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What’s on Your Life’s Playlist
Last week I wrote about Edmund de Waal’s talk at the Museum of Art History in Vienna and his views on the layering of memory through art and books. Me in New Orleans, USA For me, so many memories are...
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Bumpa Bumpa – Franz is the Man
“It’s not the species that survives, or the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin I swear, I was all set to write an enthralling post about New Year’s in Vienna. And I...
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Everything and More – the Kaffeesiederball 2015 in Vienna’s Imperial Palace
Because life is too short to wait around for good times to happen. You have to make them happen. – KC Recently I received a document from – I loathe to admit this – a fellow American — addressed to me...
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THE ZEROES OF OUR TIME – AUSTRIA AND THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2015
And you may find yourself in another part of the world…And you may ask yourself. Well…How did I get here? – Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime What you need to know before you read this: my best friend...
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A MINUTE OF SILENCE – SCHWEIGEMINUTE – CUM TACENT, CLAMANT
“ I don’t think–” “Then you shouldn’t talk,” said the Hatter. – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. Twenty...
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MOZART, THE FREE MASONS AND A MYSTERIOUS DEATH
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relationships with this best and truest friends of mankind that...
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MOZART, THE FREE MASONS AND THE MAGIC FLUTE (PART II)
Music is the most potent instrument in education because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul. – Plato Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please...
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THINGS TO DO IN VIENNA – WALTZ
Austrians are required to master two skills in life – skiing and waltzing. More than 400 balls take place each year in Vienna, and these balls are host to more than 300,000 guests. Balls are sponsored...
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VIEVINUM – VINE LOUSE FOR A DAY
I am not a wine connoisseur. I’m just not. I will admit though that when I once went to a wine social in the US and the “glasses” were plastic cups, I opted for the water instead but I am no wine snob....
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KEITH JARRETT: A MUSICAL GENIUS IN DESPERATE NEED OF A SNICKERS BAR
He walked onto stage and the applause swelled. I had never seen the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein so jam-packed full of people. Every single one of the 1744 seats and 300 standing places was...
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