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... Lyric's 2009-2010 Season ... 7 Feb 2009 | 07:24 pm
So far this season, the Lyric has pretty much aced everything it's touched... I totally dug both The Pearl Fishers and Manon, found Lulu engaging and exciting if not fully convincing, and enjoyed Mada...
... i'm going driftless ... 26 Jan 2009 | 03:32 pm
I had the honor and privilege of attending the funeral of a young man this weekend, a death that, at this point in time, seems to rest on the furthest outskirts of reason and fairness. I did what I o...
... the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy pop musics ... 20 Jan 2009 | 04:33 pm
Sometimes fellow music addicts recommend music to me, and I ignore their advice... Okay, not really ignore. I hear their advice, I know they're probably right (for any number of reasons), but I don't...
... Fight One: Dudamel's Hair vs. Brahms' Beard ... 13 Jan 2009 | 02:41 pm
It's hard to get through the hype. With classical music, it's harder to understand the hype. Not because the hype is always unjustified or overblown, but rather because there are so many excellent mu...
... and the worrisome years ... 11 Jan 2009 | 03:19 pm
The things we number in our lives, the events that we count off as we go about our business, may actually be a bit telling. We don't, for instance, count the number of hot dogs we've eaten or the numb...
... Three Initial Thoughts (c/o Charles Ives) ... 8 Jan 2009 | 05:44 pm
I'm planning to do one or two "in-depth" posts specific pieces later, but here are three initial (incomplete) thoughts on Ives, from my recent baptism in his murky waters. I've thrown in a few "don't ...
... Give 2008 Something to Remember Me By ... 1 Jan 2009 | 04:13 pm
As much as we say we don't like resolutions, we make them anyway. I think we all do. The urge to reflect at the start of a new calendar year seems completely appropriate to me, and such reflection nat...
... it's oh so quiet ... 30 Dec 2008 | 12:22 pm
The holidays are over (save New Years, the holiday that allows you to drink away any stress or anxiety built up over the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas stretch). The gifts are unwrapped. The decorations ar...
... lala lala la, lala lala la, lala lala la la la lalaaaa ... 22 Dec 2008 | 10:09 am
*doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doooo.... aaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwhhhh....* (Well, you try phonetically spelling out that bit from Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin' You") I've linked to it, I've mentioned it, but I don...
... the hero's fatal flaw ... 21 Dec 2008 | 05:55 pm
My catalog of personal flaws is large, long and often embarrassing, but my ability to rationalize those flaws is, when taken on its own terms, flawless. Some of those flaws I wear on my sleeve - or ra...
