This is how my mind works. A friend attending a concert tonight posts a picture of a (living) composer giving a talk before/after this particular concert and mentions their name: John Adams. I just happen to know or believe that I vaguely remember there are two composers (living) having that name. One of whom I […]
Interests
Jeremy Cowart – photographer – video
Jeremy Cowart I have to admit, when my friend Kathy Pretty Kaczmarek shared this just now, I was going to scroll right past it. But, for some reason, I felt a little bit “compelled” to see what it was about. I’m very glad I did. It is a long (25 mins) video. So, if you […]
Vivian Maier – unknown (but now famous) photographer
It’s just freaking how my mind works. A FB friend of mine “liked” a Christmas photo of Marlo Thomas, her husband Phil Donahue, and their family. I’d thought I had heard a rumor about Mr. Donahue’s health, so I decided to read his biographical article on Wikipedia. Fortunately, there was no mention of any health […]
Listening to Herb Alpert (or…)
In the sixties, when I was a little kid, I was brought up listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass – my dad had all their albums (“South of the border”, “The lonely bull”, “Going places”, “A taste of honey”, “Whipped cream and other delights”, etc.), as well as the various hits by Sergio […]
Pandora and an irritating limitation
Pandora thinks one hundred stations is enough for a Pandora listener. I wonder if this was just an arbitrary decision by the developer (who, obviously doesn’t like lots of different music/artists), or did someone actually say in ‘The Requirements’, “the maximum number of stations for each user should be 100”
