- "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." — James Joyce
- "Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?" — Ulysses Everett McGill
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The Friday Archives: Phil Alvin
I keep pointing people to this as one of the most brain-bending interviews I’ve ever done, and it wasn’t easily accessible online. (Although if you google “Phil Alvin” + “set theory” it comes up pretty high in the rankings, but … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Heroes: Freddie Mercury
The voice, yes. The voice that could range the octaves with the ease of a slide rule, to soothe or seduce or harrow. But also the form that flung that voice across the stadium, that gave a physique and a … Continue reading