Nine months after composing it, "Comrades, Haste! Faster the Steel Press!" had its unofficial premiere on Sunday. (Its official premiere is later this month.) A comment from an attendee: "...it was a success. It was very evocative of its title, especially with the use of [Petit & Fritsens], whose sound I liken to breaking glass, but steel foundry imagery also works well. There was a lot of variation in the piece, and it was played well. Several ringers said it was their favorite piece of the program to play. Later I was shown an ingenious 'marching' device fabricated by Scott Barker which had both captivated and puzzled me at the time, as the person 'playing' it was unseen, below and behind a bell table."
Also, from one of the performers: "It is an incredibly fun place to play!" So yay.
--- Has there ever been a good editorial cartoonist? Based on this year's Pulitzer Prize winner, no.
--- Now that we've established that John Olerud is the best Major League Baseball player, it is time to establish the best NBA player. Which is not too difficult.
--- Every year I'm think that, yeah, I want to watch one of these. And every year I forget until it's practically too late.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
