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Monthly Archives: July 2011
daily kaddish: for a shared household
Recently I’d been telling a friend how I liked that this household division was leaving my house much less full of stuff, how I wanted to have less stuff, and I heard myself saying that even my 7′ piano seemed negotiable. I was wrong about that. Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, household, piano, Wagnertube
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daily kaddish: on the day of kristin’s memorial
Today is the day of Kirstin’s memorial service, which I couldn’t join because I had a gig in San Jose. Continue reading
daily kaddish: for Bano Rashid
A kaddish for 18 year old Bano Rashid, an Iraqi Kurd killed along with 76 others at Utoya by Anders Behring Brevik. Continue reading
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Tagged Bano Rashid, funeral, imam, Kurds, Muslim, Norway
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daily kaddish: for kirstin, in music
Recently an acquaintance of mine died, ridiculously young.
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Tagged alone, cancer, church music, Episcopalian, grief, health insurance, Kirstin Paisley, melanoma, ritual
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daily kaddish: for kirstin, in words
I asked Mira to record text for a Kaddish for an acquaintance of mine who died ridiculously young, Kirstin Paisley. I’ll write more about her tomorrow. Continue reading
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Tagged alone, cancer, grief, kaddish, kaddish in two-part harmony, melanoma, ritual
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daily kaddish: with thoughts of those who grieve alone
This is a Kaddish in solidarity with those people whom we know, and also those whom we don’t know, who are alone in practicing their bereavement rituals or lack thereof. Continue reading
daily kaddish: for amy winehouse, in music
Yesterday’s Kaddish for Amy Winehouse had no music. I thought it fitting—when a musician dies, the music is gone. Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, daughters, musicians
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daily kaddish: for amy winehouse
All that potential down the drain… A kaddish for Amy Winehouse. Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, daughters, musicians
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daglige kaddisj: for 92 i norge
Today’s Kaddish is for the ninety-two killed by a Christian fundamentalist in Norway on Friday, and it combines Kogan’s “Kaddish” with the Norwegian national anthem, “Ja, vi elsker dette landet.” Continue reading
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Tagged Anders Behring Breivik, Christian fundamentalist, murder, Norway
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daily kaddish: for the space shuttle program
I asked Mira for special text, and she knocked it out of the park. I’m over the moon for this one. Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantis, brass tray, Genesis, San Francisco Opera Center, Space Shuttle
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