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Something for Thursday

I really like ABBA, and I do not apologize for this. Jeff Tweedy, though–singer and guitarist for Wilco–once upon a time did not like ABBA, but he got better. I am currently reading Tweedy’s book World Within a Song: Music that Changed … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Once in a while I get on a kick where I listen to this song a lot. What do the lyrics mean? I have no idea. Who cares! Here are The Killers with “Human”.

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Something for Thursday

Two hundred years and two days ago, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor was heard for the first time, in Vienna. The bulk of this post is what I wrote about this symphony three-and-a-half years ago, and the performance … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

There was news this week on the TRON front: Jeff Bridges is returning to the franchise for the third film that is apparently getting made soon. I’m a longtime TRON fan, all the way back to the original film in 1982, and … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

The other day may or may not have been William Shakespeare’s birthday. Seems as good a reason as ever to listen to some Shakespeare-inspired music!  

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Something for Thursday

We recently watched The Holiday, a rom-com written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and we liked it a great deal, despite our inability to quite buy into the idea that both Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz are lovelorn women with zero luck in … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

In honor of Monday’s eclipse….  

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Something for Thursday

So, there’s a local radio station that every day at noon does what they call a “Beatle Block”. That’s four songs by the Beatles. Only…not really. The other day they played this, which is not a Beatles song. It’s a Wings … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

First of all, a bit of administrativia: the post immediately below this one was supposed to run yesterday and I screwed up the publishing. Oops. Now: not music, but a scene from a teevee show today: the closing scene from … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

CCR: Here’s what I don’t understand about this song: “It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarakana.” Huh? According to what I’ve found on Google, Texarkana is roughly 35 miles away from the Louisiana state line. (Although … Continue reading

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