Last night I was at choir rehearsal and we were working on a particularly difficult piece of music. For Melissa, Lori, Elisa and Loralee it was the Mathias “Let the People Praise Thee, O God”, the piece that he wrote for Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s wedding. For everybody else it sounds like this. I’m [...]
The Audition
January 13, 2010
The audition was wonderful. The choir is amazing. I feel really good today. The chorus had us (I went with my neighbor and friend Lesley) sit through the rehearsal before the auditions. They are singing John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” which is both beautiful and challenging. The director is this fantastic and talented woman [...]
Euterpe
January 11, 2010
For Christmas I bought Gabe one of those sets of Bose speakers that has a place to dock your iPod for the kitchen. He likes to listen to music when he cooks and our old speakers were old and crapping out. It seems like such a small thing but this new docking station charges my [...]
It Came to Me in a Dream (People Just Liked it Better that Way)
June 2, 2009
Three days ago I was doing a crossword puzzle and I totally blanked on the old name for New York. This afternoon I took a nap. When I woke up this song was stuck in my head. They Might Be Giants-Istanbul (Not Constantinople) “Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it [...]
Questions for You: Music
April 27, 2009
Ah, sweet muse Euterpe. In my youth I was obsessed with music. First pop music, then metal, then heavier metal, for a while it was choral pieces and opera… I just love music. I remember asking my mom about songs that were popular when I was little and she said she didn’t listen to the [...]
We’re a Happy Family (Me, Mom and Daddy)
February 25, 2009
If your kid was singing “Hey ho let’s go, put me in the bath tub.” And you were all like “No, no, honey. It’s shoot ‘em in the back now.” You would feel really stupid after you realized what you had done. Just like I did. Especially if you were at Trader Joe’s and all [...]
Possibly the Work of the Devil
February 3, 2009
I’m talking about Kidz Bop. As if the hits of today didn’t already suck bad enough. How could children singing poorly written pop songs possibly make them more palatable? What parent in their right mind would purchase a Kidz Bop cd and then allow their child to listen to it in their presence? Maybe it [...]
A Good Way To Piss Off a Coldplay Fan
January 11, 2009
If you really want to piss off a fan of Coldplay make sure you refer to them as “You know, that band with Apple’s dad.”
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