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Before I forget…
The first time I couldn’t remember a name I was, perhaps, in my 30s. (It was a while ago; I don’t remember the year. Or my age.) I was at the Met for a performance of Tosca. It was an … Continue reading
Posted in Joe Biden and his people, Journalism, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life
Tagged 'The Irish Ballad', "Speak Memory", Joe Biden, JS Bach, Mahler, Mario Cavaradossi, Metropolitan Opera, Paul Krugman, Scarpia, Tito Gobbi, Tom Lehrer, Tosca, Vladimir Nabokov, Well Tempered Clavier
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A 1911 grand opera enters Trump’s impeachment
Last night I was at the Metropolitan Opera for a performance of Der Rosenkavalier, a Richard Strauss opera I’ll go to whenever it’s performed. That’s how much I love it. Rosenkavalier is a serious romcom set in aristocratic Vienna of … Continue reading
Posted in Impeachment, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Der Rosenkavalier, impeachment, Metropolitan Opera, quid pro quo, Richard Strauss
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Let’s talk about corporate culture
Which is going to be difficult because…there is no such thing. And I don’t know what everyone means when they talk about the “culture of a corporation.” Uber culture, Apple culture, Google culture–what the hell are they smoking? I have … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Apple, corporate profits, corporations, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Dodd-Frank, Forbes Magazine, Francis Poulenc, google, government regulations, Gulf + Western, John Dexter, Metropolitan Opera, NFL rules, Paramount Pictures, Poulenc, Trump International Hotel, Uber, Volcker Rule
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