Coming Monday, April 9 - White Man Sleeps |
Come hearKevin Volan'sWhite Man Sleepsplayed byZach EwaldLeo LeeMelinda RiceChris Votek"The four dances were ravishingly and radiantly simple, dynamic of rhythm, assuaging of utterance."Paul Driver - ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:42:00 GMT |
In San Francisco this week, I fell in love . . . |
with the poetry of this 14th century Sufi, Hafiz.What happens?Here's what Hafiz says (translated by Daniel Ladinsky):What HappensWhat happens when your soulBegins to awakenYours eyesAnd your heartAnd ...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:11:00 GMT |
Family Movies: The Chumscrubber and Little Miss Sunshine |
The Chumscrubber (2005, directed by Arie Posin) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) are different sorts of family movies. Both are rated R, both are journey...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:36:00 GMT |
Listening to Kraig Grady's new CD |
When I put Kraig Grady's new CD (Beyond the Windows Perhaps Among the Podcorn) on this morning, I thought I might just enjoy it as background to my morning rituals. Instead, I ended up seated, head b...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:42:00 GMT |
Language |
(These thoughts were written down to the sounds of Clinton and Andrew playing at It's A Grind. They played the national anthem like its a blues song being sung in a war zone.)
What i...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:37:00 GMT |
Why Dumbledore Died (or: Was Dumbledores Death Necessary?) |
The ending of J.K. Rowlings The Half-Blood Prince was a blow in the gut that, like surprise punches generally do, brought some to tears, and others to anger. I theorize that Dumbledores self-sacrific...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:07:00 GMT |
Rubens and Brueghel at The Getty - a link |
The Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder exhibit at The Getty is going until September 24th.www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/rubens_brueghel/homepage.
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Posted by on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:37:00 GMT |
As You Like It - Independent Shakespeare at Barnsdall Park |
It is very much in style to say that an old artistic work is performed in the spirit of its original creator. In the case of the Independent Shakespeare Companys production of Shakespeares comedy, As...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:12:00 GMT |
Innovators, mavericks, and "bad boys" - Danny Holt plays ROD |
Sometimes I hear a concert of such musical strength that so enthuses a packed hall that I feel a few words ought to be written to memorialize the hours that all these people spent together. In the ca...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:17:00 GMT |
How we think |
Here's the background: In rehearsal with a friend who is a composer as well as a musician, we were structuring a phasing exercise off of about four measures of Schnittke's Stille Musik. We were both...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:12:00 GMT |
