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Quiz of the Day
Besides Vertigo, James Stewart (whom Roger Gilbert thinks is the greatest male Hollywood actor of the pre-Brando period) and underrated screen goddess Kim Novak, god bless her, made another movie. Name it. I will…
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The Seven Most Meaningful Compositions That I Will Love Forever — II. BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van: String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131 (1825) It was forty years ago today … No, that can't be right — it just sounded nice! But it was like 39 or…
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Congratulations, Dick Allen, and a shout out to Amy, William, Hitch, and Jack Sullivan
The Associated Press article on Dick Allen ("Connecticut's state poet laureate") follows. You'll find a Dick Allen poem in Amy Gerstler's forthcoming selection for the 2010 edition of The Best American Poetry. Readers, please…
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Lewis Saul, Guest Blogger July 11-17
This week we welcome Lewis Saul as our guest blogger. Lewis is a composer who lives in Tucson, AZ. He studied composition at Juilliard and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. You can read his…
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Reb Livingston Presents a Poem by Evie Shockley
sagittarius when time lavas the lungsand you’ve begun to tack yourself like a hollywood voodoo dollto your own promises remember that you are an archer you know how to get a wishwhere it’s going by…
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The Seven Most Meaningful Compositions That I Will Love Forever — I. BACH: St. Matthew Passion
BACH, Johann Sebastian: Passio Domini Nostri J.C. Secundum Evangelistam Matthaeum (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244 (1727/rev. 1736) It was 1970, Wealthy Connecticut, and August when a friend knocked on the front door of semi-famous…
