Category Archives: music

Actis Temporibus

Posted on January 1, 2024 by JE

For a few years I’ve had a Latin version of “Auld Lang Syne” on my Latin-for-the-holidays handout, but I’ve never been crazy about it. For one thing, it erases the repetitions in the original. For another, references to drinking have … Continue reading →

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Age of Aequarius

Posted on September 23, 2023 by JE

A Happy Equinox to my fellow Tellurians. To all visitors: proceed at your own risk. Earth is a little weird these days. https://claudionuez.bandcamp.com/track/equinox-coltrane-2

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Falcons in Flight Over the Great Black Swamp

Posted on August 21, 2023 by JE

Fall classes have commenced at Great Black Swamp University. The weather isn’t very autumnal yet, but maybe it will be by sometime in midwinter.

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My Object All Sublime

Posted on July 25, 2023 by JE

Typo of the day is snicjkered, which I take to be an especially insidious style of snickering. e.g. “He didn’t just snicker at me–he snicjkered! So I impaled him on my snickersnee.”

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Writing Music

Posted on July 18, 2023 by JE

Some bluesy piano to cool off a hot July afternoon.

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ΧΑΟΣ

Posted on July 12, 2023 by JE

I don’t know if you knew this about me, but I’ll buy a book every now and then. Because I am not a crazy person (anyway, I’ve never been officially diagnosed), before I’ll buy a book I see if I … Continue reading →

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Explode For Entertainment Purposes Only!

Posted on July 4, 2023 by JE

Happy Independence Day to my compatriots; happy Tuesday to all.

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The Living Is Easy

Posted on June 21, 2023 by JE

Happy solstice to my fellow Tellurians. All visitors: proceed at your own risk.

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“Numberless Are the World’s Wonders…”: Clifford Simak’s CITY

Posted on June 8, 2023 by JE

Here’s Davis Meltzer’s cover for the 1970s-era Ace edition of Clifford Simak’s City, an early entry onto my “Always Reread” list. I disliked this cover when I was a kid because of the anthropoid greenmetal skull with human teeth. Now … Continue reading →

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R.I.P.

Posted on June 7, 2023 by JE

George Winston (December 26, 1949 – June 4, 2023) Omnia mutantur; nihil interit.

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