July 2025
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The full original title of the novel, as printed on the cover of the original 1836 edition, was The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. This was shortened to The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club on the…
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It seemed natural to go on from my tour of the Beethoven piano concertos to those of Brahms. There are only two, so this will be a shorter journey. And I'm sorry to say that it isn't off to a great start. I followed my self-imposed rule which says that I have to listen to…
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"Oh damn," said Lord Peter Wimsey… Those are the first words of Whose Body? and I would think that they were pretty bold, shocking or at least startling, in 1923, when the novel first appeared. I may be wrong about that, but the opening suggests to me a certain irreverence toward social convention on the part…
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I've been wanting for a while to get back to that Pitchfork list of 50 Best Shoegaze Albums. As I reported in the post at that link, I've only heard a third or so of the albums listed there, and although I didn't expect to like them all it seemed way more than likely that…
Light On Dark Water 