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The Bookworm – Carl Spitzweg, Prescient Art
A scholarly look through the Metaphysics section of one's library might not be the most prescient aspect of this wonderful painting, but I urge you to bear with me while I make up my mind on why I've chosen the above as a title to this post. Carl Spitzweg was a German...
Rush – Hemispheres, AOTM April 2020
For those who didn't know, Rush is comprised of official Canadians, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Neil Pert recently, and very publicly, passed away. This lodged a little seedling into my mind that I absolutely had to dedicate one of the AOTMs to Rush....
Collect Your Father, a poem from the Before Times
With isolation comes reflection. It is perhaps a credit to my elevated state of happiness in recent months that I have not composed poetry as prolifically as before. But here is a poem for you which I composed while at a Todd Rundgren concert last year, when I was not...
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Eroica Symphony – Over 200 Years Old, But Still New
Note: I have made references throughout this blog to timings for certain highlighted moments (e.g 0:06 of track 1) – this is in relation to a recording of the work I will link to below (follow along should you so desire) Beethoven’s Eroica (heroic) Symphony – already...
Extra Ordinary – Novel Black Comedy
Gifted us by first-time writer-directors Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman, this inventive, wacky black comedy was shocking from start to finish. I must admit I won't readily call Extra Ordinary a horror film as it lacks the classical and crucial element of fear. This is a...
Chekhov – Smoking Is Bad For You – Superlative Short Play
This masterly play in one Act has been amusing me greatly during isolation. I wanted to bring it to your attention as an option for short reading material during this interminable lockdown. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright. He is considered the...