The Video as Analysis

An old friend of mine, violinist Katha Zinn, has been working with pianist Illya Filshtinskiy on a multi-media project focused on Russian composer Alfred Schnittke’s Third Piano sonata (1994). The performance of the score, when taken alone, is downright remarkable. Zinn provides a warmth that brings off Schnittke’s patent tension with a velvet glove-an interpretation [...]

Moodling life easier…

As contingent faculty I have found that one of the most difficult aspects of bouncing from school to school, semester to semester, is the fact that you often spend hour upon hour creating a course website on the host university’s server for one class, only to have to recreate it at another university the next [...]

I understand that tonight Paul Simon, among others, was inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences. I’m not sure what it means to him, but I think that he deserves appreciation. They say he played this song for them. I wonder if he is still trying to get that rest…

It’s something to do.

I recently took the opportunity to liberate my turntable from the stereo cabinet. I have always wanted to set up an efficient method by which I could digitize L.P.s. After all, the old L.P.s are cheaper, sound better and have a bunch of wonderful information on the sleeve. Finally, it gives me an avenue by [...]

Blammies Anyone?

Ladies and Gentlemen