i love when i can hear someone breathe on a (musical) recording

last week i made fake bacon....Fakon, if you will. it was delicious...all the best traits of bacon without the bad parts (grease, oozing fat, pig flesh....)

oh man my art history gsi made an announcement on CTOOLS about my recital this week---!!!!!!!

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i sortof hate how twitter has become this raging internet phenomenon, when probably 90% of its users post revelations that are neither funny nor interesting... however i will say that michael ian black's twitter is a real gem, and from it i was able to discover his concept of a "fuckit" list: aka, the opposite of a bucket list... thing you have no ( Read more... )

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I just spent a really long time reading about Rothko and looking at his paintings. I think I want to write my art history paper on him and "Number 10" because I saw it at MoMA over winter break. 'Tis not my favorite work of his, but it's the only one i have a picture of and we are supposed to write about at least one art-work that we have seen ( Read more... )

Yesterday had many highlights, but one of the best parts had to be when I sightread through the piano part to Arvo Pärt's "Fratres" while Hayden played the absurdly difficult cello part. A video for the violin/piano version is below. I think my favorite version is the arrangement for violin and orchestra/percussion, but I couldn't find that on ( Read more... )

Emilie Simon is my latest obsession. You should listen to some of her music / watch this video if you want to experience some really beautiful and unique sounds ( Read more... )

i'm so. tired. i can already tell this semester is going to kick my ass ( Read more... )

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UMMM HELLO THIS IS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER

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