Somehow Schubert–without my seeking–always finds me in the autumn. This year I came upon an animation of what is probably the composer...

10+ frames from Peter Pan , with final comments ad libitum. 1. This is a great look for Peter Pan, a look which is unfortunately inconsisten...

I've been thinking this week of the old saying that in getting older and having kids you become more conservative. So the line goes, in ...

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske After nearly 100 years, Disney movies have many reputations, most of them mo...

  I saw re-tweeted the other day the following assessment of President Trump—possibly a fragment as I did not follow up and read the article...

    I had the opportunity this week to revisit the first version of Don Giovanni I ever saw, Joseph Losey's 1979 filmed production, wi...

I'm fairly sure that—in America in July 2020—few if any people are vehemently opposed to federal government financial bailouts. We'v...

In my article last month The Great Epi-Twitter Meltdown  I touched on the origin of the recent riots and the recent years of intense liberal...

Authentic Sound  is a delightful channel run by Belgian musician Wim Winters. Besides his marvelous playing he discusses musicology, history...

1. Social Media attracts dissatisfied people. 2. Dissatisfied people are often emotionally immature. 3. The traits of emotionally immature p...