What a difference 20 years makes
My edition of Arnold Schönberg’s Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 features an odd choice for a cover image – Renoir’s Young Girls at the Piano. And I find it odd not just because it’s anachronistic, having been painted 20 or so years before Schönberg composed the op. 19, but because of the attitude and expressions [...]
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The most consistently funny man on network television
I have never seen a Craig Ferguson monologue that was not funny. From the time, years ago, when the reformed alcoholic refuted rumours that he had started drinking again (“If I start drinking again, you’ll know“) to last night when he suggested that we save ourselves from the asteroid that is bound to destroy us [...]
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An open letter to Bell Canada
Hey Bell, nice talking to you again. Say, a funny thing happened when I opened my mail the other day. I found a letter from you, Bell, congratulating me on subscribing to WireCare service. What a pleasant surprise! A free subscription to WireCare service! Imagine! No, wait, I thought, there’s nothing in here that says [...]
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Well I thought it was interesting
Warning: this post contains some spoilers about the movies Fargo and Raising Arizona. If you haven’t seen these movies yet, go rent them and then come back and continue reading after you’ve watched them. I’ll wait. Some of you may know that I like to watch a movie now and then. Maybe two or three [...]
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