Category Archives: Melodies Linger On

Appreciation of some great works (of music) that have particular personal resonance

TOTAL ECLIPSE in PAINTED HILLS, OREGON

Posted on August 22, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

The Total Eclipse of August 21, 2017 As Seen from the Magnificent Painted Hills, Oregon With Eclipstastic Music! We left Redmond, Oregon, at 7:15am. Madras, just north of Redmond, would be smack in the path of totality, but we decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 2017, A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, August 21, Black Hole Sun, Blondie, Bonnie Tyler, C Moon, David Bowie, desert, Eclipse, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, George Michael, Good Day Sunshine, Good Morning Sarshine, Hair, Here Comes the Sun, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Lea DeLaria, Let the Sunshine In, Man on the Moon, Moonage Daydream, occlusion, Oregon, Painted Hills, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Shoe Tree, Sole Tree, Soundgarden, Sun King, sunflowers, sunrise, sunset, The Beatles, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Great Gig in the Sky, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV, Total Eclipse of the Heart | 3 Comments

SONGS to RING IN the NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE

Posted on August 12, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Remember the good old days of daily nightmares of nuclear armageddon? They’re back! Yippee! So let’s replay some golden oldies of the atomic age! Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War satire “Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying and … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged Alphaville, apocalypse, armageddon, Atomic, Blondie, Bomb, Breathing, Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, Dear Leader, Dr. Strangelove, Forever Young, John Oliver, Kate Bush, Last Week Tonight, North Korea, Nuclear, Please Don't Nuke Us, Prokofiev, Russians, So Long Mom, Sting, Tom Lehrer, Ultravox, War, We Will All Go Together, We'll Meet Again, Weird Al Jankovic | 2 Comments

WATER LILIES (Pics and Tunes)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Testing out the new camera at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Lily #1 (for details on the “Lily” songs, check on the “tags” at the bottom of the post) Lily #2

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Alexander Desplat, botanic garden, brooklyn, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Kate Bush, Lilly Marlene, Lily, Lily Allen, Lily's Theme, Marlene Dietrich, music, Smile, The Fear, water lily, water plants | 1 Comment

QUEEN, ADAM LAMBERT, my dinky little camera, & ME

Posted on July 28, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Wednesday I treated myself to the Queen & Adam Lambert concert. Today (Friday) I could have seen them up the street in Brooklyn’s Barclay Center, but I have family visiting, so instead I trekked out to New Jersey’s Prudential Center … Continue reading →

Posted in Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On | Tagged Adam Lambert, Bicycle, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, concert, Freddie Mercury, Love of My Life, Opera Glasses, pop, queen, Rock, Roger Taylor, tattoos, Two Fux, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You | 1 Comment

The Passion of Rodin in the Beaux-Arts Court

Posted on July 23, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Impressions of August Rodin sculptures in the Beaux-Arts Court of the Brooklyn Museum. Most of the Rodin sculptures are casts of studies for Rodin’s monumental Burghers of Calais.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged adagio, Arvo Pärt, Barber, Beaux-Arts, brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Burgher of Calais, Cantus, Court, Cybele, museum, Passion, Prodigal Son, Rodin, sculpture, strings | Leave a comment

In Which I Complete the 30 DAY SONG CHALLENGE

Posted on July 6, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Fun on Twitter. Last month I took on the #30daysongchallenge. Here are the complete results, lightly annotated: No kidding. Kurt Weill’s haunting masterpiece. The subject of one of this blog’s most widely read pieces: Speak Low, Phoenix, Speak Low… … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Melodies Linger On, Musicabilia | Tagged #30daysongchallenge, Beyoncé, Brazil, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Charlene, Cyndi Lauper, Dschinghis Khan, Ella Fitzgerald, Gangsta's Paradise, I'm So Excited, Ian McKellen, Kate Bush, Kurt Weill, Linda Ronstadt, Love and Anger, Miss Marple, Neil Young, NPR, Philadelphia, Scissor Sisters, She Bop, Speak Low, Tears for Fears, The Beatles, Tue Colors, Wind of Change, Witches, Yes Sir I Can Boogie | 1 Comment

RETURN OF THE ROSES

Posted on June 13, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

I beg your pardon. I never promised you a rose garden. But we can visit one together just up the road. And June is the time it bursts in massive, colorful bloom every year. Last year’s visit to the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Barbra Streisand, Beth Ditto, Bette Midler, Blondie, Botanical Garden, brooklyn, Edit Piaf, Glee, I never promised you a rose garden, James Horner, Khachaturian, La Vie en Rose, Poison, Rose, Rose Garden, Rose's Turn, Seal, Second Hand Rose, Spring, sun dial, The Fisher King, Titantic | Leave a comment

50 WAYS TO BE 50 – Guess Who Turns a Half Century Today (cough)?

Posted on May 25, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Might as well have some fun with it…. As my mother said, you can’t avoid turning 50 if you want to live… 4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon 9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Melodies Linger On | Tagged 50, 50 Cent, 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, 50 Words for Snow, birthday, Dollar, Euro, fifty, gif, half dollar, Kate Bush, Paul Simon, States | 3 Comments

