So, Like, What's With the Seven Doors?
Posted on Dec 18, 2007
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Filed under: Bartók, Bluebeard\'s Castle, Libretto, Magyar Vonatkozású, Opera, translation
BLUEBEARD Well, we’re here. This is my castle. JUDIT This is your castle? Kinda creepy. BLUEBEARD Yeah. You sure you want to come in here? JUDIT Yeah. BLUEBEARD Well, okay then. JUDIT So, like, what’s with the seven doors? BLUEBEARD You don't want to know. JUDIT Open them up. BLUEBEARD Um, I don't think...
Read MoreJohn Cage Performs "Water Walk"
Posted on Dec 10, 2007
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Filed under: John Cage, Video
It’s a 1960 appearance on the television show “I’ve Got a...
Read MoreMore on Inversions: Mr. Tambourine Man
Posted on Nov 30, 2007
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Filed under: Bob Dylan, harmony, Popular Music
I’ve always liked the song “Mr. Tambourine Man”, but I admit that until recently I was mainly familiar with the version by The Byrds. Having finally taken the time to get to know the Bob Dylan version (as heard on Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits) in the past year or so, I find it a lot more beautiful and interesting to listen to. This is...
Read MoreUkeleles and Inversions
Posted on Nov 30, 2007
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Filed under: Bacharach, counterpoint, harmony, Instrument, Popular Music, ukelele
There was a cute article in last Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle about an apparent new ukelele fad that’s sweeping the nation. It was interesting to me, because I’d been just starting to take notice of the instrument. It just seems to keep cropping up. I noticed only recently, for example, that it’s buried in the texture of a couple...
Read MoreDrop
Posted on Nov 12, 2007
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Filed under: Popular Music, Video
From Cornelius Oh, and also… I have nothing more to...
Read MoreSibelius and Leopard
Posted on Oct 31, 2007
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Filed under: Sibelius (software), Software
I hope this information will be obsolete within a few days, but having done the research, I’d like to help out any other Mac/Sibelius users out there. If you’re upgrading to Leopard and still using Sibelius 4, you’ll need to get a compatibility patch from Sibelius. Unless, that is, you don’t need to be able to, uh, open and save...
Read MoreMaryland
Posted on Oct 25, 2007
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Filed under: Day to Day, Maryland, Philo, school
Saw this on the wall in a corridor in a San Francisco elementary school and had to share. I grew up in Maryland (even though I usually tell people D.C.), so it caught my eye. No diseases? The “free religion” part I get. That was big stuff in the 1630′s. But, no diseases? Oh, and what was I doing in a San Francisco elementary school? Philo...
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