Milton Babbitt was right. He was just right for all the wrong reasons.
Current Events
A little help here!!!!!!
The full force of the reality of Orchestra bankruptcy arrived in a simple letter informing me that I was being let go as Principal Pops Conductor of the Syracuse Symphony. Then I realized nearly 100 people received this letter and the organization I had worked with for nearly a decade was about to cease to exist. The cost of a city losing an orchestra is immeasurable and losing the brilliant musicians who were excellent every day and are now out of work, is simply unacceptable. I have a simple request…..
Day Tripper Yeah…
I have no sympathy for Philadelphia. They’re a bunch of bums, anyway.
Just When You Thought It Might Be Safe….
Or, alternatively, I could title this post “Another One Bites The Dust.” Whatever, I’m bloody tired of writing these kind of blog posts but it has to be done. Let’s talk Syracuse.
Spring Thoughts
For the record, I do not get paid to write this blog. The guy who runs this website is way too cheap for that. So occasionally I have to concentrate on my real job for a while. That does not mean I haven’t been thinking…
Binds that Untie and maybe Unite – Detroit is onto something!
My favorite ever library typo was when Purcell’s Gordion Knot Untied was listed as Gordion Knot UNITED. How easy is it to make that mistake? Seriously though it might be that easy to conceptualize that by agreeing to something that is binding might indeed unbind an acrimonious situation. What the DSO musicians are proposing proves once again that artists by nature are creative and are also the greatest of problem solvers, and whatever happens kudos should be given for creativity, bravery and at least a plan!
A Tale Of Two Cities Redux
“Snowmageddon.” “Snownami.” Metrodome collapsing. For a Buffalo boy this is all rather unimpressive. But lost in all this was some interesting news out of St. Paul. Was it good news? Ya, you betcha!
Taxman
All I want for Christmas is The Beatles – complete. Since I have been waiting all these years for that to pop up on iTunes I get the feeling that if I’m really, really nice between now and 25 December the Fat Man might squeeze down my new chimney and provide me with the goods. Which, of course, got me thinking about the Detroit Symphony.