Le Sacre Du Printemps : in english, The Rite of Spring. The subtitle reads “Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts”. After the record breaking cold and snow of the Polar Vortex 2014, springtime cannot come soon enough. I have to share a tradition I have for myself on the first day of Spring. For... Continue Reading →
Now For Something Completely Different
The last two posts were about music the old record stores would have categorized as “classical” music. I now want to move over a couple of aisles in the store and talk about an album that is on the Jazz shelf. It should be on everyone’s Jazz shelf. For some people it is the... Continue Reading →
The Great Deaf One
Ludwig van Beethoven is famous for being one of the greatest composers that ever lived and probably equally famous for going deaf. He slowly, torturously, went deaf over a period of 16-18 years in a process that increasingly alienated him from the people and world around him. His likeness is immortalized in marble busts and... Continue Reading →