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Humor

Please Don’t Bait The Composers…Okay, Maybe Just A Little

Tue, Apr 4, 2017
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It started with an innocent Facebook post from composer Jim Stephenson who was wondering if composers of old would have made it in today’s environment and evolved into a trending hashtag on Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/jim.stephenson.946/posts/10154527139678581 It’s a great discussion thread, worthy of a blog topic in and of itself, but long story short, the discussion turned

Low Hanging Fruit Wednesday

Wed, Apr 4, 2017
Airlines
It turns out Funny Or Die remembered that United Airlines made a commercial using a symphonic orchestra to convey how well each of their individual corporate pieces works together and decided it was an ideal petard on which to hoist the company. The end result spliced in footage from the recent incident where the airline

To Save The NEA And NEH, Perhaps Stakeholders Should Crowdsource ‘Fox & Friends’ Sponsored Content

Wed, Mar 3, 2017
With all the genuine concern in the wake of the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), perhaps political action isn’t the best option. Instead, the NEA and NEH could be saved if we crowdsource a bribe sponsored content on the Fox News

You Underestimate The Power Of Holiday Pops

Fri, Dec 12, 2016
Happy Holidays from Adaptistration

Here It Is, Your Holiday Moment Of Zen

Fri, Dec 12, 2016
You know it, you love, it, and it just isn’t the holiday season without it: The Messiah Organist Meltdown. If this holiday classic is new to you, give it moment and hang in there until the end; I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s 0:43 of unfiltered Messiah goodness.  
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