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One of the best opera composers IMO. In addition to the better known works, I'll tout Die Frau ohne Schatten, Capriccio and Ariadne auf Naxos.

IIRC, Thomas elected to take the past season off, but the Islanders traded for his rights anyway.

Thor Hushovd Thunderclap Newman The Rev. Norman Vincent Peale

I have Rachel Podger's Channel Classics recording and like it a lot. My only criticism (subjective, of course) is that I don't feel she totally nails the great Chaconne in D minor, so it may not be the last word in HIP performance...

Michael Landon Grady Little Prairie Prince

What a relief...for months, I've been sorely tempted to troll the CFL and NFL threads re. Tebow. No longer necessary!

Steve Guttenberg The Ink Spots Press Maravich

When NJ Devils won their first Cup in 1995, the parade was also held in the arena parking lot! Combination of not-so-big fan base / overlooked franchise in NYC area / lack of defined "home town"...

Well, the Pens didn't make it interesting...

Loaded the changer w. all 5 discs last night.

Odilon Redon Fernando Redondo Gustave Doré

Cousin Itt Clara Bow Fletcher Henderson

Theodore Sturgeon Kilgore Trout Preacher Roe

Jo Jo Starbuck Akim Tamiroff Hakeem Olajuwon

The other Dutilleux piece (in addition to the SQ) I recall fondly is Trois strophes sur le nom Sacher for solo cello, which was on an ECM cello disc as well as the Erato box I have. I think my Erato box is 3 CDs, but it was later reissued as 2. Strange that I never explored his music more...perhaps when I was in my big "new music" phase I gravitated more toward the French "spectralists" (Murail, Grisey, to a lesser extent Dalbavie), to France-based mavericks like Radulescu and Aperghis, and to Barraqué in the Serialist realm.

Pontius Pilate Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Godard

Another passing we seem to have missed... NYT obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/arts/music/henri-dutilleux-modernist-composer-dies-at-97.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/22/henri-dutilleux I know Ainsi la nuit string quartet the best, also a small box on Erato (various genres incl orchestral, SQ, solo piano) whose details escape me at the moment. Although I enjoyed his music and sometimes recommended it, I never heard any performed live and didn't really "collect" recordings.

The Grand Pooh-Bah Winnie the Pooh The King of Bahrain

Charles Hermite Buster Crabbe Jeroen Krabbé

Paul Klee Stephen Kleene Kurt Gödel

Agreed, excellent final 4 and the West semis were both awesome series. I was impressed by the Red Wings' play after squeaking into the playoffs. [Added] I see the Ranger$ had to make a play for "back page coverage" by firing their coach just before the finals...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Grantland Rice Francis Ford Coppola

There's now another one (or is it a branch?) in Roxbury, NY: http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/dallas-no-longer-the-only-city-with-an-eight-track-museum-as-ny-outpost-debuts-in-october-with-worlds-rarest-tape.html/ Not too far from me, but I haven't yet visited.

I respect AS's music more than I dig it, and don't listen that often or have multiple recordings of works, but find P-H Chen's recording of the piano music extremely good. That's the CD I most frequently (by far) take off the shelf.

Best wishes!