Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

It’s a bright and sunny day, and I’m in a good mood. Wow! Anyway, here are a few completely unrelated songs that are in my “Songs That Make Me Generically Happy” list. (I don’t actually have such a list, but … Continue reading →

Last night I attended a school concert in which The Daughter was performing with her orchestra, and this work (shortened a bit) was on the program. I’ve never been the biggest fan of Jan Sibelius, but he does have his … Continue reading →

I’ve posted this before, but it always bears revisiting, especially if your day needs a bit more pep. Here is Emmanuel Chabrier’s Espana Rhapsody.

I wanted to post something by Dougie Maclean and couldn’t decide which of his many wonderful songs to use, so…here’s the entirety of my favorite album of his. Enjoy! It’s just a Scot and his guitar and his audience. Sometimes … Continue reading →

My mood sucks and is in need of adjusting. Why is this? Well, everything I saw in the news yesterday pissed me off. I gave a brief (and not even exhaustive) list on Twitter earlier: CNN has made it the … Continue reading →

Sorry to be late on this today, folks! I’m in a Rodgers-and-Hammerstein place right now, so here’s Philip Quast singing “Some Enchanted Evening”. ‘Nuff said.

In the course of writing Lighthouse Boy (not the actual title), I’ve been listening to more film music lately (more than usual, anyway), with a special ear for classic scores of the Golden Age. Without doubt, my favorite Golden Age … Continue reading →

It’s not much of a secret that my musical tastes sometimes run to the more obscure, and this band is no exception. They’re not unheard of — you still hear a couple of their songs on “Greatest Hits of the … Continue reading →