# mozart (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mozart. Page: Feed: --- ## [RAW magick book nearing completion](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/raw-magick-book-nearing-completion.html) _2026-08-25 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Lion of Light is a previous Hilaritas RAW book dealing with magic, details here. The comments for the posts at this blog are often interesting, and sometimes they have actual news. Oz Fritz posted a comment to my recent blog post about being interviewed about Robert Shea. I mentioned the upcoming new Hilaritas Press book which will collect many of Robert Anton Wilson's most significant writings… ## ['The Classical Style' reading group, week fourteen](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/the-classical-style-reading-group-week_0165890893.html) _2026-08-24 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Morzin Palace in the Czech Republic, where Haydn worked early in his career ( see the Wikipedia bio ). Public domain photo. Part VI HAYDN AFTER THE DEATH OF MOZART 1. The Popular Style By ERIC WAGNER Special guest blogger On page 334 Rosen gives an example from Mozart's Symphony #39, K. 543. The example labels the first measure as 1, but the example starts with the 26th measure of the first… ## [Au Festival de Sablé, les meilleurs pâtissiers baroques](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/24/au-festival-de-sable-les-meilleurs-patissiers-baroques/) _2026-08-24 · Véronique Boudier · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Au Festival de Sablé, la musique se déguste autant qu’elle s’écoute. Le nom même du rendez-vous appelle la pâte blonde, friable et dorée du biscuit sablé : une base délicate, beurrée juste ce qu’il faut, qui ne demande qu’à être garnie d’une crème fine. Aux fourneaux ! Trois concerts y ont ainsi composé \[…\] The post Au Festival de Sablé, les meilleurs pâtissiers baroques first… ## [Quand les Razoumovsky prennent l’église Saint-Sébastien pour un sanctuaire](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/23/quand-les-razoumovsky-prennent-leglise-saint-sebastien-pour-un-sanctuaire/) _2026-08-23 · Julien Delhom · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU – À l’occasion du Festival de Quatuors du Luberon, le Quatuor Elmire interprète les deux premiers quatuors du cycle Razoumovsky (op. 59) à l’église Saint-Sébastien de Goult. Quand Claudel s’invite dans la nef Il y a des concerts qui s’annoncent comme de simples soirées musicales, et d’autres qui, sans prévenir, prennent presque des allures \[…\] The post Quand les Razoumovsky prennent… ## [Embarquement immédiat pour un soleil levant](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/23/embarquement-immediat-pour-un-soleil-levant/) _2026-08-23 · Eva Bavant · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU – Pas besoin de passeport pour voyager depuis la Puisaye. Il suffit d’entrer dans l’église de Sommecaise par exemple, pour vivre une soirée de musique de chambre intitulée Impression, soleil levant, avec le Quintette Calypso et le Quatuor Bilitis. Au programme : Debussy, Ravel et Jean Cras. Trois compositeurs, quelques instruments et, surtout, une \[…\] The post Embarquement immédiat… ## [Trois siècles de musique en Puisaye](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/23/trois-siecles-de-musique-en-puisaye/) _2026-08-23 · Eva Bavant · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU – Et si, pour voyager dans l’histoire de la musique, il suffisait de s’asseoir dans une église (Saint-Sauveur), dans le cadre des Estivales de Puisaye ? L’Orchestre symphonique des Estivales de Puisaye dirigé par Rémi Gousseau embarque le public pour un périple express à travers trois siècles de musique. Au programme : Bach, Mozart \[…\] The post Trois siècles de musique en Puisaye… ## [Hilaritas podcast features Devaraj Sandberg](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/hilaritas-podcast-features-devaraj.html) _2026-08-23 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Here's the announcement: "Mike Gathers chats with bio-energetic therapist, qabalist, and author Deveraj Sandberg. Devaraj has a new book out this year, Feel Your Body More , the theory of body based therapy, a book for those here interested in Reichian therapy and Hyatt’s energized meditation. Devaraj and Mike discuss the developmental trajectory of psychotherapy and body based therapy as well as… ## [Old 'Illuminatus!' comics adaptation on