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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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I Love Me Some Celtic Woman

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , on July 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

But then again, who doesn’t?  I read somewhere that 85% of world music bought in the United States is Celtic.  I’m sure it’s no coincidence that PBS trots out these concert specials every pledge week.   Celtic Woman web site.  Wiki. 

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Best of the 60s Girl Groups

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

On a recent family road trip, we brought along a CD I got from the library called The Best of The Girl Groups, Volume 1.  It’s a collection of popular songs from the early 60s, and a lot of these songs will instantly ring a bell for anybody.  What surprised me was that, as familiar [...]

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Download Electronic Items From Your Library

Posted in Living well, tagged , , , , , on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Did you know that you can borrow electronic items from your public library?  You might have known that most libraries now carry a wide variety of audio and visual materials in addition to their book collection, but their downloadable options seem to be less well advertised.  This is the page for my area–the Las Vegas-Clark County [...]

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Mozart in The Shawshank Redemption

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Below is a clip from a performance of Mozart’s masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro, featuring Renee Fleming, one of the world’s greatest living singers.  This is the song that was used for the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where the hero locks himself in a room and plays a record over the whole prison yard. 

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Other Covers

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , , on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A while ago, I shared some YouTube videos from a musician who does great cover versions of popular songs.  When a song pops into my head, I often look it up on YouTube so I can hear it again, and good amateur covers usually come up in the search.  Here are two more that I’ve bookmarked [...]

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How Do You Like the Theme to Garry’s Show?

Posted in Humor, tagged , , on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Maybe because it’s Friday, maybe because it’s the start of a big three-day weekend, but I have to balance out the chipper post about Mozart with this one. Remember the surreal 1980′s sensation, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show?  Man, I loved that as a kid.  Even though Jerry Seinfeld’s show would become far more popular, Shandling’s was [...]

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Recommended Listening: Mozart’s “Haffner” Serenade, Mvt. 8

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , , on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Several years ago, I picked up a CD called Mozart for the Morning Commute, which as its subtitle claims, really is “a lively bit of traveling music.”  Each piece selected for this anthology is marked “allegro” or “rondo,” meaning that they’re all pretty catchy, having quick tempos and repeating, almost pop-like themes.  Though this disc seems [...]

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Recommended Listening: This Amateur Artist on YouTube

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Here’s how I came across this wonderful artist in Scotland: last month, I wrote a post that included a minor reference to the old song, “Angel of the Morning.”  I hadn’t heard it in a long time, so I looked it up on YouTube to give it a listen.  When I did so, I found an [...]

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Happy Birthday, Wolfy!

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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31 Days of Mozart

Posted in Arts, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This January 27th, Mozart will be 255 years old.  In celebration, the good people at KING in Seattle are putting on a month-long festival of Mozart.  The schedule is shown below, and links to their station.  I’ve listened to this station online for years, and love it, and the Mozart theme this month is splendid.  [...]

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