You might think it’s easy to construct a historical dream team orchestra, but this one had me thinkin’. Violins, easy. Guest pianists, easy. Horns, sure, there’s a couple of dudes who would have your back. But who’s going to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So, I drew up my dream orchestra, looked at it, and discovered pretty much the last panel, namely that everybody on it was either female or Jewish. There were exceptions: I’m pretty sure Dennis Brain was as gentile as they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am back from a trip to Philadelphia. The function of which seemed to be gorging endlessly on the foodstuffs on my ancestors. There are not many days that offer up the chance to have a pork roll sandwich with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I feel like this is the fourth title I’ve lifted from an A Perfect Circle lyric, but that’s probably not true… In any case, for those who missed it the last time, I’ve added some lovely Victorian book reviews to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As far as I know, Rampal was not given to wearing novelty flute tee-shirts. But, if any body of specialized musical terminology is worthy of the industry, it is the flute. To consider: Tongue Ram, Flute Slap, Single and Double […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oscar Wilde plays a semi-prominent role in both Gilbert and Sullivan history and fop history (indeed, the former because of the latter) and so it was more or less inevitable that he should find himself drawn into all of this. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry about the half hour tardiness on the posting here. The Countess and I just returned from a concert that was, well, transcendent in its way. I had listened to and enjoyed the music of VNV Nation, and expected a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Frederick is playing the whistle, not Peter, but dogs are pack animals, and as such realize the importance of neutralizing the alpha member of a group before turning on other targets, and they don’t come much more alpha than […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It turns out that redundancy can only go so far when a webcomic creating team independently schedules their vacations to create a thorny maze of logistics. At any rate, enjoy this little one-off about Allen. And wonder, as I do, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a crass and slovenly youth, I religiously collected The Punisher Armory and The Iron Manual whenever they came out. Part of my previously-asserted obsession with ITEM accumulation. It is deeply satisfying to me to offer Frederick’s ridiculous version of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…