Internet](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/old-illuminatus-comics-adaptation-on.html) _2026-08-22 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ A recent comment from Alastair Atlantis to this blog post seems worth a signal boost: "Even though this is old, I wanted to let everyone know that the 'original' comic books from the 1980's and 90's can be found on the Internet Archive (archive.org), even though issue 2 and 3 are missing some pages unfortunately. Issue 1 can also be found on Adam Gorightly's great Historia Discordia site." Link to… ## [The time has come](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/the-time-has-come) _2026-08-22 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ What do we do when power seems to be taking away our voices (votes)? ## [Rencontre au sommet à La Chaise-Dieu](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/22/rencontre-au-sommet-a-la-chaise-dieu/) _2026-08-22 · José Pons · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU – Juste après s’être produits au Menuhin Festival Gstaad avec ce même programme musical, Iván Fischer et son Budapest Festival Orchestra, avec la pianiste Isata Kanneh-Mason ont ouvert en grande pompe le 60ème Festival de Musique de La Chaise-Dieu. Choc de Titans Invités par Boris Blanco à se produire au Festival de Musique de \[…\] The post Rencontre au sommet à La Chaise-Dieu first… ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xqVzgcETWbcv) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [More Timothy Leary ebooks become available](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/more-timothy-leary-ebooks-become.html) _2026-08-21 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Thanks to efforts from Mike Gathers and Bobby Campbell, several out-of-print Timothy Leary ebooks have become available. Here are the relevant download links (also currently on the home page of RAWilsonfans.org ): zipped Neurologic.epub or Neurologic.pdf zipped StarSeed.epub or StarSeed.pdf The Periodic Table of Energy recovered Neurocomics.pdf Leary’s Ph.D. thesis.pdf Michael Horowitz’s An… ## [Brands and Boxes](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/brands-and-boxes) _2026-08-21 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ Born with disability, I was aware from a very early age that my body did not conform to the norm: I was lopsided, there were many physical things I simply could not do. The invisible aspects of the disability were never discussed: it was probably never even imagined that they might be as or perhaps more real than the obvious. ## [Récital « en détente » de Jean Rondeau à Innsbruck](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/21/recital-en-detente-de-jean-rondeau-a-innsbruck/) _2026-08-21 · Patrick Delacour · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Dans un récital au programme cohérent par son éclectisme, Jean Rondeau conquiert à nouveau le public du Festival de Musique Ancienne d’Innsbruck. Un concert sans chichi, dans une ambiance intimiste, comme donné l’air de rien. Bref, en détente. À l’époque où l’on met en place toutes sortes de médiations musicales, où les artistesinterviennent \[…\] The post Récital « en détente » de… ## [Kanneh-Mason et Fischer font battre les cœurs au Menuhin Festival Gstaad](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/20/kanneh-mason-et-fischer-font-battre-les-coeurs-au-menuhin-festival-gstaad/) _2026-08-20 · Pierre Géraudie · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Une soliste de renom, un orchestre et un chef de prestige en la personne d’Iván Fischer, un répertoire majestueux : tout est une nouvelle fois réuni, au Menuhin Festival Gstaad, pour vivre une soirée plus qu’à la hauteur. Le bonheur est le même, ici, chaque été : retrouver le must de la musique instrumentale et lyrique, \[…\] The post Kanneh-Mason et Fischer font battre les cœurs au… ## [Former RAW, Leary collaborator plans to do 'post mortem' work](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/former-raw-leary-collaborator-plans-to.html) _2026-08-20 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Craig Ellenwood. Source. \[This is a new press release from Craig Ellenwood, which I reproduce below without a lot of comment. Previous Craig Ellenwood post here . And you can also view his Substack. The Management.