All Things Rhapsodical

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New Book Is Out
Shameless sales pitch to follow...
8 hrs ago • 
Alexander Riley
Why John Is A Great Musician
Another excerpt from something that I am hoping will stop tormenting me soon
Nov 18 • 
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It Is Getting Cold
And I don't like it...
Nov 14 • 
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Keyboard Aesthetics
A pianist at the keys.
Nov 5 • 
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October 2025

Halloween 2025
I failed to do the work on this I thought I would two weeks ago, but I'll be hexed and buried prematurely before I miss the day entirely...
Oct 31 • 
Alexander Riley
Return of a Race Hustler
[Two worthy contenders for the Huey P.
Oct 30 • 
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Fall Fancies
The last pages of Hugo’s Les travailleurs de la mer/Toilers of the Sea, among the most magnificent I have encountered in literature.
Oct 23 • 
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The Unlearned Lesson of Samuel Paty
I did not see this in time to put this up for the anniversary, but better late than never. Slightly lengthier version below.
Oct 19 • 
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Come To Me, Fall Break, Come...
And not a moment too soon...
Oct 13 • 
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Monsters In Our Midst
And what we must do to protect ourselves from them
Oct 9 • 
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Class Struggle
The ongoing decline of the American white underclass
Oct 8 • 
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The Emigration of the Antifa Professor Mark Bray
He now wants to make himself into a victim because some people are talking about him as he has long talked about them.
Oct 6 • 
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