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- The Well-Tempered Movie. on Nov 25, 2009 in Essays
With the exception of Amadeus, movies about classical music are a pretty sorry lot. Spring Symphony, about Robert Schumann’s difficulty marrying into the Wieck family isn’t too bad. And I’ve heard good things about the 1947 producti...
- Black & White or Color? on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
Just finished an article, “Nightmare Scenario,” in the Nov 16 New Yorker. Nothing of particular importance, but it brought to mind the question, do you dream in black & white or in color? It’s hard to imagine anybody taking the...
- Roll-your-own tax breaks. on Nov 18, 2009 in editorial
Criss Cross and Farmer’s Gold are two roll-your-own tobacco brands. They just pulled their product from the shelves. Sounds good. But they pulled it in order to reprint the packages to say “Pipe Tobacco.” The product hasn’t ch...
- Cartoon #80 on Nov 15, 2009 in Cartoons
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- A gun under your pillow. on Nov 14, 2009 in editorial
I have two friends, A and B, both a little over 70, both Democrats, both very well informed. I thought that would be enough — that we would all agree with my every position. I think in our own way, we’re as divided as the Republicans. A h...
- Mr Barrett’s words to his daughter. on Nov 13, 2009 in Essays
Until a few weeks ago I’d never read Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. Nor her husband, Robert Browning. I didn’t expect I ever would, either. But I’m a music nut and I love the works of Dominick Argento. He’s an eighty two year-old...
- Cartoon #79 on Nov 11, 2009 in Cartoons
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