Monthly Archives: September 2013

Opera’s Contemporary Boondoggle

Having sat patiently through the SF Opera’s premiere of Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, a brand-new opera from a most unlikely source—Stephen King’s novel-then-movie—I am ever more certain that contemporary opera is on a fast track to nowhere. There is no … Continue reading

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Undervalued

Henry Louis Mencken once quipped that we have lost more great art to constipation than to all the wars of the world combined. He was being a bit glib, facetious even, but his words had teeth. Nobody can create anything … Continue reading

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Adventure

I couldn’t have been more than five or six when I fell head over heels in love with a cheap kid’s toy on sale at our local Kroger supermarket. It was a kiddy-sized car dashboard, complete with windshield, turn indicator, … Continue reading

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