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Rufus Wainwright's setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 20, from his album All Days are Nights:  Songs for Lulu.  He sets three sonnets to music on this album (numbers 10, 20 and 43), which consists primarily of him singing and playing piano.

This album feels at times like a confessional, a soul laid bare and held up for all to see, stains, scars and all ( Read more... )

Haiku Deathmatch was such fun:  lots of great creativity on display, as well as a few moments of whuh?, but overall, the times were of goodness.  And Café Deux Soleil was packed!  Standing room only with a line going up Commercial Drive.  I'm so glad I got there when I did; I keep telling people who are thinking of going to one of the Slams that, ( Read more... )

My day:

• Homemade vegetable soup.  Lots of veggies, plus rice and red kidney beans; for flavouring, I added oregano, mustard seed and a splash or two of balsamic vinegar.  Interestingly, it's the vinegar that makes it work for me.
• Music writing.  Worked today on a song for voice and piano, text by superjill.   I'm frustrated as usual by coming up with decent ( Read more... )