exercises en route
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yamamanamaThe train, which was one of the old ones, was rattling so hard that I thought my innards would turn to jelly. Maybe they did because I've been hiccuping all day (note to self: maybe "drawing your kness to your chest and leaning forward" helps although it doesn't do anything about the sense of dread that permeates every thought) I’m glad they’ve fixed the rails but the old trains just can’t handle it. I’m sure it was the train and not the rails because the train I took to get back home wasn’t wobbly.
I drew Lauren, who said that it's easier to draw strangers, and I said that maybe it's about not having to be perfect all the time. Lauren then drew a picture of me. She hasn't drawn anyone in a long time.
At least the pattern of her shirt means that I didn't have to worry too much about my pen wobbling with the train.
There was a guy playing a melodica in the Public Garden.
There was a rally for Palestine. I have no idea what they’re planning to accomplish now. I mean, even if the powers in Israel listen to us, which they won’t, Gaza’s been rendered unlivable for the rest of my lifetime if not the rest of the century, and to the West Bank, they’re all like “Dalmasca is the property of the Empire now. And to think, we intended to let you keep some of your sovereignity, out of respect. But now you’ve gone and ruined that.”
Arnold Schönberg, Ein Stelldichein (A Rendezvous) for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello & piano.
There are plenty of fragments out there but none quite as close to completion as this one. Schönberg probably lost interest in this work in favor of the Chamber Symphony.
There's a finished version but they chose to play only what Schönberg wrote.
Ernest Bloch, Three Nocturnes for violin, cello & piano
Part one is ethereal, part two is a folk lullaby, and part three is a late night dance party - one of the guests is face down in the punch bowl with multiple stab wounds.
Earl Kim, Exercises en Route for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello & 2 percussionists
Eul Kim aka Earl Kim was born to Korean immigrants. He was born in 1920 so all of Korea was a pretty terrible place to live. Worse than modern day North Korea even.
It’s too hardcore for only one percussionist. One of them had what looked like a goblet drum.
I though the theme was exile but the theme is in fact this and the composers that influenced it. This one is based on the singing in Pierrot Lumaire.
The four texts set to music are "dead calm" from Addenda to Watt, "they are far out" from Malone Dies, "gooseberries, she said" from Krapp's Last Tape" and "rattling on" from "The Unnamable," all by Samuel Beckett.
Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
This was an hour long and had a few false endings to movements and a few false endings at the end.
It was finished in 1828 during Schubert's terminal illness and premiered long after Schubert’s death.
Gabby and Jillian have a black shih tzu Maltese mix and also cats while Sabrina (I brought this up because once I met a dog named Sabrina) has a shih tzu. Or maybe it was a chihuahua shih tzu mix because they said Drake looks like he could be part chihuahua. If only he wasn’t larger than a typical shih tzu. Sabrina likes to draw people when she’s on an airplane. It’s usually the stewardesses, which Marge Simpson taught me is a gender-neutral term.
Gabby and Jillian both have teal in their hair. They rode a new train the day before. They didn’t notice the windows, or I should say the lack of them. They brought up asparagus.
burning question: and just what do Palestinian supporters think voting for Trump/Stein is going to accomplish? Turning Lebanon into the world's largest golf course?
I drew Lauren, who said that it's easier to draw strangers, and I said that maybe it's about not having to be perfect all the time. Lauren then drew a picture of me. She hasn't drawn anyone in a long time.
At least the pattern of her shirt means that I didn't have to worry too much about my pen wobbling with the train.
There was a guy playing a melodica in the Public Garden.
There was a rally for Palestine. I have no idea what they’re planning to accomplish now. I mean, even if the powers in Israel listen to us, which they won’t, Gaza’s been rendered unlivable for the rest of my lifetime if not the rest of the century, and to the West Bank, they’re all like “Dalmasca is the property of the Empire now. And to think, we intended to let you keep some of your sovereignity, out of respect. But now you’ve gone and ruined that.”
Arnold Schönberg, Ein Stelldichein (A Rendezvous) for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello & piano.
There are plenty of fragments out there but none quite as close to completion as this one. Schönberg probably lost interest in this work in favor of the Chamber Symphony.
There's a finished version but they chose to play only what Schönberg wrote.
Ernest Bloch, Three Nocturnes for violin, cello & piano
Part one is ethereal, part two is a folk lullaby, and part three is a late night dance party - one of the guests is face down in the punch bowl with multiple stab wounds.
Earl Kim, Exercises en Route for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello & 2 percussionists
Eul Kim aka Earl Kim was born to Korean immigrants. He was born in 1920 so all of Korea was a pretty terrible place to live. Worse than modern day North Korea even.
It’s too hardcore for only one percussionist. One of them had what looked like a goblet drum.
I though the theme was exile but the theme is in fact this and the composers that influenced it. This one is based on the singing in Pierrot Lumaire.
The four texts set to music are "dead calm" from Addenda to Watt, "they are far out" from Malone Dies, "gooseberries, she said" from Krapp's Last Tape" and "rattling on" from "The Unnamable," all by Samuel Beckett.
Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
This was an hour long and had a few false endings to movements and a few false endings at the end.
It was finished in 1828 during Schubert's terminal illness and premiered long after Schubert’s death.
Gabby and Jillian have a black shih tzu Maltese mix and also cats while Sabrina (I brought this up because once I met a dog named Sabrina) has a shih tzu. Or maybe it was a chihuahua shih tzu mix because they said Drake looks like he could be part chihuahua. If only he wasn’t larger than a typical shih tzu. Sabrina likes to draw people when she’s on an airplane. It’s usually the stewardesses, which Marge Simpson taught me is a gender-neutral term.
Gabby and Jillian both have teal in their hair. They rode a new train the day before. They didn’t notice the windows, or I should say the lack of them. They brought up asparagus.
burning question: and just what do Palestinian supporters think voting for Trump/Stein is going to accomplish? Turning Lebanon into the world's largest golf course?
