PLAYING WASABI FUTURES PART 2
YESTERDAY, MY THREE PHOTOS of fresh wasabi prices doubling over 2014 to 2022 got me interested in the futures market of this nostril-thrilling Japanese spice. So, what’s the deal: fresh … Continue reading
PLAYING WASABI FUTURES PART 1
I CAN’T SAY I didn’t see this coming: Back on March 28, 2014, I was shopping at Mitsuwa, my local Japanese market, and marveled at the price/lb. of fresh wasabi: … Continue reading
“LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE”??
COME ON, REPUBLICAN leadership! How incredibly bat-shit crazy can you be?? As reported by ABC News, The New York Times, The Guardian, and other news outlets, “In an extraordinary move, … Continue reading
CABIN(S) IN THE SKY
RESEARCHING SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY, I came upon an interpretation of African American life with an all-black cast, but composed, directed, and set by three Russian guys. This Cabin in the … Continue reading
FUN AT WORK
EONS AGO, IN A summer intern during undergraduate school, my boss advised, “Don’t expect to enjoy your work; that’s why they call it work.” What with teaching at the College … Continue reading
CARUSO AND THE EXTORTIONISTS
IN HER BOOK A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera, Vivian Schweitzer offers fascinating tidbits about famed tenor Enrico Caruso. One is that “… when Caruso sang the aria [“Vesti … Continue reading
DON’T LOOK BACK 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, AND 3.0 PART 2
YESTERDAY WE ENCOUNTERED the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and its Gluck Opera. Today in Part 2, we see a Don’t Look Back 2.1 variation and an envisioning from … Continue reading
DON’T LOOK BACK 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 PART 1
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE is a myth with legs. Or, to crib computer parlance, there’s a 1.0, sorta its beta; 2.0, an early operatic rendering; 2.1, a later operetta; and 3.0, … Continue reading
STAGING CELEBRATED; VIVALDI VINDICATED
A RECENT OPERATIC happening celebrates a 40-year-old production. Another rectifies a 282-year-old injustice. Here are tidbits on these two gleaned from several sources. The Zeffirelli La Bohème 40th. In “Enduring … Continue reading
THOSE MUSICAL NEWMANS PART 2
PROMPTED BY NEWMAN movie film credits and my Randy Newman CDs, I decided to research tidbits on these musical Newmans. Here in Part 2, we continue admiring the Newman Musical … Continue reading
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