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FALLING INTO JACKSON POLLOCK
This Sunday I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found myself in front of their monumental Jackson Pollock “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)”. And once again I had that hallucinogenic experience I often have in front of Jackson Pollock’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged acid trip, African American, art, Autumn Rhythm, Dream, drip painting, Ed Elder, hypnosis, Jackson Pollock, Jon Bunge, LSD, Met, Metropolitan, museum, photography, portrait
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FACES. REFLECTIONS. REFRACTIONS.
Some more expected and unexpected impressions at the Brooklyn Museum First, encounters with some singular faces. It’s hot and humid out, but she is eternally the embodiment of frigid winter.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged Americas, brooklyn, busts, Ed Elder, faces, glass, idols, museum, Painting, portrait, reflection, refraction, statue, transformation
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BEFORE THE SUNSET – with the Sun Song Quiz
The lady saw me walk onto the middle of the street with my phone out, and said to Ed “he’s taking a picture of the sunset” in that universal “that’s so sweet” tone of voice. Except it wasn’t quite the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, Blondie, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, Fish People, George Michael, Hair, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Let the Sunshine In, Moonlight, Sun King, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, The Beatles, The Flesh Failures, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV
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MAMA MIA – Here We Sing Along Again
Escapism for the New Great Depression I slid the “Mamma Mia” disk into the blu-ray player. I asked Ed whether it we should activate the sing-along function this time? Ed hesitated, then demurred. But I knew he wanted it. So … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged ABBA, Busby Berkeley, Ed Elder, escapism, fascism, Great Depression, Hereditary, Leave No Trace, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again", Meryl Streep, Preston Sturgess, Putin, Seth Meyers, sing-a-long, Sorry to Bother You, Sullivan's Travels, Treason, Trump, Won't You Be My Neighbor
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MOONLIGHT EVOCATION
Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra It’s my husband Ed’s birthday today. And among his wrapped birthday presents he will find another viola piano duet, another Evocation. We’ve been together 25 years, so this year it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works
Tagged collaboration, composing, composition, Dream, Ed Elder, Evocation, Evocation 25, Glenn Miller, Moonlight Evocation, Moonlight Serenade, variations
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MARCHING FOR OUR LIVES IN NYC
March 24 – March For Our Lives – Millions are on the streets in the USA. Here are some impressions from New York City. With appropriate and inappropriate songs that went through my head as Ed and I participated. … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged A Part Hate, AR-15, Central Park West, Cyndi Lauper, Deathly Hallows, Ed Elder, Foster the People, gun control, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Harry Potter, Imagine, John Lennon, March 24, March for our Lives, New York City, Nick Cave, NRA, O Children, Paul McCartney, Protest, Pumped Up Kicks, school shootings, The Beatles
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The Map Room of Madison, Wisconsin
On the second floor of a hundred year old house near Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin, is a guest bedroom known as the Map Room. Three of its four walls have been wall papered by huge maps … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Austria, Berchtesgaden, Churchill, Darkest Hour, East Germany, Ed Elder, Freiberg, funeral, General, Hitler, Island, Kitzbühel, LaFollette, Madison, Map Room, maps, National Guard, North Pole, Pforzheim, Ralph Immel, Vilas Park, War Room, Wisconsin, World War 2
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Composing “Divertissement in the Snow”
“You should compose a piece for the family to play at Christmas”, my husband Ed said to me a few weeks ago (actually it was November 10, I have documented evidence, I’ll get to that later, not that it really … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works
Tagged Carols, Christmas, composer, composing, divertissement, Ed Elder, family, heterophony, holidays, Keep it simple stupid, Mark Twain, night, obligato, Schweineterzen, Snow, soprano, Steve Hepner, Viola, violin, winter
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