Tag: Music
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Music Album Review: ‘Superman: The Movie – Original Sound Track (1987 CD Edition)
š« Superman: The Movie (1987 CD Soundtrack Review & Reflection) Before Rhino Records unveiled its deluxe 2-CD edition 25 years ago, the 1987 Warner Bros. release was the lone CD version of John Williamsā score for Superman: The Movie. Conducted by Williams and performed by the mighty London Symphony Orchestra, this abridged album still captures…
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Music Album Review: ‘Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Volume III’ (1997)
Billy Joelās Greatest Hits, Volume III: A Late Discovery Worth the Wait Iāll admit it ā I nearly passed this one by. When Greatest Hits: Volume III dropped in 1997, I hesitated. Joelās post-An Innocent Man output hadnāt exactly lit up my radar, and with my classical collection growing, I wasnāt keen on spending limited…
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Music Album Review: ‘Amadeus: Original Soundtrack Recording’ (1984)
Amadeus: Original Soundtrack Recording Artist(s): Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Label: Fantasy Records Year Released: 1984 Amadeus and Me: A Soundtrack That Never Stops Echoing I first met Mozart on the silver screen. Milos Formanās Amadeus didnāt just introduce me to the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartāit gave me an emotional blueprint. The…
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āThis Nightā: Music, Memory, and the Moments That Define Us
Thereās something about music that stays long after the moment has passed. A lyric looping quietly in the back of your mind. A piano chord that stirs a memory you hadnāt meant to revisit. In Comings and Goings ā The Art of Being Seen, one such song plays softly in the backgroundāBilly Joelās āThis Night.ā…
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Writing, Storytelling, and Music: ‘Comings and Goings’ – The Playlist
+šµ āYou Were Hereā: Source Music, Intimacy, and the Mixtape Mind of Comings and Goings Some stories unfold over weeks, with characters shaped by seasons and seismic shifts. Others happen in a night. A moment. A mixtape. Comings and Goings ā The Art of Being Seen takes place over one Boston evening in 1984āa quiet…
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Comings, Goings, and Waiting
Afternoon, Friday, June 27, 2025, Miami, Florida Itās a hot, humid, and gray-shrouded summer day in South Florida. Thankfully, itās not one of those thundery āmean seasonā days, full of lightning bolts and peals of thunder thatāaccording to my momāwere the sound of St. Peter scoring strikes in the Celestial Bowling Alley (and Grill). Folks…
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On Soft Light and Honest Songs: A Note to the Reader
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Billy Joel, Books, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Garratyverse, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Love and Sex, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Movies, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaEvery story in the Garratyverse carries its own rhythm. Some sweep across decades, reckoning with inherited grief, generational wounds, and the long arc of forgiveness. Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen isnāt that kind of story. Itās smaller. Quieter. But no less true. This one lives in the hush between songs, the half-step…
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42 Years Ago, in a High School Not So Far Away (A Tempus Fugit Gig)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Billy Joel, Blogging, Cold War (1945-1991), Computers, John Williams (Composer), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Personal Thoughts, South Miami Senior High School, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Tempus fugit, U.S. History42 Years Ago, in a High School Not So Far Away…. Late Morning, Tuesday, June 17, 2025 ā Miami, Florida “It was only high school, after allāarguably one of the most bizarre periods in a personās life. How anyone emerges well-adjusted is nothing short of a miracle.” ā E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly A…
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Summer Heat, a Writer’s Doubts, and Music as Medicine
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Depression, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaAfternoon, Friday, June 13, 2025, Miami, Florida The subtropical sun is relentless today, casting its familiar heat over Coral Terrace. At 87Ā°F (31Ā°C) under mostly sunny skies, the humidity sits at a heavy 67%, making it feel more like 93Ā°F (34Ā°C). A southeasterly breeze at 14 MPH (23 Km/H) offers a little relief, though not…
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Where Timeās Winds Blow: The Scene That Started It AllĀ
Every story has a beginning. Sometimes, that beginning is clear and deliberateāa spark of inspiration that feels undeniable. Other times, it sneaks up on you, a seemingly small moment that quietly takes root, only revealing its true significance years later. For Reunion: A Story, that moment came in the late 1980s when I was a…
