Category Archives: Music

Salve Regina

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites is a strange opera, and not an easy one. It weaves complex themes of devotion, martyrdom, fear, and politics around the storyline of a Carmelite convent during the French Revolution. It’s very talky, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Thanks, Jim, for playing Swiss Movement back in 1969. Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Compared to What? The President, he’s got his warFolks don’t know just what it’s forNobody gives us rhyme or reasonHave one doubt, they call it treasonWe’re … Continue reading →

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“Glenn Gould: Hereafter”

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Meditation/reflection from 2005 on the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould by the filmmaker and television producer Bruno Monsaingeon, who knew Gould well and worked with him often. Probably not the movie for newcomers to Gould to start with, … Continue reading →

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Song Du Jour

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: “You Don’t Know Me”, performed by Jerry Vale, aka Genaro Louis Vitaliano (1930-2014).

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New Note Discovered

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: It’s pretty much official now.  When you sing the national anthem and you get to “the land of the free”, you have to add that extra high note in to milk it for all it’s worth.  For this … Continue reading →

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Miracle of the Fishes, from Native Dancer, Wayne Shorter and Milton Nascimento

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Dance Routine Du Jour

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A brilliant routine, filmed in 1930, from Earl “Snakehips” Tucker, a regular at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom and Cotton Club: So much to enjoy here in addition to Tucker’s legendary hyperflexible spine and exaggerated hip circles: The way he’s … Continue reading →

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Music Du Jour

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Inspired by Hysterical Literature, which we’ve featured here a couple times, the all-girl EDM Dutch group ADAM has recorded a video for their new single in which they perform it while having an orgasm. If this doesn’t brighten … Continue reading →

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby

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Blues Guys I Like More than Robert Johnson

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Lonnie Johnson T-Bone Walker Blind Willie McTell Son House I could name others. Don’t get me wrong — Johnson is great. Still, I think music writers have gone a little overboard in praising him. Many seem … Continue reading →

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