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Something for Thursday (National Poetry Month Edition)

 Today is April 1, which means that it’s another National Poetry Month! This month, each of my Thursday music posts will involve poetry, either by direct setting or…something else. (What “something else” may be, I’m not really sure. It might … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

 It’s been False Spring here in The 716 of late, as I noted the other day. Today at work I spent about twenty minutes doing my twice-monthly rooftop inspection (a regular part of my job!), and during this, I put … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

 Ever have something that was a favorite of yours at some point, but which for no real reason–just the normal moving on to new things, Robert Frost’s “knowing how way leads on to way”–you just leave the favorite thing behind, … Continue reading

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How do you measure, measure a year…. (Something for Thursday)

 One year, give or take, more or less. There’s a famous song from the Broadway show Rent, called “Seasons of Love”. The song talks about the measure of time, specifically, a year: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

 So I was curious: Did Judy Garland ever record the song “It’s Been a Long, Long Time”? I did a very quick search and didn’t find anything…but I did find this rendition, by an apparently very young Frank Sinatra. Apparently Sinatra never … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

 It’s late and I gotta get to bed, but it’s still Thursday and I don’t want to miss this week’s Something, so here’s Something that really doesn’t need much by way of introduction. Take it away, Gloria Gaynor!

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Something for Thursday

 The other night I was looking for some new Celtic music to listen to, so I hopped on over to Google and searched for “Best Celtic Albums of 2020” (or maybe it was 2019). This brought up several articles, and … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

“This is the weirdest three…combination of guys I’ve ever seen. One looks like a mechanic, the other one looks like he gets ALL the girls, and the other one looks like he’s book-smart. They just decided to get together, like, … Continue reading

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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

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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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