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| 10-22-03: And another week goes by. Thanks to Mano Lopez for doing Sunday's show. He did a great job and everyone was happy. I missed my weekly dose of KTUH, and am tracking down 10/19's playlist so that I can post it for posterity's sake. Culture is alive and well at the Symphony. I'll be at the concert hall two weekends in a row...I didn't get to see Iggy Jang on violin, but the Brahm's Requiem was quite an intro to the Symphony Chorus and it was sung in German! This is the first semester I'm learning to read music and sadly in retrospect, I wish that I had taken music lessons. My electives were always used in the art department and that is why I'm comfortable wading in clay, but get lost trying to decipher which key the score is in. Slowly the mystery of music is not as foreign, but codas still throw me off. 10-16-03: Who is Gluck? After looking through many titles, Iphigenia in Tauris caught my eye, as it was a premiere recording by the Boston Baroque on period instruments. Opera is a daunting subject, but I'm listening to it on cd with booklet in hand, thus allowing it to be comprehensible. 2002 was the first time I watched live opera; it was very exciting to be in a sea of humanity listening to the power of the human voice... did you know that Saturday is Opera Day at Borders Books and Music in Ward Centre? Well, if you have time, you may want to see the live performances and other activities scheduled from 9 to 4. And the answer is that Christoph Willibald Gluck was an important mid-eighteenth century composer who revolutionized opera, his first one was written for French audiences and was produced with the help of Marie Antoinette. OK, I'll stop the history lesson, but imagine...the last Queen of France listened to opera too... 10-13-03: Mary called asking about the Very Annie Mary soundtrack. So many great films to see at the Arthouse at Restaurant Row. I'm still trying to get in line and see the Rock. I didn't realize that today was a holiday until after I got into the office and commented on how nice traffic was today...which means the trip home will be even faster!! There are so many exciting things looming on the horizon...the Hawaii Film Festival, the Chinese scroll/painting exhibit at the Academy, and Carmina Burana at the Symphony! Orff up close and personal! If you like THE MASS by Era, I'm sure you'll want to pencil in a night at the Symphony too. Well, hopefully the grey skies have cleared up and the wipers won't have to work overtime. 10-07-03: I was SO close to seeing the Rundown...but the hourglass worked against my well-laid plans and I ended up at the arcade instead. Happily the macaroni at Buca Di Beppo and seeing old family friends made the weekend fun and memorable...happy birthday Ingrid! Sunday was very quiet at the station, I think that everyone was recovering from a busy, busy weekend. I delved through the new world and soundtracks that have come into the station, and maybe I went overboard, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I can't believe the Colts won in the last four minutes of the game...I wasn't one of the faithful, my channel surfing led me astray and I ended up watching Pee Pee Raymond and CSI: Miami. Looking forward to my amazon.com.uk order to come in...DIDO! 10-01-03: Wow, another month closer the end of 2003. How has school been treating you? I wonder why I veer toward the 80's...maybe because they were happier times and synthesizers produce wonderful noises that make me get into a zone. So many names keep cropping up in the obits: Johnny Cash, Robert Palmer, Elia Kazan, John Ritter...time is passing and I'm still trying to reign in the wanderlust as I concentrate on being a grown-up. To do this week: see a movie and balance the checking account. |