“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only
Tag: prokofiev
Our Silence Will Kill Us
When you’re a deranged psychopath, you’ll tweet or say the damnedest of things: “We seek a peaceful transition of power, but all options are open,”
Brief Tastes of Freedom
Sometimes it’s a gift to be laid off from the company you’ve slaved away at for years on end, rewarded with one nutjob boss after
Magnificent Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was one of the few composers who have encapsulated the dilemma of being a 20th-century creative artist quite as poignantly as Prokofiev.
Dispatches from the Asylum 