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I Take the Colbert Questionert

Posted on August 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Now that the Cowardly Broadcasting Service has caved to economic AKA political pressures and cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the chances of me ever taking the Colbert Questionert on the air are close to nil (they never were … Continue reading →

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“LOVED” Performed on Dozens of Xylophones in the Botanic Garden

Posted on April 11, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Video of the complete performance in the Cherry Esplanade section of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden March 22.

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CYNDI LAUPER in MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Posted on November 3, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Pics and Clips from Her Farewell Tour Concert 1986 I attended Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour Madison Square Garden performance. Almost 40 years later she (and I) returned to MSG for the Girls Just Want to Have Fun Farewell Tour … Continue reading →

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SELFIE with ADAM

Posted on January 31, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Friday I attended the live Adam Lambert concert. I missed out on his last concert appearance in New York because it sold out before I made it to the ticket website. But this time I got my ticket early. And … Continue reading →

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The Staten Island September 11th Memorial

Posted on September 11, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  This year at this date, I would like to share photos I took earlier this summer at the Staten Island September 11th Memorial, just across the water from Manhattan’s financial district, and the new World Trade Center. The memorial … Continue reading →

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3rd Grade Choir Presents Love & Life with the Beatles

Posted on February 8, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  A fainting spell nearly derailed the whole concert.  But it was still a rousing success.   When I plan choir concerts for elementary student performers, I hope to choose songs that will appeal to the age group but also … Continue reading →

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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 →

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THE MADONNA CONCERT – as experienced, sorta, from the far far up and away and off to the side “cheap” seats

Posted on September 21, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

“Cheap” seats deserves it’s quotation marks.  After all, we did pay over $100 a ticket.  We could have paid less and ended up even further up, up, up in the nosebleed section, or even further off to the right and … Continue reading →

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THE SONG OF JOB 9:11 – 14 year anniversary of 9/11/2001

Posted on September 8, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert video, Sep 9, 2011 The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert audio, Sep 11, 2011 Above are recordings of the finale of the tenth anniversary … Continue reading →

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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 3

Posted on July 6, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

And we’re back for Part 3 of the Spree Forest day trip and the Spreewaldlieder song cycle for flute and harp.  (Head back here for Part 1 and Part 2) My favorite compliment I have received for the Spreewaldlieder song … Continue reading →

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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 1

Posted on June 29, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

Let’s take a musical trip to the one-of-a-kind Spreewald.  The Spreewald (AKA the Spree Forest) is a gorgeous region, a kind of rural Venice located an hour southeast of Berlin, Germany in the source of the Spree River (which flows … Continue reading →

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