Arkansas son C. Michael Bailey has been in hiding since he revealed his family's abolitionist position prior to the War Between the States. He is a Senior Reviewer for All About Jazz and publisher of the webblog Kultur. Michael’s day job is spent as a clinical data analyst.
Michael believes but never follows that it it better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and relieve all doubt...
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Audio Book Review: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
A spanking good mystery expertly narrated and easily enjoyed.
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Music Review: Claudio Monteverdi Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci con uno dialogo (Venice, 1614) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Naïve 30423
[In these madrigals]...Timbre rise and fall, it is easy on multiple listens to detect insistency, grief, loss, and contrition.
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Book Review: Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
The reader's fascination can only be quelled by more stories of these two noble, yet horribly flawed, protagonists.
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TV Review: NCIS - "Driven"
While definitely not one of the better episodes, “Driven” makes up for the weak plot with the evolution of relationships.
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Book Review: Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski
The patriarch of a powerful and shadowy Italian family possesses knowledge that will shake the foundation of not only Roman Catholicism, but of Christianity.
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Book Review: Skydog: The Duane Allman Story
Then there was Layla. After Layla there was At Fillmore East...
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TV Review: NCIS - "Smoked"
We have closure on the Ducky-Gibbs riff and a deepening of the Tony storyline, all cozily nestled in a macabre story...
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TV Review: NCIS – Navy Criminal Investigative Services - "Twisted Sister"
Love is in the NCIS air.
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Music Review: Aaron Copland: Prairie Music JoAnn Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland was a master of small spaces, short compositions like ballets, suites, poems, and musical scenes.
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TV Review: NCIS - "Once A Hero"
NCIS continues to be the crime scene investigation show that does not take itself too seriously and has more fun than any of its competition.
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