Riffs in the Fabric
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Ludwig Göransson's Siren Song
Ludwig Göransson, composer of the score to Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey
After finishing reading Emily Wilson’s page-turning translation of The Odyssey on Saturday, when I saw Christopher Nolan’s film on Monday, and we got to t...
Sondheim, Dylan, Frank Stella, and Political Quietude
Low-quality photo of the Frank Stella painting in the background of one scene of the recent film of the recent Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along
I had listened to the Original Cast Recording of the original Br...
Against the Concept of Kitsch
Triple Self-Portrait, by Norman Rockwell, the February 13, 1960, cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
Yesterday friend posted a link to an essay on MAGA and kitsch, "Lost In the Kingdom of Kitsch: Kitsch, addiction, and the emotional archit...
Me & Taylor Swift
A couple years ago I was so taken by Taylor Swift’s 2008 song “You Belong With Me” that I decided to learn it — not to perform or record it, just to learn from it, to see how Taylor made it. And it’s fascinating! With key takeaways, for me:...
The Sappho-Elvis Complex
I’ve posted these observations elsewhere and wanted to put them here.
Otis Blackwell (1931 - 2002) wrote such early rock classics as "All Shook Up," "Breathless," "Don't Be Cruel," "Fever," "Great Balls of Fire," "Handy Man," and "Return...
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John Shaw is an elementary public-school teacher, has self-released several albums of his songs, and wrote the book, "This Land That I Love: Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and the Story of Two American Anthems." He and his family live in Seattle.
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