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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Symphonic Saturday Edition

Jimmie | January 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

We don’t know how fortunate we are to live in today’s world, with such a wonder as the Internet at our fingertips. I was surfing around YouTube a day or so ago, doing nothing more than watching clips from great orchestral performances of years past. Ten years ago, I would have had to find them on videotape or hope my local PBS station ran them one weekend. Now, it takes about ten seconds for me to find Frederic Friscay conducting Smetana’s “Vlatava” from The Moldau or Leonard Bernstein directing his own Candide Overture. That, I think, is a bit of an everyday miracle, something we take more than just a little bit for granted. Maybe it’d be worth your time to surf around YouTube this weekend and see what gems you find. Post them in the comments so we can all enjoy them!

And now, links!

This is what a kleptocracy looks like. If we’re not diligent in our duties as citizens, there are likely to be a lot more of these in the very near future.
You probably won’t be surprised to know that the lone socialist in Congress is really not happy at the prospect of losing a little chunk of American socialism.
Stacy McCain found a great quote on the relationship between the Tea Parties and the academic elite.
Ronald Reagan, Jr. is a sad little man who is throwing away a birthright that, quite literally, millions of Americans would love to have.
The Republicans should remember who their friends are and who they are not or their time in the majority is going to be very short.
No one is above a little Twitter hashtag whimsy.
A dubeshag? Yeah, okay, I could be one.