Here’s a song that I knew and sung as a little boy. But this is a jazzed up version from Perry Como’s 1958 TV show that just might be categorized as post-modern.
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it [...]
I’m ordering one of these for my garage. Seems like the perfect addition to my home gym. I can compose and work out at the same time! (Thanks Ursi!)
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It seems every 100 years interest in fairies surfaces. Some of you may remember Geoffery Hodson’s book “Fairies at Work and Play” where some turn-of-the-century photographer fooled many into thinking there were fairies in their gardens. Now, it appears someone named B.S. Joseph has found a dead fairy. Visit his/her (not sure what gender BS [...]
In the curiouser and curiouser department, I listened with amazement that circumcision shows great promise in reducing the number of AIDS cases among heterosexual males in Africa. The foreskin of an uncircumcised male is evidently far more susceptible to HIV than the toughened glans meatus of a circumcised male. Although this is a very serious [...]
This press release just in for a concert sponsored by the American Composers Forum of LA. I’m not sure who does her copy, but I’ll have whatever she’s having.
Soprano Kerry Walsh’s voice conveys joy, pathos, and pain in a way that creates unutterable longing. Hearing Ms. Walsh sing this range of material in a small [...]
Frustrated with my Western prognosis for my uncooperative K-stone, I raced to a strange man who claimed to do ancient Chinese CT-scan. It was the most peculiar device I’ve ever been or rather, floated in. Here is what came out. Tell me if I’m wrong, but it looks like an ebony ladle and a slotted [...]
The Athanasius Kircher Society has brought to our attention a “smell organ” — no, not your nose, an instrument designed by chemist and perfumist G. W. Septimus Piesse. [Now THAT's a name!] Convinced that music could be “translated” into scent, he designed, or didn’t design, “…a row of perfume atomizers actuated by piano keys. The [...]
In my interest in “shaking things up” it occurs to me that this would be the perfect activity for getting that pesky kidney stone moving. Don’t you think?!
I’ve changed my mind about Christmas. I’ve gone from being completely fed up with it to deciding that getting ME presents is ok. Speaking of which, I have a few stocking stuffers I’d like to add to my already long list of gifts for December 2007. The first is a table that will fit beautifully [...]
BibliOdyssey has an odd exhibit today called “Chansons d’amour” involving snails. The erotic tone in the set is palpable. Here is one of the manuscripts.
I have to say that this is the coolest G clefs I’ve ever seen. Alright, the fact that the dude appears to be stabbing himself through the chest is a bit [...]
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