One of my favourite classical compositions is Gustav Host's suite The Planets. I admit this is because I first heard the movement "Mars, The Bringer of War" performed by Emerson Lake and Powell, but I have come to adore the original composition. I don't know that I can say that I know it inside and out, but I can hum most of the movements pretty ( Read more... )

Ron Rodenbaugh, the original lead singer for American prog band Yezda Urfa, passed away recently. In some ways, it's a telling shame at how unnoticed this band is. I know they only have two albums out. I know that in a practically unknown genre, they are unknowns. But still, the fact that I haven't seen a single post about this anywhere is ( Read more... )

Day Zero: Sunshine, Early Departure from Work, and 6 22-ounce bottles of ciderI was able to leave work at 2 pm-ish, and got home about an hour or so before people started arriving. Our friends Mark C., Adam H. and Mike M./H. (depending on his mood) all came by before going to the pre-show, and enjoyed burgers and hot dogs and chicken breast and ( Read more... )

To quote something quoted by a dear friend of mine...

"What a day, a year, a laugh it is..."

Work was interminable today. Very slow, very non-productive, in my opinion. After the day yesterday (auto inspection, doctor's visit for foxfirebitch, et cetera) I was dragging today seriously...yawning a good bit of the day, nearly falling asleep, and so on and so ( Read more... )

What a day off ( Read more... )

Lots of stuff happening today, I guess ( Read more... )

First, a quiz, grabbed from anubis75:

Orpheus

33% Extroversion, 66% Intuition, 72% Emotiveness, 76% Perceptiveness

You are an artist, an aesthete, a sensitive, and someone who has never really let go of that childlike innocence. To you, all of life has a sense of wonder in it, and the story of Orpheus was ( Read more... )

For some people, the events up to this point would not qualify as a busy day. For me, considering that this is Tuesday and a day off, it's been busier than usual, and filled with some decent happenings that have been needed for a while ( Read more... )

Apologies for not posting yesterday...it was pretty busy around the house yesterday, and by the time I figured I'd have an opportunity to post (evening after dinner), I was feeling pretty unwell. Spent most of the end of the night curled up on the couch ( Read more... )

Tough night last night. Some disagreements over semantics and such led to someone throwing a wobbly over how unfair things are. Sigh. It's passed now, but I hate when merde like this occurs. Never seems to change, either ( Read more... )