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The Cancel Culture War: Stalin v. Trump.
Last week I was at Lincoln Center for a superb all-Shostakovich chamber music program. Whenever I listen to Shosti (my nickname, regrets, easier to type), I check to see when he composed each work. Was it BS or AS? Or, … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, "Socialist Realism", Bad Bunny, cancel culture, Formalism, GOP, Heinrich Himmler, Hitler, Kennedy Center, Kristi Noem, Lavrentiy Beria, Lincoln Center, Lord of the Rings, NKVD, Pravda, Shostakovichm, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tom Homan, Trump, Trump's cabinet
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Animal news: A major flock of flamingos in a surprising place
I’d just remarked how lucky we (three lunch companions) were to be Americans. We’d been talking about the colossal cruelty of Russians throughout the ages — in history and literature — and branched off to colossal cruelty elsewhere, everywhere. It … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged flamingos, Henry Moore, Lincoln Center
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A short shaggy song tale
Thursday night I went to hear the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s place of business, now called David Geffen Hall (want your name on a building? One hundred million dollars will do the trick), was ripped up and renovated during … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Christine McVie, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Shostakovich, William Grant Still
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