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Have I Mentioned John Philip Sousa?

Recently, I learned that John Philip Sousa is the composer of The Liberty Bell. Many of us know this as the theme music for Monty Python’s Flying Circus. He has a tie to my Mid-Western region of the USA, having composed a Foshay Tower March for the self-same Foshay Tower in Minneapolis. According to legend, his orchestra played it the one time at the grand opening celebration. The check from Mr.

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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s stop motion animation was released 60 years ago. It feels like one of the few things left in popular culture that’s still older than me. Not by much, mind you. But still.

My dad was emphatically not a Prince fan. But I had friends who had albums which I surreptitiously borrowed and dubbed to tape. Then I used my little portable deck and phones and carried the music with me.