I’ve been listening to a few good cover songs lately, so I thought I’d post a list and ask for suggestions from you (yes, this means YOU) for some others which you think I might like. (Wow, in doing research for this, I came across this excellent project.) Song Covered By Originally Performed By The [...]
Excerpt of a short conversation at last weekend’s PSO chamber concert, between Sara and a female patron who had brought her young son: Patron: My son was sure he wouldn’t enjoy this concert; so in order to get him to come, I had to agree to let him bring a book AND wear jeans. Sara: [...]
Last night, in reverse: We returned home, tired, but happy that we got to spend time and laugh with our all wonderful friends. As we drove back home from the city, I became more and more sure that I like “Night on Disco Mountain” (from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack) better than the original–and arguably [...]
Went to the PSO’s final concert of the season today. The program: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Maurice Ravel, Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
Last night I saw my seventh Erasure concert. I was wearing the gayest shoes I own (blue suede moccasins), so I had to compensate by showing up with–not one, but two–hot chicks. (The hot chicks were, no doubt, the reason I was offered “free condoms and lube” immediately upon entering the concert hall.) I’m terrible [...]
For those who were losing sleep over this, you can relax: Moti Giladi will live on in digital splendor. Our CD blanks arrived, and–as you can see–they look great. (Disc image is a photo of our beautiful Persian ketubah, a work of art by Simcha Back.) The final song list:
Last night we saw the LAGQ (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet) perform with an excellent percussionist (Colin Currie). The concert was good—but let’s face it, when you have a marimba and/or a vibraphone, it’s hard to go wrong. The program:
The background: We bought an iPod for our wedding. The restaurant where we held our reception even let us plug it into their sound system and piped it not only to our room but also to the entire restaurant (which, mind you, was full of unsuspecting diners). It took them a while to realize they [...]
Modern Sandwich: n. A concert in which a piece of contemporary music is sandwiched between two pieces of more widespread musical interest (like classical or romantic pieces—think Beethoven or Mozart; or, in last night’s case, Haydn). source: Sara Thibeault(?) Last night we went to this concert. Witnessed, firsthand, the phenomenon known to us as the [...]
