the 73rd birthday of Karen Carpenter. I first heard this song not … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Oof. Today was a day. An ice storm led to a 13-hour blackout at home, and work was an adventure, too. I don’t have a whole lot of extra mental bandwidth for musical commentary…so here’s a song that doesn’t need … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
In the 1940s and 50s, there were quite a few Black singing quartets recording music. Many early Black solo artists got their start in groups like this (Sam Cooke being a prime example), but I’ve just learned something very interesting … Continue reading
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
Something for Thursday
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and siblings, playing “Redemption Song”. More info to come, but I really wanted to get this up here! I found this a delight.
Something for Thursday
I don’t remember who tweeted about this song the other day, but they basically said something along the lines of, “Sometimes you need a Swedish metal song about the soldiers who protected the Pope during the sack of Rome in … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
It’s late in the day, almost 6pm, and I still haven’t posted. I wasn’t even sure what to post…and then I see that David Crosby has died. Here are Messrs. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
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