Home on the Range and Trying to Stifle Everyone‘s Freedom of Speech!

Ah Charles Schulz’ classic comic strip Peanuts and its various television and stage derivatives. There’s nothing like seeing allegories for real-world problems acted by children, particularly ones that are pertinent to current events. In this case I’m particularly struck by the song “Glee Club Rehearsal” from the musical You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. “Glee […]

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Binary Sunset (alternate)

This is a weirdly misadvertised 17 minute track on the Star Wars original soundtrack 2004 release. While the track does start with a grimly prophetic alternate version of the music to the famous binary sunset scene (the use of the dies irae hints at the deaths of Luke’s aunt and uncle, a scene where that […]

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