\] POINT ROBERTS, Wash. - Aug. 17, 2026 - PRLog -- Haawke Neural Technology, the world's only AI research company operating from a geopolitical exclave accessible exclusively through a… ## [True Community](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/true-community) _2026-08-20 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ Ours is a culture of branding. ## [Kickstarter for RAW bio audiobook relaunches](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/kickstarter-for-raw-bio-audiobook.html) _2026-08-19 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ The Kickstarter for a planned audiobook of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson by Gabriel Kennedy/Prop Anon has been relaunched. Announcement on Bluesky : "The Chapel Perilous Audiobook Kickstarter Campaign has been Re-Launched!!!! All Rewards are the same and you get the audiobook for $17, if you back the project! "Praise Bob! Hail Eris! Don't Mind the Fnord! Dada… ## [Daniel Hope et Alexander Shelley à Gstaad : les âmes, Sir !](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/19/daniel-hope-et-alexander-shelley-a-gstaad-les-ames-sir/) _2026-08-19 · Pierre Géraudie · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Pour son premier Menuhin Festival Gstaad au poste d’intendant, Daniel Hope garde son violon sorti pour interpréter un périlleux concerto d’Edward Elgar. Un concert de prestige où est aussi donnée la vibrante Cinquième symphonie de Beethoven. De quoi enivrer les âmes ! Bien sûr, l’âme de ce Menuhin Festival Gstaad, il la connaissait \[…\] The post Daniel Hope et Alexander Shelley à… ## [Nowhere but in America](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/nowhere-but-in-america) _2026-08-19 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ I knew this all along: only in America could I have had the life I have enjoyed, working with other people to build community within the realm of the greatest music imaginable. ## ['Modern Occultist' interviews me about Robert Shea](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/modern-occultist-interviews-me-about.html) _2026-08-18 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Modern Occultist , which recently interviewed Eric Wagner, has posted an interview with me about Robert Shea. Here is one of the questions and answers: MODERN OCCULTIST: John Higgs observed that one of the great paradoxes of Illuminatus! is that its cult following transferred itself almost entirely to Robert AntonWilson, leaving Roberts Shea’s enormous contributions and later solo work at genuine… ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rmI1Hzz5v5U4) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Avec Nussbaumer, le Menuhin Festival Gstaad offre un (T)chèque-cadeau](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/18/avec-nussbaumer-le-menuhin-festival-gstaad-offre-un-tcheque-cadeau/) _2026-08-18 · Pierre Géraudie · Classykeo_ FESTIVAL — Comme à son habitude, au cœur de la champêtre vallée suisse de la Sarine, le Menuhin Festival Gstaad accueille durant un mois et demi quelques-uns des plus grands noms de la musique classique. Mais il invite aussi de jeunes pépites, dont un violoniste venu honorer la musique tchèque. Un choix payant ! Chaque \[…\] The post Avec Nussbaumer, le Menuhin Festival Gstaad offre un… ## [Hard to read](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/hard-to-read) _2026-08-18 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ "What isn't?" should perhaps be the best response to that title. ## [Offrande musicale et réunion de la famille Bach par Bertrand Cuiller et le Caravansérail](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/17/offrande-musicale-et-reunion-de-la-famille-bach-par-bertrand-cuiller-et-le-caravanserail/) _2026-08-17 · Lara Aymen de Lageard · Classykeo_ DISQUE – Toujours sur les traces de Bach après son dernier album autour des concertos pour plusieurs clavecins, Bertrand Cuiller enregistre chez Ramée un nouveau disque autour de L’Offrande musicale, accompagné de Sophie Gent et de Frank Theuns. Été 1747. Après de longues années de séparation, Bach part à Berlin retrouver son deuxième fils, Carl \[…\] The post Offrande musicale et réunion de la… ## ['The Classical Style' reading group, Week 13](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/the-classical-style-reading-group-week_01841643334.html) _2026-08-17 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ A performance of Don Giovanni in Vienna 3.Comic Opera By ERIC WAGNER Special guest blogger On page 296 Rosen writes that the listener "must have an educated ear to know what to listen for, educated in the stylistic language and not just in the superficial formalities." I hope this study group helps us all develop educated ears. One might see Don Giovanni , which deals with a man who sleeps with… ## [Doing democracy a favor](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/doing-democracy-a-favor) _2026-08-17 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ My thoughts today are with the 90 people in the community in Connecticut in which one ordinary-looking young man took it upon himself to contend in the Republican primary for a seat in Congress, on an outspoken platform of declaring homosexuality a crime punishable by death. ## [Author John Crowley has died](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/author-john-crowley-has-died.html) _2026-08-16 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ John Crowley (Creative Commons photo, source) . Author John Crowley , the author of Little, Big, and other works has died. Here is the obituary in Locus. And you can read the entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Now that I have gotten around to reading a couple of novels by Thomas Pynchon, John Crowley is probably the writer that I've meant to read for the longest time, without having… ## [Un récital couronné par l’éclipse sur la Pointe des Poulains](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/16/un-recital-couronne-par-leclipse-sur-la-pointe-des-poulains/) _2026-08-16 · Pierre Giangiobbe · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Dans le cadre du Festival Lyrique en Mer, deux dates avaient été prévues pour le récital intitulé « Airs des Poulains », donné par les chanteurs de la distribution de Don Procopio. La seconde date du 12 août coïncidait exactement avec l’éclipse de soleil, qui n’a pas éclipsé le concert, bien au contraire. Ce n’est \[…\] The post Un récital couronné par l’éclipse sur la Pointe des… ## [Why is Classical music so much harder than it looks?](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/why-is-classical-music-so-much-harder) _2026-08-16 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ Heaven only knows. ## [Literary award show will feature Aldous Huxley's grandchildren](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/literary-award-show-will-feature-aldous.html) _2026-08-15 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Aldous Huxley in 1954 Somebunall of you I have noticed are interested in Aldous Huxley, so I thought I would mention there will be an online broadcast tomorrow of an awards show for the Prometheus Awards that will feature two of Huxley's adult grandchildren. The event is 1 p.m. Sunday, Eastern time, and will feature awards being given to three books: The Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, for Brave… ## [Art and Cartons\*](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/art-and-cartons) _2026-08-15 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ That’s just an attempt at a joke: a pun on boxes plus a poor rhyme scheme. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7vAZ1Fw8VgKr) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Leopold Bloom's journey across Dublin, mapped](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/leopold-blooms-journey-across-dublin.html) _2026-08-14 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ A James Joyce drawing of Leopold Bloom. Source. When he taught James Joyce's Ulysses at Cornell, Vladimir Nabokov used to draw a map of Dublin to show Leopold Bloom's journey, explaining that knowing some Dublin geography was useful to understanding what was going on. A website I read about a few days ago maps that journey, along with other fictional journeys. The website in question is Reading… ## [Letting it live](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/letting-it-live) _2026-08-14 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ If the goal in playing Mozart is to let it live, certain risks are involved. ## [À Salzbourg, rites, cérémonies et célébrations](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/13/a-salzbourg-rites-ceremonies-et-celebrations/) _2026-08-13 · Bruno Ory-Lavollée · Classykeo_ COMPTES-RENDUS – Un grand festival s’apparente forcément à un bûcher des vanités et celui de Salzbourg n’échappe pas à cette fatalité. Mais il est tellement plus ! Le pluriel de son nom en allemand (Salzburger Festspiele) reflète ses multiples facettes. L’une d’elle s’est révélée au fil des représentations : au-delà du plaisir musical, le concert \[…\] The post À Salzbourg, rites, cérémonies et… ## ['Tales of Illuminatus' No. 3 out soon](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/tales-of-illuminatus-no-3-out-soon.html) _2026-08-13 