One of my favorite times of the year is the annual Detroit Jazz Festival which happens every Labor Day Weekend. This year’s edition got off to a fantastic start at the JP Morgan Chase Main Stage at Cadillac Square. The opening set was a one of a kind performance entitled “Benny’s Threads”. Author Douglas Preston... Continue Reading →
Life is what happens while you make other plans
I am embarrassed at the unplanned hiatus from writing new posts that has occurred. The month of August has had me mired in things at the bottom of old Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. You know, the food/water/shelter kind of stuff. Not even the fun items that appear twice on the pyramid, but mostly... Continue Reading →
Miserere
One of the comments on an earlier post reminded me of a famous story about the Miserere composed by Italian composer Gregorio Allegeri (1582-1652). It was composed about 1630, and is his most well known piece of music. A Miserere is a musical setting of Psalm 51 using the Latin text. The setting composed by... Continue Reading →