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A Turnip Cures Elvis (Something for Thursday, Friday edition)

Posted on September 19, 2025 by ksedinger

Like I said the other day, there’s a kind of perfect storm of STUFF all coming to a head at once that isn’t leaving me with a ton of time for posting, so posting much, I have not. This is … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 11, 2025 by ksedinger

Two things today, one for the event that happened twenty-four years ago today, and one that happened much more recently.

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 4, 2025 by ksedinger

Social media has been abuzz lately over the trailer for a new film of Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights. I mean, look at this thing: Yeah, that’s…quite something, isn’t it? Will I watch that? Maybe. I think it will be viewed … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on August 28, 2025 by ksedinger

This was our son’s theme song. It’s also a song that seems to have dropped off the musical consciousness over the last bunch of years. You just never hear this one anymore. Well, I’m doing my part. Here it is!

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Something for Thursday

Posted on August 21, 2025 by ksedinger

The Music Man doesn’t get enough credit for how inventive it is, methinks. The Music Man is known for its Iowa setting, and it generally seems to be viewed as safe Americana. But it makes a lot of interesting choices, and those … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on August 14, 2025 by ksedinger

Well, I don’t know how often I do this. It’s not very often. Probably the last time was something like Ravel’s Bolero. I’m about to share something I don’t like at all. See, there’s this thing that’s been going around social … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on July 31, 2025 by ksedinger

I just finished a remarkable novel the other night, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos. The book is a slow burn of a novel about the life of a man (told as a series of memories as he … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on July 24, 2025 by ksedinger

(Normally I try to wait longer than just under four months before I do a re-post of something I’ve already written here, but Chuck Mangione has died, and I like what I wrote about him and this song back in … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on July 17, 2025 by ksedinger

This lovely film music cue has been on my mind the last few days because for some reason, the YouTube algorithm served up a clip from The Karate Kid Part II, and because I like that movie (it’s not as good … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on July 10, 2025 by ksedinger

You may remember the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway, which has had several incarnations over the years…including the original, which was a BBC production. Here’s a clip that I’ve always liked. The second guy’s reaction to the tempo … Continue reading →

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