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Something for Thursday

Continuing music selections from the films of James Cameron, who just turned 70 last month, we have a brief suite from True Lies. This movie answers the thought experiment of “What if James Cameron directed a James Bond movie?” Arnold Schwarzenegger … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Continuing a few weeks of featuring music from the films of James Cameron, who just turned 70 last month, we have a selection from a score I don’t like all that much for a movie I don’t all that much … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

In honor of James Cameron’s 70th birthday–which was just a couple weeks ago–I’m going to share some selections from the scores to his movies over the next few weeks. I’ll start with my favorite Cameron film, the often overlooked The Abyss, … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

There is an orchestra in Prague that specializes in concert performances of film music. I did not know this! It is called, appropriately enough, the Prague Film Orchestra, and they have a YouTube that is loaded with their performances. Here … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Sometimes you just need a bit of Bach, so…here’s a bit of Bach. This is Hillary Hahn, playing the third movement of the Partita No. 3 in E Major. This is very likely the first work of Bach’s that I … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

It’s August! People seem to idolize July as far as summer goes, but for me, August is where summer’s at. In August the temperatures start to moderate just a bit, and the shadows get longer just a bit earlier. The … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I think I’m becoming a fan of the band The Killers. I don’t know much about them yet, and I’ve only listened to one album of theirs all the way through, and it’s not even a studio album. But I’ve … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

OUR SCENE: A large suburban grocery store, where Your Humble Narrator is working to hang decorative string-lights above one of the departments. Along comes a HAPPY COWORKER WHO LIKES TO MAKE HAPPY JOKES. HAPPY COWORKER: [grinning widely] Hey! You light up … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

This was sad news to see when I got home from work today: Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys died the other day, after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The Oak Ridge Boys weren’t huge in my household, but … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday (July 4 edition)

Two hundred forty-eight years, and all I can really think of is, what’s it going to look like on the two hundred forty ninth? I continue to be dismayed at the degree to which Americans are capable of being awful, … Continue reading

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