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The Boston Pops — RIP

July 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM Leave a comment

I’ve been a fan of the 100+year-old Boston Pops orchestra and its Independence Day celebration for decades.  I’ve loved it because of the brilliance of its directors — the irreplaceable Arthur Fiedler and John Williams — the wonderful, diverse music (imagine, John Lennon) and the historic setting — Independence Hall is down the street and  turn your head and wow, there’s the Charles River.

CBS is airing the concert tonight.   It’s about the military (killing people) — uniformed officers are everywhere as is cheap patriotism — people waving dime-a dozen-flags and wearing red, Statue of Liberty foam pointy-head-hats.  Chintzy stars hang over the beautiful mosaic wood background.

There was a time when it was about the music.

Sad.

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