“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water”
The Roughly Daily blog links to a piece on an aquarium boom apparently taking place in America. : Aquariums are currently all the rage. Of the forty-one American aquariums accredited…
#ChoralMarch, March 28th, Tonus Peregrinus “Viderunt Omnes (4 Part Organum)
Tonus Peregrinus’ Sacred Music From Notre Dame album featured here a few days ago. Today there is a stunning selection from the same album – I can only say listen…
Scott Walker RIP – Angels of Ashes
Only two days ago I cued this up for publication. It turns out Scott Walker had already died. A while back I posted Scott’s “Little Things (That Keep Us Together)”…
#ChoralMarch , March 26th. “Echo La Primavera”, Francesco Landini, performed by Anonymous 4.
Here is one minute seventeen seconds of the 14th Century Italian composer Francesci Landini performed by the vocal group Anonymous 4. With a title inspired by the circle of Inferno…
Happy 91st Birthday Jim Lovell Apollo 13 Mission Commander
Today Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 and, along with his fellow astronauts Jack Swigart and Fred Haise the human who has been furthest from Earth, is 91. Like…
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