Tag Archives: Richard Strauss

TAKE A WALTZ: A Kampf of Bohemian Rhapsodies

Now in Vienna there’s ten pretty women There’s a shoulder where Death comes to cry There’s a lobby with nine hundred windows There’s a tree where the doves go to die There’s a piece that was torn from the morning … Continue reading

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ABSURD ENIGMAS & STIGMAS:SPILLING THE GUTS WITH THE BEANS

It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn’t enough to change my heart Now everything’s a little upside down, as a matter of fact … Continue reading

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EMPIRE BURLESQUE:ANATOMY NOT GEOGRAPHY

For centuries the principal ingredients in the popular Western image of the Middle East have been spirituality and sex. As early as the sixteenth century, European writers were using the second half of this irresistible combination to describe and define … Continue reading

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