I consider Trump’s bromance buddy Putin to be so bad he’s something of a throwback to Stalin. Soviet-era composer Dmitri Shostakovich, after falling out of favor with Stalin, got back in Joseph’s good graces with his fifth symphony. It’s a favorite of mine, so I have that much in common with a brutal dictator. I wonder if Vlad the Invader likes it, too?
Category: Music
The Dead Instrument Sonata
Mozart died at 35. Schubert was gone at 31, possibly from an STD and/or the treatment of it. He wrote a popular sonata for piano and a short-lived instrument called the “Arpeggione.” Today the piece is commonly performed on a cello, but it’s also played on a viola, as it is here in a lively performance on a Chandos CD I have.
Stag Nation
It’s deer mating season and a horny male attempted to hook up with good, ol’ Denro’s car.
Don’t Be Sore, Here’s Thor!
It’s Just a Jump to the Left!
A very long time ago in my carefree youth, before returning to Boston from Western Massachusetts I would attend midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They were at this place when it was new, near UMass in Amherst. Today, it’s another dead mall.
Console-ation Prize
Who will own the original solid-state mixing console used at Abbey Road to record Abbey Road?
https://reverb.com/item/84510567-emi-tg-12345-abbey-road-console