Dec 20, 2024
Clean Nest, Happy Nester
After I had my home's windows replaced with fine new vinyl jobbers, the family-owned window company sent over their dad (the company...
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Dec 19, 2024
Crabby Old Bags
The other night I awoke abruptly after a particularly awful dream that had percolated up from who knows where in my subconscious. It was...
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Dec 17, 2024
It's Just a Record
I make absolutely no secret of being a wildly enthusiastic record collector. Some might call it an addiction. But they just don't know a...
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Dec 15, 2024
The Greatest Hall of Them All
Recording venues aren't famous as a rule. Even Abbey Road Studios is familiar not so much for itself, but for the famed Beatles album....
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Dec 15, 2024
Martinet
When I took over the chairmanship of the music theory/musicianship department, I inherited a problematic young teacher who had been a...
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Dec 15, 2024
On the Shoulders, In the Shadows
You gotta admire the sheer cheek of conductors Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, and Osmo Vänskä. They’ve done...
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Dec 14, 2024
Hog Heaven, Viennese-Style
The Vienna Philharmonic isn’t just an orchestra. It’s the music world’s ultimate insiders club. You can’t get in merely by playing an...
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