Brad Shorr
One great benefit of COVID is how it has shed light on that which would prefer to remain in the shadows. It becomes ever more obvious the degree to which we are emphatically told one thing on Monday and emphatically told an entirely opposite thing on Tuesday. Fully revealed is…
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from 1908 to 1936. I compiled the quotes below from my reading of these essays, which were compiled by Ignatius Press in Volumes 27-37 of The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton. Over the last month or…
Looking for a band name? These original, unused band name and/or song titles are hot off the press and here for the taking. If you think my unused band name ideas are silly, then perhaps you haven’t heard of 1910 Fruitgum Company or Toad the Wet Sprocket. If you’re forming…
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.” — Vladimir Lenin “The press is our chief ideological weapon.” — Nikita Krushchev “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”…
1. Rondeau from The Fairy Queen, by Henry Purcell. 2. Ave verum corpus, by Wolfgang Mozart. 3. Lassa!, Ch’io t’ho perduta, aria from the opera Atalanta, by Handel. Background on These Selections: Learn more about The Fairy Queen. Learn more about Mozart’s setting of Ave verum corpus. Learn more…
A sure sign you are up against a bad argument is when you are cancelled. Bad arguments are like mushrooms – they grow and thrive in the dark.
1. Jamais dans ces beaux lieux, from Armide, by Gluck. 2.See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes, from Joshua, by Handel. 3. L’Amour nous dede la victoire, from Isbe, by Jean-Joseph de Mondonville. Background on These Selections: Learn about Armide. Learn about Joshua. Learn about Isbe. ( Image Credit, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville…
Here are a few classical selections that I hope will lift your spirits or keep them high! 1. Canon Triplex, Benedetto Marcello. 2. Fuor Di Periglio Di Fiero Artiglio, Duet from Floridante, Handel. 3. All’orror delle procelle, Aria from Riccardo Primo, Handel.