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What Digby Said
… about Senator McCain:
This is what heroes with honor and integrity do. A true patriot will always try to change the subject by smearing his opponents character, particularly during time of crisis.
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‘Cast from the Past: Deryck Cooke on an “Authentic” Mahler Tradition
Shortly after the 1962 release of Otto Klemperer’s EMI/Columbia (UK) recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.4, musicologist Deryck Cooke recorded a program for the BBC Third Programme comparing Klemperer’s recordings to others, particularly Bruno Walter and Willem Mengelberg, in search of an “authentic” interpretive approach to Mahler.
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Leopold Stokowski on Mahler’s Symphony No.8
Stokowski recalls the both the world premiere and American premiere of the work; from an interview recorded in the late 1960s. (Podcast is after the break.)
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Maazel Conducts Mahler / Maazel / Boulez / Lenny @ Avery Fisher
My review is at ClassicalSource.com.
Labeques + MTT + SFSO @ Carnegie
My review is at ClassicalSource.com.
The Donald Rosenberg Affair
Donald Rosenberg, a music critic who writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and arguably one of the half dozen or so best such critics in the country, was removed from his regular beat, covering the Cleveland Orchestra, earlier this week.
Cowardly McCain Abandons Campaign, Hides Behind His Talking Points
September 24, 2008 – New York (apj.us) – Either John McCain has let his impulsive side get the best of him yet again, or he thinks you’re stupid, or both.
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Bailout: So What’s Wrong with This Picture?
September 22, 2008 – Denver (apj.us) – The short answer is…
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The Dam Bursts: John McCain and a ‘Nam MIA Cover-up
Mister War Hero (did you know he was a POW?) has some serious explaining to do. How many of our men in uniformed were left behind, John? (And here I’d been planning to get all snarky over my morning coffee about the Palin-McCain Administration’s lie about Alaska producing 20% of the nation’s energy [hat tip to Koop]).