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Jane Heir

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About Me

Guitars. Glasses. The Old People's Channel (TCM). Macs. Parkland. NetFlix. Hybrids. IHOPS.
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My Interests

Good food, fine wine, great conversation, wildlife, stuntflying, and hamsters.

I'd like to meet:

The Beatles, of course.

Music:

Andrew York (new composer for classical guitar), those fun Verve ReMixes, Jazz, Punk (the first wave), and World.

Movies:

Bringing Up Baby, North by Northwest, Fargo, Mulholland Drive, Elizabeth, Heavenly Creatures, and The Awful Truth.Translation: Screwball Comedy, Intelligent Thrillers, Romantic Screwball Comedy, and Intelligent Screwball Thrillers.Which reminds me to include Lost in Translation and Darling and to confess I have a real weakness for Desk Set.

Television:

Fawlty Towers, The Office, Prime Suspect, Weeds, 30 Rock, Clatterford, Mapp and Lucia, South Park, Extras, French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, and The Vicar of Dibley.

Books:

Not as often as I used to.

Heroes:

Kate Hepburn, John Lennon, Samantha Stephens, Jo Rowling, Whoopi Goldberg

My Blog

"a 75% pay cut... "

Sigh.I just read that full-time symphony musicians in Shreveport have been "asked" to take a 75% cut in salary.I wonder what both sides thought of thought of this story. It was rebroadcast a few week...
Posted by Jane Heir on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:54:00 PST

"Dogs Rule"

That damn Pedigree commercial tears me up every single time.       I Am An Animal RescuerMy job is to assist God's creaturesI was born with the drive to fulfill their needsI take in he...
Posted by Jane Heir on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:32:00 PST

"E-lessons are here!"

You asked, I listened. Guitar e-lessons are now available.Don't be shy. Call or write. You know you want to. J.H.
Posted by Jane Heir on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 PST

"That's the Vicar... "

I was rummaging through some files this evening and found this recording from ::: gasp ::: 1999. It's my student Evan, who is now a Vicar among other things, playing Andrew York's "Sunday Morning Ove...
Posted by Jane Heir on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:51:00 PST

"AFI Dallas"

Get your tickets now, chickens, or it could be too late!XO, Jane
Posted by Jane Heir on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:56:00 PST

"Happy New Year!"

I'm told by expert sources that the Fire Pig year rolls around only every 600 years or so and is very, very auspicious, so let's make the most of it, kiddies, shall we? XO, Jane
Posted by Jane Heir on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:08:00 PST

"What was I thinking?"

Probably hurry up and take the damn picture, Terry.Another relic from the past. They give me the creeps . I think it's the hair.My students have not seen these before and are greatly amused. There's...
Posted by Jane Heir on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:58:00 PST

"Yes, that's me."

In full Parkening pose. I'm very sure that a very high percentage of classical guitarists have posed just like this for photographs.My hair is more Beck than Breck Girl these days and I'm a lot scruf...
Posted by Jane Heir on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:13:00 PST

"Sonata for Guitar and Pit Bull"

FYI, there will be some recordings of Yours Truly floating around MySpace of your repertoire, gentle guitar students 'o mine. XO, Jane
Posted by Jane Heir on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST

"Year of the Pig"

That's next year.I'm relieved to see the "Year of the Dog" coming to a close. Someone (or someones) took this to heart and began leaving puppies on my front porch, close to twenty in all, this past s...
Posted by Jane Heir on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST