I see a lot of grumpiness and despair in my feed and, yes, from time to time I feel that, too. One of my "safe havens" is music, as you know, and today I recorded this short #piano piece by Louise Farrenc for you. "Impromptu", played on my 1909 Trautwein upright piano (will be tuned soon). Maybe you'll find that comforting, or enjoyable, or at least distracting.
DURING MUCH OF Barbara Dane’s lifetime, I seldom thought of her as a musical giant. She was, after all, my stepmother and that relationship, as it so often is, could be complicated. Yet in th…
Le prochain concert organisé par l’association Les Compositeurs Associés, dont je fais partie, aura lieu le jeudi 20 mars 2025 à 19h30, au Regard du Cygne (210 rue de Belleville, Paris 20e). Vous p…
How should we live when we know we must die? This question is posed by the first work of world literature, the Gilgamesh epic. More than 4,000 years ago, Gilgamesh set out on a quest for immortality.
This article describes a data analysis project testing a hypothesis that claims kebab quality decreases with proximity to train stations in Paris. James collected data on 400 kebab restaurants using Google Places API and analyzed their distances to train/metro stations using network analysis and spatial data algorithms. jmspae.se/write-ups/kebabs-tra…
RIP Woody Leonhard For young ’uns who didn’t know him, he was a relentlessly helpful soul in the era when Windows and Microsoft Office were most confusing. askwoody.com/2025/gregory-forr…
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