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All The Great Operas In 10 Minutes

Courtesy of Philly Markowitz at the CBC Radio 2 blog:
All The Great Operas in 10 Minutes by Kim Thompson

Bernard Holland’s Jane Chord

Itzhak violist.

What’s a Jane Chord? [Don't worry, Miss Mussel didn't know either until about a month ago]
Of course, if we want to get all technical, two notes make an interval, not a chord. When the rules are bent ever so slightly to include the first and last two words, we get a much more better [...]

Juxtaposition

NSFW if your work is uptight about anatomically correct vocab, religion or silliness.
After weeks of boring old whitebread home/auto/business insurance spam, Miss Mussel is excited to report that someone has finally taken the initiative and created something worth repeating.
Here’s what “Kathy” sent along this morning.
viagra enlarges penis
I praise God for answering my prayers.
God, you [...]

Twelve Lords-a-Leaping

“I’d like to say that I believe in God but as a thinking person who cares about the world around him there are two very good reasons why I simply can’t. A) Wasps. Can’t see the point of a wasp, can you? Absolutely pointless. B) Caviar. I mean, really, what is the [...]

Eleven Ladies Dancing

“You brought the ladies? All eleven of them? But are they dancing is more to the point. I don’t trust you BBC people an inch.”

Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Nine Drummers Drumming

“You see, MI6’s view is that if you know exactly what every single person in the world is going to do at any given time, we’ll be able to anticipate what they’ll do next but, as you can imagine, the paperwork is absolutely monstrous.”

Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8