Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Geo. Washington Advertising Agency

I don’t think it’s any great secret among the people who know me that I don’t watch television. I have a Sony TV in my storage room; I haven’t turned it on in several years now so I can’t say … Continue reading

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Retracing Some Circles

Plus ça change, plus la même chose. I’m re-visiting two pieces which date back to my freshman and sophomore years at the Peabody Conservatory, no less. That was in 1972-73, but who’s counting? (I am. As of this September, when … Continue reading

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Ordoñez: What was Landon Smoking?

I was intrigued for some time by the possibility of getting to know some of the symphonies by Karl von Ordoñez (Carlos d’Ordoñez), after Robbins Landon’s rather gushy remarks about him in Haydn: Chronicle and Works, particularly the second volume … Continue reading

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Dharma – The Pali Canon and the Buddha

In a previous post I discussed Andy Olendzki’s teachings about the overall reliability of the transmission of the Pali Canon via rote memorization, rather than writing. Andy also discussed a number of features in parts of the Pali Canon which … Continue reading

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