Last week I treated myself to another viewing of Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood so I decided for this week’s theme would be interesting Shakespeare adaptations. Following Kurosawa’ example I figured I’d just go with Macbeth and Lear. Our first film,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For today’s Rhapsody it’s back to Brahms with his Rhapsody in E flat major Op. 119. Performed by Irena Koblar, Live at The Great Hall of The Slovenian Philharmonic.
This Week’s selection is the American Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra by Kenneth Fuchs Enjoy
This week’s rhapsody is Rhapsody by Omega (from the album of the same name)
A very Happy Birthday to Mr. Charlie Parker. So let’s celebrate with Bird of Paradise from his 1947 album, The Charlie Parker Story: Volume 2
Hope everybody’s enjoying their long weekend but while you’re enjoying your barbecue or festival take a moment to remember what it’s all about. And who better to remind us than one of the champions of the cause, Woody Guthrie, with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Rhapsody is the Rhapsody in Rhumba by the great Cab Calloway. Enjoy.
While I certainly enjoyed the first Hobbit movie it was one of those movies I never had an overwhelming need to go see it again and again the way I did with the Lord of the Rings films. This carried[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is Rhapsody in Ragtime by Eubie Blake performed by Richard Dowling.
Well this week it was a pair of really really weird films and I’m not completely sure which won in the contest for the most strange. . At first glance the first of the two, Rubber, directed by Quentin Dupieux, seems[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
