Tag Archives: television

Psalms of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on July 29, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Trust me! We got no where to go but up! Episode 17 of the ongoing series. The New Yorker keeps making the cartoons available, and I just keep cranking out my captions. And then sharing the latest batch of six. … Continue reading →

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Is FIDELIO the Original HONEYPOT?

Posted on March 9, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center Friday night Ed and I attended the Met Opera performance of Beethoven’s one and only opera “Fidelio”, and it was glorious. I generally don’t cry at operas, but I did so twice this time, … Continue reading →

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P&P WEDNESDAY in KOLKATA and NYACK

Posted on August 15, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

Last Friday and Saturday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in festivals in Cleveland and New York City respectively (more on that in a-soon-to-be-posted blog piece), but Wednesday just said “hold my beer”, because on Wednesday, August … Continue reading →

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P&P ROYAL AWARD

Posted on July 9, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

The Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” an Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Film

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TELL-TALE LA WEEKEND

Posted on February 5, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Watch (and vote for) “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for Free this Weekend via the Los Angeles Television, Script and Film Festival This Saturday and Sunday, or more precisely from midnight EST Friday night through midnight PST Monday morning, … Continue reading →

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TWO MORE TELL-TALE AWARDS

Posted on January 8, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” recently received two more awards from FESTIVAL ANGAELICA and the Spotlight Film Awards; and has been announced as an official selection at the LATVSFF & Fixion Film Festivals I’ll start with FESTIVAL ANGAELICA. As … Continue reading →

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NfaC Repost: The Sound of Music: Embracing the “Sugarcoated Lie”

Posted on January 22, 2016 by dannyashkenasi

This article was one of the first ever published on “Notes from a Composer” and quickly became one of the more popular during the first months of the blog’s existence.  I thought I would repost it so newcomers to the … Continue reading →

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC: Embracing the “Sugarcoated Lie”

Posted on May 6, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I were in Berlin* a couple years ago visiting my folks when we stumbled upon a German movie from the 1950s being shown on TV.   We missed the first seconds of the credit sequence and so didn’t catch … Continue reading →

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