"After a hard day of work, analyzing classical music can be relaxing."
A tip of the hat to Alex Ross for pointing me toward McJeebie's blog.
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What the heck is it? "Cathedral is an on-going interactive work of music and art designed specifically for the Web. Media artist Nora Farrell and composer William Duckworth created it."
What it is is beautiful. And hypnotic.
And addictive.
Steve Reich's 70th birthday celebration is currently keeping NYC concert-goers pretty busy, but you can participate at home, thanks to the Whitney Museum's web-casting of its October 15 performance event.
Thanks, Larry, for pointing this one out to me—and for taking me to hear Reich and Ransom Wilson perform the premiere of "Vermont Counterpoint" 24 years ago.
Autumn came without calling first. It snuck its way in through the cracks of my old kitchen windows and made itself at home. I've asked it to spend nights on my orange couch, but, while I sleep, it comes into my bed and hogs all the blankets. It's cold in my apartment.
On my way home last night, I stopped at Home Depot on 23rd Street. I'm still not used to the fact that there's a Home Depot on 23rd Street, but that's something else. I stopped at Home Depot (on 23rd Street) and purchased a window insulation kit.
At home, I took a stand. "Autumn," I said, "I love you,…
Telarc SACD-60668 SACD, Robert Woods, prod.; Michael Bishop, eng. DDD. TT: 66:06.
Personal confession time: I get discs in the mail and I try to listen to 'em all, but sometimes it just seems like work, you know? It is—in fact, it's my job. Considering all the time I've spent on the wrong sides of both shovels and bedpans, I know better than complain about my current gig.
When The Never-Ending Waltz ended up in my mailbox, I didn't exactly move it to the top of my to-play pile. Quite the opposite. It kept winding up somewhere in the "someday" stack, where I finally grabbed…
I just posted my review of the Cincinnati Pops' The Never-Ending Waltz at Face the Music blog.
Huckleberry's decided to be Igor this year. Does that mean I have to go as Dr. Frankenstein?