Wozzeck’s Nightmare
Todd Hayen
The Canadian Opera Company is just finishing up their run of one of the 20th Century’s most intriguing operas, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck (1925), adapted from Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck....
The Free Soul of a Genius: Kris Kristofferson
Edward Curtin
“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.” William Blake, Eternity “But...
WATCH: 3,000 Jews and Muslims sing together, just five years ago
Mark Crispin Miller At this nightmarish moment of pandemic hate, we badly need to be reminded of the possibility that we can come together, and thereby defeat the forces...
The Day the Music Died
Todd Hayen “You’ll own nothing, and be happy.” Ha ha. I wonder if Schwab regrets saying that. Actually the phrase originated in 2016 from Danish MP Ida Auken’s essay...
A Gift of Words
Edward Curtin
“The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.” Karl Kraus, Half-Truths & One-and-a-Half Truths Things, possessions, life on the...
Leonard Cohen in Joy and Sorrow: “Hallelujah”
Edward Curtin “There’s a blaze of light in every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah” Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah The last time I was...
The Music of Forgetting
Mr. Z I remember when we first came to this small Mexican island in the Caribbean. The pace of life was very slow and time seemed to spiral, not...
An Open Letter to Joni Mitchell
Trevor in Timley Dear Joni, I just heard the news! You’re in the fight! And you’re on our team! Mrs Trevor in Trimley and I are thrilled by your...
Beethoven in the Age of Endarkenment
Ian Fantom Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on 17 December, 1770, and so was probably born on the 16th. I remember the fuss made by the mainstream media on...
Masked, Homeless, and Desolate
Walk the streets in the United States and many countries these days and you will see streaming crowds of people possessed by demons, masked and anonymous, whose eyes look...
Bob Dylan’s Midnight Message to JFK’s Ghost
Edward Curtin For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with most miraculous organ.” Hamlet On May 1, 1962, President John Kennedy was meeting in the Oval Office...
Songs of Longing for New Year’s Day
Edward Curtin Like many people, when the New Year rolls around, I think of turning over a new leaf. The problem with doing that, especially in New England, is...
Phil Ochs and the Crucifixion of President John F. Kennedy
Edward Curtin They say they can’t believe it, it’s a sacrilegious shame Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the game? But you know I predicted...
