A music blog written by Rich Brown
For the next three weeks, my hometown orchestra will be celebrating the music of Johannes Brahms. My musical brother from another mother, Mike, would say the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is inflicting the music of Brahms on its audience. He is not a fan of Brahms, to say the least, and honestly has some valid criticisms... Continue Reading →
As I am writing this, it is the Monday morning after Superbowl Sunday here in America. I had an odd experience on Saturday, the day before the big game. I was at the market in the afternoon, and as I walked up to the butcher counter I recognized I had stepped into a "man-zone". Men... 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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