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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Dec 17, 2020
- 1 min
Why Does Choral Music Sound So Good?
Some of the terminology will be opaque to non-experts but this is a great explanation of...well, just listen:
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Call Me Editor
I've been appointed editor of the StarShipSofa podcast. My old friend Tony C. Smith couldn't say no when I volunteered. We have a long hi...
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
King of Jerusalem
I watched Kingdom of Heaven, a three-hour epic film of the old school. It takes place in the Crusades, featuring hair-raising battle scen...
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Putting the "Boo" in Honor Books
"...a lonely outpost to Literature."
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Sep 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Battle for Anglish
Anglish: what the English would be speaking today if the Norman Conquest had never happened.
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
Eternal Memory
I was moved profoundly by the Chernobyl miniseries, and I thought this music provided the perfect finale. Vichnaya Pamyat (Eternal Memory...
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
Thomas Jefferson's Mad Midwest Plan
Once the fledgling United States had acquired the Northwest Territories, Thomas Jefferson's topographical mind had to carve it up...
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Frederick Gero Heimbach
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
Alternate History's 3 Alternatives
Genres: I’m drawn to the weird ones. Science fiction, horror, fantasy, and that weird stuff they call weird. But the common element in ne...
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