While they are an imperfect reflection at best of J.K. Rowling's iconic series, a lot of credit has to go to everybody involved in the Harry Potter film franchise for not only having stayed the course throughout, but with such a generally consistent level of quality. Just as the characters grow up over the course of the books, so did we see their ( Read more... )

…but this might have something to do with something…

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Just sayin'.

It has been many years since I originally compiled one of my first concept albums Flight. Along with Songs of the Heavens and The Farthest Reaches, this remained a personal favorite of mine of that particular vintage. However, due to some of the complications involved with the Great Computer Crash of 2010, it never made it on to my iPod. I wanted ( Read more... )

Dan moved from Jackson Heights in Queens to Park Slope Brooklyn on Wednesday. Normally rain is the bane of a moving day, but it was so hot and muggy that the cool summer rain was actually quite refreshing. His new place is really nice, and I think that I'll be spending quite a bit of time in his neighborhood now ( Read more... )

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WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
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...I usually loathe people dressing their pets up in costumes. It's selfish, annoying to the pet, and usually looks pretty stupid anyway.

I have to admit, however, that this canine Elvis did merit a chuckle:


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• Neal Hefti's death confirmed.I announced Mr. Hefti's death yesterday. The mysterious michael_hardy commented to point out that all references to Mr. Hefti's death have been unconfirmed and there is no official announcement or obituary anywhere. The only extant reference to it would be from the Sinatra family blog, where it exists as an announcement from Nancy ( Read more... )

Despite my misgivings about this film series continuing under the direction of David Yates, I have to admit that this is a pretty damn good teaser:

WORK SAFE - Teaser Trailer
Yoinked from gislebertus:


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The problem with having made so many mixes by now is that eventually you come to a point where you exhaust all the obvious ideas. Every once in a great while either some form of inspiration strikes from an unexpected quarter ( Excelsior! was a project that took me by surprise) but most of what I'm planning on in one form or another right now are ( Read more... )