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How much is it the elimination of murder worth? How much would we pay to erase the weeping bereaved from our television screens?
Minority Report foresees a moment in 2054 when technology has made such a world possible. Or so it seems. (more…)
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You always cringe a little when you see a dozen suited-up athletes waiting for the same flight on which you ambitiously intended to get five hours of work and rest accomplished. When people tell you, in apologetic syllables, that your schedule is really full this weekend, you smile and respond, ‘I can always sleep on the plane’.
Now you wonder whether you can. (more…)
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The French surname ‘Janvier’ rattles around in Jack’s family pedigree like a classy cousin in a yawningly ordinary clan. When he went to Latin America, he had the wit to co-opt it and twist it into a Spanish first name that was every bit as appealing. Thus Jack became ‘Javier’, a cunning use of the available materials that brings wry smiles to those few of us who know the story. To the rest, he is just Javier and always has been. (more…)
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This tiny gift-book from Cigar Aficionado latches onto the celebratory nature of modern cigar-smoking and works it for all its potential. Essentially, it’s a compilation of quotes by cigar smokers and about cigar smoking that will give the average celebratory cigar smoker a good chuckle.
A good stocking-stuffer for the guy who fits the demographic.
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I have decided that a good writing instrument in the pocket is the cost of doing business in my line of work. This lightweight, thin Cross pen helps me not look back. (more…)
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Under the baton of Austrian conductors Michael Halász and Richard Edlinger (the latter tragically deceased at the age of 47), the Czech Radio Orchestra and the Zagreb Philharmonia Orchestra produce a fine, Central European reading of Beethoven’s Third and Eighth Symphonies, respectively. Performed a year before the collapse of the Soviet block radically redefined the political realities of two countries (Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) that can now be named only after supplying the prefix ‘Former’, this high-quality Naxos release reminds us how artistic labors continued unabated under the ‘soft’ Communism of the countries that host these respected orchestras. (more…)
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This unsung compilation of carols is played with understated and brilliant poise by Lewis Ross, self-styled ‘Master of Guitars’ and ‘Practitioner of Musick’ of the New American Guitar Ensemble.
Ross tosses off fifteen traditional Christian carols that embellish the religious legacy of Christmas—Santa Claus is not invited here and does not appear—with his highly accomplished touch on classical guitar. (more…)
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This private-label collection of Messianic Jewish worship services highlights the tenor voice of the author and a moving collection of biblical texts that are sung in both Hebrew and English. (more…)
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It was going to take a massive earthquake or food poisoning to derail this lineup of Nelson, Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, Chance, Mackie, the inimitable Sylvia McNair, Doss, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, and the English Chamber Orchestra.
Alas, the seismic meters were calm and the seafood impeccably washed. (more…)
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Driving home in the wee hours from the Indy airport, there is no better accompaniment that Joni Mitchell on Blue.
Seldom are whimsy and reflection caught so well without damaging the wings. (more…)
Canter Bridge 