Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Time for something traditional, so here are The Corrs and The Chieftains joining forces to create a charming rendition of the traditional Irish song “I Know My Love”.

In honor of the security guard killed by a deranged lunatic yesterday at the Holocaust Museum in Washington…here is the theme from Schindler’s List. I tire of the violence, and cannot fathom how some people need hatred to live, as … Continue reading →

I haven’t made much reference to my fiery passion for the music of Hector Berlioz in quite some time, so I’m going to rectify that. YouTube turns out to be an interesting source for older recordings of classical music — … Continue reading →

Not much need for a lot of introductory stuff here, I suppose; just one of the most gorgeous unions of piano and cello in existence. Here’s Rachmaninov’s famous Vocalise.

This has been stuck in my head for three days now. And now it’s gonna be stuck in yours. Ha! Here are the Rivingtons, with “Papa Oom Mow Mow”. Enjoy your earworm, folks!

I’m not a big fan of country music, but there are a smattering of country songs that I like a great deal. Here’s one of them: “Every Which Way But Loose”, by Eddie Rabbitt. (And yes, I like the movie … Continue reading →

Yeah, I’m running quite late, but it’s still Thursday. So without a whole lot of folderol, here’s Louis Jourdan ruminating on Gigi:

One of the better-known bits of 1980s pop-culture trivia is that Tom Selleck was originally slated to have played Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but was unable to get free of his contract to CBS and Magnum, … Continue reading →

Here’s a bit of wonderfully beautiful film music writing, from the movie Medicine Man, by Jerry Goldsmith. This is one of those movies to which Goldsmith gave a pretty good score despite the fact that the movie is complete crap. … Continue reading →