It seems like every year without fail, Holiday music creeps into the atmosphere of every TJMaxx and ShopRite earlier and earlier. All you’re trying to do is innocently shop for a new bra and BAM: CHRISTMAS TO THE FACE in late October. I’m of the school of thought that we should bask in the crispness of Autumn, savor the meaning of Thanksgiving (not the Colonialism bit, but the togetherness and gratitude part) and enjoy our tryptophan comas in peace without being assaulted by those godforsaken jingle bells everywhere we turn. Maybe that makes me look like a cute ‘n curvy lil Eb Scrooge, but so be it! I prefer to wait until one door closes before opening another, stepping further and further into the madness that is the holiday season.

so i turn up at Lindsey’s after she’s already carried the tree home and there it was in the corner, the branches still stiff upward from being twined and roped round so long.

On Notation, Negative 1 The score of a musical work is fascinating. As a composer, I spend hundreds of hours alone with a score to...

Some would say this edition is a little late, that Christmas has already passed and we're on to New Years. However, being raised Christian by a Roman Catholic and Orthodox Ukrainian, the 12 days of Christmas takes on longer journey, or in my Father's eyes, the true date of Christmas isn't till January 7th according to the Julian Orthodox calendar. Which makes me wonder if December 25th is the actual date for Christ's birth given that... well anyway, I digress.