Flowers and cute cats and having my windows cleaned. Merry Christmas to all! Photo of the Week. Of course I took one zill.

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Music and culture from Marc Geelhoed in Chicago. All-time greatest line used by a homeless man to cadge spare change from passersby. When the going gets gruff. Now in its third season. An expert opinion on Doctor Atomic. Berlioz and the painful sham. Review of The Rest Is Noise. Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony. Who should they hire then, Mr. Muti? Time out for pretty.

Where have all the stunning Hollywood Beauties gone? Tagged as Drew Barrymore. I gave up playing .

And you should join too. The P is for Pistol. In the last few years, USPSA has added two new divisions, one of which I think is stupid and one of which I think is pretty cool. The cool one is Pistol Ca. Raw Milk with Brucella Bacteria in Teas. Pasadena Opts to Tax for Netflix. Continuing as the flying surgeon.

Discussions about Classical Music, Concerts, Festivals, Operas, Recordings, Films and the people who work in the industry. Eddie Louise as Dr Sage. Chip Michael as Professor Savant. Justin Bremer as the Narrator. AnnMarie Gomez as Hilaria Written by Eddie Louise. Theme music and episode engineered by Chip Michael Listen to the episodes online.

Lohengrin, Scala opening night. Christian Schmidt, sets and costumes. Ann Petersen, Elsa von Brabant. René Pape, Heinrich der Vogler. Tómas Tómasson, Friedrich von Telramund. Zeljko Lucic, Der Heerrufer des Königs. Her singing, moreover, was a joy to listen to. Was, of course, to no surprise, the king of the night.