Dog Days
February 26th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home |
Uh oh, it’s more pet pictures and weather jokes. You know, like “this weather’s not fit for a dog”?
Heavy, Wet Snow
February 25th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home |
The kind that makes trees double over, several inches thick on everything.
Here It Comes Again
February 24th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home, Hype |
Another mad snowfall. We’re booked for another 8 to 18 inches, and we can’t be more precise than that because it’s another one of those narrow-gradient situations where it depends on which side of the Parkway you live on.
In this map, we’re right under the 14.9″ mark.
Vaughan Williams
February 23rd, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Did you know that the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was a direct descendent of Josiah Wedgwood, and a great nephew or something of Charles Darwin?
Bach
February 22nd, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
From The Broadway Bach Ensemble and the New Amsterdam Singers. Here’s an mp3 of our performance of a chorus from “Gott ist unser Zuversicht” from Cantata 197.
Brooklyn Symphony
February 21st, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Today, 3:00. St. Anns’ Church on Montague St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn NY. We’re doing Smetana, Weber and Dukas
All-Stars
February 17th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Working through my Big Box Of Stravinsky, I came across the 1959 recording of Les Noces, with an unusual A-team roster of performers.
Gravatars
February 16th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
I’ve added gravatars to the comments displayed at the bottom of posts. If you have one set up it should appear down there automatically based on your e-mail address. Otherwise, you’ll be distinguished by a rectangle rendered is a sophisticated shade of grey.
If you think this is a bad idea, by all means let me know.
Headline News
February 16th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
Unfortunate headlines appear all the time. This one seems especially bad, considering the error itself as well as the source. It’s from the pdf of The New York Times Digest that came out this morning.
Why Getting Rid of the Filibuster is a Bad Idea
February 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Politics |
The Times…
February 11th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
…They Are A-Changin’. It’s as fresh and relevant as the day it was written.
And changing to waltz time. This will be on PBS tonight, part of the White House’s Civil Rights Music Night.
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