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Get this, from Victor Zuckerlandl, a philosopher of music:
Hearing a melody is hearing, having heard, and about to hear, all at once. Every melody declares to us that the past can be there without being remembered, the future without being foreknown.
I haven’t had much time to write but we have been out and about [...]
I just encountered this song and thought it would be a great one for a duet performance by me and Lesley…
Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden
I’m looking for a good excuse to work it up with her (if you need to know why, read my last post in which I gush forever about how great [...]
Actually, rock shows aside, I was recently at a rap show, and I was so charmed when Nas‘ beats dude said to everyone “get out your phone lights” and everyone — I mean EVERYONE — got out their cell phones and held them up. Then lights dude killed everything but one stage light [...]
We had a late gig downtown tonight so on our way home (Long! Arduous! Two whole miles all the way across the river to Irvington!) we stopped at, of all places, the newly opened Voodoo Doughnuts on NE Sandyish and about 15th. Now, mind you we’ve known about VD for a long time - David [...]
The search is over! I just found my perfect horn. If you’re a musician, you’ll understand what sort of a state of mind I’m in. I just had to share.
And if you’re wondering, it’s a 1930 or 31 Buescher True Tone alto. Yes, that’s it right there.
It’s silver plated which matches my [...]