The meme to the right has popped up quite a bit over the last few days across. I think it is supposed to be some clever observation about i...

While I recently promised a return to my curmudgeonly self, it is Thanksgiving once again and so time for another list of gratitude . Th...

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. The Monteverdi Choir. Conducted by  Sir John Eliot Gardiner.  Carnegie Hall. November 17, 2012. ...

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The advent of musical notation facilitated the creation and performance of complex music. No longer was music limited to what could be ...

So stand we returned from our unannounced and unexpected hiatus, a hiatus precipitated by a number of factors not the least of which were...

Directed by Olivier Megaton. 2012. It is with great disappointment I report that Taken 2 does not work. At all. Yes, Liam Neeson thwack...

The failures of the recent Presidential debate and the "Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium" got me thinking about just whom...

I don't like Bill O' Reilly or Jon Stewart. I don't find them particularly wise or informed, or articulate or funny. Both hav...

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