BROWSING ANECDOTALLY PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN THE SORT OF RESEARCH I LOVE: Seeking and sharing cleverness of other folks. Let’s continue today with more of The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman … Continue reading
BROWSING ANECDOTALLY PART 1
I’M HAVING GOOD FUN WITH THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF ANECDOTES, Clifton Fadiman General Editor, especially its multiplicity of indices. There’s a Source List, with 36 1/2 pages of alphabetized … Continue reading
BALTIC MATTERS
ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER DESCRIBES “THE NEXT FRONT,” The Atlantic, November 2026: “The Baltics,” he writes, “are getting ready for a Russian attack.” Here are tidbits gleaned from The Atlantic article, together … Continue reading
“SEX AND THE MUSIC LIBRARIAN” PART 2
YESTERDAY, NICK SLONIMSKY BEGAN SHARING A PRESENTATION he offered to the Music Librarian Association. Today in Part 2, we continue enjoying his erudition and offbeat humor. A Wife’s Identical Twin … Continue reading
“SEX AND THE MUSIC LIBRARIAN” PART 1
HOW COULD I IGNORE A PRESENTATION WITH THIS TITLE—especially by no less than my pal Nick Slonimsky? See “Nick Slonimsky,” September 8, 2013, and also “The Waltz—Its Father, Its King, … Continue reading
LET’S REMIND OUR ADDLED PRESIDENT—AND HIS SUPPORTERS
FULL DISCLOSURE: I TOO AM OVER EIGHTY. And while I still recall the opening Prologue to Canterbury Tales (“Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/The droghte of March hath perced … Continue reading
TOMMY HANN’S 1911 LANCHESTER “HOIEH-WAYEREH-GOINTOO”
A PHOTO AND CAPTION IN ANTHONY BIRD’S “LANCHESTER 38 & 40” in Classic Car Profiles: Vol. 1, Profile Publications Limited, 1965, encouraged me into this merry search: Here are tidbits … Continue reading
ENGLISH AND FRENCH 1902—WITH ATTITUDE!
AMONG MY TRAVEL GUIDES IS THIS HANDY LITTLE (4 3/4” X 5 1/4”) VOLUME titled Manual of Conversation With Models of Letters for the Use of Travellers and Students, English … Continue reading
THE WALTZ— ITS FATHER, ITS KING, AND DON’T FORGET MATILDA PART 2
MUSICOLOGIST NICK SLONIMSKY BEGAN ALL THIS with his entertaining writings abut 3/4 time and its composers. Here in Part 2, we focus on dissing, both musical and familial. And, as … Continue reading
THE WALTZ—ITS FATHER, ITS KING, AND DON’T FORGET MATILDA PART 1
MY MUSICAL AUTHORITY OF DELIGHT, NICK SLONIMSKY, GETS US STARTED by defining the waltz as “the most famous ballroom dance in 3/4 time, generated in Austria toward the end of … Continue reading
