Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

I really love John Williams. That is all. Here’s a little John Williams.

I’m not sure why, but for me, Fall has always been a time of optimism. All the metaphors have the world going to sleep for the winter, but for me, Fall is when life revs up. Maybe I’ll flesh those … Continue reading →

As I noted last week, I’ve been listening to “swashbuckling” music a bit of late, during my writing sessions (longer post on this forthcoming). Here’s another good example, this time from the world of film music: a suite from Prince … Continue reading →

I’ve been listening to a lot of “adventurous” music as I write of late (and I’ve got a post in gestation about that someplace), so here’s a prime example, one of the greatest pieces of adventure music of all time. … Continue reading →

One thing that I always find fascinating is the way, years ago, ribald subject matter had to be dealt with in as poetic a matter as possible. This song, from Brigadoon, is all about a young woman’s sexual exploits with … Continue reading →

The Return of the King. You know, I believe that I am quite ready for another adventure!

There’s a new book coming out about Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”, by an author named David Orr. I look forward to reading this book — the poem is amazing, and deeply complex — but for now I’m … Continue reading →

(Hey, you know that thing I sometimes do with this feature and others when I screw up the scheduled publishing and don’t realize it until night-time? That’s pretty funny when I do that, right?) I’ve had this insanely earwormy song … Continue reading →

Who doesn’t like Gilbert and Sullivan? Dummies, that’s who. Here is a wonderful suite of melodies from the great operettas of that amazing duo, Pineapple Poll.

Sometimes you need something big and epic, so here is Trevor Jones conducting a suite of his themes from The Last of the Mohicans.