Category: Music
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Life on the Ground, Music Monday with Mary
We’ve had a lot of music here on the blog lately, but it doesn’t seem you mind, so here we go again. I have had this song is in my head lately, what with all the crazy and exciting things happening, like my freelance editing career getting off the ground–more about that soon. And of…
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Saturday Songs, and Poems in the Park
It’s rare that I actually take a Saturday off, and so waking up slowly, coffee in hand I found myself reviewing some old videos, wondering why I’ve let some of them survive, when the recording quality was so bad. But sometimes it’s just the beauty of a live moment captured, not posed for, that really…
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Saturday Songs with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the New Radicals
As we were inching closer to midnight, and therefore Saturday, Brian was prepping for a little visit to Philadelphia, a couple of hours away, by producing a “mixtape” for the drive. Something has him on a Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander kick right now. I woke up early this morning to find him wide awake…
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Saturday Song–Wings with Gilbert and Carpenter
So you’ve heard the myth, the warning about getting too proud of your accomplishments. At the very least they sternly told you to be very cautious; don’t be foolish and attempt the impossible. The myth of the fall of Icarus, who either ignored, or in that moment of elation, simply forgot the warnings of his…
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No One Is Alone, Not Even the Other Guy
A Music Monday Post Late last night, or early this morning, I posted about the song “No More,” from Stephen Sondheim‘s Broadway version of Into the Woods, and how I wished it had been included in the movie. Now a friend tells me that he heard somewhere that the song had been recorded, and could be…
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The Best Song that Was Left Out of the Woods
If this is a review, it’s not a thorough one, and obviously not a timely one. In fact, I am thinking of a new feature for the blog that fits with my new library personae: Overdue Reviews. But in order to talk about the thing I missed most about this remake, we have to cover…
