by Daniel John Carroll | Sep 4, 2012 | The Public Humanist
The concept of authenticity is held with great conviction in certain quarters of musicology, as it fulfills the purportedly necessary condition that performances be done as closely as possible to the way they were done in the time of the composition of a particular...
by James Heflin | Sep 4, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
If some kid(s) made this turtle take flight, well, that’s clearly cruel. (It did land safely, thankfully.) But the authors of the article are overlooking another possibility: reptilian ambition. What if this turtle in fact had some friends attach all those...
by Caleb Rounds | Sep 4, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me
One of our indigent boarders has reached an age where he can read. He has taken to reading Captain Underpants graphic novels when he’s not busy working. He works about as much as our cat, so I find these novels strewn throught the house. Most recently I happened...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 4, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday, we had our annual Not Labor Day Not Block Party. The event lives up to its name every year, even though sometimes it does happen to fall on Labor Day—people from our neck of the ‘hood come, along with others. Our party planning methods very...
by On Springfield | Sep 4, 2012 | On Springfield
Yeesh—and I thought last week’s WGBY debate among the three Democratic candidates for the 1st Congressional District seat was overly incumbent-friendly in tone. Then I read about plans for the second, and final, debate, to be held this evening at WBEC...