Inscribed on the nameboard of an ottavino spinet (a small tabletop, or even laptop, harpsichord) dated 1710 and now in the Russell Collection of musical instruments at the University of Edinburgh, runs the motto: “Dum…
Posts published by “David Yearsley”
It was only after I left the Bar Bayeux in Brooklyn last Friday night, elated after two riveting sets from the Michael Sarin Quintet, that I realized that the club’s name was a clever pun…
J. S. Bach’s most famous arias, “Schafe könne sicher weiden” (Sheep may safely graze) projects safety for the governed secured by enlightened leadership. Above a pulsing B-flat drone whose static harmony conveys contented repose, a…
It was a show that forever changed not just the entertainment industry but the world. As the Sunday afternoon hour approached for the start of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, rumors swept down the Red…
Spring threatens to return to Upstate New York. A barrel-chested robin sits in a bare Cornelian cherry dogwood. Mid-morning, he (the bird sports the more vibrant hue of the male of the species) is not…
The increase in AI-generated images of Donald Trump presages yet another crude campaign to extract profits from the MAGA masses. The payoff could be far greater than that yielded by TrumpCoin, and certainly more lucrative…
It is the year LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly returned to the Consulship. BCE stands for Big, Crazy Entertainment, and it…
It was the first June of the new millennium and we were in the northern Italian foothills of the Alps. The Italians call them the Prealpi, as if the rugged terrain makes for a collection…