This morning I heard a cello sonata as usual on the classical radio. I thought how they don't play tenor sax or bass clarinet sonatas, it is only logical because the music they play on the radio is from the 19 century or older. It is very rare you hear something from the 20th century. The wind instruments were very imperfect in the 19 century and ( Read more... )

In Time

You are somewhere in time ~

seeing words failing to describe,

sunset by the window,

a rose petal blooming with wet dew.

Sitting here as darkness arrives

birds flying in the indigo sky.

II

Planting thoughts & silence

seeds, rains, high a rainbow.

You are my beautiful flower

happiness of babes and children

III

This is my lovers prayer:

appreciation of ( Read more... )

Child of the moment gleaming from no where ( Read more... )

Well, this entry is different, because I write like this with my fountain pen. I had great pen companies so far: Sheaffer, Pelican, Conklin, Lamy, Aurora, they stand back their product. I want to say out there that Waterman and Parker are terrible companies and when I bought one time an expensive Waterman it was leaking from the cartridge area ( Read more... )

Finally on the weekends had enough time to make breads...but still not enough, but two more when I went to the markets to buy veggies just now....

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This bothers me. I saw in a court house set  tv arguement in divorce. It was about child custody. The women had become vegetarian and had a new cute boyfriend that suited her. The ex husband an ugly fat set man was vicious angry that the girl (daughter) of 12 that came over on weekends didn't want to eat meat. She( the daughter) was adamant about ( Read more... )

Today is the birthday of Colin McPhee who introduced gamelan music to the West, influences included Lou Harrison and John Cage,etc. Studied with Edgar Varese. Died in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McPhee

She said, "what are you playing, sounds like Frank Zappa?"
"No, it is Arnold Schoenberg."
This was music for guitar, mandolin, bass clarinet, 7 instruments, did sound like Zappa's classical works.
Machico, "Schoenberg is a madhatter!"

The saxophone was developed in the mid 19th century by Aldolphe Sax a Belgian. He worked making musical instruments like his father. In those times children followed the path of their fathers, like Black Smith, Bakers, etc. The first instrument he developed was the baritone sax and he showed it to Hector Berlioz, which was a dear friend of his, ( Read more... )

I have this old lady( older than my mother, 80's) next door, who lost her expensive car in a crash. She wants me to bring her to the gym everyday. Yesterday she had a boil and I had to take her to the doctor, a process of 4 hrs, because I had to get her medicine, doctor very far away. I told her thursday. She doesn't understand no, for nothing, she ( Read more... )