odds and ends

Sunday afternoon at church, I walked into the Sr. High classroom to start preparing for youth. One of the kids was in there with the youth choir director, listening to a slow, ponderous song on the stereo. I saw the kid had a sheet music with “Ave Maria” as the title, and I [...]

Christmastime is here

Discussion on the music from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on Soundcheck’s Friday show:

Around the capitol this weekend

Tomorrow afternoon I plan to attend Alex Ross‘ lecture-ish thing at the Texas Book Festival. I may buy his book there and get him to sign it (if he’s doing that). I’ve been looking forward to seeing him; I’ve been reading his blog for over a year now and have been introduced to [...]

Juanes on Soundcheck!

I totally have a crush on Juanes. I need to buy his new album already. I’m so excited that he was on Soundcheck this week! He talks about why he only releases his albums in Spanish.

What about the cheesebox?

I’m loving Pushing Daisies, even though I’m on the fence about the two main characters. Sometimes I love them, and sometimes they annoy me. Howevah – I love, love, love Kristin Chenoweth, and this number on Wednesday’s episode was just unexpectedly awesome. Now I want Olive to get together with Manuel, the [...]

From the Kim Richey concert

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Kim, no flash, originally uploaded by evso.

I’m so glad I went to hear her live. I’m always afraid that I won’t like someone in concert as much as I like their recorded sound. [...]

Kim Richey @ Cactus Cafe

I’ve been a huge fan of Kim Richey since I saw the video for “I Know” on CMT in college (back when CMT had that show “Crossroads” that focused on alt-country artists). But I’ve yet to see her in concert. Hopefully that will change soon, because she is coming to Austin next Saturday. [...]

Farewell, Pavarotti

I called my dad this morning when I saw the top story on BBC World News – that Pavarotti had died. I almost feel like a family friend has died, one that I knew better when I was younger and I had lost touch with in recent years. I’m sad, but given the [...]

Suzanne Vega on Soundcheck

Suzanne Vega is one of those artists that I have always enjoyed, ever since I heard “Luka” in elementary school. She never really goes out of style for me. Yesterday she was on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” show to talk about her new album and its influences.
I’ll admit, I donated money to WNYC, even though [...]

Farewell, Beverly Sills

I am too young to have seen Beverly Sills perform in an opera on television or radio, but I knew her best for her hosting the Met performances on PBS (which my father watched, so I had to watch). She was a strong believer in providing access for the general public to the opera. [...]