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"So many things that have been said over and over again. . ."
". . .that need to be said again and again."
I. F. Stone, a man too optimistic to throw the Socialist baby out with the Communist bathwater, said this roughly 25 years ago at the Ford Hall Forum. His words were immortalized in song.Stone was speaking of the urgent necessity for people to collaborate in a socio-centric way, a sentiment most ( Read more... ) -
We Can Be Heroes. . .
"I, I will be King. . .and You, You will be Queen ( Read more... ) -
King Kong (This Week's Sign. . .)
The proverbial 400-lb gorilla finds his Jessica Lange.
Quoth the zookeeper: "He got over the moat, which in itself is remarkable, because gorillas can't swim."
. . .There was a moat? -
Bad Compositional Ideas
These are real, and they're really on my worktable ( Read more... ) -
Solos and Ensembles (an exploration of the form)
Over here I have presented a question about wikis and whether "epistemic collectivism" is taking real scholarship to hell in a handbasket ( Read more... ) -
"Sidney Halleck Says. . ."
Sometimes I think about what I want and it finds me ( Read more... ) -
Friends Will Be Friends. . .
. . .And there ain't no friends of mine ( Read more... ) -
KT: Phone Home
I spent Sunday night racking up minutes talking to strangers in Boston under the auspices of a MassEquality effort to shortstop a DOM amendment in Massachusetts -- the only state where a same-sex marriage is at this time actually legal. I mostly left messages for people, seeing as how queers and other hip folks in Massachusetts generally have ( Read more... ) -
Georgia on my mind: road trip
To New York. Not the city. Somewhere in the Catskills, where my cousin's wedding will be. Mom's driving. 5 hours (each way) in a sport-ute, with my folks. Yay. Also Chilly. All told, I'd rather be at work.Speaking of which: There will be a short performance on October 22, showcasing some of our best students of all ages and levels. (Yes, that does ( Read more... )
