Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
poetry vs pyrotechnics
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Why is it that the most nuanced performance might be received with only polite applause, but the electric shredding/high-c-hitting/lightning fast runs get ovations, foot stomps, and whatnot?
I was feeling disgusted with this last week when […]
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
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I can’t imagine the dedication and the lack of vanity it would take to be part of the “365 project,” for which people take a daily photo of themselves.
Most of the self-portraits which make it […]
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
Chicago + Jon Brion = heaven
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Remember a while back, I said that “Heaven is located on Fairfax avenue just south of Melrose “?
Well, it’ll relocate to Chicago for the weekend. TONIGHT (Mar 9), Jon Brion plays the Chicago’s Steppenwolf theatre. […]
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
The Other Self
I’ve come across a fascinating way of looking at the idea of musical transcendence. It was in a review of a biography of one of the great ethnomusicologists, John Blacking, and the attached excerpt reminds me that I need to reread his own work . Somehow this idea really speaks to me — “the memory or prospect […]
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Thursday, March 1st, 2007
The Champion’s portion and a few other things
Today I’m thinking about issues of perfectionism and idealism, and that place where the two intersect and clash. Is it better to just get on with something than to put it off because you’re afraid it won’t be a good as it could be? Perhaps, but what are the effects of that effort? Today with a […]
