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King of Kings — Mario Lanza
"Mario Lanza's influence on Elvis Presley cannot be overestimated." Presley was well aware of Lanza’s music and movies and was always quick to acknowledge his admiration for Lanza. Incredible as...
View ArticleBarbara Branden—1929-2013
I see that Barbara Branden, best known of course for her association with Rand and the 1986 biography, has died. I never met her but corresponded with her a few times over the last 20 years. My old UK...
View ArticleKASS Music Gem: The KASSest Ever!
I've recently re-read a biography of Tchaikovsky I first read when it came out, in 1995, by Anthony Holden. I'm now re-opening others by Michael Hoffmann and John Warrack. In the process, I've become...
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Intrigue From The White-Yellow Black Sheep Of The Obama Family
Mark Obama Ndesandjo, one of two of Obama Snr's seven children not pictured in the only Obama family portrait photo released by the family has published an autobiography that is to be released in...
View ArticleHorreurs! Deux Heures du Linz!!
With Jeff Rense on his Internet radio show, promoting The One Tenor:http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/...
View ArticleMerry Xmas SOLOists
Goblians claim, mistakenly, that December 25 is Jeezy's birthday, and that Jeezy was the Son of Gobby while simultaneously being Gobby, while both were/are simultaneously Ghosty. It's all nonsense, of...
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Happy Holidays And The Synergy Of The Season!
Happy Holidays And The Synergy Of The Season! By Edward HudginsDecember 23, 2013 – As we approach the end of the year, I hope all of you are in a holiday mood. I certainly am!During the year, I tend to...
View ArticleJamie Whyte
My one and only blog entry on SOLO while I still can, this is perhaps more politics than philosophy, but it concerns a philosopher (ex-Cambridge University lecturer no less) who may be able to pull the...
View ArticleRachmaninoff Prelude in G minor
Another post, while I still can. One of my favourite pieces of classical music, one which really stirs my soul, played by Valentina Lisitsa:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
View ArticleThe Star Spangled Banner
A beautifully harmonic rendition of the United States national anthem sung (thanks to technology) by one man choir Julien Neel, singing it as it should be sung, not as various 'performers' murder it...
View ArticleBISSELL ON DIM
Bissell on DIM When Roger Bissell writes a JARS review, he writes a review. 46 pages (160-204) of review on Peikoff’s DIM HYPOTHESIS book, to be exact. Longer than any article contained in the rest of...
View ArticleBISSELL ON DIM-PART II
In this post, I want to talk about the section “Syllogisms and DIM Mixtures: A Not So Ominous Parallel” in Roger Bissell’s review of DIM in the December, 2013 issue of JARS. My problems concerns the...
View ArticleGood vs. Evil in 'Looper'
The film Looper is a well-made, intricate, time-travel thriller (featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, from 2012) which accidentally demonstrates how Good tends to naturally triumph over...
View ArticleFounded in 1885
When the American Economic Association was formed in 1885, 23 of the fifty five members were protestant clergymen.Tim Leonard writes, a short excerpt from his powerpoint...
View ArticleThe Athenians Exulted
The Athenians exulted when the Persians by Aeschylus was shown in the theatre of Dionysos. My translation is now available on Amazon.com. Jack Chekijian, who has done more than 30 audiobooks, performed...
View ArticleThoughts on the Passing of 'Solo Passion'
They say "All good things must come to an end."C'est la vie...Solo Passion was the freeest and most open of the allegedly Objectivist discussion forums. Seemingly it was the one which least drove away...
View ArticleAirhead Americans, You Asked for It!
For anyone falling within the category, "human," there can have been no more repulsive spectacle recently than President Obama's State of the Union address today. It was vile on several counts: 1) the...
View Article"Only art that is free can be meaningful; only creativity that is free can be...
Rachmaninoff in his own words, including his musical philosophy and searing denunciation of Soviet tyranny:
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Mario Lanza!
Born, Jan 31, 1921. Died, October 7, 1959, because of a world too stupid, small and lifeless to understand him.
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Ayn Rand!
Born, February 2, 1905; died March 6, 1982.http://www.solopassion.com/obj...
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