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[John G.]

Travel vibes for DR Jane.

[John G.]

Two!

[Donald]

Happy last day of July to one and all!  There's a terrific new Broadway Radio Show now up on the site...the wonderfully talented Elizabeth Ward Land joins me to chat about her new album Still Within The Sound Of My Voice: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt.  We had a fun conversation and, of course, you'll hear several selections from this new album.
Check it out!

http://www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

[ChasSmith]

Procrastination, you say? I’ve got plenty of it right here.

[ChasSmith]

This morning I'm listening to Berlioz's Requiem. I must say there are moments I can understand why the French critics of the time found his music confusing. Much of it is glorious, and then along comes a passage for just the large brass section, and you wonder what the hell he was thinking.

I love his music, but that's a great description of how crazy it can be. As for the Requiem, I have the classic RCA recording, I think it's Munch/Boston, but I never got very far getting this particular piece into my blood.

[singdaw]

Good morning, friends.

[singdaw]

Good Mormon, too, I guess.

[singdaw]

Belated ~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane and DH Keith!!!!

[singdaw]

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[elmore3003]

This morning I'm listening to Berlioz's Requiem. I must say there are moments I can understand why the French critics of the time found his music confusing. Much of it is glorious, and then along comes a passage for just the large brass section, and you wonder what the hell he was thinking.

I love his music, but that's a great description of how crazy it can be. As for the Requiem, I have the classic RCA recording, I think it's Munch/Boston, but I never got very far getting this particular piece into my blood.

I'm an agnostic avoider of organized religion, but I do believe something I'll call God exists in nature and our humanity. My Sunday mornings, instead of church, are spent listening to sacred music by great composers. This morning was Berlioz, but I most often listen to Bach cantatas, Mozart and Schubert masses, and, from there, Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Beethoven's Missa solemis, or whatever tickles my fancy, depending on if it's a holiday season. During Advent, Christmas, and New Year's, it's carols, Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ, Handel's Messiah, Saint-Saens' and Bach's Christomas oratorios,  and Bach's cantatas, at Easter it's Bach's Easter Oratoria. St Matthew Passion, etc.

[elmore3003]

Beautiful photos, DR slingshot!

[John G.]

Dear World,
This may sound slutty, but I want to be used.
Signed, Grammar

Great bit from The Personal Letters Bookstore

[John G.]

Great photos, DR Singdaw. Wish I were on the beach.

[John G.]

Two months, or 62 days, until I leave for the beach. Not that I am counting.

[ChasSmith]

This morning I'm listening to Berlioz's Requiem. I must say there are moments I can understand why the French critics of the time found his music confusing. Much of it is glorious, and then along comes a passage for just the large brass section, and you wonder what the hell he was thinking.

I love his music, but that's a great description of how crazy it can be. As for the Requiem, I have the classic RCA recording, I think it's Munch/Boston, but I never got very far getting this particular piece into my blood.

I'm an agnostic avoider of organized religion, but I do believe something I'll call God exists in nature and our humanity. My Sunday mornings, instead of church, are spent listening to sacred music by great composers. This morning was Berlioz, but I most often listen to Bach cantatas, Mozart and Schubert masses, and, from there, Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Beethoven's Missa solemis, or whatever tickles my fancy, depending on if it's a holiday season. During Advent, Christmas, and New Year's, it's carols, Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ, Handel's Messiah, Saint-Saens' and Bach's Christomas oratorios,  and Bach's cantatas, at Easter it's Bach's Easter Oratoria. St Matthew Passion, etc.

I’m the same, and I think that’s a really fine tradition you have made for yourself. I should bring more discipline or order to my own music listening.

[ChasSmith]

That all looks so peaceful and restful, DR singdaw.

[singdaw]

Might that be The Printed Letters Bookshop, DR John G.??

[singdaw]

Thanks for the comments. Yes, it was very peaceful and relaxing.

[George]

DR George, for God's sake get an air conditioner for your bedroom. Those temperatures are both ridiculous and alarming.

Thanks for your concern, Larry, but it really is okay.  The high temperatures don't last too long, and even if I wanted, there's no way to add an air conditioner up here.  It's a loft with no doors, nor any window that could fit any kind of AC unit...either in a window or on the floor.  But my fans really do keep me comfortable.

[John G.]

Might that be The Printed Letters Bookshop, DR John G.??

Yes. It helps to know what I am reading. Thank you.

[singdaw]

Got lots done this morning. Breakfast out. Groceries (much needed). An outside walk. Vacuuming. And re-assembling the desk, which had to be disassembled so that management could remediate the black mold while we were gone, that had resulted from the leak from above.

Whew! Now I need another vacation.

[singdaw]

I also have to go through the process of collecting all the identifying documents needed to renew my driver's license, which will also require an in-person visit.

[Jane]

Travel vibes for DR Jane.

Thank you. We just landed.

[Jane]

Belated ~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane and DH Keith!!!!

Thanks

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - seven and a half hours of sleep.

[John G.]

The potato salad went over well. And I had a tiny bit left over.

[John G.]

It was good to catch up with friends.