Mel and five other people from the production team of HOMER IN CYBERSPACE squashed into my studio yesterday for me to sing 25 minutes of music that I had written. Everyone looked so different, and I assumed their tastes in music would have to be different also. I decided not to worry about it and […]
I was really sad to learn of the passing of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
From 1972 to 1976, he was my hero. I wanted to go to Germany and study with this god of contemporary music. I studied his scores with a Talmudic fervor. I loved his constant ability to reinvent the way music could be made. I […]
My life over the past week has been catching up at school after being away on a trial, and writing music. Oh yes, and learning to sing it. Mel is coming over shortly and I’ll be singing about a half an hour worth of music for him. I have to say it’s going really really […]
Leave it to the French to come up with nifty inventions to sell their wine. Perfect as a stocking stuffer. Must be 18 or older in the US.
Mel Shapiro invited me to two final classes that are part of the Department of Theater’s music theater program. The students go through the demanding four year course together as a class, so there is great bonding between the students. The first class final that I attended taught students how to sing gospel music (the […]
My father has gotten back in touch with the photographer he was some 40 years ago (I forgot to tell you, he earned his living as a Methodist, and later, United Church of Christ minister). I highly recommend his photoblog which consists of exactly one photo a day: a nice amount for this information overload […]
One of the unpleasant realities of being a homeowner is the fact that occasionally a rat decides to die in your house–usually somewhere in the floorboards that only a rat could get to. Well, we have one. A dead rat somewhere under the house, rotting in slomo. My nose is pretty good, so I’ve pinpointed […]
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