Monthly Archives: March 2018

Joanie. Her final album and final tour. Whistle Down the Wind is a soulful return to her folkie roots (“And I wish the wars were all over”). An amazing career and a perfect finish to an amazingly stellar career. I … Continue reading →

“And then–I introduce them to Harvey. And he’s bigger and grander than anything they offer me. And–when they leave, they leave impressed.”                                              “Ah–well, some people are blind. That’s very often brought to my attention.”                    -Elwood P. Dowd (in Mary Chase’s … Continue reading →

a hundred years after his death: Bach. The guy who wrote over 1,000 compositions and was the Master of Harmonies. The guy who influenced everybody who came after him: Mozart, Beethoven, and anyone else of consequence. The above documentary is … Continue reading →

running commercials on the supper-hour showing two boys having a ketchup and mustard war, giving ideas to dumb boy viewers who will see this as a perfectly acceptable social activity/game.

not supporting the UK, US and other major countries against the Russian chemical attacks. “Uh, uh, uh–” (Has anybody noticed he’s a lousy public speaker yet BTW?) As cowardly and stupid as Trump not speaking out against the Russians. He … Continue reading →

(The most amazing, misunderstood classical album of all time) He decided to revisit his 1955 masterpiece in 1981 and commit it to record and film. The bloody nerve of Gould thinking he could top what had remained his best-known work. … Continue reading →

“Let me have men about me that are fat Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o’ nights” —Julius Caesar Donald Trump’s new ‘team’. Mere syncophants.

“It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom.” –Charles Fillmore

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