What I hear in “Walk Away Renée”Close reading.#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 19, 2019What I hear in “Walk Away Renée”
Douglas R. Ewart and Quasar“To get there fast, go alone. To create legacy, go together.”#jazz#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 16, 2015Douglas R. Ewart and Quasar
RZ, i.m.Lines from Shelley and a guitar. For my friend Rob Zseleczky.#guitar#friendship#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 18, 2015RZ, i.m.
Recently updatedDorothy Parker and Seymour Barab, with a link to a New York Times review.#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 29, 2012Recently updated
Parker and Barab tonight in NYCSongs of Perfect Propriety, words by Dorothy Parker, music by Seymour Barab.#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 29, 2012Parker and Barab tonight in NYC
That (in)famous lineOne line from “Cabin Essence,” words by Van Dyke Parks, music by Brian Wilson.#BrianWilson#music#poetry#VanDykeParks·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 28, 2011That (in)famous line
“[M]yself am hell”If there’s a hell, smooth jazz is its soundtrack.#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 20, 2011“[M]yself am hell”
"[T]hree days after Bastille day, yes"Billie Holiday died on July 17, 1959#BillieHoliday#FrankO'Hara#jazz#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 20, 2009"[T]hree days after Bastille day, yes"
"Let the Earth Bear Witness"Words by William Butler Yeats, music by Mike Scott of The Waterboys#music#poetry#culture#Yeats·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 27, 2009"Let the Earth Bear Witness"
Three inaugural momentsSources for Barack Obama's speech and Joseph Lowery's benediction#BarackObama#culture#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jan 25, 2009Three inaugural moments
Hôtel (Apollinaire–Poulenc)Setting of an Apollinaire poem about smoking, with YouTube link#FrancisPoulenc#music#poetry#smoking·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 10, 2008Hôtel (Apollinaire–Poulenc)
That (In)famous Linelink to an essay on a line from Van Dyke Parks' lyric for "Cabin Essence"#poetry#music#VanDykeParks·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006That (In)famous Line
