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  1. The Racoon Saga

    I have regular nightly visitations from a family of raccoons, 4 very adorable little ones, and one quite intimidating mama. And I suspect that they might be living under the shed, because this morning when I was feeding the cats, I kept seeing a raccoon head popping out from under the shed watching what was going on and I have no qualms with that because I do enjoy their nightly entertainment and they don't really cause any trouble.

    Though because apparently the cats water dish is
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  2. Carlo Gesualdo

    I thought I might continue in an exploration of some "early" composers by cross posting an earlier little essay I wrote on Carlo Gesualdo... certainly one of the the most interesting "characters" in the whole of music:

    I've been greatly enamored of this disc:



    ... of the music of Carlo Gesualdo performed by the marvelous Hilliard Ensemble.

    I found ...
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  3. Nicolas Gombert

    Interestingly enough... the duel between the arch-Modernists and those who refused to abandon Romanticism. The Modernists too a progressive approach, abandoning tonality and harmony and pushing ever forward into increasingly challenging and difficult musical languages that often left even the educated audiences baffled. The Romantics continued to champion traditional tonality and harmony as essential... even natural to music. Many Modernists would accuse their Romantic rivals of being reactionaries... ...
  4. July Newsletter

    by , 07-14-2010 at 01:31 PM (The Lit Net Monthly News)
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    [FONT="Book Antiqua"]May, June, July 2010[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]
    Welcome to The Literature Networks online newspaper. Events in the newsletter house have been pretty hectic so apologies for the delay, but we will have a 3 month edition now to make up for it and from next month we will be back to every month, keeping you updated with information regarding threads, ...
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  5. Can Science Explain Everything?

    Can Science Explain Everything?

    Yes. Said the man.

    No. Said the Philosopher.

    Where is your evidence said the man?

    I have none. Are my thoughts not good enough?


    Can Science Explain Everything?

    Yes. Said the Man.

    No. Said the Mystic.

    You can't Explain my subjective Experience.
    You can never know whether my Experience of the Color Green is same as your Experience of
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    Updated 07-14-2010 at 11:32 AM by Lote-Tree

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