How current more modern technology, Youtube, helped restore and strengthen a Christmas memory I had from my childhood around 1980

Mom died at age 97 in July 2020, so that Christmas 5 months later during the worst of the covid pandemic found me more nostalgic than usual. I remembered that when I was a kid in late grade school, Mom had an album on vinyl of Christmas songs played on what sounded like large music … Continue reading How current more modern technology, Youtube, helped restore and strengthen a Christmas memory I had from my childhood around 1980 →

With April fool’s jokes canceled this year because of Covid-19, I wrote about how Haydn’s “Surprise” symphony would still be a tasteful laugh

Last Wednesday was April 1, aka, April fools day, and because of the Covid-19 pandemic, most people canceled the chaos and mayhem that usually happened on that day in other years, but I thought I'd remind some of us who already knew, and introduced others who didn't yet, to one of the best practical jokes … Continue reading With April fool’s jokes canceled this year because of Covid-19, I wrote about how Haydn’s “Surprise” symphony would still be a tasteful laugh →

Thoughts on how I keep remembering Beethoven’s birthday, music and technology

It is possible that if it hadn't been for Charles Schultz, and through his Peanuts cartoons , December 16th being the birthday of Ludwig Van Beethoven would have been as unknown to most of us today as the birthdays of the other great composers. In the Charlie Brown Christmas special recorded in 1965, one of … Continue reading Thoughts on how I keep remembering Beethoven’s birthday, music and technology →