A new year is fast approaching, and with it, a new semester of my Master's program. Since I don't have time to read like I want to during the class, I try to get my textbooks ahead of time and read what I can before class, to help me immerse in the material better during … Continue reading Where We Stand — which stable did you enter?
Snow comes to Toontown Rewritten
Okay, something a little interesting and fun today. A Pictorial of winter scenes in Toontown Rewritten. The original Toontown had a lot of fund holiday backgrounds for the various holidays of the year, which Rewritten is seeking to emulate, but Rewritten has also done some new things not previously seen. Such are the scenes below … Continue reading Snow comes to Toontown Rewritten
Contrasting quotes — Good intentions awry
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. --Nelson Mandela There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want, merely because you think it would be good for him. --Robert A. Heinlein … Continue reading Contrasting quotes — Good intentions awry
Musical trends
We have listened to a lot of Christmas music over the past couple of months. I have performed a lot of it it too. In that time certain elements have become obvious to the current performance of Christmas music. For one thing, in many places the performance of the traditional carols are fading away. The … Continue reading Musical trends
A gaze into the (energy) future
As I write this post, in advance, on Christmas Eve, for publication on the day after Christmas, it will be interesting to see if anything has changed to negate the timeliness of the comments I am making about what I am thinking. I wrote a blog some time ago about the dropping gasoline prices, and … Continue reading A gaze into the (energy) future
Here we come a caroling
For Christmas, I choose to put together another sound bite compilation, this time of some seasonal sounds to soothe and encourage. Let me start with this French Provincial carol, a song of announcement and declaration: Masters in this Hall: This next piece is Deck The Halls, as done by the AUMC Mid-High chime choir. Follow … Continue reading Here we come a caroling
Marching Through Georgia
Of the many events during the Civil War that are still remembered with animosity by some still today, Sherman's March to the Sea is perhaps among the top items on that list. Today's song is a Northern song commemorating that march, with nostalgia. After the North had finally taken Atlanta from the Confederacy (as immortalized … Continue reading Marching Through Georgia
Little Brown Jug
Today I return to my series on "Popular Songs of Nineteenth-Century America" with a fun little song on how addiction to alcohol makes you lose everything you love. Billed as "One of the most popular comic songs in existence" on the sheet music selling it, the song isn't intended to promote drunkenness, though it probably … Continue reading Little Brown Jug
Winter Concert Series Part 8
This is going to be a video blog of the North Kansas City High School Winter (Choir) Concert Today: The final installment: Combined Choirs Carol of the Bells Oh Holy Night Peace, Peace
Winter Concert Series Part 7
This is going to be a video blog of the North Kansas City High School Winter (Choir) Concert Today, three videos of the Harmonaires I'll Be Home for Christmas I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Fruitcake Tomorrow: Combined Choirs