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Here is Bobby Campbell's update for the Tales of Illumnatus comic book project. For your convenience, I'll just reproduce the announcement here: Hey everyone! Quick update just to confirm that everything is proceeding as planned :))) Todd and I will be finishing up our pages over the next couple of weeks and fulfillment will begin before the end of the month. The KS campaign is officially… ## [Sacré Mozart ! Toujours dans les bons coups, au Festival Lyrique en Mer](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/13/sacre-mozart-toujours-dans-les-bons-coups-au-festival-lyrique-en-mer/) _2026-08-13 · Pierre Giangiobbe · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — « Sacré Mozart ! » C’est le titre du concert proposé par le chœur du festival Lyrique en Mer, avec les solistes invités et les jeunes artistes de l’Opéra Studio. Le programme, donné dans les églises de Belle-Île-en-Mer, propose trois pièces sacrées, dont le fameux Requiem, dans un arrangement inattendu pour cordes et accordéon. De Mozart, \[…\] The post Sacré Mozart ! Toujours dans… ## [Strings: Yours and Mine](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/strings-yours-and-mine) _2026-08-13 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ All I have been able to retain from Monday's recording session is the very vivid sensation of how three string magician/musicians could form such a dynamic trio as to stimulate truly uninhibited dialog with the piano. ## ['Modern Occultist' on RAW](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/modern-occultist-on-raw.html) _2026-08-12 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ This is a Maybe Day piece I had missed, but Modern Occultist published a good-sized article on RAW on July 23, discussing Wilson and several of his books. There is also discussion of Eric Wagner's An Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson. Here is the intro: On July 23, 1973, a former Playboy editor turned novelist sat in California running himself through a battery of yogic breathing exercises… ## [Preparation for Mozart](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/preparation-for-mozart) _2026-08-12 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ After a marathon day of Mozart in the company of three intense string players who get along literally like gangbusters, I have been justifiably exhausted. ## [Hungersteine – (un)bekannte Katastrophen-Zeugen](https://susanne-wosnitzka.de/hungersteine-unbekannte-katastrophen-zeugen/2026/08/11/) _2026-08-11 · Susanne Wosnitzka · Susanne Wosnitzka_ „Wer einst mich sah, der hat geweint. Wer jetzt mich sieht wird weinen“ – steht auf einem 1904 per Fotografie bestätigten sogenannten Hungerstein mit der Jahreszahl 1874. Hungersteine heißen so, … „Hungersteine – (un)bekannte Katastrophen-Zeugen“ weiterlesen Der Beitrag Hungersteine – (un)bekannte Katastrophen-Zeugen erschien zuerst auf Susanne Wosnitzka . ## [Festival Perelada : un siècle d’orgue pour Montserrat Torrent](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/11/festival-perelada-un-siecle-dorgue-pour-montserrat-torrent/) _2026-08-11 · Rafael Mogollón · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — À l’occasion du centenaire de Montserrat Torrent, le Festival Perelada lui rend hommage avec un concert où le répertoire devient le reflet d’une vie consacrée à l’orgue. Aux côtés de Joan Seguí, l’organiste catalane démontre qu’au-delà de l’âge, la musique demeure intacte. Dans l’église du Carmen, le Festival Perelada célèbre cette année les \[…\] The post Festival Perelada : un… ## ['Modern Occultist' interviews Eric Wagner](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/modern-occultist-interviews-eric-wagner.html) _2026-08-11 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Eric Wagner, ready for action when he was a bit younger (Facebook photo). Modern Occultist has just published a new interview with Eric Wagner, I thought it was pretty substantial. The interview is by C.M. Kushins, Here is one of the questions and answers: MO: You document Wilson’s lifelong devotion to Ezra Pound’s Cantos—the phrase “hilaritas et amor” from the Paradiso section even became… ## [La Flûte enchantée à Sanxay : des étoiles plein les yeux](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/11/la-flute-enchantee-a-sanxay-des-etoiles-plein-les-yeux/) _2026-08-11 · Juliette Texier · Classykeo_ COMPTE-RENDU — Les Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay reviennent pour une