2014 classical Grammy nominations highlight innovation
Minnesota Public Radio: 2014 classical Grammy nominations highlight innovation
“Classical Music Is Dead”…is dead.
The fat lady has sung. For the fat lady. She sang about other fat ladies. After a long and fruitful history, the cheap journalistic trope “Classical Music is Dead” died today. Nobody knows its exact…
The Hagen Quartet at the 92nd St. Y
Viennese Tradition Comes to New York.
Good life advice from Gonzo
To put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE…
Cellist Yells at Cloud
I’m supposed to be practicing. Three very bad things happened today, and because of them i’m in a bit of a funk, and focusing on scales, octaves, and cadenzas just aren’t happening right now. Those…
CAT VIDEO!
Here’s a video of my cat. I have mixed feelings about this cat video for a few reasons: Did loki ever get out of the shower? Will more people visit my website if i…
Weiner is not a wise man.
TNC always seems to get it right: Anthony Weiner is a politician who relished in antagonizing the opposition. His appeal was singular and tribal–in an age of seemingly vacillating, gun-shy Democrats, Weiner took on whoever…
“Only the note with something essential to say is entitled to exist”
In a 1983 interview with The Paris Review, Milan Kundera hits at the essence of Janacek: His determination to strip music to its essentials was revolutionary. Of course, every musical composition involves a great deal…
Zombie Blog Re-animated…again!
Everybody knows the life cycle of a failed blog. Conception: “Hey! I have a lot to say. I’m going to start a blog.” Birth: “The internet is awesome! I’m really digging wordpress and all of…
Why does my blog keep breaking?
So it’s 2 days into blog redesign, and two disasters. Luckily, there is pretty low traffic (read: none. hellooo?) so I had time to fix. One php error, check. One database error, check. I hope…