"At any time between 1750 and 1930 if you had asked educated people to describe the aim of poetry, art, or music, they would have repli...

I assembled the following to be a pleasing and perhaps instructive journey through music history and because we all know people who refer t...

Gloria de Angelis vs. Gloria Bossa Nova Is it fair to compare the ancient Missa de Angelis with the Missa Bossa Nova, circa 1966? Nope....

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought;  and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G. K. Chesterton ...

So at work I have access to this amazing device. It's nothing short of extraordinary, I assure you. What does it do, you ask? Well let...

In which we get unusually pop-culturey in order to shed a little human light on this musical Olympian (and to have a little laugh.) ...

Your esteemed blogger Mr. Northcutt recently composed a short list which only someone with his erudite catholicity could have assembled. It...

More fun! Again, I think I made it moderately difficult. All answers are last names.  Click to enlarge. It's an 8.5x11 image if you wan...

Is 1921 really so long ago? It doesn't seem so. They had motorcars and electricity, indoor plumbing and pantaloons. Alright, clearly muc...

Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. 2012. If I admit to being a rather picky filmgoer I hope you will trust me when I tell you tha...