I’m a big fan of different performers doing their unique takes on the same song. The different takes on these friends are always fascinating both in arrangements and even context. Take the song “House of the Rising Sun” for example. Growing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tried, really I did, but trying to maintain regular hours while conducting an apartment hunt just hasn’t worked. On the one hand my buffer was beginning to disintegrate, a lot of the material was a bit sub par, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again we arrive on May fourth, the anniversary of Alice’s dream. For all the reasons I believe this go here. Anyway here’s the Alice going down the rabbit hole from Jonathan Miller’s 1966 version. Despite the lack of costumes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy 88th birthday to Mr. Miles Davis. Let us celebrate by listening to him run the Voodoo down. http://youtu.be/kRo-qLOu2qM Note much to my embarrassment this post was originally done on the third due to having the date[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well now that the drama of the previous month is over I can sit back and laugh. The new place has been acquired (though thanks to last minute details I won’t have my key until the fourteenth) I am moved[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now that we’re back in business It’s time to drum up the regular features starting with the Tuesday Rhapsodies. And who better to start with but with good old Franz Liszt, but not, emphasis NOT, another Hungarian Rhapsody. I know![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the day I’ve been waiting for finally came to pass. Due to the owners needing to get the apartment cleaned up, they would not have the place available until the fourteenth. So this gave me two weeks to chill[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well with “The Children” Season Four comes to an end. I was interested how this episode was going as I knew how many scenes were left but I didn’t know how they were going to fit them all into an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s rhapsody is “Footsteps” a Bulgarian dance rhapsody by Vladimir Djambazov and was his winning entry in the 13th Grand Prix of the International composing competition “Rhapsody in 7/8” of the St. George Foundation.
Well I’m happy to say my housing woes are nearing their closure. Yesterday I finished the first wave of moving (that is to say bringing in most of the bare essentials that can be moved in with an SUV and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
