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Friday, October 31, 2008

A Fine Idea

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I found this in today's Times: A major infrastructure initiative would create jobs for the less-educated workers who have been hit hard...
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The Power of Graphics

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During the 2004 Presidential campaign, the Kerry/Edwards ticket came in for some criticism of their graphics, especially by comparison with ...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Staying in the Loop

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So, say you have opera tickets for Boris Godunov in San Francisco this coming Tuesday, and say you'd like to know what's going on w...
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Crossover

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Reviewing the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra , October 23, 2008.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

California Bach Society

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I've been attending Cal Bach concerts for the last six or seven years, starting when Warren Stewart was still the group's artistic ...
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This is Exactly How I Feel

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S.F. Chron columnist (and recent Ernie Pyle Award winner) Jon Carroll on the upcoming election . This had me howling: No, wait, tell me ever...

The Best of All Possible Polls

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Via the Votemaster at electoral-vote.com : Weekly Reader Calls It for Obama In contrast to McInturff, the Weekly Reader's quadrennial po...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Marston Mystery Release: The Julius Block Collection

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Marston Records sent email a few days ago discussing the long-awaited mystery release. As the user known as Saint Russell had figured out ,...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

You Don't Say 2

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Times headline: Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation “I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organizations, specifically...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Countdown

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I swear I'll actually post substantively about music again, but it may take until November 5. Everyone I know is on edge and worried abo...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Family Values

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Another reason I'm proud to vote for him: Barak Obama is taking time from the campaign to visit his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who ra...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Fallout, Part 2

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Three years ago, I collected links to reviews of the world premiere of Doctor Atomic . It's time for a second round, now that the piece...

Midnight Madness of the Political Kind

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You have until midnight tonight to register to vote in California. If you're in Alameda County, you can go to 1225 Fallon Street in Oakl...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Happy Birthday...

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...to Kaija Saariaho, whose birthday is today.
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Three Cheers

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Early-morning conversation chez nous: "That copy of The Conscience of a Liberal is more valuable than it was yesterday." "Wh...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Americans in Rome

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Bridge Records has what looks like a fascinating new release , a four-CD collection of music written by composers who were fellows of the A...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Explorations of Music

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Lazy posting: a chunk of information from email sent by San Francisco Performances. But try to catch some of these broadcasts, because the A...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

PEOPLE.

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Some of you know that I'm a technical writer. I'm on the mailing list of my local chapter of the Society for Technical Communication...
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Oh, C'mon

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The really obscene moment in Salome is when she's making love to the decapitated head of John the Baptist, not the Dance of the Seven ...
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Monday, October 06, 2008

Dear Publicists:

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A couple of weeks back, I put up a posting that corrected a previous, erroneous posting about a fine Bay Area organization. Within the last ...
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Monday, September 29, 2008

Feelings of Impending Doom

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I did not expect to ever see headlines like Trying to Avoid Economic Calamity, Lawmakers Grope for Resolution .
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Gosh.

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S.E.C Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse . Who woulda thunk it?
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Paul Newman

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Rest in peace, Paul. You were one of the greats on screen and off.
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Friday, September 26, 2008

Program

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                           Music Club Concert Overture to "Ferdinand Cortez"                       Anton Spontini               Da...
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Free Oakland-East Bay Symphony Concert, Sunday, Sept. 28

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Up in Joaquin Miller Park, in the Oakland Hills, there's an amphitheater that is used for a variety of purposes. This Sunday, September ...