Tim came into rehearsal today and announced that he’d cleaned out his iPod, leaving on it the works of only two composers. This led to a lot of commentary from the rest of us (”Wow, what a purist” and “You know about playlists, right?” being my two favorites). He made us try to guess which [...]
From a recent rehearsal of The Only Moving Thing, most of which we had memorized well-and-good at our last performance in late June.
“Let’s try it again from measure 335.”
“Yeah, that’s always hard there.”
“I can’t remember that part.”
“Why don’t you use your music for this go-through?”
“No! Reading music is for wimps and losers!!!!”
Still in our first [...]
On our recent trip to Seattle, a few of us made a pilgrimage to Salumi, the fantastic Italian meat shop and deli run by Mario Batali’s sister and brother-in-law. We thought it was run by his Dad, but it seems like the mantle’s been passed. Either way, it was awesome. Below, a photo montage of [...]
