I was all ready to post a recording of Bobby Darin’s “Beyond the Sea” tonight. In fact, I did. But then I realized I posted that back in September.
So, I could either do a rerun, or post a different version of the song. Here’s the original version of that tune, and it’s not by Bobby Darin. Actually, it’s not the original, but it is by the guy that wrote it. And that’s good enough.
What would you like to talk about. Tuesday Night Open Thread means nothing is off limits.
What’s on your mind?
How did the Russians get Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to steal the Primary from Bernie Sanders? How did Russia get Donna Brazile to leak debate questions to Hillary Clinton in advance of the debates?
Why is it that Democrats think Super delegates are fine, but they have a problem with the Electoral College?
If Muslims want to run away from a Muslim country, does that mean they’re Islamophobic?
Franz Schubert, perhaps best known for being the composer of the “Unfinished” Symphony, was born January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria. He died less than thirty-two years later, which means that his life was even shorter than Mozart’s (although longer than Pergolesi’s). Schubert wrote a lot of extraordinarily nice short pieces. Here’s one of them (you can skip the thirty seconds or so of adjusting the piano bench if you want):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6Q2jcUDb4