Photography, I Hardly Knew You…

Photography, I Hardly Knew You…

“…you’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you, don’t you, don’t you…” Well, yeah. You see the problem with that grand lyric was that obviously the song WAS about ‘him’. That mysterious beguiling...
2013: Essay One: Distractions

2013: Essay One: Distractions

2013. Seems like only yesterday we were all freaked out about the Y2K fraud. And we have made it 12 years into what was called the new millennium, to find that it is pretty much like the old millennium… with a few tweaks. This is New Years Day. A time for many...
OT Sunday: Eliot Carter, American Composer

OT Sunday: Eliot Carter, American Composer

Eliot Carter was my favorite contemporary composer. It was his first and second string quartets that opened my mind to the possibilities of linear melody/rhythm and the transformative nature of time. I discovered his music in my second year of music school and have...