At Claiborne and LaSalle…

…today, in New Orleans, I took these pictures, among others. I should crop and center them, I know. Many of the pictures I took are even less professional than this because with the glare, I really couldn’t see through the lens and was just clicking randomly. Axé.

Wislawa Szymborska

Hunger Camp at Jasło Write it. Write. In ordinary ink on ordinary paper: they were given no food, they all died of hunger. “All. How many? It’s a big meadow. How much grass for each one?” Write: I don’t know. History counts its skeletons in round numbers. A thousand and one remains a thousand, as … More Wislawa Szymborska

Sergei Lemeshev

This is another famous aria from Sadko. By the time most of Lemeshev’s recordings were made, he had only one fully functioning lung. Do not count the diamonds in caves of stone. Do not count the pearls in the southern sea, of distant India so full of wonders. There is a wondrous stone, a ruby … More Sergei Lemeshev

Viking Guest

There is Sadko in the underwater kingdom. Now he is receiving a Viking guest. I do not really know a great deal about opera, and I did not know this opera, but listen to the song of the Viking Guest! The sea waves rage against the rocks but broken they retreat in a cloud of … More Viking Guest

Erwin Schrott

This is our anti-Jindal theme song for 2012 so here is a performance with English subtitles, so more people can follow. (We started with Korean.) Many excellent singers sing this song, so you can expect more versions. I am looking for a woman who sings it. Axé.