Author: bbloper

It took me 50 years to be able to listen to complete Wagner opera.

The Rise and Fall of Ontario’s Greatest Amusement Park: Crystal Beach

/ 2026 / … #CrystalBeach#Ontario#CanadaHistory Crystal Beach was once one of Ontario’s greatest amusement parks — a lakeside kingdom of roller coasters, dance halls, bright lights, summer crowds, and childhood memories that seemed impossible to erase. Built on the shores of Lake Erie, Crystal Beach became a legendary destination for families, teenagers, tourists, and thrill-seekers… Continue reading The Rise and Fall of Ontario’s Greatest Amusement Park: Crystal Beach

The Met | Music

The Museum’s collection of musical instruments includes approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the Pacific Islands, dating from about 300 B.C. to the present. Selected for their technical and social importance as well as for their tonal and visual beauty, the instruments may be understood in a number of ways: as art objects,… Continue reading The Met | Music

Habsburg Family After The Fall

/ 2026 / … #Habsburg#AustriaHungary#FallenEmpire For over six hundred years, the Habsburgs ruled the largest empire in Europe. Then, in just a few weeks in 1918, it all vanished. Their thrones were abolished, their palaces seized, and their family was banished from the country they had ruled for centuries. But the Habsburgs didn’t disappear. What… Continue reading Habsburg Family After The Fall

Old Vancouver

The Fascinating Story of Old Vancouver: From a Single Saloon to a Glass Metropolis / 2026 / … #CanadianHistory#HistoryDocumentary#Documentary Vancouver is now known as a glass metropolis — a city of towers, money, ocean views, real estate, and global ambition. But its story began in a very different way: with a single saloon on the… Continue reading Old Vancouver

Canada Will Be Worse Than Italy By 2032

/ 2026 / …. #documentary#geopolitics#housingcrisis For decades, Canada has been viewed as the polite, progressive, resource-rich giant of North America. But underneath the headline GDP numbers, the Canadian middle class is experiencing one of the sharpest standard-of-living collapses in the developed world. Why? Because Canada is no longer a dynamic growth engine—it has contracted the… Continue reading Canada Will Be Worse Than Italy By 2032

NATO’s Zombie Army

/ 2026 / … Burning Archive. Weekly Audio EssaysThe 2026 NATO Summit at Ankara declared a new phase of NATO 3.0. And escalated the threat of war on Russia. Russia has replied: “NATO 3.0 means war.” But as Dr. Jeff Rich shows in this deep dive of NATO’s history and strategy, NATO has always meant… Continue reading NATO’s Zombie Army

1 Million Patriot Updated to 4 Million Patriot

MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol discusses the near-zero interception rate of the Patriot PAC-3. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL…

Schubert: Impromptus & Sonatas

/ 2018 / … Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – Sonatas, Impromptus and Allegretto Sonata in A / A-dur / La Maj, Op.posth.120 D.664 (00:00–01:52) Allegro moderato (00:00) Andante (11:35) Allegro (16:57) Impromptus, Op.90 D.899 (25:09–26:43) N°1 in C minor / c-moll / ut min (25:09) N°2 in E flat / Es-dur / Mi bémol Majeur (35:02)… Continue reading Schubert: Impromptus & Sonatas