Finally did something with the first of three side tables I picked up for five dollars, two years ago, at the Royal Oak Antique & Garage Sale. The tables are really ideal for mosaic, in that the surface panels are removable and easily replaced with plywood. Consequently, the art is interchangeable, should I ever want [...]
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Seid umschlungen, Millionen!
See that gorgeous stage? I was lucky enough to be standing on it last weekend, singing my heart out to a packed house in the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Detroit Civic Orchestra! It was, quite possibly, the most amazing concert I’ve ever sung. There were over two hundred singers, [...]
Ann Arbor’s Newest Boutique Lodging
I don’t normally think of Ann Arbor as a tourist destination, but if I were going to spend a week in a cute city visiting museums and attending concert, I could certainly do worse! That said, I think it’s really cool that they’ve got a Frank Lloyd Wright house available as a vacation rental.
“The Palmer [...]
The Casualties Could Be Your Hearts and Souls
Now that I have an audience again, I’m going to stand up on my soapbox and make you read the following article: Pearls Before Breakfast, in which Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten stages a marvelous stunt to determine what would happen if one of the world’s best violinists were to spend a rush hour playing [...]
NYT: “Pas de DVD”
Glad I didn’t miss this one. The New York Times dance editors have gotten together an produced a nice list of the best ballet DVDs out there:
Royal Ballet, “Romeo and Juliet” (1966).
American Ballet Theater, “Giselle” (1968).
Royal Ballet, Ashton’s “Cinderella” (1969).
Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, “Spartacus” (1977).
Royal Ballet, “Swan Lake” (1982).
Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s “Manon” (1982).
“The [...]
Metrical Hide and Seek
By this time you’ve probably heard the song “Hide and Seek” sung by Imogen Heap, although I can’t say where as it seems unsuited for both dancing and casual listens. I’ve started using it as an alarm clock tune, as it’s one of the few things that wakes me up but doesn’t come across as [...]
“Strange Do You Find It, Not?”
Thank you, Prof. Fleming, for taking on the New Century Hymnal. It’s hilarious. Read it.
(And, of course, for the shout-out to Chapel Choir.)
Stuck on a Beat
In the interest of combating the Reading Period Quiet around here, I’ve been listening to a lot of Morning Becomes Eclectic lately. Unfortunately for me, it happens to be the week that they are broadcasting from London… and they’re playing a lot of good and catchy Britpop. However, all my favorite songs [...]
O Morgenstern
It’s concert week for those of us in Chapel Choir, which will bring my Hours Spent Singing this week to approximately twenty! As singing does wonderful things for mental balance, that means I’m in a really excellent mood. Today’s rehearsal was a special form of mental torture, however.
Imagine a piece of music in which the [...]