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Stewart

Happy New Year!

About Me

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." -- Andre Gide

My Interests

Music, Reading, Art, Design, Philosophy, Theology, Photography, Astronomy, Astrology, Investing, Food and Wine, Silversmithing, Sleeping, Hiking, Running, Fencing (Epee/Foil), Random Mischief

I'd like to meet:

Old friends that I've lost track of. Somebody who'll turn the world magenta.

Music:

Hooverphonic, Goldfrapp, Portishead, White Stripes, Imogen Heap, Massive Attack, Garbage, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Tori Amos, Poe, Pussycat Dolls, Black Eyed Peas, Morcheeba, Rage Against the Machine, Fiona Apple, U2, Diana Krall, Trio Los Panchos, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Schumann, Scriabin, Brahms, Debussy, Crumb, Gorecki

Movies:

Ikiru, American Beauty, Kill Bill, Crash, The Descent, Yojimbo, Casino Royale, Borat, i heart huckabees, Run Lola Run, Mulholland Drive, Fight Club, For Your Eyes Only, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Memento, Chasing Amy, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Aliens, Breakfast Club, Amadeus, Punch-Drunk Love, The Shining, Black Hawk Down, 300, The Graduate, Swingers, To Kill A Mockingbird

Television:

Samurai Champloo, Conan O' Brien, Iron Chef (Original Japanese Version Only), Vampire Princess Miyu, Sex and the City, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Nigella Bites, South Park, Law and Order, Scrubs

Books:

House of Leaves, The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, Choke, Dao de Ching, The Dilbert Principle, Diary, King Lear, Reasons to Live, The Dog of the Marriage, Syrup, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Penny Dreadful, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, Haunted, Dune, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime, Soul Mountain, Fooled by Randomness, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Inferno

Heroes:

Arthur Rubinstein, Leon Fleisher, Chuck Pahalniuk, Amy Hempel, Akira Kurosawa, Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Burgess, Mark Danielewski, Kevin Smith, Stanley Kubrick, Zhuge Liang, Lao Zi, and Dottie

My Blog

I'm a Rock Star! Sort of.

It's been a while since I've "Googled" myself.  So long, in fact, that I was curious to see what would pop up.  This made my day. ----------Cinco de MozartMay. 8th, 2006 at 12:29 PMhttp://j...
Posted by Stewart on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

Schumann Perspectives - My Abstract

Uyeda, Stewart (California Institute of the Arts), "From Dichterleben to Dichterliebe: E.T.A. Hoffmann's Influence on Schumann's Greatest Song Cycle." Friday, Session 1b. The presence of a single word...
Posted by Stewart on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:50:00 PST

Myers-Briggs Jung Typology Test

Compiled results of those who have taken the Myers-Briggs Typology Test.  If you'd like to be added to this list, please send me the results of the test.  If you want to take the test, go t...
Posted by Stewart on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:36:00 PST

AMS Student Website

Yo, For those who are interested, the new Student Website for the upcoming American Musicological Society national conference to be held 2-5 November 2006 in good ol' Los Angeles just went live today....
Posted by Stewart on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:42:00 PST

My Medieval Personality

This courtesy of www.kingdomality.com ... Methinks it fits. ---------- Your distinct personality, The White Knight, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Don Quixote was a White...
Posted by Stewart on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:40:00 PST

Modern Premiere - Delgado Matins

If anybody's in Atlanta this Friday (hah!), you can hear excerpts from my massive Master's Thesis from the Claremont Graduate University (MA Musicology/Piano, 2004), titled, Francisco Delgado's Matins...
Posted by Stewart on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:07:00 PST

What is my perfect major?

C Major?  (nyuk nyuk) Actually, maybe Ab Major. Or even Db. Hmm. Apparently I have something against sharps. You scored as Philosophy. You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher,...
Posted by Stewart on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:52:00 PST

Schedule - Fall 2005 (Updated)

Teaching Assistant for:MT101 - Music Theory A (Mark Bobak)MT501 - Graduate Theory Review (Marc Lowenstein) Monday1:00-3:00 - Forum3:30-4:30 - Teaching5:00-6:00 - Teaching10:00-2:00 - Rehearsal(s) Tues...
Posted by Stewart on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:17:00 PST