Tag Archives: George Gershwin

meatloaf musicals

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dave

Caught a drift of the old album Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf wafting out of a cafe yesterday, and tried to think of why it could have been so popular, and how it seemed to defy easy classification at … Continue reading →

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reality: it ain’t necessarily so

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Dave

At issue is whether meaning is an objective reality as opposed to an elaborated form of plain vanilla illusion arising from perception and dressed to the nines or is meaning a subjective reality, a fluid boundary shifter that reflects that … Continue reading →

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fortune has it

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Dave

He tried for popular acclaim and never got there. It may have accelerated his undoing. Phil Ochs. A folkie of a time that now seems far removed from where we are today.He always seemed a bit marginal; not the archetype … Continue reading →

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AUTO TUNING HIS MASTERS VOICE: THE CURSED LIBRETTO

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Dave

It could have been a very conventional life. He returned from Milan, because his old teacher back in Busseto croaked, and Verdi, who had obligations to the town, was recalled to take over the local Philharmonic Society. During the following … Continue reading →

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