HeyJaredPrincipe Dynamics
Personal musings about multi media culture with an anchor in opera and classical music - asking the question "Is there a difference between art and entertainment?"
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PLAYLIST: Ought Ummm No - Fall 2026 (opens the original)
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September has always been a transitional time for me, and I assume for many others. Many of us started grade school around the end of August, or the beginning of September depending on the holiday breaks. It would still be warm out and we’d have the yearn of being outside - yearning for the last bastian of play before getting to the books.Even in our academic years that would still be true. In the performing arts, it’s been convention that programming seasons began around this time. Thankfully,
Spanish Chicas (opens the original)
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Over the past few years, Spanish music has hit the pop culture zeitgeist. Music from the country of Spain - not hispanic, not Latin. (Especially in the Americas, music with Spanish lyrics is quite established…) With Rosalia, Alejandro Sanz, Ana Mena, and Mëstiza bringing Spanish identity into the global conversation, there’s a greater interest in the roots of its elements. There is a lazy version of an argument: flamenco has Arabic roots, techno is a global lingua franca, therefore a Spanish DJ
A Cold Open to Opera (opens the original)
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I’m in the middle of a terribly stressful week - a week after everyone else’s back-to-school / end-of-summer - with an anniversary of profound loss and new horizons with which I must reconcile.However, a dear colleague and collaborator and friend shared with me this moment from the wonderful podcast, Good Hang with Amy Poehler, and I needed to take a break from the organizing to share this moment…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3_gX!,f_a
Finding the Forest in the Trees (opens the original)
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Form of… a Grown-Up: On Whimsy, Maturity, Wonder, and Discipline (opens the original)
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Hong Kong-born London-based fashion designer Robert Wun unveiled his Fall/Winter 26 collection in Paris in in July 2026. He called it Childsplay, but it wasn’t cute. It was validating for those of us who remain connected to our imaginative worlds. Ethereal cosmic tones from a vibraphoneTransports us to another realm of make-believe.Nods to Debussy’s “Afternoon” in the flute.Out walks a triangle in motion with “paint” splattered.Even on their rabbit clutched.Caught in play.A rabbit’s ears sproute
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