Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Whoa, sorry to be so late with this feature! But anyway, I was reading an article on Cracked a bit ago that said some mean things about the 1980s era for the band Genesis. I take exception to this, because, … Continue reading →

A short song today, but a favorite of mine. Sheila O’Malley often sets her music player to “shuffle”, and then she will post the list of songs that it plays, with comment. I always look forward to these posts, even … Continue reading →

Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s revisit of Carl Sagan’s seminal Cosmos arrives in just a couple weeks. One of the finest aspects of the original show was its music, carefully selected to form almost its own version of the Voyager record. Here … Continue reading →

No, I’m not going to try convincing anyone that this is a good movie, because it’s really not. But it’s a decent enough Sunday afternoon flick for when you’re in the mood for crossed swords without too much to tax … Continue reading →

Ach! I can’t find my copy of this CD! I know it’s somewhere and I haven’t looked exhaustively for it yet, but I wanted to listen to it the other day. It’s called The Long Black Veil, and it features … Continue reading →

Film music fans tend to really enjoy End Credit suites, because often times — although less so now than in previous years, what with the rise of pop tunes in films even with orchestral scores — the composer gets to … Continue reading →

This is a rough time of year for astronauts, it seems — the dates of the three fatal space-launch accidents are all within days of each other. I salute their sacrifice and zest for exploration.

Just listen.

I’ve been a bit heavy on the orchestral stuff of late, and I imagine I’ll continue in that vein as the year goes by; I seem to be in a real mode of rediscovery of my love of orchestral music. … Continue reading →

Good Lord, I have no idea if I’m coming or going lately. Anyway, here’s some Michael Kamen for you: a suite of music from The Iron Giant.