A music blog written by Rich Brown
On the "About" page of the new book blog I started, Great Books of Old Stream, I spent some time thinking about why I read. I asked myself, why is it important for people to read great books? Also, why do I continue to read challenging things as often as I can? Here on my... Continue Reading →
Sadly, I learned that keyboardist and composer Keith Emerson died this past week from what the coroner has determined was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was suffering from depression and anxiety mainly over some nerve damage in his hands hampering his ability to play keyboards. It seems that depression got the best of him and... Continue Reading →
“I don’t know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will collect anyway, and we certainly owe mediocrity nothing, whatever collectivity it purports to advance or at least represent.” Harold Bloom, How to Read and Why In my last post entitled “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf”, I proposed a solution to the... Continue Reading →
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