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Drew and Joe of God's Favorite Beefcake I've been away from the blog for a long time, busy with other endeavors. I was beginni...

Thomas Mann, music lover Reading Thomas Mann's "Dr. Faustus:   The Life of the German composer Adrian Leverkühn, told by a fr...

A little over a year ago I met one of this earth's great musicians, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris . He's also a fine example...

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer , violin hero and champion of new music for many decades now, has released two letters  (one included here) det...

Seth Godin aims high Every morning, I get a new post from Seth Godin  in my inbox. For those of you familiar with him, I would wager that...

Flux of Pink Indians I was never part of the punk scene. The music is too loud and I am not an anarchist at heart. But we classical ...

Architect Matthew Frederick Returning from St. Martin, I stopped over in Chicago to get some repairs done on my viola (kudos to violinmake...