August 2010
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I wonder what my classical-music-loving friends think of this.
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Weekend Music This one is a bit different from the other husband-and-wife bands I've been posting. You might want to make sure your audio is at a low-to-moderate volume before you click on it; you can always turn it up if you need to. If you watch the video and follow the story that goes…
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I don't believe in memes, in the sense that the term was meant when it was invented, so I'm not going to call this a meme. Theme is a perfectly good word for it, a conversational topic passed around in a sort of game, and Pentimento tagged me with this one: what are your three favorite prayers? 1)…
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and other helpful advice from people who know what they want to say but can't put it into words–English words, that is. (Hat tip to my friend Robert.)
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I love this instruction, which appears in a lot of commercial email: "Can't view this email? Click here!"
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Sunday Night Journal — August 22, 2010 I’ve been thinking about writing this piece for some months now, and putting it off because I really don’t want to do it. I’d rather write about something else. I’d rather think about something else. But the phenomenon keeps forcing itself on my attention. I tend to avoid…
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Weekend Music Another band centered around a married couple, and another band of whom I've heard great things, but haven't heard all that much: a friend made me a copy of The Trumpet Child, and I liked the musicianship but wasn't carried away by the material. This song just happened to be one of the…
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I've been meaning to comment on this CNN story about the continued surprising life of the vinyl LP, though I'm not sure many people who read this blog are interested. It is an interesting phenomenon. I still have hundreds of LPs and still listen to them, though not that often, and currently not at all: my turntable…
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I’m sitting on our screened porch watching it and listening to it.
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This is funny.
Light On Dark Water 