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Category Archives: Music
Paul McCartney – New
A new Paul McCartney song, reminiscent of his earlier work.
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Wagner at 200
On the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (who died 6 years before Hitler was born), we learn (in “Is Wagner’s Nazi stigma fair?“) that Wagner is banned from Israel: One country that will not be partaking of the birthday celebrations … Continue reading
Njosnavelin
This ending sequence of a flawed but fascinating film (and a shot-for-shot remake of Abres Los Ojos) was lifted to transcendental status with Sigur Ros’s Njosnavelin on the soundtrack:
Keith
“Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.” Classic British Invasion music has always been my favorite genre and while I have long loved The Beatles, The Who, The Zombies, and The Kinks, I’ve never been all that much into the … Continue reading
Mick Jagger: Closet Tory
It turns out Mick Jagger is (gasp) a bit of a conservative: Back in his 1960s heyday, he was idolised as the ultimate hellraising rock and roll rebel. But Sir Mick Jagger’s anti-establishment credentials have been dealt something of a … Continue reading
Status Quo
I just went through their whole catalog. They never broke ground in the States, but play stadiums across Europe. In the ’60s, they were a psych outfit (“Pictures of Matchstick Men”) and in the ’70s evolved into a boogie rock … Continue reading
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A Bell is Not a Bell
In the Oscar Hammerstein II – Out Of My Dreams documentary on PBS (see my previous post) is reference to a beautiful verse from the song “Sixteen Going On Seventeen – Reprise” from The Sound of Music. (This verse is … Continue reading
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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
I’m in the middle of reading The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements by Kevin MacDonald. Last week I watched Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy on PBS (video here.) In parallel … Continue reading
Iron Maiden: Where Eagles Dare
Listen to the music. Look at the crowd. Although the artists themselves may not be aware, metal is music for white people. (I’ll be writing about this in a future post.)
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