Recent content by Spike

I don't mean to go on and on (although I must, since I keep doing it) but re-reading above thread i do want to correct one thing. I suppose I was trying to be amusing, calling Ms. Fleischanderl's salterio a "thingamajig," but this was disrespectful and just plan wrong. This, of course, is the...

Yup. There are, I think, a lot of threads to look at in European music through the years--from Ancient to Mideival, to Renaissance, to Baroque, to Classical, to Romantic, to 20th century plus--like functional/performative, vocal/instrumental, sacred/secular and the influence of dance. And one...

Im not sure if useful is the right word, but I'm thinking of a few of the books, around mid high-school age, that turned me on to the possibility of extravagant, funny, voice-heavy, writing--the kind of books and writers you love, just for the joy: Portnoy's Complaint, Catcher in the Rye, and...

And now for something completely different. Actually, Ms. Heiderich above, at around 2:00, made me think of this, esp. when it starts to cook at around 2:45. And the roots of bluegrass do go back to "traditional North European music, such as Irish ballads and dance tunes" (Wikipedia)...

And now, with the Kellerheims, brothers and sisters. I love them all :) Edit (and, I've watched Das Duo above about seven times now--charming and delightful. thanks for that :) )

Yup, very cool, s. I should have kept mouth shut, but the DL is kind of a hero, for me, and I don't have very many. :)

Don't want to start a thing, here, but the "why issue an apology" thing is pretty easy to understand, and doesn't imply anything. And they don't exactly say it's "mainstream and normal," but rather, that its real meaning is understandable, coming from an old guy in this particular culture...

And . . . I like the joke, but feel i have to defend the Dalai Lama, the only "spiritual" leader I can think of who is, I'm pretty sure, a genuinely cool guy. The circulation and subsequent outrage over the tongue thing was a willful misinterpretation of Tibetan language and culture, and of...

Yup. Fun stuff. Maybe I'll try for the pi record, now around 100K digits.

Cool. Yes, how to get stuff from other people is a useful skill. But, I think, there are other useful skills as well, like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_See_Yourself_as_You_Really_Are Dale Carnegie meet Dalai Lama :). Anyway. Looking back at books that were really useful, and one...

And . . . I know there's some debate here, but i think I can call (at least some) baroque music "early music" (it's certainly not "classical music," which, honestly, I'm not that crazy about)--e.g. Ms. Fleischanderl playing Vivaldi on her thingamajig. Edit: (but of course WTF do I know:) )

I've noticed the similarities between baroque instrumental music and jazz, especially early jazz, -- like Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Fletcher Henderson, Lionel Hampton. Artie Shaw. Etc. Both depend on the virtuositiny of individuals but only as part of something bigger--not look at me, but...

My involvement, in independent filmmaking is . . . well i guess i don't have any. I'm trying to do some screen writing, and my default thought is, right now, that everything else--that is, the actual work of making a film--is somebody else's job. :) But if or when I want to expand my knowledge...

Probably his red vest too. Indeed, the Swiss they are a funny race. :)

Wanted to change zero replies to at least one. So I asked my friend, a pretty good critic who seems to know just about everything about everything--my robot friend. "Haha yes!" said my friend. "If they won't give you feedback, your tireless robot friend will." Yup, kinda what i was thinking :)