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Shakespeare meets modern music

By the Tall Girl On May 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Recently, I discovered a creative site that I absolutely adore, and I love it so much that I wanted to share it here. It’s called Pop Sonnets, and the creator takes lyrics from modern songs and writes a new version of them, Shakespearean-style. It’s nothing short of amazing; the writing is wonderfully lyrical […]

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Moving to the music

By the Tall Girl On October 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Apparently, elephants like violin music almost as much as I do. Watch these elephants dancing to the sound of violinist Eleanor Bartsch playing Bach.

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What you seek and what you find

By the Tall Girl On July 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment

A few years ago, I was in a restaurant having lunch and “Wichita Lineman” (the original version by Glen Campbell) came on the sound system. I hadn’t heard the song in ages and I’d forgotten how much I loved it. I went home and searched iTunes but could only find a cover by a group […]

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A little Dwarf music, the sequel

By the Tall Girl On June 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Wow.

I knew I liked the song “I See Fire” by Ed Sheeran, which runs at the end of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. But seeing this video just blew me away. It’s put together with clips from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and it’s very well done. If you’re a Hobbit fan, you’ll […]

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