Day: July 5, 2008

  • Scratching the sacred itch of secular mysteries

    We’re big appreciators of Tom Waits around here. H.o.p. as well. He’s been an avid listener since he was little. When he was two or three he listened to “Bone Machine” non stop for a year. Back in 2004 when he was, what, 6, he did the below picture as a tribute to Waits’ “What’s…

  • The Valkyries Rode

    Julia Harding of Fox News gave the Centennial Olympic Park’s firework display as ending with the 1812 Overture…when instead, prior the fireworks, the youth symphony ended with the climax of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, while the fireworks display ended with Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries. I know this because we were at the display, and afterward…