nouvelle édition avec à l’affiche l’opéra mythique de Mozart : La Flûte enchantée. Un rendez-vous incontournable de l’été au cœur de cette commune rurale de la Vienne, au théâtre gallo-romain de Sanxay, à l’acoustique unique. Mozart signe La Flûte enchantée quelques semaines avant sa mort. \[…\] The post La Flûte enchantée à Sanxay :… ## [Sight-reading: Recording](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/sight-reading-recording) _2026-08-11 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ In a milestone session the Tonal Refraction Ensemble (Dibble, Eggar, myself) plus guest violinist Nikita Yermak, spent roughly one delicious hour sight-reading the Mozart E-flat Piano Quartet, a work none of us had ever played before in any circumstance: indeed, a work which is rarely performed. ## [Foccroulle remonte le temps avec les orgues](https://www.classykeo.com/2026/08/11/foccroulle-remonte-le-temps-avec-les-orgues/) _2026-08-11 · Julien Delhom · Classykeo_ DISQUE — L’organiste belge Bernard Foccroulle enregistre pour Ricercar un albumintitulé Organ Music from the Low Countries qui invite l’auditeur à un voyagedans le temps et l’espace au cœur des Pays-Bas méridionaux. On pourrait croire que Bernard Foccroulle a trouvé une machine à remonter le tempscachée derrière un buffet d’orgue. En réalité, il n’a besoin \[…\] The post Foccroulle remonte le temps… ## ['The Classical Style' reading group, week twelve](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/the-classical-style-reading-group-week_01500200374.html) _2026-08-10 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ A 1789 miniature of Mozart (public domain). 2. String Quintet By ERIC WAGNER Special guest blogger One Christmas in the 1990's my grandmother asked what I would like for Christmas. Inspired by this book, I asked for a CD of Mozart string quintets. The record store didn't have one, so she got me a terrific CD of Mozart string quartets instead. In the 2010's Rafi recommended the recordings of the… ## [Celebrating Survival](https://nancygarniez.substack.com/p/celebrating-survival) _2026-08-10 · Nancy Garniez · Tonal Refraction for You!_ In just a couple of hours I will be greeting three splendid colleagues for a day devoted to the Mozart Piano Quartets. ## [Two Maybe Day articles, Oz and Michael](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/two-maybe-day-articles-oz-and-michael.html) _2026-08-09 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Oz Fritz and Michael Johnson both published new pieces within a few days of Maybe Day, July 23. Oz' piece is "Crowley, Joyce, Lewis Carroll and the Night of Pan," published on his blog, The Oz Mix. I did not realize that Lewis Carroll was so influential on other authors until I saw Oz' piece. Oz' thesis that Joyce and Crowley could have met in Paris seems reasonable to me. Michael's article is "On… ## [Saturday links](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/saturday-links.html) _2026-08-08 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ PQ on Finnegans Wake and the Pluribus TV show (also the movie Dance First) . John Higgs newsletter with lots of recommendations. My dog would be a better president than Trump. Neal Stephenson: Writing by hand is good for your brain. Totally automated classic rock radio station. ## [Update on 'Chapel Perilous' audiobook Kickstarter](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/update-on-chapel-perilous-audiobook.html) _2026-08-07 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Gabriel Kennedy/Prop Anon has posted a sample of the upcoming audiobook of the RAW biography Chapel Perilous: The Life & Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson. Production is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign , which as in other Kickstarter campaigns offers a tier of rewards for people willing to help. The deadline is September 3 for reaching the goal, so if you are interested, get on board… ## [Ezra Pound's daughter has died](https://www.rawillumination.net/2026/08/ezra-pounds-daughter-has-died.html) _2026-08-06 · Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) · RAWIllumination.net_ Brunnenburg castle, where Ezra Pound's daughter lived. (Creative Commons photo, details here). A fascinating New York Times obituary records the death, at age 101, of Mary de Rachewiltz, "Ezra Pound's daughter and defender," as the obituary puts it. My link gets you behind the paywall, and you should read the obit by Trip Gabriel, as it has a lot of fascinating details, both about her and her…