Brahms set very high standards for himself. It was not uncommon for him to write a complete work, a string quartet, for example, only to destroy it because it felt it wasn’t up to his standards. Any other composer would have been proud to have written music that he threw away, and that, alas, we […]
I don’t like being on email “mailing lists.” You know what I mean–when you get an email, usually some old joke or a cute picture of a puppy riding an elephant or something, and the address list is about the length of a Russian novel. It’s not that I totally object to seeing pictures of […]
Once a person asked J.S. Bach how it was possible to get such sound from the organ. Bach told the person, “All one has to do is touch the right keys at the right time, and the instrument practically plays itself.” Well, I guess so! I once saw a made for tv (perhaps HBO) movie […]
We’ve had an unusually mild winter, and I don’t think too many people are complaining. Oh, every so often I hear someone say, “I really wish we had gotten a nice big snowfall.” Obviously someone who has never had to replace gutters brought down by heavy snow. I enjoy watching the local television weather forecasters. […]
Well, the primaries are in full swing, and the more intense things get, the more we hear the political invective hurled about. I’ve heard a lot of people say how nasty politicians are, and, of course, whenever that comes up, someone says something like, “It’s not like it used to be.” (See previous blog about […]
I suppose we all, at one time or another, have said something like, “Well, I remember when we didn’t have cell phones, and we did just fine.” You know you have–so have I. And I think that the number of times one says something like that increases with every year of age. Nothing scientific–just the […]
This February 29 (ever notice how so many people say Feb-YOU-ary? It’s Feb-RUE-ary, but why split hairs?) we celebrate the birthday of Rossini. An interesting and brilliant guy. He stopped writing operas when he was 39 (William Tell was his last) and decided to spend the rest of his life dining and partying. His parties […]
Once again, the Academy Awards have come and gone, and, once again, I didn’t watch it on television. Once reason is that the only awards I am interested in come at the end of the program, and having to get up at 3:30 am…well, it’s just too late for me. Additionally, I like to say […]
Our Winter Fundraiser ended Saturday night at 9, and in a big way. During the three-day drive, WBJC received over 1,000 pledges, 375 of which from NEW members, and we exceeded our overall goal for the drive. Thank you to everyone who called in or visited our new website and made a pledge. Thanks also […]
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