Sep 03
Opera isn’t our favorite musical genre, but we’ve gone to a few over the years. We’ve been to La Bohème and Carmen. I went to Rigoletto with our friend Bruce four years ago (my review is here). Julian wanted to see the Venice Opera House, affectionately known as La Fenice (The Phoenix) because it burned …
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Apr 12
Here are some songs apropos of the pandemic. (OK, Millennials, I know these tunes come from before you were born. Deal with it.) Are You Lonesome Tonight, Elvis Presley Someday We’ll Be Together, The Supremes Splendid Isolation, Warren Zevon So Far Away, Carole King Get Off My Cloud, The Rolling Stones Invincible, Pat Benatar Paranoia, …
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May 01
Some people have photographic memories, I have a phonographic memory. I can hear a song that I haven’t encountered in years and still remember the lyrics. I think it comes from having a transistor radio attached to my ear as a kid. And there are certain songs that automatically take me back to a particular …
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Apr 05
Music is everywhere in Las Vegas, from the shows to piped-in music in casinos and restaurants. Most of the songs are up-tempo pop music. I would like to propose a more realistic playlist, based on my impressions of the town. I’m a Loser – The Beatles Take a Chance – Abba Tumbling Dice – The …
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Sep 01
I was at work, so I couldn’t watch more than snippets of Aretha Franklin’s memorial service last night. This morning when I opened the article on The New York Times on her service, I read these lines from Stevie Wonder: “Please remember the greatest gift that we’ve been given in life itself is love,” he …
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Aug 02
Sometimes listening to the news on my commute gets very tedious, especially in these times. Fortunately, I have a trial subscription to Sirius XM in Gretta the Jetta. (The name was Julian’s idea, and the Friday night crew agreed.) My preferred channels are the 60’s and The Beatles. I can sing along to my heart’s …
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Dec 06
I opened the New York Times website on my computer this morning and saw that Johnny Hallyday had died. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, Hallyday was a popular singer and actor in France. Most of his works were covers of others’ tunes. The Times obituary links to a 1970’s video of him …
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Nov 19
I admit that I am not into rap. The beats are unoriginal and the music is too electronic for my ears. Many of the lyrics are not consistent with my core convictions, to say the least. The female rappers, what few there are, sound as if they’re yodeling around some of the notes rather than …
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Sep 04
I’ve noticed some very unusual music choices in restaurants and in our hotel dining room. It must be a local radio station that plays predominantly American popular music. We’ve heard everything from disco to Cab Calloway. In one restaurant we heard Louis Armstrong’s version of La Vie en Rose. Quelle sacrilège! No Edith Piaf? No …
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Jan 21
I have a weird memory for music. Sometimes a song I haven’t heard in years will suddenly pop into my head, complete with lyrics and the right musical arrangement. The scientific term for this phenomenon is earworm. I prefer to think of it as my internal iTunes. There are bad earworms and good earworms. The …
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