Monthly Archives: January 2008

31 Jan

BWV 1048

BWV 1048

I couldn’t find the digitized cover for Brandenburg #3 by Musica Antiqua Köln, but that’s the core of what I write here tonight. i recently re-read …

 
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30 Jan

Hearing inside your head

Hearing inside your head

A friend of mine recently shared the experience she had when listening to a story on NPR about deaf people who can actually hear. No, they …

 
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25 Jan

Nigel on Bach

Nigel on Bach

Fast, for sure, but it made me smile quite a bit.

 
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20 Jan

Music 423

Music 423

Among the classes I took in graduate school, many were less challenging, intellectually speaking, than many undergraduate courses. Yet, there remains one course that challenged …

 
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19 Jan

Mac Book Air

Mac Book Air

I don’t know why I feel compelled to speak about this, but I do. There are a lot of people who don’t like the new MacBook …

 
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17 Jan

David Daniels and Martin Katz

David Daniels and Martin Katz

Last night, I saw countertenor David Daniels in a concert at the University of Richmond with pianist Martin Katz. Together, they performed a program of …

 
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13 Jan

Beethoven String Trios, Thomas Tallis

Beethoven String Trios, Thomas Tallis

Right now, I’m listening to Perlman, Zuckerman, and Harrell perform Beethoven’s Trios for Strings, an EMI-issue that I purchased from Borders Books and Music in …

 
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13 Jan

Speaker Cable

Speaker Cable

I have been doing a lot of reading (online, magazines) over the past year on reviews of different audio components, including speaker cable. What I …

 
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10 Jan

Marini: Passacaglio

Marini: Passacaglio

I remember it still: the first time I had really gotten to know the famous Marini Passacaglio for strings. I was in graduate school. The …

 
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08 Jan

Ratings

Ratings

I believe it is within human nature to rate things and find their place (their relationships) to others in the same category. I am no …

 
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07 Jan

Here’s Looking at You

Here’s Looking at You

Here’s Looking at You. People describing people they are looking at.

 
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06 Jan

Goodbye, Word

Goodbye, Word

Not everyone likes using Microsoft Word. I bought Scrivener and used it to write my book (which is now available for preorder).

 
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06 Jan

BluRay

BluRay

I’m not so much into the “home theatre” experience, but it appears that Blu-Ray won.

 
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06 Jan

All the Beethoven

All the Beethoven

In Japan, this new year’s, you could hear all of Beethoven’s symphonies at one concert, to celebrate the coming of a new year. I’ve often thought …

 
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06 Jan

Cotton Swabs and Shower Gel

Cotton Swabs and Shower Gel

I confess I am a particular person. That is, particular about brands, sizes, and the precise nature of things I see, use, and consume. The …

 
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05 Jan

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk

Many people spoke to me (in person) about the extended rant on the coffee/espresso maker I wrote about earlier. Because this is just, you know, so …

 
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02 Jan

An Update on my Troubled Thoughts

An Update on my Troubled Thoughts

Earlier this week, I wrote about topics that were troubling me, among them, what to do about a gift I received for the holidays. I wanted …

 
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02 Jan

Planes, a New Year, and Julia

Planes, a New Year, and Julia

Happy New Year. For those of you expecting one of our “Old Year Letters” this year, forget it. I don’t have the patience or stamina …

 
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