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Another February Song

Posted in Arts, tagged , , on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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Heavenly Choir Gets Etta James “At Last”

Posted in Arts, tagged , , on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Divine R&B diva Etta James died a few days ago.  Especially for anyone whose musical experience begins with Bieber and ends with Swift, enjoy this beautiful view of what more music is capable of.

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Recommended Listening: Bill Miller

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I first came across Bill Miller’s music as a teenager when I saw Tori Amos in concert, touring for her second album.  I remember liking the show well enough, but I remember being blown away by the opening act, a Native American folk rocker named Bill Miller.  I’d never heard anything like him, and I [...]

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Classic Jazz for a Rainy Monday

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

There used to be an older black man in my congregation at church, and someone told me that he was a huge jazz fan, and had heard a lot of the classic stuff when it had first come out.  So I asked him one day what he recommended.  He told me about “Yardbird Suite,” as done [...]

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The Kingston Trio Performs “M.T.A.”

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m very grateful to have been raised by parents who clued me in to neat old stuff like this.

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Coldplay and Course of Empire

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I really like this.  

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Words and Music

Posted in Arts, Language and Literature, tagged , , , , , on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

A fascinating and wonderful article ran in the Guardian last week.  The author eloquently ruminates over the parallel evolution of literature and music in the 19th century, and laments a perceived divergence since the 20th.  His descriptions of the intertwined nature of the two media are divine: To read Molly Bloom’s great gush of resigned affirmation [...]

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Please Help My School Get $$ From Glee

Posted in Arts, Random, tagged , , on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The hit TV show Glee is giving away $1,000,000 to needy school music programs around the country.  As of today, only one high school in Las Vegas is competing–mine.  Anyone can go to this web site and vote for our school.  You can even keep voting every new day–so it’s a lot like a real [...]

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The Rabbit of Seville

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , , on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A follow-up to a post a couple of weeks ago, about a Bugs Bunny version of Wagnerian opera.  Here, we see his take on Rossini: Incidentally, ever notice that these old Warner Bros. cartoons all had musical names?  Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Silly Symphonies

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John Williams’ Greatest Hits

Posted in Arts, tagged , on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s uncanny how many of our favorite movie themes have been written by the same pop genius.  Ladies and gentlemen, presenting some of the greatest hits of John Williams:        

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Three New Videos of Mozart’s Symphony 41

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I enjoy classical music on YouTube, especially when video creators are thoughtful enough to put long works in multiple movements together on playlists.  It’s nice to hear a single performance that way, rather than having to string together videos from different sources on your own.  Oddly, perhaps music’s greatest symphony, Mozart’s “Jupiter” symphony, no. 41, has [...]

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Convicted!

Posted in Humor, Random, tagged , , on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty on all counts of killing her softly with his song.”

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Baroque Meets Buddha

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Several years ago, I subscribed to an online streaming music service, so I could listen to music while I worked.  This service would choose and play new music based on previous preferences I rated on their web site.  One track they picked for me over and over again is below. 

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1991: Music’s Best Year?

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , on August 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Earlier this year, I caught some of an NPR show called Sound Opinions, where the hosts talked about the twentieth anniversary of 1991, one of music’s best years.  It was quite a thought-provoking discussion, and made me realize how special that one year was.  While I’m not old enough to remember the British invasion of [...]

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“Let’s Do It”

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Cole Porter’s 1928 song “Let’s Do It” is one of my favorites–it’s lyricism is masterful and breezy in a way that Dr. Seuss would envy, and so slyly suggestive that most of today’s raunchy pop stars would blush at it, if they could figure out what the jokes mean.  My favorite performance of it was [...]

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