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Something for Thursday

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Alas! We have just learned yesterday of two major event cancellations this summer, two beloved events that we attend each year, pretty much without fail. One is the Erie County Fair; the other is the Sterling Renaissance Festival. We completely … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back! I have a longer piece in the works for The Geekiverse, but for now, here is John Williams leading a pretty good music … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I haven’t seen the movie since the year it came out–1998, I believe–but Shakespeare In Love has always boasted one of my favorite filmscores, composed by Stephen Warbeck. Looking over Warbeck’s filmography, it turns out that Shakespeare In Love is … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday (Friday edition)

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Sorry to be a day late, but I had my regular shift at work yesterday, combined with my weekly grocery shopping, combined with having to go back in to work to assist with an overtime job (installing a new refrigerated … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I’ve always loved Loreena McKennitt’s music, although I did lose track of her for a while. It turns out that she had a new album in 2018, called Lost Souls. Here is the first track from that album, “Spanish Guitars … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

If you’ve ever been around piano students or piano teachers, you’ve heard this work of Beethoven’s. The Sonata No. 8 in C minor, also known as the Pathetique, is often a young pianist’s first entrance into the world of the … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday (Thank you, Adam Schlesinger)

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Singer and songwriter Adam Schlesinger has died of complications from Covid-19. He was an amazingly prolific singer and songwriter who worked on his own material with his own bands, as well as songwriting for movies and teevee. I’ve heard a … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday: Thanks, Kenny

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Kenny Rogers died this past weekend. He had a long and productive life of music-making, and I won’t try to offer a major retrospective here. I will note that Rogers was just…always there, wasn’t he? And he was always there … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Here’s a bit of film music, by the underheard (at least by me) composer Basil Poledouris. This, from the movie The Hunt for Red October, is “The Hymn To Red October”. This cue opens the film as we get our … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

A change of pace today, I think. Over on Twitter today we were discussing the great 1980s geek comedy Real Genius, in the context of Sheila O’Malley‘s piece about director Martha Coolidge. Real Genius somehow wasn’t a big hit when … Continue reading →

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