Category Archives: Music

Tough Lady Songs

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Notes on “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me” is ostensibly a documentary about ’70s cult band Big Star, and it’s good at being that, but its stealth subjects are the state of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’70s … Continue reading →

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: I hope all our readers had a merry Christmas. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera composed especially for television. It was commissioned by NBC for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation … Continue reading →

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Fagen o’ th’ Day

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: From Eminent Hipsters.  On a recent concert in Canada.

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Fagen o’ th’ Day

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: From Donald Fagen’s Eminent Hipsters, his crankypants but still quite witty semi-memoir. On film nowadays: The movies are so bad now that I usually pass out just after catching the first glimpse of the flesh-eating death-mist (or whatever), … Continue reading →

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Girl Guitar Songs

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Rossini Aria Five Ways

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Gioachino Rossini was not only one of the opera genre’s most notable composers, wits, bon vivants, and gourmands (steak grilled in butter, topped with foie gras, and finished with truffles and Madeira? Yes, please); he was a thief. … Continue reading →

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NOT The Beatles

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another in the series. Spotlighting The Spongetones, doing Beatles soundalike music for 25 years.

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“My prime responsibility is to get out the way of the piece.”

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: There are opera directors with decades of experience who fail to understand this essential truth articulated by first-timer Christoph Waltz. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, directed by the double-Oscar winner, is playing in Antwerp until 28 December, then moves … Continue reading →

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Ersatz Cole Porter

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Eddie quotes Cole Porter.  My rejoinder: Ersatz Cole Porter. PARIS IN THE OFF-SEASON I The Prices I ask for another stiff boisson when a seafood repast que nous choissisons almost breaks my whole bank-ly, deux mille francs! I … Continue reading →

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