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a politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem--with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos

Monday, September 26, 2011

4B: "Svengali" a Weill Later

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Much more Kurt Weill still lay ahead as Lotte Lenya’s publicizing efforts (see part 4A below this closing section) made things happen--lon...

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Gil Evans: Here 4A Weill

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(Lengthy Part 4 is now divided for readability, with second half in a day or two.) There was something in the air. Or maybe it was the wa...

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Owed to Autumn

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Inspired by the gorgeous aerial shots of autumn foliage that bridge scenes in the new TV series Necessary Roughness , and by Doug Ramsey’s p...

Friday, September 2, 2011

Part 3: A Short Weill

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He was not a tall man, this proud new American, this solid citizen immigrant. Diminutive, compact, bespectacled, he was a shy man, quietly c...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Part 2: A Long, Long Weill

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Duke Ellington was born in 1899, Louis Armstrong in 1901 though he claimed 1900--but across the Atlantic in Dessau, Germany, and actually bo...

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