posted by James Reel
I just pulled for use later today a Johann Strauss CD called Wiener Bonbons. Yes, I know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but the title always makes me think of chocolate-covered Vienna sausages. Ick. Which reminds me that my theme-dinner group once collaborated on an "upscale white trash" meal. One friend, cultured enough to run a mail-order classical CD service, brought the hors d'oeuvres, which involved Ritz crackers, Velveeta, Vienna sausages and caviar. Needless to say, there were leftovers.
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March 17th 2006 at 6:47 —
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posted by James Reel
KUAT/KUAZ newsman Robert Rappaport has started his own personal blog, which I suggest you encourage him to develop.
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March 17th 2006 at 6:35 —
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posted by James Reel
Yesterday afternoon I did a telephone interview with 18-year-old violinist Caitlin Tulley, of whom I'd frankly never heard until the editor of Strings magazine asked me to write about her a few days ago. (Her Celtic first name is prounounced "KAT-lin," by the way.) She's very smart and down-to-earth and, from what I've read, exceptionally talented and musical. Two hours later I was in the Tucson Symphony office talking to George Hanson and orchestra administrators about the coming season, and there on the schedule was Caitlin Tully. I nearly gave myself whiplash from the double-take.
Mel Gibson once said that early in his career he was "served like coffee"--brought out freely and easily into every available film project and TV talk show, getting tremendous (perhaps excessive) exposure and thereby becoming as common and familiar as morning java. If my coincidental double exposure to Caitlin Tulley in a single afternoon is any indication, she's classical music's freshly brewed pot of coffee. Let's hope that when she's finally served up in Tucson, she's not just another cup of decaf.
Classical Music,
March 17th 2006 at 5:55 —
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