Highlights from ART NY 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Another year, another visit to the ART NY expo. Here are pictures of some of the works that intrigued me this year (last year’s can be seen here). Some famous names are included here among the up and comers, like … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On | Tagged Amarist, Andy Warhol, Armando Marino, ART NY, Balint Zsako, Banksy, Bjorn Skaarup, Carole Feuerman, Casper Faassen, Christian Vincent, Claudia Alvarez, Claudio Alvarez, Corvengi Mikaelian, Damien Hirst, Dashi, Elizabeth McGrath, Eran Shakine, Eric Zener, Evfrosina Lavrukhina, Fernando Botero, Fidia Falashetti, Frederico Uribe, Gil Bruvel, J. K. Rowling, Jack Tsai, Jeff Koons, Jessica Potenza, Jorge Marin, José Cabo, Julian Voss-Andreae, Justin Bower, Kaï, Kwang Ito Shin, Lady Gaga, Liechennay, Ma Dan, Marck, Metis Atash, Michael Glancy, modern art, Montse Valdes, Moto Waganari, Naoya, Nemo Jantzen, Orit Hofshi, Pablo Picasso, Peter Combe, Polles, Rivero-Cintra, Roberto Fabelo, Roy Lichtenstein, Samuel Salcedo, Sondheim, Tobias Møhl, Toledo del Rio, Tomoko Konno, Toots Zinsky, WhisBe, Zorikto Dorzhiev | 1 Comment

CHERRY BLOSSOMS GALORE!

Posted on April 30, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Back in the BBG You don’t know just what you’ll see, boy! Back in the BB Back in the BB Back in the BBG (with apologies to The Beatles:) It’s peek cherry blossom blooming season this weekend at the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Back in the USSR, blossoms, botanic garden, brooklyn, cherry, Sakura Matsuri, Spring, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Tulips, Vivaldi | 3 Comments

SPAMALOT infiltrates EMILY DICKINSON in A QUIET PASSION

Posted on April 24, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Arthur: But I’m alone (Patsy: oh no you’re not!) So all alone (Patsy: I’m here you twat!) All by myself I’m all alone I’m All Alone (from “Spamalot”) – Tim Curry and Michael McGrath What do Monty Python and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Melodies Linger On | Tagged A Quiet Passion, Cats, Cynthia Nixon, Emily Dickinson, Eric Idle, I'm All Alone, John Du Prez, Memory, Michael McGrath, Monty Python, Spamalot, Terence Davies, Tim Curry, Wagner, West Side Story | 1 Comment

Putting it Together and Together and Together and Together and Together

Posted on April 21, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER in ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION Art isn’t easy. Any way you look at it. After seeing the current revival of “Sunday in the Park with George” and enjoying another live performance of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On | Tagged Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Broadway, Carol Burnett, jingle, lyrics, MAC Awards, Mandy Patinkin, Putting it Together, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, The Broadway Album, Xerox | Leave a comment

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH JAKE – Will it Lead to Sunday in the Cinema with Jake?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

When you see a theater production of a piece you know well and love well, after having seen wonderful and celebrated productions of the piece many times before, including the original Broadway production, and watched the dvd of that production … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On | Tagged Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, Cary Fukunaga, Cyndi Lauper, Finishing the Hat, George Seurat, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kinky Boots, Lapine, Mandy Patinkin, Masters of Sex, movie, musical, NineStories, Riva Marker, Robert Sean Leonard, Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George | Leave a comment

The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Plays The Soundtrack to Our Story

Posted on April 10, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Saturday night we attended the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band performing a concert at Symphony Space titled “Once Upon A Time … The Soundtrack to Our Story”, with music referencing and inspired by the history of the Gay … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged Alicia Hall Moran, Band, Big Apple, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian Belovitch, Celtic Folk Songs, Colleen Meenan, Gay, Gay Rights, Hair, Henco Espag, Holst, It's Raining Men, Kinky Boots, Kyle Post, lesbian, Let the Sunshine In, LGBTQ, March, Mars, Paul Schaeffer, Pride, queen, Reginald Brown, RuPaul, Symphonic, Symphony Space, The Generations Project | 2 Comments

On the Anniversary of My Father’s Death

Posted on March 27, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

My father, Abraham Ashkenasi, died on this date last year. Above is the last picture I took of him, the last day I saw him in person. It was February 16, 2016. Two days earlier my mother called me to say … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Melodies Linger On, The Speakeasy Chronicles | Tagged Abraham Ashkenasi, Arvo Pärt, Benjamin Britten, Berlin, Brooklyn Children's School, Cantus, death, dying, funeral, New York City, photos, Speakeasy | Leave a comment

Emma Thompson Tackles Tricky Tuplets in “Beauty and the Beast”

Posted on March 19, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

This weekend the Disney live-action remake of the 1991 Disney animation classic “Beauty and the Beast” made a big splash with audiences, critics, and, especially, the box office. I saw it Friday and was completely enchanted. The movie smartly recreates in … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, The Speakeasy Chronicles | Tagged Angela Lansbury, Animation, Beauty and the Beast, Beethoven, Bon Jovi, Crime of the Century, Disney, Emma Thompson, live-action, Living on a Prayer, Pathetique, Shadow and Light, Sonata, Speakeasy, Star Wars, Supertramp, triplet, tuplet | 1 Comment

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