Words and Music

Observations and opinions essayed in pursuit of a sensibly cultured life.

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Hop on the Local!

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As my ability to walk and even stand continues to deteriorate, I dreaded the process of putting together this year's Thanksgiving meal. ...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Cascading into the End of Time

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From the Musical Vault Dept .: The Cascade Soloists, as a group, is no more, but clarinetist David Shifrin continues a distinguished career ...
Friday, November 14, 2025

An Andean Flavor at a Mexican Restaurant

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From the Vault Dept .: Tahuantinsuyo, a trio or quartet of musicians specializing in indigenous music of South America, was founded in the 1...
Friday, November 07, 2025

The House of Pharoah Heard

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YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO like this set. But I don’t want to underestimate you. To make the critical balancing act worse, I don’t want to...
Friday, October 31, 2025

"Good Luck"

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Guest Blogger Dept. : Robert Benchley takes a gamble here to write about luck, our conceptions of which we can safely characterize as supers...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Backing Up, No Beeping

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From the Tech Vault Dept .: Another of those mystery pieces that leap into my lap from time to time, in this case as I searched for somethin...
Friday, October 17, 2025

The Music Comes Round and Round

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YOU WILL COME AWAY from this book with no doubt about Alex M. Stein’s love for his favored music. In fact, no matter how fervent a music-lov...
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