In its entire conciseness, this week has nonetheless turned out to be fairly full with activity and drama, two things that I’d much rather not deal with as I finish off the year. First things first, though,…the iTunes shuffle, (which will be interesting since right now I’m actually proctoring a test and thus, won’t actually [...]
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A sad and melancholy melody plays in the background, Jon Brion’s
Punchy-Tacky Piano, a two-minute instrumental theme he composed for the film Punch Drunk Love, a theme also heard in the background of the Largo website. If it seems like Jon Brion pops up a lot in these posts, it’s because he pops up a lot [...]
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There’s a great song in the background. Belle and Sebastian’s Funny Little Frog, which reminds me of what a modern interpretation on mid-late 60s pop music might sound like. At least the chord structure and instrumentation is the same. A fun little band.
Anyway, I just got back from seeing the 19-years-in-the-making Indiana Jones sequel, entitled [...]
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I take a look at my Outlook tasks for today, I see the weekly recurring “post on Hunsblog” and realize that in spite of the craziness and busyness of things, it is actually helpful (for myself at least) to pause and write on my blog. And with that reminder, I dutifully start up iTunes, select [...]
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As I begin today’s post, I am accompanied by the chorus of His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden is Light from Handel’s Messiah. This is one of those classical pieces where you don’t feel as if Handel quite got the mood right. While some choral pieces seamlessly weave both musical and lyrical aspects together in [...]
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Well, it’s not quite four in the afternoon yet (it’s only about 1:30 here on the West Coast), but it feels like it’s about four because I’m at home after a long day’s work. Well, even that is not quite accurate because the reality is that our kids are being tested today (the California Standards [...]
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Finally, the random iTunes shuffle has allowed me to finally blog about one of my favorite musicians. Larry Norman (who just recently passed away) devoted his life toward spreading the life and the hope that he had found in his relationship with God to those around him through music. A product of the astounding musicianship [...]
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Listen:
As I shuffle iTunes, I randomly land on The Rolling Stones’ Tumbling Dice, a fun rollicking song with two of my favorite elements that are far too infrequently included in rock songs, rhythm piano accompaniment and a gospel choir. Trust me, I don’t dance much, but this is one of those songs that if [...]
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Currently listening to: Waterloo Sunset, by Jon Brion. Hmmm…this is about the 6th or so blog posting with my new jump-starter method…commenting about the first randomized song I happen to play in iTunes. So far, I’ve been really lucky and have gotten some of the best of the best…including this favorite of mine. I know [...]
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It’s Thursday night, and as the Black Crowes’ Greasy Grass River rocks on in the background, my automatic Outlook alerts remind me that it is time to repost on the blog. It’s not that much of interest has occurred since my last posting, but it seems like most of my thoughts seem to linger around [...]
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