I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness of a great love for me. Ah yes, I was wrong–again, I was wrong;

My pal Kallipher recently mused on her great love of the soundtrack to City of Angels, and how the breadth of emotion that the songs represent makes it a kind of musical spectrum.  It got me thinking about two of my favorite soundtracks and why the spoke so well to me that I had to [...]

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            Anthony Minghella passed away yesterday at the too-young age of 54, thanks to a brain hemorrhage.  This is terrible news on many accounts:  he leaves behind a son who seems to be following in his father’s footsteps and who is probably about my age, if not a little younger, he was in the midst [...]

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Arial is not Helvetica;

John Coltrane, Coltrane Live at the Village Vangaurd Again!, recorded 1966, photo taken 3:27 PM, 12/26/07.

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