So at work I have access to this amazing device. It's nothing short of extraordinary, I assure you. What does it do, you ask? Well let...

In which we get unusually pop-culturey in order to shed a little human light on this musical Olympian (and to have a little laugh.) ...

Your esteemed blogger Mr. Northcutt recently composed a short list which only someone with his erudite catholicity could have assembled. It...

More fun! Again, I think I made it moderately difficult. All answers are last names.  Click to enlarge. It's an 8.5x11 image if you wan...

Is 1921 really so long ago? It doesn't seem so. They had motorcars and electricity, indoor plumbing and pantaloons. Alright, clearly muc...

Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. 2012. If I admit to being a rather picky filmgoer I hope you will trust me when I tell you tha...

A Mozart Crossword Puzzle . I think I made it moderately difficult. Click to enlarge . It's an 8.5x11 image if you want to print it out...

Through the years since his death in 1791 the image of Mozart has worn many masks: the traditionalist, the avant-garde, the idiot-savant, t...

The point of Figaro  is not that the Count repents, or that contrition is a virtue. The point is not that he is forgiven, nor even that...

Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est. One of the most brilliant and  bafflingly simple moments of music and an example of Bach...