QPQ: Jonathan Stagge, Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick mysteries, a bump

 I have updated my mini reviews of novels by this consortium. QPQ mini reviews.

A perfect recording

 Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight

Pipkov Symphony 1

 Praised by Shostakovich. Colourful, playful. Link

Maslanka Symphony 4

 https://youtu.be/2KQ9IjuvUDw

Yvonne Housser

 Canadian painter, student of Lismer, mid century.

Symphony 3 by Lee Actor

Still living as far as I know. He has written three. I have heard and liked 1 and 3. 

https://youtu.be/bkW87pyLOc8

Cats

 

Mystery Reprint of the Year

 Blogger Kate organizes a poll each year, and here is the poll for 2021. I think Carr's Till Death Do Us Part is the worthy and certain winner. I also voted for Sleep With Slander, which I read this summer.

PS, an older post of some reprinted heist and noir-boiled books https://kenblogic.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-few-heist-novels.html 

A museum, erased

 The Tenement Museum in NY, erased by Wokeness.

Music by Marc Mellits

 A pleasant 12 minute piece for percussion.

The WSWS reports on a 1619 debate

 The WSWS has been very good on this. A defender of the 1619 project abandons his central claim. Here.

Weinberg Cello Concerto

 A superb cello concerto.

Bari Weiss: J'accuse!

 This is a stunning essay from Bari Weiss. Brilliant.

A good noir list

 Maybe not the best but all are excellent. 

Masking the servants

 Greenwald on the new rules for who must mask.

26/27 seems like a lot

 The Lancet caught shilling.

Piano Comparison

 A 15 minute video comparing a Bösendorfer, a Steinway, and a Yamaha. Here.

I have always preferred the Bösendorfer, especially for contrapuntal music, as it is clearer to my ear.