Classic

[jchrisobrien]

Saturday morning I helped a friend move, it was one of the quicker moves I've been a part of in my moving caree.  Most of the day went by in contemplation, with a little retial therapy (new CD walkman for the car).  Sudden plans materialized in the form of dinner at the Burren, with drinks and snacks.  Eric, George, and I continued on to the Joshua Tree for a drink, and discussion of future trips to Noir or some "classy" bars. 

I ended up at Shelter, and was extremely surprised by the fun that was in store.  I wasn't expecting much from the set at all, but Hellraver threw in a lot of old school industrial along with some newer noisy stuff, and it proved to be just what the doctor ordered.  There were also more familiar faces out than I expected, which was really great.  My brain behaved, I stuck to my limits, and the result was a Big Win for the evening.

Sunday was spent in more contemplation, a win at Warhammer, food shopping, and a visit with my old common law husband roommate DaZhuang, who's in town for a whirlwind visit. 

My attempts to get to work on time were foiled by a fire at the T station, but the trains were up and running again after a minimal wait.  Still, what's going on with the MBTA lately?  Two major outages and a fatal crash within two weeks.  Enough already!

After doing a little poking around on YouTube today, I am digging up all the classical music I listened to growing up.  A little know fact about me is that for much of grade school, I only listened to classical music.  (If it wasn't played by at least a 50 piece orchestra, it was crap!) 
So far I've dug up and listened to

Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Bach's "little" fugue, and toccata and fugue in D minor, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, Night on the Bald Mountain, and Danse Macabre.  Ode to Joy and the Unfinished Symphony are still amazing and emotionally moving pieces.  I'm looking forward to what else I'll discover.

Comments

Fire at Porter

[talesinsdaughtr.livejournal.com]

I heard the sirens go by while I was getting ready to leave this morning and thought to myself "There sure are a lot of those going by...."
Oh well, there are worse ways to start your day than with a walk to Harvard ;)

Re: Fire at Porter

[silas7.livejournal.com]

My walk had lots of heat and no shade, but I had barely any wait at all, and I'm adamant about not complaining about the weather until its actually July!

[julishka.livejournal.com]

i LOVE toccata & fugue in D minor (by Widor). the organist at the church i went to as a kid was a friend of my parents. at palm sunday, Mr. Herr (that was his name!), would let my brother or me turn the pages while he played it. we always felt like that was our mother's song and during her memorial service we had him play it. it went over tremendously well, believe it or not.

noir in the summer is heavenly. classy-bar-going should be combined with the amenity of outside-patio-sitting.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I heard that a lot of John Williams compositions are "borrowed" or based on older classical music. I'd like to use more music in the background in my games, and classical works really well with the current setting I'm using.

I have a visit to Noir tomorrow night, I'm looking forward to it!

I felt the same way.

[(Anonymous)]

Same exact thing. I didn't listen to anything except classical until the 80s. Up until then, I refused to acknowledge anything else as a good form of music.

Incidentally, if you want to walk up the street to my house, I have all the classical music on the int0rw3b on my hard drive and would be happy to give you as much as you want.

Re: I felt the same way.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Would this me Mr. Wsmith?