Archives for October 20, 2014

Just in case you’re wondering why there wasn’t a nice long posting today containing my considered thoughts on something or other, this is One of Those Weeks. Not only do I have two Wall Street Journal columns and a Commentary essay to write, but I also had to knock out two lectures that I’ll be delivering this coming weekend at Baylor University. That’s a whole lot of writing to get done in not quite enough time. Something had to give, and it was “About Last Night.”

Fear not: I’ve already arranged for the usual daily postings, which will appear on schedule.

Glenn Gould plays Bach’s G Minor Concerto, BWV 1058, on the CBC in 1969, accompanied by Vladimir Golschmann and the Toronto Symphony:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)

“Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration?—a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.”

Jean Anouilh (quoted in the New York Times, Oct. 2, 1960)