Howdy! It appears that we are firmly ensconced in December and we shouldn’t waste time/space talking the good parts of Thanksgiving. I know you’re tired of me fonting about pumpkin spice, though I will admit that the pumpkin spice brake pads add a really nice touch to being stuck on Mopac or I-35; sometimes I just stop again to get a relaxing whiff! Anyway, we’re in December, and we know where that’s heading, so we’re serving up a nice Christmas Taco from our 2022 concert. (The next Taco, in two weeks, will be from 2023, and there won’t be any repeats with pieces coming up on our 2024 concert ..read more

Pumpkin Cornbread photo and recipe by Healthy Seasonal Recipes I was thinking of following up September’s ode to Molly Bloom and pumpkin spice with a Tolkien-inspired epic about the perils of shopping/traveling/surviving during the holiday season. I came to my senses when I looked at my calendar and realized the vast number of tasks I have to begin/undertake/improve/finish in the next couple of weeks, so I’ll leave you with this: Happy Thanksgiving, and may we all have pumpkin cornbread with our meals! By the by, we’re giving a concert in December. I think you should come! Details below. -Dan ..read more

Got any tacos, guv’nor? Welp, we’re (I’m) a week behind schedule. Sorry! We had a good TEMP-Oh! Madrigal Sing last week so I guess I let that stand in TEMPorarily for the Taco. Back on track now, and we’re featuring the third Taco on the 2023 season opener! (Don’t worry – it’s all fresh ingredients. No microwaves employed.) London City Limits: Town & Country October 7 & 8, 2023 We began our 2023-2024 season of concerts with this lively celebration of music in England during the time frame of about 1580–1680; this is music of the people, a little bit from the courts and cathedrals, and ..read more

Elizabeth woulda loved these here tacos. I’m going to make an urgent request to TPTB to please add another several days to each month because I find myself running out of time to do all the things I have to do each month so it seems to me that a little extra time would solve the problem, no? I’m sure I wouldn’t allow myself to double down on procrastination, because that would just be the wrong thing to do, right? If you have an ‘in’ with TPTB, then please put in a good word for my plan!  As promised, since it was ingredient-rich, we’re returning to the same concert we used for the most ..read more

Welp, I was gonna remark about how great Fall is, but since we are currently in 4th Summer, I might want to wait a bit longer, lest I jinx the onset of true Fall. If you’re like me, and I know I am, I know you wouldn’t want that to happen. Nevertheless, we will endure the heat and start making this musical Taco that’s a little bit overdue, sorry. Since we just finished a quite fun season-opening Paris City Limits concert, let’s go back to last year’s season opener, which was, appropriately enough, London City Limits! It was great fun, too! We will re-visit this concert for this Taco and the n ..read more

It’s been a busy 2 weeks since last we spoke/communicated/fonted. We’ve been finishing up the concert program, getting ready for rehearsals, getting all the travel plans finalized (well ok, they’ve been finalized for a few weeks now) and getting all the things ready for this week’s concert. More about that at the end.  As promised, we are back with some more Musical Tacos from our Covid-lockdown era concert video with music from Medieval France, and this time we’re featuring the women. Let’s get started!  Ah, Sweet Lady: Passion in Medieval France A Video Premiere for the Public Sat ..read more

So, here we go, and it’s about time! The new concert season is upon us, there’s a hope for mostly cooler days and nights, and, if you noticed in my concert blog earlier this week, it’s time for all things pumpkin spice to make a re-entry into our atmosphere! Still looking for the pumpkin spice contact lens solution, though. I’ll let you know when I find it!  Since our first concert of the season is coming up in 19 days and it’s all about Renaissance France, I thought we should get prepared for Renaissance France by listening to some pieces from Medieval France from a concert that didn’t ..read more

Wow! You know, we almost scheduled a preview concert of our upcoming Paris City Limits program in actual Paris this summer, but then someone scheduled the Olympics there so we decided to wait and stay closer to home. I mean, the traffic alone deterred us. I know we could have waited until the Fall and we could do the Paris concert in Paris then, but we would miss some of the other important goings-on here in AusTex! Besides, I don’t know if you can get a latte aux épices de citrouille there, not that I’ve ever had a bona fide, certified PSL here. But that brings us to the heart of the matter ..read more

Is that a thing, or not? Discuss. Hmmm April 15. Seems like I’m supposed to be doing something important today. I mean, I do recall that on March 15, I made sure to avoid going to the Roman Senate, but I have this stabbing feeling that I’m missing something about today. So I made a little list of possibilities. I do recall that I wanted to let you all know that you should check out TEMP’s Musical Taco that is coming out tomorrow, April 16. It’s monumental: Our 100th Taco! We started making them during the COVID 19 lockdown so we could provide a little solace, humor, news, and music for you whi ..read more

Codex Buranus, München: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4660, f. 72v …for my Friend, Billy Pilgrim My “Spidey sense” tells me that it’s Valentine’s Day! Dang, I didn’t put up a tree or anything. Didn’t send any cards. Bought no prezzies. Didn’t think of putting up any lights, although I guess I could finally take down my Halloween decorations. Then again, Halloween is just around the corner, I think, so I may as well leave them up. That reminds me that my email used to be @soon.com, in honor of the curious relationship I have with time. I’m thinking about changing my ways. Maybe next year or ..read more