Monthly Archives: October 2013

A Modern Recording of Mussorgsky for Disney’s “Night On Bald Mountain”

Posted on October 31, 2013 by

epiminondas writes: I guess Halloween is as good a time as any to take another look at the Mussorgsky piece in Disney’s 1940 film masterpiece Fantasia. However, the music score has been replaced with a modern recording. I think the … Continue reading →

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Actors (etc.) in Hats and Headgear …

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Sherbrooke writes: Myrna Loy–the early years. .

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Art Du Jour

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Blowhard, Esq. writes: Departure of the Witches by Luis Ricardo Faléro, 1878

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David, Victor, and Stanley

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Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Another Era

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Paleo Retiree writes: The way it used to be: A more recent staging of the same tune: Fun fact: Bob Crewe, the man behind this wonderfully arousing music — as well as behind rockin’ performances by the Four Seasons and … Continue reading →

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Rant Du Jour

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Paleo Retiree writes: Fred Reed thinks that boys should be taught by men. Women are totalitarian. Men are happy to let boys be boys and girls be girls. Women want all children to be girls. In school this means emphasizing … Continue reading →

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The Beach Boys’ Fourth Studio Album: Little Deuce Coupe

Posted on October 30, 2013 by

Sax von Stroheim writes: The first of the Hot Rod Albums. Their third album of 1963, released just a month after Surfer Girl.

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